NY S08646

Prohibits intimidating or obstructing election officers through force, threats, violence, or interference with polling places, election offices, or voting equipment, with civil remedies including compensatory and punitive damages available to aggrieved parties

Creates the crime of "doxing of an election officer" as a Class A misdemeanor when someone knowingly publishes restricted personal information (addresses, phone numbers, emails) with intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite violence against the officer

Adds election officers to New York's Address Confidentiality Program, allowing them to use designated substitute addresses to protect their actual residence locations from public disclosure

Grants standing to file civil actions to aggrieved persons, county and state boards of elections, voting access organizations, and the attorney general

Takes effect 180 days after becoming law