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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 124
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 124 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 7 through 31 with the following:
4 "(10 ILCS 5/7-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
5 Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6
6 months and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary
7 therein who shall be a citizen of the United States of the
8 age of 18 or more years, shall be entitled to vote at such
9 primary.
10 The following regulations shall be applicable to
11 primaries:
12 No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
13 (a) (Blank). Unless he declares his party affiliations
14 as required by this Article.
15 (b) (Blank). Who shall have signed the petition for
16 nomination of a candidate of any party with which he does not
17 affiliate, when such candidate is to be voted for at the
18 primary.
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
22 primary.
23 (c.5) If that person has participated in the town
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1 political party caucus, under Section 45-50 of the Township
2 Code, of another political party by signing an affidavit of
3 voters attending the caucus within 45 days before the first
4 day of the calendar month in which the primary is held.
5 (d) (Blank). If he has voted at a primary held under
6 this Article 7 of another political party within a period of
7 23 calendar months next preceding the calendar month in which
8 such primary is held: Provided, participation by a primary
9 elector in a primary of a political party which, under the
10 provisions of Section 7-2 of this Article, is a political
11 party within a city, village or incorporated town or town
12 only and entitled hereunder to make nominations of candidates
13 for city, village or incorporated town or town offices only,
14 and for no other office or offices, shall not disqualify such
15 primary elector from participating in other primaries of his
16 party: And, provided, that no qualified voter shall be
17 precluded from participating in the primary of any purely
18 city, village or incorporated town or town political party
19 under the provisions of Section 7-2 of this Article by reason
20 of such voter having voted at the primary of another
21 political party within a period of 23 calendar months next
22 preceding the calendar month in which he seeks to participate
23 is held.
24 (e) In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a
25 board of election commissioners only voters registered as
26 provided by Article 6 of this Act shall be entitled to vote
27 at such primary.
28 (f) No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary
29 unless he is registered under the provisions of Articles 4, 5
30 or 6 of this Act, when his registration is required by any of
31 said Articles to entitle him to vote at the election with
32 reference to which the primary is held.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)"; and
34 on page 2, by deleting lines 1 through 26; and
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1 on page 4, below line 12, by inserting the following:
2 "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.".