1970 Alaska Amendment 1
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August 25, 1970
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On November 3, 1970, Alaska held a ballot initiative in the form of a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment on whether or not to lower the voting age from 19 years old to 18 years old.[1] The amendment was one of many that year about lowering the voting age.[2] This amendment was approved in a vote of 36,590 to 31,216.[3]
Content
This provision amends Article V of the State Constitution which provides for a voting age of nineteen years. The amendment would permit persons eighteen years of age, or older, to vote in any state or local election.[1]
Results by district
Results are listed here by election district; there are no results by borough.
| District # | Yes | No | Total[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | ||
| 1 | 1,986 | 53.57% | 1,721 | 46.43% | 3,707 |
| 2 | 748 | 56.41% | 578 | 43.59% | 1,326 |
| 3 | 1,073 | 56.36% | 831 | 43.64% | 1,904 |
| 4 | 2,733 | 53.84% | 2,343 | 46.16% | 5,076 |
| 5 | 635 | 58.85% | 444 | 41.15% | 1,079 |
| 6 | 696 | 48.6% | 736 | 51.4% | 1,432 |
| 7 | 973 | 47.28% | 1,085 | 52.72% | 2,058 |
| 8 | 13,983 | 51.31% | 13,267 | 48.69% | 27,250 |
| 9 | 383 | 47.05% | 431 | 52.95% | 814 |
| 10 | 1,614 | 49% | 1,680 | 51% | 3,294 |
| 11 | 902 | 60.33% | 593 | 39.67% | 1,495 |
| 12 | 363 | 67.22% | 177 | 32.78% | 540 |
| 13 | 489 | 61.51% | 306 | 38.49% | 795 |
| 14 | 1,340 | 79.15% | 353 | 20.85% | 1,693 |
| 15 | 941 | 62.9% | 555 | 37.1% | 1,496 |
| 16 | 5,291 | 50.58% | 5,170 | 49.42% | 10,461 |
| 17 | 891 | 70.66% | 370 | 29.34% | 1,261 |
| 18 | 1,073 | 68.96% | 483 | 31.04% | 1,556 |
| 19 | 476 | 83.66% | 93 | 16.34% | 569 |
| Total | 36,590 | 53.96% | 31,216 | 46.04% | 67,806 |
See also
- 1970 United States ballot measures
- 1970 Florida Amendment 1, another similar measure to lower the voting age but instead to 18 compared to Alaska's 19 but did not pass.
References
- ^ a b "Alaska Amendment 1, Voting Age Amendment (August 1970)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "1970 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ a b "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS". STATE OF ALASKA - OFFICIAL RETURNS by ELECTION PRECINCT: PRIMARY ELECTION AUGUST 25, 1970 (PDF). Alaska Secretary of State. p. 36. Retrieved February 4, 2026.