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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3729 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 31 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jennifer Balinsky Armini |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying |
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| 12 | 12 | | proposal for constitutional amendment: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the title of the Lieutenant |
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| 14 | 14 | | Governor. |
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| 15 | 15 | | _______________ |
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| 16 | 16 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 17 | 17 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex1/20/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3729 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 31 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representative Armini of Marblehead, a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional |
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| 21 | 21 | | amendment, House, No. 31) of Jennifer Balinsky Armini for a legislative amendment to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Constitution relative to the title of the Lieutenant-Governor. The Judiciary. |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution relative to the title of the Lieutenant |
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| 29 | 29 | | Governor. |
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| 30 | 30 | | A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in |
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| 31 | 31 | | joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if |
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| 33 | 33 | | similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the |
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| 34 | 34 | | state election next following]: |
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| 35 | 35 | | ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1 The constitution is hereby amended by striking Article I of Part the Second, Chapter II, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2Section II and replacing it with the following:- |
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| 38 | 38 | | 3 Article I. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 4 There shall be elected a lieutenant governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 5whose title shall be, Her Honor, His Honor, or Their Honor and who shall be qualified, in point |
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| 41 | 41 | | 6of [religion, property,] and residence in the commonwealth, in the same manner with the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 7governor: and the day and manner of his election, and the qualifications of the electors, shall be |
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| 43 | 43 | | 8the same as are required in the election of a governor. The return of the votes for this officer, and 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 9the declaration of his election, shall be in the same manner: and if no one person shall be found |
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| 45 | 45 | | 10to have [a majority] of all the votes returned, the vacancy shall be filled by the senate and house |
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| 46 | 46 | | 11of representatives, in the same manner as the governor is to be elected, in case no one person |
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| 47 | 47 | | 12shall have [a majority] of the votes of the people to be governor. [See Amendments, Arts. VII, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 13XIV, XXXIV, LXIV and LXXX.] |
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