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A01558 Summary:

BILL NOA01558
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01624
 
SPONSORCarroll
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §3-100, El L
 
Relates to prohibiting boards of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with entities that have made any political campaign donations of any amount in the last ten years.
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A01558 Actions:

BILL NOA01558
 
01/17/2023referred to election law
01/03/2024referred to election law
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A01558 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A1558
 
SPONSOR: Carroll
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting boards of elections from entering into certain contracts with entities that have made any political campaign donations of any amount in the last ten years   PURPOSE: This bill will protect the integrity of the voting and electoral process by prohibiting the state board of elections from contracting with enti- ties that have political ties.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends the election law by adding a new subdivision to prohibit the state board of elections from contracting with entities that have made political contributions of any amount in the past 10 years for the purposes of designing, managing, and processing ballots, affidavits, petitions and any items associated with the voting and election ballot process. Section two establishes an immediate effective date. EXISTING LAW: Section 3-100 of the election law establishes the New York State board of elections and explains the requirements of its membership and organ- izations.   JUSTIFICATION: Recently, a Rochester-based commercial printing company with political- interest delivered invalid mail-in ballots to voters in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. As a result, a great number of voters may be ineligible to vote. It further has been found that the firm in question has consistently made political donations to one of the two major poli- tical parties. Effort must be made to preserve the integrity of our electoral process by prohibiting contractors with political-interests from managing voter registration material and election ballots.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.9900/S.3798 of 2021-22   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: TBD   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
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A01558 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1558
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting  boards  of
          elections from entering into certain contracts with entities that have
          made  any  political  campaign donations of any amount in the last ten
          years

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  3-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
     3    4-a. Except where expressly permitted  by  law,  the  state  board  of
     4  elections  shall  not  enter  into  any  contract  or agreement with any
     5  person, firm, corporation, or other entity, that has made any  political
     6  campaign donations of any amount in the last ten years, for the prepara-
     7  tion,  design, printing, mailing, distribution, delivery, processing, or
     8  counting of  ballots,  affidavits,  petitions,  applications,  or  other
     9  papers  and  materials  involved  in  the  conduct  of elections and the
    10  canvass of results under this chapter.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03628-01-3
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