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10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-8
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the nomination
papers of the candidate shall contain a statement that the
candidate has complied with (or is not required to comply
with) the disclosure requirements of Article 9 of the
Election Code. Provides that it shall be grounds for an
objection if a candidate willfully makes a false statement in
the nomination papers. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Sections
2 7-10, 8-8, 10-5, and 10-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-5, and 10-8 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
8 Sec. 7-10. The name of no candidate for nomination, or
9 State central committeeman, or township committeeman, or
10 precinct committeeman, or ward committeeman or candidate for
11 delegate or alternate delegate to national nominating
12 conventions, shall be printed upon the primary ballot unless
13 a petition for nomination has been filed in his behalf as
14 provided in this Article in substantially the following form:
15 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16 .... party and qualified primary electors of the ....
17 party, in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State
18 of Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named
19 person or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the
20 .... party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen
21 for election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified,
22 to be voted for at the primary election to be held on the
23 .... day of ...., ....
24 Name Office Address
25 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
26 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
27 Name.................. Address.......................
28 State of Illinois)
29 ) ss.
30 County of........)
31 I,...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter
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1 and have been a registered voter at all times I have
2 circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street,
3 in the .... of .... county of .... and State of Illinois,
4 and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my
5 presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my
6 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
7 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... party,
8 and that their respective residences are correctly stated, as
9 above set forth.
10 .........................
11 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ....,
12 ....
13 .........................
14 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
15 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
16 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
17 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
18 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
19 signed; the office, the political party represented and place
20 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the
21 same.
22 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
23 electors residing in the political division for which the
24 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
25 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
26 shall be written or printed. The residence address required
27 to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
28 elector's name shall include the street address or rural
29 route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as
30 the signer's city, village or town. However the county or
31 city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
32 may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
33 electors signing the petition reside in the same county or
34 city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may
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1 be used in writing the residence address, including street
2 number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition
3 shall be added a statement signed by a registered voter of
4 the political division, who has been a registered voter at
5 all times he or she circulated the petition, for which the
6 candidate is seeking a nomination, stating the street address
7 or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as
8 well as the voter's city, village or town; and certifying
9 that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
10 in his presence; and either (1) indicating the dates on which
11 that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and
12 last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
13 certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were
14 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the
15 filing of the petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
16 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
17 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
18 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
19 primary election; and certifying that the signatures on the
20 sheet are genuine, and certifying that to the best of his
21 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
22 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political
23 party for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall
24 be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer
25 oaths in this State.
26 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
27 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the
28 filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
29 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
30 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
31 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
32 primary election.
33 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
34 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
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1 signature from the petition, provided that;
2 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
3 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
4 and
5 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
6 certification listing the page number and line number of
7 each signature struck from the petition. Such
8 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
9 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
10 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
11 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
12 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
13 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
14 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
15 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local
16 election officials, election authorities or the State Board
17 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
18 signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
19 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
20 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each
21 of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
22 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
23 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
24 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
25 party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
26 office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's
27 Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
28 filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this
29 State), shall state that the candidate has complied with (or
30 is not required to comply with) the requirements of Article 9
31 of this Code, shall state that he has filed (or will file
32 before the close of the petition filing period) a statement
33 of economic interests as required by the Illinois
34 Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's
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1 name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall be
2 subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer
3 authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and
4 shall be in substantially the following form:
5 Statement of Candidacy
6 Name Address Office District Party
7 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
8 Belvidere,
9 Illinois
10 State of Illinois)
11 ) ss.
12 County of........)
13 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
14 .... Street in the city (or village) of .... in the county
15 of .... State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter
16 therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
17 that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the
18 case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
19 to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary
20 election to be held on the .... day of ...., ....; that I am
21 legally qualified (including being the holder of any license
22 that may be an eligibility requirement for the office I seek
23 the nomination for) to hold such office; that I have complied
24 with (or I am not required to comply with) the requirements
25 of Article 9 of the Election Code; and that I have filed (or
26 I will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
27 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
28 Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
29 printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for
30 (or election to in the case of committeemen and delegates and
31 alternate delegates) such office.
