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ACA-10 Elections: voter qualifications.(2017-2018)

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Revised  May 26, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 10

Introduced by Assembly Member Low Members Low and Gonzalez Fletcher
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Mullin)
(Principal coauthor: Senator Stern)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Berman, Calderon, and Chen)

March 06, 2017

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 10, 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 2017-18 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2016, 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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