Assembly Bill A4475

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a county representation system for electing the governor and lieutenant-governor within the state

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2021-A4475 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 §1, add §1-a, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6324
2023-2024: A4392

2021-A4475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a county representation system for electing the governor and lieutenant-governor within the state.

2021-A4475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4475
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MORINELLO, ASHBY, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, NORRIS,
   DeSTEFANO, SALKA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,  B. MILLER
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 4 of the constitution, in
   relation  to  establishing a county representation system for electing
   the governor and lieutenant-governor within the state
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of  article
 4  of the constitution be amended and a new section 1-a is added to read
 as follows:
   Section 1. (A) The executive power shall be vested  in  the  governor,
 who  shall  hold office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be
 chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor  and  lieu-
 tenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in the year
 nineteen  hundred  thirty-eight,  and each fourth year thereafter.  They
 shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a  single  vote
 applicable to both offices, and the legislature by law shall provide for
 making  such  choice  in  such manner. The respective persons having the
 highest number of COUNTY REPRESENTATION votes cast jointly for them  for
 governor and lieutenant-governor respectively shall be elected.
   (B) IN THE EVENT A MAJORITY OF COUNTY REPRESENTATION VOTES ARE NOT FOR
 A  SINGLE PERSON FOR THE GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, THE RESPECTIVE
 PERSON HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES  CAST  JOINTLY  FOR  THEM  FOR
 GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR RESPECTIVELY SHALL BE ELECTED.
   §  1-A.  (A) COUNTY REPRESENTATION VOTES FOR THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTEN-
 ANT-GOVERNOR SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) EACH COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE SHALL BE ASSIGNED TWO  COUNTY  REPRE-
 SENTATION VOTES; AND
   (II)  EACH  COUNTY  SHALL  BE  ASSIGNED AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL COUNTY
 REPRESENTATION VOTE BASED ON THE COUNTY'S  POPULATION  SUCH  THAT  THESE
 ADDITIONAL  COUNTY  REPRESENTATION  VOTES  SUM TO FOUR HUNDRED FOURTEEN.
 SUCH ADDITIONAL COUNTY REPRESENTATION VOTES SHALL BE ASSIGNED  TO  COUN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.