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The Direct Primary in Illinois

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2013

Walter Clyde Jones
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Extract

Illinois has had an arduous task in its efforts to enact a valid direct primary law. Unusual conditions exist in Illinois which have made the problem peculiarly difficult.

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Proceedings of the American Political Science Association , Volume 7: Seventh Annual Meeting , December 1911 , pp. 138 - 162
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1911

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References

1 People v. Election Commissioners, 221 Illinois Reports, page 9.

2 Rouse v. Thompson, 228 Illinois Reports, page 522.

3 Total vote: Hopkins, 168,385 Foss, 121,110; Mason, 86,596. Senatorial districts carried: Hopkins, 33; Foss, 16; Mason, 2.

4 People v. Strassheim, 240 Illinois Reports, page 279.

5 Rouse v. Thompson supra.

6 People ex rel. Espey v. Deneen (December, 1910).