Funk, meanwhile, said she is particularly worried voters will not understand the five proposed amendments to Virginia's Constitution. That's not fair to the voter. Lawmakers are asking voters to decide issues ranging from the use of funds in Virginia's governmental employees retirement system and a victims' rights provision to an amendment that would lift a ban on the Virginia legislature permitting the incorporation of churches and other religious organizations. The proposed amendment was included in recommendations by a government watchdog group that studied the Virginia Retirement System. The provision would be added to Virginia's bill of rights, which presently does not mention victims of crime.
Prosecutors strongly favor the amendment.
More fine-tuning of Virginia's motor voter law, the amendment gives the legislature more authority to decide what information should be required on a voter registration application and how voters can continue to vote after they move into the state. The proposed amendment would not change the provision that authorizes the General Assembly to pass laws limiting church property holdings. He was married to Nancy Rogowski Capozzoli, who survives. The funeral will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday. A mass of Christian burial will be held noon Saturday in Holy Angel's Church.