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California Age to Vote in Primary Amendment (2016)
| California Age to Vote in Primary Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Suffrage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The California Age to Vote in Primary Amendment (Assembly Constitutional Amendment 2) was not put on the June 7, 2016, or November 8, 2016, ballot in California as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.[1]
The measure, upon voter approval, would have "authorize[d] a United States citizen who is 17 years of age, is a resident of the state, and will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next general election to vote in any intervening primary or special election that occurs before the next general election."
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article II, California Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
(b) A United States citizen who is 17 years of age, is a resident in this State, and will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next general election may vote in any intervening primary or special election that occurs before the next general election.[2]
Support
The amendment was sponsored in the legislature by Asm. Richard Gordon (D-24) and Asm. Kevin Mullin (D-22).[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the California Constitution
A two-thirds vote was required in both chambers of the California Legislature to place the amendment on the ballot.
The timeline for Assembly Constitutional Amendment 2 is as follows:[1]
- February 24, 2015: Introduced into the California Senate
- March 2, 2015: Referred to Committee on E. & R.
- April 29, 2015: Referred from E. & R. Committee to Committee on APPR
- June 1, 2015: Read second time; Ordered to a third reading
- June 3, 2016: Ordered to inactive file by sponsor
See also
Footnotes
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