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Amendment Article XII

Supreme Court to have original jurisdiction for review of decennial reapportionment.

CONSTITUTION ARTICLE  III, Section 6

SJR 5              1976

            Senate: 1572-1576

            House:  3894-3901

            Committee: Government Administration & Policy: 199-208

                                                Total Pages: 23  pages

 

Adopted: November 24, 1976 by a popular vote of  90,950 in favor and 27,343 against.

 

“ I would also suggest … that a reasonable time limit be placed upon the Supreme Court in the issuing of its reapportionment decisions.  In this way, implementation of a new … plan could not be tied up in the courts indefinitely by aggrieved political persons.”

 

--Secretary of State Gloria Schaffer testifying at a public hearing held by the Government Administration & Policy Committee on March 25, 1976.