Follow Ballotpedia. Click here to follow election results! The Constitution of Illinois has a preamble, 14 articles and a schedule. Article XIV requires that Illinois voters be asked at least every 20 years if they desire a constitutional convention. The last time that measure was put to a vote was in The ballot measure failed with 67 percent voting against the measure. Article I of the Illinois Constitution is titled "Bill of Rights" and contains similar provisions as the United States Bill of Rights , such as freedom of religion, speech and assembly and the right of due process double jeopardy.
Click here to read this article of the Illinois Constitution. Article II of the Illinois Constitution is titled "Powers of the State" and separates the state government into the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Article III of the Illinois Constitution is titled "Suffrage and Elections" and describes voting qualifications and other election rules. Click here. Article VI of the Illinois Constitution is titled "the Judiciary" and vests the power of the judiciary branch into three courts: the Supreme Court of Illinois , the Illinois Appellate Court , and the circuit or trial courts of Illinois.
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution is titled "Local Government" and outlines the governing structure and power of county, township and city governments. Article IX of the Illinois Constitution is titled "Revenue" and establishes the state's revenue power.
Article X of the Illinois Constitution is titled "Education" and establishes the state's public school system. Article XI of the Illinois Constitution is titled "Environment" and outlines the state's duty to provide and maintain a healthful environment and grants each person the "right to a healthful environment. Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution is titled "General Provisions" and establishes rules governing the running for public office, pension and retirement rights and public transportation.
The Transition Schedule of the Illinois Constitution consists of a preamble and ten sections, though some have been removed. It is also the conclusive section of the Illinois Constitution. The crystal ball here says those sentiments are likely to prevail eight years from now, when the question is on the November, , ballot, because whatever the perceived shortcomings in the year-old charter, most of us still prefer handling them with a scalpel, rather than taking a chain saw to the venerable document.
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Related Stories. The Illinois State Library has digitized all editions of the ratified and proposed state constitutions, as well as reference works about the constitutions and journals of the various constitutional conventions. Constitution of the State of Illinois, , printed by order of the House of Representatives. Text of the Constitution of the State of Illinois , excerpted from: Compilation of all the general laws concerning real estate and the title thereto, in the State of Illinois , p.
Constitution of the State of Illinois [] proposed, but rejected by the voters from Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Springfield: Convened at Springfield, January 7, , p. Chicago: The Western News Company. This constitution was also not ratified. Constitution of the State of Illinois , Adopted at special election on December 15,
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