Senate Bill S9811

                             
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                                   9811
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 6, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  SALAZAR,  JACKSON,  SEPULVEDA  --  read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in
   relation to the voting age
 
   Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at  every  election
 for  all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted
 to the vote of the people  provided  that  such  citizen  is  [eighteen]
 SIXTEEN  years  of  age  or  over and shall have been a resident of this
 state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next  preced-
 ing an election.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
 to  the  first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after the next
 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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