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SECTION 4-116
Constitutional amendments and questions; publication of by state board of elections and secretary of state
Election (ELN) CHAPTER 17, ARTICLE 4
§ 4-116. Constitutional amendments and questions; publication of by
state board of elections and secretary of state. 1. The secretary of
state shall cause each concurrent resolution of the two houses of the
legislature agreeing to a proposed amendment to the constitution that
has been referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general
election to be published at least once in each of the three months next
preceding such election. Such publication shall include the information
that such amendment has been so referred.

2. The state board of elections shall publish once in the week
preceding any election at which proposed constitutional amendments or
other propositions or questions are to be submitted to the voters of the
state an abstract of such amendment or question, a brief statement of
the law or proceedings authorizing such submission, a statement that
such submission will be made and the form in which it is to be
submitted.

3. Publication required by subdivision two of this section shall be in
one newspaper of general circulation in each county.

4. No later than two months prior to the general election at which any
statewide ballot proposal is to be submitted to the people, the state
board of elections and all local boards of elections shall publish on
their websites the information required to be published pursuant to
subdivision two of this section.