(5 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 1, par. 109)
Sec. 7.
The State Board of Elections created by the Election Code shall
proceed, within 20 days after the election and sooner if all the returns
are received, to canvass the votes given for and against said amendment
or amendments, as shown by said abstracts, and if it appears that a
majority of the electors voting in the election or 3/5 of the electors
voting on any such proposed amendment have voted for the proposed
amendment or amendments, the same shall by said board be declared
adopted, and become a part of the Constitution of this State, and the
Governor shall cause proclamation to be made of the result of the vote,
and that said amendment has become a part of the Constitution, by
publication in at least 2 newspapers published at the seat of
government.
(Source: P.A. 77-2790.)
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