Full Text of SB1140 101st General Assembly
SB1140 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1140 Introduced 2/5/2019, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/7-10.2 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2 | 10 ILCS 5/7-17 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-17 | 10 ILCS 5/10-5.1 | from Ch. 46, par. 10-5.1 | 10 ILCS 5/16-3 | from Ch. 46, par. 16-3 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that if a judicial candidate or candidate for State's Attorney has changed his or her name at any time after being admitted to practice law in Illinois and before the last day for filing the petition or certificate for that office, then the candidate's name on the petition or certificate must include a list of prior names and dates for each name change during that time period, and the petition or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the previous names and the date or dates each of those names was changed. Provides that failure to meet the requirements shall be grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 7-10.2, 7-17, 10-5.1, and 16-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-10.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-10.2. In the designation of the name of a candidate | 8 | | on a petition for
nomination or certificate of nomination the | 9 | | candidate's given name or
names, initial or initials, a | 10 | | nickname by which the candidate is
commonly known, or a | 11 | | combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
candidate's | 12 | | surname. If a candidate , except a judicial candidate or a | 13 | | candidate for State's Attorney, has changed his or her name, | 14 | | whether by a statutory or common law procedure in Illinois or | 15 | | any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the last day for | 16 | | filing the petition or certificate for that office, whichever | 17 | | is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the petition or | 18 | | certificate must be followed by "formerly known as (list all | 19 | | prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on | 20 | | (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition or | 21 | | certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | 22 | | stating the candidate's previous names during the period | 23 | | specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those names was |
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| 1 | | changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds | 2 | | for denying certification of the candidate's name for the | 3 | | ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as | 4 | | appropriate . | 5 | | If a judicial candidate or candidate for State's Attorney | 6 | | has changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common | 7 | | law procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, at any | 8 | | time after being admitted to practice law in Illinois and | 9 | | before the last day for filing the petition or certificate for | 10 | | that office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's | 11 | | name on the petition or certificate must be followed by | 12 | | "formerly known as (list prior names, including his or her name | 13 | | at the time he or she was admitted to practice law in Illinois | 14 | | and any subsequent names) until name changed on (list date of | 15 | | each such name change)" and (ii) the petition or certificate | 16 | | must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the | 17 | | candidate's previous names during the period specified in item | 18 | | (i) and the date or dates each of those names was changed; | 19 | | failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds for denying | 20 | | certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or | 21 | | removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as appropriate. | 22 | | These , but these requirements do not apply to name changes | 23 | | resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or | 24 | | parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | 25 | | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | 26 | | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation such |
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| 1 | | as a political slogan, as
defined by Section 7-17, title or | 2 | | degree, or
nickname suggesting or implying possession of a | 3 | | title, degree or professional
status, or similar information | 4 | | may be used in connection with the candidate's
surname.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07 .)
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-17)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-17. Candidate ballot name procedures.
| 8 | | (a) Each election authority in each county shall cause to | 9 | | be
printed upon the general primary ballot of each party for | 10 | | each precinct
in his jurisdiction the name of each candidate | 11 | | whose petition for
nomination or for committeeperson has been | 12 | | filed in the office of the
county clerk, as herein provided; | 13 | | and also the name of each candidate
whose name has been | 14 | | certified to his office by the State Board of
Elections, and in | 15 | | the order so certified, except as hereinafter
provided.
| 16 | | It shall be the duty of the election authority to cause to | 17 | | be printed
upon the consolidated primary ballot of each | 18 | | political party for each
precinct in his jurisdiction the name | 19 | | of each candidate whose name has
been certified to him, as | 20 | | herein provided and which is to be voted for
in such precinct.
