Senate Bill sb2292

    Florida Senate - 2003                                 SJR 2292

    By Senator Siplin





    19-1146-03

  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, to authorize 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 amendment to Section 4 of Article VI of the

13  State Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be

14  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or

15  rejection at the next general election or at an earlier

16  special election specifically authorized by law for that

17  purpose:

18                            ARTICLE VI

19                      SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

20         SECTION 4.  Disqualifications.--

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

22  this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be

23  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil

24  rights or removal of disability. No person convicted of a

25  felony shall be qualified to vote until the person's right to

26  register or vote has been restored as provided by law. No

27  person adjudicated in this state to be mentally incompetent

28  shall be qualified to vote until removal of disability.

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

30  to any of the following offices:

31         (1)  Florida representative,

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                 SJR 2292
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 1         (2)  Florida senator,

 2         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

 3         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

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

 5         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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

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

 9  that office for eight consecutive years.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

11  placed on the ballot:

12                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

13                      ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4

14         QUALIFICATIONS OF FELONS TO VOTE.--Proposing an

15  amendment to the State Constitution authorizing the

16  Legislature to provide the conditions under which a convicted

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

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