Bill Text: NY A02860 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows only citizens to vote at elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-26 - opinion referred to judiciary [A02860 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02860-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2860 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to allowing only citizens to vote at elections 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), that section 1 of article 2 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 Section 1. [Every citizen] Only citizens shall be entitled to vote at 4 every election for all officers elected by the people and upon all ques- 5 tions submitted to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is 6 eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this 7 state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preced- 8 ing an election. 9 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be 10 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 11 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 12 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 13 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89041-01-3
