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The voters of Illinois approved the convention's new constitution in a special election held on December 15, 1970. [11] The constitution was approved by a 55.5% majority, with 37% turnout. [12] Seventy-two downstate counties voted against the constitution, but strong majorities in the Chicago area allowed it to pass. [12]
This is a list of examples of Jim Crow laws, which were state, territorial, and local laws in the United States enacted between 1877 and 1965. Jim Crow laws existed throughout the United States and originated from the Black Codes that were passed from 1865 to 1866 and from before the American Civil War.
A New Deal for Bronzeville: Housing, Employment, and Civil Rights in Black Chicago, 1935-1955 (Southern Illinois University Press, 2015). xiv, 200 pp. Lindberg, Richard Carl. To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal : 1855-1960. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991.
[r 8] [n 35] [p 4] The resulting maps were relatively fair to both parties, although they caused a significant shift of power from downstate to the Chicago area. [r 8]: 16–17 Illinois's constitution was rewritten in 1970.
Constitution restored by Julio María Sanguinetti after the Colorado Party's electoral victory in the 1984 general election. Seyni Kountché Niger: 1974 Suspended the Constitution of 1960 and dissolved the National Assembly after a military coup. Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq Pakistan: 1977–1988 Suspended the Constitution after a military coup. France ...
The Democrats obtained a 91-71 majority over the Whigs in the convention, and under the resulting constitution, the Council of Revision was abolished and the governor exercised the veto power directly. [16] Illinois became the last state in the country to eliminate the council of revision system, which New York had abandoned in 1821. [17]
Highlights of 1960 Republican convention. The 1960 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from July 25 to July 28, 1960, at the International Amphitheatre. It was the 14th and most recent time overall that Chicago hosted the Republican National Convention, more times than any other city.
1789. The Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property. [1]