S 6253 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting

Summary

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action May 29, 2026

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What changed between versions

S6253 → S6253A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to reflect procedural updates, including the discharge of the committee and the bill's recommitment. Substantively, the requirement for posting sample ballots was changed to apply to the state board of elections rather than just county boards, and the term 'embedded' was corrected to 'embedded' in the security tool description.

Scope change

The scope of the requirement to post sample ballots on a searchable database was expanded from county boards of elections to include the state board of elections.

REQUIREMENT

The obligation to post sample ballots in a searchable database was changed from being a county-level duty to a state-level duty, requiring the state board of elections to perform this task.

TECHNICAL

The word 'embedded' was corrected from 'imbedded' in the description of the security tool used to prevent tampering with sample ballots.

PROCEDURAL

The bill text was updated to indicate that the Committee on Elections has been discharged and the bill has been amended and recommitted.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

upper

Jun 13, 2025

Committee

COMMITTED TO RULES

upper

May 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 6253A

upper

May 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors