New York S 3232: Relates to the age requirement for voting in a primary election

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S03232 Summary:

BILL NOS03232 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06598

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRGOUNARDES, MAYER, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §5-102, El L

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Relates to the age requirement for voting in a primary election; provides that a person who is seventeen years of age at the time of a primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such primary election is held, shall be eligible to vote in such primary election.

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BILL NOS03232 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3232

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 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. 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 years of age or
 6 over, and a resident of this state and of the county, city or village
 7 for a minimum of thirty days next preceding such election; provided,
 8 however, that a person who is seventeen years of age at the time of a
 9 primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of
 10 the general election for which such primary election is held, shall
 11 be eligible to vote in such primary election.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date as a "CONCURRENT
 13 RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section
 14 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to the qualifications of
 15 voters" takes effect. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 16 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 17 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 18 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04964-01-5

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