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    The Constitution of the State of Illinois is the governing document of the state of Illinois. There have been four Illinois Constitutions; the fourth...
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    The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted...
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    is the 103rd; the term of an assembly lasts two years. Under the Illinois Constitution, since 1983 the Senate has had 59 members and the House has had...
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    the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was...
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  • interpretation of the principles and intents of the United States Constitution. The party platform is based on originalist interpretations of the Constitution and...
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    2020 study, Illinois was ranked as the 4th easiest state for citizens to vote in. The government of Illinois, under the Constitution of Illinois, has three...
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    2023. Retrieved July 21, 2024. "Constitution of the State of Illinois - ARTICLE V - THE EXECUTIVE". Government of Illinois. Archived from the original on...
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    governor of Illinois is the head of government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Illinois's state government...
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    created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Under the Illinois Constitution of 1970, the Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from...
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    was named in his honor. The current holder of the office is Kwame Raoul. Under the Constitution of Illinois, the attorney general is the state's chief...
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    The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...
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    The Government of Illinois, under Illinois' Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The State's executive...
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    Prior to the 1960s, Illinois had redistricted its House of Representatives only once since 1901. While the Constitution of Illinois stated that the legislature...
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    signatures. Ballot initiatives in Illinois are only permitted to revise Section IV of the Constitution of Illinois. In order for an initiative be included...
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    special election was held in which Illinois voters voted in support of adopting a new proposed state constitution. 1970 was a midterm election year in...
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    of Comptroller since the enactment of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, replacing the prior office of Auditor of Public Accounts that was first created...
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    governments. The gubernatorial veto power is established in the Illinois Constitution, and is one of the most comprehensive vetoes in the United States. It began...
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    XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two terms...
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    Illinois voters approved the Illinois Governor Recall Amendment, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Illinois. The...
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    lieutenant governor becomes governor. Under the Illinois Constitution, the Attorney General is next in line of succession to the Governor's office after the...
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  • convention produced the 1970 Illinois Constitution, the state's first new constitution in 100 years, which the voters of Illinois approved in a special election...
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    States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the Bill of Rights...
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    Chester is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois, United States, on a bluff above the Mississippi River. The population was 7,640...
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  • Article IV, Sections 12–14 of the Constitution of Idaho. Established by Article V, Section 6 of the Constitution of Illinois and the Governor Succession...
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    The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and...
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  • well as case law and local law. Illinois state law is promulgated under the Illinois State Constitution. The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) form the...
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    to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually considered one of the most consequential...
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    The Illinois Auditor General is a legislative officer provided for by the Constitution of Illinois and appointed by the Illinois General Assembly for a...
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    States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in...
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    schoolteacher in the town. In 1848, in accordance with the new constitution of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court first Grand Division was relocated to Mt....
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