32 Signed......................
33 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
34 who is to me personally known, this .... day of ...., 19...
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1 Signed....................
2 (Official Character)
3 (Seal, if officer has one.)
4 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or
5 added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by
6 revocation filed in writing with the State Board of
7 Elections, election authority or local election official with
8 whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the
9 filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer
10 upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
11 of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished
12 accordingly.
13 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
14 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
15 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
16 the same or different offices.
17 Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
18 (a) If for a State office, or for delegate or
19 alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large
20 to a National nominating convention by not less than
21 5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
22 (b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate
23 or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
24 district to a national nominating convention by at least
25 .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
26 congressional district, except that for the first primary
27 following a redistricting of congressional districts such
28 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified
29 primary electors of the candidate's party in his
30 congressional district.
31 (c) If for a county office (including county board
32 member and chairman of the county board where elected
33 from the county at large), by at least .5% of the
34 qualified electors of his party cast at the last
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1 preceding general election in his county. However, if
2 for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook
3 County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary
4 electors of his or her party in his or her county in the
5 district or division in which such person is a candidate
6 for nomination; and if for county board member from a
7 county board district, then by at least .5% of the
8 qualified primary electors of his party in the county
9 board district. In the case of an election for county
10 board member to be elected from a district, for the first
11 primary following a redistricting of county board
12 districts or the initial establishment of county board
13 districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
14 of his party in the entire county at the last preceding
15 general election, divided by the number of county board
16 districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
17 primary electors of his party in the district.
18 (d) If for a municipal or township office by at
19 least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
20 in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at
21 least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the
22 case of an election for alderman or trustee of a
23 municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for
24 the first primary following a redistricting or the
25 initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5%
26 of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
27 such political party who received the highest number of
28 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
29 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to
30 be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the
31 number of wards or districts, but in any event not less
32 than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the
33 ward or district.
34 (e) If for State central committeeman, by at least
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1 100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
2 her congressional district.
3 (f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
4 district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
5 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from
6 such sanitary district.
7 (g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
8 district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
9 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his
10 ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
11 primary following a reapportionment of the district such
12 petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified
13 primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
14 district.
15 (h) If for a candidate for judicial office, by at
16 least 500 qualified primary electors of his or her
17 judicial district, circuit, or subcircuit, as the case
18 may be.
19 (i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman,
20 by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of
21 his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward
22 committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
23 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the
24 primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a
25 candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5%
26 nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
27 is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his
28 township or part of a township as the case may be.
29 (j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or
30 Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more
31 counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
32 party in the territory comprising such counties.
33 (k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the
34 total number of registered voters of the political
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1 subdivision, district or division for which the
2 nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is
3 greater.
4 For the purposes of this Section the number of primary
5 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
6 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
7 political party who received the highest number of votes,
8 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
9 which electors for President of the United States were
10 elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary
11 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
12 for the candidate for such political party who received the
13 highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the
14 last regular election at which an officer was regularly
15 scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or
16 districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary
17 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
18 for the candidate for such political party who received the
19 highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last
20 regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
21 to be elected from that ward or district.
22 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
23 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
24 one party.
25 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-89.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
27 Sec. 8-8. The name of no candidate for nomination shall
28 be printed upon the primary ballot unless a petition for
29 nomination shall have been filed in his behalf as provided
30 for in this Section. Each such petition shall include as a
31 part thereof the oath required by Section 7-10.1 of this Act
32 and a statement of candidacy by the candidate filing or in
33 whose behalf the petition is filed. This statement shall set
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1 out the address of such candidate, the office for which he is
2 a candidate, shall state that the candidate is a qualified
3 primary voter of the party to which the petition relates, is
4 qualified for the office specified and has filed a statement
5 of economic interests as required by the Illinois
6 Governmental Ethics Act, shall state that the candidate has
7 complied with (or is not required to comply with) the
8 requirements of Article 9 of this Code, shall request that
9 the candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot and
10 shall be subscribed and sworn by such candidate before some
11 officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this
12 State and may be in substantially the following form:
13 State of Illinois)
14 ) ss.
