S 2541: Relates to making electronic ballot images and cast vote records public records of the board of elections upon request.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2541 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to availability of elec- tronic ballot images The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-222 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. Except as hereinafter provided, removable memory cards or other 5 similar electronic media shall remain sealed against reuse until such 6 time as the information stored on such media has been preserved in a 7 manner consistent with procedures developed and distributed by the state 8 board of elections. Provided, however, that: (i) the information stored 9 on such memory card or other similar electronic media and all the data 10 and figures therein may be examined upon the order of any court or judge 11 of competent jurisdiction or may be examined at the direction of a 12 committee of the senate or assembly to investigate and report upon 13 contested elections of members of the legislature voted for by the use 14 of voting machines utilizing such electronic media and such data and 15 such figures examined by such committee in the presence of the officer 16 having the custody of voting machines and electronic media; and (ii) the 17 electronically rendered image of each cast ballot produced by each 18 ballot scanner used at an election and the cast vote record that shows 19 how the ballot image was interpreted shall be copied from the memory 20 cards or other similar electronic media by the board of elections no 21 later than one week after such election, and such copied electronic 22 images of cast ballots and the cast vote records shall be public records 23 of the board of elections available upon request. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00349-01-5