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NY A00347
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Authorizes any individual commissioner of a board of elections to order audits of voting machines when discrepancies exist between audit tallies and voting machine tallies
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Grants commissioners new authority to order an audit of a particular contest, expanding their oversight powers beyond general machine audits
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Amends Election Law section 9-211 to shift audit-ordering power from the board as a whole to individual commissioners
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Formally titled the "Election Commissioner Authorization Act of New York (ECAA)"
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Takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Relates to empowering the commissioner of a board of elections to order a voting machine audit upon a finding of discrepancies and shall also be empowered to order an audit of a particular contest.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/7/2026