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SJRCA0021 93rd General Assembly


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 1                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
 4    ASSEMBLY  OF  THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS,   THE   HOUSE   OF
 5    REPRESENTATIVES   CONCURRING  HEREIN,  that  there  shall  be
 6    submitted to the  electors  of  the  State  for  adoption  or
 7    rejection  at  the general election next occurring at least 6
 8    months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to
 9    amend Section 2 of Article III of the  Illinois  Constitution
10    as follows:

11                             ARTICLE III
12                       SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

13         (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 2)
14    SECTION 2. VOTING DISQUALIFICATIONS
15        A  person  convicted  of  a  felony,  or  otherwise under
16    sentence in a correctional institution or  jail,  or  civilly
17    committed  as  a  sexually  dangerous person or as a sexually
18    violent person, shall lose the right  to  vote,  which  right
19    shall  be  restored  not  later  than  upon completion of his
20    sentence or civil commitment.
21    (Source: Illinois Constitution.)

22                              SCHEDULE
23        This Constitutional Amendment  takes  effect  upon  being
24    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
25    Constitutional Amendment Act.