Substitute House Joint Resolution No. 58
Resolution Act No. 21-2
RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO ALLOW NO -EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING.
Resolved by this Assembly:
Section 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the
manner provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and purposes,
become a part thereof:
Section 7 of article sixth of the Constitution is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 7. The general assembly may provide by law for voting in the
choice of any officer to be elected or upon any question to be voted on
at an election by qualified voters of the state who [are unable to] will not
appear at the polling place on the day of election. [because of absence
from the city or town of which they are inhabitants or because of
sickness or physical disability or because the tenets of their religion
forbid secular activity.]
RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the
Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly
elected at the general election to be held on November 8, 2022, and
published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented Substitute House Joint Resolution No. 58
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to the electors at the general election to be held on November 8, 2022,
whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the amendments
to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed amendment to be
used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the Constitution of the
State be amended to permit the General Assembly to allow each voter
to vote by absentee ballot?"