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LOUSIN v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

No. 82-1527.

108 Ill. App.3d 496 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 1241

ANN M. LOUSIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al., Defendants-Appellees. — (COALITION FOR POLITICAL HONESTY et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed July 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Sullivan, Daniel J. King, and William T. Barker, all of Chicago (Jenner & Block and Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, of counsel), for appellants.

Louis Ancel, Stewart H. Diamond, and Adrienne Levatino-Donoghue, all of Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Murphy & Cope, and Samuel W. Witwer, Samuel W. Witwer, Jr., and James L. Siekmann, all of Witwer, Moran, Burlage & Atkinson, both of Chicago, for appellees Ann M. Lousin et al.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Michael J. Hayes, Roger P. Flahaven, and Gary E. Medler, Assistant Attorneys General, and James M. Scanlon, Special Assistant Attorney General, all of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees State Board of Elections et al.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves a constitutional initiative petition proposing an amendment of article IV, the legislative article of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, which, if passed, would provide a legislative initiative. Amendment of article IV is governed by section 3 of article XIV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, which provides in pertinent part as follows:

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