STATE OF NEW YORK
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8697
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, COLTON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SEAWRIGHT,
HYNDMAN, DINOWITZ, WALKER, SIMON, PEOPLES-STOKES, HEVESI, EPSTEIN,
DE LOS SANTOS, SIMONE -- 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 the voting age
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]
6 sixteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this
7 state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preced-
8 ing an election.
9 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing be referred
10 to the first regular legislative session convening after the next
11 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
12 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
13 months previous to the time of such election.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89080-01-5
