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NY S 3290

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 · upper

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Did NY S 3290 pass?

Not yet. NY S 3290 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

What is NY S 3290 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 S 3290?

Jeremy Cooney is the primary sponsor of NY S 3290, joined by 1 cosponsor.

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 ELECTIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jeremy Cooneyprimary
  • Samra Broukcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-24

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8841not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 9454not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1014not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1091

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S3290?summary=&detail=

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