Senate Bill 0256

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SJR 256

    By Senator Hargrett





    21-304-00

  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 or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be

22  qualified to vote or hold office until the person's right to

23  register or vote has been restored, as provided by law, or

24  until restoration of civil rights or removal of disability.

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

26  to any of the following offices:

27         (1)  Florida representative,

28         (2)  Florida senator,

29         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

30         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

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

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SJR 256
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  1         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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

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

  5  that office for eight consecutive years.

  6         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

  7  placed on the ballot:

  8                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

  9                      ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4

10         QUALIFICATIONS OF FELONS TO VOTE.--Proposing an

11  amendment to the State Constitution authorizing the

12  Legislature to provide the conditions under which a convicted

13  felon's right to register or vote or hold office may be

14  restored by statute.

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