On November 3, 1992, Illinois voters approved the Crime Victim Rights Amendment (also known as "Amendment 1"), a legislatively referred constitutional amendment which added Article I, Section 8.1 to the Illinois Constitution of 1970. This amendment guaranteed crime victims certain rights, including the right to receive information about cases in which they are involved.[1] [2]
The amendment added Article I, Section 8.1 to the Illinois Constitution of 1970, which read:
In order to be ratified by Illinois voters, the amendment required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections.[1]
| Crime Victim Rights Amendment | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Option | Votes | % of votes on measure | % of all ballots cast | ||||
| text align=center | Yes | text align=center | 2,964,592 | text align=center | 80.56 | text align=center | 57.40 |
| text align=center | No | text align=center | 715,602 | text align=center | 19.45 | text align=center | 13.86 |
| text align=center | Total votes | text align=center | 3,680,194 | text align=center | 100 | text align=center | 71.26 |
| Voter turnout | colspan=3 text align=right | 55.76% |
The 2012 ratification of Marsy's Law amended the Article I Section 8.1 that the amendment had created.