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NY A 1091

in committee

Relates to recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 1091 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1091 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

What is NY A 1091 about?

Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.

Who sponsors NY A 1091?

Jen Lunsford is the primary sponsor of NY A 1091, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Jen Lunsfordprimary
  • Deborah Glickcosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor
  • Latrice Walkercosponsor
  • Sarah Clarkcosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9454not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1259not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 3290

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1091?summary=&detail=

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