Bill Summary: HB 6672

• Municipalities may adopt ordinances permitting bona fide residents age 16 and older to vote in municipal elections, primaries, and local referenda only.

• Voting by 16-year-olds (called "minor municipal voters") is restricted to municipal officers and candidates for municipal office, and to local questions affecting only that municipality.

• All existing election laws in Connecticut General Statutes Title 9 apply equally to minor municipal voters, including voter registry requirements, absentee ballots, and petition signatures.

• Municipal registrars of voters must ensure ballots used by minor municipal voters only permit voting on eligible municipal matters and not state or federal elections.

• Defines "minor municipal voter" in statute as anyone qualified under the ordinance provisions to vote in municipal elections and local referenda only.