HB3655 Summary: Open Primary System

• Creates an open-primary system where all candidates for office are listed on primary ballots regardless of party affiliation, with no requirement for voters to declare party affiliation.

• Eliminates party affiliation requirements for primary voters; the 2 candidates receiving the most votes in any primary election advance to the general election regardless of party.

• Removes party affiliation designation requirements from nomination petition forms and primary ballot applications.

• Applies open primary rules to absentee and vote-by-mail primary ballots through new Sections 19-4.5 and 20-4.5.

• Repeals Sections 7-2, 7-3, and Article 10 of the Election Code (provisions related to party affiliation requirements).