Bill Text: NY S04202 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the state board of elections to establish procedures to assure the timely processing and counting of affidavit ballots.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S04202 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04202-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4202 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- 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 affidavit ballots 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 8-318 2 to read as follows: 3 § 8-318. Affidavit ballots. The state board of elections shall estab- 4 lish reasonable procedures to assure the timely processing and counting 5 of affidavit ballots, including: 6 1. standards for timely processing and counting to assure that, after 7 the conclusion of the affidavit vote count, parties and candidates may 8 have full, timely, and effective recourse to the recount and contest 9 procedures; and 10 2. standards for the informed participation of candidates and parties 11 such as are consistent with reasonable procedures to protect the securi- 12 ty, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information collected in 13 the course of the processing and counting of affidavit ballots. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09223-01-7
