Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

Filed: 3/12/2020

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3114

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3114 on page 1, line
35, by replacing "and 10-5" with "10-5, 10-8, and 10-10"; and
 
4on page 22, immediately below line 7, by inserting the
5following:
 
6    "(10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
7    Sec. 10-8. Certificates of nomination and nomination
8papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a
9referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being in
10apparent conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be
11deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in
12writing within 5 business days after the last day for filing
13the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
14for a public question, with the following exceptions:
15        A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
16    Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a

 

 

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1    period of 35 business days after the last day for the
2    filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
3        B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
4    public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
5    State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
6    the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
7    objections can be filed.
8    Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district in
9which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
10any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
11amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
12public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
13State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
14nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
15petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal office
16or the permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections,
17or in the office of the election authority or local election
18official with whom the certificate of nomination, nomination
19papers or petitions are on file. Objection petitions that do
20not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be accepted. In the
21case of nomination papers or certificates of nomination, the
22State Board of Elections, election authority or local election
23official shall note the day and hour upon which such objector's
24petition is filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the
25second business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
26registered mail or receipted personal delivery the certificate

 

 

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1of nomination or nomination papers and the original objector's
2petition to the chair of the proper electoral board designated
3in Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall
4transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
5delivery of the objector's petition, to the candidate whose
6certificate of nomination or nomination papers are objected to,
7addressed to the place of residence designated in said
8certificate of nomination or nomination papers. In the case of
9objections to a petition for a proposed amendment to Article IV
10of the Constitution or for an advisory public question to be
11submitted to the voters of the entire State, the State Board of
12Elections shall note the day and hour upon which such
13objector's petition is filed and shall transmit a copy of the
14objector's petition by registered mail or receipted personal
15delivery to the person designated on a certificate attached to
16the petition as the principal proponent of such proposed
17amendment or public question, or as the proponents' attorney,
18for the purpose of receiving notice of objections. In the case
19of objections to a petition for a public question, to be
20submitted to the voters of a political subdivision, or district
21thereof, the election authority or local election official with
22whom such petition is filed shall note the day and hour upon
23which such objector's petition was filed, and shall, not later
24than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
25petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
26delivery the petition for the public question and the original

 

 

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1objector's petition to the chair of the proper electoral board
2designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and
3shall transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
4delivery, of the objector's petition to the person designated
5on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
6proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
7attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
8    The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
9residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
10objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
11papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
12of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
13electoral board. By signing the objector's petition, the
14objectors certify that: (1) it is not being presented for any
15improper purpose, such as to harass; (2) the objections are
16warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for
17extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for
18establishing new law; and (3) the factual contentions have
19evidentiary support. The electoral board hearing the objection
20may impose an appropriate sanction on the objectors and their
21legal counsel for any false certification, including a monetary
22sanction payable to the county clerk and opposing parties.
23    The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
24and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
25petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
26except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to which

 

 

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1it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions for
2the submission of public questions under Article 28.
3(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/10-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10)
5    Sec. 10-10. Within 24 hours after the receipt of the
6certificate of nomination or nomination papers or proposed
7question of public policy, as the case may be, and the
8objector's petition, the chair of the electoral board other
9than the State Board of Elections shall send a call by
10registered or certified mail to each of the members of the
11electoral board, and to the objector who filed the objector's
12petition, and either to the candidate whose certificate of
13nomination or nomination papers are objected to or to the
14principal proponent or attorney for proponents of a question of
15public policy, as the case may be, whose petitions are objected
16to, and shall also cause the sheriff of the county or counties
17in which such officers and persons reside to serve a copy of
18such call upon each of such officers and persons, which call
19shall set out the fact that the electoral board is required to
20meet to hear and pass upon the objections to nominations made
21for the office, designating it, and shall state the day, hour
22and place at which the electoral board shall meet for the
23purpose, which place shall be in the county court house in the
24county in the case of the County Officers Electoral Board, the
25Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the Township Officers

 

 

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1Electoral Board or the Education Officers Electoral Board,
2except that the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the
3Township Officers Electoral Board, and the Education Officers
4Electoral Board may meet at the location where the governing
5body of the municipality, township, or community college
6district, respectively, holds its regularly scheduled
7meetings, if that location is available; provided that voter
8records may be removed from the offices of an election
9authority only at the discretion and under the supervision of
10the election authority. In those cases where the State Board of
11Elections is the electoral board designated under Section 10-9,
12the chair of the State Board of Elections shall, within 24
13hours after the receipt of the certificate of nomination or
14nomination papers or petitions for a proposed amendment to
15Article IV of the Constitution or proposed statewide question
16of public policy, send a call by registered or certified mail
17to the objector who files the objector's petition, and either
18to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or nomination
19papers are objected to or to the principal proponent or
20attorney for proponents of the proposed Constitutional
21amendment or statewide question of public policy and shall
22state the day, hour, and place at which the electoral board
23shall meet for the purpose, which place may be in the Capitol
24Building or in the principal or permanent branch office of the
25State Board. The day of the meeting shall not be less than 3
26nor more than 5 days after the receipt of the certificate of

