 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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  publicly  releasing
          ballot images

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  7-131
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  7-131.  Ballots;  public  release  of  ballot  images. Following an
     4  election, the board of elections shall publicly release and make  avail-
     5  able  online,  images of all ballots, excluding all personal identifying
     6  information.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04332-01-9
Relates to the public release of ballot images

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