Bill Text: TX SJR7 | 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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [SJR7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SJR7-Introduced.html
| 87S10412 MCK-D | ||
| By: Zaffirini, et al. | S.J.R. No. 7 | |
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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." | ||
