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- Title: Matter Christiaan Van Berkel v. James M. Power Et Al.
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 09, 1965
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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The appeal comes directly to this court (CPLR 5601, subd. [b], par. 2) from a Supreme Court judgment which declared ""unconstitutional and null and void"" section 150 of the State Election Law and section 1 of article II of the State Constitution, insofar as they demand in the case of naturalized citizens an additional 90-day delay period before first vote. The New York State constitutional provision so invalidated makes eligible for voting every citizen of the age of 21 years ""who shall have been a citizen for ninety days"" (besides specifying for all citizens time requirements as to residence in the State, county, city or village and election district respectively). The challenged statute (Election Law, § 150) spells out the additional limitation even more precisely since besides listing in great detail the qualifications for voting it adds this: ""If a naturalized citizen, such person must, in addition to the foregoing provisions, have been naturalized at least ninety days prior to the day of election.""