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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
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RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES | |
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CONCERNING THE ELECTIONS OF SENATORS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Keable, Mattiello, Ackerman, Blazejewski, and Amore | |
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Date Introduced: May 21, 2013 | |
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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 happen 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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