Judge Strikes Down Illinois Constitutional Convention Ballot Question
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WGN Radio: A Cook County circuit judge declared "misleading and false" on Wednesday the wording of a question on the November 4 ballot that asks voters if they want to convene a state constitutional convention. The judge set a hearing on ways to fix the problem by week's end. The contested wording involved a section of the statewide referendum proposal, placed on ballots every 20 years, which noted that the last time the question appeared in 1988, 75 percent of voters rejected calling a constitutional convention. Also at issue was a statement that said failing to vote on the issue "is the equivalent of a negative vote." "That information is misleading and false," Judge Nathaniel Howse Jr. said. "This would have the effect of discouraging an individual in favor of the referendum." While Howse ruled that creating new ballots was "undoable at this point in time," he called on the parties to meet on Friday to propose possible remedies that would give voters notice of the flawed language such as using direct mail, posting signs or handing out notices at polling places. Howse also ordered election officials to stop distributing absentee and military ballots "until further notice by the court." Druker said an appeal was being considered, but hoped a resolution could be reached in court Friday.
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