Election Law

Authorizes electronic absentee ballot applications for military voters and special federal voters; removes requirements that the federal post card application form be included with certain ballot application and ballots; requires institutions of higher education to provide students studying abroad with information on how to vote from abroad.

Sets the timeline for candidate declination from ten days to seven days.

Sets the timeline for candidate declination from ten days to seven days.

Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.

Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.

Prohibits the enforcement of federal immigration laws while within two hundred feet of specified voting locations; extends the prohibition on electioneering activities to within two hundred feet of the specified voting location; authorizes a county elections official to extend the time for closing the polls at any polling place if the county elections official determines that voting at the polling place was disrupted as a result of a violation of the prohibitions on enforcement of federal immigration laws or electioneering; limits the exceptions to the prohibition on carrying firearms in a sensitive location; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections if they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction.

Prohibits the intimidation, obstruction, or the unlawful dissemination of personal information of election officers; makes election officers eligible for the address confidentiality program.

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.

Authorizes electronic submission of absentee ballots.

Incorporates legislative provisions regarding the conduct of special elections to fill vacancies in federal elected offices into the constitution.

Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials except in the city of New York.

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials.

Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

Requires a signature and government-issued photo identification for both voter registration and at the time of voting.

Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.

Amends constitution to authorize religious observance as a cause for absentee voting.

Incorporates legislative provisions regarding the conduct of special elections to fill vacancies in federal elected offices into the constitution.

Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.

Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials except in the city of New York.

Allows only citizens to vote at elections.

Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct.

Requires a board of elections to establish at least one ballot drop box for every fifteen thousand registered voters in its jurisdiction; requires drop boxes to be placed 45 days before the election.

Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.

Prohibits the intimidation, obstruction, or the unlawful dissemination of personal information of election officers; makes election officers eligible for the address confidentiality program.

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.

Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.

Provides that an application for a military ballot from a military voter shall be received at least fifteen days before an election in order to entitle the applicant to vote at such election.

Provides that a person who did not receive the nomination of a party in a caucus, may file a certificate of declination to a designation or nomination with respect to that office which the person had filed a designating petition of another party or had received the nomination after a primary or to a nomination of another party decided at a caucus within ten days after the certificate of nomination made pursuant to the caucus which the person had lost is filed.

Regulates an artificial person's contributions towards election and ballot-issue activity; provides limitations on the general powers of a corporation.

Allows any qualified person to apply for voter registration and enrollment by application made with an application for any hunting or fishing license.

Provides that a change in voter enrollment made after February 14th and before or on seven days after the last day to file the authorization certificate of nomination made at a caucus shall take effect on the seventh day after the last day to file the certificate of nomination made at a caucus.

Permits boards of elections to opt to mail communications regarding primary elections to only those voters eligible to vote in such primary elections; excludes such option for the board of elections of the city of New York.

Removes the requirement that candidates include their home address on nominating or designating petition forms.

Relates to campaign contributions by certain vendors for procurement contracts.

Prohibits a court from bifurcating the primary elections for members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected and all nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year, except presidential primaries.

Permits election commissioners to agree on alternative locations for polling places designated for early voting within the county.

Requires certain elections of public officials occur on even-numbered years.

Requires the fair campaign code to require campaign literature and other mass media identify the person, political party or committee authorizing such material.

Authorizes electronic absentee ballot applications for military voters and special federal voters; removes requirements that the federal post card application form be included with certain ballot application and ballots; requires institutions of higher education to provide students studying abroad with information on how to vote from abroad.

Requires at least one form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling place.

Sets the timeline for candidate declination from ten days to seven days.

Exempts internal communication by a labor organization aimed at its members from the definition of independent expenditures for purposes of campaign finance reporting.

Prohibits the state board of elections and local boards of elections from accepting donations of private funds for election administration.

Allows individuals detained in any correctional or local correctional facility to vote at polling places located within the facility if they are registered to vote and are otherwise eligible; provides for polling places within correctional facilities; provides for automatic changes in voter status; includes bi-partisan boards of elections officials and inspectors as persons who may visit correctional facilities.

Prohibits contributions or donations to be made by hostile foreign nations in connection with a state or local election; makes a knowing violation of such provisions a class A felony, subject to an additional civil penalty equal to the contribution or donation amount plus a fine of up to ten thousand dollars.

Directs the state board of elections to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results.

Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

Allows public campaign funds to be used for disability access services including but not limited to captioning, sign language interpretation, assistive listening device, Braille, large print, communication access real-time translation and accessible transportation services and to be used for language interpretation and translation services.

Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance.

Prohibits a court from bifurcating the primary elections for members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected and all nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year, except presidential primaries.

Provides voting materials in French and Creole; requires translators in French and Creole in the city of New York at polling places in subdivisions where more than five percent of the citizens of voting age speak the language of French and/or Creole and are limited-English proficient.

Prohibits political candidates from being nominated by more than one party for any public office.

Provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of neurofeedback therapy; defines practice of neurofeedback therapy; establishes state board of neurofeedback therapy and the requirements to qualify for a license as a neurofeedback therapist.

Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections.

Permits the conduct of political party meetings, conventions and caucuses via video-conferencing; permits proxy voting.

Requires any student graduating from a high school in New York state be provided with a voter registration form.

Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

Increases the term of office of an election commissioner from two to four years beginning January first of each odd numbered year.

Relates to an electronically submitted absentee ballot application and absentee ballot.

Makes technical corrections regarding the public financing of elections; repeals certain provisions relating to establishing the New York state campaign finance fund.

Relates to the age requirement for voting in a primary election; provides that a person who is seventeen years of age at the time of a primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such primary election is held, shall be eligible to vote in such primary election.

Requires the state board of elections to participate in the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program, administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services agency, to verify that a person who is either registered or registering to vote is a United States citizen.

Requires the county seat in Steuben county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Provides protections against illegal voter purging.

