Edwin Washington Project

EWP 1 Informatory Statement 001

Item

Title

EWP 1 Informatory Statement 001

Place

Virginia

Identifier

1000488

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Is Part Of

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Date Created

2024-01-07

Format

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Publisher

Digitized by Edwin Washington Project

Rights

Loudoun County Public Schools

Language

English

Replaces

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extracted text

Amendment to Constitution of Virginia
"Constitutional Convention Ballots
WINFORMATORY STATEMENT

"The Act of the General Assembly submitting to the people the ques=-
tion below provides that the elector is woting for or against a convention
to which will be delegated by the people only the limited powers of revising
and amending Section 141 of the Constitution to the extent that is neces-
sary to accomplish the following purposes, and no other powerss

"To permit the General Assembly and the governing bodies of the
several counties, cities and towns to appropriate funds for educational
purposes which may be expended in furtherance of elementary, secondary,
collegiate and graduate education of Virginia students in public and
nonscctarian private schools and institutions of lesarning in addition to
those owned or exclusively controlled by the state or any such county, city
or towns

“"The act also provides that the le gal 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 amen ts or revisionss '

"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?

"Q For the conventions

“D Against the convention."


Item sets

EWP 01 Civil Rights