Bill Text: NY S01447 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires that elections for municipal office in the city of New York shall use an "instant run-off" or "ranked choice" voting system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-16 - PRINT NUMBER 1447A [S01447 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01447-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1447--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to primary elections in the city of New York; and to repeal subdivision 5 of section 3-705 and subdivision 6 of section 3-709 of the administrative code of the city of New York relating to certain run-off elections in the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6-162 of the election law, as amended by chapter 2 424 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 6-162. [Primary; New York City, run-off. 1. In the city of New York,4when no candidate for the office of mayor, public advocate or comp-5troller receives forty percent or more of the votes cast by the members6of a political party for such office in a city-wide primary election,7the board of elections of such city shall conduct a run-off primary8election between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of9votes for the same office.102. In any jurisdiction that authorizes a run-off election after a11primary election, if one of the two candidates receiving the greatest12number of votes for the same office files with the local board of13elections a certificate of withdrawal within three days following such14primary election, the board shall accept and certify the withdrawal and15declare the remaining candidate the winner and no such run-off primary16election shall be held. Such certificate of withdrawal shall be in affi-17davit or affirmation form as determined by the state board of18elections.] Instant run-off voting in New York city. Elections for 19 municipal office in the city of New York shall use an "instant run-off" EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06217-02-0S. 1447--A 2 1 or "ranked choice" voting system, consistent with the provisions of the 2 New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New 3 York. 4 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 3-705 of the administrative code of the 5 city of New York is REPEALED. 6 § 3. Subdivision 6 of section 3-709 of the administrative code of the 7 city of New York is REPEALED. 8 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 9 municipal elections held in the city of New York on or after January 1, 10 2021.