Assembly Bill A11151

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in a manner representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A11151 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9039
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4895, S1804
2023-2024: A1938, S1113

2019-A11151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in a manner representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district.

2019-A11151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11151
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Goodell,
   Brabenec, Giglio) -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to requiring electors to
   vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in a manner
   representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  12-106 of the election law is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 12-106. Electoral college; vote of the electors.  Immediately  after
 the  organization  of the electoral college, the electors shall then and
 there vote by ballot for president and vice president,  but  no  elector
 shall  vote  for  more  than one person who is a resident of this state.
 TWO ELECTORAL VOTES SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE STATEWIDE WINNER AND ONE ELEC-
 TORAL VOTE SHALL BE GIVEN TO EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT  BASED  ON  THE
 PLURALITY OF VOTES IN SUCH DISTRICT. They shall name in separate ballots
 the  persons  voted for as president and vice president. They shall make
 and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of  which
 certificates  shall  contain  two distinct lists, one with the votes for
 president and one with the votes for  vice  president.  There  shall  be
 annexed  to  each of the certificates one of the lists of electors which
 shall have been furnished to them by the state board of elections.  They
 shall  seal  up  the certificates so made and certify upon each that the
 lists of all the votes of this state given for president and vice presi-
 dent are contained therein.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
 electors for all elections occurring on and after such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17435-01-0

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