§ 7-9-303. Apportionment of delegates — Vacancies
(a) The basis for representation in any constitutional convention called as a result of an affirmative vote on the calling of a constitutional convention shall be as follows: One hundred (100) members shall be elected from the same districts and on the same basis as members of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly. […]
§ 7-9-304. Nominating petitions
(a) (1) Every person desiring to be elected as a delegate from a particular House of Representatives district shall file a nominating petition with the Secretary of State containing at least fifty (50) signatures thereon of persons who are qualified electors within the district. (2) In addition, he or she shall pay a filing fee […]
§ 7-9-305. Election and certification of delegates
(a) The county board of election commissioners shall include on the general election ballots the names of all candidates for delegate to the constitutional convention as certified by the Secretary of State. (b) (1) The candidate receiving a majority of the votes for a particular position in the general election shall be declared elected as […]
§ 7-9-306. Organizational meeting — Plenary meeting
(a) Whenever a majority of the electors vote affirmatively to call a constitutional convention, it shall be the duty of the delegates elected as prescribed in § 7-9-305 to assemble at the State Capitol Building at 10:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January next after their election for an organizational […]
§ 7-9-307. Meeting procedures
(a) A majority of the delegates shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of the total number of delegates shall be required for approval of any section to be included in a proposed constitution or part thereof or in a proposed constitutional amendment. (b) The constitutional convention shall elect its own officers and shall be […]
§ 7-9-308. Duration of constitutional convention — Certification of draft constitution — Report
(a) The constitutional convention shall remain in session as long as is required to transact its business and to meet its responsibilities, but not past the following July 1. If the convention determines that additional time is needed, it may vote to recess until the following August 1 and resume its sessions on that date, […]
§ 7-9-108. Procedure for circulation of petition
(a) Each initiative or referendum petition ordering a vote upon a measure having general application throughout the state shall be prepared and circulated in fifteen (15) or more parts or counterparts, and each shall be an exact copy or counterpart of all other such parts upon which signatures of petitioners are to be solicited. When […]
§ 7-9-124. Voter registration signature imaging system — Creation of fund
(a) There is hereby established in the office of the Secretary of State a voter registration signature imaging system, and the Secretary of State is authorized to acquire and maintain the necessary equipment and facilities to accommodate the system. (b) The Division of Information Systems shall cooperate with and assist the Secretary of State in […]
§ 7-9-109. Form of verification — Penalty for false statement
(a) Each petition containing signatures shall be verified in substantially the following form by the canvasser’s affidavit thereon as a part thereof: (b) Forms herein given are not mandatory, and if substantially followed in any petition it shall be sufficient, disregarding clerical and merely technical errors. (c) (1) Petitions shall not be disqualified due to […]
§ 7-9-125. Definition — Prohibition of profit — Penalties — Freedom of information
(a) As used in this section, “property” means both real and personal property and includes without limitation both tangible and intangible property. (b) (1) No person who is a sponsor of an initiative petition, referendum petition, or constitutional amendment which proposes the sale of property owned by a municipality or county shall receive anything of […]