Capital Tonight, YNN, and NY1 are happy to bring you this interactive tool tracking where each senator stands on the controversial issue of same-sex marriage.

By our tally, there are 8 undecided senators. Democrats Shirley Huntley, Joe Addabbo, and Carl Kruger. And Republican Sens. Alesi, Ball, Hannon, McDonald and Saland. There are 28 senators on the record opposing the measure, and 26 supporting it.

Here’s a quick rundown of how you can use this tool. First thing you will see is a graph showing the current balance just mentioned above. To find a specific senator, you can click on one of the maps, Upstate, NYC, or Long Island and click on their respective districts. If you are just looking for the undecided senators, the easiest way to find them is by clicking on “Find Senator”. Then you can click undecided, and pictures of all 8 of them pop up (a quicker link to get here is coming shortly).

Whenever you click on a senators district, or picture, you will see an information tag about the senator pop out on the right. We have put in a short write up about the senators position on the issue. Also, if you click on the Senator’s name, or district number in the pop out box, a new page will open on the senator’s official website.

We plan to update this map throughout the rest of the legislative session and onward if the bill doesn’t come to the floor. Whenever someone says something new about same-sex marriage, or changes their position on the issue, we will change the map.

As always, we welcome criticism. So please feel free to send us comments on this page. Or email us at feedback@capitaltonight.com.

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