15 County ..........)
16 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
17 .... street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of
18 .... State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein
19 and am a qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a
20 candidate for nomination to the office of .... to be voted
21 upon at the primary election to be held on the .... day of
22 ...., 19..; that I am legally qualified to hold such office;
23 that I have complied with (or I am not required to comply
24 with) the requirements of Article 9 of the Election Code; and
25 that I have filed a statement of economic interests as
26 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby
27 request that my name be printed upon the official primary
28 ballot for nomination for such office.
29 Signed ....................
30 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
31 who is to me personally known, this .... day of .... 19...
32 Signed .... (Official Character)
33 (Seal if officer has one.)
34 All petitions for nomination for the office of State
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1 Senator shall be signed by 1% or 600, whichever is greater,
2 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's party in
3 his legislative district, except that for the first primary
4 following a redistricting of legislative districts, such
5 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified primary
6 electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
7 district.
8 All petitions for nomination for the office of
9 Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
10 least 1% or 300, whichever is greater, of the qualified
11 primary electors of the candidate's party in his or her
12 representative district, except that for the first primary
13 following a redistricting of representative districts such
14 petitions shall be signed by at least 300 qualified primary
15 electors of the candidate's party in his or her
16 representative district.
17 Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
18 who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
19 Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
20 address shall be written or printed. The residence address
21 required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
22 primary elector's name shall include the street address or
23 rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
24 as the signer's city, village or town.
25 For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
26 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
27 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
28 political party who received the highest number of votes,
29 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
30 which electors for President of the United States were
31 elected.
32 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
33 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
34 one party.
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1 In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the
2 petition circulator, who shall have been a registered voter
3 at all times he or she circulated the petition, shall state
4 his street address or rural route number, as the case may be,
5 as well as his city, village or town.
6 In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet,
7 the petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates
8 on which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
9 first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or
10 (3) certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
11 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the
12 filing of the petition. No petition sheet shall be
13 circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
14 in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
15 All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
16 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
17 signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
18 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
19 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
20 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
21 signature from the petition, provided that;
22 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
23 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
24 and
25 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
26 certification listing the page number and line number of
27 each signature struck from the petition. Such
28 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
29 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028; 86-1348; 87-1052.)
30 (10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
31 Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides
32 containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
33 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or
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1 candidates shall be nominated.
2 2. The new political party, if any, represented,
3 expressed in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall
4 not bear the same name as, nor include the name of any
5 established political party as defined in this Article. This
6 prohibition does not preclude any established political party
7 from making nominations in those cases in which it is
8 authorized to do so.
9 3. The place of residence of any such candidate or
10 candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the
11 case of electors for President and Vice-President of the
12 United States, the names of candidates for President and
13 Vice-President may be added to the party name or appellation.
14 Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in
15 addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required
16 by Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of
17 candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except
18 candidates for electors for President and Vice-President of
19 the United States. Each such statement shall set out the
20 address of such candidate, the office for which he is a
21 candidate, shall state that the candidate is qualified for
22 the office specified, has complied with (or is not required
23 to comply with) the requirements of Article 9 of this Code,
24 and has filed (or will file before the close of the petition
25 filing period) a statement of economic interests as required
26 by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that
27 the candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot and
28 shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before
29 some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in
30 this State, and may be in substantially the following form:
31 State of Illinois)
32 ) SS.
33 County of........)
34 I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at....
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1 street, in the city (or village) of.... in the county of....
