1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution,
1.3 	article VII, section 1; permitting certain 17-year-old
1.4 	persons to vote in primaries.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
1.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII,
1.8 	section 1, is proposed to the people.
1.9 	If the amendment is adopted, the section will read:

1.10 	Section 1. Every person 18 years of age or more who has
1.11 	been a citizen of the United States for three months and who has
1.12 	resided in the precinct for 30 days next preceding an election
1.13 	shall be entitled to vote in that precinct. A 17-year-old
1.14 	person who will be 18 years of age at the time of a general
1.15 	election and who meets all other requirements for voting shall
1.16 	be entitled to vote at the primary that precedes that general
1.17 	election.The place of voting by one otherwise qualified who
1.18 	has changed his residence within 30 days preceding the election
1.19 	shall be prescribed by law.  The following persons shall not be
1.20 	entitled or permitted to vote at any election in this state:  A
1.21 	person not meeting the above requirements; a person who has been
1.22 	convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil rights;
1.23 	a person under guardianship, or a person who is insane or not
1.24 	mentally competent.

1.25 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 2.1 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at
2.2 	the 2006 general election.  The question submitted must be:
2.3 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to permit
2.4 	17-year-old persons to vote in a primary preceding a general
2.5 	election at which they will be 18 years old? 
2.6 	Yes .......
2.7 	                                   No ........"