Bill Text: NY A03549 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time of the presidential primary election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-31 - opinion referred to judiciary [A03549 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03549-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3549
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUSICK,  COLTON,  FARRELL, ZEBROWSKI, RAMOS,
          TITONE,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  GALEF,  CAHILL,  GOTTFRIED,  ABINANTI,   MAGEE,
          THIELE,  LIFTON, WEPRIN, MOSLEY, SEPULVEDA, ROZIC, SANTABARBARA, OTIS,
          MAYER, BLAKE, STECK -- 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 qualifications of voters
     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 shall be entitled to vote at every  election
     4  for  all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted
     5  to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is  eighteen  years
     6  of  age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the
     7  county, city, or village for thirty days  next  preceding  an  election;
     8  provided,  however,  a citizen who is seventeen years of age at the time
     9  of a primary election for president of the United States and who will be
    10  eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such
    11  primary election is held shall be  eligible  to  vote  in  such  primary
    12  election.
    13    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    14  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    15  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    16  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    17  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.
                                                                   LBD89003-01-7