Bill Text: CA ACA8 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Elections: voter qualifications.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-04 - Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. [ACA8 Detail]

Download: California-2019-ACA8-Introduced.html


CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 8


Introduced by Assembly Members Low and Voepel
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Burke, Chen, and Gloria)

February 11, 2019


A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 2 of Article II thereof, relating to elections.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


ACA 8, as introduced, Low. Elections: voter qualifications.
The California Constitution allows a United States citizen who is at least 18 years of age and a resident of California to vote.
This measure would reduce the minimum voting age to 17.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2019-20 Regular Session commencing on the third day of December 2018, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:

 That Section 2 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 2.
 A United States citizen 18 who is at least 17 years of age and resident in this State may vote.

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