Senate Bill S8464

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Moves the date of the meeting of the electors and the method for the transmission of the certificates of vote

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Current Bill Status Via A9409 - 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-S8464 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9409
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§12-102, 12-104, 12-106 & 12-108, El L

2023-S8464 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Moves the date of the meeting of the electors; changes the method for the transmission of the certificates of vote to align with federal law.

2023-S8464 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8464 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8464
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 moving the date of  the
   meeting  of  the  electors  and the method for the transmission of the
   certificates of vote
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 12-102 of the election law, as amended by chapter 9
 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   §  12-102.  Lists  of  electors;  state board of elections to furnish.
 [The] AT LEAST SIX DAYS BEFORE THE TIME FIXED FOR  THE  MEETING  OF  THE
 ELECTORS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION 12-104 OF THIS TITLE, THE state board of
 elections shall:
   1. prepare seven lists, containing [both] the names of the persons who
 are elected as electors [and], a canvass of  the  votes  cast  for  each
 candidate  for  elector,  [together with] a certificate of determination
 [thereon] by the state board of canvassers[; procure to the  same],  the
 signature  of  the  governor[; cause to be affixed thereto], the seal of
 the state, and [in] IMPRINTED ON SUCH LIST AN EMBOSSMENT OF THE SEAL  OF
 THE STATE AS A SECURITY FEATURE FOR PURPOSES OF VERIFYING THE AUTHENTIC-
 ITY OF SUCH LIST; AND
   2.  ON  behalf  of the governor, [send] TRANSMIT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE
 PREPARATION OF SUCH LISTS one copy  of  such  [certified]  list  to  the
 [administrator  of  general  services] ARCHIVIST of the United States by
 [registered mail] THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS METHOD AVAILABLE and deliver  the
 six  other copies thus signed and sealed to the president of the college
 of electors immediately after [his] THEIR election.
   § 2. Section 12-104 of the election law, as amended by chapter 234  of
 the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   §  12-104.  Electoral  college; meeting and organization. The electors
 shall convene at the state capitol upon notice  from,  and  at  a  place
 fixed  by the secretary of state on the first [Monday] TUESDAY after the
 second Wednesday in December next following  their  election.  Those  of
 them  who  shall  be  assembled at twelve o'clock noon of that day shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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