Bill Text: IL SJRCA0014 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18 or any other voting age required by the United States for voting (currently voting in State elections) and who has been a permanent resident of this State for at least 30 days next preceding any election shall have the right to vote at such election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-21 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis [SJRCA0014 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SJRCA0014-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0014 Introduced 3/7/2024, by Sen. Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. III, Sec. 1
Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18 or any other voting age required by the United States for voting (currently voting in State elections) and who has been a permanent resident of this State for at least 30 days next preceding any election shall have the right to vote at such election.
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be
submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or
rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6
months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to
amend Section 7 of Article III of the Illinois Constitution as
follows:
ARTICLE III
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
(ILCON Art. III, Sec. 1)
SECTION 1. VOTING QUALIFICATIONS
Every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18
or any other voting age required by the United States for
voting in State elections and who has been a permanent
resident of this State for at least 30 days next preceding any
election shall have the right to vote at such election. The
General Assembly by law may establish registration
requirements and require permanent residence in an election
district not to exceed thirty days prior to an election. The
General Assembly by law may establish shorter residence

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requirements for voting for President and Vice-President of
the United States.
(Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 8,
1988.)