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CT SJ00028

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/7/2019

Primary Sponsor

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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Origin

Senate

2019 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Article thirty-first of the state Constitution to lower the voting application age from eighteen to sixteen years old.

  • Allows citizens aged sixteen to apply for voter registration, with admission as a full elector occurring on their eighteenth birthday.

  • Permits citizens under eighteen who will turn eighteen before a regular election to vote in primary elections if they have applied for admission as an elector.

  • Proposed amendment to be presented to voters at the general election on November 3, 2020, with ballot language asking whether the Constitution should be amended to allow sixteen-year-olds to apply for elector status.

  • Received joint favorable recommendation from the General Assembly Elections Committee.

Legislative Description

Resolution Proposing A State Constitutional Amendment To Allow Individuals Who Have Attained The Age Of Sixteen To Apply For Admission As Electors And To Be So Admitted Upon Attaining The Age Of Eighteen.

Last Action

Senate Calendar Number 211

4/4/2019

Committee Referrals

Government Administration and Elections3/7/2019

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