Bill Text: NY A07280 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the use of pasters, stickers and labels on ballots.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-15 - substituted by s1848a [A07280 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07280-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7280--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 1, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Election  Law  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting the use  of
         pasters,  stickers  and labels on ballots; and to repeal section 7-126
         of the election law relating to the use of pasters
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 8-308 of the election law, as
    2  added by chapter 156 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    3    4. A write-in ballot may also be cast by the use of a name stamp.  THE
    4  USE OF NAME STICKERS, LABELS OR PASTERS IS PROHIBITED.
    5    S 2. Section 17-134 of the election law is amended to read as follows:
    6    S 17-134. Unlawful use of pasters. An election officer or other person
    7  who uses a paster, STICKER OR LABEL upon  an  official  ballot,  at  any
    8  election,  except as authorized and in the manner provided by this chap-
    9  ter, is guilty of a felony.
   10    S 3. Section 7-126 of the election law is REPEALED and a  new  section
   11  7-126 is added to read as follows:
   12    S 7-126. BALLOTS; PASTERS, OR STICKERS, USE OF. NO PASTERS OR STICKERS
   13  SHALL  BE  AFFIXED  TO  ANY  OFFICIAL  BALLOT BY ANY VOTER. THE BOARD OF
   14  ELECTIONS MAY AUTHORIZE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO AFFIX A PASTER OR  STICKER
   15  UPON  UNVOTED  BALLOTS.  ALL OF THE VOTED BALLOTS FOR WHICH THE USE OF A
   16  PASTER OR STICKER SHALL HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED SHALL BE MANUALLY CANVASSED
   17  AND SHALL NOT BE CANVASSED BY A BALLOT SCANNER.
   18    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02579-02-5