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NY S09192
Bill
Status
11/19/2018
Primary Sponsor
Simcha Felder
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AI Summary
S. 9192 Summary
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New York City Board of Elections must purchase direct recording electronic machines that produce and retain voter-verified permanent paper records by January 1, 2020, with initial costs borne by the state.
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State Board of Elections shall establish mandatory core curriculum for poll worker training covering voter rights, accessibility accommodations, ballot procedures, voting system operation, and security procedures, with county boards augmenting locally.
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Election commissioners and designated board of elections employees must complete initial instruction course within six months of appointment (not exceeding 30 hours) and annual continuing education before June 1 (not exceeding 3 hours), provided through state board.
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State Board of Elections shall create education and training institute to certify poll worker trainers and implement train-the-trainer program, with each county board required to enroll at least two bipartisan-designated trainers.
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Each board of elections must establish mobile operations voting equipment units with at least two trained technicians per 100 polling places by January 1, 2020, to inspect and repair malfunctioning voting machines on election day.
Legislative Description
Enacts the "restore faith in voting act"; relates to requiring the purchase of direct recording electronic machines which produce and retain a voter verified permanent paper record in the city of New York (Part A); relates to mandatory core curriculum and to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners, key staff of boards of elections and poll workers (Part B); and relates to establishing mobile operations voting equipment units (Part C).
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
11/19/2018