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IL HB6032

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2010

Primary Sponsor

Mike Boland

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Origin

House of Representatives

96th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates to be nominated jointly on a single petition rather than separately, with one candidate for each office per petition.

  • Modifies primary ballot design to display Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates as a team within a bracket with a single voting square, rather than as individual candidates.

  • Allows voters to cast a single vote for both Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates by marking the bracket, or to write in names of candidates for both offices together with a single square.

  • Changes vote counting procedures to use the same tally column for both members of a Governor-Lieutenant Governor team rather than separate columns.

  • Applies these joint nomination and voting requirements exclusively to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor while maintaining existing procedures for all other elected offices.

Legislative Description

ELECTIONS-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Last Action

Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

3/15/2010

Committee Referrals

Rules3/15/2010
Elections & Campaign Reform3/2/2010
Rules2/10/2010

Full Bill Text

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