Senate
Study
Bill
1109
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Introduced
SENATE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
RESOLUTION
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SCHULTZ)
SENA
TE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
1
of
the
State
of
Iowa
relating
to
the
qualifications
of
2
electors.
3
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
1
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
2
Section
1
of
Article
II
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
3
Iowa,
as
amended
by
the
amendment
of
1970,
is
repealed
and
the
4
following
adopted
in
lieu
thereof:
5
Section
1.
Electors.
Only
a
citizen
of
the
United
States
6
of
the
age
of
eighteen
years,
who
shall
have
been
a
resident
7
of
this
state
for
such
period
of
time
as
shall
be
provided
by
8
law
and
of
the
county
in
which
the
citizen
claims
the
citizen’s
9
vote
for
such
period
of
time
as
shall
be
provided
by
law,
shall
10
be
entitled
to
vote
at
all
elections
which
are
authorized
by
11
law.
However,
for
purposes
of
a
primary
election,
a
United
12
States
citizen
must
be
at
least
eighteen
years
of
age
as
of
13
the
next
general
election
following
the
primary
election.
The
14
required
periods
of
residence
shall
not
exceed
six
months
in
15
this
state
and
sixty
days
in
the
county.
16
Sec.
2.
SUBMISSION
TO
ELECTORATE.
The
foregoing
proposed
17
amendment,
having
been
adopted
and
agreed
to
by
the
89th
18
General
Assembly,
Second
Session,
thereafter
duly
published,
19
and
now
adopted
and
agreed
to
by
the
90th
General
Assembly
in
20
this
joint
resolution,
shall
be
submitted
to
the
people
of
the
21
state
of
Iowa
at
the
general
election
in
November
of
the
year
22
2024
in
the
manner
required
by
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
23
Iowa
and
the
laws
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
joint
resolution
proposes
an
amendment
to
the
28
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa,
for
adoption
by
the
second
29
consecutive
general
assembly,
relating
to
the
qualification
of
30
electors.
The
joint
resolution
reduces
the
voting
age
in
the
31
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
from
21
years
of
age
to
18
32
years
of
age,
except
that
a
person
who
will
be
18
years
of
age
33
by
the
next
general
election
shall
be
permitted
to
vote
in
a
34
primary
election.
Eighteen
years
of
age
is
the
current
voting
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age
for
every
election
in
the
United
States
due
to
the
adoption
1
of
the
26th
Amendment
to
the
United
States
Constitution.
2
The
resolution,
if
adopted,
would
be
submitted
to
the
3
electorate
for
ratification
at
the
general
election
in
November
4
2024.
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