House Joint Resolution No. 47 proposes an amendment to the Connecticut State Constitution that would allow individuals who have reached the age of sixteen to apply for admission as electors, with the right to vote granted upon their eighteenth birthday. Currently, the law permits only those who will be eighteen by the time of a regular election to apply for voter registration. The proposed amendment aims to enable 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister, ensuring they are automatically eligible to vote when they turn eighteen, provided they meet other qualifications set by law.

If approved, this amendment will be presented to voters during the general election on November 3, 2026. The ballot will ask whether the Constitution should be amended to allow citizens aged sixteen to preregister as electors. The resolution is expected to incur a one-time cost of $35,000 for printing the ballots in the fiscal year 2027. The amendment will take effect if it receives a majority vote in the general election after being passed by at least three-fourths of the General Assembly.