New York A 2606: Relates to construction of voting machines and systems

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A02606 Summary:

BILL NOA02606 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCarroll R (MS)

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COSPNSRPaulin, Reyes, Sayegh, Simon, Cook, Epstein, Kelles, Woerner, Rosenthal, Lupardo, Jackson,
 Rajkumar, Forrest, Burdick, Dinowitz, Bichotte Hermelyn, Jacobson, Durso, Gallagher, Mamdani,
 Tague, Anderson, Brabenec, Taylor, Barrett, McDonough, Zinerman, Colton, Clark, Simpson,
 Gonzalez-Rojas, De Los Santos, Lucas, Tapia, Glick, Rozic, Gibbs, Seawright, Shimsky, Levenberg,
 Shrestha, Simone, Kassay

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§7-104, 7-200 & 7-202, El L

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Relates to construction of voting machines and systems.

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BILL NOA02606 

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01/21/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2606

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, PAULIN, REYES, SAYEGH, SIMON, DeSTE-
 FANO, COOK, EPSTEIN, KELLES, WOERNER, ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, JACKSON,
 RAJKUMAR, FORREST, BURDICK, DINOWITZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, JACOBSON,
 DURSO, GALLAGHER, MAMDANI, TAGUE, ANDERSON, BRABENEC, TAYLOR, BARRETT,
 McDONOUGH, ZINERMAN, COLTON, CLARK, SIMPSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 DE LOS SANTOS, LUCAS, TAPIA, GANDOLFO, GLICK, ROZIC, GIBBS, SEAWRIGHT,
 GIGLIO, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, SHRESTHA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to construction of and
 requirements for voting machines and systems

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

 1 Section 1. Section 7-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 28 to read as follows:
 3 28. The ballot shall be marked or printed on durable paper. For
 4 purposes of this section, "durable paper" is defined as paper capable of
 5 withstanding multiple counts and recounts by hand or machine without
 6 compromising the fundamental integrity of the ballots, and capable of
 7 retaining the information marked or printed on such paper for the full
 8 duration of a retention and preservation period set forth in section
 9 3-222 of this chapter.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 7-200 of the election law, as amended by
 11 chapter 181 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 12 1. The board of elections of the city of New York and other county
 13 boards of elections may adopt any kind of voting machine or system
 14 approved by the state board of elections, or the use of which has been
 15 specifically authorized by law; and thereupon such voting machine or
 16 system may be used at any or all elections and shall be used at all
 17 general or special elections held by such boards in such city, town or
 18 village and in every contested primary election in the city of New York
 19 and in every contested primary election outside the city of New York in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03129-01-5

 A. 2606 2

 1 which there are one thousand or more enrolled voters qualified to vote.
 2 [No more than two types of voting machines or systems may be used by any
 3 local board of elections at a single election.] Notwithstanding the
 4 other provisions of this subdivision, any local board of elections may
 5 borrow or lease for use on an experimental basis for a period of not
 6 more than one year each, voting machines or systems of any type approved
 7 by the state board of elections.
 8 § 3. Paragraphs b, e, j, s and t of subdivision 1 of section 7-202 of
 9 the election law, as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2005, are
 10 amended and three new paragraphs u, v and w are added to read as
 11 follows:
 12 b. permit a voter to vote for any person for any office, whether or
 13 not nominated as a candidate by any party or independent body [without
 14 the ballot, or any part thereof, being removed from the machine at any
 15 time];
 16 e. provide the voter an opportunity to privately and independently
 17 mark and verify votes sele