| 28 | | - | That the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution 1 |
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| 29 | | - | of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the manner 2 |
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| 30 | | - | provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and purposes, become 3 |
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| 31 | | - | a part thereof: 4 |
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| 32 | | - | Article thirty-first of the amendments to the Constitution is amended 5 |
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| 33 | | - | to read as follows: 6 |
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| 34 | | - | Any citizen who [will have] has attained the age of [eighteen] sixteen 7 |
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| 35 | | - | years [on or before the day of a regular election] may apply for 8 |
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| 36 | | - | admission as an elector at such times and in such manner as may be 9 |
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| 37 | | - | prescribed by law, and, if qualified, shall become an elector on the day 10 |
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| 38 | | - | of his or her eighteenth birthday. Any citizen who has not yet attained 11 |
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| 39 | | - | the age of eighteen years but who will have attained the age of eighteen 12 |
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| 40 | | - | years on or before the day of a regular election, who is otherwise 13 |
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| 41 | | - | qualified to be an elector and who has applied for admission as an 14 |
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| 42 | | - | LCO No. 5629 2 of 4 |
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| 43 | | - | |
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| 44 | | - | elector in such manner as may be prescribed by law, may vote in any 15 |
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| 45 | | - | primary election, in such manner as may be prescribed by law, held for 16 |
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| 46 | | - | such regular election. 17 |
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| 47 | | - | Section 7 of article sixth of the Constitution is amended to read as 18 |
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| 48 | | - | follows: 19 |
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| 49 | | - | Sec. 7. a. The general assembly may provide by law for voting in the 20 |
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| 50 | | - | choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question to be voted on 21 |
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| 51 | | - | at an election by qualified voters of the state who are unable to appear 22 |
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| 52 | | - | at the polling place on the day of election because of absence from the 23 |
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| 53 | | - | city or town of which they are inhabitants or because of sickness or 24 |
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| 54 | | - | physical disability or because the tenets of their religion forbid secular 25 |
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| 55 | | - | activity. 26 |
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| 56 | | - | b. The general assembly may further provide by law for voting in 27 |
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| 57 | | - | person prior to the day of election in the choice of any officer to be 28 |
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| 58 | | - | elected or upon any question to be voted on at an election by qualified 29 |
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| 59 | | - | voters of the state, at polling places that serve more than one political 30 |
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| 60 | | - | subdivision of the state. 31 |
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| 61 | | - | Section 9 of article third of the Constitution is amended to read as 32 |
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| 62 | | - | follows: 33 |
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| 63 | | - | Sec. 9. At all elections for members of the general assembly the 34 |
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| 64 | | - | presiding officers in the several towns shall [receive the votes of the 35 |
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| 65 | | - | electors, and] count and declare [them] the votes of the electors in open 36 |
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| 66 | | - | meeting. The presiding officers shall make and certify duplicate lists of 37 |
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| 67 | | - | the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each. One list shall 38 |
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| 68 | | - | be delivered within three days to the town clerk, and within ten days 39 |
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| 69 | | - | after such meeting, the other shall be delivered [under seal] to the 40 |
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| 70 | | - | secretary of the state. 41 |
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| 71 | | - | Section 4 of article fourth of the Constitution is amended to read as 42 |
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| 72 | | - | follows: 43 |
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| 73 | | - | Sec. 4. [At the meetings of the electors in the respective towns held 44 |
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| 74 | | - | quadrennially as herein provided for the election of state officers, the 45 |
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| 75 | | - | LCO No. 5629 3 of 4 |
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| 77 | | - | presiding officers shall receive the votes and shall count and declare the 46 |
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| 78 | | - | same in the presence of the electors] The votes at the election of state 47 |
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| 79 | | - | officers shall be counted and declared in open meeting by the presiding 48 |
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| 80 | | - | officers in the several towns. The presiding officers shall make and 49 |
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| 81 | | - | certify duplicate lists of the persons voted for, and of the number of 50 |
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| 82 | | - | votes for each. One list shall be delivered within three days to the town 51 |
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| 83 | | - | clerk, and within ten days after such meeting, the other shall be 52 |
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| 84 | | - | delivered under seal to the secretary of the state. The votes so delivered 53 |
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| 85 | | - | shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the treasurer, secretary, 54 |
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| 86 | | - | and comptroller, within the month of November. The vote for treasurer 55 |
