Assembly Bill A6840

                            
 
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                                   6840
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), that section 1 of  article
 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election
 for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions  submitted
 to  the  vote  of  the  people  provided that such citizen is [eighteen]
 SEVENTEEN years of age or over and shall have been a  resident  of  this
 state,  and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preced-
 ing an election.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), that the foregoing  be  referred
 to  the  first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after the next
 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 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.
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