An election was held for three of nine seats for Trustees of University of Illinois. Republicans won all three seats. However, since all three seats up for election were already held by Republicans, this did not change the partisan composition of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, with the board's 9–3 Republican majority over Democrats being retained.
First-term Republican incumbents Park Livingston and John R. Fornof were reelected.[1][2] New Republican member Doris Simpson Holt was elected.[1][2] Third-term Republican incumbent Helen M. L. Grigsby was not renominated.[2]
Trustees of the University of Illinois election[1][2]
On June 3, 1946, elections were held to fill vacancies on the Superior Court of Cook County.[1] On November 5, 1946, a special election was held to fill a vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County.[1] On December 17, 1946, a special election was held to fill a vacancy on the Sixth Judicial Circuit.[1]
The Illinois Gateway Amendment, a proposed amendment to Section 2 of Article XIV of the Constitution, failed to meet the threshold for approval.[1][4]
If approved, this amendment would have enabled the legislature to submit legislatively referred amendments to up to three constitutional articles per session.[4]
In order to be approved, legislatively referred constitutional amendments required approval equal to a majority of voters voting in the entire general election.[4][5]
The World War II Veterans' Compensation Act, a legislatively referred bond issue, was approved by voters.[6]
The bond issue would be used to compensate veterans of World War II.[6]
It was required to be approved by a vote equal to vote for whichever chamber of the state legislature received the greatest vote total. In this case, that meant it needed to receive 1,709,721 votes.