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S9024 • 2025

Removes designating letters on ballots

Removes designating letters on ballots

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Sponsor
Michael Gianaris
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Removes designating letters on ballots

Removes designating letters on ballots Removes designating letters for rows and columns on ballots.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes designating letters on ballots Removes designating letters for rows and columns on ballots.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-06-03 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

  4. 2026-05-28 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  5. 2026-05-28 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1391

  6. 2026-01-22 Senate

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Official Summary Text

Removes designating letters on ballots
Removes designating letters for rows and columns on ballots.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9024

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 22, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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  removing  designating
          letters on ballots

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 7-104  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  411  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    7. The ballot shall have printed upon it in black ink for  each  party
     5  or  independent  row,  at the head of the column or the beginning of the
     6  row containing the names of candidates, the name of the party  or  inde-
     7  pendent body [and the designating letter of the row or column].
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13920-03-5