West Virginia "More Accessible Legislature" Amendment (2014)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The West Virginia "More Accessible Legislature" Amendment was not on the November 4, 2014 ballot in West Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have enabled the legislature to meet and adjourn for not more than ninety days throughout the year, prohibited interim committee meetings and established a Citizens Legislative Compensation Committee to determine the compensation of legislators.

The measure's assigned name was More Accessible Legislature Amendment.

The proposed amendment was sponsored in the West Virginia Legislature by State Senator Erik Wells (D-8) as Senate Joint Resolution 11.

Text of measure

Ballot summary

The proposed ballot purpose summary read as follows:

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To amend the state Constitution to enable the Legislature to meet and adjourn for not more than ninety days throughout the year; to prohibit interim committee and subcommittee meetings, in order to allow legislators more time to work in their districts; and to require the Citizens Legislative Compensation Commission to meet to determine appropriate compensation for members of the Legislature.

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Support

Supporters

• Sen. Erik Wells (D-8)
• Sen. Robert Plymale (D-5)

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the West Virginia Constitution

According to the West Virginia Constitution, a two-thirds vote in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature was required to refer the amendment to the ballot.

See also

Suggest a link

• 2014 ballot measures
• West Virginia 2014 ballot measures

External links

• Senate Joint Resolution 11

Footnotes

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