proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall submit the proposed constitutional amendments
under section 1 of this resolution to the qualified electors of
this Commonwealth as a single ballot question as provided under
subsection (c) at the first primary, general or municipal
election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance
with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania
and which occurs at least three months after the proposed
constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly.
(c) The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall place these
proposed constitutional amendments under section 1 on the ballot
as a single ballot question in the following form:
Shall sections 2, 3, 4, 11 and 12 of Article V of the
Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that
judges and justices of the Supreme Court, the Superior
Court and the Commonwealth Court be elected from judicial
districts established by the General Assembly which must
be compact, contiguous and nearly equal in population as
practicable and to require that all justices, judges and
justices of the peace to be residents of their judicial
districts for one year preceding election or appointment
and during service?
(d) The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall place the
proposed constitutional amendment under section 2 on the ballot
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