2023 Senate Joint Resolution I

Elections: primary; voting age at primary election; revise to 17 under certain circumstances.

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 1 of article II, to provide that at a primary election a citizen who will be 18 years of age on or before the date of the next November election and who is otherwise qualified to vote may vote at that primary election.

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The amendment allows citizens who will be 18 years of age by the next November election and who meet other voting qualifications, to vote in primary elections. This proposed amendment will be submitted to the people of Michigan for approval at the next general election.

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 9, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Sean McCann (D-19) and three co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Rosemary Bayer (D-13), Erika Geiss (D-1) and Mary Cavanagh (D-6)

Referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics