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This bill requires county boards of elections to post sample ballots online in accessible formats for public viewing.
Why it matters
Improves voter access to information. by ensuring that all sample ballots are posted online in formats that can be read by screen-reading software, making it easier for voters with visual impairments or other disabilities to review ballots before election day.
Creates a centralized and standardized online system. for all county boards to transmit ballot information to the state board, which then makes it available on both state and county election websites, promoting consistency and up-to-date access.
Increases transparency and preparedness. by allowing the public to view sample ballots in advance, helping voters familiarize themselves with candidates and contests, potentially reducing confusion and mistakes at the polls.
Supports civic education. by continuing to send facsimile ballots to schools, while expanding access for the general public, thereby fostering a more informed electorate.
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Post Ballots Online
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- Referred to elections
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.19
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Recommitted to rules
- Returned to senate
- Repassed assembly
- Amended on third reading 267c
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to assembly
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- Recalled from senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.124
- Rules report cal.124
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 267b
- Amend and recommit to election law
- Print number 267a
- Amend and recommit to election law
- Referred to election law
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Post Ballot Info Online
In Senate Committee · Elections · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
267--C R. R. 124
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, BUCHWALD, ABINANTI, SEPULVEDA, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again… Show allHide
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, BUCHWALD, ABINANTI, SEPULVEDA, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the special order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the posting of sample ballots on a board of elections website
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law, as amended by chapter 157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
§ 7-118. Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing such part of the face of the voting machine as shall be in use at that election. Such facsimile and sample ballots shall be either in full or reduced size and shall contain suitable illustrated directions for voting on the voting machine. Such facsimile ballots shall be mounted and displayed for public inspection at each polling place during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed by the board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the election, or in lieu thereof, a copy of such sample ballot may be published at least once within one week preceding the election in newspapers representing the major political parties. Each county board of elections shall transmit electronically in a format to be determined by the state board of elections, as it is available, a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each of its ballot styles to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01716-11-7
A. 267--C 2
the state board of elections. The state board shall create a system to allow such information to be made publicly available via its website, as well as the website of any county board of elections, and in such a way as to be accessible with a computer screen-reading program. One copy of such facsimile shall be sent to each school in the county, providing the ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory education, and in the city of New York to each such school in the city of New York, at least one week before each general election for posting at a convenient place in such school. The board of elections shall also send a facsimile ballot to any other school requesting such a ballot.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
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