CT HJ00216

Proposes amending Article thirty-first of the Connecticut Constitution to lower the voter application age from eighteen to sixteen years old.

Allows sixteen-year-old citizens to apply for elector admission, with full elector status automatically granted upon turning eighteen.

Permits qualified citizens aged sixteen who will turn eighteen by election day to vote in primary elections held for regular elections.

The proposed amendment would appear on the November 5, 2024 general election ballot with the question: "Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to allow any citizen who has attained the age of sixteen years to preregister to be an elector, for the purpose of becoming an elector on such citizen's eighteenth birthday?"

Referred to the Committee on Government Administration and Elections with a joint favorable recommendation.