| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 12, 2016 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S7783
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
2015-S7783 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7783 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7783
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to the
age requirement for voting in a primary election
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To require 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
corresponding general election.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC 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
corresponding 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
2015-S7783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7783
I N S E N A T E
May 12, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. PERKINS -- 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:
Section 1. Section 5-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. THE PROVISIONS HEREIN WITH RESPECT TO THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR
PURPOSES OF QUALIFYING TO VOTE SHALL NOT PROHIBIT UNITED STATES CITIZENS
OTHERWISE QUALIFIED, WHO ARE SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE, FROM VOTING IN A
PRIMARY ELECTION, INCLUDING A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, IF SUCH CITIZEN WILL
BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE BY THE DATE OF THE CORRESPONDING GENERAL
ELECTION.
S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15454-01-6
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