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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5202 Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who (i) filed a statement of candidacy as an established political party's candidate at a general primary or (ii) voted at an established political party's general primary may not file a statement of candidacy as an independent candidate or as a different party's candidate at the immediately following general election. A person may file a statement of candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established political party regardless of any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan office or voting the ballot of an established political party at any prior election. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5202 | | LRB097 14487 HLH 59342 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 7-10.4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-10.4 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 7-10.4. Statement of candidacy; different political |
| 8 | | party. A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a |
| 9 | | partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established |
| 10 | | political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established |
| 11 | | political party at a general primary election may not file a |
| 12 | | statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different |
| 13 | | established political party or as an independent candidate for |
| 14 | | a partisan office to be filled at the general election |
| 15 | | immediately following the general primary for which the person |
| 16 | | filed the statement or voted the ballot. Except as otherwise |
| 17 | | provided in this Section, a person may file a statement of |
| 18 | | candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified primary voter of |
| 19 | | an established political party regardless of any prior filing |
| 20 | | of candidacy for a partisan office or voting the ballot of an |
| 21 | | established political party at any prior election.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |