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ACA-25 Elections: voting age.(2003-2004)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 31, 2004

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2003–2004 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 25

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Mullin

February 17, 2004

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 25, as amended, Mullin. Elections: voting age.
The California Constitution authorizes any person who is a United States citizen 18 years of age and a resident of the State state to vote.
This measure additionally would authorize a person who is at least 17 years of age and will be 18 years of age at the time of the next general election, subject to compliance with applicable registration requirements, to register and vote at that general election and at any intervening federal, statewide, or local primary or special election that occurs after the person is eligible to register to vote.
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 2003–04 Regular Session commencing on the second day of December 2002, 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 by amending Section 2 of Article II thereof, to read:

SEC. 2.

 (a) A United States citizen 18 years of age and resident in this State may vote.
(b) A person who is at least 17 years of age and will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next general election may, subject to compliance with applicable registration requirements, vote at that general election and at any intervening federal, statewide, or local primary or special election that occurs after the person is eligible to register to vote.