Section 125.10  Definitions

As used in Subparts A-H of these Rules, the following terms shall have the meanings specified:

a)         "Board" means the State Board of Elections;

b)         "General Counsel" means the person designated and appointed as General Counsel of the Board, or any individual acting in his stead in the event of

1)         a vacancy in the position of General Counsel, or

2)         the absence, incapacity, or unavailability of the General Counsel.

c)         "file", "filed", or "filing" means with respect to reports, statements and documents required to be filed with the State Board of Elections or the appropriate election authority:

1)         delivery to the principal office of the State Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois, or the appropriate election authority by the close of business of the prescribed filing date, or;

2)         delivery to the permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections, Chicago, Illinois, by the close of business of the prescribed filing date, or;

3)         deposit with the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, in sufficient time so that the mailed documents will arrive by the close of business of the prescribed filing date.

d)         "Act" means the Campaign Financing Act (The Election Code, Article 9), and all amendments thereto;

e)         "Party" means individual(s), trust(s), partnership(s), committee(s), corporations(s), association(s), public or private organization(s) or group(s) of persons of any character, or any governmental agency entitled or required to participate in any hearing or proceeding;

f)          "Complainant" means a party initiating a proceeding under the Act by the filing of a complaint; and

g)         "Respondent" means a party against whom a complaint is directed.