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NY A06287
Bill
Status
3/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brian Cunningham
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York (VIVA NY)" to ensure paper ballot voting options
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Defines "nontabulating ballot marking device" as a voting machine that cannot count or transmit votes but can print voter selections on a verifiable paper ballot
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Defines "human readable paper ballot" as a ballot where all candidates, proposals, and selections can be read without assistance (except eyeglasses)
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Requires every polling place to offer voters two options: hand-marked paper ballots or ballots marked using a nontabulating ballot marking device
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Permits continued use of voting machines purchased before the act's effective date if they utilize individual, voter-verifiable paper ballots
Legislative Description
Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/7/2026