Provides for the re-enfranchisement of voters with felony convictions by repealing certain provisions in the election law.

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.

Authorizes and directs the state board of elections, in cooperation with county boards of elections, to create an online petitioning system for designating petitions; provides that use of such online petitioning system shall not preclude the collection and use of paper designating petitions; authorizes the state board of elections to promulgate necessary rules and regulations.

Instructs the state board of elections to create and distribute voting guides to voters containing information about the candidates; mandates that voters receive postcards to notify them of upcoming elections and that television and radio stations also notify their audience of upcoming elections.

Prohibits candidates from soliciting contributions or donations from any contributor or donor using any material or medium pre-marking that such voter shall make a recurring contribution or donation to such candidate; provides that any candidate who does so may be liable for treble damages.

Provides for mandatory training for treasurers of political committees once every three years; requires treasurers to complete such training within forty-five days after first being appointed; requires the state board of elections to provide such training in any method it determines, as well as a web-based format; makes related provisions.

Requires every board of elections to employ a minimum of four full time employees in addition to the appointed commissioners within four years and shall employ two of those full time employees within two years; and two additional employees for every twenty thousand active registered voters beyond forty thousand active registered voters.

Allows poll workers to be from any political party.

Enables constitutionally-qualified electors to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day at a polling location.

Establishes who qualifies as an authorized agent of a voter; prohibits an agent of the voter or authorized agent from receiving no more than five absentee ballots for an election; establishes penalties for failing to deliver a ballot and interfering with a voter's marking of a ballot.

Provides that an application for a military ballot from a military voter shall be received at least fifteen days before an election in order to entitle the applicant to vote at such election.

Requires that any ballot that is torn, bent, or otherwise damaged or defective shall be identified and set aside for duplication; provides that an election official or a set of witnesses shall examine such ballot to determine the voter's intention and mark up a new ballot marked "duplicate", bearing the same serial number as the damaged or defective ballot; makes related provisions.

Provides for a separate line at polling places for persons with disabilities.

Restricts electioneering on polling place property.

Directs the state board of elections to create a plan to permit voting by mail in the event of a natural disaster or state of emergency.

Restructures the form of ballot proposals on election ballots; requires the creation and distribution of ballot publicity pamphlets; creates ballot proposal hearings.

Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party's primary election.

Requires that county committees meet no earlier than one day after the June primary is certified.

Requires that candidates for certain offices be residents and registered voters in the district containing the public office or party position sought at certain times during the electoral process.

Establishes timelines for payment of election inspectors.

Provides that election contributions made in cash, or in bitcoin or any other form of cryptocurrency are not matchable for purposes of public financing.

Sets procedures for when special elections may be consolidated with general elections.

Allows taxpayers to register to vote upon paying their taxes or changing their address.

Prohibits ballot harvesting; prohibits a person from submitting an application for an absentee ballot on behalf of a voter without notarized consent; permits family members, caregivers and other officials to submit applications.

Enacts the voter registration integrity act; requires a birth certificate, passport, certificate of naturalization or citizenship, evidence of New York state residency, or any other documentation that the board of elections determines establishes United States citizenship.

Prohibits certain state and prospective state contractors to contribute to the campaigns and committees of statewide officials, including any candidate for governor, attorney general and comptroller, for a period of time; requires written notice of prohibitions.

Expands voter registration to include registration by any agency or entity that accepts an application or collects a fee in exchange for a government or educational service.

Prevents municipalities from abridging the election law.

Relates to campaign funds for personal use.

Removes party lines from ballots and has candidates' names appearing only once on a ballot for an office for all elections that are not presidential or gubernatorial.

Relates to the appointment of election inspectors and poll clerks; provides that each board of elections submit a report detailing assignments of election inspectors and poll clerks; provides that each board of elections be required to fill vacancies by appointing individuals that appear on the additional inspector list.

Enacts the "student voter empowerment act"; requires each institution of higher education to designate a staff member to act as a student voting coordinator; requires such coordinator to develop and implement a student voting action plan to increase student voter registration and voting and democratic participation among students.

Requires the preparation of reports on assignments of election inspectors and poll clerks.

Relates to public financing for state office; provides limitations on contributions to candidates for election to any public office in the state.

Relates to party nominations for candidates by county party committees.

Requires certain candidates to file a statement attesting to the veracity of statements regarding the candidate's educational history, and service, employment and residency record; provides for the filing of amended statements; provides penalties.

Requires absentee ballots to be provided to all qualified voters; relates to the delivery of absentee ballots.

Relates to the statements of receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to transition and inauguration entities.

Requires any political communication, whether made by phone call, email or other message-based communication, that utilizes an artificial intelligence system to engage in human-like conversation with another shall, by reasonable means, apprise the person of the fact that they are communicating with an artificial intelligence system.

Requires a valid government issued photo identification card be presented when casting a ballot; provides for persons eligible for Medicaid to receive identification cards.

Prohibits deceptive practices and the suppression of voters.

Permits party enrollment and change of party enrollment within 10 days of a primary, general, or special election.

Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to return, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.

Relates to prohibiting boards of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with entities that have made any political campaign donations of any amount in the last ten years.

Allows individuals registered with a non-major political party or registered as independent to serve as election inspectors and poll clerks, so long as such individual makes a declaration of which particular party they intend to work on behalf of.

Requires the candidate certification required to be eligible for voluntary public financing to be submitted no later than thirty days after the last day to file designating petitions if another candidate for the same position files a designating petition, or no later than thirty days after the last day to file independent nominating petitions, if a candidate files an independent nominating petition for the same position; provides for the withdrawal by a candidate from the public financing program.

Relates to the number of signatures for independent nominating petitions; decreases the number of signatures and votes to 15,000 signatures for statewide candidates and 50,000 votes to maintain party ballot status; changes the petition period to 12 weeks and the petitioning time to May-August.

Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.

Ensures that boards of elections provide adequate notice to each voter before and after a board cancels the voter's registration or places such voter in inactive status.

