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Assembly Bill A582
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LANCMAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Barbara Clark
Sandy Galef
Michael G. Miller
multi-Sponsors
Deborah Glick
Donna Lupardo
2011-A582 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6-162, El L; rpld §3-705 sub 5, §3-709 sub 6, NYC Ad Cd
2011-A582 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "NYC instant run-off voting act"; requires an instant run-off in any municipal election in New York City; provides that if one candidate for any municipal office receives a majority of first preferences, such candidate is elected; provided, however, if no candidate is the first choice of at least half the voters, the instant runoff re-tabulation shall be performed and then the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated
2011-A582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 582 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LANCMAN, CLARK, GALEF, M. MILLER -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. GLICK, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the "NYC instant run-off voting act"; and to repeal subdivision 5 of section 3-705 and subdivision 6 of section 3-709 of the administrative code of the city of New York relating to certain run-off elections in the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "NYC instant run-off voting act". S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the run-off system of voting in primary elections for the offices of mayor, comptroller and public advocate in New York city is unduly expensive and generates an unacceptably low turnout of voters. Addi- tionally, the absence of any run-off system at all for the offices of borough president and council member has resulted in candidates being elected with much less than a majority of the votes cast, and signif- icantly dilutes minority voting power when multiple minority candidates compete for the same office. In an "instant run-off" system, voters rank candidates by order of preference, and if no candidate receives a major- ity of first-place votes, the top two candidates have the votes of elim- inated candidates redistributed to them in order of each voter's prefer- ence. The candidate with the most votes after this "second round" is the winner. An instant run-off voting system eliminates the need for a cost- ly and sparsely attended second election, rewards candidates who broaden their appeal as widely as possible, and promotes minority representation by limiting the dilution of minority voting power when multiple minority candidates are on the ballot for the same office. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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