1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, by adding a 
1.3 	section; providing for certain officers to be elected by a majority of the votes cast 
1.4 	at the general election for the office. 
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 1.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, by adding a section, is 
1.8 	proposed to the people. If the amendment is adopted, the new section will read:

1.9 	Sec. 10. The legislature shall provide by law for a mechanism that ensures that in order 
1.10 	to be elected to any single member district office, an executive officer, judge, senator, or 
1.11 	representative must receive a majority of the votes cast at the general election for the 
1.12 	office sought.

1.13 	Sec. 2. SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.
 1.14 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2010 general 
1.15 	election. The question submitted shall be:
1.16 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require that an executive officer, 
1.17 	judge, or legislator must be elected by a majority of the votes cast at the general election 
1.18 	for the office sought?

1.19	Yes .......
	
1.20	No ......."