98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0034
 
Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
ILCON Art. III, Sec. 8 new

     Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution.  Provides that no voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure related to voting, shall be imposed or applied by the State or any political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the State to vote on account of sex, race, color, or status as a member of a language minority.  Effective upon being declared adopted.
  


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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

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

10
ARTICLE III 


11
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS


12    (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 8 new)
13SECTION 8. VOTING - RACE, GENDER, AND LANGUAGE 
14    No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or 
15standard, practice, or procedure related to voting, shall be 
16imposed or applied by the State or any political subdivision of 
17the State in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement 
18of the right of any citizen of the State to vote on account of 
19sex, race, color, or status as a member of a language minority.
 
  
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SCHEDULE

  
21    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being 
22declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois 
 
 
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