YMCA Vote at 18 Club ex rel. Straus v. Board of Elections

PALMIERI, District Judge.

The plaintiffs are allegedly aggrieved by New York State’s constitutional and statutory provisions setting the minimum age for the exercise of the franchise in New York at 21 years. They ask that a three-judge court be convened with a view to obtaining injunctive relief and a declaration of unconstitutionality with respect to these provisions.

The jurisdiction of this Court is based upon the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988, and upon Title 28, § 1343(3) of the United States Code. Plaintiffs’ basic contention is that the challenged provisions deny them the…