Government Administration and Elections Committee
Appropriations Committee
AN ACT CONCERNING THE VOTING RIGHTS OF CERTAIN SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD PERSONS
SUMMARY: This act implements the constitutional amendment electors passed during the 2008 election allowing 17-year-olds who will turn 18 on or before the day of a regular election to vote in its primary.
Under the act, like the constitutional amendment, such an individual must apply and otherwise qualify for admission as an elector. He or she may then vote in a primary of the party with which he or she is affiliated that is held to determine nominees for the regular election. Upon turning 18, the individual's electoral rights attach. By law, a “regular election” is any municipal or state election. State elections include candidates for federal office.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
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