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Urgent Appeal: Stop the Cynical Attempt to Seize Control of Redistricting by Corrupt Power Brokers!‏

April 15, 2010 by

From the Putback Amendment effort…

For a few months now, I’ve been sending you e-mails about the Put-Back Amendment, a citizen-initiated amendment to provide term limits and comprehensive reform of the General Assembly. I encourage you to keep sending in signed petitions to help me get the 500,000 signatures to get this on the ballot. However, that is not the reason for my e-mail today.
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Urgent Appeal: Stop the Cynical Attempt to Seize Control of Redistricting by Corrupt Power Brokers!‏”

Constitution - Illinois - Illinois State Government - Warner Todd Huston

Getting Putback Amendment on the Ballot: We Are Almost There

April 8, 2010 by

From the Putback Amendment…

Over the past week, I have spoken at major events in Rockford, Springfield and Carlinville as well as events across the state about the Put-Back Amendment. We’ve been receiving petitions from almost every county in the state. The mood for real reform in Illinois is ripe and voters are fed up.

The Put-Back Amendment is the only opportunity that we have to bring real reform to the state of Illinois by:

  • Enacting Term Limits for Legislators and Legislative Leaders
  • Gerrymandering reform that requires competitive districts and let’s anyone submit maps
  • Requires 7-day public viewing of all legislation before a final vote
  • Allows 25 legislators to force a vote on any bill ending Mike Madigan’s ability to unilaterally kill legislation
  • Provides election reform to end the ballot access games in Illinois
  • Returns to three-member districts to provide for balanced and independent representation

House Speaker Michael Madigan recently said that Patrick Collins (the former head of the Illinois Reform Commission) wasn’t “qualified” to propose reform for Illinois despite the face he’s been a public corruption prosecutor and is well-respected for his work. I don’t have to let you know what he thinks our qualifications to bring reform are. We need to take back our government while we still can.
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Getting Putback Amendment on the Ballot: We Are Almost There”

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The Put-Back Amendment Update

March 2, 2010 by

We’re in the final stretch of gathering signatures for the Put-Back Amendment. We’ve had events in New Lenox, Decatur and Jacksonville and more are scheduled. But it all means nothing without YOU gathering signatures. If we don’t get the signatures, Put-Back won’t be on the ballot in November and we won’t be able to reform our state.

500,000 signatures seems like an insurmountable obstacle to get reform on the ballot in November, but it looks bigger than it really is. All it takes is concerned citizens like you to fill out one sheet of signatures at a time.
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The Put-Back Amendment Update”