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IA Amendment 1 - Citizenship and Age Voting Requirements
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> United States > Iowa > Referenda and Amendments > 2024 Amendments > Amendment 1 - Citizenship and Age Voting Requirements
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| Office | Referendum |
| Honorific | Referendum - Abbr: |
| Type | Referendum |
| Filing Deadline | January 01, 2024 - 12:00am Central |
| Polls Open | November 05, 2024 - 07:00am Central |
| Polls Close | November 05, 2024 - 08:00pm Central |
| Term Start | November 06, 2024 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 01, 3999 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Mr. Matt |
| Last Modified | Mr. Matt October 13, 2024 10:30am |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description |
Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?
Summary: Provides for only U.S. citizens aged 18 or older and meeting state and county residency requirements to vote in all elections. Further provides that 17-year-olds who will be 18 years old by the General Election are eligible to vote in the primary election, subject to the same citizenship and residency requirements.
Full Text: Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of the State of Iowa, as amended by the amendment of 1970, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
Section 1. Electors. Only a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years, who shall have been a resident of this state for such period of time as shall be provided by law and of the county in which the citizen claims the citizen's vote for such period of time as shall be provided by law, shall be entitled to vote at all elections which are authorized by law. However, for purposes of a primary election, a United States citizen must be at least eighteen years of age as of the next general election following the primary election. The required periods of residence shall not exceed six months in this state and sixty days in the county.
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