Arizona 2025 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HCR2028 Compare Versions

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: constitutional right to vote State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HCR 2028 Introduced by Representatives Stahl Hamilton: De Los Santos, Garcia, Gutierrez A Concurrent Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending article VII, section 2, Constitution of Arizona; relating to voting rights. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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9	9	REFERENCE TITLE: constitutional right to vote
10	10	State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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68	68	proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending article VII, section 2, Constitution of Arizona; relating to voting rights.
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78	78	Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring: 1. Article VII, section 2, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor: START_STATUTE2. Qualifications of voters; fundamental right Section 2. A. No Every person shall be is entitled to vote at any general election, or for any office that now is, or hereafter may be, elective by the people, or upon on any question which that may be submitted to a vote of the people, unless such if that person be is a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or over, and shall have has resided in the this state for the period of time preceding such the election as prescribed by law, provided that qualifications for voters at a general election for the purpose of electing presidential electors shall be as prescribed by law. The word "citizen" shall include includes persons of the male and female sex. B. The right to vote is a fundamental right. Any law or regulation that burdens a citizen's fundamental right to vote must be narrowly tailored to further a compelling governmental interest. This section provides robust protection for the right to vote beyond the guarantees of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the united states constitution. B. C. The rights of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the this state, or any political division or municipality thereof, of this state on account of sex, and the right to register, to vote and to hold office under any law now in effect, or which that may hereafter be enacted, is hereby extended to, and conferred upon on males and females alike. C. No A person who is adjudicated an incapacitated person or a person who is convicted of treason shall not be qualified to vote at any election, nor shall any person convicted of treason or felony, be qualified to vote at any election unless restored to civil rights. END_STATUTE 2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.
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80	80	Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
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82	82	1. Article VII, section 2, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
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86	86	Section 2. A. No Every person shall be is entitled to vote at any general election, or for any office that now is, or hereafter may be, elective by the people, or upon on any question which that may be submitted to a vote of the people, unless such if that person be is a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or over, and shall have has resided in the this state for the period of time preceding such the election as prescribed by law, provided that qualifications for voters at a general election for the purpose of electing presidential electors shall be as prescribed by law. The word "citizen" shall include includes persons of the male and female sex.
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88	88	B. The right to vote is a fundamental right. Any law or regulation that burdens a citizen's fundamental right to vote must be narrowly tailored to further a compelling governmental interest. This section provides robust protection for the right to vote beyond the guarantees of the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the united states constitution.
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90	90	B. C. The rights of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by the this state, or any political division or municipality thereof, of this state on account of sex, and the right to register, to vote and to hold office under any law now in effect, or which that may hereafter be enacted, is hereby extended to, and conferred upon on males and females alike.
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92	92	C. No A person who is adjudicated an incapacitated person or a person who is convicted of treason shall not be qualified to vote at any election, nor shall any person convicted of treason or felony, be qualified to vote at any election unless restored to civil rights. END_STATUTE
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94	94	2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.