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Assembly Bill A4339

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-A4339 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 4 §1, add Art 4 §1-a, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6324
2021-2022: A4475
2023-2024: A4392

2025-A4339 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-A4339 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4339
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. MORINELLO, BARCLAY, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, McDO-
   NOUGH, MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89035-01-5

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Valerie_Portanova
1 year ago

So, we want to expand the electoral college system instead of modifying it? I'd rather have a system like STAR voting or ranked choice voting so I feel like my vote counts. As of right now, these offices are some of the only ones the people have a real say in.

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