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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2009 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/7-43 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 |
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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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| | HB2009 | | LRB097 06359 HLH 46440 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 changing Section |
| 5 | | 7-43 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
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| 7 | | Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6 |
| 8 | | months and
in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary |
| 9 | | therein who shall be
a citizen of the United States of the age |
| 10 | | of 18 or more
years, shall be
entitled to vote at such primary.
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| 11 | | The following regulations shall be applicable to |
| 12 | | primaries:
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| 13 | | No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
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| 14 | | (a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as required |
| 15 | | by this
Article.
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| 16 | | (b) (Blank.)
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| 17 | | (c) (Blank.)
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| 18 | | (c.5) If that person has participated in the town political |
| 19 | | party caucus,
under Section 45-50 of the Township Code, of |
| 20 | | another political party by
signing an affidavit of voters |
| 21 | | attending the caucus within 45 days before the
first day of the |
| 22 | | calendar month in which the primary is held.
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| 23 | | (d) (Blank.)
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| 1 | | (e) In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a |
| 2 | | board of
election commissioners only voters registered as |
| 3 | | provided by Article 6
of this Act shall be entitled to vote at |
| 4 | | such primary.
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| 5 | | (f) No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary unless |
| 6 | | he is
registered under the provisions of Articles 4, 5 or 6 of |
| 7 | | this Act, when
his registration is required by any of said |
| 8 | | Articles to entitle him to
vote at the election with reference |
| 9 | | to which the primary is held.
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| 10 | | A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a |
| 11 | | partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established |
| 12 | | political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established |
| 13 | | political party at a general primary election may not file a |
| 14 | | statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different |
| 15 | | established political party or as an independent candidate for |
| 16 | | a partisan office to be filled at the general election |
| 17 | | immediately following the general primary for which the person |
| 18 | | filed the statement or voted the ballot. A person may file a |
| 19 | | statement of candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified |
| 20 | | primary voter of an established political party regardless of |
| 21 | | any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan office or voting |
| 22 | | the ballot of an established political party at any prior |
| 23 | | election. |
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 26 | | becoming law.
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