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.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0681 [HB2009 Detail]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2012-03-29	53	3	3	0	59	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Motion in Senate	2012-03-27	33	19	7	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2011-03-29	75	38	0	1	114	Passed	Link	View