Bill Text: NY S01277 | 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 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01277 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S01277-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1277

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        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