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Arizona Proposition 101, Language Revisions Regarding People with Mental Disabilities and Voting Age Amendment (2000)
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| Topic Constitutional wording changes and Voting age policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Arizona Proposition 101 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Arizona on November 7, 2000. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported updating out-of-date language in the Arizona Constitution relating to people with mental disabilities and changing the voting age to 18 years old to be consistent with the U.S. Constitution. |
A "no" vote opposed updating out-of-date language in the Arizona Constitution relating to people with mental disabilities and changing the voting age to 18 years old to be consistent with the U.S. Constitution. |
Election results
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Arizona Proposition 101 |
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886,774 | 61.87% | ||
| No | 546,439 | 38.13% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 101 was as follows:
| “ | PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 2 AND 3, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE IX, SECTION 2.2, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE XI, SECTION 1, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 1, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE XXVII, SECTION 15, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; RELATING TO CONSTITUTIONAL TEXTUAL TERMINOLOGY. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | AMENDING ARIZONA CONSTITUTION'S LANGUAGE TO MODERNIZE LANGUAGE REFERRING TO PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES; REPLACES THE VOTING AGE OF 21 IN THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION WITH AGE 18, CONSISTENT WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Arizona Constitution
A simple majority vote was needed in each chamber of the Arizona State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
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Footnotes
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