BILL REQ. #:  H-1056.2 

Read first time 01/26/09.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:
     THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article VI, section 1 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

     Article VI, section 1. All persons of the age of eighteen years or over who are citizens of the United States and who have lived in the state, county, and precinct thirty days immediately preceding the election at which they offer to vote, except those disqualified by Article VI, section 3 of this Constitution, shall be entitled to vote at all elections. However, any person seventeen years of age is entitled to vote in a primary if: He or she will be eighteen years old on or before the date of the next general election; and the primary is being held to select the candidates for the November general election.

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.