Bill Text: NY S01833 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires boards of elections and bipartisan committees to hand count ballots during recanvass of any ballots cast in election for a position where the difference between the candidates is 10 or less votes, or .5% of the ballots cast for such position, whichever shall be greater.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01833 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01833-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1833
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  requiring  the  hand
          counting  of  all  ballots cast in an election for a position in which
          the difference in the ballots cast for the candidates for  such  posi-
          tion  is  ten  or less votes or .5 percent of votes cast, whichever is
          greater
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  9-208 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a. If upon the original canvass  of  the  results  of  any  general,
     4  special  or  primary  election  the  difference  in ballots cast for the
     5  candidates for any position is ten or less votes, or .5 percent  of  the
     6  ballots  cast  for such position, whichever shall be greater; the recan-
     7  vass of ballots cast for such position, pursuant to subdivision  one  of
     8  this section, shall require the board of elections or bipartisan commit-
     9  tee to count all ballots cast for such position by hand, including those
    10  ballots scanned by a ballot scanner.
    11    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
    12  elections conducted on or after such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03999-01-9