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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 161
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE YOUNG.
6377H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 2 of Article
VIII of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof
relating to persons entitled to vote.
Be it r esolved by the House of Repr esentatives, the Senate concurring ther ein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on T uesday next
2 following the first Monday in November , 2026, or at a special election to be called by the
3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for
4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution of the state
5 of Missouri:
Section A. Section 2, Article VIII, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 2, to read as follows:
Section 2. Only citizens of the United States, including occupants of soldiers' and
2 sailors' homes, over the age of eighteen who are residents of this state and of the political
3 subdivision in which they of fer to vote are entitled to vote at all elections by the people, if the
4 election is one for which registration is required if they are registered within the time
5 prescribed by law , or if the election is one for which registration is not required, if they have
6 been residents of the political subdivision in which they of fer to vote for thirty days next
7 preceding the election for which they of fer to vote: Provided however[ , no person who has a
8 guardian of his or her estate or person by reason of mental incapacity , appointed by a court of
9 competent jurisdiction and no person who is involuntarily confined in a mental institution
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
10 pursuant to an adjudication of a court of competent jurisdiction shall be entitled to vote, and ]
11 persons convicted of a felony[ , ] or crime connected with the exercise of the right of suf frage
12 may be excluded by law from voting.
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