Senate Bill 0244

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SJR 244

    By Senators Hargrett, Dawson and Holzendorf





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  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No.     

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 4 of Article VI of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to suffrage and

  5         elections; authorizing the Legislature to

  6         provide the conditions under which a convicted

  7         felon's right to register or vote may be

  8         restored.

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10  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article VI

13  of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted

14  to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the

15  next general election or at an earlier special election

16  specifically authorized by law for that purpose.

17                            ARTICLE VI

18                      SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

19         SECTION 4.  Disqualifications.--

20         (a)  No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in

21  this state to be mentally incompetent, shall be qualified to

22  vote or hold office until restoration of civil rights or

23  removal of disability. No person convicted of a felony shall

24  be qualified to vote until the person's right to register or

25  vote has been restored, as provided by law. No person

26  adjudicated in this state to be mentally incompetent shall be

27  qualified to vote until removal of disability.

28         (b)  No person may appear on the ballot for re-election

29  to any of the following offices:

30         (1)  Florida representative,

31         (2)  Florida senator,

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  1         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

  2         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

  3         (5)  U.S. Representative from Florida, or

  4         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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  6  if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will

  7  have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in

  8  that office for eight consecutive years.

  9         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

10  placed on the ballot:

11                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

12                      ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4

13         QUALIFICATIONS OF FELONS TO VOTE.--Proposing an

14  amendment to the State Constitution authorizing the

15  Legislature to provide the conditions under which a convicted

16  felon's right to register or vote may be restored by statute.

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