STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7090 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to sections 1, 5 and 7 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to the right to vote for an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article 2 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 Section 1. Every citizen and, in the case of non-federal elections, 4 every alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United 5 States, shall be entitled to vote at every election for all officers 6 elected by the people and upon all questions submitted to the vote of 7 the people provided that such citizen or such permanent resident is 8 eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this 9 state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preced- 10 ing an election. 11 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 5 of article 2 of 12 the constitution be amended to read as follows: 13 § 5. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citi- 14 zens or permanent residents who shall be entitled to the right of 15 suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters; which 16 registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election. 17 Such registration shall not be required for town and village elections 18 except by express provision of law. 19 § 3. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 7 of article 2 of 20 the constitution be amended to read as follows: 21 § 7. All elections by the citizens or permanent residents, except for 22 such town officers as may by law be directed to be otherwise chosen, 23 shall be by ballot, or by such other method as may be prescribed by law, 24 provided that secrecy in voting be preserved. The legislature shall 25 provide for identification of voters through their signatures in all 26 cases where personal registration is required and shall also provide for EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89116-02-9

A. 7090 2 1 the signatures, at the time of voting, of all persons voting in person 2 by ballot or voting machine, whether or not they have registered in 3 person, save only in cases of illiteracy or physical disability. 4 § 4. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be 5 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 6 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 7 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 8 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.