 

 

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1nomination or nomination papers and the objector's petition by
2the chair of the electoral board.
3    The electoral board shall have the power to administer
4oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and, at the request
5of either party and only upon a vote by a majority of its
6members, may authorize the chair to issue subpoenas requiring
7the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum requiring
8the production of such books, papers, records and documents as
9may be evidence of any matter under inquiry before the
10electoral board, in the same manner as witnesses are subpoenaed
11in the Circuit Court.
12    Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
13other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
14the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
15law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who causes
16the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so served
17shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such subpoena, or
18to testify, the electoral board shall at once file a petition
19in the circuit court of the county in which such hearing is to
20be heard, or has been attempted to be heard, setting forth the
21facts, of such knowing refusal or neglect, and accompanying the
22petition with a copy of the citation and the answer, if one has
23been filed, together with a copy of the subpoena and the return
24of service thereon, and shall apply for an order of court
25requiring such person to attend and testify, and forthwith
26produce books and papers, before the electoral board. Any

 

 

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1circuit court of the state, excluding the judge who is sitting
2on the electoral board, upon such showing shall order such
3person to appear and testify, and to forthwith produce such
4books and papers, before the electoral board at a place to be
5fixed by the court. If such person shall knowingly fail or
6refuse to obey such order of the court without lawful excuse,
7the court shall punish him or her by fine and imprisonment, as
8the nature of the case may require and may be lawful in cases
9of contempt of court.
10    The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
11adopt rules of procedure for the introduction of evidence and
12the presentation of arguments and may, in its discretion,
13provide for the filing of briefs by the parties to the
14objection or by other interested persons.
15    In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
16objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of the
17Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
18Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public policy
19to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
20certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
21commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
22signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
23accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
24valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed in
25the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and 28-12 of
26this Code. Either party, however, may introduce evidence at

 

 

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1such hearing to dispute the findings as to particular
2signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the absence of
3competent evidence presented at such hearing by a party
4substantially challenging the results of a random sample, or
5showing a different result obtained by an additional sample,
6this certificate of a county clerk or board of election
7commissioners shall be presumed to establish the ratio of valid
8to invalid signatures within the particular election
9jurisdiction.
10    The electoral board shall take up the question as to
11whether or not the certificate of nomination or nomination
12papers or petitions are in proper form, and whether or not they
13were filed within the time and under the conditions required by
14law, and whether or not they are the genuine certificate of
15nomination or nomination papers or petitions which they purport
16to be, and whether or not in the case of the certificate of
17nomination in question it represents accurately the decision of
18the caucus or convention issuing it, and in general shall
19decide whether or not the certificate of nomination or
20nominating papers or petitions on file are valid or whether the
21objections thereto should be sustained and the decision of a
22majority of the electoral board shall be final subject to
23judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1. The nomination
24papers of a candidate shall be deemed invalid and a candidate's
25name shall not appear on the ballot if he or she is found to
26have personally engaged in material fraud or a pattern of fraud

 

 

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1in connection with the nominating papers. The electoral board
2must state its findings in writing and must state in writing
3which objections, if any, it has sustained. A copy of the
4decision shall be served upon the parties to the proceedings in
5open proceedings before the electoral board. If a party does
6not appear for receipt of the decision, the decision shall be
7deemed to have been served on the absent party on the date when
8a copy of the decision is personally delivered or on the date
9when a copy of the decision is deposited in the United States
10mail, in a sealed envelope or package, with postage prepaid,
11addressed to each party affected by the decision or to such
12party's attorney of record, if any, at the address on record
13for such person in the files of the electoral board.
14    Upon the expiration of the period within which a proceeding
15for judicial review must be commenced under Section 10-10.1,
16the electoral board shall, unless a proceeding for judicial
17review has been commenced within such period, transmit, by
18registered or certified mail, a certified copy of its ruling,
19together with the original certificate of nomination or
20nomination papers or petitions and the original objector's
21petition, to the officer or board with whom the certificate of
22nomination or nomination papers or petitions, as objected to,
23were on file, and such officer or board shall abide by and
24comply with the ruling so made to all intents and purposes.
25(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
26100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)".