A1091 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.
- Title
- Relates to recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Election Law
- Introduced
- 2025-01-08
- Same as
- S3290
- Law section
- Election Law
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Al Taylor Assembly Member, District 71
- Deborah J. Glick Assembly Member, District 66
- Jo Anne Simon Assembly Member, District 52
- Latrice M. Walker Assembly Member, District 55
Heard in committee
- Election Law NY State Assembly committee