New York S 3063: Relates to annual reports of the boards of elections

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S03063 Summary:

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Relates to annual reports of the boards of elections; requires such reports be made available on the boards' websites; requires that the reports include specific performance metrics.

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3063

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 annual reports of the
 boards of elections

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 3-212 of the
 2 election law, as amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended
 3 and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
 4 (a) Each board of elections shall make an annual report of its affairs
 5 and proceedings to its local legislative body once every twelve months
 6 and no later than the last day of January in any year. A copy of said
 7 annual report shall be filed with the state board of elections and shall
 8 be made available to the public on the website maintained by any board
 9 of elections, including the state board of elections, no later than five
 10 days after said report is delivered to the state board.
 11 (c) Said annual report, as required by paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 12 sion, shall include the following performance metrics for the preceding
 13 calendar year:
 14 (1) The number of elections administered in the preceding calendar
 15 year, including all primary, general and special elections, listed by
 16 date with the offices included in each election and any referendum ques-
 17 tions;
 18 (2) The number of ballots delivered to each poll site, the number of
 19 ballots cast by scanning at each poll site scanner, and the number of
 20 ballots counted at each county board of elections office, including a
 21 separate listing for the number of emergency, absentee, military and
 22 overseas ballots counted at each county board of elections office;
 23 (3) The number of election inspectors and poll clerks employed for
 24 each election, the total number of unfilled election inspector or poll

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05145-01-5

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 1 clerk positions for each election and the number of poll sites with
 2 absent election inspectors or poll clerks for each election;
 3 (4) The number of poll workers who attended trainings, the total
 4 number of training sessions offered per election, and the number of
 5 adjunct trainers hired per election;
 6 (5) The number of interpreters employed per language per election and
 7 the location of polling places where interpreters were deployed;
 8 (6) The total number of polling places per election, the total number
 9 of scanners deployed for each election, the total number of scanners
 10 which required repair on each election day, the total number of scanners
 11 requiring replacement on each election day, the total number of staff
 12 from the voting equipment vendor employed on each election day and a
 13 breakdown of costs incurred for repair and replacement on each election
 14 day;
 15 (7) The number of poll site accessibility waivers requested and the
 16 number of poll site accessibility waivers obtained for each election,
 17 the number of ballot marking devices deployed for each election and the
 18 number of ballots created by ballot marking devices for each election;
 19 (8) The number of candidate petitions processed for each election, the
 20 number of petition hearings conducted for each election and the number
 21 of hearing appeals filed for each election;
 22 (9) The total number of voter registration applications sorted by
 23 party an