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NY S01833

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

6/18/2019

Primary Sponsor

Michael Gianaris

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Election Law Section 9-208 to require hand counting of all ballots during recanvass when the vote difference is 10 or fewer votes or 0.5% of votes cast, whichever is greater
  • Hand counting applies to ballots for any position in general, special, or primary elections that meet the close margin threshold
  • Includes ballots previously scanned by ballot scanner machines in the hand count requirement
  • Takes effect immediately and applies to all elections conducted after the bill's enactment

Legislative Description

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.

Last Action

REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

1/8/2020

Committee Referrals

Elections1/8/2020
Rules6/18/2019
Elections1/16/2019

Full Bill Text

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