Constitution, Art. II, §4 is amended to read:

Section 4. Time of state election; absentee voting. The election of Senators and Representatives shall be on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November biennially forever except as provided in this Section.__Beginning with the general election held in 2006, the election of Senators and the election of Governor shall be on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November every 4 years, except that the term of a Senator from an odd-numbered legislative district remains as a 2-year term until 2008, after which time the election of all Senators must be held every 4 years. The Legislature under proper enactment shall authorize and provide for voting by citizens of the State absent therefrom in the Armed Forces of the United States or of this State and for voting by other citizens absent or physically incapacitated for reasons deemed sufficient.

Constitution, Art. IV, Pt. Second, §1 is amended to read:

Section 1. Number of Senators. The Senate shall consist of an odd number of 32 Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35, elected at the same time and for the same term as Representatives as provided in Article II, Section 4 by the qualified electors of the districts into which the State shall be from time to time divided.

Constitution, Art. IV, Pt. Second, §2 is amended to read:

Section 2. Submission of reapportionment plan to Secretary of Senate; Legislature's action on commission's plan; division of State into Senatorial Districts; division by Supreme Judicial Court. The Legislature which shall convene in the year 1983 2009 and every 10th year thereafter shall cause reapportion the State to be divided into districts for the choice of a Senator from each district, using the same method as provided in Article IV, Part First, Section 2 for apportionment of Representative Districts so that the Senate districts coincide with the counties of the State. The voters of each county shall vote for 2 Senators.

The apportionment plan of the commission established under Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate no later than 120 calendar days after the convening of the Legislature in which apportionment is required. In the preparation of legislation implementing the plan, the commission, following a unanimous decision by commission members, may adjust errors and inconsistencies in accordance with the standards set forth in this Constitution, so long as substantive