Amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at the the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time of the presidential primary election.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3822
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 15, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in
relation to qualifications of voters
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
2 cle 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 years
6 of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the
7 county, city, or village for thirty days next preceding an election;
8 provided, however, a citizen who is seventeen years of age at the time
9 of a primary election for president of the United States and who will be
10 eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such
11 primary election is held shall be eligible to vote in such primary
12 election.
13 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
14 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
15 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
16 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
17 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89006-01-9
