LRB-0870/1
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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
April 23, 2015 - Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Shilling,
Risser, Hansen,
Wirch, Ringhand, Harris Dodd, Vinehout, Miller, C. Larson, Carpenter,
Lassa, Erpenbach and Bewley, cosponsored by Representatives Riemer,
Barnes, Johnson, Milroy, Kolste, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kahl, Mason, C.
Taylor, Young, Ohnstad, Goyke, Subeck, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer and
Pope. Referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government.
SJR32,1,2
1To create section 7 of article III of the constitution;
relating to: the right to vote
2(first consideration).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2015 legislature on first
consideration, provides that every qualified elector of this state shall have the
fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the election district in which
the elector resides.
A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,
and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
SJR32,1,3
3Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
SJR32,1
4Section
1. Section 7 of article III of the constitution is created to read:
SJR32,1,75
[Article III] Section 7. Subject to section 2, every qualified elector of this state
6shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the election
7district in which the elector resides.
SJR32,2
8Section
2. Numbering of new provision. If another constitutional
9amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this
1joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the
2sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
SJR32,2,5
3Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
4legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for three
5months previous to the time of holding such election.