Requires shareholders to approve corporate political expenditures.

Provides for bilingual voting materials.

Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Requires that any ballot proposition creating a state debt shall contain an estimate of the amortization period and the total expected debt service payable thereon until the bonds issued pursuant to such proposition are retired; relates to deposits to the tax stabilization reserve fund; provides that at least 10% of any surplus shall be used to pay down state debt.

Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the seventh day after the primary election.

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

Removes the ability to petition for opportunity to ballot for public office or party position.

Amends procedures for change of party enrollment to require postmark 25 days prior to a primary, general or special election.

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

Requires a New York state driver's license or non-driver ID, a United States passport, an identification card issued by a United States educational institution, a United States military identification card, a government issued medical card, or any identification card issued by the United States or the state of New York to be presented when casting a ballot.

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille and large print, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter no less than 30 days prior to each election day.

Requires the board of elections to publicly release images of all ballots following an election.

Sets out the procedures and requirements for special elections; implements a timetable for the special primary and special election, including the number of signatures required for the petition.

Relates to requiring boards of elections to include the number of registration forms distributed to and returned by each agency assisting with voter registration in their annual reports; provides personally identifiable information about the registrants shall not be collected or included in the report.

Relates to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or constituted committee; such monies shall not be transferred or contributed unless it is to the segregated account of another party committee or constituted committee to be used only for non-candidate expenditures.

Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted.

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.

Allows a judicial district convention to be conducted in whole or in part via video conference upon a minimum of seventy-two hours notice to the members of the respective committee by mail, an appropriately titled email, text or telephone call at an address or number expressly provided in writing for the purpose of receiving such notices.

Provides that for contributions that exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, when a campaign contribution is attributed to a limited liability company, such contributions shall be further attributed to each member of the limited liability company in proportion to the member's ownership interest in the limited liability company.

Relates to party nominations for candidates for office, excluding counties located within cities with a population of one million or more.

Relates to the postmark date for change of enrollment.

Enacts the "corporate political activity accountability to shareholders act"; requires that corporate contributions to a political candidate or party committee or in support or opposition to a candidate or ballot referendum be approved by a majority of shareholders; applies to cooperative corporations, not-for-profit corporations, railroad and transportation corporations.

Relates to party committee and constituted committee contribution and receipt limits; reduces the annual contribution limits to political parties or constituted committees from $62,500 to $25,000, which shall include contributions to party housekeeping accounts.

Establishes a nonpartisan poll monitoring program.

Relates to voting rights expansion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time statewide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, and voter affidavits.

Relates to requests for proposals for voting machines and contracts for the purchase of voting machines or systems.

Relates to the procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of state senator or in the office of member of assembly; allows for independent nominating petitions to be presented and provides for a special election to be held forty-five days from the date of the governor making a proclamation for a special election.

Provides that no contracts for services with the city of New York which are awarded on a contingency basis or through a retainer agreement shall be excluded from the definition of doing business with the city for purposes of campaign finance limitations for matching contributions.

Establishes a ranked choice voting method for presidential elections whereby voters rank candidates according to the order of their choice and, if no candidate has received a majority of votes, the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated and the remaining candidates advance to another counting round until a winner is determined.

Provides voters an opportunity to cure deficiencies regarding affidavit ballots in order to have their votes counted.

Exempts public school buildings with instructional space from being designated as early polling locations; allows school districts to decline school building designations as early polling locations.

Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2026.

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

Requires public-facing websites operated by political committees to contain "paid for by" language; adds such public-facing websites to the list of political communications that qualify as independent expenditures.

Repeals provisions criminalizing the furnishing of items with a nominal value to induce attendance at polls.

Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to notify by mail state and county party committees and certain elected officials prior to a change of polling place.

Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2026.

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

Provides that early voting for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall begin on April 21, 2025 and end on April 27, 2025; provides that the duration for early voting hours for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall be equal to or greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required.

Provides that the process for declining designation to a county committee party position does not need to be included in the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York of such party position designation.

Provides that the process for declining designation to a county committee party position does not need to be included in the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York of such party position designation.

Prohibits early voting on federal holidays; adds an additional day to the early voting period.

Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.

Reduces campaign contribution limits for candidates for election to a public office or party position to a maximum of $2,800.

Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations.

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

Moves the date of the meeting of the electors; changes the method for the transmission of the certificates of vote to align with federal law.

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

Relates to allowing pre-registered voters to apply for an absentee or early mail ballot.

Provides that election contributions made in cash, or in bitcoin or any other form of cryptocurrency are not matchable for purposes of public financing.

Enables constitutionally-qualified electors to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day at a polling location.

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor; provides candidates be designated jointly either by the state committee or by petition; provides said petition will be valid only if it jointly designates both candidates.

Relates to poll watchers for special, town or village elections being held for the sole purpose of a ballot proposal.

Relates to registration to vote.

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.

Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials except in the city of New York.

Relates to public campaign financing surpluses and when unspent public matching funds must be paid.

Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations.

Enacts the "Count Every Vote Act of New York" which amends the procedure for the recanvass of votes in election districts; defines margin of victory for the purpose of triggering a hand recount of ballots.

Requires the board of elections to provide a domestic postage paid return envelope which a voter may use to return a cure affirmation in paper form by mail; provides that a cure affirmation may be delivered in person, by mail or in electronic form as an attachment to an email.

Relates to deadlines for certain applications for special ballots for president and vice-president of the United States.

Makes it unlawful for a vendor to make, either directly or indirectly, any contribution to a statewide elected official, a candidate for a statewide elected office, or their authorized political committee, during a certain restricted period; requires a candidate, officeholder, or political committee that receives such contributions to return or refund the contributions forthwith; requires procurement contracts to contain a statement that the vendor awarded the contract has not made any such contributions.

Requires social media influencers to disclose when they share on social media that they are being paid by a campaign; authorizes the state board of elections to promulgate certain regulations.

