Bill Text: NY S02324 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the recanvass of certain ballots upon request of a candidate prior to the canvas of absentee and special ballots in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02324 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02324-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2324
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- 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 recanvass of votes cast
         on voting machines
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  9-209 of the election law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. UPON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST BY A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE,
    4  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK  SHALL  FIRST  CONDUCT  A
    5  RECANVASS OF VOTES CAST ON VOTING MACHINES USED IN THE ELECTION FOR SAID
    6  PUBLIC  OFFICE,  AS  PROVIDED  IN SECTION 9-208 OF THIS TITLE, AND SHALL
    7  NOTIFY, IN WRITING, EACH CANDIDATE FOR SAID PUBLIC OFFICE OF THE  RESULT
    8  OF  THE RECANVASS PRIOR TO THE CANVASS OF ANY BALLOT AS PROVIDED IN THIS
    9  SECTION. SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY  IN  THE  FOLLOWING
   10  FORM:
   11    I, ___________, A CANDIDATE FOR THE PUBLIC OFFICE OF __________________
   12       (NAME)                                                (OFFICE)
   13  IN THE ___________________ DISTRICT, AT THE ______________________ PARTY
   14         (NAME AND NUMBER)                   (PARTY NAME IF PRIMARY)
   15  PRIMARY/ GENERAL/ SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON ________________, REQUEST THE
   16                                                  (DATE)
   17  BOARD  OF  ELECTION  IN  THE CITY OF NEW YORK CONDUCT A RECANVASS OF ALL
   18  VOTES CAST ON VOTING MACHINES FOR THE ABOVE STATED PUBLIC  OFFICE  PRIOR
   19  TO  THE  CANVASS  OF  ANY PAPER BALLOTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 9-209 OF THE
   20  ELECTION LAW.
   21    DATED: ________                _________________________
   22                                   (SIGNATURE OF CANDIDATE)
   23    S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
   24  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06870-01-5