Bill Text: NY A04464 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at 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 26-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - advanced to third reading cal.390 [A04464 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04464-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4464
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, SPANO, COLTON, BARRON, SCHROEDER, CASTRO,
         ZEBROWSKI,   TITONE,  JEFFRIES,  WEPRIN,  RAMOS,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  GALEF,
         N. RIVERA, P. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CAHILL,  GOTT-
         FRIED,  HEASTIE,  MAGEE,  MARKEY,  MAYERSOHN, McENENY, REILLY, THIELE,
         TOBACCO, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the  Committee
         on Election Law
                   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 Senate concur), That section 1 of article
    2  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 Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
   14  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.
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