SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEJOINTRESOLUTION NO.94
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESIMMONS.
4560H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
JOINTRESOLUTION
SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmentrepealingSection11ofArticle
VIIIoftheConstitutionofMissouri,andadoptingonenewsectioninlieuthereof
relatingtovoteridentification.
BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein:
ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext
2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2022,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe
3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for
4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleVIIIoftheConstitutionofthestate
5ofMissouri:
SectionA.Section11,ArticleVIII,ConstitutionofMissouri,isrepealedandonenew
2sectionadoptedinlieuthereof,tobeknownasSection11,toreadasfollows:
Section11.Apersonseekingtovote[inperson] inpublicelections[may] shallbe
2requiredbygenerallawtoidentifyhimselforherselfandverifyhisorherqualificationsasa
3citizenoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaandaresidentofthestateofMissouribyproviding
4electionofficialswithaformofidentification,which[may] shallincludevalidgovernment-
5issuedphotoidentification.[Exceptions] Anexceptiontotheidentificationrequirementmay
6[also] beprovidedforbygenerallawtoallowvotingbyprovisionalballot.
SectionB.Pursuanttochapter116,andotherapplicableconstitutionalprovisionsand
2lawsofthisstateallowingthegeneralassemblytoadoptballotlanguageforthesubmissionof
3thisjointresolutiontothevotersofthisstate,theofficialsummarystatementofthis
4resolutionshallbeasfollows:
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 5 "ShalltheConstitutionofMissouribeamendedtostatethatvotersshallberequired
6bylawtoverifytheiridentitybypresentingvalidgovernment-issuedphotoidentification?".
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