HB4419 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4419

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Chris Miller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/7-10.1  from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that each petition or certificate of nomination shall include a statement that the person is not affiliated with any socialist organization.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Section 7-10.1 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/7-10.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1)
7    Sec. 7-10.1. Each petition or certificate of nomination
8shall include as a part thereof, a statement for each of the
9candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition or
10certificate of nomination is filed, said statement shall be
11subscribed and sworn to by such candidate or nominee before
12some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in
13this State and shall be in substantially the following form:
14United States of America )
15                         ) ss
16State of Illinois        )
17    I, .... do swear that I am a citizen of the United States
18and the State of Illinois, that I am not affiliated directly or
19indirectly with any communist organization or any communist
20front organization, any socialist organization, or any foreign
21political agency, party, organization or government which
22advocates the overthrow of constitutional government by force
23or other means not permitted under the Constitution of the

 

 

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1United States or the constitution of this State; that I do not
2directly or indirectly teach or advocate the overthrow of the
3government of the United States or of this State or any
4unlawful change in the form of the governments thereof by
5force or any unlawful means.
6
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7    Subscribed and sworn to by me on (insert date).
8
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9
(Notary Public)
    
10My commission expires: .....
11(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)