Voters approve 2 amendments
Via The Register-Mail
CHICAGO — Illinois voters overwhelmingly approved two constitutional amendments, ensuring that voters aren’t illegally discouraged from casting ballots and establishing regulations to give crime victims a larger role in prosecutions.
More than 3 million people cast ballots Tuesday to amend the state constitution on the two issues, and large majorities also expressed support for increasing the minimum wage, hitting millionaires with an income tax surcharge to pay for schools and requiring in-state insurance plans to cover birth control.
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