New York State Senator James Skoufis (D-Newburgh) has introduced SB 438, which would provide that if a presidential elector “disobeys”, he or she is deemed to have resigned, and is replaced on the spot. The bill is not worded very clearly, because it talks about the presidential nominee of the party, but doesn’t specify whether it is the national party nominee or the state party nominee. Once in a while a rift in a political party results in a state party having a presidential nominee different than the national convention nominee.

The identical bill in the Assembly, AB 928, is introduced by Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-Newburgh).