SJR9 HJUD AM 3-11
Casto 3264
The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the resolution on page one, by striking out everything after the resolved clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in the year 2026, which proposed amendment is that section one, article IV thereof, be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE IV. Elections and Officers.
The Only citizens of the United States who are citizens of this state shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside; but no a person who is a minor, or who has been declared mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or who is under conviction of treason, felony or bribery in an election, or who has not been a resident of the state and of the county in which he or she offers to vote, for thirty days next preceding such offer, shall not be permitted to vote while such disability continues; but no and, a person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall not be deemed a resident of this state by reason of being stationed therein.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, such amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment 1" and designated as the "Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "This amendment provides that in all elections held in West Virginia only citizens of the United States who are citizens of this state are qualified to vote."