Full Text of SB1799 96th General Assembly
SB1799 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1799
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/16-6 |
from Ch. 46, par. 16-6 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that the Code's electronic voting equipment provisions that modify the Code's requirement of a separate ballot for constitutional amendments and constitutional convention calls supersede that separate ballot requirement. Removes the requirement that constitutional amendment and constitutional convention call ballots be printed on blue paper. Removes the requirement that a constitutional convention call ballot include language concerning the effect of not voting.
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A BILL FOR
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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 ,
as | 16 |
| near as may be practicable, be of uniform size and blue color , | 17 |
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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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| -------------------------------------------------------------
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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 |
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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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