,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ia  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,june #be1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,cooper submitted the         
following joint resolution2 which was   
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
protecting the right of citizens to     
vote4  ,that the following article is   
proposed as an amendment to the         
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
which shall be valid to all intents and 
purposes as part of the ,constitution   
when ratified by the legislatures of    
three-fourths of the several ,states3   
-- #a4 ,the right of a citizen of the   
,united ,states1 who is #ah years of age
 or older1 to vote1 shall not be denied 
or abridged by the ,united ,states or by
 any ,state1 unless1 at the time of an  
election1 such citizen is serving a     
sentence of imprisonment for a felony in
 a correctional facility4  #b4 ,the     

,congress shall have power to enforce   
this article by appropriate legislation4
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