California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 7

Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Campos, Chiu, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, and Thurmond)

February 11, 2016

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 7—A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Section 2 of Article II thereof, relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACA 7, as introduced, Gonzalez. Voting age: school and community college district governing board elections.

The California Constitution authorizes a United States citizen at least 18 years of age and a resident of the State to vote.

This measure, in addition, would authorize a person who is at least 16 years of age and a resident of the state to vote in a school or community college district governing board election in which that person would be qualified to vote based on residence.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2015-16 Regular
Session commencing on the first day of December 2014, two-thirds
of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to
the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the
State be amended as follows:

  

That Section 2 of Article II thereof is amended to read:

SEC. 2.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert A United States citizen begin insert who is at least end insert 18 years
of age and begin insert a end insert resident in this State may vote.

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(b) A United States citizen who is at least 16 years of age and
a resident in this State may vote in a school or community college
district governing board election in which that person would be
qualified to vote based on residence.

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