Legal Opinion
Kusper v. Pontikes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 19, 1973No. 71-1631PublishedCited by 634 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
Under § 7-43 (d) of the Illinois Election Code, a person is prohibited from voting in the primary election of a political party if he has voted in the primary of any other party within the preceding 23 months.1 Appellee, Harriet G. Pontikes, is a qualified Chicago voter who voted in a Republican primary in February 1971;2 she wanted to vote in a March 1972 Democratic primary, but was barred from doing so by this 23-month *53rule.3 She filed a complaint for declaratory and in-junctive relief in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that § 7-43 (d)…
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