- The right to privacy was added.
- Women's rights were strengthened.
- Sweeping nondiscrimination provisions
were made regarding employment and the sale or rental of property
in both the private and public sectors.
- A state Board of Elections was created
with general supervision over the administration of voter
registration and election laws throughout the state.
- A method of reapportionment after each
federal census was provided.
- The power of the governor to veto bills was
expanded and reformed – the veto of entire bills and
line items of appropriations bills was continued, the power
to reduce appropriations by the reduction veto was given,
and the amendatory veto power was given.
- The governor and the lieutenant governor were required
to run as a team in the general election,
so that they would both belong to the same political party.
- A Judicial Inquiry Board consisting of
lawyers, judges and citizen members was created to receive,
investigate or initiate complaints against judges.
- Home rule powers for counties and municipalities
were clearly defined.
(from Kopecky, Frank and Mary Sherman Harris. UNDERSTANDING
THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION. Illinois Bar Foundation, 1986.
Revised and reprinted, Illinois LEARN Program, p. 7)
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