New York S 7116: Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal

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S07116 Summary:

BILL NOS07116 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06287

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, SERRANO, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1-104, 7-104 & 7-106, El L

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Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.

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BILL NOS07116 

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1334

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.793

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7116

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 enacting the "voting
 integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "voting
 2 integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)".
 3 § 2. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding two new
 4 subdivisions 40 and 41 to read as follows:
 5 40. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term "nontabulat-
 6 ing ballot marking device" means a voting machine that cannot and does
 7 not count or transmit votes and does not retain any official record of
 8 the voters' selections, but can mark or print voters' selections and
 9 have those selections printed on an individual, voter verifiable paper
 10 ballot.
 11 41. The term "human readable paper ballot" means a paper ballot where
 12 all the candidates, ballot proposals and selections that could be tabu-
 13 lated are readable without assistance, other than eyeglasses or other
 14 standard personal vision enhancing devices.
 15 § 3. Subdivision 26 of section 7-104 of the election law, as added by
 16 chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 17 26. All paper ballots of the same kind for the same [polling place]
 18 election district shall be identical. Each voter voting in a polling
 19 place is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper
 20 ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it privately and
 21 independently. For the purposes of this title, the term "individual,
 22 voter verifiable paper ballot" means a human readable paper ballot that
 23 is either (a) marked by the voter by hand; or (b) marked through the use
 24 of a nontabulating ballot marking device. Voters shall have both options

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04096-01-5

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 1 in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision available in every polling
 2 place.
 3 § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 7-106 of the election law, as amended by
 4 chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 5 3. All paper ballots of the same kind for the same [polling place]
 6 election district shall be identical.
 7 § 5. Voting machines and systems purchased prior to the effective date
 8 of this act may continue to be used and maintained if they are designed
 9 and constructed to utilize individual, voter-verifiable paper ballots.
 10 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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