Senate Joint Resolution 9 - Enrolled
Senate Joint Resolution 9
A JOINT RESOLUTION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA
RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS.
4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Iowa is proposed:
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Iowa, as amended by the amendment of 1970, is repealed and the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.
Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO ELECTORATE. The foregoing proposed
amendment, having been adopted and agreed to by the 89th General
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Assembly, Second Session, thereafter duly published, and now
adopted and agreed to by the 90th General Assembly in this joint
resolution, shall be submitted to the people of the state of
Iowa at the general election in November of the year 2024 in the
manner required by the Constitution of the State of Iowa and the
laws of the state of Iowa.
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AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this joint resolution originated in
the Senate and is known as Senate Joint Resolution 9, Ninetieth
General Assembly.
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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate