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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

CONCERNING THE ELECTIONS OF SENATORS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Keable, Ackerman, Blazejewski, Amore, and Mattiello

     Date Introduced: January 21, 2014

     Referred To: House Judiciary

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     WHEREAS, The house of representatives of the United States and the United States

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senate, by the constitutional vote of two-thirds (2/3) of each house concurring therein, did enact at

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the sixty-second congress of the United States of America in 1912 an amendment of the

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constitution of the United States; and

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     WHEREAS, Said amendment was submitted to the states for ratification and said

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amendment to the constitution of the United States of America is in the following words, to wit:

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"ARTICLE XVII

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Election of Senators

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     The senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state elected

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by the people thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote. The electors in each

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state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state

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legislatures.

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     When vacancies occur in the representation of any state in the senate, the executive

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authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies; provided, that the

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legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until

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the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

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     This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any senator

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chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution." Now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That the general assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence

 

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Plantations does hereby ratify the above proposed amendment to the constitution of the United

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States of America; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That certified copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the

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secretary of state of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to the President of the

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United States, the majority leader of the senate of the United States, and the speaker of the house

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of representatives of the United States.

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