North Carolina Age to Hold Elected Office Amendment (2014)
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The North Carolina Age to Hold Elected Office Amendment was not on the November 4, 2014 ballot in North Carolina as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have reduced the age of eligibility required to hold elected office from 21 to 18.[1]
The proposed amendment was introduced into the North Carolina Legislature as House Bill 1238.[2]
Support
Supporters
The following legislators sponsored the amendment:[2]
- Rep. Bobbie Richardson (D-7)
- Rep. Brian Brown (R-9)
- Rep. Nathan Baskerville (D-32)
- Rep. Jim Fulghum (R-49)
- Rep. Marcus Brandon (D-60)
- Rep. Justin P. Burr (R-67)
- Rep. Roger Younts (R-80)
- Rep. Josh Dobson (R-85)
- Rep. Jonathan C. Jordan (R-93)
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the North Carolina Constitution
Section 4 of Article XIII of the North Carolina Constitution requires that a legislatively referred amendment go on the ballot after it is approved by a 60 percent vote in each chamber of the North Carolina State Legislature.
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