NY A04475

Proposes amending the New York Constitution to replace the current statewide popular vote system with a county representation voting system for gubernatorial and lieutenant-governor elections.

Each county receives two base county representation votes, plus at least one additional vote based on population, distributed using the Huntington-Hill method to total 414 additional votes across all counties.

The candidate for governor and lieutenant-governor receiving the most county representation votes statewide wins the election, with a plurality sufficient if no candidate achieves a majority of county representation votes.

County representation votes are cast based on which candidates receive the most popular votes within each individual county.

The amendment requires referral to the first regular legislative session after the next general assembly election and must be published for three months before voter consideration.