STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 6, 2017
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        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.
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