Bill Text: TX HJR18 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HJR18 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR18-Introduced.html
By: Crockett | H.J.R. No. 18 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons | ||
under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article VI, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 1a to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1a. The legislature by general law may provide for | ||
voting in a primary election by a person who: | ||
(1) will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the | ||
subsequent general election for state and county officers; and | ||
(2) satisfies the other applicable requirements for | ||
eligibility to vote. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing a person | ||
who will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the general | ||
election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding | ||
primary election." |