Bill Text: IL HB5202 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
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-Engrossed.html
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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 | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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