BILL NUMBER: S2541
SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to availability of elec-
tronic ballot images
 
PURPOSE:
Requires the board of elections to make available to the public upon
request, electronic images of cast ballots from ballot scanners at an
election, and requires these images to be available no later than one
week after such election.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 3-222 of the election law as
amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2011 which allow the use of voting
machines that include memory cards or other similar electronic media,
electronically rendered images, and records of the cast vote record. It
also allows information showing how the ballot was interpreted to be
copied from the memory cards or other similar electronic media by the
Board of Elections no later than one week after an election and added to
the public record of the Board of Elections available upon request.
Section 2 provides the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill increases transparency of the election process and provides
public access by request to ballot images within a short period after an
election.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S2333 of 2023-24: Referred to Elections.
S286-A of 2021-22: Passed Senate.
S7237 of 2019-20: Committed to Rules.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S2541: 3-222 election law, 3-222(1) election law