Section 202.20  Determination of Nominating Petition's Official Time of Filing

Such petitions for nomination, when received in the principal office of the State Board of Elections, shall be deemed to have been filed in the following order:

a)         Petitions received by mail after 12:00 midnight and on hand at the opening of the office at 8:00 a.m., Monday, July 31, 1978, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. that date;

b)         All petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m., Monday, July 31, 1978, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. that date;

c)         Petitions either received in the mail or filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections thereafter shall be deemed filed as of the time they are actually received by the State Board of Elections.