Senate Bill sb1826

    Florida Senate - 2002                                 SJR 1826

    By Senators Dawson and Miller





    30-1396-02                                          See HJR 91

  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 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  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 restoration of civil

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

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

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

26  person adjudicated in this state to be mentally incompetent

27  shall be 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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    Florida Senate - 2002                                 SJR 1826
    30-1396-02                                          See HJR 91




  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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