[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 7, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3505-S3506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, 
        Ms. Hirono, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Blumenthal):
  S.J. Res. 77. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States relative to the fundamental right to 
vote; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 77

       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

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     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     that consists of the phrase `or other crime,' is repealed.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. The Congress shall have the power to enforce 
     this article and protect against any denial or abridgement of 
     the fundamental right to vote by legislation.''.

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