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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0052 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | ILCON Art. III, Sec. 8 new |
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Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Constitution. Provides that no person shall be denied the right to register to vote or to cast a ballot in an election based on race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, sex, sexual orientation, or income. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| 5 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the |
| 6 | | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general |
| 7 | | election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of |
| 8 | | this resolution a proposition to amend Article III of the |
| 9 | | Constitution by adding Section 8 as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE III
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| 11 | | SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 8 new) |
| 13 | | SECTION 8. VOTER DISCRIMINATION |
| 14 | | No person shall be denied the right to register to vote or |
| 15 | | to cast a ballot in an election based on race, color, |
| 16 | | ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, sex, |
| 17 | | sexual orientation, or income.
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| 18 | | SCHEDULE
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| 19 | | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being |
| 20 | | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois |
| 21 | | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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