Coalition for Political Honesty v. State Board of Elections

MR. JUSTICE RYAN,

also dissenting:

I join in the dissent of the chief justice and also dissent for the additional reason that I am convinced the proposed referendum violates the free and equal elections provisions of the Illinois Constitution, which provides: “All elections shall be free and equal.” (Ill. Const. 1970, art. Ill, sec. 3.) The identical provision was contained in the 1870 Constitution of this State in article II, section 18. In the 1848 Constitution the language was slightly different: “That all elections shall be free and equal.” (Ill. Const. 1848, art. XIII, sec. 5.) Similar…