Assembly Bill A4895

2021-2022 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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2021-A4895 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1804
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11151, S9039
2023-2024: A1938, S1113

2021-A4895 (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.

2021-A4895 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4895
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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.
                                                            LBD04822-01-1

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