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NY A01734

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Weprin

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires voting machines to automatically reject any ballot containing a vote for a candidate who withdrew from the election before it was held, effective January 1, 2027

  • Mandates that voting machines notify voters when their ballot is rejected due to voting for a withdrawn candidate, including the name of the withdrawn candidate

  • Requires voters whose ballots are rejected to complete a new ballot

  • Authorizes the State Board of Elections to create rules and regulations for implementing these voting machine requirements

  • Amends election law section 7-202 to add this as a new technical requirement for voting machines used in New York elections

Legislative Description

Relates to the rejection by voting machines of ballots that contain a vote for a candidate who previously withdrew from an election.

Last Action

referred to election law

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Election Law1/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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