Full Text of SB1799 96th General Assembly
SB1799eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 16-6 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/16-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6)
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| Sec. 16-6.
Whenever one or more proposals for amendment of | 8 |
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constitution or the calling of a constitutional convention | 9 |
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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 ,
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| near as may be practicable, be of uniform size and blue color , | 17 |
| but
any variation in the size of such ballots or in the | 18 |
| tincture of blue
employed shall not affect or impair the | 19 |
| validity thereof. Preceding
each proposal to amend the | 20 |
| constitution shall be printed the brief
explanation of the | 21 |
| amendment, prepared by the General Assembly, or in the
case of | 22 |
| a proposed amendment initiated by petition pursuant to Section
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| 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Illinois |
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| by the principal
proponents of the amendment as approved by the | 2 |
| Attorney General, and
immediately below the explanation, the | 3 |
| proposition shall be printed in
substantially the following | 4 |
| form:
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| YES For the proposed amendment
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| ---------- to Article ______ (or Section
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| NO _______ of Article ______) of
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| the Constitution.
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| In the case of a proposition for the calling of a | 12 |
| constitutional
convention, such proposition shall be printed | 13 |
| in substantially the
following form:
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| YES For the calling
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| ---------- of a Constitutional
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| NO Convention.
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| On the back or outside of the ballot so as to appear when | 20 |
| folded,
shall be printed the words "CONSTITUTION BALLOT", | 21 |
| followed by the
designation of the polling place for which the | 22 |
| ballot is prepared, the
date of the election and a facsimile of | 23 |
| the signature of the clerk or
other officer who has caused the | 24 |
| ballots to be printed. Immediately
above the words | 25 |
| "CONSTITUTION BALLOT" in the case of a proposition for
the | 26 |
| calling of a constitutional convention the following legend |
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| shall be
printed in bold face type:
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| "NOTICE
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| THE FAILURE TO VOTE THIS BALLOT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A | 4 |
| NEGATIVE VOTE.
(THIS IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DIRECTION THAT | 5 |
| YOUR VOTE IS REQUIRED
TO BE CAST EITHER IN FAVOR OF OR IN | 6 |
| OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSITION HEREIN
CONTAINED.)
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| WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR NOT YOU MUST RETURN IT TO | 8 |
| THE
ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH".
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| Immediately above the words "CONSTITUTION BALLOT" , in the | 10 |
| case of a
proposition to amend the Constitution or for the | 11 |
| calling of a constitutional convention, the following legend | 12 |
| shall be
printed in bold face type:
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| "NOTICE
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| 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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| If a proposition for the calling of a constitutional | 17 |
| convention is
submitted at the same election as one or more | 18 |
| propositions to amend the
constitution, the proposition for the | 19 |
| calling of a constitutional
convention shall be printed at the | 20 |
| top of the ballot. In such case, the
back or outside of the | 21 |
| ballot shall be printed the same as if it were a
proposal | 22 |
| solely to amend the constitution.
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| Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 24 |
| used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | 25 |
| required or authorized by
Article 24 , or Article 24A, 24B, or | 26 |
| 24C, whichever is applicable. The provisions of Sections 24A-6, |
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| 24B-6, and 24C-6 of this Code, to the extent that they modify | 2 |
| the separate ballot requirement of this Section, shall | 3 |
| supersede the separate ballot requirement of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-163 .)
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