-By Stephen Youhanaie
This act is to amend the Illinois Constitution Article IV, Section 2, Paragraph (c) to now read:
c) To be eligible to serve as a member of the General Assembly, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 years old, no more than 36 years old, and for the two years preceding his election or appointment a resident of the district which he is to represent. In the general election following a redistricting, a candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from any district which contains a part of the district in which he resided at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a resident of the new district he represents for 18 months prior to reelection.
The amendement is bold. It takes 8% of the previous votes (signatures required) cast for Governor to get on the ballot, a supermajority of 60% to pass, by the voters. Article IV, of the Illinois Constitution, is the only part that can be amended, by the electorate.
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