Senate Bill S4226

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who was nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections 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

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2021-S4226 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A765
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10340
2023-2024: S438, A928

2021-S4226 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector.

2021-S4226 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4226 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4226
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 candidate who were
   nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elec-
   tor

   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.
 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 certificates
 one of the lists of electors which shall have been furnished to them  by
 the  state  board  of  elections. They shall seal up the certificates so
 made and certify upon each that the lists of all the votes of this state
 given for president and vice president are contained therein.
   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW BESIDES TITLE  FOUR  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  EACH  ELECTOR  SHALL  CAST HIS OR HER BALLOT FOR PRESIDENT AND
 VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR THESE OFFICES WHO  WERE  NOMINATED
 BY  THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT NOMINATED THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR. REFUSAL
 OR FAILURE TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND  VICE  PRESIDENT
 WHO  WERE  NOMINATED BY THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT NOMINATED THE PRESIDEN-
 TIAL ELECTOR SHALL CONSTITUTE A RESIGNATION FROM THE OFFICE OF  ELECTOR,
 AND  ANY SUCH VOTE BY AN ELECTOR SHALL NOT BE RECORDED. THE BALLOTS USED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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