Bill Text: IL HB5877 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Changes provisions requiring a petition or certificate of nomination to include a statement that the filing candidate is not affiliated with a communist organization or specified group which advocates the overthrow of constitutional government by force or other means not permitted under the U.S. Constitution or the Illinois Constitution to include any hate group and white supremacist organization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-10 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5877 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5877-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5877 Introduced , by Rep. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/7-10.1 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1
Amends the Election Code. Changes provisions requiring a petition or certificate of nomination to include a statement that the filing candidate is not affiliated with a communist organization or specified group which advocates the overthrow of constitutional government by force or other means not permitted under the U.S. Constitution or the Illinois Constitution to include any hate group and white supremacist organization.
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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
7-10.1 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1)
Sec. 7-10.1. Each petition or certificate of nomination
shall include as a part thereof, a statement for each of the
candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition or
certificate of nomination is filed, said statement shall be
subscribed and sworn to by such candidate or nominee before
some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this
State and shall be in substantially the following form:
United States of America )
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State of Illinois )
I, .... do swear that I am a citizen of the United States
and the State of Illinois, that I am not affiliated directly or
indirectly with any communist organization or any communist
front organization, any hate group, any white supremacist
organization, or any foreign political agency, party,
organization or government which advocates the overthrow of
constitutional government by force or other means not permitted

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under the Constitution of the United States or the constitution
of this State; that I do not directly or indirectly teach or
advocate the overthrow of the government of the United States
or of this State or any unlawful change in the form of the
governments thereof by force or any unlawful means.
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Subscribed and sworn to by me on (insert date).
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(Notary Public)
My commission expires: .....
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)