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NY S03007

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2021

Primary Sponsor

Luis Sepulveda

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Origin

Senate

2021-2022 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Permits voters to photograph and post on social media their own ballot and themselves at any stage of voting, including in privacy booths or at ballot scanners, provided photos do not show other voters or reveal contents of other ballots.

  • Modifies election law to prohibit soliciting voters to show their prepared ballot to reveal its contents, changing language from "shows his ballot" to "solicits a voter to show their ballot."

  • Allows voters to place marks on their own ballot for identification purposes only as permitted under the new photography provisions, removing prior blanket prohibitions on ballot marking.

  • Establishes that forcing an individual to photograph and/or post their own ballot or themselves while voting is a misdemeanor offense.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

Relates to allowing photographs of one's self and one's own ballot while voting, provided that such photographs do not contain any other voter or reveal the contents of any other voter's ballot.

Last Action

REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

1/5/2022

Committee Referrals

Elections1/27/2021

Full Bill Text

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