Bill Text: NY A00306 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes persons 17 years of age or older to register to vote.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to election law [A00306 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00306-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          306
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to voter registration of
         persons seventeen years of age or older
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Paragraph  (g) of subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the
    2  election law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (g)  Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United States,
    5  is [or will be at least eighteen years old not later than December thir-
    6  ty-first of the calendar year in which he or  she  registers]  AT  LEAST
    7  SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN HE OR SHE SUBMITS AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER TO
    8  VOTE and a resident of the county or city to which application is made.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01493-01-3