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File #: 25-0912    Version: 1
Type: Order Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/5/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 5/5/2025
Enactment date: 5/5/2025 Enactment #: 218919
Title: That the proposed Charter be amended relative to reducing the voting age in municipal elections by inserting a new section placing the question on the ballot.
Sponsors: Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott

Agenda Summary

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That the proposed Charter be amended relative to reducing the voting age in municipal elections by inserting a new section placing the question on the ballot.

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Official Text

That the proposed Charter be amended relative to reducing the voting age in municipal elections by inserting a new section placing the question on the ballot.

SECTION ##. The city clerk shall cause the following question to be placed on the official ballot to be used in the city of Somerville at the next regular municipal election to be held on November 4, 2025 or the next regular municipal election at which the city can comply with the applicable Commonwealth’s ballot requirements: Shall the voting age for municipal elections in the City of Somerville be reduced to 16 years of age?

SECTION ###. Section ## shall take effect upon acceptance by the majority of the voters of the city voting in the affirmative and the charter shall be amended in the sections relating to or referencing voter eligibility.