CRC - 2017 COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 6007 Ì3346365Î334636 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 2B/WD . 04/16/2018 04:00 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Commissioner Plymale moved the following: 1 CRC Amendment to Substitute Amendment (333990) (with ballot 2 and title amendments) 3 4 Before line 139 5 insert: 6 Section 5 of Article VI of the State Constitution is 7 amended to read: 8 ARTICLE VI 9 SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS 10 SECTION 5. Primary, general, and special elections.— 11 (a) A general election shall be held in each county on the 12 first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even 13 numbered year to choose a successor to each elective state and 14 county officer whose term will expire before the next general 15 election and, except as provided herein, to fill each vacancy in 16 elective office for the unexpired portion of the term. A general 17 election may be suspended or delayed due to a state of emergency 18 or impending emergency pursuant to general law. Special 19 elections and referenda shall be held as provided by law. 20 (b) If all candidates for an office have the same party 21 affiliation and the winner will have either no opposition in the 22 general election, or opposition only from one or more write-in 23 candidates, then all qualified electors, regardless of party 24 affiliation, may vote in the primary elections for that office. 25 26 ====== B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T ====== 27 And the ballot statement is amended as follows: 28 Delete lines 162 - 171 29 and insert: 30 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 31 ARTICLE II, SECTION 8 32 ARTICLE V, SECTION 13 33 ARTICLE VI, SECTION 5 34 ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION 35 LOBBYING AND ABUSE OF OFFICE BY PUBLIC OFFICERS; PRIMARY 36 ELECTIONS.—The amendment expands restrictions on lobbying for 37 compensation by former public officers; creates restrictions on 38 lobbying for compensation by currently serving public officers; 39 provides exceptions; prohibits certain abuses of public office 40 for personal benefit. The amendment also provides that all 41 voters, regardless of party affiliation, may vote in a partisan 42 primary election if winner of the primary election will face no 43 opposition or only opposition from write-in candidate(s) in the 44 general election. 45 46 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 47 And the title is amended as follows: 48 Delete line 185 49 and insert: 50 bodies and abuse of office and to amend Section 5 of 51 Article VI of the State Constitution to authorize all 52 qualified electors, regardless of party affiliation, 53 to vote in a partisan primary election for an office 54 if all the candidates for the office have the same 55 party affiliation and the winner will be opposed only 56 by one or more write-in candidates in the general 57 election.