Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, | 7 |
three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring | 8 |
herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the | 9 |
state, in the manner prescribed by law at the general election to | 10 |
be held on November 5, 2013, a proposal to amend Sections 2 and 20 | 11 |
of Article I, Section 1 of Article II, and Sections 1, 2, 4, and 6 | 12 |
of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to read as | 13 |
follows: | 14 |
2. All political power is inherent in the people. | 15 |
Every elector has the right to vote in the exercise of political | 16 |
power. Government is instituted for their equal protection and | 17 |
benefit, and they have the right to alter, reform, or abolish the | 18 |
same, whenever they may deem it necessary; and no special | 19 |
privileges or immunities shall ever be granted, that may not be | 20 |
altered, revoked, or repealed by the General Assembly. | 21 |
Section 1. The legislative power of the state shall be | 28 |
vested in a General Assembly consisting of a senate and house of | 29 |
representatives but the people reserve to themselves the power to | 30 |
propose to the General Assembly laws and amendments to the | 31 |
constitution, and to adopt or reject the same at the polls on a | 32 |
referendum vote as hereinafter provided. They also reserve the | 33 |
power to adopt or reject any law passed by the general assembly, | 34 |
any codified section of any law as contained in a law passed by | 35 |
the general assembly, or any item in any law passed by the general | 36 |
assembly, whether or not appropriating money passed by the General | 37 |
Assembly, except as hereinafter providedin accordance with the | 38 |
requirements of this constitution; and independent of the General | 39 |
Assembly to propose amendments to the constitution and to adopt or | 40 |
reject the same at the polls. The limitations expressed in the | 41 |
constitution, on the power of the General Assembly to enact laws, | 42 |
shall be deemed limitations on the power of the people to enact | 43 |
laws. | 44 |
Section 1. Every citizen of the United States, of the age of | 45 |
eighteen years, who has beenis a resident of thethis state, | 46 |
county, township, or ward, such time as may be provided by law, | 47 |
and has been registered to vote for thirty days, has the | 48 |
qualifications of an elector, and is entitled to vote at all | 49 |
elections. Any elector who fails to voteknowingly votes more than | 50 |
once in at least oneany election during any period of four | 51 |
consecutive years shall cease to be an elector unless he again | 52 |
registers to votebe disenfranchised, subject to restoration by a | 53 |
court of competent jurisdiction. | 54 |
If adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this | 74 |
proposal, Sections 2 and 20 of Article I, Section 1 of Article II, | 75 |
and Sections 1, 2, 4, and 6 of Article V as amended by this | 76 |
proposal shall take effect immediately and existing Sections 2 and | 77 |
20 of Article I, Section 1 of Article II, and Sections 1, 2, 4, | 78 |
and 6 of Article V of the Constitution of the State of Ohio shall | 79 |
be repealed effective immediately. | 80 |