(10 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-2)
Sec. 8-2.
The term "political party" as used in this article shall mean a
political party which, at the next preceding election for governor, polled
at least five per cent of the entire vote cast in the State; 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: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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