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The Illinois Public Pension Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Illinois state constitution. On November 6, 2012, Illinois voters rejected it in a statewide referendum.[1]

A legislatively referred constitutional amendment, if approved, it would have amended the Constitution of Illinois.[1] The measure would have made it so that a three-fifths approval would be required by the General Assembly, city councils, and school districts that wish to increase the pension benefits of their employees.[1]

Passage in the state legislature

In the legislature, the bill that referred the amendment to voters was entitled "HJRCA 49 (2012)" and was sponsored by Michael Madigan.[2] It was required that, in order to qualify for the ballot, the measure be approved by 60% approval of both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate.[1] On April 18, 2012, it passed the House unanimously, 113–0.[2] On May 3, 2012, the bill passed the Senate, 51–2.[1]

Referendum

The amendment was referred to the voters in a referendum during the general election of 2012 Illinois elections on November 6, 2012.

Ballot language

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Endorsements

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Results

In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[3] The measure failed to achieve either.[3]

Illinois Public Pension Amendment[3][4]
Option Votes % of votes
on measure
% of all ballots
cast
Yes 1,901,837 43.84 36.32
No 2,436,051 56.16 46.52
Total votes 4,337,888 100 82.84
Шаблон:Background color | Voter turnout Шаблон:Background color colspan=3 text align=right | 57.68%

References

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