Assembly BillIntroduced
A 1581: Requires the board of elections to publicly release images of all ballots following an election.
What A 1581 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to make publicly available images of ballots after an election, excluding any personal identifying information. These images will be released and made available online by the board of elections. The law will take effect immediately upon its passage.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 154 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1581 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to publicly releasing ballot images The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 7-131 2 to read as follows: 3 § 7-131. Ballots; public release of ballot images. Following an 4 election, the board of elections shall publicly release and make avail- 5 able online, images of all ballots, excluding all personal identifying 6 information. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00200-01-5
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