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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Bill Daley wants to eliminate primary elections, make entire state like Chicago

Chi-bill-daley-suggests-doing-away-with-primar-001Democrat Bill Daley, who’s pondering a challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn next year, is arguing the state should explore replacing primary elections with nonpartisan contests like Chicago uses for mayor and City Council where candidates who get more than half the vote win outright.

Attempting to appear as a reformer, Daley, who is the son of a mayor who served 21 years and brother of another who served 22 years, also opened the door to term limits — a concept fellow Democrat Quinn backed nearly 20 years ago and claims he still supports as he prepares to run for a third term himself. ...More HERE

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