Bill Text: NY S04478 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to annual reports of the boards of elections; requires such reports be made available on the boards' websites; requires that the reports include specific performance metrics.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S04478 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04478-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4478
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 3, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. TKACZYK -- 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 annual reports  of  the
         boards of elections
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4  of  section  3-212  of  the
    2  election  law,  as amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended
    3  and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
    4    (a) Each board of elections shall make an annual report of its affairs
    5  and proceedings to its local legislative body once every  twelve  months
    6  and  no  later  than the last day of January in any year. A copy of said
    7  annual report shall be filed with the state board of elections AND SHALL
    8  BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY  ANY  BOARD
    9  OF ELECTIONS, INCLUDING THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, NO LATER THAN FIVE
   10  DAYS AFTER SAID REPORT IS DELIVERED TO THE STATE BOARD.
   11    (C)  SAID ANNUAL REPORT, AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
   12  SION, SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR THE  PRECEDING
   13  CALENDAR YEAR:
   14    (1)  THE  NUMBER  OF  ELECTIONS ADMINISTERED IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR
   15  YEAR, INCLUDING ALL PRIMARY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL  ELECTIONS,  LISTED  BY
   16  DATE WITH THE OFFICES INCLUDED IN EACH ELECTION AND ANY REFERENDUM QUES-
   17  TIONS;
   18    (2)  THE  NUMBER OF BALLOTS DELIVERED TO EACH POLL SITE, THE NUMBER OF
   19  BALLOTS CAST BY SCANNING AT EACH POLL SITE SCANNER, AND  THE  NUMBER  OF
   20  BALLOTS  COUNTED  AT  EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE, INCLUDING A
   21  SEPARATE LISTING FOR THE NUMBER OF  EMERGENCY,  ABSENTEE,  MILITARY  AND
   22  OVERSEAS BALLOTS COUNTED AT EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE;
   23    (3)  THE  NUMBER  OF  ELECTION INSPECTORS AND POLL CLERKS EMPLOYED FOR
   24  EACH ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNFILLED ELECTION INSPECTOR  OR  POLL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07751-01-3
       S. 4478                             2
    1  CLERK  POSITIONS  FOR  EACH  ELECTION  AND THE NUMBER OF POLL SITES WITH
    2  ABSENT ELECTION INSPECTORS OR POLL CLERKS FOR EACH ELECTION;
    3    (4)  THE  NUMBER  OF  POLL  WORKERS  WHO ATTENDED TRAININGS, THE TOTAL
    4  NUMBER OF TRAINING SESSIONS OFFERED PER  ELECTION,  AND  THE  NUMBER  OF
    5  ADJUNCT TRAINERS HIRED PER ELECTION;
    6    (5)  THE NUMBER OF INTERPRETERS EMPLOYED PER LANGUAGE PER ELECTION AND
    7  THE LOCATION OF POLLING PLACES WHERE INTERPRETERS WERE DEPLOYED;
    8    (6) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POLLING PLACES PER ELECTION, THE TOTAL  NUMBER
    9  OF  SCANNERS  DEPLOYED  FOR  EACH ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCANNERS
   10  WHICH REQUIRED REPAIR ON EACH ELECTION DAY, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCANNERS
   11  REQUIRING REPLACEMENT ON EACH ELECTION DAY, THE TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  STAFF
   12  FROM  THE  VOTING  EQUIPMENT  VENDOR EMPLOYED ON EACH ELECTION DAY AND A
   13  BREAKDOWN OF COSTS INCURRED FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT ON EACH  ELECTION
   14  DAY;
   15    (7)  THE  NUMBER  OF POLL SITE ACCESSIBILITY WAIVERS REQUESTED AND THE
   16  NUMBER OF POLL SITE ACCESSIBILITY WAIVERS OBTAINED  FOR  EACH  ELECTION,
   17  THE  NUMBER OF BALLOT MARKING DEVICES DEPLOYED FOR EACH ELECTION AND THE
   18  NUMBER OF BALLOTS CREATED BY BALLOT MARKING DEVICES FOR EACH ELECTION;
   19    (8) THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATE PETITIONS PROCESSED FOR EACH ELECTION, THE
   20  NUMBER OF PETITION HEARINGS CONDUCTED FOR EACH ELECTION AND  THE  NUMBER
   21  OF HEARING APPEALS FILED FOR EACH ELECTION;
   22    (9)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS SORTED BY
   23  PARTY AND, FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  BY
   24  BOROUGH,  INDICATING THE NUMBER OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS PROC-
   25  ESSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND, FOR BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF
   26  THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BY AGENCIES UTILIZING CODE "9" REGISTRATION  FORMS
   27  AND  BY  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK UTILIZING CODE "D" REGISTRATION
   28  FORMS;
   29    (10) METRICS INDICATING WEBSITE USAGE, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF  UNIQUE
   30  VISITORS  AND  TOTAL  HITS  TO  THE  WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY EACH BOARD OF
   31  ELECTIONS AND TO ANY ON-LINE POLL LOCATION LOCATOR ON A  PER  MONTH  AND
   32  ANNUAL BASIS; AND
   33    (11)  THE  NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED REGARDING POLL WORKER CONDUCT
   34  PER ELECTION, THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS  INTO  COMPLAINTS  PERFORMED,
   35  THE  AVERAGE  LENGTH  OF  INVESTIGATION  INTO  COMPLAINTS, THE NUMBER OF
   36  COMPLAINTS RESOLVED AND THE RESULTING ACTIONS TAKEN.
   37    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.