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A04895 Summary:

BILL NOA04895
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01804
 
SPONSORGoodell
 
COSPNSRJensen
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §12-106, El L
 
Requires 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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A04895 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4895
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    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:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 12-106 of the election law is amended  to  read  as
     2  follows:
     3    §  12-106.  Electoral college; vote of the electors. Immediately after
     4  the organization of the electoral college, the electors shall  then  and
     5  there  vote  by  ballot for president and vice president, but no elector
     6  shall vote for more than one person who is a  resident  of  this  state.
     7  Two electoral votes shall be given to the statewide winner and one elec-
     8  toral  vote  shall  be given to each congressional district based on the
     9  plurality of votes in such district. They shall name in separate ballots
    10  the persons voted for as president and vice president. They  shall  make
    11  and  sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which
    12  certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one with  the  votes  for
    13  president  and  one  with  the  votes for vice president. There shall be
    14  annexed to each of the certificates one of the lists of  electors  which
    15  shall  have been furnished to them by the state board of elections. They
    16  shall seal up the certificates so made and certify upon  each  that  the
    17  lists of all the votes of this state given for president and vice presi-
    18  dent are contained therein.
    19    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
    20  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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