Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 4/30/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 761
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 761 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 16-6 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/16-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6)
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7 | Sec. 16-6. Whenever one or more proposals for amendment of | ||||||
8 | the
constitution or the calling of a constitutional convention | ||||||
9 | or any
combination thereof is or are to be voted upon by the | ||||||
10 | people, the
proposition or propositions for the adoption or | ||||||
11 | rejection of such
amendment or amendments or convention shall | ||||||
12 | be submitted upon a ballot
separate from the "Official Ballot" | ||||||
13 | containing the names of candidates
for State and other offices | ||||||
14 | to be voted at such election. Such separate
ballot shall be | ||||||
15 | printed upon paper of a distinctly blue color and shall,
as | ||||||
16 | near as may be practicable, be of uniform size and blue color, |
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1 | but
any variation in the size of such ballots or in the | ||||||
2 | tincture of blue
employed shall not affect or impair the | ||||||
3 | validity thereof. Preceding
each proposal to amend the | ||||||
4 | constitution shall be printed the brief
explanation of the | ||||||
5 | amendment, prepared by the General Assembly, or in the
case of | ||||||
6 | a proposed amendment initiated by petition pursuant to Section
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7 | 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Illinois | ||||||
8 | by the principal
proponents of the amendment as approved by the | ||||||
9 | Attorney General, and
immediately below the explanation, the | ||||||
10 | proposition shall be printed in
substantially the following | ||||||
11 | form:
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12 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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13 | YES For the proposed amendment
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14 | ---------- to Article ______ (or Section
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15 | NO _______ of Article ______) of
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16 | the Constitution.
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17 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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18 | In the case of a proposition for the calling of a | ||||||
19 | constitutional
convention, such proposition shall be printed | ||||||
20 | in substantially the
following form:
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21 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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22 | YES For the calling
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23 | ---------- of a Constitutional
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24 | NO Convention.
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25 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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26 | On the back or outside of the ballot so as to appear when |
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1 | folded,
shall be printed the words "CONSTITUTION BALLOT", | ||||||
2 | followed by the
designation of the polling place for which the | ||||||
3 | ballot is prepared, the
date of the election and a facsimile of | ||||||
4 | the signature of the clerk or
other officer who has caused the | ||||||
5 | ballots to be printed. Immediately
above the words | ||||||
6 | "CONSTITUTION BALLOT" in the case of a proposition for
the | ||||||
7 | calling of a constitutional convention the following legend | ||||||
8 | shall be
printed in bold face type:
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9 | "NOTICE
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10 | THE FAILURE TO VOTE THIS BALLOT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A | ||||||
11 | NEGATIVE VOTE.
(THIS IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DIRECTION THAT | ||||||
12 | YOUR VOTE IS REQUIRED
TO BE CAST EITHER IN FAVOR OF OR IN | ||||||
13 | OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSITION HEREIN
CONTAINED.)
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14 | WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR NOT YOU MUST RETURN IT TO | ||||||
15 | THE
ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH".
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16 | Immediately above the words "CONSTITUTION BALLOT" in the | ||||||
17 | case of a
proposition to amend the Constitution the following | ||||||
18 | legend shall be
printed in bold face type:
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19 | "NOTICE
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20 | WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR NOT YOU MUST RETURN IT TO | ||||||
21 | THE
ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH."
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22 | If a proposition for the calling of a constitutional | ||||||
23 | convention is
submitted at the same election as one or more | ||||||
24 | propositions to amend the
constitution, the proposition for the | ||||||
25 | calling of a constitutional
convention shall be printed at the | ||||||
26 | top of the ballot. In such case, the
back or outside of the |
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1 | ballot shall be printed the same as if it were a
proposal | ||||||
2 | solely to amend the constitution.
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3 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
4 | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||||||
5 | required or authorized by
Article 24 , 24A, 24B, or 24C or | ||||||
6 | Article 24A , whichever is applicable.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 81-163 .)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.".
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