Bill Text: NY S02201 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


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: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-06 - PRINT NUMBER 2201A [S02201 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02201-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         2201--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 23, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
          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 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.
                                                                   LBD05568-04-9
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