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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9811
I N S E N A T E
April 6, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Judiciary
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
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
2 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
3 Section 1. Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election
4 for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted
5 to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is [eighteen]
6 SIXTEEN years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this
7 state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preced-
8 ing an election.
9 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
10 to the first regular legislative session convening after the next
11 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
12 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
13 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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