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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A728
SPONSOR: Rozic TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the age requirement for
voting in a primary election
PURPOSE::
To require United States citizens who are seventeen years of age to vote
in the primary election, including a presidential primary, if such citi-
zen will be eighteen years of age by the date of the corresponding
general election.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
This bill would amend the Election Law by adding a new subdivision 3
that would allow United States citizens who are seventeen years of age
to vote in the primary election, including a presidential primary, if
such citizen will be eighteen years of age by the date of the corre-
sponding general election.
JUSTIFICATION::
Currently, in the United States, the legal voting age is eighteen years
old. This leaves citizens who are seventeen years of age and will be
eighteen years of age by the date of the corresponding general election
in the predicament where they would have to wait until the following
presidential election to actually vote. By changing the legal voting age
to seventeen, this would increase the voter turnout and would essential-
ly give teenagers the incentive to be more politically inclined.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::
Minimal.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: 2022: A396 (Rozic) - Election Law
2021: A396 (Rozic) - Election Law
2020: A9716 (Rozic) - Election Law
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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728
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
