Constitutional Amendment Concerning Voting Rights for Resident Ali

1: Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

2: United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each

3: House concurring therein) That the following article is proposed as an

4: amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be

5: valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when

6: ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States

7: within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

8: Article I: The right of legal aliens residing in the United States to

9: vote shall not be abridged or denied by the United States or by

10: any State due to their status as legal aliens.

11: Article II: A resident alien eligible to vote shall be defined as any

12: legal alien who is treated as a resident alien for tax purposes by the

13: IRS.

14 : Article III: The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article

15 : by appropriate legislation.

Respectfully Submitted,

Xavier High School

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