Assembly Bill A928

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who was nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector

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Current Bill Status Via S438 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A928 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S438
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10340
2021-2022: A765, S4226

2023-A928 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector.

2023-A928 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    928
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, PAULIN -- 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  candidate  who  were
   nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elec-
   tor

   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.
 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 president are contained therein.
   NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  SECTION OF LAW BESIDES TITLE FOUR OF THIS
 ARTICLE, EACH ELECTOR SHALL CAST HIS OR HER  BALLOT  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND
 VICE  PRESIDENT  FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR THESE OFFICES WHO WERE NOMINATED
 BY THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT NOMINATED THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR.  REFUSAL
 OR  FAILURE  TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
 WHO WERE NOMINATED BY THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT NOMINATED  THE  PRESIDEN-
 TIAL  ELECTOR SHALL CONSTITUTE A RESIGNATION FROM THE OFFICE OF ELECTOR,
 AND ANY SUCH VOTE BY AN ELECTOR SHALL NOT BE RECORDED. THE BALLOTS  USED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02191-01-3

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