CT HB05883

Municipalities may adopt ordinances to allow residents aged 16-17 years old to vote in municipal elections, primaries, and local referendums, but only for municipal officers and local questions within that municipality.

Eligible 16-17 year old voters (termed "minor municipal voters") must be bona fide residents and are subject to the same voting regulations as regular electors, including voter registration, admission to voting privileges, absentee ballot voting, and petition signature requirements.

Municipal registrars of voters must ensure ballots used by minor municipal voters only permit voting for municipal officers and local questions as specified, restricting their voting options accordingly.

Amends Connecticut General Statutes sections 9-1 and 9-372 to define "minor municipal voter" and incorporate this term into election-related provisions, making such voting optional based on municipal ordinance adoption.

The act becomes effective upon passage and applies prospectively to municipalities that choose to adopt enabling ordinances.