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Removes the requirement that party emblems be included in ballot design
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Patricia Fahy
Removes the requirement that party emblems be included in ballot design
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Fredrick J. Akshar II
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3953
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to removing the requirement that party emblems be included in ballot design
Purpose
To amend those sections of Election Law which require the party emblems be utilized in ballot design, to remove such requirements in an effort to make ballots more readable.
Summary of provisions
This bill amends the following sections of Election Law to remove the requirement in the Election Law that the party emblem be included in the ballot design: Subdivision 18 of section 1-104; subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 2-124; subdivision 1 of section 4-112; subdivision 1 of section 6-128; subdivision 3 of section 6-138; paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 6-140; subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 6-206; subdivision 4 of section 15-108; subdivision 1 of section 16-104.
Justification
With the transition to electronic voting systems throughout the State many of the county boards of elections found that the requirement to include the party emblem on the ballot makes the ballot significantly less readable to the voter. When included in the ballot design, the spacing requirements virtually minimized the emblem to a size that made them unrecognizable. Removing the requirement that the emblems be included allows the county boards of election the flexibility to design the ballots in a much more usable and readable format.
Legislative history
S6636 of 2014: Referred to Elections
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This bill shall take effect immediately.
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