New-York tribune., 1920-08-07
AMENDNENT NUMBER TWO

Concurrent Resolution of the Senate and
ASSEMBLY ropoSinE sin M an Ad AmoHanen' of the Conc 10
stitution. in Relation to Qualification
of Voters.
cur), That section one of article two OF
the constitution be amended to read as
follows:
l. Every citizen of the age Of twenty
one years VINO shall have been a citizen
for ninety days, and an inhabltant or thls
state one year next preceding an election.
and for the last four months a resident OF
the county and for the last thirty days a
resident Of the election district in which
he or she may offer his her vote, shall
be entitled to vote at such election IN the
election district of Which he or she shall
at the time be resident. and not else
where. for all officers that now are or
hereafter may be elective by the people,
and upon all questions which may be sub
mitted to the vote of the people. provided
however that citizen by marriage shall
have been an inhabitant of the United
states for five years and provided that
military service OF the state, or Of the
United States, in the army navy thereof
shall be deprived of his or her vote by
reason Of his or her absence from such
election district; and the legislature shall
have power to provide the manner in
which and the time and place at which
such absent electors may vote. and for the
return and canvass of their votes lin the
election districts in which they respective
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions,
after Jdnuu1v nrst thousand nine hun-
drcd aud tOenty-tico, no person shall become
entitlod to cote bD attaining majority, by
naturalization, othcr1ciso. 1mlcss such per
sou is also able, except tof physicdi Msdbt!-
itv to rcod and ,crite En0liSjs; and suitable
lGlcs shall be passed BY the legislature to
enforce this p,olisOn.
2 Resolved Gf the Senate concur);
That the foregoing amendment be referred
to the Legislature to be chosen at the next
general election of senators. and in con
formity With section one OF ar,'cle io1rr 9rr
three months previous to the time Of such
election.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
IN ASSEMBLY.
Apr IA. 1919.
This bin duly passed. majority of
all the members elected to the Assembly
voting in favor thereof. three -ffths being
BY order OF the Assembly.
rHADDEus c. SWEET, Snsar,r
STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN SENATE,
of ali the sena tors elected voting in favor
thereof, three-hfths being present
HARRY c. WALKER.
STATE OF NEW YORK }sS
Offlce Of the Secretary Of state
have compared the preceding copy OF
concurrent resolution with the original res
olution on file in this office. and 90 hereby
certify tnat the same is a correct transcript
theretrom and of the whole thereof
Given under my hand and the seal OF
office of tue Secretary OF State at
| H. s the city of Albany. this hrs4 day
OF July in the year one thousand
nine hundred and twenty.
FRANCIS NJ. HUGO.
Secretary Of State
THREE
Explana tlon.- Matter in italics is new
matter in brackets [ ! is old law to be
omitted.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
Ofilce OF the Secretary of state o.
Albany, Jnly l, 1920.
Pursuant to the provisions of section ono
of article fourteen OF the Constitution of
tho State OF New York. and section two
hundred ninety~tve OF the Election Law,
notice is hereby given that the following
proposed amendment to article two of the
Constitution Of the state of New York Is
referred to the legislature to be chosen at
the next general election OF senators in this
state to he held on the second day OF No
venber, nineteen hundred twenty
FRANCIS NJ. HUGO