Senate Bill S5908

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relating to the audit of voter verifiable audit records

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5908 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7601
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-211, El L

2015-S5908 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the audit of voter verifiable audit records; authorizes manual audits or via the use of any automated tool authorized by the state board of elections.

2015-S5908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5908

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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  the  audit  of  voter
  verifiable audit records

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 9-211 of the election law, as added by chapter  181
of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S  9-211.  Audit  of voter verifiable audit records. 1. Within fifteen
days after each general or special election, and within seven days after
every primary or village election conducted by the board  of  elections,
the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by such board
shall  [manually]  audit  the  voter verifiable audit records from three
percent of voting machines or systems within the  jurisdiction  of  such
board.    SUCH  AUDITS  MAY  BE PERFORMED MANUALLY OR VIA THE USE OF ANY
AUTOMATED TOOL AUTHORIZED FOR SUCH USE BY THE STATE BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS
WHICH  IS  INDEPENDENT FROM THE VOTING SYSTEM IT IS BEING USED TO AUDIT.
Voting machines or systems shall be selected for audit through a random,
manual process. At least five days prior to  the  time  fixed  for  such
selection  process,  the  board  of elections shall send notice by first
class mail to each candidate, political party and independent body enti-
tled to have had watchers present at the polls in any election  district
in such board's jurisdiction. Such notice shall state the time and place
fixed for such random selection process. The audit shall be conducted in
the  same  manner,  to  the  extent  applicable,  as  a canvass of paper
ballots. Each candidate, political party or independent body entitled to
appoint watchers to attend at a  polling  place  shall  be  entitled  to
appoint such number of watchers to observe the audit.
  2.  The [manual] audit tallies for each voting machine or system shall
be compared to the tallies recorded by such voting  machine  or  system,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11049-01-5

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