Connecticut Pre-Registration of Electors, Question 2 (1976)

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Connecticut Question 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Connecticut which was approved on the ballot on November 1976.

• The amendment was meant to amend the sixth article of the constitution concerning pre-registration of seventeen year old citizens as electors.

Election results

Connecticut Question 2 (1976)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		393,819	56.62%
No		301,751	43.38%

Official results via: Connecticut Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 3, 2013

Text of measure

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Article sixth of the constitution is amended by adding the following section: SEC. 11. Any citizen who will have attained the age of eighteen years on or before the day of a regular election may apply for admission as an elector within the period of four months prior to such election, at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by law, and, if qualified, shall become an elector on the day of his or her eighteenth birthday.

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See also

Suggest a link

• List of Connecticut ballot measures
• Connecticut 1976 ballot measures
• 1976 ballot measures
• List of ballot measures by year
• List of ballot measures by state

External links

• Connecticut Secretary of State, "1965 Connecticut State Constitution," accessed June 21, 2013
• Connecticut Secretary of State, "Connecticut 1976 Election Results," accessed August 3, 2013