HJ611: Constitutional amendment; right to a secret ballot (first reference).

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 611

Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled January 7, 2013
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 6-A, relating to the right to a secret ballot.
Patron-- O'Bannon

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:

Amend the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 6-A as follows:

ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS

Section 6-A. Right to a secret ballot.

That the fundamental right of individuals to vote by secret ballot shall be preserved and protected when local, state, or federal law requires elections for public office, when ballot measures are proposed, or when designations or authorizations for employee representation are required by law.