CHAPTER 127

S.P. 590 - L.D. 1608

Resolve, To Establish a Study Commission To Study

Alternative Voting Procedures, the Citizen Initiative

Process and Minor Party Ballot Access

Sec. 1. Commission established. Resolved: That the Commission To Study Alternative Voting Procedures, the Citizen Initiative Process and Minor Party Ballot Access, referred to in this resolve as "the commission," is established; and be it further

Sec. 2. Commission membership. Resolved: That the commission consists of 11 members appointed as follows:

1. Three members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate. When making the appointments, the President of the Senate shall ensure representation from both political parties and give preference to members from the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs;

2. Three members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. When making the appointments, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall ensure representation from the major parties, include an unenrolled member or a member of a minor party and give preference to members from the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs;

3. The Secretary of State or a designee;