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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 
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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 
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the
constitution or the calling of a constitutional convention 
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or any
combination thereof is or are to be voted upon by the 
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people, the
proposition or propositions for the adoption or 
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rejection of such
amendment or amendments or convention shall 
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be submitted upon a ballot
separate from the "Official Ballot" 
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containing the names of candidates
for State and other offices 
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to be voted at such election.  Such separate
ballot shall be 
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printed upon paper of a distinctly blue color and shall,
as 
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near as may be practicable, be of uniform size and blue color, 
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but
any variation in the size of such ballots or in the 
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tincture of blue
employed shall not affect or impair the 
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validity thereof.  Preceding
each proposal to amend the 
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constitution shall be printed the brief
explanation of the 
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amendment, prepared by the General Assembly, or in the
case of 
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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 
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Attorney General, and
immediately below the explanation, the 
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proposition shall be printed in
substantially the following 
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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 
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constitutional
convention, such proposition shall be printed 
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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 
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folded,
shall be printed the words "CONSTITUTION BALLOT", 
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followed by the
designation of the polling place for which the 
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ballot is prepared, the
date of the election and a facsimile of 
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the signature of the clerk or
other officer who has caused the 
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ballots to be printed.  Immediately
above the words 
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"CONSTITUTION BALLOT" in the case of a proposition for
the 
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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 
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NEGATIVE VOTE.
(THIS IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DIRECTION THAT 
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YOUR VOTE IS REQUIRED
TO BE CAST EITHER IN FAVOR OF OR IN 
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OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSITION HEREIN
CONTAINED.)

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    WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR NOT YOU MUST RETURN IT TO 
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THE
ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH".

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    Immediately above the words "CONSTITUTION BALLOT" in the 
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case of a
proposition to amend the Constitution the following 
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legend 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 
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THE
ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH."

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    If a proposition for the calling of a constitutional 
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convention is
submitted at the same election as one or more 
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propositions to amend the
constitution, the proposition for the 
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calling of a constitutional
convention shall be printed at the 
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top of the ballot.  In such case, the
back or outside of the 
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ballot shall be printed the same as if it were a
proposal 
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solely to amend the constitution.

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    Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are 
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used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as 
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required or authorized by
Article 24, 24A, 24B, or 24C or 
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Article 24A, whichever is applicable.

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(Source: P.A. 81-163.)


 
 


 






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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.