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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 | | Sections 1-4 and 25-7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1-4.
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| 8 | | (a) In any case in which this Act prescribes a period of |
| 9 | | time within
which petitions for nomination must be filed, the |
| 10 | | office in which
petitions must be filed shall remain open for |
| 11 | | the receipt of such
petitions until 5:00 P.M. on the last day |
| 12 | | of the filing period.
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| 13 | | (b) For the 2013 consolidated election period, an election |
| 14 | | authority or local election official shall accept until 104 |
| 15 | | days before the election at which candidates are to be on the |
| 16 | | ballot any petitions for nomination or certificate of |
| 17 | | nomination required by this Code to be filed no earlier than |
| 18 | | 113 and no later than 106 days before the consolidated |
| 19 | | election. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for |
| 20 | | purposes of this subsection (b) only, signatures and circulator |
| 21 | | statements on petitions for nomination filed with an election |
| 22 | | authority or local election official on the final day for |
| 23 | | filing petitions for nomination shall not be deemed invalid for |
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| 1 | | the sole reason that the petitions were circulated between 90 |
| 2 | | and 92 days before the last day for filing petitions. |
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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| 4 | | (10 ILCS 5/25-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-7)
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| 5 | | Sec. 25-7.
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| 6 | | (a) When any vacancy shall occur in the office of |
| 7 | | representative in congress
from this state more than 180 days |
| 8 | | before the next general election, the
Governor shall issue a |
| 9 | | writ of election within 5 days after the occurrence
of that |
| 10 | | vacancy to the county clerks of the several counties in the
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| 11 | | district where the vacancy exists, appointing a day within 115 |
| 12 | | days of issuance of the writ to hold
a special election to fill |
| 13 | | such vacancy.
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| 14 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section or any |
| 15 | | other law to the contrary, a special election to fill a vacancy |
| 16 | | in the office of representative in congress occurring less than |
| 17 | | 60 days following the 2012 general election shall be held as |
| 18 | | provided in this subsection (b). A special primary election |
| 19 | | shall be held on February 26, 2013, and a special election |
| 20 | | shall be held on April 9, 2013. |
| 21 | | Except as provided in this subsection (b), the provisions |
| 22 | | of Article 7 of this Code are applicable to petitions for the |
| 23 | | special primary election and special election. Petitions for |
| 24 | | nomination in accordance with Article 7 shall be filed in the |
| 25 | | principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than |
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| 1 | | 54 and not less than 50 days prior to the date of the special |
| 2 | | primary election, excluding Saturday and Sunday. Petitions for |
| 3 | | the nomination of independent candidates and candidates of new |
| 4 | | political parties shall be filed in the principal office of the |
| 5 | | State Board of Elections not more than 68 and not less than 64 |
| 6 | | days prior to the date of the special election, excluding |
| 7 | | Saturday and Sunday. |
| 8 | | Except as provided in this subsection, the State Board of |
| 9 | | Elections shall have authority to establish, in conjunction |
| 10 | | with the impacted election authorities, an election calendar |
| 11 | | for the special election and special primary. |
| 12 | | If an election authority is unable to have a sufficient |
| 13 | | number of ballots printed so that ballots will be available for |
| 14 | | mailing at least 46 days prior to the special primary election |
| 15 | | or special election to persons who have filed an application |
| 16 | | for a ballot under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code, |
| 17 | | the election authority shall, no later than 45 days prior to |
| 18 | | each election, mail to each of those persons a Special Write-in |
| 19 | | Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot in accordance with Section |
| 20 | | 16-5.01 of this Code. The election authority shall advise those |
| 21 | | persons that the names of candidates to be nominated or elected |
| 22 | | shall be available on the election authority's website and |
| 23 | | shall provide a phone number the person may call to request the |
| 24 | | names of the candidates for nomination or election. |
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 78-781.)
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| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |