New York S 1016: Relates to the qualifications of voters and civic education of students

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S01016 Summary:

BILL NOS01016 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05790

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRBAILEY, COMRIE, JACKSON, PARKER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§5-102, 5-210 & 8-504, El L; amd §801, Ed L

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Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.

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BILL NOS01016 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1016

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BAILEY, COMRIE, JACKSON, PARKER,
 RIVERA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
 be committed to the Committee on Elections

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the qualifications of
 voters; and to amend the education law, in relation to civic education
 and student voter registration

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 5-102 of the election law is
 2 amended to read as follows:
 3 1. No person shall be qualified to register for and vote at any
 4 election unless [he] such person is a citizen of the United States and
 5 is or will be, on the day of such election, [eighteen] sixteen years of
 6 age or over, and a resident of this state and of the county, city or
 7 village for a minimum of thirty days next preceding such election.
 8 § 2. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election
 9 law, as amended by chapter 113 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read
 10 as follows:
 11 (g) Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United States,
 12 is or will be at least sixteen years old [when they submit an applica-
 13 tion to register to vote which will be effective for elections occurring
 14 on or after the applicant turns eighteen years of age] not later than
 15 December thirty-first of the calendar year in which the applicant regis-
 16 ters and a resident of the county or city to which application is made.
 17 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 8-504 of the election law, as renumbered
 18 by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 19 3. After receiving the answers as above specified, of any applicant,
 20 the board shall, if it believes the applicant to be qualified or the
 21 challenge is withdrawn, permit [him] the applicant to vote. Otherwise,
 22 the board shall point out to [him] the applicant the qualifications, if

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03234-01-5

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 1 any, in respect of which [he] the applicant shall appear deficient. If,
 2 after such deficiencies have been so indicated, the applicant shall
 3 persist in [his] the claim to vote, an inspector shall administer to
 4 [him] the applicant the following oath, which shall be known as "The
 5 Qualification Oath": "You do swear (or affirm) that you are [eighteen]
 6 sixteen years of age, that you are a citizen of the United States and
 7 that you have been a resident of this state, and of this county (of the
 8 city of New York) (village) for thirty days next preceding this
 9 election, that you still reside at the same address from which you have
 10 been duly registered in this election district, that you have not voted
 11 at this election, and that you do not know of any reason why you are not
 12 qualified to vote at this election. You do further declare that you are
 13 aware that it is a crime to make any false statement. That all the
 14 statements you have made to the board have been true and that you under-
 15 stand that a false statement is perjury and you will be guilty of a
 16 misdemeanor."
 17 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 801 of the education law, as amended by
 18 section 27 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended and a
 19 new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
 20 1. In order to prom