New York S 2541: Relates to availability of electronic ballot images

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S02541 Summary:

BILL NOS02541 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07450

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3-222, El L

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Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

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BILL NOS02541 

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

02/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.411

02/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/17/2025PASSED SENATE

03/17/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/17/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2541

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- 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 availability of elec-
 tronic ballot images

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-222 of the election law, as
 2 amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Except as hereinafter provided, removable memory cards or other
 5 similar electronic media shall remain sealed against reuse until such
 6 time as the information stored on such media has been preserved in a
 7 manner consistent with procedures developed and distributed by the state
 8 board of elections. Provided, however, that: (i) the information stored
 9 on such memory card or other similar electronic media and all the data
 10 and figures therein may be examined upon the order of any court or judge
 11 of competent jurisdiction or may be examined at the direction of a
 12 committee of the senate or assembly to investigate and report upon
 13 contested elections of members of the legislature voted for by the use
 14 of voting machines utilizing such electronic media and such data and
 15 such figures examined by such committee in the presence of the officer
 16 having the custody of voting machines and electronic media; and (ii) the
 17 electronically rendered image of each cast ballot produced by each
 18 ballot scanner used at an election and the cast vote record that shows
 19 how the ballot image was interpreted shall be copied from the memory
 20 cards or other similar electronic media by the board of elections no
 21 later than one week after such election, and such copied electronic
 22 images of cast ballots and the cast vote records shall be public records
 23 of the board of elections available upon request.
 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00349-01-5

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