SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Q

 

 

January 21, 2010, Introduced by Senator PATTERSON and referred to the Committee on Campaign and Election Oversight.

 

 

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 24 of article VI, to

 

eliminate the designation of incumbency on judicial ballots.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to eliminate the designation of incumbency on

 

judicial ballots, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the

 

people of the state:

 

ARTICLE VI

 

     Sec. 24. There shall not be printed upon the ballot under the

 

name of each incumbent justice or judge who is a candidate for

 

nomination or election to the same office the designation of that

 

office.


 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.