Bill Text: IL HB2997 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the publication of the results of an election to choose presidential and vice-presidential electors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2997 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2997-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB2997 Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 46, par. 21-3
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the publication of the results of an election to choose presidential and vice-presidential electors.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
21-3 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-3)
Sec. 21-3. Within five days after the the votes shall have
been canvassed and the results declared or the result declared
by lot as provided for in Section 21-2 above, the Governor
shall cause the result of said election to be published, and
shall proclaim the persons electors of President and
Vice-President so chosen composing the list so elected, by
transmitting by mail to the several persons so chosen and
composing the list or set elected, electors of President and
Vice-President certificates in triplicate, under the Seal of
State of their appointment, and shall also transmit under the
Seal of State to the Secretary of State of the United States
the certificate of the election of said electors as required by
the laws of Congress.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)