96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2991


 
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



10 ILCS 5/7-10.2
  from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2








    Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
the names of candidates on a petition or certificate for nomination.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB2991

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    AN ACT concerning elections.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 
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7-10.2 as follows:
 


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    (10 ILCS 5/7-10.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2)



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    Sec. 7-10.2. In the
the designation of the name of a 
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candidate on a petition for
nomination or certificate of 
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nomination the candidate's given name or
names, initial or 
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initials, a nickname by which the candidate is
commonly known, 
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or a combination thereof, may be used in addition to the

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candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her 
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name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in 
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Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the 
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last day for filing the petition or certificate for that 
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office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name 
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on the petition or certificate must be followed by "formerly 
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known as (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until 
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name changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) 
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the petition or certificate must be accompanied by the 
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candidate's affidavit stating the candidate's previous names 
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during the period specified in (i) and the date or dates each 
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of those names was changed; failure to meet these requirements 
 


 






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shall be grounds for denying certification of the candidate's 
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name for the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the 
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ballot, as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to 
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name changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive 
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parent's or parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's 
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surname, or dissolution of marriage or declaration of 
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invalidity of marriage to assume a former surname. No other 
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designation such as a political slogan, as
defined by Section 
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7-17, title or degree, or
nickname suggesting or implying 
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possession of a title, degree or professional
status, or 
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similar information may be used in connection with the 
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candidate's
surname.
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(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07.)