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Feb 18, 2022 | opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 05, 2022 | to attorney-general for opinion referred to election law |
Apr 15, 2021 | opinion referred to judiciary |
Mar 25, 2021 | to attorney-general for opinion |
Mar 23, 2021 | referred to election law |
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A6646 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6646 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 23, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law 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 Senate concur), That section 1 of article 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 Senate 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