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Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm New York
Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:31(7.13% of 435)
2002 Representatives:29(6.67% of 435)
2004 Electors:31(5.76% of 538)
1990 Census:17,990,778 (7.23% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:19,004,973 (6.74% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (2000):11,262,816
Estimated Voting age population (2000):13,805,000
Capital:Albany
 

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Official Name/Status   All States
 The STATE of New York
 Ratified Articles of Confederation: 6 February 1778. this State formally adhered to the Articles on 9 July 1778 when the document was signed by its delegates to the Seventh Continental Congress
 Ratified Constitution of the United States: 26 July 1788
  The 11th state.

Traditional Sections and Regions   All States
 Section: NORTHEAST
 Region: Mid-Atlantic
 Survey: Metes & Bounds

Constitutions   All States     Links to State Constitutions
 Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States): [None. One of the 13 original States which declared their independence from the nascent British Empire on 4 July 1776]
 
1st (1777-1821) [Adopted: 20 April 1777 Provincial Congress (the 'de facto' legislature of New York at the time) reconstituted itself as the "Convention of State Representatives" for purposes of drafting a State Constitution, 10 July 1776, Ratified: 20 April 1777 not submitted to the People]
2nd (1823-1846) [Adopted: 10 November 1821 Convention convened, 28 August 1821, Ratified: 17 January 1822 ratified by a vote of 74,732 to 41,402; effective, 1 January 1823]
3rd (1847-1894) [Adopted: 9 October 1846 Convention convened, 1 June 1846, Ratified: 3 November 1846 ratified by a vote of 221,528 to 92,436; effective, 1 January 1847]
4th (1895--) [Adopted: 29 September 1894 Convention convened, 8 May 1894, Ratified: 6 November 1894 ratified by a vote of 410,697 to 327,402; effective, 1 January 1895. (NOTE: The work of the Constitutional Convention of 5 April 1938 to 26 August 1938, submitted to the People and ratified by a vote of 1,521,036 to 1,301,797 on 8 November 1938 [effective, 1 January 1939], is considered to merely be a recodification of the Constitution of 1894 and is, thus, not generally considered to be New York's "5th Constitution" )]


Executive Branch   All States
 
Chief Executive
  GOVERNOR
Successor to a Vacancy
  Lieutenant Governor [elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; nominated separately from Governor]
 
 
Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide   All States   2008 Office holders
  Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
  Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with the Governor
  Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
  Comptroller: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

Legislative Branch   All States
 
Legislature
  LEGISLATURE
 
Upper House
  Senate
Lower House
  Assembly

Judicial Branch   All States
 
Court of Last Resort
  Court of Appeals
Intermediate Appellate Court
  Supreme Court: Appellate Division [IN: department FOR: State]
  Supreme Court: Appellate Term [IN: department FOR: State]
 


Local Government
 
   
PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION  All States
  county [Type: Limited, Executive and Legislative: Board of Supervisors]
 MINOR CIVIL DIVISION  All States
   Town[ship] [Type: Broad, Executive: SUPERVISOR, Legislative: Board]
 
Incorporated Municipalities  All States
   

Statutory Election Information   All States
 
General Election   All States
  The general election shall be held annually on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November. [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (c)]
Presidential Primary   All States
  (--2007) In each year in which electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected an additional primary election, to be known as the spring primary, shall be held on the first Tuesday in March unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention, members of state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate assembly district leaders. [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (a)]
  (2007--) In each year in which electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, an additional primary election, to be known as the winter primary, shall be held on the first Tuesday in February unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention. [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (a)]
State Primary   All States
  A primary election, to be known as the fall primary, shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 1. (a)]
Polling times   All States
  Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a primary election from twelve o’clock noon until nine o’clock in the evening, except in the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Erie, and in such city or county from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; the general election CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS 8-102 from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor pursuant to the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided by law, every other election, from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening. [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS, ELECTION LAW, Article 8, Title 1, Section 8-100. 2.]


Links  Links to other web sites
 
Constitution
  http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?co=0
Election Authority
  New York State Board of Elections
Legislature
  New York State Assembly
  New York State Senate
Democratic
  New York Democratic Party
  New York State Senate Democrats
Republican
  New York Republican State Committee
Third Party
  America First Party of New York State
  Conservative Party of New York State
  Constitution Party of New York Effective 23 April 2006 the New York affiliate of the Constitution Party voted to disaffiliate from the national Constitution Party.
  Constitution Party of New York Affiliate of the National Constitution Party.
  Green Party of New York State
  Independence Party of New York / Independence Party of America
  Liberal Party
  Libertarian Party of New York
  New York State Greens - Green Party of New York State
  New York State Right to Life Committee
  School Choice Party
  Socialist Party of New York City
  The Integrity Party of New York State American Reform Party affiliate
  The Loyalist Party
  The Militant - Socialist - New York
  The New York City Independence Party
  Working Families Party
Media & others
  Buffalo.Com - Everything Buffalo!
  Cable 6 - Middletown
  DC's Political Report - New York
  Gotham Gazette
  Ithaca Times
  Lake and Valley Clarion - Geneseo
  LI Politics.com - Long Island
  New York Daily News
  New York Post
  New York Wired Group
  New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty
  Newsday - Long Island - Queens
  NY1 News - Time Warner Cable - New York City
  Politics1.com - New York
  PoliticsWNY.com
  R News Cable - Rochester
  Rome Sentinel
  Star-Gazette - Elmira
  Sullivan County Democrat - Callicoon - Monticello
  The Daily Orange - Syracuse University
  The East Hampton Star
  The Empire Page
  The Evening Sun - Chanango County
  The Evening Times - Little Falls
  The Independent - Hillsdale
  The Independent News - East Hampton
  The Journal News - Westchester - Rockland - Putnam
  The Leader-Herald - Gloversville
  The New York Sun
  The New York Times
  The Palladium Times - Oswego
  The Post Star - Glens Falls
  The Record - Troy
  The Village Voice - New York
  Times Union - Albany
  Times-Herald Record - Middletown
  Urban Elephants
  Watertown Daily Times
 
 


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