Judge: Ballot language 'misleading'

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois must stop mailing election ballots to members of the military and hold off on sending absentee ballots to everyone else because they contain "misleading and "inaccurate" language, a judge ruled Wednesday. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Nathaniel R. Howse Jr. also ordered the State Board of Elections to draft a notice to voters explaining how information included on the ballot is false. The information deals with a referendum on whether Illinois should hold a constitutional convention. The judge ordered lawyers to return to court Friday to discuss how the notices would be distributed and whether there should be specific ballot changes. The Chicago Bar Association and Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn filed the lawsuit against Secre