| 21 | | (b) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the | 22 | | primary ballot
the candidate's given name or names, initial or | 23 | | initials, a nickname by
which the candidate is commonly known, | 24 | | or a combination thereof, may be
used in addition to the | 25 | | candidate's surname. If a candidate , except a judicial |
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| 1 | | candidate or a candidate for State's Attorney, has changed his | 2 | | or her name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | 3 | | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | 4 | | last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination | 5 | | papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, whichever | 6 | | is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the primary | 7 | | ballot must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior | 8 | | names during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list | 9 | | date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, | 10 | | or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | 11 | | stating the candidate's previous names during the period | 12 | | specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those names was | 13 | | changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds | 14 | | for denying certification of the candidate's name for the | 15 | | ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as | 16 | | appropriate . | 17 | | If a judicial candidate or candidate for State's Attorney | 18 | | has changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common | 19 | | law procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, at any | 20 | | time after being admitted to practice law in Illinois and | 21 | | before the last day for filing the petition for nomination, | 22 | | nomination papers, or certificate of nomination for that | 23 | | office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name | 24 | | on the primary ballot must be followed by "formerly known as | 25 | | (list prior names, including his or her name at the time he or | 26 | | she was admitted to practice law in Illinois and any subsequent |
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| 1 | | names) until name changed on (list date of each such name | 2 | | change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, or certificate must be | 3 | | accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the | 4 | | candidate's previous names during the period specified in item | 5 | | (i) and the date or dates each of those names was changed; | 6 | | failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds for denying | 7 | | certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or | 8 | | removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as appropriate. | 9 | | These , but these requirements do not apply to name changes | 10 | | resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or | 11 | | parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | 12 | | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | 13 | | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation such
| 14 | | as a political slogan, title, or degree, or nickname suggesting | 15 | | or
implying possession of
a title, degree or professional | 16 | | status, or similar information may be
used in connection
with | 17 | | the candidate's surname.
For purposes of this Section, a | 18 | | "political slogan" is defined as any
word
or words expressing | 19 | | or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the
candidate | 20 | | may espouse, including but not limited to, any word or words
| 21 | | conveying any meaning other than that of the personal identity | 22 | | of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a political slogan as | 23 | | part of his or her name on the
ballot, notwithstanding that the | 24 | | political slogan may be part of the
candidate's name.
| 25 | | (c) The State Board of Elections, a local election | 26 | | official, or an election
authority shall remove any candidate's |
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| 1 | | name designation from a ballot that is
inconsistent with | 2 | | subsection (b) of this Section. In addition, the State Board
of | 3 | | Elections, a local election official, or an election authority | 4 | | shall not
certify to any election authority any candidate name | 5 | | designation that is
inconsistent with subsection (b) of this | 6 | | Section.
| 7 | | (d) If the State Board of Elections, a local election | 8 | | official, or an
election authority removes a candidate's name | 9 | | designation from a ballot
under subsection (c) of this Section, | 10 | | then the aggrieved candidate may
seek appropriate relief in | 11 | | circuit court.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 13 | | (10 ILCS 5/10-5.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5.1)
| 14 | | Sec. 10-5.1. In the designation of the name of a candidate | 15 | | on a certificate of
nomination or nomination papers the | 16 | | candidate's given name or names,
initial or initials, a | 17 | | nickname by which the candidate is commonly
known, or a | 18 | | combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
candidate's | 19 | | surname. If a candidate , except a judicial candidate or a | 20 | | candidate for State's Attorney, has changed his or her name, | 21 | | whether by a statutory or common law procedure in Illinois or | 22 | | any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the last day for | 23 | | filing the certificate of nomination or nomination papers for | 24 | | that office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's | 25 | | name on the certificate or papers must be followed by "formerly |
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| 1 | | known as (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until | 2 | | name changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) | 3 | | the certificate or paper must be accompanied by the candidate's | 4 | | affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the | 5 | | period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those | 6 | | names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be | 7 | | grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for | 8 | | the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as | 9 | | appropriate . | 10 | | If a judicial candidate or candidate for State's Attorney | 11 | | has changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common | 12 | | law procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, at any | 13 | | time after being admitted to practice law in Illinois and | 14 | | before the last day for filing the certificate of nomination or | 15 | | nomination papers for that office, whichever is applicable, | 16 | | then (i) the candidate's name on the certificate or papers must | 17 | | be followed by "formerly known as (list prior names, including | 18 | | his or her name at the time he or she was admitted to practice | 19 | | law in Illinois and any subsequent names) until name changed on | 20 | | (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the certificate | 21 | | or paper must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | 22 | | stating the candidate's previous names during the period | 23 | | specified in item (i) and the date or dates each of those names | 24 | | was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be | 25 | | grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for | 26 | | the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as |
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| 1 | | appropriate. | 2 | | These , but these requirements do not apply to name changes | 3 | | resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or | 4 | | parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | 5 | | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | 6 | | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation such | 7 | | as a political slogan,
title, or
degree, or
nickname suggesting | 8 | | or implying possession of a title, degree or professional
| 9 | | status, or
similar information may be used in connection with | 10 | | the candidate's
surname.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07 .)
| 12 | | (10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
| 13 | | Sec. 16-3. (a) The names of all candidates to be voted for | 14 | | in each
election district or precinct shall be printed on one | 15 | | ballot, except as
is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01 of | 16 | | this Act and except as otherwise
provided in this Act with | 17 | | respect to the odd year regular elections and
the emergency | 18 | | referenda; all nominations
of any political party being placed | 19 | | under the party appellation or title
of such party as | 20 | | designated in the certificates of nomination or
petitions. The | 21 | | names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
the | 22 | | ballot in a column or columns under the heading "independent"
| 23 | | arranged under the names or titles of the respective offices | 24 | | for which
such independent candidates shall have been nominated | 25 | | and so far as
practicable, the name or names of any independent |
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| 1 | | candidate or
candidates for any office shall be printed upon | 2 | | the ballot opposite the
name or names of any candidate or | 3 | | candidates for the same office
contained in any party column or | 4 | | columns upon said ballot. The ballot
shall contain no other | 5 | | names, except that in cases of electors for
President and | 6 | | Vice-President of the United States, the names of the
| 7 | | candidates for President and Vice-President may be added to the | 8 | | party
designation and words calculated to aid the voter in his | 9 | | choice of candidates
may be added, such as "Vote for one," | 10 | | "Vote for not more than three." If no candidate or candidates | 11 | | file for an office and if no person or persons file a | 12 | | declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then below | 13 | | the title of that office the election authority instead shall | 14 | | print "No Candidate". When an electronic
voting system is used | 15 | | which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the candidates
and | 16 | | questions shall appear on the pages of such booklet in the | 17 | | order
provided by this Code; and, in any case where candidates | 18 | | for an office
appear on a page which does not contain the name | 19 | | of any candidate for
another office, and where less than 50% of | 20 | | the page is utilized, the name of
no candidate shall be printed | 21 | | on the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or
outside of the | 22 | | ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
| 23 | | "Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling | 24 | | place for
which the ballot is prepared, the date of the | 25 | | election and a facsimile
of the signature of the election | 26 | | authority who has caused the ballots to
be printed. The ballots |
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| 1 | | shall be of plain white paper, through which the
printing or | 2 | | writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use at the
| 3 | | nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed on | 4 | | different color
paper, except blue paper, whenever necessary or | 5 | | desirable to facilitate
distinguishing between ballots for | 6 | | different political subdivisions. In
the case of nonpartisan | 7 | | elections for officers of a political
subdivision, unless the | 8 | | statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to
Article VII of the | 9 | | Constitution providing the form of government
therefor | 10 | | requires otherwise, the column listing such nonpartisan
| 11 | | candidates shall be printed with no appellation or circle at | 12 | | its head.
