Provisions
II.5 of 1996 • Registration and election laws to be passed
APPROVED
The Text
Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citizens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters; which registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election. Such registration shall not be required for town and village elections except by express provision of law.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1996
• In Article II: Suffrage
• Has 57 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:
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