Sunday, May 25, 2014

Learn More About Illinois Elections 2014

By Marci Glover


The primary election in Illinois took place on 18th March 2014. Voters were expected to vote for the three main categories in order to narrow down the number of candidates running in the general elections. The three main categories of Illinois elections 2014 include the State Central Committee men, Precinct Committee men and the township committee men.

It is one of the thirty four states that allow voters to vote early . Early voting begins fifteen days prior to the election date and ends three days before the date. Therefore, the actual date of early voting should be set twenty one days prior to the election date. The voters are required to have government issued photo identification. There are no specific requirements as to who should vote early.

The Democratic party incumbent governor Pat Quin who has been in office since 2009 will run for re-election against the republican candidate Bruce Rauner at the general election. Previously, a separate primary election for the Lieutenant governor would take place but as of present, the candidates get to choose their own running mates ones the law was changed. The Democratic Party Pat quins running mate is Paul Vallas while that of the Republican Party is Evelyn Sanguinetti.

Lisa Madigan who was elected in 2002 as Attorney General is eligible for reelection. Although she had been considered a strong candidate to run for the governors office, she announced her intention to run for reelection. She will be running against Paul Schimpf of the Republican Party among other third party candidates.

The secretary of state Jesse White will be running for reelection against the republican candidate Mike Webster. Jesse white will be running for a fifth term in office. Mike Webster was declared candidate after the withdrawal of renowned businessman Will Lindsey.

Lisa Madigan, the current Attorney general will be running for re-election in November. She will be running against republican Paul Schimpf. There will also be other third party candidates who include, Ben Koyl, David Black and Joe bell. Other third party candidates will be contesting for the two offices.

As the election date nears, it is still difficult to know who will finally will the elections. Campaigns are at their climax being the last few months to the big day. The reelection of Pat Quin as governor has definitely been the highlight of this election season. His corrupt government has not helped much in his re-election and could greatly affect his re-election.

It is clear that the people of Illinois will take up their constitutional right to vote given the increased number of registered voters. There has also been increased change in the party affiliations that was seen during the primary elections. This is due to the fact that the state has a primary hybrid system. This system allows voters to declare their party affiliation at the polls as opposed to the common declaration during registration. Voters are therefor allowed to change affiliation as they wish but declare one during the polls.




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