Bill Text: NY A00634 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to presidential electors

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-16 - enacting clause stricken [A00634 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00634-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          634
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, PERRY, CANESTRARI -- Multi-Sponsored by
         --  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  SCARBOROUGH  -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to presidential electors
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 12-103
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 12-103. ELECTORAL COLLEGE; PLEDGE OF ELECTORS. ANY  PERSON  SELECTED
    4  BY  A  POLITICAL PARTY TO BE AN ELECTOR FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
    5  WHEN SELECTED SHALL SIGN A PLEDGE THAT, IF  ELECTED,  THE  ELECTOR  WILL
    6  VOTE  IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THE PARTY FOR PRESI-
    7  DENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. THE FORM OF THE PLEDGE SHALL BE  PRESCRIBED  BY
    8  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS IN THE YEAR PRECEDING THE NOMINATING OF
    9  ELECTORS.
   10    S 2. The election law is amended by adding a  new  section  12-105  to
   11  read as follows:
   12    S  12-105.  ELECTORAL COLLEGE; CASTING OF VOTES AS CERTIFIED. AN ELEC-
   13  TOR, UPON THE ELECTORAL  COLLEGE  BEING  COMPLETE  AS  PROVIDED  FOR  IN
   14  SECTION  12-104 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHEN DISCHARGING THE DUTIES OF AN ELEC-
   15  TOR PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION OR THE LAWS OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OR
   16  THIS  STATE SHALL CAST THE ELECTORAL VOTE FOR THE NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT
   17  OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL PARTY WHICH ELECTED SAID ELECTOR  AND
   18  CERTIFIED  THE  ELECTOR AS A MEMBER OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE PURSUANT TO
   19  LAW.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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