The party appellation or title, or the word | 13 | | "independent" at the head of
any column provided for | 14 | | independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less | 15 | | than one-fourth of an inch in height
and a
circle one-half inch | 16 | | in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of
the line in | 17 | | which such appellation or title is printed, provided,
however, | 18 | | that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
| 19 | | or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names | 20 | | of
candidates shall be printed in letters not less than | 21 | | one-eighth
nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and | 22 | | at the beginning of
each line in which a name of a candidate is | 23 | | printed a square shall be
printed, the sides of which shall be | 24 | | not less than one-fourth of an inch
in length. However, the | 25 | | names of the candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor on | 26 | | the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket
and a single |
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| 1 | | square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The list
of | 2 | | candidates of the several parties and any such list of | 3 | | independent
candidates shall be placed in separate columns on | 4 | | the ballot in such
order as the election authorities charged | 5 | | with the printing of the
ballots shall decide; provided, that | 6 | | the names of the candidates of the
several political parties, | 7 | | certified by the State Board of Elections to
the several county | 8 | | clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
proper | 9 | | county on the official ballot in the order certified by the | 10 | | State
Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing, neglecting | 11 | | or failing to
print on the official ballot the names of | 12 | | candidates of the several
political parties in the order | 13 | | certified by the State Board of
Elections, and any county clerk | 14 | | who prints or causes to be printed upon
the official ballot the | 15 | | name of a candidate, for an office to be filled
by the Electors | 16 | | of the entire State, whose name has not been duly
certified to | 17 | | him upon a certificate signed by the State Board of
Elections | 18 | | shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
| 19 | | (b) When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes | 20 | | a ballot
card,
on the inside flap of each ballot card envelope | 21 | | there shall be printed
a form for write-in voting which shall | 22 | | be substantially as follows:
| 23 | | WRITE-IN VOTES
| 24 | | (See card of instructions for specific information. | 25 | | Duplicate form below
by hand for additional write-in votes.)
| 26 | | _____________________________
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| 1 | | Title of Office
| 2 | | ( ) ____________________________
| 3 | | Name of Candidate
| 4 | | Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which | 5 | | a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or | 6 | | more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in | 7 | | candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in | 8 | | candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the | 9 | | certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION | 10 | | PENDING".
| 11 | | (c) When an electronic voting system is used which uses a | 12 | | ballot sheet,
the
instructions to voters on the ballot sheet | 13 | | shall refer the voter to the
card of instructions for specific | 14 | | information on write-in voting. Below
each office appearing on | 15 | | such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
the casting of | 16 | | a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of | 17 | | candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an | 18 | | office only if one or more persons filed declarations of intent | 19 | | to be write-in candidates or qualify to file declarations to be | 20 | | write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the | 21 | | certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION | 22 | | PENDING".
| 23 | | (d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be | 24 | | printed on the
back of each ballot card, each ballot card | 25 | | envelope, and
the first page of the ballot label when a ballot | 26 | | label is used, the
words "Official Ballot," followed by the |
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| 1 | | number of the
precinct or other precinct identification, which | 2 | | may be stamped, in lieu
thereof and, as applicable, the number | 3 | | and name of the township, ward
or other election district for | 4 | | which the ballot card, ballot card
envelope, and ballot label | 5 | | are prepared, the date of the election and a
facsimile of the | 6 | | signature of the election authority who has caused the
ballots | 7 | | to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include
a | 8 | | method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a | 9 | | listing of the
political subdivisions and districts for which | 10 | | votes may be cast on that
ballot, or a number code identifying | 11 | | the ballot configuration or color coded
ballots, except that | 12 | | where there is only one ballot configuration in a
precinct, the | 13 | | precinct identification, and any applicable ward
| 14 | | identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes | 15 | | used in punch
card systems shall be of paper through which no | 16 | | writing or punches may be
discerned and shall be of sufficient | 17 | | length to enclose all voting
positions. However, the election | 18 | | authority may provide
ballot card envelopes on which no | 19 | | precinct number or township, ward or
other election district | 20 | | designation, or election date are preprinted, if
space and a | 21 | | preprinted form are provided below the space provided for
the | 22 | | names of write-in candidates where such information may be | 23 | | entered
by the judges of election. Whenever an election | 24 | | authority utilizes
ballot card envelopes on which the election | 25 | | date and precinct is not
preprinted, a judge of election shall | 26 | | mark such information for the
particular precinct and election |
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| 1 | | on the envelope in ink before tallying
and counting any | 2 | | write-in vote written thereon.
If some method of insuring | 3 | | ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used,
such information | 4 | | must be provided on the ballot itself.
| 5 | | (e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the | 6 | | ballot, the
candidate's given name or names, initial or | 7 | | initials, a nickname by
which the candidate is commonly known, | 8 | | or a combination thereof, may be
used in addition to the | 9 | | candidate's surname. If a candidate , except a judicial | 10 | | candidate or a candidate for State's Attorney, has changed his | 11 | | or her name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | 12 | | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | 13 | | last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination | 14 | | papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, whichever | 15 | | is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the ballot must | 16 | | be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names during | 17 | | the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of each | 18 | | such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, or | 19 | | certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | 20 | | stating the candidate's previous names during the period | 21 | | specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those names was | 22 | | changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds | 23 | | for denying certification of the candidate's name for the | 24 | | ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as | 25 | | appropriate . | 26 | | If a judicial candidate or candidate for State's Attorney |
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| 1 | | has changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common | 2 | | law procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, at any | 3 | | time after being admitted to practice law in Illinois and | 4 | | before the last day for filing the petition for nomination, | 5 | | nomination papers, or certificate of nomination for that | 6 | | office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name | 7 | | on the ballot must be followed by "formerly known as (list | 8 | | prior names, including his or her name at the time he or she | 9 | | was admitted to practice law in Illinois and any subsequent | 10 | | names) until name changed on (list date of each such name | 11 | | change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, or certificate must be | 12 | | accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the | 13 | | candidate's previous names during the period specified in item | 14 | | (i) and the date or dates each of those names was changed; | 15 | | failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds for denying | 16 | | certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or | 17 | | removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as appropriate. | 18 | | These , but these requirements do not apply to name changes | 19 | | resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or | 20 | | parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | 21 | | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | 22 | | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation such
| 23 | | as a political slogan, title, or degree or nickname suggesting | 24 | | or
implying possession of a
title, degree or professional | 25 | | status, or similar information may be used
in connection with | 26 | | the candidate's surname.
For purposes of this Section, a |
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| 1 | | "political slogan" is defined as any
word or words expressing | 2 | | or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the
candidate | 3 | | may espouse, including but not limited to, any word or words
| 4 | | conveying any meaning other than that of the personal identity | 5 | | of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a political slogan as | 6 | | part of his or her name on the
ballot, notwithstanding that the | 7 | | political slogan may be part of the
candidate's name.
| 8 | | (f) The State Board of Elections, a local election | 9 | | official, or an
election
authority shall remove any candidate's | 10 | | name designation from a ballot that is
inconsistent with | 11 | | subsection (e) of this Section. In addition, the State Board
of | 12 | | Elections, a local election official, or an election authority | 13 | | shall not
certify to any election authority any candidate name | 14 | | designation that is
inconsistent with subsection (e) of this | 15 | | Section.
| 16 | | (g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election | 17 | | official, or an
election
authority removes a candidate's name | 18 | | designation from a ballot under
subsection (f) of this Section, | 19 | | then the aggrieved candidate may seek
appropriate relief in | 20 | | circuit court.
| 21 | | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 22 | | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | 23 | | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | 24 | | is applicable.
| 25 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election | 26 | | authorities from using
or reusing ballot card envelopes which |
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| 1 | | were printed before the effective
date of this amendatory Act | 2 | | of 1985.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; | 4 | | 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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