Changes the seventy-two hour filing requirement for minutes of a nomination convention to three days.

Relates to primary elections with only uncontested elections.

Relates to the term paper ballot; provides that voters will be informed that if they have moved from the address where they were last registered, they must either notify the board of elections of their new address or vote by affidavit ballot at the polling place for their new address even if such voters have not re-registered.

Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2025.

Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to return, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.

Instructs the state board of elections to create and distribute voting guides to voters containing information about the candidates; mandates that voters receive postcards to notify them of upcoming elections and that television and radio stations also notify their audience of upcoming elections.

Enacts the "Count Every Vote Act of New York" which amends the procedure for the recanvass of votes in election districts; defines margin of victory for the purpose of triggering a hand recount of ballots.

Relates to notifying candidates of designation for certain county committees; requires the board of elections of the city of New York to provide notice to each candidate designated in a petition for election to a party position of a county committee located within the city of New York.

Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

Relates to the authority of the state board of elections to issue subpoenas; directs the board of elections to issue rules and regulations.

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party.

Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials.

Requires certain elections of public officials occur on even-numbered years.

Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.

Relates to the exercise of powers and duties of the board of elections of the city of New York and its executive management; provides for equal representation among certain employees of the board of elections; relates to qualification and removal of certain employees of the board of elections.

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.

Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices.

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

Requires bi-monthly reporting on deceased voters and certain persons subject to forfeiture of the right to vote in order to accurately maintain the statewide voter registration list.

Increases compensation of election inspectors to $300 and coordinators to $350 in New York city.

Relates to designating early polling places.

Requires every board of elections to employ a minimum of four full time employees in addition to the appointed commissioners within four years and shall employ two of those full time employees within two years; and two additional employees for every twenty thousand active registered voters beyond forty thousand active registered voters.

Establishes who qualifies as an authorized agent of a voter; prohibits an agent of the voter or authorized agent from receiving no more than five absentee ballots for an election; establishes penalties for failing to deliver a ballot and interfering with a voter's marking of a ballot.

Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.

Relates to the removal of an election commissioner by the governor or by affirmative vote of a majority of commissioners of the state board of elections for incompetence, misconduct, or other good cause, provided that prior to removal, such election commissioner shall be given a written copy of the charges against them and have an opportunity to be heard in their defense.

Exempts party position elections which occur during a primary election from automatic full manual recounts.

Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

Increases the term of office of an election commissioner from two to four years beginning January first of each odd numbered year.

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

Changes the date of designation for election inspectors and poll clerks to January first.

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.

Requires early voting occurs on the Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays prior to the election within the early voting period.

Permits a candidate who was depicted in materially deceptive media in a political communication to seek injunctive or other equitable relief prohibiting the publication of such materially deceptive media unless certain disclosures are provided; establishes an affirmative defense.

Requires certain candidates to file a statement attesting to the veracity of statements regarding the candidate's educational history, and service, employment and residency record; provides for the filing of amended statements; provides penalties.

Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party.

Enacts the "political artificial intelligence disclaimer (PAID) act"; requires political communications that use synthetic media to disclose that they were created with the assistance of artificial intelligence; requires committees that use synthetic media to maintain records of such usage.

Requires that all printed political campaign mailing pieces, containing or made of recyclable material, include a message about recycling the printed materials.

Authorizes persons in control of public school buildings to request the cancellation of the designation of such building as a polling place.

Relates to the dates to file a designating petition for Congress and party positions in 2024; provides that signatures for certain offices and party positions made earlier than February 29th made be counted.

Provides for mandatory training for treasurers of political committees once every three years; requires treasurers to complete such training within forty-five days after first being appointed; requires the state board of elections to provide such training in any method it determines, as well as a web-based format; makes related provisions.

Relates to the removal of an election commissioner by the governor or by affirmative vote of a majority of commissioners of the state board of elections for incompetence, misconduct, or other good cause, provided that prior to removal, such election commissioner shall be given a written copy of the charges against them and have an opportunity to be heard in their defense.

Relates to an electronically submitted absentee ballot application and absentee ballot.

Requires the disclosure of political communication produced by artificial intelligence technology; defines terms; provides that any person who, with intent to damage a candidate or deceive the electorate, creates and disseminates artificial media shall be guilty of a class E felony; establishes the fair use of artificial intelligence code; makes related provisions.

Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated people.

Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.

Allows only citizens to vote at elections.

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.

Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct.

Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

Establishes a ranked choice voting method for certain local elections.

Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections.

Relates to the exercise of powers and duties of the board of elections of the city of New York and its executive management; provides for equal representation among certain employees of the board of elections; relates to qualification and removal of certain employees of the board of elections.

Prohibits deceptive practices and the suppression of voters.

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.

Relates to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls.

Requires public-facing websites operated by political committees to contain "paid for by" language; adds such public-facing websites to the list of political communications that qualify as independent expenditures.

Authorizes religious observance as a cause for absentee voting.

Enacts the "Doctor John L. Flateau Voting and Elections Database and Academic Center of New York Act"; regulates public data maintained by county and city boards of elections; establishes the New York voting and elections academic center to maintain a statewide database of voting and election data.

Prohibits deceptive practices and the suppression of voters.

Authorizes the board of elections, or the attorney general in the case of a deadlock, to remove an insurrectionist from the presidential ballot.

Removes party lines from ballots and has candidates' names appearing only once on a ballot for an office for all elections that are not presidential or gubernatorial.

Allows individuals registered with a non-major political party or registered as independent to serve as election inspectors and poll clerks, so long as such individual makes a declaration of which particular party they intend to work on behalf of.

Relates to campaign funds for personal use.

Requires the board of elections to establish an electronic system allowing absentee voters to monitor the status of their ballot and to correct an unaccepted ballot.

Requires choices of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a brief phrase stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question or proposal.

Relates to recounts of election votes.

Relates to contributions from persons doing or seeking business dealings with a state governmental entity.

Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

Provides voting materials in French and Creole; requires translators in French and Creole in the city of New York at polling places in subdivisions where more than five percent of the citizens of voting age speak the language of French and/or Creole and are limited-English proficient.

Requires that all candidates obtain the written, express permission of any person identified in campaign literature.

Relates to the statements of receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to transition and inauguration entities.

Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.

Prohibits the creation and dissemination of synthetic media within sixty days of an election with intent to unduly influence the outcome of an election; makes such act a class E felony.

Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the seventh day after the primary election.

Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements for the receipt of amounts over one hundred dollars, including the full name, full residential address including any suite, floor, or apartment, occupation, employer and employer's full business address in the case of an individual, and the full name and address of any partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization or group of persons.

Provides that if a school building is designated as a polling place, the board or body which controls such building shall provide a space that is not easily accessible to areas of the building where instructional activities are taking place, and if such a space cannot be provided that meets such criteria, the board or agency which controls such building shall cancel in-person instructional activities during the operating hours of such poll site.

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

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; requires board of inspectors to deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.

Enacts the voter registration integrity act; requires a birth certificate, passport, certificate of naturalization or citizenship, evidence of New York state residency, or any other documentation that the board of elections determines establishes United States citizenship.

Authorizes any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot and to elect to permanently vote by absentee ballot.

Requires voters voting by affidavit ballot to produce an identification document to verify residency in the election district; requires absentee ballots to be received by election day, or be post-marked by the first day of early voting.

Requires a candidate for office to file additional information about the candidate's educational background, military service history, and employment history and provides penalties for violations.

Enacts the "forfeiture of campaign finance accounts and return of contributions act".

Requires the county seat in Delaware county (Delhi) to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Requires funeral directors to ensure that death certificates are delivered to the state health department and the department of health of the city of New York who shall in turn deliver certain certificates to the state board of elections.

Authorizes electronic submission of absentee ballots.

Authorizes the governing body or agency of a public school building to reject a designation as a polling place or an early polling place.

Relates to the notification of county boards of elections of an individual's death and the subsequent removal of such voter's name from the applicable registration roll.

Requires the county seat in Steuben county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Increases the term of office of an election commissioner from two to four years beginning January first of each odd numbered year.

Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Requires local boards of elections to verify the number of enrolled members of a party in an election district and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled members of a party in such district.

Relates to the appointment of commissioners of elections; provides that once a party recommends a person for commissioner of elections the local legislative body shall automatically approve the appointment of such person.

Establishes a ranked choice voting method to be implemented by local governments for use in general elections, special elections and primaries within the state.

Includes attempting to register as an elector knowing that he or she is not qualified due to lack of U.S. citizenship.

Requires absentee ballots to be provided to all qualified voters; relates to the delivery of absentee ballots.

Relates to the disposition of campaign funds raised by an elected official who has been convicted of a crime committed while in public office or has been impeached and has been convicted, or has resigned public office following findings by either the attorney general or a committee of the legislature that the official has violated the law.

Establishes a code of ethics for all board of election employees so that no employee of a board of election should have any interest, financial or otherwise, direct or indirect, or engage in any business or transaction or professional activity or incur any obligation of any nature, which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public interest.

Provides voters an opportunity to cure deficiencies regarding affidavit ballots in order to have their votes counted.

Provides for bilingual voting materials.

Relates to requiring boards of elections to include the number of registration forms distributed to and returned by each agency assisting with voter registration in their annual reports; provides personally identifiable information about the registrants shall not be collected or included in the report.

Relates to construction of voting machines and systems.

Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision, in collaboration with the state and county boards of election, to establish a program to facilitate incarcerated individuals voter registration and voting.

Relates to voting rights expansion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time statewide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, and voter affidavits.

Authorizes the state board of elections to reject the use of voting machines or systems on the grounds that such machines or systems are not proper, safe, or secure.

Relates to the appointment of commissioners of elections.

Requires the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by such board to conduct a risk-limiting audit of voter verifiable audit records from voting machines or systems within the jurisdiction of such board.

Relates to creating the "modernized voter registration act of New York"; modernizes voter registration; promotes access to voting for individuals with disabilities; protects the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for local and state office and makes an appropriation therefor.

Makes the expansion of absentee voting provisions permanent.

Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted.

Restricts electioneering activities within six hundred feet of a polling place or the entire property where a polling place is located.

Extends certain chapters providing for expanded absentee voting until 2023.

Prohibits election commissioners and deputy election commissioners from holding a publicly elected office or from being the respective chair of the county democratic or republican committees.

Provides that for contributions that exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, when a campaign contribution is attributed to a limited liability company, such contributions shall be further attributed to each member of the limited liability company in proportion to the member's ownership interest in the limited liability company.

Provides that contributions up to the first $250 of any contribution amount shall be matchable contributions under the public campaign financing program.

Requires persons administering challenge oaths to voter applicants to attest that the challenge is being made in good faith and to provide certain identifying information; requires challenge oaths to be presented to a challenged voter applicant in writing.

Makes the following participating agencies for purposes of agency assisted voter registration: public libraries, local housing authorities, and public high schools; directs the state board of elections to promulgate rules and regulations for implementation.

Allows a judicial district convention to be conducted in whole or in part via video conference upon a minimum of seventy-two hours notice to the members of the respective committee by mail, an appropriately titled email, text or telephone call at an address or number expressly provided in writing for the purpose of receiving such notices.

Directs the state board of elections to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results.

Relates to the representation of newly formed political parties; relates to the placement of candidates of newly formed political parties on ballots, the representation of such parties within the state and the transmission of the official canvass of votes cast for presidential electors.

Allows public campaign funds to be used for disability access services including but not limited to captioning, sign language interpretation, assistive listening device, Braille, large print, communication access real-time translation and accessible transportation services and to be used for language interpretation and translation services.

Relates to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or constituted committee; such monies shall not be transferred or contributed unless it is to the segregated account of another party committee or constituted committee to be used only for non-candidate expenditures.

