Senate Bill S6905

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated people

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S6905 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8909
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §§1 & 3, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3073, A6646
2023-2024: S316, A412

2019-S6905 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated people.

2019-S6905 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6905 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6905
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SALAZAR, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to sections 1 and 3 of article 2 of the constitu-
   tion, in relation to authorizing voting by incarcerated people

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of  arti-
 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Every  citizen,  INCLUDING  ANY  INCARCERATED PERSON IN A
 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, 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  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 preceding an election.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of article 2 of
 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 3. No person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay,
 offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to  contribute  to
 another,  to  be  paid  or  used, any money or other valuable thing as a
 compensation or reward for the  giving  or  withholding  a  vote  at  an
 election, or who shall make any promise to influence the giving or with-
 holding any such vote, or who shall make or become directly or indirect-
 ly  interested  in  any  bet  or  wager depending upon the result of any
 election, shall vote at such  election;  and  upon  challenge  for  such
 cause, the person so challenged, before the officers authorized for that
 purpose shall receive his or her vote, shall swear or affirm before such
 officers  that he or she has not received or offered, does not expect to
 receive, has not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed,  offered
 or  promised  to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or
 other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or with-
 holding a vote at such election, and has not made any promise to  influ-
 ence  the  giving  or  withholding  of any such vote, nor made or become
 directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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