Bill Text: NY S08900 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the board of elections to provide the public with free and timely access to updated absentee ballot data.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-11 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08900 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08900-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8900 IN SENATE August 11, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of elections to provide the public with free and timely access to updated absentee ballot data The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 9-209 of the election law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 3 (f) Upon completing the casting and canvassing of absentee, military, 4 and special ballots for each election district, the board of elections 5 shall post running totals of absentee, military, and special ballots 6 accepted and rejected for each election district in a public place and 7 on the internet. The board of elections shall post such running totals 8 of rejected absentee, military, and special ballots by each of the 9 reasons each ballot was rejected for each election district on the 10 internet. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD17014-01-0