Senate Bill S2552

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes in the state and who received the highest number of votes in each congressional district

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  • 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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2021-S2552 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5437
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12-106, add §12-112, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1600

2021-S2552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at-large electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes in the state; requires congressional electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who received the highest number of votes in each congressional district; removes and replaces electors who fail to vote in such manner.

2021-S2552 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2552
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 requiring  electors  to
   vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in a manner
   representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district and
   removing  electors  who  vote  in violation of their pledge to vote in
   such manner
 
   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.
 TWO ELECTORAL VOTES SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE STATEWIDE WINNER AND ONE ELEC-
 TORAL VOTE SHALL BE GIVEN TO EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT  BASED  ON  THE
 PLURALITY  OF  VOTES  IN  SUCH DISTRICT. EACH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR SHALL
 EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING PLEDGE: "AS A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR  DULY  SELECTED
 (OR  APPOINTED)  FOR  THIS  POSITION,  I  AGREE  TO SERVE AND TO MARK MY
 BALLOTS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL  AND  VICE
 PRESIDENTIAL  CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE
 STATE IF I AM AN AT-LARGE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR OR THE HIGHEST NUMBER  OF
 VOTES  IN MY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IF I AM A CONGRESSIONAL PRESIDENTIAL
 ELECTOR". 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 certif-
 icates one of the lists of electors which shall have been  furnished  to
 them  by  the  state  board of elections. They shall seal up the certif-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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