Illinois Reduce Size of House of Representatives and Eliminate Cumulative Voting Initiative (1980)

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Illinois Reduce Size of House of Representatives and Eliminate Cumulative Voting Initiative

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Election date

November 4, 1980

Topic
Cumulative voting and State legislative structure
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Initiated constitutional amendment 		Origin

Citizens


Illinois Reduce Size of House of Representatives and Eliminate Cumulative Voting Initiative was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Illinois on November 4, 1980. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported this initiated constitutional amendment to:

  • reduce the size of the Illinois House of Representatives from 177 to 118 members;
  • replace three-member districts with single-member districts; and
  • eliminate cumulative voting, in which voters could cast a vote three times for a single candidate or distribute their votes among two or three candidates.

A "no" vote opposed this initiated constitutional amendment, thus continuing to:

  • keep the size of the Illinois House of Representatives at 177 members;
  • keep three-member districts for the House; and
  • use cumulative voting to elect state representatives.


Election results

Illinois Reduce Size of House of Representatives and Eliminate Cumulative Voting Initiative

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

2,112,224 68.70%
No 962,325 31.30%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Reduce Size of House of Representatives and Eliminate Cumulative Voting Initiative was as follows:

“

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 OF ARTICLE IV (Legislative Article)

EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT

The purpose of the Amendment is to reduce the size of the House of Representatives from 177 to 118 members and to provide for the election of one Representative from each of 118 districts.

”


Background

See also: Illinois Cumulative Voting Amendment (July 1870)

In 1870, voters approved a constitutional amendment to adopt a system of cumulative voting for the Illinois House of Representatives. Earlier in 1870, a state constitutional convention was held in Illinois. The convention voted 46-17 to place the cumulative voting amendment on the ballot.[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Illinois

Proponents of the citizen-initiated constitutional amendment collected signatures to place the proposal on the ballot.

See also

1980 Measures

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Northern Illinois University, "History of cumulative voting, 1870-1970," accessed August 29, 2023
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