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Senate Bill S2135
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2135 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§7-106, 7-114, 7-122 & 7-202, add §7-132, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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2009-S2135 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2135 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to providing means whereby a voter may express no confidence in certain candidates for public office SUMMARY : This bill amends the election law to provide for a space on the ballot that allows a voter to vote for "No confidence", in the election for the offices of President, Vice-president. united States Senators. members of Congress, and members of the State Legislature. JUSTIFICATION : Many people do not exercise their right to vote because they do not like any of the candidates who are running. This legislation provides this group of voters an opportunity to voice their opinions without having to vote for a candidate for whom they do not want. It also sends a powerful message to the candidates running for these offices. Even though only votes for named candidates will count in determining nomination or election, votes for "No Confidence" will provide a gauge of voter dissatisfaction. FISCAL IMPLICATION : None.
2009-S2135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2135 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 11, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 providing means whereby a voter may express no confidence in certain candidates for public office THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 7-106 of the election law is amended by adding a new paragraph 3-a to read as follows: (3-A) TO EXPRESS NO CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF THE CANDIDATES FOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, UNITED STATES SENATOR, REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, MARK A CROSS X OR A CHECK MARK IN THE VOTING SQUARE ABOVE THE PHRASE "NO CONFIDENCE" ONLY IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED FOR ANY CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE. S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 7-106 of the election law, as amended by chapter 647 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 6. Each such ballot shall be printed in sections in which the candi- dates' names, emblems and political designations, the ballot proposals and other requisite matter shall each be boxed in by heavy black lines. On the ballot shall be voting squares in which voters may make their voting marks. All voting squares shall be bounded by heavy black lines, the perpendicular lines to be not less than one-sixteenth of an inch wide. The voting squares and the spaces occupied by the emblem shall have a depth and width of five-sixteenths of an inch. No voting squares shall be provided in front of the blank spaces provided for a voter to write in a name. ON THE BALLOT FOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, UNITED STATES SENATOR, REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SHALL BE A VOTING SQUARE TO EXPRESS NO CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF THE CANDIDATES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08816-01-9 S. 2135 2
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