NY S08841 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-08-10 - PRINT NUMBER 8841A
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on April 22 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-08-10 - PRINT NUMBER 8841A
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
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.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2022-08-10 | Senate | PRINT NUMBER 8841A |
2022-08-10 | Senate | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS |
2022-04-22 | Senate | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS |
Same As/Similar To
A09454 (Same As) 2022-08-03 - print number 9454a