Voters Asked To Answer Ballot Queries
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Indiana voters will be asked to vote yes or no on two questions Tuesday at the polls.
The questions were passed by the Legislature last year and must be approved by a majority of Hoosier voters for the state constitution to be amended.
The first question deals with victims' rights:
"Shall Section 13 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to provide that victims of crime have the right to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect throughout the criminal justice process, to be informed of and present during public hearings, and confer with the prosecution, to the extent that exercising these rights does not infringe upon the constitutional rights of the accused?"
The purpose of the amendment is to make victims' rights uniform across the state, instead of varying by county as they do now. Approval of this amendment would grant victims of crime the same rights as the accused, as long as the rights of the accused are not violated in the process.
The second question voters will face deals with investment of state retirement funds in stocks and securities:
"Shall Section 12 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to allow state retirement funds to invest in stocks and other securities?"
Indiana is one of only two states that do not allow pension funds to be invested in stocks, a policy some see as outdated and others see as prudent. [[In-content Ad]]
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Indiana voters will be asked to vote yes or no on two questions Tuesday at the polls.
The questions were passed by the Legislature last year and must be approved by a majority of Hoosier voters for the state constitution to be amended.
The first question deals with victims' rights:
"Shall Section 13 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to provide that victims of crime have the right to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect throughout the criminal justice process, to be informed of and present during public hearings, and confer with the prosecution, to the extent that exercising these rights does not infringe upon the constitutional rights of the accused?"
The purpose of the amendment is to make victims' rights uniform across the state, instead of varying by county as they do now. Approval of this amendment would grant victims of crime the same rights as the accused, as long as the rights of the accused are not violated in the process.
The second question voters will face deals with investment of state retirement funds in stocks and securities:
"Shall Section 12 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended to allow state retirement funds to invest in stocks and other securities?"
Indiana is one of only two states that do not allow pension funds to be invested in stocks, a policy some see as outdated and others see as prudent. [[In-content Ad]]