Provisions
II.1 of 1996 • Qualifications of voters
APPROVED
The Text
Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preceding an election.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1996
• In Article II: Suffrage
• Has 62 words
• Was proposed by the Legislature
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 2 of 1995
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1967-II.1
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