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SJR 29, 81st R.S.

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a candidate for public office to win by a margin of one percent of the votes cast at the election before the candidate is elected to that office.

Last action: Left pending in committee

Author: Steve Ogden

Bill Analyses:
Introduced (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
Elections--Candidates
Elections--General
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments

Senate Committee: State Affairs (Robert Duncan, John Carona, Bob Deuell, Rodney Ellis, Troy Fraser, Chris Harris, Mike Jackson, Eddie Lucio, Jr., Leticia Van de Putte) Minutes: April 23 2009 | May 11 2009

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