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NY S00365
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/6/2021
Primary Sponsor
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
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AI Summary
- Allows voters to photograph themselves and their own ballot or absentee ballot while in a privacy booth
- Permits voters to share and disseminate such photographs on social media, including online communities, text messages, and electronic image transmission
- Makes it a misdemeanor offense for any person to interfere with a voter's ability to take photographs
- Modifies election law restrictions on ballot display by exempting photographs taken under this provision from existing prohibitions on showing ballots to reveal their contents
- Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Allows voters to take photographs of themselves and their ballot, or absentee ballot, while in a privacy booth, and to share and disseminate such photographs on social media.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
1/5/2022
Committee Referrals
Elections1/6/2021
Full Bill Text
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