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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
5 10-8 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
7     Sec. 10-8. Certificates of nomination and nomination
8 papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a
9 referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being in
10 apparent conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be
11 deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in
12 writing within 5 business days after the last day for filing
13 the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
14 for 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
17     period of 35 business days after the last day for the
18     filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
19         B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
20     public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
21     State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
22     the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
23     objections can be filed.

 

 

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1     Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district in
2 which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
3 any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
4 amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
5 public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
6 State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
7 nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
8 petition together with 2 copies a copy thereof in the principal
9 office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
10 Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
11 election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
12 nomination papers or petitions are on file; objector's
13 petitions that are not accompanied by 2 copies thereof shall
14 not be accepted by those offices. In the case of nomination
15 papers or certificates of nomination, the State Board of
16 Elections, election authority or local election official shall
17 note the day and hour upon which such objector's petition is
18 filed. Not , and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the second
19 business day following the last day to file objections after
20 receipt of the petition, the State Board of Elections, election
21 authority, or local election official shall transmit by
22 registered mail or receipted personal delivery the certificate
23 of nomination or nomination papers and the original objector's
24 petition to the chairman of the proper electoral board
25 designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and
26 shall transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal

 

 

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

 

 

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1 delivery, of the objector's petition to the person designated
2 on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
3 proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
4 attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
5     The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
6 residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
7 objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
8 papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
9 of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
10 electoral board. If the objection challenges the validity of
11 specific signatures, the objector's petition shall include
12 recapitulation sheets indicating the specific page and line
13 number on which the challenged signature is located and
14 specifying the basis of the objection. Each recapitulation
15 sheet shall be in substantially the following form:
 
16     Candidate        Office        Sheet Number 
 
17 A mark, such as an "x" or "v", indicates that the signature on
18 the designated sheet and line is objected to for the reasons
19 set forth above the column in which the identifying mark
20 appears, in accordance with the Objector's Petition, of which
21 this Appendix-Recapitulation is made a part.
 
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22Objectiona. Signerb.c.
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17 The mandated use of this form shall not preclude an objector
18 from making objections to the qualifications of a circulator or
19 the manner in which the petition was circulated or notarized.
20 Such circulator or notarization objections may be included on
21 the recapitulation form. Use of the recapitulation form shall
22 not preclude an opposing party from challenging the sufficiency
23 of the objector's petition when it is shown by such party that
24 the objection appears on its face to have been filed without

 

 

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1 the objector first conducting a diligent examination of the
2 challenged signatures to determine whether they are indeed
3 invalid. In the event such a challenge is raised, in the form
4 of a motion to strike or otherwise, the electoral board may
5 conduct an examination of a randomly selected sample of no less
6 than 20% of the challenged signatures to determine whether a
7 sufficient number of signatures in the sample are valid or
8 invalid, thereby determining whether a complete examination of
9 all the challenged signatures is necessary. If, following the
10 examination of a randomly selected 20% sample of challenged
11 signatures, the number of sustained challenges is no greater
12 than 35% of the total number of challenged signatures, the
13 electoral board may suspend the records examination and order
14 the objector to appear before the board and show cause as to
15 why the objection should not be dismissed; this provision does
16 not apply to objections to a candidate's nomination petition
17 for an office with a petition signature requirement of fewer
18 than 500.
19     The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
20 and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
21 petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
22 except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to which
23 it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions for
24 the submission of public questions under Article 28.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-1348.)