Quinn Urged to Veto "Protect Incumbents Act"

Randall Stuffelbeam, Chair of the Constitution Party of Illinois; Kent McMillen, Press Relations Chair for the Libertarian Party of Illinois; and Richard Winger of Ballot Access News urged Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to veto House Bill 723, known as the Protect Incumbents Act, during a press conference held by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation in Chicago on Monday.

"HB 723 would make it nearly impossible for third parties to slate candidates in Illinois," said Free & Equal Chair Christina Tobin. "The bill would make it so that when no candidate of an established party runs in a primary for a particular office, that party can only fill the vacancy in nomination if the candidate they "slate" collects a large number of signatures."

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