Abstract
This article analyzes Illinois election eligibility criteria, both past and present, that may prevent candidates from switching their party affiliation within or between election cycles. Throughout the years, Illinois has prevented party switching through statute and court decisions requiring that all candidates be a “qualified primary voter” of his or her respective political party. However, a recent Illinois Supreme Court case claims that “no vestige of the former party-switching rule remains. This article will analyze how the new case appears be at odds with both the statutory language and the previous court decisions.
Recommended Citation
Michael J. Kasper,
It‘s My Party and I‘ll Run if I Want to: Party-Switching & Candidate Eligibility in Light of Hossfeld v. State Board of Elections,
35
S. Ill. U. L.J.
249
(2011).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol35/iss2/2