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| 87 | | - | shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the secretary and 56 |
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| 88 | | - | comptroller only; the vote for secretary shall be counted, canvassed and 57 |
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| 89 | | - | declared by the treasurer and comptroller only; and the vote for 58 |
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| 90 | | - | comptroller shall be counted, canvassed and declared by the treasurer 59 |
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| 91 | | - | and secretary only. A fair list of the persons and number of votes given 60 |
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| 92 | | - | for each, together with the returns of the presiding officers, shall be, by 61 |
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| 93 | | - | the treasurer, secretary and comptroller, made and laid before the 62 |
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| 94 | | - | general assembly, then next to be held, on the first day of the session 63 |
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| 95 | | - | thereof. In the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary, 64 |
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| 96 | | - | treasurer, comptroller and attorney general, the person found upon the 65 |
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| 97 | | - | count by the treasurer, secretary and comptroller in the manner herein 66 |
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| 98 | | - | provided, to be made and announced before December fifteenth of the 67 |
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| 99 | | - | year of the election, to have received the greatest number of votes for 68 |
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| 100 | | - | each of such offices, respectively, shall be elected thereto; provided, if 69 |
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| 101 | | - | the election of any of them shall be contested as provided by statute, and 70 |
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| 102 | | - | if such a contest shall proceed to final judgment, the person found by 71 |
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| 103 | | - | the court to have received the greatest number of votes shall be elected. 72 |
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| 104 | | - | If two or more persons shall be found upon the count of the treasurer, 73 |
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| 105 | | - | secretary and comptroller to have received an equal and the greatest 74 |
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| 106 | | - | number of votes for any of said offices, and the election is not contested, 75 |
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| 107 | | - | the general assembly on the second day of its session shall hold a joint 76 |
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| 108 | | - | convention of both houses, at which, without debate, a ballot shall be 77 |
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| 109 | | - | taken to choose such officer from those persons who received such a 78 |
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| 110 | | - | vote; and the balloting shall continue on that or subsequent days until 79 |
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| 111 | | - | one of such persons is chosen by a majority vote of those present and 80 |
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| 112 | | - | LCO No. 5629 4 of 4 |
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| 114 | | - | voting. The general assembly shall have power to enact laws regulating 81 |
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| 115 | | - | and prescribing the order and manner of voting for such officers. The 82 |
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| 116 | | - | general assembly shall by law prescribe the manner in which all 83 |
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| 117 | | - | questions concerning the election of a governor or lieutenant-governor 84 |
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| 118 | | - | shall be determined. 85 |
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| 119 | | - | RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the 86 |
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| 120 | | - | Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly 87 |
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| 121 | | - | elected at the general election to be held on November 3, 2022, and 88 |
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| 122 | | - | published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented 89 |
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| 123 | | - | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 3, 2022, 90 |
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| 124 | | - | whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the amendments 91 |
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| 125 | | - | to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed amendment to be 92 |
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| 126 | | - | used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the Constitution of the 93 |
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| 127 | | - | State be amended to (1) allow any citizen to apply for admission as an 94 |
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| 128 | | - | elector when such citizen attains the age of sixteen years for the purpose 95 |
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| 129 | | - | of being so admitted on such citizen's eighteenth birthday, and (2) 96 |
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| 130 | | - | permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting and at polling 97 |
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| 131 | | - | places that serve multiple political subdivisions of the state?"98 |
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| 132 | | - | Co-Sponsors: SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.; REP. TURCO, 27th Dist. |
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| 25 | + | That the Constitution of the state be amended to allow (1) individuals 1 |
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| 26 | + | who have attained the age of sixteen years to apply for admission as an 2 |
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| 27 | + | elector such that they will be admitted as electors upon attaining the age 3 |
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| 28 | + | of eighteen years, (2) the establishment of regional voting centers at 4 |
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| 29 | + | which multiple municipalities may receive the votes of the electors 5 |
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| 30 | + | within such municipalities, and (3) electors to cast ballots at an election 6 |
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| 31 | + | prior to the day of such election. 7 |
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| 32 | + | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 33 | + | To amend the Constitution of the state to allow sixteen-year-olds to |
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| 34 | + | preregister to vote, regional voting centers and early voting. |
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