Talk:New York State Senate

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[edit] Senate districts

How are Senate districts drawn? (I mean, what criteria "should" be used to draw districts, and not in the "Joe Bruno, Sheldon Silver, and George Pataki go into a room..." sense.) -HiFiGuy 17:46, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Casting vote" a familiar term to Americans?

I wonder whether "casting vote" is a term familiar to most Americans, a relevant question here since the article is about a U.S. jurisdiction. My instinct -- correct me if I am wrong -- is that most Americans have not heard the term "casting vote" and would instead use the term "tiebreaking vote." 24.29.134.41 01:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Number of seats

"However, it also provides that if any county would by virtue of its population be entitled to more than three Senators, then the first three Senators would count towards the limit of fifty, while the remainder would be in addition to the fifty." Comment: Maybe I'm really dense, but I don't understand this wording at all, it seems very confusing. If there is a "limit" of fifty, why are there 62 senators?

Only three senators in a county count toward the fifty-senator limit. As I remember it, Kings County (Brooklyn) and a few other counties have more than three senators; however, only three of the senators from Brooklyn are counted towards the fifty. 208.65.57.69 (talk) 20:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)