Below is a brainstorm amendment to the Illinois Constitution.
It is an attempt to make elections significantly more fair and inclusive.
Elections shall be fair to individuals as well as political, religious, ideological and ethnic minorities.
All Illinois citizens shall have the right to vote except for individuals convicted of attempting to influence elections through fraud or other criminal acts.
The State of Illinois shall make voting as accessible as possible through implementing best practices, including those used in other states, countries, jurisdictions or in the past.
How individual citizens vote shall be secret.
Efforts to prevent election fraud shall be as effective as possible without reducing participation in elections.
A citizen shall vote from his/her primary residence.
The definition of "primary residence" shall be established in law by the General Assembly.
Any citizen who does not have a primary residence shall explain under oath why the address s/he is voting from is more appropriate than any other address.
Illinois shall use voting and tabulation systems and technology secure from tampering, fraud and failure.
Election results shall be audited for accuracy in accordance with best practices.
All elections won by less than one quarter of one percent of the votes cast shall be recounted. All campaigns within one percent of victory shall be allowed to witness the count. The General Assembly shall pass law governing the rules for citizens and media to observe the count.
The General Assembly shall determine when the right to vote is returned to those who have lost the right to vote through criminal acts.
The citizenry shall have the power to compel the General Assembly to vote on best practices when 100,000 citizens petition the General Assembly to vote on a proposal. If the proposal fails to become law, the petitioners shall be able to challenge existing law in court. If the court determines the proposal is an improvement to existing law, the proposal shall become law.
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