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NY A07561
Bill
Status
5/13/2021
Primary Sponsor
Jonathan Jacobson
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AI Summary
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Board of elections employees are prohibited from engaging in trades or businesses that create actual or potential conflicts of interest, effective one year after enactment.
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Board of elections employees cannot maintain financial interests, directly or indirectly, in companies providing services to candidates whose elections they oversee, including printing, consulting, direct mail, and digital marketing companies.
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Board of elections employees cannot maintain financial interests in or be employed by vendors selling voting machines, electronic pollbooks, printers, or other technical equipment.
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Board of elections employees must take unpaid leave once they become candidates for an office overseen by their employer, remaining on leave until candidacy ends or election results are certified, whichever is first.
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Employees running for office in races with no primary election may remain on the payroll for up to 90 days before the general election; violations are cause for discipline including removal.
Legislative Description
Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/5/2022