Assembly BillIntroduced
A 9314: Prohibits local boards of elections from purchasing direct recording electronic machines; requires local boards of elections to provide hand marking and ballot marking device options at all polling places.
What A 9314 does, verified May 1, 2026
The bill aims to improve the voting process in New York State by introducing changes to the way local boards of elections purchase and use voting machines. Local boards of elections are required to purchase voting machines that produce paper ballots and do not rely on electronic tabulation. Voters at polling places will have two options: to hand mark a paper ballot or use a ballot marking device that does not tabulate votes. The bill also allows existing voting machines that produce paper ballots to continue being used. The changes will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 9314
- What is the current status of A 9314?
- As of May 1, 2026, A 9314 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to election law".
- Did A 9314 pass?
- Not yet. A 9314 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 9314, and where is it now?
- A 9314 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Dec. 10, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, December 10, 2025 · 320 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9314 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting local boards of elections from purchasing direct recording electronic machines The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 7-202 of the election law, as 2 added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new subdivi- 3 sion 5 is added to read as follows: 4 4. Local boards of elections which obtain voting machines pursuant to 5 this chapter [may determine to] shall purchase [direct recording elec-6tronic machines or] optical scan machines that tabulate paper ballots 7 marked by hand that comply with section 7-104 of this article, and 8 ballot marking devices that comply with subdivision two of this section 9 but do not tabulate votes, in conformance with the requirements of this 10 chapter. 11 5. Local boards of elections must provide every voter at every polling 12 place, both of the following options: 13 (a) to hand mark a paper ballot that complies with section 7-104 of 14 this article; or 15 (b) to use a ballot marking device that does not tabulate votes to 16 mark such paper ballot. 17 § 2. Voting machines and systems purchased prior to the effective date 18 of this act may continue to be used and maintained if they are designed 19 and constructed to utilize paper ballots that comply with section 7-104 20 of the election law. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14049-01-5
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