Bill Text: NY S05038 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes persons 17 years of age or older to register to vote.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - PRINT NUMBER 5038A [S05038 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S05038-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5038 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections 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, 2011. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00647-03-1