S5038A-2011 Actions

• Jan 31, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5038A
• Jan 31, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
• May 2, 2011: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

S5038A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5038A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the election law, in relation to voter registration
of persons seventeen years of age or older

PURPOSE:
Authorizes persons 17 of age or older to register to vote.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends paragraph (g) of subdivision 5
of � 5-210 of the election law to provide that an applicant who
submits a applicant to register to vote must be at least 17 years of
age at the time of submission.

Section 2 provides an effective date of July 1, 2011.

JUSTIFICATION:
Under current law, a 17-year-old may submit an
application to register to vote if he or she will turn 18 in the
calendar year in which he or she registers. This bill would expand
that ability to all 17-year-olds. A registered voter's eligibility to
cast a ballot will continue to commence on the voter's 18th birthday.

Expanding the application period will allow more New Yorkers to
register to vote when they apply for their first senior driver's
license at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Any driver age 17 or
older with a junior license who has successfully completed a driver
education course is eligible to apply for a senior license. It will
also make it possible to enroll more voters while they are still
students, thereby increasing the likelihood of lifelong civic
engagement and strengthening our democracy.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

S5038A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 5038--A
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 May 2, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
 to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
 --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee
 

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter  registration  of
 persons seventeen years of age or older
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.  Paragraph (g) of subdivision 5 of  section  5-210  of  the
 election  law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended
 to read as follows:

 (g) Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United  States,
 is [or will be at least eighteen years old not later than December thir-
 ty-first  of  the  calendar  year in which he or she registers] AT LEAST
 SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN HE OR SHE SUBMITS AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER TO
 VOTE and a resident of the county or city to which application is made.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00647-12-2

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