Exempts public school buildings with instructional space from being designated as early polling locations; allows school districts to decline school building designations as early polling locations.

Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.

Establishes provisions requiring absentee ballots that do not have postmarked dates that are received in the mail by the board of elections within three days following the day of election to be cast and counted.

Prohibits recurring campaign donations without affirmative consent; provides that a candidate accepting a recurring contribution shall provide a receipt to the contributor disclosing the terms of the recurring contribution, provide all necessary information to cancel the recurring donation, and immediately cancel the recurring donation upon request.

Sets out the procedures and requirements for special elections; implements a timetable for the special primary and special election, including the number of signatures required for the petition.

Relates to campaign contribution limits on corporations; provides that all controlled corporations (subsidiaries) as defined by the IRS code shall be considered one corporation for the purposes of contribution limits; requires the treasurer of a political committee, other than a party committee, to identify and disclose the economic or other special interests of a majority of its contributors and/or organizers and the identity of any common employer or organizer.

Requires shareholders to approve corporate political expenditures.

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired.

Enacts the "corporate political activity accountability to shareholders act"; requires that corporate contributions to a political candidate or party committee or in support or opposition to a candidate or ballot referendum be approved by a majority of shareholders; applies to cooperative corporations, not-for-profit corporations, railroad and transportation corporations.

Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections.

Makes technical corrections regarding the public financing of elections.

Relates to the procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of state senator or in the office of member of assembly occurring in a district consisting of parts of more than one county in a city with a population of one million or more; allows for independent nominating petitions to be presented and provides for a special election to be held forty-five days from the date of the governor making a proclamation for a special election.

Permits the conduct of political party meetings, conventions and caucuses via video-conferencing; permits proxy voting.

Provides for the appointment and removal for cause of commissioners of election; provides for removal for cause by the board of elections and/or the governor; repeals provisions relating to the removal of election commissioners.

Provides that entities soliciting a recurring contribution to a political campaign, political committee, party committee, or not-for-profit or for-profit entity shall receive the affirmative consent of the contributor at the time of arrangement of the recurring contribution; provides for refund of recurring contributions; provides penalties for violations.

Establishes a ranked choice voting method for presidential elections whereby voters rank candidates according to the order of their choice and, if no candidate has received a majority of votes, the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated and the remaining candidates advance to another counting round until a winner is determined.

Requires the county seat in Madison county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

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.

Relates to requests for proposals for voting machines and contracts for the purchase of voting machines or systems.

Relates to empowering the commissioner of a board of elections to order a voting machine audit upon a finding of discrepancies.

Directs the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi.

Prohibits candidates from soliciting contributions or donations from any contributor or donor using any material or medium pre-marking that such voter shall make a recurring contribution or donation to such candidate; provides that any candidate who does so may be liable for treble damages.

Prohibits pre-payment penalties for mortgages secured by real property owned in a cooperative form of ownership where over fifty percent of the units are shareholder occupied.

Allows poll workers to be from any political party.

Regulates public data maintained by county and city boards of elections; establishes the New York voting and elections database and institute to maintain a statewide database of voting and election data.

Relates to requiring an automatic recanvass of votes where the difference between votes cast for two candidates that determines a candidate's nomination or election to office is less than one-half of one percent of total ballots cast in such contest.

Relates to the procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of state senator or in the office of member of assembly; allows for independent nominating petitions to be presented and provides for a special election to be held forty-five days from the date of the governor making a proclamation for a special election.

Establishes a ranked choice voting method for nonpartisan primary elections.

Limits a candidate for public office to one authorized committee per election; defines the term "multi-candidate committee" and provides that such a committee may not be authorized by a candidate.

Provides for the re-enfranchisement of voters with felony convictions by repealing certain provisions in the election law.

Places restrictions on the transfer of funds from a candidate's political committee for a federal office to a candidate's political committee for a state, county or local office.

Improves transparency regarding boards of elections; improves voter centricity; includes boards of elections in open meetings requirements; requires certain notices be given regarding elections; requires additional transparency during the tabulation of votes.

Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.

Provides protections against illegal voter purging.

Authorizes, under certain circumstances, full-time college and university students to act as election inspectors and poll clerks in the election district where their college or university is located.

Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online.

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector.

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers; requires the state board of elections to develop and provide to each county materials for a model poll worker training program which the counties may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers in state and county elections.

Amends election law to accurately reflect proper cross reference relating to the operational failure of a voting machine.

Requires the board of elections in the city of New York to release data on how voters ranked all candidates in a ranked choice election, even if a single candidate received a majority of highest rank votes and the tabulation process was not triggered.

Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online.

Provides for conditional registration of voters during early voting.

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector.

Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting by requiring that no location change may occur within forty-eight hours of the commencement of an early voting period unless there is a disaster or a declared state of emergency.

Adjusts the effective date of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York to July 1, 2023.

Relates to the dates to file a designating petition; provides for the repeal of such provisions.

Relates to certain deadlines for voter registration; changes the amount of time required with respect to certain deadlines for voter registration procedures.

Allows taxpayers to register to vote upon paying their taxes or changing their address.

Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps in downloadable digital file formats compatible with geographic information (GIS) software.

Permits electronic correspondence with regard to determinations on objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents upon the consent of the objector.

Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps in downloadable digital file formats compatible with geographic information (GIS) software.

Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum.

Prohibits a state party from using the word "Independent" or "Independence" in its name.

Requires the counting of an affidavit ballot of an eligible voter if such voter appeared at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district; provides that such vote shall not be cast and canvassed for such contests for which the person was not entitled to vote at such election.

Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

Enacts the "election workers, voters and polling places protection act" to protect voters, poll watchers, election officials, and any damage to physical property being used as a polling place or by the board of elections; makes violations a class D felony which includes imprisonment of up to seven years.

Repeals certain provisions relating to absentee voting in primary elections for certain party positions.

