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D.C. BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
RECEIPT OF INITIATIVE (REFERENDUM) MEASURE
This acknowledge receipt of an Initiative (Referendum) Measure entitled:
A Referendum Concerning the Jury and Marriage Amendment Act
of 2009
Items Submitted (Check Off):
5 Copies of Full Text of Measure Summary Statement of Measure
Summary Statement of Measure
Short Title of Measure
Affidavit of Proposer
The Board's regulations governing Initiative (Referendum) Measures are attached. Please read them
carefully because they contain information critical to your effort. If you have any legal questions,
please call the General Counsel's Office at 727-2194. For general questions, call 727-2525. Also,
please be advised of the following:
1. Pursuant to D.C. Code §§ 1-1102.04 and 1-1102.06, you must file a Statement of
Organization and a Verified Statement of Contributions within 10 days of organization with
the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance (OCF) for your petition form to be approved for
circulation. OCF is located at 2000 14th Street, NW, Suite 400. Their phone number is 671-0550.
2. Failure to file the verified statement of contributions within 10 days of organization will
result in rejection of your measure before the petitions is issued.
3. You must be present at the hearing where the Board considers your petition form for
approval. Under D.C. law, you must formally adopt the petition form as your own. Do not
send a representative.
I, Harry R. Jackson, Jr., swear or affirm that I am a registered qualified elector in the District of Columbia and that the information below is true:
Address: 910 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 2009
Phone: 202-885-9692
Date: May 27, 2009
Signature of Board of Election Official: Nancy F. Brooks
Signature of Person Submitting Measure: Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
A REFERENDUM CONCERNING
THE JURY AND MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT OF 2009
SHORT TITLE
"A Referendum Concerning the Jury and Marriage Amendment Act of 2009"
SUMMARY STATEMENT
The D.C. Council approved "The Jury and Marriage Amendment Act of
2009." The Act would recognize as valid a marriage legally entered into in another jurisdiction between 2 persons of the same-sex. The "Referendum Concerning the Jury and Marriage
Amendment Act of 2009" will allow the voters of the District of Columbia the opportunity to
decide whether the District of Columbia will recognize as valid a marriage legally entered into in another jurisdiction between 2 persons of the same-sex. A "No" vote to the referendum will continue the current law of recognizing only marriage between persons of the opposite sex.
LEGISLATIVE TEXT
Should Section 3 of The Jury and Marriage Amendment Act of 2009 be approved?
Sec. 3. Chapter Forty-Three of An Act To establish a code of law for the District of
Columbia, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1391; D.C. Official Code § 46-401
passim), is amended as follows:
(a) Section 1283 (D.C. Official Code § 46-401) is amended
as follows:
(1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are repealed.
(2) A new paragraph (2A) is added to read as follows:
"(2A) The marriage of a person with a person's grandparent, grandparent's
spouse, spouse's grandparent, parent's sibling, parent, step-parent, spouse's parent, child,
spouse's child, child's spouse, sibling, child's child, child's child's spouse, spouse's child's
child, sibling's child.".
(b) A new section 1287a is added to read as follows:
"Sec. 1287a. Recognition of Marriages from Other Jurisdictions.
- A marriage legally entered into in another jurisdiction between 2 persons of the same sex that is recognized as valid
in that jurisdiction, that is not expressly prohibited by sections 1283 through section 1286, and has not been deemed illegal under section 1287, shall be recognized as a marriage in the
District.".
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
AFFIDAVIT OF PROPOSER
I, Harry R. Jackson, Jr., swear or affirm that I am a registered qualified elector in the District of Columbia and that the information below is true:
Address: 910 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 2009
Phone: 202-885-9692
Date: May 27, 2009
Signature of Proponent: Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
Subscribed and sworn or affirmed before me on this 27th day of May 2009
Karen F. Brooks
Notary Public of D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics Official
ATTORNEY OF RECORD IN SUPPORT OF THE REFERENDUM CONCERNING THE JURY AND
MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT OF 2009
Please enter my name as the Attorney of Record for the above Referendum. I am a member
of the D.C. Bar in good standing. I am the attorney for the following Proponents:
Rev. Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy
Rev. Dale E. Wafer
Melvin Dupree
Sandra B. Harris
Dr. Patricia Johnson
Bobby Perkins, Sr.
Sincerely,
David W. New
Attorney at Law
1201 N. Kensington St. #5
Arlington, VA 22205
703-534-7444
D.C. Bar No. 428046
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