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NY A03941
Bill
Status
2/8/2023
Primary Sponsor
Alfred Taylor
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AI Summary
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Permits voters to voluntarily photograph and post on social media themselves and their own ballot at any stage of voting, including in privacy booths or at ballot scanners.
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Requires that voter photographs must not contain any other voter or reveal the contents of any other voter's ballot.
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Modifies the prohibition on showing ballots to change from "shows" to "solicits a voter to show," clarifying voters cannot be pressured to display their ballot contents.
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Creates a new misdemeanor offense for anyone who forces an individual to photograph and/or post their ballot or themselves on social media while voting.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Allows photographs of one's self and one's own ballot while voting.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/3/2024