Bill Text: NY S01569 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes persons 16 years of age or older to register to vote.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - PRINT NUMBER 1569A [S01569 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01569-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1569--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recom-
          mitted 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 sixteen 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  sixteen 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    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03878-02-6