(10 ILCS 5/7-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-2)
Sec. 7-2.
A political party, which at the general election for State and
county officers then next preceding a primary, polled more than 5 per cent
of the entire vote cast in the State, is hereby declared to be a political
party within the State, and shall nominate all candidates provided for in
this Article 7 under the provisions hereof, and shall elect precinct,
township, ward, and State central committeepersons as herein provided.
A political party, which at the general election for State and county
officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the
entire vote cast within any congressional district, is hereby declared to
be a political party within the meaning of this Article, within such
congressional district, and shall nominate its candidate for Representative
in Congress, under the provisions hereof. A political party, which at the
general election for State and county officers then next preceding a
primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in any county,
is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
Article, within said county, and shall nominate all county officers in said
county under the provisions hereof, and shall elect precinct, township, and
ward committeepersons, as herein provided.
A political party, which at the municipal election for city, village, or
incorporated town officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5
per cent of the entire vote cast in any city, village, or incorporated
town is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
Article, within said city, village, or incorporated town, and shall nominate
all city, village, or incorporated town officers in said city, village, or
incorporated town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
cases provided in Section 7-1.
A political party, which at the municipal election for town officers
then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote
cast in said town, is hereby declared to be a political party within the
meaning of this Article, within said town, and shall nominate all town
officers in said town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
cases provided in Section 7-1.
A political party, which at the municipal election in any other
municipality or political subdivision, (except townships and school
districts), for municipal or other officers therein then next preceding a
primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in such
municipality or political subdivision, is hereby declared to be a political
party within the meaning of this Article, within said municipality or
political subdivision, and shall nominate all municipal or other officers
therein under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the cases provided
in Section 7-1.
Provided, that no political organization or group shall be qualified as
a political party hereunder, or given a place on a ballot, which
organization or group is associated, directly or indirectly, with
Communist, Fascist, Nazi, or other un-American principles and engages in
activities or propaganda designed to teach subservience to the political
principles and ideals of foreign nations or the overthrow by violence of
the established constitutional form of government of the United States and
the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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