Bill Text: TX SJR12 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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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) 2021-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR12 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SJR12-Introduced.html

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87R2147 TSS-D
By: Zaffirini S.J.R. No. 12

A JOINT RESOLUTION
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."