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Resolution

Change Article IV, Section 2(b) (Membership) in the Bylaws for Units of the NAACP

(Effective Date of Membership in the Branches, Youth Units and Authorized Committees)

CURRENT

2(b). The minimum voting age for any member in good standing in Branch Elections shall be seventeen (17) years of age. Should a member of the Branch be seventeen (17) years of age, but under twenty-one (21) years of age, that member may vote in the Branch Election, if he/she has paid the Regular Adult membership fee to the Branch.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, to change Article IV, Section 2(b) in the Bylaws for the Units of the NAACP to read as follows:

RECOMMENDED CHANGE

2(b). The minimum voting age for any member in good standing in Branch Elections shall be seventeen (17) years of age. Said member may vote in the Branch Election if he/she has paid the Regular Adult membership fee to the Branch.

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