§ 605Elections on Proposed Constitutional Amendments

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Unless the General Assembly shall prescribe
otherwise with respect to any particular proposed amendment or
amendments and the manner and time of submitting to the
qualified electors of the State any proposed amendment or
amendments to the Constitution for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the same shall be approved by a majority of those voting
thereon, the said amendment or amendments which have heretofore,
or which may hereafter be proposed, and which have not been
submitted to the qualified electors of the State, shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of the State for the purpose
aforesaid, at the first municipal or general election at which
such amendment or amendments may be legally submitted to the
electors, which election shall occur at least three months after
the date upon which such proposed amendment or amendments shall
have been agreed to for the second time by a majority of the
members elected to each house of the General Assembly, as
provided in Article Eighteen, section one of the Constitution.
Said election shall be conducted on said election day in the
manner prescribed by the provisions of this act. Such proposed
constitutional amendments shall be printed on the ballots or
ballot labels in brief form to be determined by the Secretary
of the Commonwealth with the approval of the Attorney General.

                    (b)   Special Elections

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