103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2021

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/10-6  from Ch. 46, par. 10-6

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for congressional, state legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113 (rather than 141) nor less than 106 (rather than 134) days before the date of the primary for political parties (rather than previous to the day of election for which the candidates are nominated). Provides that in the case of petitions for the office of multi-township assessor, nomination petitions shall be filed with the election authority not more than 99 (rather than 113) nor less than 92 (rather than 106) days before the date of the primary (rather than before the consolidated election).


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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
5Section 10-6 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/10-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
7    Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Except as otherwise
8provided in this Code, certificates of nomination and
9nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for offices
10to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any district
11not entirely within a county, or for congressional, state
12legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to the
13principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than
14113 141 nor less than 106 134 days before the date of the
15primary for political parties as provided in Sections 7-12 and
168-9 previous to the day of election for which the candidates
17are nominated. The State Board of Elections shall endorse the
18certificates of nomination or nomination papers, as the case
19may be, and the date and hour of presentment to it. Except as
20otherwise provided in this Code, all other certificates for
21the nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county
22clerk of the respective counties not more than 141 but at least
23134 days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of

 

 

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1nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
2candidates for school district offices to be filled at
3consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or
4county board of election commissioners of the county in which
5the principal office of the school district is located not
6more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the consolidated
7election. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
8certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
9nomination of candidates for the other offices of political
10subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
11general election shall be filed with the local election
12official of such subdivision:
13        (1) (Blank);
14        (2) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
15    the consolidated election; or
16        (3) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
17    the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be
18    filled at the general primary election; or
19        (4) not more than 99 nor less than 92 days before the
20    consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to
21    be elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law
22    (including without limitation, those municipal offices
23    subject to Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
24        (5) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the
25    municipal primary in even numbered years for such
26    nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are

 

 

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1    provided; or
2        (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
3    multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
4    with the election authority not more than 99 113 nor less
5    than 92 days before the date of the primary as provided by
6    paragraph (3) of Section 7-12 106 days before the
7    consolidated election.
8    However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
9co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
10municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
11nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
12political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
13such Board.
14(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)