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91_HB1790enr
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 10-6.
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 Section 10-6 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
8 Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Except as
9 provided in Section 10-3, certificates of nomination and
10 nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for
11 offices to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any
12 district not entirely within a county, or for congressional,
13 state legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to
14 the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
15 than 141 99 nor less than 134 92 days previous to the day of
16 election for which the candidates are nominated. The State
17 Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of
18 nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and the
19 date and hour of presentment to it. Except as otherwise
20 provided in this section, all other certificates for the
21 nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk
22 of the respective counties not more than 141 99 but at least
23 134 92 days previous to the day of such election.
24 Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
25 nomination of candidates for the offices of political
26 subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
27 general election shall be filed with the local election
28 official of such subdivision:
29 (1) (Blank);
30 (2) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
31 consolidated election; or
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1 (3) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
2 general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled
3 at the general primary election; or
4 (4) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
5 consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be
6 elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including
7 without limitation, those municipal offices subject to
8 Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
9 (5) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
10 municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan
11 municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
12 (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
13 multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed with
14 the election authority not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
15 before the consolidated election.
16 However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
17 co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of
18 a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates
19 of nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
20 political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
21 such Board.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.
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