Bill Text: NY S07370 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to lever voting machines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1230 [S07370 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07370-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7370
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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 lever voting machines
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 15-114 of the election law is
    2  renumbered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is  added  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    2.  LEVER  VOTING  MACHINES  SHALL  REMAIN LOCKED AGAINST VOTING FOR A
    5  PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS OR UNTIL FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION, IF
    6  SUCH MACHINES ARE NEEDED FOR USE AT SUCH NEXT ELECTION. PROVIDED HOWEVER
    7  THAT A MACHINE MAY BE UNLOCKED IF A DISCREPANCY DISCOVERED IN THE RECAN-
    8  VASS OF VOTING MACHINES REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER MAKES IT  NECESSARY  TO
    9  EXAMINE  THE  MACHINE  TO DETERMINE IF IT HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND PROVIDED
   10  FURTHER THAT A MACHINE MAY BE OPENED AND ALL THE DATA AND FIGURES THERE-
   11  IN EXAMINED UPON THE ORDER OF ANY COURT OR JUDGE OF COMPETENT  JURISDIC-
   12  TION.
   13    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   14  the amendments to section 15-114 of the election law made by section one
   15  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
   16  deemed to expire therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03584-02-3