1 | 1 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4361 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-510 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 Amends the Election Code. Requires a person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's nomination for any office for which the nomination is uncontested to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the local election official where the candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot (rather than to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections or the local election official with whom nomination papers for such office are filed). LRB103 35660 AWJ 65735 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4361 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-510 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-5 10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 Amends the Election Code. Requires a person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's nomination for any office for which the nomination is uncontested to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the local election official where the candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot (rather than to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections or the local election official with whom nomination papers for such office are filed). LRB103 35660 AWJ 65735 b LRB103 35660 AWJ 65735 b A BILL FOR |
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2 | 2 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4361 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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3 | 3 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-510 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-5 10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 |
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4 | 4 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-5 |
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5 | 5 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 |
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6 | 6 | | Amends the Election Code. Requires a person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's nomination for any office for which the nomination is uncontested to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the local election official where the candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot (rather than to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections or the local election official with whom nomination papers for such office are filed). |
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12 | 12 | | 1 AN ACT concerning elections. |
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13 | 13 | | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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14 | 14 | | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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15 | 15 | | 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
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16 | 16 | | 5 Sections 7-5 and 7-12 as follows: |
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17 | 17 | | 6 (10 ILCS 5/7-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-5) |
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18 | 18 | | 7 Sec. 7-5. (a) Primary elections shall be held on the dates |
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19 | 19 | | 8 prescribed in Article 2A. |
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20 | 20 | | 9 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, |
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21 | 21 | | 10 no primary shall be held for an established political party in |
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22 | 22 | | 11 any township, municipality, or ward thereof, where the |
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23 | 23 | | 12 nomination of such party for every office to be voted upon by |
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24 | 24 | | 13 the electors of such township, municipality, or ward thereof, |
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25 | 25 | | 14 is uncontested. Whenever a political party's nomination of |
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26 | 26 | | 15 candidates is uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of |
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27 | 27 | | 16 the offices to be voted upon by the electors of a township, |
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28 | 28 | | 17 municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall be held |
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29 | 29 | | 18 for that party in such township, municipality, or ward |
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30 | 30 | | 19 thereof; provided that the primary ballot shall not include |
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31 | 31 | | 20 those offices within such township, municipality, or ward |
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32 | 32 | | 21 thereof, for which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes |
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33 | 33 | | 22 of this Article, the nomination of an established political |
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34 | 34 | | 23 party of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed |
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38 | 38 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4361 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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39 | 39 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-510 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-5 10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 |
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40 | 40 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-5 |
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41 | 41 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 |
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42 | 42 | | Amends the Election Code. Requires a person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's nomination for any office for which the nomination is uncontested to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the local election official where the candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot (rather than to file a written statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections or the local election official with whom nomination papers for such office are filed). |
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51 | 51 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-5 from Ch. 46, par. 7-5 |
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52 | 52 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 |
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71 | 71 | | 1 to be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to |
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72 | 72 | | 2 be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking |
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73 | 73 | | 3 the nomination of such party for election to such office. |
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74 | 74 | | 4 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, |
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75 | 75 | | 5 no primary election shall be held for an established political |
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76 | 76 | | 6 party for any special primary election called for the purpose |
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77 | 77 | | 7 of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the |
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78 | 78 | | 8 United States Congress where the nomination of such political |
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79 | 79 | | 9 party for said office is uncontested. For the purposes of this |
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80 | 80 | | 10 Article, the nomination of an established political party of a |
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81 | 81 | | 11 candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be |
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82 | 82 | | 12 uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be |
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83 | 83 | | 13 nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking |
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84 | 84 | | 14 the nomination of such established party for election to said |
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85 | 85 | | 15 office. This subsection (c) shall not apply if such primary |
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86 | 86 | | 16 election is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day. |
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87 | 87 | | 17 (d) Notwithstanding the provisions in subsection (b) and |
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88 | 88 | | 18 (c) of this Section, whenever a person who has not timely filed |
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89 | 89 | | 19 valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in |
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90 | 90 | | 20 candidate for a political party's nomination for any office |
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91 | 91 | | 21 for which the nomination is uncontested files a written |
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92 | 92 | | 22 statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of |
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93 | 93 | | 23 Elections or the local election official where the candidate |
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94 | 94 | | 24 is seeking to appear on the ballot with whom nomination papers |
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95 | 95 | | 25 for such office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared |
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96 | 96 | | 26 and a primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or |
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107 | 107 | | 1 notice shall be filed on or before the date established in this |
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108 | 108 | | 2 Article for certifying candidates for the primary ballot. Such |
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109 | 109 | | 3 statement or notice shall contain (i) the name and address of |
