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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Newg Staff Writer
In the November 8 election county voters will not only select a U.S. Senator and member of the House of Representatives, but will also vote on three proposed amendments to the Constitution of Virginia.
Registrar Nancy Leake has copies of the amendments and brief explanations of them put out by the State Board of Elections.
Amendment 1 asks: Shall the Constitution of Virginia be amended to authorize the General Assembly to reopen and extend the statutory time period for bringing civil lawsuits which involve intentional injuries to minors?
This amendment is primarily intended for civil cases involving childhood sexual abuse. Minors are considered adults at 18 and had two years after that, until they were 20, to bring lawsuits for abuse when they were children.
In 1991, in response to testimony that victims of childhood sexual abuse may not remember the abuse or understand how the abuse has affected them until they are older and have gone to a physician or psychologist for help, the General Assembly amended the law to provide that victims may file a lawsuit up to age 28 and within two years of finding out about the abuse or harm from it. . The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that law unconstitutional as it applied to cases of abuse for people who had already turned 20 before the law was passed. The amendment would allow the General Assembly to pass the law and make it retroactive.
Amendment 2 asks: Shall the Constitution of Virginia be amended to revise voter registration provisions, including two changes that will (1) delete the requirement that you must apply in person to register and allow registration by mail and (2) eliminate
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