STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
517
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, BAILEY, BENJAMIN, BRESLIN, BROOKS, COMRIE,
FELDER, GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAMINSKY,
KAPLAN, KAVANAGH, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER,
PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SAVINO, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO,
SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judici-
ary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 5 of article 2 of the constitution, in
relation to the ten day advance registration requirement
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 5 of arti-
2 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
3 § 5. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citi-
4 zens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established,
5 and for the registration of voters[; which registration shall be
6 completed at least ten days before each election]. Such registration
7 shall not be required for town and village elections except by express
8 provision of law.
9 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
10 be submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be
11 held in the year 2021 in accordance with the provisions of the election
12 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89034-01-1
