Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3299 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3299 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-810 ILCS 5/10-8.5 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that election authorities may authorize service of objections to candidate nominations through electronic mail in lieu of personal service under specified circumstances. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 11000 SPS 21082 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3299 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-810 ILCS 5/10-8.5 new 10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-8 10 ILCS 5/10-8.5 new Amends the Election Code. Provides that election authorities may authorize service of objections to candidate nominations through electronic mail in lieu of personal service under specified circumstances. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 11000 SPS 21082 b LRB104 11000 SPS 21082 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3299 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the Election Code. Provides that election authorities may authorize service of objections to candidate nominations through electronic mail in lieu of personal service under specified circumstances. Makes conforming changes.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
16	16	5 Section 10-8 and by adding Section 10-8.5 as follows:
17	17	6 (10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
18	18	7 Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
19	19	8 certificates of nomination and nomination papers, and
20	20	9 petitions to submit public questions to a referendum, being
21	21	10 filed as required by this Code, and being in apparent
22	22	11 conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to
23	23	12 be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing
24	24	13 within 5 business days after the last day for filing the
25	25	14 certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition for
26	26	15 a public question, with the following exceptions:
27	27	16 A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
28	28	17 Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
29	29	18 period of 35 business days after the last day for the
30	30	19 filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
31	31	20 B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
32	32	21 public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
33	33	22 State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3299 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the Election Code. Provides that election authorities may authorize service of objections to candidate nominations through electronic mail in lieu of personal service under specified circumstances. Makes conforming changes.
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71	71	1 objections can be filed.
72	72	2 Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
73	73	3 in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
74	74	4 any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
75	75	5 amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
76	76	6 public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
77	77	7 State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
78	78	8 nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
79	79	9 petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
80	80	10 office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
81	81	11 Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
82	82	12 election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
83	83	13 nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection
84	84	14 petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be
85	85	15 accepted. In the case of nomination papers or certificates of
86	86	16 nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
87	87	17 or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
88	88	18 which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
89	89	19 than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
90	90	20 petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
91	91	21 delivery, or by electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, the
92	92	22 certificate of nomination or nomination papers and the
93	93	23 original objector's petition to the chair of the proper
94	94	24 electoral board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his
95	95	25 authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered mail
96	96	26 or receipted personal delivery, or by electronic delivery
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107	107	1 under Section 10-8.5, of the objector's petition, to the
108	108	2 candidate whose certificate of nomination or nomination papers
109	109	3 are objected to, addressed to the place of residence
110	110	4 designated in said certificate of nomination or nomination
111	111	5 papers. In the case of objections to a petition for a proposed
112	112	6 amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for an advisory
113	113	7 public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
114	114	8 State, the State Board of Elections shall note the day and hour
115	115	9 upon which such objector's petition is filed and shall
116	116	10 transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered mail
117	117	11 or receipted personal delivery, or by electronic delivery
118	118	12 under Section 10-8.5, to the person designated on a
119	119	13 certificate attached to the petition as the principal
120	120	14 proponent of such proposed amendment or public question, or as
121	121	15 the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice
122	122	16 of objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
123	123	17 public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
124	124	18 subdivision, or district thereof, the election authority or
125	125	19 local election official with whom such petition is filed shall
126	126	20 note the day and hour upon which such objector's petition was
127	127	21 filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the second
128	128	22 business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
129	129	23 registered mail or receipted personal delivery, or by
130	130	24 electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, the petition for the
131	131	25 public question and the original objector's petition to the
132	132	26 chair of the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9
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143	143	1 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
144	144	2 registered mail or receipted personal delivery, or by
145	145	3 electronic delivery under Section 10-8.5, of the objector's
146	146	4 petition to the person designated on a certificate attached to
147	147	5 the petition as the principal proponent of the public
148	148	6 question, or as the proponent's attorney, for the purposes of
149	149	7 receiving notice of objections.
150	150	8 The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
151	151	9 residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
152	152	10 objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
153	153	11 papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
154	154	12 of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
155	155	13 electoral board.
156	156	14 The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
157	157	15 and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
158	158	16 petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
159	159	17 except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
160	160	18 which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions
161	161	19 for the submission of public questions under Article 28.
162	162	20 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
163	163	21 (10 ILCS 5/10-8.5 new)
164	164	22 Sec. 10-8.5. Electronic service of objections. Election
165	165	23 authorities may authorize service of objections to candidate
166	166	24 nominations through electronic mail in lieu of personal
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