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NY S03290
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeremy Cooney
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AI Summary
- Lowers the threshold for mandatory manual recounts from 20 votes to 10 votes or from 0.5% margin to 0.25% margin
- Creates a new tier for contests with margins between 0.25% and 0.5% where recounts may be conducted manually or using automated tools independent from the original voting system
- Maintains existing requirement for recounts in contests with 1 million+ ballots where the margin is less than 5,000 votes
- Allows losing candidates to reject a recount and concede the contest before any recount is conducted
- Takes effect immediately upon passage
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
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Elections1/24/2025
Full Bill Text
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