Enacts the "Count Every Vote Act of New York" to amend the procedure for the recanvass of votes in election districts and defines the margin of.
The "Count Every Vote Act of New York" amends the election law to redefine the procedure for the recanvass of votes in election districts. It specifies that the margin of victory for triggering a hand recount of ballots is determined based on the most recent recanvass results. A hand recount is required if the margin of victory is twenty votes or less, 0.5% or less, or less than 5,000 votes in a contest where one million or more ballots have been cast. The act takes effect immediately.
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