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NY S08841
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/22/2022
Primary Sponsor
Jeremy Cooney
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AI Summary
- Lowers the automatic recount threshold from 20 votes to 10 votes or less margin of victory
- Lowers the automatic recount threshold from 0.5% to 0.25% or less margin of victory
- Permits recounts to be conducted manually or via automated tools independent from the voting system, for contests with margin of victory between 0.25% and 0.5%
- Allows candidates deemed to be losing by the specified margins to reject a recount and concede the contest before any recount is conducted
- Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.
Last Action
PRINT NUMBER 8841A
8/10/2022
Committee Referrals
Elections4/22/2022
Full Bill Text
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