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Public Act 0681 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 097-0681

HB2009 Enrolled LRB097 06359 HLH 46440 b

    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 changing Section
7-43 as follows:

    (10 ILCS 5/7-43)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
    Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6
months and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary
therein who shall be a citizen of the United States of the age
of 18 or more years, shall be entitled to vote at such primary.
    The following regulations shall be applicable to
primaries:
    No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
    (a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as required
by this Article.
    (b) (Blank.)
    (c) (Blank.)
    (c.5) If that person has participated in the town political
party caucus, under Section 45-50 of the Township Code, of
another political party by signing an affidavit of voters
attending the caucus within 45 days before the first day of the
calendar month in which the primary is held.
    (d) (Blank.)
    (e) In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a
board of election commissioners only voters registered as
provided by Article 6 of this Act shall be entitled to vote at
such primary.
    (f) No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary unless
he is registered under the provisions of Articles 4, 5 or 6 of
this Act, when his registration is required by any of said
Articles to entitle him to vote at the election with reference
to which the primary is held.
    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. 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.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 3/30/2012

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