Senate Bill S5259

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the state board of elections to conduct a study on the implementation and impact of ranked choice voting in New York state

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-228, El L

2023-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state board of elections to conduct a study on the implementation and impact of ranked choice voting in New York state.

2023-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5259
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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  directing  the  state
   board of elections to conduct a study on the implementation and impact
   of ranked choice voting in New York state

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  3-228
 to read as follows:
   §  3-228.  RANKED CHOICE VOTING STUDY. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "RANK" MEANS THE NUMBER ASSIGNED ON A  BALLOT  BY  A  VOTER  TO  A
 CANDIDATE  TO  EXPRESS  THE  VOTER'S PREFERENCE FOR THAT CANDIDATE. RANK
 NUMBER ONE IS THE HIGHEST RANKING, RANK NUMBER TWO IS THE  NEXT  HIGHEST
 RANKING, AND SO ON.
   (B) "RANKED CHOICE ELECTION" MEANS ANY ELECTION IN WHICH RANKED CHOICE
 VOTING  IS USED AND ALL CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED BY INDEPENDENT NOMINAT-
 ING PETITION.
   (C) "RANKED CHOICE VOTING" MEANS THE METHOD OF CASTING AND  TABULATING
 VOTES IN WHICH VOTERS RANK CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE, TABULATION
 PROCEEDS  IN  ROUNDS  IN WHICH LAST PLACE CANDIDATES ARE ELIMINATED, AND
 THE VOTES FOR ELIMINATED  CANDIDATES  ARE  REDISTRIBUTED  BASED  ON  THE
 VOTER'S NEXT RANK UNTIL ONE CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE NON-EX-
 HAUSTED  VOTES.  THE  CANDIDATE  WITH  THE MAJORITY OF THE NON-EXHAUSTED
 VOTES WINS THAT ELECTION.
   2. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE IMPLEMEN-
 TATION AND IMPACT OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN NEW  YORK  STATE  FOR  BOTH
 PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS. THE STUDY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE
 LIMITED TO: THE IMPACT ON VOTER TURNOUT, CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, COSTS ASSO-
 CIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING RANKED CHOICE VOTING, DATA SECURITY, AVAILABIL-
 ITY  OF  CONTRACTORS AND SOFTWARE TO IMPLEMENT RANKED CHOICE VOTING, THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09143-01-3
              

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