HJR 1003 2003
1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 of
3	Article VI of the State Constitution, relating to suffrage
4	and elections, to provide for restoration of a felony
5	offender's right to vote and hold office upon completion
6	of incarceration and postconviction supervision.
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8	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article VI of
11	the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
12	the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
13	general election or an earlier special election specifically
14	authorized by law for that purpose:
15	ARTICLE VI
16	SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
17	SECTION 4. Disqualifications.--
18	(a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in
19	this or any other state to be mentally incompetent,shall be
20	qualified to vote or hold office until he or she has been
21	released from incarceration and any postconviction supervision
22	restoration of civil rights or removal of disability. No person
23	adjudicated in this or any other state to be mentally
24	incompetent shall be qualified to vote or hold office until
25	removal of disability.
26	(b) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to
27	any of the following offices:
28	(1) Florida representative,
29	(2) Florida senator,
30	(3) Florida Lieutenant governor,
31	(4) any office of the Florida cabinet,
32	(5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or
33	(6) U.S. Senator from Florida
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35	if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will
36	have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that
37	office for eight consecutive years.
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39	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
40	placed on the ballot:
41	RIGHT TO VOTE AND HOLD OFFICE
42	Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to restore
43	a felony offender's right to vote and hold office upon his or
44	her release from incarceration and postconviction supervision.