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110 | 110 | | 4 the person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a |
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111 | 111 | | 5 statement that the person is a qualified primary elector of |
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112 | 112 | | 6 the political party from whom the nomination is sought, (iii) |
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113 | 113 | | 7 a statement that the person intends to become a write-in |
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114 | 114 | | 8 candidate for the party's nomination, and (iv) the office the |
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115 | 115 | | 9 person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election |
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116 | 116 | | 10 authority shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a |
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117 | 117 | | 11 primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is |
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118 | 118 | | 12 uncontested, unless a statement or notice meeting the |
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119 | 119 | | 13 requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner. |
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120 | 120 | | 14 (e) The polls shall be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
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121 | 121 | | 15 (Source: P.A. 86-873.) |
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122 | 122 | | 16 (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12) |
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123 | 123 | | 17 Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by |
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124 | 124 | | 18 mail or in person as follows: |
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125 | 125 | | 19 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where |
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126 | 126 | | 20 the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional, |
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127 | 127 | | 21 or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for |
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128 | 128 | | 22 which is made for a territorial division or district which |
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129 | 129 | | 23 comprises more than one county or is partly in one county |
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130 | 130 | | 24 and partly in another county or counties (including the |
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131 | 131 | | 25 Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as |
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142 | 142 | | 1 otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for |
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143 | 143 | | 2 nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the |
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144 | 144 | | 3 State Board of Elections not more than 113 and not less |
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145 | 145 | | 4 than 106 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the |
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146 | 146 | | 5 case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by |
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147 | 147 | | 6 special election in the office of representative in |
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148 | 148 | | 7 Congress from this State, such petition for nomination |
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149 | 149 | | 8 shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board |
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150 | 150 | | 9 of Elections not more than 85 days and not less than 82 |
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151 | 151 | | 10 days prior to the date of the primary. |
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152 | 152 | | 11 Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, |
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153 | 153 | | 12 Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period |
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154 | 154 | | 13 preceding the 106th day before a general primary election, |
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155 | 155 | | 14 petitions for nomination for the office in which the |
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156 | 156 | | 15 vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal |
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157 | 157 | | 16 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor |
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158 | 158 | | 17 less than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary |
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159 | 159 | | 18 election. |
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160 | 160 | | 19 Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or |
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161 | 161 | | 20 alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, |
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162 | 162 | | 21 then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the |
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163 | 163 | | 22 principal office of the State Board of Elections not more |
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164 | 164 | | 23 than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of |
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165 | 165 | | 24 the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or |
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166 | 166 | | 25 policies of a national political party conflict with such |
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167 | 167 | | 26 requirements for filing petitions for nomination for |
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178 | 178 | | 1 delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating |
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179 | 179 | | 2 convention, the chair of the State central committee of |
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180 | 180 | | 3 such national political party shall notify the Board in |
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181 | 181 | | 4 writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the |
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182 | 182 | | 5 national political party in conflict, and in such case the |
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183 | 183 | | 6 Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in |
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184 | 184 | | 7 accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the |
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185 | 185 | | 8 state central committee of such national political party. |
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186 | 186 | | 9 (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county |
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187 | 187 | | 10 office or trustee of a sanitary district then such |
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188 | 188 | | 11 petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk |
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189 | 189 | | 12 not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date |
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190 | 190 | | 13 of the primary. |
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191 | 191 | | 14 (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal |
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192 | 192 | | 15 or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be |
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193 | 193 | | 16 filed in the office of the local election official, not |
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194 | 194 | | 17 more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the |
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195 | 195 | | 18 primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's |
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196 | 196 | | 19 boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the |
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197 | 197 | | 20 jurisdiction of a municipal board of election |
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198 | 198 | | 21 commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office |
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199 | 199 | | 22 of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office |
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200 | 200 | | 23 of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the |
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201 | 201 | | 24 election authority. |
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202 | 202 | | 25 (4) The petitions of candidates for State central |
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203 | 203 | | 26 committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of |
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214 | 214 | | 1 the State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less |
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215 | 215 | | 2 than 106 days prior to the date of the primary. |
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216 | 216 | | 3 (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or |
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217 | 217 | | 4 ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the |
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218 | 218 | | 5 county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior |
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219 | 219 | | 6 to the date of the primary. |
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220 | 220 | | 7 (6) The State Board of Elections and the various |
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221 | 221 | | 8 election authorities and local election officials with |
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222 | 222 | | 9 whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall |
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223 | 223 | | 10 specify the place where filings shall be made and upon |
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224 | 224 | | 11 receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which |
