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READING CLERK: Amendment No. 4
to Committee Recommendation S&E-2 by
Delegate Finch:
On page 1 section 1 Eligible Voters in
Federal, State and County Elections line 2,
strike out the words "attained the age of
nineteen years" and insert in lieu thereof
the following: ", by or after January 1,
1968, attained the age of twenty years, and
by or after January 1, 1972, attained the
age of nineteen years, and by or after Jan-
uary 1, 1976, attained the age of eighteen
years".
(There was a call for the question.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment has
been offered by Delegate Finch.
Is there a second?
(Whereupon, the motion was dull/ sec-
onded.)
The amendment having been seconded,
the Chair recognizes Delegate Finch.
DELEGATE FINCH: Mr. Chairman,
Members of the Committee, I will be very
brief on this.
So far we have considered eighteen as a
voting age, twenty as a voting age, twenty-
one as a voting age, and also the age of
legal majority being set by the General
Assembly. This is the opportunity to con-
sider whether or not you would like grad-
ually to reduce the voting age from twenty-
one to eighteen, starting in 1968, with the
voting age in 1968 being reduced to twenty;
in 1972, to nineteen; and in 1976, to
eighteen.
It is felt if we do it this way that this
would give the opportunity to train these
younger generations in their responsibilities
as voters. I offer you this amendment and
hope you will vote for it.
Thank you.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Ross.
DELEGATE ROSS: Mr. Chairman, fel-
low delegates, this is quite similar to one
of Delegate Finch's proposals that was re-
ferred to the Committee on Suffrage and
Elections. We considered it and we re-
jected it.
I urge you to follow suit.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any further
comment?
(There was no response.)
Are you ready for the question.
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(Call for the question.)
The question arises on the adoption of
Amendment No. 4.
A vote Aye is a vote in favor of the
amendment.
A vote No is a vote against.
Cast your votes.
Has every delegate voted?
Does any delegate desire to change his
vote?
(There was no response.)
The Clerk will record the vote.
There being 15 votes in the affirmative
and 102 in the negative, the motion is lost.
The amendment is rejected.
There is one other amendment to this
section. The Chair would like to conclude
this section.
Delegate James, do you desire to offer
amendment I?
Pages will distribute amendment I.
The Clerk will read the amendment.
This will be Amendment No. 5.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 5
to Committee Recommendation S&E-2 by
Delegate James :
On page 1 section 1 Eligible Voters in
Federal, State and County Elections in
line 12 strike out the words "for three
months" and insert in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing: "as of the time for closing of
registration"; and in lines 16 through 20
inclusive, strike out the sentence beginning "Removal from" in line 16 down to and in-
cluding the period in line 20.
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment has
been offered by Delegate James.
Is there a second?
(Whereupon, the motion was seconded.)
The amendment having been seconded,
the Chair recognizes Delegate James.
DELEGATE JAMES: Mr. Chairman
and fellow delegates, I do not want to
prolong the evening, but I do wish to sub-
mit something that is not on voting age. It
will be a very refreshing change.
The amendment I have offered is along
the lines of a constitutional amendment
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