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A Public referendum must approve any changes to the NY Constitution.
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 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 5 of arti- cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: § 5. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citi- zens 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. § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be held in the year 2021 in accordance with the provisions of the election law.
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