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225 | 225 | | 12 each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons |
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226 | 226 | | 13 waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for |
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227 | 227 | | 14 filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office |
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228 | 228 | | 15 involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. |
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229 | 229 | | 16 or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions |
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230 | 230 | | 17 filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day |
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231 | 231 | | 18 for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that |
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232 | 232 | | 19 day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or |
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233 | 233 | | 20 as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may |
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234 | 234 | | 21 be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as |
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235 | 235 | | 22 filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more |
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236 | 236 | | 23 petitions filed within the last hour of the filing |
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237 | 237 | | 24 deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or |
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238 | 238 | | 25 more petitions are received simultaneously, the State |
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239 | 239 | | 26 Board of Elections or the various election authorities or |
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250 | 250 | | 1 local election officials with whom such petitions are |
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251 | 251 | | 2 filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing, |
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252 | 252 | | 3 by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of |
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253 | 253 | | 4 random selection approved by the State Board of Elections. |
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254 | 254 | | 5 Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following |
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255 | 255 | | 6 the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the |
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256 | 256 | | 7 public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of |
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257 | 257 | | 8 conducting such random selection shall be given by the |
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258 | 258 | | 9 State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central |
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259 | 259 | | 10 committee of each established political party, and by each |
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260 | 260 | | 11 election authority or local election official, to the |
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261 | 261 | | 12 County Chair of each established political party, and to |
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262 | 262 | | 13 each organization of citizens within the election |
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263 | 263 | | 14 jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at |
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264 | 264 | | 15 the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present |
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265 | 265 | | 16 on the day of election. The State Board of Elections, |
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266 | 266 | | 17 election authority or local election official shall post |
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267 | 267 | | 18 in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance |
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268 | 268 | | 19 of the office, notice of the time and place of such |
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269 | 269 | | 20 lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules |
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270 | 270 | | 21 and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct |
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271 | 271 | | 22 of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the |
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272 | 272 | | 23 order in which their petitions have been filed. Where |
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273 | 273 | | 24 candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be |
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274 | 274 | | 25 certified in the order determined by lot and prior to |
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275 | 275 | | 26 candidates who filed for the same office at a later time. |
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286 | 286 | | 1 (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate |
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287 | 287 | | 2 election authority or local election official with whom |
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288 | 288 | | 3 such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the |
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289 | 289 | | 4 person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed |
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290 | 290 | | 5 of the obligation to file statements of organization, |
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291 | 291 | | 6 reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports of |
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292 | 292 | | 7 campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of |
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293 | 293 | | 8 this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner |
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294 | 294 | | 9 prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code. |
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295 | 295 | | 10 (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not |
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296 | 296 | | 11 valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a |
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297 | 297 | | 12 statement of economic interests as required by the |
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298 | 298 | | 13 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his |
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299 | 299 | | 14 candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the |
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300 | 300 | | 15 period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has |
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301 | 301 | | 16 filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the |
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302 | 302 | | 17 same governmental unit with that officer within a year |
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303 | 303 | | 18 preceding the date on which such nomination papers were |
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304 | 304 | | 19 filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the |
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305 | 305 | | 20 statement of economic interest of that candidate are not |
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306 | 306 | | 21 required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate |
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307 | 307 | | 22 must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers |
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308 | 308 | | 23 are filed a receipt from the officer with whom the |
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309 | 309 | | 24 statement of economic interests is filed showing the date |
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310 | 310 | | 25 on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be |
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311 | 311 | | 26 so filed not later than the last day on which nomination |
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322 | 322 | | 1 papers may be filed. |
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323 | 323 | | 2 (9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any |
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324 | 324 | | 3 person for whom a petition for nomination, or for |
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325 | 325 | | 4 committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a |
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326 | 326 | | 5 national nominating convention has been filed may cause |
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327 | 327 | | 6 his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by |
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328 | 328 | | 7 him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to |
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329 | 329 | | 8 take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal |
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330 | 330 | | 9 or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections |
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331 | 331 | | 10 or with the appropriate election authority or local |
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332 | 332 | | 11 election official, not later than the date of |
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333 | 333 | | 12 certification of candidates for the consolidated primary |
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334 | 334 | | 13 or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be |
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335 | 335 | | 14 certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions |
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336 | 336 | | 15 for nomination have been filed for the same person with |
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337 | 337 | | 16 respect to more than one political party, his name shall |
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338 | 338 | | 17 not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any |
