STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 181 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law 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 Senate concur), That section 5 of article 2 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 Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be 10 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 11 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 12 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 13 published for three months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89007-01-3