Assembly Bill A8697

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8697
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, COLTON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SEAWRIGHT,
   HYNDMAN,  DINOWITZ,  WALKER,  SIMON,  PEOPLES-STOKES, HEVESI, EPSTEIN,
   DE LOS SANTOS, SIMONE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  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]
 SIXTEEN  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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