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339 | 339 | | 18 party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the |
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340 | 340 | | 19 same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible |
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341 | 341 | | 20 so that the same person could not serve in more than one of |
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342 | 342 | | 21 such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a |
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343 | 343 | | 22 candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5 |
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344 | 344 | | 23 business days following the last day for petition filing. |
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345 | 345 | | 24 A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for |
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346 | 346 | | 25 nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only |
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359 | 359 | | 2 person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or |
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360 | 360 | | 3 subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name |
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361 | 361 | | 4 shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which |
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362 | 362 | | 5 the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to |
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363 | 363 | | 6 withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices |
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364 | 364 | | 7 within such time his name shall not be certified, nor |
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365 | 365 | | 8 printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the |
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366 | 366 | | 9 purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a |
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367 | 367 | | 10 political party is not incompatible with any other office. |
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368 | 368 | | 11 (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other |
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369 | 369 | | 12 statute, no primary shall be held for an established |
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370 | 370 | | 13 political party in any township, municipality, or ward |
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371 | 371 | | 14 thereof, where the nomination of such party for every |
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372 | 372 | | 15 office to be voted upon by the electors of such township, |
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373 | 373 | | 16 municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a |
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374 | 374 | | 17 political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested |
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375 | 375 | | 18 as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted |
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376 | 376 | | 19 upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward |
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377 | 377 | | 20 thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in |
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378 | 378 | | 21 such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided |
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379 | 379 | | 22 that the primary ballot shall not include those offices |
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380 | 380 | | 23 within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for |
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381 | 381 | | 24 which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this |
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382 | 382 | | 25 Article, the nomination of an established political party |
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383 | 383 | | 26 of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to |
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394 | 394 | | 1 be uncontested where not more than the number of persons |
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395 | 395 | | 2 to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers |
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396 | 396 | | 3 seeking the nomination of such party for election to such |
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397 | 397 | | 4 office. |
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398 | 398 | | 5 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other |
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399 | 399 | | 6 statute, no primary election shall be held for an |
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400 | 400 | | 7 established political party for any special primary |
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401 | 401 | | 8 election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in |
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402 | 402 | | 9 the office of representative in the United States Congress |
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403 | 403 | | 10 where the nomination of such political party for said |
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404 | 404 | | 11 office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article, |
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405 | 405 | | 12 the nomination of an established political party of a |
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406 | 406 | | 13 candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to |
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407 | 407 | | 14 be uncontested where not more than the number of persons |
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408 | 408 | | 15 to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers |
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409 | 409 | | 16 seeking the nomination of such established party for |
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410 | 410 | | 17 election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not |
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411 | 411 | | 18 apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly |
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412 | 412 | | 19 scheduled election day. |
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413 | 413 | | 20 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) |
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414 | 414 | | 21 and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has |
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415 | 415 | | 22 not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends |
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416 | 416 | | 23 to become a write-in candidate for a political party's |
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417 | 417 | | 24 nomination for any office for which the nomination is |
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418 | 418 | | 25 uncontested files a written statement or notice of that |
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419 | 419 | | 26 intent with the State Board of Elections or the local |
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431 | 431 | | 2 on the ballot with whom nomination papers for such office |
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432 | 432 | | 3 are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a |
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433 | 433 | | 4 primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or |
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434 | 434 | | 5 notice shall be filed on or before the date established in |
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435 | 435 | | 6 this Article for certifying candidates for the primary |
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436 | 436 | | 7 ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the |
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437 | 437 | | 8 name and address of the person intending to become a |
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438 | 438 | | 9 write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a |
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439 | 439 | | 10 qualified primary elector of the political party from whom |
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440 | 440 | | 11 the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the |
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441 | 441 | | 12 person intends to become a write-in candidate for the |
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442 | 442 | | 13 party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is |
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443 | 443 | | 14 seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority |
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444 | 444 | | 15 shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a |
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445 | 445 | | 16 primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is |
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446 | 446 | | 17 uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the |
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447 | 447 | | 18 requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner. |
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448 | 448 | | 19 (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed |
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449 | 449 | | 20 for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of |
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450 | 450 | | 21 Elections, appropriate election authority or local |
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451 | 451 | | 22 election official where the petitions are filed shall |
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452 | 452 | | 23 within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her |
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453 | 453 | | 24 multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3 |
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454 | 454 | | 25 business days after receipt of the notice to notify the |
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