Bill Text: NY S05038 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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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) 2012-01-31 - PRINT NUMBER 5038A [S05038 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05038-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5038--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
         to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       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, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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