STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2040 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 18, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 allowing only citizens to vote at elections 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] Only citizens shall be entitled to vote at 4 every election for all officers elected by the people and upon all ques- 5 tions submitted to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is 6 eighteen 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 amendment 10 be 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 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. LBD89041-01-3