Illinois Cumulative Voting Legislation
Illinois Cumulative Voting Legislation (SJRCA 37)
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT |
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 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 Sections 1, 2, and 3 of | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Article IV of the Illinois Constitution as follows: |
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10 | ARTICLE IV | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | THE LEGISLATURE |
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12 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | SECTION 1. LEGISLATURE - POWER AND STRUCTURE | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives, elected | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | by the electors from 59 Legislative Districts and 39118 | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Representative Districts. | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 1980.) |
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20 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE COMPOSITION | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (a) One Senator shall be elected from each Legislative | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | District. Immediately following each decennial redistricting, | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | the General Assembly by law shall divide the Legislative | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Districts as equally as possible into three groups. Senators | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | from one group shall be elected for terms of four years, four | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | years and two years; Senators from the second group, for terms | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | of four years, two years and four years; and Senators from the | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | third group, for terms of two years, four years and four years. | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | The Legislative Districts in each group shall be distributed | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | substantially equally over the State. | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | (b) In 2008 and every two years thereafter, three |
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1 | RepresentativesEach Legislative District shall be divided | ||||||
2 | into two Representative Districts. In 1982 and every two years | ||||||
3 | thereafter one Representative shall be elected from each | ||||||
4 | Representative District for a term of two years.No political | ||||||
5 | party shall limit its nominations to less than three candidates | ||||||
6 | for Representatives in any Representative District. In | ||||||
7 | elections for Representatives, including those for nomination, | ||||||
8 | each elector may cast three votes for one candidate or | ||||||
9 | distribute them equally among no more than three candidates. | ||||||
10 | The candidates highest in votes shall be declared elected. | ||||||
11 | (c) To be eligible to serve as a member of the General | ||||||
12 | Assembly, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 | ||||||
13 | years old, and for the two years preceding his election or | ||||||
14 | appointment a resident of the district which he is to | ||||||
15 | represent. In the general election following a redistricting, a | ||||||
16 | candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from any | ||||||
17 | district which contains a part of the district in which he | ||||||
18 | resided at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a | ||||||
19 | resident of the new district he represents for 18 months prior | ||||||
20 | to reelection. | ||||||
21 | (d) Within thirty days after a vacancy occurs, it shall be | ||||||
22 | filled by appointment as provided by law. If the vacancy is in | ||||||
23 | a Senatorial office with more than twenty-eight months | ||||||
24 | remaining in the term, the appointed Senator shall serve until | ||||||
25 | the next general election, at which time a Senator shall be | ||||||
26 | elected to serve for the remainder of the term. If the vacancy | ||||||
27 | is in a Representative office or in any other Senatorial | ||||||
28 | office, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the term. | ||||||
29 | An appointee to fill a vacancy shall be a member of the same | ||||||
30 | political party as the person he succeeds. | ||||||
31 | (e) No member of the General Assembly shall receive | ||||||
32 | compensation as a public officer or employee from any other | ||||||
33 | governmental entity for time during which he is in attendance | ||||||
34 | as a member of the General Assembly. | ||||||
35 | No member of the General Assembly during the term for which | ||||||
36 | he was elected or appointed shall be appointed to a public |
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1 | office which shall have been created or the compensation for | ||||||
2 | which shall have been increased by the General Assembly during | ||||||
3 | that term. | ||||||
4 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | ||||||
5 | 1980.) |
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6 | (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3) | ||||||
7 | SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING | ||||||
8 | (a) Legislative Districts shall be compact, contiguous and | ||||||
9 | substantially equal in population. Representative Districts | ||||||
10 | shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in | ||||||
11 | population. | ||||||
12 | (b) In 2007, the General Assembly by law shall redistrict | ||||||
13 | the Representative Districts using the 2000 Federal decennial | ||||||
14 | census. Thereafter, in the year following each Federal | ||||||
15 | decennial census year, the General Assembly by law shall | ||||||
16 | redistrict the Legislative Districts and the Representative | ||||||
17 | Districts. | ||||||
18 | If no redistricting plan becomes effective by June 30 of | ||||||
19 | that year, a Legislative Redistricting Commission shall be | ||||||
20 | constituted not later than July 10. The Commission shall | ||||||
21 | consist of eight members, no more than four of whom shall be | ||||||
22 | members of the same political party. | ||||||
23 | The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
24 | Representatives shall each appoint to the Commission one | ||||||
25 | Representative and one person who is not a member of the | ||||||
26 | General Assembly. The President and Minority Leader of the | ||||||
27 | Senate shall each appoint to the Commission one Senator and one | ||||||
28 | person who is not a member of the General Assembly. | ||||||
29 | The members shall be certified to the Secretary of State by | ||||||
30 | the appointing authorities. A vacancy on the Commission shall | ||||||
31 | be filled within five days by the authority that made the | ||||||
32 | original appointment. A Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be | ||||||
33 | chosen by a majority of all members of the Commission. | ||||||
34 | Not later than August 10, the Commission shall file with | ||||||
35 | the Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at |
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1 | least five members. | ||||||
2 | If the Commission fails to file an approved redistricting | ||||||
3 | plan, the Supreme Court shall submit the names of two persons, | ||||||
4 | not of the same political party, to the Secretary of State not | ||||||
5 | later than September 1. | ||||||
6 | Not later than September 5, the Secretary of State publicly | ||||||
7 | shall draw by random selection the name of one of the two | ||||||
8 | persons to serve as the ninth member of the Commission. | ||||||
9 | Not later than October 5, the Commission shall file with | ||||||
10 | the Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at | ||||||
11 | least five members. | ||||||
12 | An approved redistricting plan filed with the Secretary of | ||||||
13 | State shall be presumed valid, shall have the force and effect | ||||||
14 | of law and shall be published promptly by the Secretary of | ||||||
15 | State. | ||||||
16 | The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive | ||||||
17 | jurisdiction over actions concerning redistricting the House | ||||||
18 | and Senate, which shall be initiated in the name of the People | ||||||
19 | of the State by the Attorney General. | ||||||
20 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4, | ||||||
21 | 1980.) |
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22 | SCHEDULE | ||||||
23 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
24 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
25 | Constitutional Amendment Act and applies to the election of | ||||||
26 | Representatives in 2008 and thereafter. |