Bill Text: NY A00728 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows a U.S. citizen, who is seventeen years of age, to vote in a primary election, including presidential, if he or she will turn eighteen by the date of the corresponding general election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A00728 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00728-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the age requirement for
          voting in a primary election

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  5-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. The provisions herein with  respect  to  the  age  requirement  for
     4  purposes of qualifying to vote shall not prohibit United States citizens
     5  otherwise  qualified,  who  are seventeen years of age, from voting in a
     6  primary election, including a presidential primary, if such citizen will
     7  be eighteen years of age  by  the  date  of  the  corresponding  general
     8  election.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00435-01-3