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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 439 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Senate | |
| 6 | 6 | Resolution No. 9 | |
| 7 | 7 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 8 | 8 | LCO No. 439 | |
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| 11 | 11 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
| 12 | 12 | AND ELECTIONS | |
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| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 16 | SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. | |
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| 20 | 20 | RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE | |
| 21 | 21 | CONCERNING A FINAL DECISION ON ELECTION CONTESTS. | |
| 22 | 22 | Resolved by the Senate: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That the rules of the Senate be amended to provide that, whenever a 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | candidate for the Senate contests the results of an election for such 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | candidate's district, the majority leader and the minority leader shall 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | each appoint two members to form a committee to hold hearings, take 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | testimony and issue a formal and final decision on such contest in 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | accordance with the provisions of section 7 of article third of the 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | Constitution of the state, which process shall prohibit the Secretary of 7 | |
| 31 | 31 | the State from certifying the results of such election until such 8 | |
| 32 | 32 | committee has issued such final decision. 9 | |
| 33 | 33 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 34 | 34 | To amend the Senate rules to provide for an equally bipartisan | |
| 35 | 35 | committee to decide Senate election contests. |