Bill Text: NY A04679 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the instructions on a ballot or voting machine for certain elections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-05 - held for consideration in election law [A04679 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A04679-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4679
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, TOWNSEND, ERRIGO -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the instructions on a
ballot or voting machine for certain elections
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 7-108 of the election law is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 3. In every instance where multiple casting of votes is permitted for
4 two or more candidates for the same office or position, the instruction
5 on the ballot or machine shall read "Vote for [any] UP TO .........",
6 (the blank space to be filled with the number of persons to be nominated
7 for the office or elected to the position).
8 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
10 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
11 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
12 authorized to be made on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07017-01-9
