NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4080

Senate Bill S4080

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York city municipal public office or party position

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2023-S4080 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4653
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §6-134, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S6213, A6582

2023-S4080 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York City municipal public office or party position.

2023-S4080 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4080

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to permitting New York
city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for
the same New York city municipal public office or party position

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends subdivision 3 of section 6-134 of the election law, so
that a person can sign more than one ballot petition without "over-de-
signating," in order to account for New York City's ranked-choice voting
system.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current New York State election law, a ballot petition is only
allowed to hold a number of candidates equal to the number of offices to
be elected, and no more. In other words, an individual is only allowed
to sign one ballot petition for one candidate for one open seat, and no

more. In 2019, however, New York City overwhelmingly adopted ranked
choice voting, a system wherein individuals can express multiple prefer-
ences for the candidates for a particular office. More than seventy
percent of voters in New York City voted in favor of ranked choice
voting and the ability to prioritize multiple candidates for the offices
of mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and members of
the City Council.

This legislation amends the election law to accommodate ranked choice
voting in New York City. Specifically, this legislation modifies section
6-134-3 of the election law with respect to so-called "over desig-
nations" in New York City, thereby enabling New York City voters to
support multiple candidates' petitions for the same elected office.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S6213

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.   
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S4080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4080
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to permitting New York
   city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates  for
   the same New York city municipal public office or party position

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-134  of  the  election  law,  as
 added by chapter 709 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  (A)  If a voter shall sign any petition or petitions designating a
 greater number of candidates for public office or  party  position  than
 the  number  of persons to be elected thereto [his] THEIR signatures, if
 they bear the same date, shall not be counted upon any petition, and  if
 they bear different dates shall be counted in the order of their priori-
 ty  of  date,  for  only  so  many  designees as there are persons to be
 elected.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  A VOTER IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK MAY DESIGNATE A GREATER NUMBER OF
 CANDIDATES FOR A NEW YORK CITY MUNICIPAL PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION
 WITHIN THE FIVE COUNTIES OF NEW YORK CITY THAN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS  TO
 BE ELECTED, WITH NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF DESIGNATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06466-01-3

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