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.

Allows qualified voters who are primary caregivers of one or more individuals to vote by absentee ballot regardless of whether the individuals cared for are ill or physically disabled.

Relates to ballots where the express intent of the voter is unambiguous.

Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York; establishes rights of actions for denying or abridging the right of any member of a protected class to vote; provides assistance to language-minority groups; provides for preclearance of certain voting policies; makes related provisions.

Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York; establishes rights of actions for denying or abridging the right of any member of a protected class to vote; provides assistance to language-minority groups; provides for preclearance of certain voting policies; makes related provisions.

Regulates public data maintained by county and city boards of elections; establishes the New York voting and elections database and institute to maintain a statewide database of voting and election data.

Authorizes the state board of elections to reject the use of voting machines or systems on the grounds that such machines or systems are not proper, safe, or secure.

Establishes the misdemeanor of interfering in the election process by electronic means.

Relates to construction of voting machines and systems.

Makes technical corrections regarding the public financing of elections.

Prohibits a state party from using the word "Independent" or "Independence" in its name.

Authorizes religious observance as a cause for absentee voting.

Relates to government vendor contributions.

Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.

Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.

Relates to the removal of an election commissioner by the governor or by affirmative vote of a majority of duly confirmed commissioners of the state board of elections for incompetence, misconduct, or other good cause, provided that prior to removal, such election commissioner shall be given a written copy of the charges against them and have an opportunity to be heard in their defense.

Requires a commissioner to meet certain qualifications before his or her appointment which shall include, but not be limited to, the qualifications prescribed by section three of the public officers law, and demonstrated experience in election administration or other management, operations, or administrative experience in the public, non-profit, or private sector as deemed sufficient by the board.

Requires every board of elections to employ a minimum of four full time employees in addition to the appointed commissioners and two additional employees for every twenty thousand active registered voters beyond forty thousand active registered voters.

Relates to the exercise of powers and duties of the board of elections of the city of New York and its executive management.

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers; requires the state board of elections to develop and provide to each county materials for a model poll worker training program which the counties may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers in state and county elections.

Creates the elected position of the secretary of elections to replace the commissioners on the state board of elections.

Requires the board of elections to check all registered voter's citizenship and lawful permanent resident status.

Provides for recall of a statewide elective officer; empowers the citizens with the ability to remove elective officers.

Allows only citizens to vote at elections.

Requires the county seat in Herkimer county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Requires the county seat in Steuben county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Requires the county seat in St. Lawrence county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Requires the county seat in Delaware county (Delhi) to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Requires at-large electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes in the state; requires congressional electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in each congressional district; removes and replaces electors who fail to vote in such manner.

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in a manner representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district.

Prohibits certain state and prospective state contractors to contribute to the campaigns and committees of statewide officials, including any candidate for governor, attorney general and comptroller, for a period of time; requires written notice of prohibitions.

Prohibits the deliberate misrepresentation of the character or fitness of a candidate to hold public office, including the use of a candidate's image, name, or likeness in a manner which is misleading.

Relates to public financing for state office; provides limitations on contributions to candidates for election to any public office in the state.

Relates to the disposition of campaign funds raised by an elected official who has been convicted of a crime committed while in public office or has been impeached and has been convicted, or has resigned public office following findings by either the attorney general or a committee of the legislature that the official has violated the law.

Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position where the person so nominated or designated has been arrested or charged with one or more state or federal misdemeanors or felonies, or convicted of a crime after designation.

Relates to prohibiting New York city boards of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with any entity that does not employ union labor.

Requires a valid government issued photo identification card be presented when casting a ballot; provides for persons eligible for Medicaid to receive identification cards.

Provides that absentee ballots shall not be mailed or delivered to a voter unless such voter has specifically requested to receive an absentee ballot.

Allows a candidate for nomination or for party position, or nominated for an office to decline such designation or nomination after they are arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime no later than four days after such arrest, indictment or conviction.

Relates to the number of signatures for independent nominating petitions; decreases the number of signatures and votes to 15,000 signatures for statewide candidates and 50,000 votes to maintain party ballot status; changes the petition period to 12 weeks and the petitioning time to May-August.

Requires the county seat in Madison county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Authorizes United States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose last residence in the United States was in the state of New York to vote in certain federal elections.

Relates to the representation of newly formed political parties; relates to the placement of candidates of newly formed political parties on ballots, the representation of such parties within the state and the transmission of the official canvass of votes cast for presidential electors.

Makes the suppression of voters a civil violation.

Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Relates to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls.

Enacts the democracy preservation act; prohibits contributions by foreign-influenced business entities; requires certification.

Extends provisions relating to electronic absentee ballot applications until April 1, 2022; bumps the effectiveness to April 1, 2022.

Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections.

Relates to the right to vote for a non-citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.

Establishes a county representation system for electing the governor and lieutenant-governor within the state.

Allows a person who will be 18 years old at the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time of the presidential primary election.

Allows a person who will be 18 years old at the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time of the presidential primary election.

Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct.

Establishes a county representation system for electing the governor and lieutenant-governor within the state.

Provides that the voting age in New York be 16 years old.

Provides that in 2022, the statement of party positions to be filled at a primary election shall be filed by February 28, 2022; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to return, including a second home or a vacation home.

Relates to contribution and receipt limitations applicable to candidates for election to any public office.

Enables persons charged with or convicted of a crime to register to vote and to vote; repeals certain provisions relating to voter challenges at polling places and to notice of voter rights.

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

Prohibits an election district to be created, consolidated, divided or altered by the board of elections in 2021 in certain counties that made temporary amendments to its rules regarding the election of county committee members.

Prohibits an election district to be created, consolidated, divided or altered by the board of elections in 2021 in certain counties that made temporary amendments to its rules regarding the election of county committee members.

Requires that all candidates obtain the written, express permission of any person identified in campaign literature.

