Bill Text: IL HB5202 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5202 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5202-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5202 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/7-10.4 new
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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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
7-10.4 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7-10.4 new)
Sec. 7-10.4. Statement of candidacy; different political
party. A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a
partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established
political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established
political party at a general primary election may not file a
statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different
established political party or as an independent candidate for
a partisan office to be filled at the general election
immediately following the general primary for which the person
filed the statement or voted the ballot. Except as otherwise
provided in this Section, 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.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.