Bill Text: NY S03877 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes a county representation system for electing the governor and lieutenant-governor within the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-13 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S03877 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03877-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3877--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ORTT, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee 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 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti- 2 cle 4 of the constitution be amended and a new section 1-a is added to 3 read as follows: 4 Section 1. (a) The executive power shall be vested in the governor, 5 who shall hold office for four years; the lieutenant-governor shall be 6 chosen at the same time, and for the same term. The governor and lieu- 7 tenant-governor shall be chosen at the general election held in the year 8 nineteen hundred thirty-eight, and each fourth year thereafter. They 9 shall be chosen jointly, by the casting by each voter of a single vote 10 applicable to both offices, and the legislature by law shall provide for 11 making such choice in such manner. The respective persons having the 12 highest number of county representation votes cast jointly for them for 13 governor and lieutenant-governor respectively shall be elected. 14 (b) In the event a majority of county representation votes are not for 15 a single person for the governor or lieutenant-governor, the respective 16 person having the highest number of votes cast jointly for them for 17 governor or lieutenant-governor respectively shall be elected. 18 § 1-a. (a) County representation votes for the governor and lieuten- 19 ant-governor shall be distributed as follows: 20 (i) Each county within the state shall be assigned two county repre- 21 sentation votes; and 22 (ii) Each county shall be assigned at least one additional county 23 representation vote based on the county's population such that these 24 additional county representation votes sum to four hundred fourteen. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89098-07-9S. 3877--A 2 1 Such additional county representation votes shall be assigned to coun- 2 ties using the method of equal proportions by using the Huntington-Hill 3 method. 4 (b) County representation votes shall be cast for the governor and 5 lieutenant-governor from each county based on the respective persons 6 having the largest number of votes cast jointly for them for the gover- 7 nor and lieutenant-governor respectively from such county. 8 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment 9 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 10 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 11 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 12 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.