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.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6598
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law
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. Subdivision 1 of section 5-102 of the election law is
amended to read as follows:
1. No person shall be qualified to register for and vote at any
election unless [he] SUCH PERSON is a citizen of the United States and
is or will be, on the day of such election, eighteen years of age or
over, and a resident of this state and of the county, city or village
for a minimum of thirty days next preceding such election; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date as a "CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section
1 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to the qualifications of
voters" takes effect. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
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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