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.
Digest Key
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
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: