File #: Int 0560-2005    Version: * Name: Board of elections notifying city residents who voted by affidavit or paper ballot as to whether or not their vote was tallied.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations
On agenda: 2/16/2005
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the board of elections notifying city residents who voted by affidavit or paper ballot as to whether or not their vote was tallied, and if not, provide a reason.
Sponsors: Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., Charles Barron, Gale A. Brewer, Yvette D. Clarke, Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James, Allan W. Jennings, Jr., John C. Liu, Miguel Martinez, Michael C. Nelson, Annabel Palma, Christine C. Quinn, Joel Rivera, James Sanders, Jr., Larry B. Seabrook, David I. Weprin, Philip Reed
Council Member Sponsors: 19
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2005*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2005*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. Committee on Governmental Operations Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2005*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. Committee on Governmental Operations Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/16/2005*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/16/2005*Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 560

 

By Council Members Addabbo Jr., Barron, Brewer, Clarke, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, James, Jennings, Liu, Martinez, Nelson, Palma, Quinn, Rivera, Sanders Jr., Seabrook, Weprin and Reed

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the board of elections notifying city residents who voted by affidavit or paper ballot as to whether or not their vote was tallied, and if not, provide a reason.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 46 of the charter of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 1059, to read as follows:

§1059 Tally notification for affidavit and paper ballot voters. (a) The board of elections shall notify in writing any person who voted in a general or special election by either affidavit or paper ballot as to whether or not their vote was eventually tallied. If such votes were not tallied, such notification must provide an explanation.

(b) Notification must be provided no later than ninety days after the board of elections has certified the winners for all offices on the ballots.

§2. This local law shall take effect sixty days after its enactment.

 

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