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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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
57-10.4 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/7-10.4 new)
7 Sec. 7-10.4. Statement of candidacy; different political
8party. A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a
9partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established
10political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established
11political party at a general primary election may not file a
12statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different
13established political party or as an independent candidate for
14a partisan office to be filled at the general election
15immediately following the general primary for which the person
16filed the statement or voted the ballot. Except as otherwise
17provided in this Section, a person may file a statement of
18candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified primary voter of
19an established political party regardless of any prior filing
20of candidacy for a partisan office or voting the ballot of an
21established political party at any prior election.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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1becoming law.