---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates electronic correspondence of determinations on objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents"
description: "Permits electronic correspondence with regard to determinations on objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents upon the consent of the objector."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 822"
citation: "New York S 822 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel May"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a62df1e0-3618-4639-95c3-5e596ac2e80b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S822"
source_hash: "9b10fac4dcb4f90ef471235a66b24a9c5090b490b19cf62d750ddcca29b1d3cb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 822 (2023-2024) — Relates electronic correspondence of determinations on objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents

Permits electronic correspondence with regard to determinations on objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents upon the consent of the objector.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S822&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **49–14** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel May — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.31
- **2023-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-31** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A985
- **2023-03-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.105
- **2023-03-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-03-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.77 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a62df1e0-3618-4639-95c3-5e596ac2e80b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).