Bill Text: NY A01230 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to lever voting machines.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.250 [A01230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01230-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1230
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, JAFFEE, COLTON, TENNEY, ORTIZ, LAVINE,
         SIMANOWITZ, CASTRO, RAIA, MONTESANO, SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
         Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to lever voting machines
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 15-114  of  the  election  law  is
    2  renumbered  subdivision  3  and  a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. LEVER VOTING MACHINES SHALL REMAIN  LOCKED  AGAINST  VOTING  FOR  A
    5  PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS OR UNTIL FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION, IF
    6  SUCH MACHINES ARE NEEDED FOR USE AT SUCH NEXT ELECTION. PROVIDED HOWEVER
    7  THAT A MACHINE MAY BE UNLOCKED IF A DISCREPANCY DISCOVERED IN THE RECAN-
    8  VASS  OF  VOTING MACHINES REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER MAKES IT NECESSARY TO
    9  EXAMINE THE MACHINE TO DETERMINE IF IT HAS  MALFUNCTIONED  AND  PROVIDED
   10  FURTHER THAT A MACHINE MAY BE OPENED AND ALL THE DATA AND FIGURES THERE-
   11  IN  EXAMINED UPON THE ORDER OF ANY COURT OR JUDGE OF COMPETENT JURISDIC-
   12  TION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
   14  the amendments to section 15-114 of the election law made by section one
   15  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
   16  deemed to expire therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03584-02-3