Bill Text: NY S00604 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the Board of Elections to publicly release images of all ballots following an election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S00604 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00604-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           604
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
        AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  publicly  releasing
          ballot images
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  7-131
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  7-131.  Ballots;  public  release  of  ballot  images. Following an
     4  election, the board of elections shall publicly release and make  avail-
     5  able  online,  images of all ballots, excluding all personal identifying
     6  information.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05405-01-7