Amendment 1 is now included in the Illinois Constitution after the State Board of Elections certified the Nov. 8 election results.
The Illinois State Board of Elections certified the November election results Dec. 5, adding the proposed Amendment 1 to the Illinois Constitution.
Constitutional Amendments require either a simple majority of those voting on the question or the approval of 60% of all voters in the election.
Amendment 1 failed to reach the 60% threshold but passed with a simple majority voting “yes” of all who voted on the question.
Here’s what Amendment 1 does:
- Prevents commonsense, good-government reforms to use taxpayer dollars more efficiently – and potentially overturns more than 350 existing Illinois laws, including those that protect children.
- Grants government union bosses more power than those in any other state, by far.
- Locks in higher taxes and debt in Illinois, including an estimated $4 billion total property tax hike over the next four years on businesses, homeowners, farmers and more.
- Worsens Illinois’ reputation as one of the least friendly states in the nation for small businesses.
- Keeps more families out of school by allowing collective bargaining negotiations and strikes over a new, broad set of terms such as affordable housing.
Unless lawmakers make property tax relief a high priority in Springfield, Illinois is locked into a 5-year streak of having the nation’s No. 2 property tax rate, which is double the national average.
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