DON’T BE CONNED INTO CON CON!!
On November 4
Vote NO on the Ballot Proposal for a Constitutional Convention
UNPREDICTABLE!
No restriction can be placed on the number and type of issues
that can be raised at a convention. Given the current political
dysfunction in Illinois, special interests and party politics
could well gain control of the delegate election process as
well as the convention's deliberations with the potential for
the results being unrepresentative of voter's concerns. Important
gains achieved in the 1970 Illinois Constitution could be lost.
INAPPROPRIATE!
A constitution should not be filled with cumbersome detail.
The amendment process, not a constitutional convention, is the
appropriate way to handle single issues. Since the 1970 Constitution
was adopted, 10 out of 17 proposed amendments have been adopted
by the voters.
Legislative action is the appropriate way to resolve many issues
of concern to voters.
EXPENSIVE!
The cost of a constitutional convention is estimated at over
$78 million. It makes no sense to spend even $1 million to revise
a fundamentally sound document when education, infrastructure
and basic human services are seriously underfunded.
League of Women Voters of Illinois urges a NO vote on Con Con.
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