STATE OF NEW YORK
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6581
IN SENATE
January 27, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- 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 authorizing computer
generated registration lists; in relation to the list of supplies to
be delivered to poll sites
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 38 to read as follows:
3 38. "Computer generated registration list" means a printed or elec-
4 tronic list of voters in alphabetical order for a single election
5 district or poll site, generated from a computer registration file for
6 each election and containing for each voter listed, a facsimile of the
7 signature of the voter. Such a list may be in a single volume or in more
8 than one volume. The list may be utilized in place of registration poll
9 records, to establish a person's eligibility to vote in the polling
10 place on election day.
11 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4-128 of the election law, as amended by
12 chapter 125 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
13 1. The board of elections of each county shall provide the requisite
14 number of official and facsimile ballots, two cards of instruction to
15 voters in the form prescribed by the state board of elections, at least
16 one copy of the instruction booklet for inspectors, a sufficient number
17 of maps, street finders or other descriptions of all of the polling
18 places and election districts within the political subdivision in which
19 the polling place is located to enable the election inspectors and poll
20 clerks to determine the correct election district and polling place for
21 each street address within the political subdivision in which the poll-
22 ing place is located, distance markers, tally sheets and return blanks,
23 pens, [black ink, or ball point pens with black ink,] pencils [having
24 black lead], or other appropriate marking devices, envelopes for the
25 ballots of voters whose registration poll records are not in the ledger
26 or whose names are not [on] in the computer generated registration list,
27 envelopes for returns, identification buttons, badges or emblems for the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13284-03-6