(1972)

ROBERT C. ZIMMERMAN, Secretary of State

You have requested my advice concerning the current voter registration guidelines which should be followed in the registration of students, who are living away from their parents' home while attending school, particularly in light of the adoption of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reduces the minimum voting age for all elections in our state from 21 to 18 years of age.

You point out that, prior to the extension of franchise to persons 18 to 20 years of age, your office was advised by my predecessor by informal opinion,…