EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 27
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR TRENT.
0428S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 2 of article VIII
of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating
to voter qualifications.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the 1
state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday 2
in November, 2024, or at a special election to be called by 3
the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to 4
the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or 5
rejection, the following amendment to article VIII of the 6
Constitution of the state of Missouri:7
Section A. Section 2, article VIII, Constitution of 1
Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu 2
thereof, to be known as section 2, to read as follows:3
Section 2. [All]Only citizens of the United States, 1
including occupants of soldiers' and sailors' homes, over 2
the age of eighteen who are residents of this state and of 3
the political subdivision in which they offer to vote are 4
entitled to vote at all electio ns by the people, if the 5
election is one for which registration is required if they 6
are registered within the time prescribed by law, or if the 7
election is one for which registration is not required, if 8
they have been residents of the political subdivi sion in 9
which they offer to vote for thirty days next preceding the 10 SJR 27 2
election for which they offer to vote: Provided however, no 11
person who has a guardian of his or her estate or person by 12
reason of mental incapacity, appointed by a court of 13
competent jurisdiction and no person who is involuntarily 14
confined in a mental institution pursuant to an adjudication 15
of a court of competent jurisdiction shall be entitled to 16
vote, and persons convicted of felony, or crime connected 17
with the exercise of the ri ght of suffrage may be excluded 18
by law from voting. 19