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2001 SESSION
015504564RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 3 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 3. Method of voting.
In The right to vote is a fundamental right, and in elections by the people,
the following safeguards shall be maintained. Voting shall be by ballot or by
machines voting equipment for receiving, recording, and counting votes
cast. No ballot or list of candidates upon any voting machine equipment shall
bear any distinguishing mark or symbol, other than words identifying political
party affiliation; and their form, including the offices to be filled and the
listing of candidates or nominees, shall be as uniform as is practicable
throughout the Commonwealth or smaller governmental unit in which the election
is held.
The General Assembly shall provide by law for uniformity, accuracy, and reliability as nearly as is practicable in the voting equipment used in the conduct of elections throughout the Commonwealth and for appropriations by the state to pay for the costs of such voting equipment.
In elections other than primary elections, provision shall be made whereby
votes may be cast for persons other than the listed candidates or nominees.
Secrecy in casting votes shall be maintained, except as provision may be made
for assistance to handicapped voters, but the ballot box or voting machine
equipment shall be kept in public view and shall not be opened, nor
the ballots canvassed nor the votes counted, in secret. Votes may be cast in person
or by absentee ballot as provided by law.