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