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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2201 1 of 2 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed House Joint | |
6 | 6 | Resolution No. 36 | |
7 | 7 | January Session, 2019 | |
8 | 8 | LCO No. 2201 | |
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11 | 11 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
12 | 12 | AND ELECTIONS | |
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15 | 15 | Introduced by: | |
16 | 16 | REP. LUXENBERG, 12 | |
17 | 17 | th Dist. | |
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23 | 23 | RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE | |
24 | 24 | CONSTITUTION TO AUTOMATICALLY ADMIT SEVENTEEN -YEAR- | |
25 | 25 | OLD STATE RESIDENTS AS ELECTORS. | |
26 | 26 | Resolved by this Assembly: | |
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28 | 28 | That the Constitution of the state be amended to (1) automatically 1 | |
29 | 29 | admit as an elector, without any requirement to apply for such 2 | |
30 | 30 | admission, any citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 3 | |
31 | 31 | seventeen years and who is a bona fide resident of any town in the 4 | |
32 | 32 | state, (2) require notification of such admission to each newly admitted 5 | |
33 | 33 | elector and to the registrars of voters of the town in which such newly 6 | |
34 | 34 | admitted elector resides, and (3) require necessary funding to the office 7 | |
35 | 35 | of the Secretary of the State for such admission and notification 8 | |
36 | 36 | purposes. 9 | |
37 | 37 | Statement of Purpose: | |
38 | 38 | To automatically register seventeen-year-old state residents to vote | |
39 | 39 | without requiring they apply for such registration, to provide | |
40 | 40 | notification of registration to the newly registered electors and their Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 36 | |
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43 | 43 | LCO No. 2201 2 of 2 | |
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45 | 45 | local registrars of voters and to ensure funding necessary for the | |
46 | 46 | Secretary of the State to administer these changes. |