Authorizes voting by proxy at a judicial district convention due to novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

Changes the effective date of bills numbers S.1027-A and A.7931 to April 1, 2022.

Relates to the effectiveness of provisions relating to providing an online absentee ballot tracking system.

Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

Requires the county seat in Warren county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations.

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.

Relates to the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices.

Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations.

Establishes a ranked choice voting method for nonpartisan primary elections.

Relates to the procedure for the recanvass of vote in election districts.

Changes the timing of when state committees shall assume certain legal authority.

Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting by requiring that no location change may occur within forty-eight hours of the commencement of an early voting period.

Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party's primary election.

Prohibits candidates from soliciting contributions or donations from any contributor or donor using any material or medium pre-marking that such voter shall make a recurring contribution or donation to such candidate; provides that any candidate who does so may be liable for treble damages.

Relates to nominations for public office without designation.

Prohibits recurring campaign donations without affirmative consent; provides that a candidate accepting a recurring contribution shall provide a receipt to the contributor disclosing the terms of the recurring contribution, provide all necessary information to cancel the recurring donation, and immediately cancel the recurring donation upon request.

Authorizes, under certain circumstances, full-time college and university students to act as election inspectors and poll clerks in the election district where their college or university is located.

Prohibits the at large election of any member of the governing or legislative body of a town or village by electors of such town or village; requires the election of such members by wards.

Prohibits certain political contributions and loans by certain organizations; provides that loans not repaid by the date of the primary or election shall be considered a contribution.

Permits the conduct of political party meetings, conventions and caucuses via video-conferencing; permits proxy voting.

Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.

Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.

Requires the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by such board to conduct a risk-limiting audit of voter verifiable audit records from voting machines or systems within the jurisdiction of such board.

Creates a pilot program to provide for an instant runoff voting method to be used in up to ten local governments, selected by the state board of elections, in election years 2024 and 2025; requires report to state legislature.

Relates to registration to vote.

Prohibits contributions from permit and license applicants to certain entities and persons.

Relates to the crimes of fraud in connection with a primary election, caucus or convention, and criminal impersonation in the first degree where a person pretends to be an elected official or candidate for an elected office and acts by impersonating such an elected official, or candidate or campaign for such an elected office, by communication by internet website or electronic means, with intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud another; requires social media companies to establish practical mechanisms for closing accounts within twenty-four hours of receiving notice that such account involves either such crime; authorizes the state board of elections chief enforcement counsel to investigate allegations or claims of such crimes, including subpoena powers and to issue cease and desist orders to the relevant social media companies upon proof of such impersonation or fraudulent or wrongful act.

Relates to prohibiting election commissioners from being chairs of political parties.

Authorizes early voting to be available for forty-nine days before an election; designates at least one early voting polling place for every full increment of twenty-five thousand registered voters.

Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

Provides that school districts may have the authority to decline or change a school building's designation as a polling place.

Requires the board of elections to provide email notifications to voters whenever they change the location of a polling place.

Relates to the statements of receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to transition and inauguration entities.

Provides voters an opportunity to cure deficiencies regarding affidavit ballots.

Requires the board of elections in the city of New York to release data on how voters ranked all candidates in a ranked choice election, even if a single candidate received a majority of highest rank votes and the tabulation process was not triggered.

Requires the county seat in Allegany county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Relates to voting rights expansion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time statewide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, and voter affidavits.

Requires counties with a population of one million or more to have at least one polling place in each town and city of such counties.

Requires persons administering challenge oaths to voter applicants to attest that the challenge is being made in good faith and to provide certain identifying information; requires challenge oaths to be presented to a challenged voter applicant in writing.

Establishes a nonpartisan poll monitoring program.

Provides that certain cities and towns shall have early voting poll sites within their boundaries and, where practicable, that such sites shall be situated along public transportation routes.

Relates to the opportunity to ballot; removes ability to petition for opportunity to ballot for public office or party position.

Requires boards of elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials.

Relates to providing Haitian Creole language voting materials.

Relates to party nominations for candidates by county party committees.

Relates to the acceptance of nominations for office or for a party position and the constitutional and statutory requirements for such office or position.

Provides that a court may require that a new election be held when there is clear and convincing evidence that the wrong candidate was determined to be the winner.

Prohibits contributions by executive appointees to the governor who appointed them.

Relates to requests for proposals for voting machines and contracts for the purchase of voting machines or systems.

Clarifies the qualification to receive an absentee ballot; clarifies the process for delivery of an absentee ballot.

Allows taxpayers to register to vote upon paying their taxes or changing their address.

Relates to recounts of election votes.

Enacts the "Modernized voter registration act of New York."

Relates to the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices.

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.

Relates to the confidentiality of registration records for victims of domestic violence; requires victims of domestic violence wishing to make their registration records confidential to deliver a signed written statement swearing or affirming that they are victims of domestic violence and due to the threat of physical or emotional harm they wish to keep their registration record confidential.

Provides a write-in ballot cast in a party primary resulting from the filing of a valid opportunity to ballot petition for a candidate not enrolled in such party shall be void and not counted; makes related provisions.

Relates to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices; provides that a special election shall not be held to fill a vacancy in any other office subject to a proclamation by the governor unless the vacancy occurs before the first day of April of the last year of the term of office.

Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections; increases number on county committee.

Relates to the mailing and receipt of absentee ballots; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Relates to the canvassing of absentee, military and special ballots and ballots cast in affidavit envelopes.

Enacts the "Make Voting Easy Act"; requires the board of elections to designate a number of early voting polling places based on the number of registered voters in each county; relates to the hours polls are open for early voting.

Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

Relates to absentee voting by residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities; provides that inspectors of the board of elections shall not physically deliver ballots to residents of such facilities.

Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Relates to voting and registration for voting by formerly incarcerated individuals convicted of a felony.

Enables persons charged with or convicted of a crime to register to vote and to vote; repeals certain provisions relating to voter challenges at polling places and to notice of voter rights.