Hawaii Voting in Primaries at 17 Years Old Amendment (2018)
| Hawaii Voting in Primaries at 17 Years Old Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Suffrage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Hawaii Voting in Primaries at 17 Years Old Amendment was not on the ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have allowed 17-year-old citizens who will be 18 by the date of the next general election to vote in the immediately preceding state and local primary election.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall a United States citizen who is seventeen years of age but will attain the age of eighteen years by the date of the next state or local general election, has been a resident of this State not less than one year immediately preceding the next state or local general election, and is a voter registered as provided by law, be qualified to vote beginning with the state or local primary election immediately preceding the state or local general election by which the citizen will attain the age of eighteen years?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article II, Hawaii Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 1 of Article II of the Hawaii Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added, and struck-through text would have been deleted:[1]
Every citizen of the United States who shall have attained the age of eighteen years, have been a resident of this State not less than one year next preceding the election and be a voter registered as provided by law, shall be qualified to vote in any state or local election. ; provided that every citizen of the United States who is seventeen years of age but will attain the age of eighteen years by the date of the next state or local general election, has been a resident of this State not less than one year immediately preceding the next state or local general election and is a voter registered as provided by law, shall be qualified to vote beginning with the state or local primary election immediately preceding the state or local general election by which the citizen will attain the age of eighteen years.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
In Hawaii, there are two paths the state legislature can take to certify a constitutional amendment for the ballot. The legislature may (a) approve an amendment by a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber during one legislative session; or (b) approve an amendment by a simple majority vote in each legislative chamber during two consecutive legislative sessions.
On January 25, 2017, the amendment was introduced into the legislature as Senate Bill 1271. On March 3, 2017, the Hawaii Senate approved the measure, with 24 senators in favor and one senator excused. The Hawaii House of Representatives sent the measure to committees, but the bill never received a vote.[3]
The 2017 legislative session ran from January 18, 2017, through May 4, 2017.
Senate vote
March 3, 2017[3]
| Hawaii SB 1271 Senate Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 24 | 100.00% | ||
| No | 0 | 0.00% | ||
See also
- 2018 ballot measures
- Hawaii 2018 ballot measures
- Hawaii Legislature
- Voting in primaries at 17 years old
- Suffrage on the ballot
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hawaii Legislature, "Senate Bill 1271," accessed March 7, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hawaii Legislature, "SB 1271 Overview," accessed March 7, 2017
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