Constitution of Connecticut (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment XV

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Amendment XV Ratified amendment and publisher annotations.

ARTICLE XV.*
*Adopted November 26, 1980.
(Senate, number, qualifications.)
Section 1 of article two of the amendments to the Constitution is amended to read
as follows:
1
The senate shall consist of not less than thirty and not more than fifty members,
each of whom shall have attained the age of eighteen and be an elector residing in the
senatorial district from which he is elected. Each senatorial district shall be contiguous
as to territory and shall elect no more than one senator.
1 Cited. 232 C. 345.
(House of representatives, how constituted.)
Section 2 of article two of the amendments to the Constitution is amended to read
as follows:
1
The house of representatives shall consist of not less than one hundred twen-
ty-five and not more than two hundred twenty-five members, each of whom shall have
attained the age of eighteen years and be an elector residing in the assembly district
from which he is elected. Each assembly district shall be contiguous as to territory
and shall elect no more than one representative. For the purpose of forming assembly
districts no town shall be divided except for the purpose of forming assembly districts
wholly within the town.
1 “Town integrity” principle discussed. 187 C. 721. Federal “one person one vote” principle (see Reynolds v. Sims,
377 U.S. 533, 577, 84 S. Ct. 1362) cited; reconciliation with Connecticut town integrity principle discussed; federal con-
stitutional requirements for fair voting standards cited. 222 C. 166. Town integrity principle cited. Id. Cited. 232 C. 345.
(Eligibility to office.)
Section 3 of article two of the amendments to the Constitution is amended to read
as follows:
1
Every elector who has attained the age of eighteen years shall be eligible to any
office in the state, but no person who has not attained the age of eighteen shall be eli-
gible therefor, except in cases provided for in this constitution.
1 Jurors held not to be public officers. 48 C. 535. Applies only to officers of state government. 103 C. 168. Charter re-
quiring members of board of finance to be “resident electors” of city upheld. Id. Does not require that every officeholder
be an elector. 114 C. 529. Does not apply to town officers. 136 C. 632. Judge of probate held not to be constitutional
officer within meaning of section. 157 C. 150. The office of Attorney General impliedly is exempt from the general
qualification requirements for state constitutional officers; “active practice at the bar” requirement in Sec. 3-124 is not
unconstitutional. 298 C. 748.