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NY A07348

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/6/2021

Primary Sponsor

Sandra Galef

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Origin

Assembly

2021-2022 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires boards of elections to conduct risk-limiting audits within 15 days after general/special elections, 13 days after primary elections, and 7 days after village elections.

  • Mandates hand-to-eye review of at least 3 percent of voter verifiable paper records, with audit sample size determined by state board regulations using statistical methods.

  • Defines "risk-limiting audit" as a post-election process with at least 90 percent probability of detecting and correcting an incorrect outcome through full hand tabulation of votes from paper records.

  • Authorizes county boards of elections to conduct risk-limiting audit pilot programs and requires the state board to report findings to the legislature by June 30, 2023.

  • Takes effect immediately except the audit requirement provisions take effect January 1, 2024.

Legislative Description

Requires the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by such board to conduct a risk-limiting audit of voter verifiable audit records from voting machines or systems within the jurisdiction of such board.

Last Action

referred to election law

1/5/2022

Committee Referrals

Election Law5/6/2021

Full Bill Text

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