act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the
Pennsylvania Election Code, the secretary prepared a ballot
question as Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1, which was
approved by the Attorney General, and published along with the
proposed amendment and the plain English statement prepared by
the Office of Attorney General pursuant to section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 is scheduled to
appear on the ballot for primary election on April 26, 2016; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly has prepared a revised ballot
question for Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 which, in the
view of the General Assembly, more accurately reflects the
language of Joint Resolution No. 2013-JR3 and Joint Resolution
No. 2015-JR1; and
WHEREAS, There is insufficient time to publish the revised
ballot question before primary election on April 26, 2016, as
required by section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Under section 802 of the Pennsylvania Election Code,
only persons registered and enrolled as members of a political
party are entitled to vote in any primary election of that
party; and
WHEREAS, More than 1 million Pennsylvania registered voters
are not registered and enrolled as members of one of the two
major political parties and therefore are not entitled to vote
in the primary election of either of those political parties;
and
WHEREAS, Many of those registered voters may be unaware of
their right to vote on Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1
during the primary election on April 26, 2016, and consequently
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