Bill Text: NY S04758 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at the 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-11 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S04758 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04758-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4758
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 22, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
                   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 Assembly concur), That section 1 of  arti-
    2  cle 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    S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
   14  be 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.
                                                                  LBD89006-01-3