A10769-2011 Actions

• Jun 18, 2012: referred to election law

A10769-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    10769

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                June 18, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal)
    -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

  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 ASSEM-
  BLY, 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:

    S  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 news-
  papers representing the major political parties. THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS
  SHALL  POST  A COPY OF THE SAMPLE BALLOT ON ITS WEBSITE AS SOON AS IT IS
  AVAILABLE. 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.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD15855-02-2