In less than 24 hours, Illinois Statehouse Democrats passed a measure that changes election law, a move Republicans say is a slap in the face of voters in the middle of an election cycle.
Senate Bill 2412 originally started as a measure impacting child welfare, but late Wednesday, House Democrats gutted the bill to bring about an elections measure.
House Republicans voted present and walked off the floor in protest, saying the measure was dropped on them last minute.
The measure as amended sets three non-binding referendums to ask the state's voters about property taxes, in vitro fertilization, and election worker security.
Asked about the bill at an unrelated event Thursday, Pritzker said he hasn't read the measure fully.
"It's a slap in the face to the concept of democracy and this is a shameful and political power grab." Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, said the Democrats' measure gets rid of competition in the middle of an election.
Republicans said the fear of backroom deals is nonsense as the measure that was approved wasn't publicly debated before it passed the House Wednesday and concurred by the Senate Thursday.
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