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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4419 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/7-10.1 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1 |
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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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| | HB4419 | | LRB102 22477 HLH 31617 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 7-10.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 7-10.1.
Each petition or certificate of nomination |
| 8 | | shall include as a
part thereof, a statement for each of the |
| 9 | | candidates filing, or in whose
behalf the petition or |
| 10 | | certificate of nomination is filed, said statement
shall be |
| 11 | | subscribed and sworn to by such candidate or nominee before |
| 12 | | some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in |
| 13 | | this State and shall
be in substantially the following form:
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| 14 | | United States of America )
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| 15 | | ) ss
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| 16 | | State of Illinois )
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| 17 | | I, .... do swear that I am a citizen of the United States |
| 18 | | and the State
of Illinois, that I am not affiliated directly or |
| 19 | | indirectly with any
communist organization or any communist |
| 20 | | front organization, any socialist organization, or any foreign
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| 21 | | political agency, party, organization or government which |
| 22 | | advocates the
overthrow of constitutional government by force |
| 23 | | or other means not
permitted under the Constitution of the |