101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5313

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/10-8  from Ch. 46, par. 10-8

    Amends the Election Code. Allows for objections to certificates of nomination and petitions to submit public question to a referendum to also be submitted using an electronic method approved and provided by the election authority. Provides that if an election authority has required paperless submission of an objector's petitions and has provided a secure Internet-based portal for such, the election authority shall provide the objector with the ability to provide general explanations of objections, attach exhibits, and save progress before submitting and may further require that the objector or his or her agent use the software to indicate each line on the petition to which he or she objects individually. Makes conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
510-8 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
7    Sec. 10-8. Certificates of nomination and nomination
8papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a
9referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being in
10apparent conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be
11deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in
12writing, or submitted using an electronic method approved and
13provided by the election authority, within 5 business days
14after the last day for filing the certificate of nomination or
15nomination papers or petition for a public question, with the
16following exceptions:
17        A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
18    Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
19    period of 35 business days after the last day for the
20    filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
21        B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
22    public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
23    State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after

 

 

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1    the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
2    objections can be filed.
3    Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district in
4which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
5any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
6amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
7public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
8State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
9nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
10petition together with 2 copies thereof, unless submitting the
11objector's petition by an electronic method approved and
12provided by the election authority, in the principal office or
13the permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections, or
14in the office of the election authority or local election
15official with whom the certificate of nomination, nomination
16papers or petitions are on file. Objection petitions that do
17not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be accepted. In the
18case of nomination papers or certificates of nomination, the
19State Board of Elections, election authority or local election
20official shall note the day and hour upon which such objector's
21petition is filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the
22second business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
23registered mail or receipted personal delivery, or by an
24electronic method mutually agreed upon by the election
25authority and the electoral board, the certificate of
26nomination or nomination papers and the original objector's

 

 

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1petition to the chair of the proper electoral board designated
2in Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall
3transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
4delivery of the objector's petition, to the candidate whose
5certificate of nomination or nomination papers are objected to,
6addressed to the place of residence designated in said
7certificate of nomination or nomination papers, unless the
8election authority has required paperless service of documents
9and notices through an Internet-based portal that allows secure
10access and timestamping of information submitted and
11retrieved. In the case of objections to a petition for a
12proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for an
13advisory public question to be submitted to the voters of the
14entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the day
15and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and shall
16transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered mail
17or receipted personal delivery to the person designated on a
18certificate attached to the petition as the principal proponent
19of such proposed amendment or public question, or as the
20proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice of
21objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
22public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
23subdivision, or district thereof, the election authority or
24local election official with whom such petition is filed shall
25note the day and hour upon which such objector's petition was
26filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the second

 

 

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1business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
2registered mail or receipted personal delivery the petition for
3the public question and the original objector's petition to the
4chair of the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9
5hereof, or his authorized agent, or by an electronic method
6mutually agreed upon by the election authority and the
7electoral board, and shall transmit a copy by registered mail
8or receipted personal delivery, of the objector's petition to
9the person designated on a certificate attached to the
10petition, unless the election authority has required paperless
11service of documents and notices through an Internet-based
12portal that allows secure access and timestamping of
13information submitted and retrieved, as the principal
14proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
15attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
16    The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
17residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
18objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
19papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
20of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
21electoral board. If an election authority has required
22paperless submission of an objector's petitions and has
23provided a secure Internet-based portal for such, the election
24authority shall provide the objector with the ability to
25provide general explanations of objections, attach exhibits,
26and save progress before submitting and may further require

 

 

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1that the objector or his or her agent use the software to
2indicate each line on the petition to which he or she objects
3individually.
4    The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
5and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
6petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
7except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to which
8it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions for
9the submission of public questions under Article 28.
10(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)