House Joint Resolution No. 47 proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State that would allow individuals who are sixteen years old to apply for admission as electors. Under this amendment, these individuals would automatically become electors upon reaching the age of eighteen. The resolution seeks to modify Article thirty-first of the amendments to the Constitution, changing the eligibility criteria for voter registration to include those who have attained the age of sixteen, while maintaining that they must be eighteen to vote in regular elections.

The resolution also stipulates that any citizen who will be eighteen by the time of a regular election and has applied for admission as an elector may participate in primary elections. The proposed amendment will be presented to the next session of the General Assembly or to the electors during the general election on November 3, 2026. Voters will be asked whether they support the amendment, which aims to facilitate preregistration for young citizens approaching voting age.