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Article: Non-Partisan Coalition Forms Alliance to Protect the Illinois Constitution, Urges Voters to Vote 'No' on Constitutional Convention Referendum.
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- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- July 31, 2008
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A broad-based, non-partisan coalition of respected consumer, education, good government, judicial, business and labor organizations in the state announced it has formed the Alliance to Protect the Illinois Constitution to ask voters to safeguard the Constitution by voting "no" on a November referendum about holding a constitutional convention (see also Alliance to Protect the Illinois Constitution).
"A constitutional convention would cost upwards of $100 million at a time when the state is running budget deficits and having a tough time funding schools, roads and pension obligations," said Michael Carrigan, president of the Illinois AFL-CIO. "Whether it's ...