Dr. John L. Flateau Voting & Elections Database of New York Act

Pursuant to Election Law § 3-112, upon certification of election results and the completion of the voter history file after every election, each election authority shall, by January 1st after such election, or within ten (10) business days, whichever is later, transmit to the New York State Board of Elections, if such election authority is able to maintain the record, copies of:

• election results at the election district level for every statewide election and every election in every political subdivision;
• contemporaneous voter registration lists;
• voter history files;
• maps or other documentation of the configuration of districts in any format or formats as specified by the New York State Board of Elections;
• tabulations of the number of valid and invalid affidavit ballots, the reasons for which affidavit ballots were invalid, and the quantity and disposition of affidavit ballots subject to the cure procedure prescribed by Election Law § 9-209(3);
• tabulations of the number of valid and invalid absentee ballots, the reasons for which absentee ballots were invalid and the quantity of absentee ballots invalid for each such reason, and the quantity and disposition of absentee ballots subject to the cure procedure prescribed by Election Law § 9-209(3);
• lists of election day poll sites and early voting sites and maps or other documentation of the configuration of districts in any format or formats as specified by the New York State Board of Elections of the election districts assigned to each election day poll site or early voting site;
• adopted districting or redistricting plans for every election in every political subdivision; and
• any other publicly available data as requested by the New York State Board of Elections.

Nothing in the act requires an election authority to create or otherwise provide a record it is not capable of collecting.

"Election authority" shall mean any local government entity primarily responsible for maintaining the records listed in this section, including, but not limited to, any county or city board of elections, or any county, city, town, village, or school district that administers their own elections or maintain their own voting and election records.

The statute takes effect April 1, 2026, and applies to all elections on or after that date. The New York State Board of Elections is authorized to adopt necessary regulations before the effective date so the database can be implemented fully.

Voting and Elections Database (VEDA)

The Voting and Elections Database (VEDA) provides the public with transparent access to New York State election data, as mandated by NYS Election Law § 3-112. This platform publishes curated, non-personally-identifiable election data for public review, research, and oversight.

All data is sourced from official NYS Board of Elections records. Individual voter records are excluded. Only aggregated, public-facing data is presented. Data is published after certification by the appropriate election authority.

The New York State Board of Elections will issue regulations within 180 days of the effective date (April 1, 2026) on data standards for the method of processing and transmitting records required to be provided by local election authorities.

Every six (6) months after the effective date, the New York State Board of Elections shall determine which election authorities have failed to transmit the required records and publish a list of such non-compliant election authorities. 

Upon publication of the list, an election authority that failed to transmit records shall have a cure period of ten (10) business days to come into compliance or provide an adequate reason the authority is not capable of transmitting such records.

The Dr. John L. Flateau Voting & Elections Database of New York Act authorizes enforcement actions (including by the Office of the Attorney General and private parties who use the data) against non-compliant election authorities. 

The New York State Board of Elections has the responsibility to collect and publish the data, in an effort to support research and transparency.

The New York State Board of Elections will host and maintain the statewide database.

Within sixty (60) days of receipt of records pursuant to this section, the New York State Board of Elections' voting and elections database shall post such records to its public facing website, provided that individual voter registration records shall not be published, but only made available to the public upon request pursuant to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and Election Law § 3-103(5). 

No cost shall be charged to access such records.

The database must post and make available online - at no cost - the elections and voting data and analytical products described in the Dr. John L. Flateau Voting & Elections Database of New York Act (and the Overview section above) except for any data that would identify individual voters.

Under the Dr. John L. Flateau Voting & Elections Database of New York Act, the New York State Board of Elections must maintain the records for at least twelve (12) years.

If you wish to submit questions or comments to the New York State Board of Elections about the Dr. John L. Flateau Voting & Elections Database of New York Act, please email INFO@elections.ny.gov with "Dr. John L. Flateau Voting & Elections Database" in the email subject line.