Senate Joint Resolution 9 - Enrolled Senate Joint Resolution 9 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is proposed: Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by the amendment of 1970, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: Section 1. Electors. Only a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years, who shall have been a resident of this state for such period of time as shall be provided by law and of the county in which the citizen claims the citizen’s vote for such period of time as shall be provided by law, shall be entitled to vote at all elections which are authorized by law. However, for purposes of a primary election, a United States citizen must be at least eighteen years of age as of the next general election following the primary election. The required periods of residence shall not exceed six months in this state and sixty days in the county. Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO ELECTORATE. The foregoing proposed amendment, having been adopted and agreed to by the 89th General
Senate Joint Resolution 9, p. 2 Assembly, Second Session, thereafter duly published, and now adopted and agreed to by the 90th General Assembly in this joint resolution, shall be submitted to the people of the state of Iowa at the general election in November of the year 2024 in the manner required by the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the laws of the state of Iowa. ______________________________ AMY SINCLAIR President of the Senate ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this joint resolution originated in the Senate and is known as Senate Joint Resolution 9, Ninetieth General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate