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Senate Bill S1447

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in a manner representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district

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2025-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4401
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9039, A11151
2021-2022: S1804, A4895
2023-2024: S1113, A1938

2025-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in a manner representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district; provides that two electoral votes shall be given to the statewide winner and one electoral vote shall be given to each congressional district based on the plurality of votes in such district.

2025-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1447 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1447
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BORRELLO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, 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 candidates in a manner
   representing the plurality of votes in each congressional district

   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, as amended by chapter
 215 of the laws of 2024, 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.
 TWO ELECTORAL VOTES SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE STATEWIDE WINNER AND ONE ELEC-
 TORAL VOTE SHALL BE GIVEN TO EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT  BASED  ON  THE
 PLURALITY OF VOTES IN SUCH DISTRICT. They shall name in separate ballots
 the  persons  voted for as president and vice president. They shall make
 and sign six certificates of vote 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 of vote one of the lists of
 electors  which  shall have been furnished to them by the state board of
 elections pursuant to section 12-102 of this title. They shall  seal  up
 the certificates of vote 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] SUCH ELECTOR'S 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04479-01-5

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