BILL REQ. #:  H-2733.1 

Read first time 03/25/2005.   Referred to Committee on State Government Operations & Accountability.

     AN ACT Relating to changing the age to vote; amending RCW 29A.08.230; and providing a contingent effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 29A.08.230 and 2003 c 111 s 218 are each amended to read as follows:
     For all voter registrations, the registrant shall sign the following oath:

     "I declare that the facts on this voter registration form are true. I am a citizen of the United States, I am not presently denied my civil rights as a result of being convicted of a felony, I will have lived in Washington at this address for thirty days immediately before the next election at which I vote, and I will be at least ((eighteen)) sixteen years old when I vote."

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect if the proposed amendment to Article VI, section 1 of the state Constitution allowing persons who are sixteen years of age or older to vote is validly submitted to and is approved and ratified by the voters at the next general election. If the proposed amendment is not approved and ratified, this act is void in its entirety.