2 State of Illinois; and that I am a qualified voter therein;
3 that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be
4 voted upon at the election to be held on the.... day
5 of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such
6 office; that I have complied with (or I am not required to
7 comply with) the requirements of Article 9 of the Election
8 Code; and that I have filed (or will file before the close of
9 the petition filing period) a statement of economic interests
10 as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, and I
11 hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
12 ballot for election to such office.
13 Signed.................
14 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by....
15 who is to me personally known, this.... day of....,......
16 Signed.................
17 (Official Character)
18 (Seal, if officer has one.)
19 In addition, a new political party petition shall have
20 attached thereto a certificate stating the names and
21 addresses of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies
22 in nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
23 Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
24 if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of
25 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
26 Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
27 officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
28 papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests
29 in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
30 during the same calendar year as the year in which such
31 nomination papers were filed. If the nomination papers of
32 any candidate and the statement of economic interest of that
33 candidate are not required to be filed with the same officer,
34 the candidate must file with the officer with whom the
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1 nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer with
2 whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the
3 date on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall
4 be so filed not later than the last day on which nomination
5 papers may be filed.
6 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
8 Sec. 10-8. Certificates of nomination and nomination
9 papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a
10 referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being
11 in apparent conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall
12 be deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made
13 in writing within 5 business days after the last day for
14 filing the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or
15 petition for a public question, with the following
16 exceptions:
17 A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of
18 the Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be
19 a period of 35 business days after the last day for the
20 filing of such petitions in which objections can be
21 filed.
22 B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions
23 of public policy to be submitted to the voters of the
24 entire State, there shall be a period of 35 business days
25 after the last day for the filing of such petitions in
26 which objections can be filed.
27 It shall be grounds for an objection if a candidate
28 wilfully makes a false statement in the nomination papers.
29 Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district in
30 which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
31 any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
32 amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
33 public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
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1 State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
2 nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an
3 objector's petition together with a copy thereof in the
4 principal office or the permanent branch office of the State
5 Board of Elections, or in the office of the election
6 authority or local election official with whom the
7 certificate of nomination, nomination papers or petitions are
8 on file. In the case of nomination papers or certificates of
9 nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
10 or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
11 which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
12 than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of
13 the petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted
14 personal delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination
15 papers and the original objector's petition to the chairman
16 of the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9
17 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
18 registered mail or receipted personal delivery of the
19 objector's petition, to the candidate whose certificate of
20 nomination or nomination papers are objected to, addressed to
21 the place of residence designated in said certificate of
22 nomination or nomination papers. In the case of objections
23 to a petition for a proposed amendment to Article IV of the
24 Constitution or for an advisory public question to be
25 submitted to the voters of the entire State, the State Board
26 of Elections shall note the day and hour upon which such
27 objector's petition is filed and shall transmit a copy of the
28 objector's petition by registered mail or receipted personal
29 delivery to the person designated on a certificate attached
30 to the petition as the principal proponent of such proposed
31 amendment or public question, or as the proponents' attorney,
32 for the purpose of receiving notice of objections. In the
33 case of objections to a petition for a public question, to be
34 submitted to the voters of a political subdivision, or
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1 district thereof, the election authority or local election
2 official with whom such petition is filed shall note the day
3 and hour upon which such objector's petition was filed, and
4 shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the second business day
5 after receipt of the petition, transmit by registered mail or
6 receipted personal delivery the petition for the public
7 question and the original objector's petition to the chairman
8 of the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9
9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
10 registered mail or receipted personal delivery, of the
11 objector's petition to the person designated on a certificate
12 attached to the petition as the principal proponent of the
13 public question, or as the proponent's attorney, for the
14 purposes of receiving notice of objections.
15 The objector's petition shall give the objector's name
16 and residence address, and shall state fully the nature of
17 the objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
18 papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
19 of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of
20 the electoral board.
21 The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9,
22 10-10 and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections
23 to petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article
24 8, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
25 which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern
26 petitions for the submission of public questions under
27 Article 28.
28 (Source: P.A. 86-1348.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.