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Senate Bill S2056

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows voters to express "no confidence"

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2011-S2056 (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 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S2135

2011-S2056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a space on an election ballot where a voter may express "no confidence" in presidential candidates, or candidate for U.S. senate or congress or members of the legislature.

2011-S2056 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2056

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

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 7 of section 7-106 of the election law, as amended by
chapter 165 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  7. Each such ballot shall be printed in sections in which  the  candi-
dates'  names and political designations, the ballot proposals and other
requisite matter shall each be boxed in  by  heavy  black  perpendicular
lines  of  equal  width.  In  each such section shall be voting ovals or
squares which voters may fill in. If applicable, ovals or squares  shall
be  provided next to 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.
  S 3. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 7-114 of  the  election
law is amended to read as follows:
  (g)  Spaces  containing  names of candidates and for writing in names,
SPACES FOR EXPRESSING NO CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF THE CANDIDATES FOR  MEMBER
OF  THE  LEGISLATURE, UNITED STATES SENATOR, REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06468-02-1

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