2023 Senate Joint Resolution 78
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
To create section 7 of article III of the constitution; relating to: prohibiting state and local governments
from using privately sourced moneys or equipment in connection with the conduct of elections
and specifying who may perform tasks related to the conduct of an election (second
consideration).
Whereas, the 2021 legislature in regular session considered a proposed amendment to the
constitution in 2021 Senate Joint Resolution 101, which became 2021 Enrolled Joint Resolution 17,
and agreed to it by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, which proposed
amendment reads as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 7 of article III of the constitution is created to read:
[Article III] Section 7 (1) No state agency or officer or employee in state government
and no political subdivision of the state or officer or employee of a political subdivision
may apply for, accept, expend, or use any moneys or equipment in connection with the
conduct of any primary, election, or referendum if the moneys or equipment are donated
or granted by an individual or nongovernmental entity.
(2) No individual other than an election official designated by law may perform any
task in the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum.
SECTION 2. Numbering of new provision. If another constitutional amendment
ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this joint resolution,
the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the sequencing and the
numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the foregoing
proposed amendment to the constitution is agreed to by the 2023 legislature; and, be it further
Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be submitted to a vote of
the people at the election to be held on the first Tuesday of April 2024; and, be it further
Resolved, That the questions concerning ratification of the foregoing proposed amendment to
the constitution be stated on the ballot as follows:
QUESTION 1: “Use of private funds in election administration. Shall section 7 (1) of article III
of the constitution be created to provide that private donations and grants may not be applied for,
accepted, expended, or used in connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum?”
QUESTION 2: “Election officials. Shall section 7 (2) of article III of the constitution be created
to provide that only election officials designated by law may perform tasks in the conduct of primaries,
elections, and referendums?”
Representative Robin J. Vos
Speaker of the Assembly
Senator Chris Kapenga
President of the Senate
Date
Richard A. Champagne
Acting Senate Chief Clerk