,,iia  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,j4 ,,res4 #ge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate 
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august   
#d1 #bjbj,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,ms4
 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 
,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,van   
,hollen1 and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7          
introduced the following joint          
resolution2 which was read twice and    
referred to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary  ,,joint ,,resolution        
,proposing an amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
relative to the fundamental right 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 ,every citizen of the ,united    
,states1 who is of legal voting age1    
shall have the fundamental right to vote
 in any public election held in the     

jurisdiction in which the citizen       
resides4  #b4 ,the fundamental right of 
citizens of the ,united ,states to vote 
shall not be denied or abridged by the  
,united ,states or by any ,state or     
political subdivision within a ,state   
unless such denial or abridgment is in  
furtherance of a compelling governmental
 interest and is the least restrictive  
means of furthering that compelling     
governmental interest4  #c4 ,the portion
 of section #b of the fourteenth article
 of amendment to the ,constitution of   
the ,united ,states that consists of the
 phrase or other crime1 is repealed4    
#d4 ,the ,congress shall have the power 
to enforce this article and protect     
against any denial or abridgement of the
 fundamental right to vote by           
legislation4  4