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On the recordDecember 15, 2022
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the resolution be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the resolution was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S.J. Res. 67 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three- fourths of the several States: ``Article -- ``Section 1. Every citizen of the United States, who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides. ``Section 2. The fundamental right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State or political subdivision within a State unless such denial or abridgment is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. ``Section 3. The portion of section 2 of the fourteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States that consists of the phrase `or other crime,' is repealed. ``Section 4.…
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