SB143 Summary

• Lowers voting age requirement from 21 years to 18 years in Delaware Constitution, aligning with the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

• Removes residency requirements (one year in state, three months in county, thirty days in election district) and literacy test requirements from constitutional voting qualifications

• Eliminates military personnel residency restrictions and exemptions for physical disabilities from constitutional voting provisions

• Removes specific absentee voting reasons from the Constitution and grants the General Assembly authority to establish circumstances, rules, and procedures for absentee voting by statute

• Simplifies voter registration provisions by authorizing the General Assembly to enact uniform registration laws rather than specifying detailed constitutional requirements