EWP 1 Informative Statement 001
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Title
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EWP 1 Informative Statement 001
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Place
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Virginia
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Identifier
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1000487
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Is Version Of
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1000487_EWP_Informative_Statement_001.jpg
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Is Part Of
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Uncategorized
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Date Created
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2024-01-07
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Format
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Jpeg Image
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Number
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0473becadbfc979394ea54447213fdea7faf449014db47d77ba8528c4e6257fd
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Source
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1000487_EWP_Informative_Statement_001.jpg
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Publisher
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Digitized by Edwin Washington Project
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Rights
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Loudoun County Public Schools
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Language
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English
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Replaces
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/1 Civil Rights/integration_folder/Constitutional_Convention/EWP_Informative_Statement_001.jpg
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extracted text
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limendment to Constitution of Virginia
"Constitutional Convention Ballot:
WINFORMATORY ST.TEMENT
"The Act of the General Assembly submitting to the people the ques-
tion below provides that the elector is voting for or against a convention
to which will be delegated by the people only the limited pewers of revising
and amending Section 141 of the Constitution to the extemt that is neces-
sary to accomplish the following purposes, and no other powerss
"To permit the Generzl Assembly and the governing hodies of the
severzl counties, cities and towns to appropriste funds focr ecuecational
purposes which may be expended in furtherance of slementary, secondary,
collegiate and graduate eduvcation of Virginia studeats in patlic an
nonsectarian private schools and institutions of lzarning ia addition to
those owned or exclusively ccntrolled by the stat2 cr any such county, city
or towns
. "The act also provides that the legal effect of a majority vote for a
convention will be that the people will delegate to it only the foregoing
powers, except that the convention will be empowered to ordain and pro-
claim said revisions and amendments adopted by it within the scope of
sald powers without submitting same to the electors for approval, but the
convention will not have the power to either consider, adopt or propose any
other amendments or revisionse
"In the light of the foregoing information the question to be voted on
is as follows: '
"Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution and amend
the same?
"] For the conventions
"] Against the convention."
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