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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) Who shall have signed the petition for nomination of a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | candidate
of any party with which he does not affiliate, when | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | such candidate is to
be voted for at the primary.
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19 | (c) Who shall have signed the nominating papers of an | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | independent
candidate for any office for which office | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | candidates for nomination are
to be voted for at such primary.
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22 | (c.5) If that person has participated in the town political | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | party caucus,
under Section 45-50 of the Township Code, of |
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1 | another political party by
signing an affidavit of voters | ||||||
2 | attending the caucus within 45 days before the
first day of the | ||||||
3 | calendar month in which the primary is held.
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4 | (d) If he has voted at a primary held under this Article 7 | ||||||
5 | of
another political party within a period of 23 calendar | ||||||
6 | months next
preceding the calendar month in which such primary | ||||||
7 | is held: Provided,
participation by a primary elector in a | ||||||
8 | primary of a political party
which, under the provisions of | ||||||
9 | Section 7-2 of this Article, is a
political party within a | ||||||
10 | city, village or incorporated town or town only
and entitled | ||||||
11 | hereunder to make nominations of candidates for city,
village | ||||||
12 | or incorporated town or town offices only, and for no other
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13 | office or offices, shall not disqualify such primary elector | ||||||
14 | from
participating in other primaries of his party: And, | ||||||
15 | provided, that no
qualified voter shall be precluded from | ||||||
16 | participating in the primary of
any purely city, village or | ||||||
17 | incorporated town or town political party
under the provisions | ||||||
18 | of Section 7-2 of this Article by reason of such
voter having | ||||||
19 | voted at the primary of another political party within a
period | ||||||
20 | of 23 calendar months next preceding the calendar month in | ||||||
21 | which
he seeks to participate is held.
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22 | (e) In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a | ||||||
23 | board of
election commissioners only voters registered as | ||||||
24 | provided by Article 6
of this Act shall be entitled to vote at | ||||||
25 | such primary.
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26 | (f) No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary unless |
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1 | he is
registered under the provisions of Articles 4, 5 or 6 of | ||||||
2 | this Act, when
his registration is required by any of said | ||||||
3 | Articles to entitle him to
vote at the election with reference | ||||||
4 | to which the primary is held.
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5 | A person who declares a party affiliation by signing the | ||||||
6 | petition for nomination of a candidate of one party is | ||||||
7 | considered to maintain that affiliation until the day after the | ||||||
8 | next general primary.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)
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