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90_HC0013
ILCON Art. 3, Sec. 2.5 new
Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of
the Illinois Constitution. Provides that if a person has
been adjudged mentally incompetent by a court with
jurisdiction to decide that person's mental capacity and if
that person has not been restored to mental compentency as a
matter of record, then that person shall lose the right to
vote, which right shall be restored after the person has been
restored to mental competency as a matter of record.
Effective upon approval by electors.
LRB9004711KDks
LRB9004711KDks
1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to
6 the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the
7 general election next occurring at least 6 months after the
8 adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend the
9 Illinois Constitution by adding Section 2.5 to Article III as
10 follows:
11 ARTICLE III
12 SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
13 (ILCON Art. 3, Sec. 2.5 new)
14 SECTION 2.5. VOTING DISQUALIFICATION; MENTAL INCOMPETENCY
15 If a person has been adjudged mentally incompetent by a
16 court with jurisdiction to decide that person's mental
17 competency and if that person has not been restored to mental
18 competency as a matter of record, then that person shall lose
19 the right to vote, which right shall be restored after the
20 person is restored to mental competency as a matter of
21 record.
22 SCHEDULE
23 This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon approval
24 by the electors of this State.