Bill Text: IL SB3338 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Specifies that the area on polling place property beyond the campaign free zone that qualifies as a public forum includes immediately adjacent sidewalks and parkways.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1134 [SB3338 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3338-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Specifies that the area on polling place property beyond the campaign free zone that qualifies as a public forum includes immediately adjacent sidewalks and parkways.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1134 [SB3338 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3338-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 1-4 and 25-7 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/1-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-4)
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7 | Sec. 1-4.
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8 | (a) In any case in which this Act prescribes a period of | ||||||
9 | time within
which petitions for nomination must be filed, the | ||||||
10 | office in which
petitions must be filed shall remain open for | ||||||
11 | the receipt of such
petitions until 5:00 P.M. on the last day | ||||||
12 | of the filing period.
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13 | (b) For the 2013 consolidated election period, an election | ||||||
14 | authority or local election official shall accept until 104 | ||||||
15 | days before the election at which candidates are to be on the | ||||||
16 | ballot any petitions for nomination or certificate of | ||||||
17 | nomination required by this Code to be filed no earlier than | ||||||
18 | 113 and no later than 106 days before the consolidated | ||||||
19 | election. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for | ||||||
20 | purposes of this subsection (b) only, signatures and circulator | ||||||
21 | statements on petitions for nomination filed with an election | ||||||
22 | authority or local election official on the final day for | ||||||
23 | filing petitions for nomination shall not be deemed invalid for |
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1 | the sole reason that the petitions were circulated between 90 | ||||||
2 | and 92 days before the last day for filing petitions. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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4 | (10 ILCS 5/25-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-7)
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5 | Sec. 25-7.
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6 | (a) When any vacancy shall occur in the office of | ||||||
7 | representative in congress
from this state more than 180 days | ||||||
8 | before the next general election, the
Governor shall issue a | ||||||
9 | writ of election within 5 days after the occurrence
of that | ||||||
10 | vacancy to the county clerks of the several counties in the
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11 | district where the vacancy exists, appointing a day within 115 | ||||||
12 | days of issuance of the writ to hold
a special election to fill | ||||||
13 | such vacancy.
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14 | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section or any | ||||||
15 | other law to the contrary, a special election to fill a vacancy | ||||||
16 | in the office of representative in congress occurring less than | ||||||
17 | 60 days following the 2012 general election shall be held as | ||||||
18 | provided in this subsection (b). A special primary election | ||||||
19 | shall be held on February 26, 2013, and a special election | ||||||
20 | shall be held on April 9, 2013. | ||||||
21 | Except as provided in this subsection (b), the provisions | ||||||
22 | of Article 7 of this Code are applicable to petitions for the | ||||||
23 | special primary election and special election. Petitions for | ||||||
24 | nomination in accordance with Article 7 shall be filed in the | ||||||
25 | principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than |
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1 | 54 and not less than 50 days prior to the date of the special | ||||||
2 | primary election, excluding Saturday and Sunday. Petitions for | ||||||
3 | the nomination of independent candidates and candidates of new | ||||||
4 | political parties shall be filed in the principal office of the | ||||||
5 | State Board of Elections not more than 68 and not less than 64 | ||||||
6 | days prior to the date of the special election, excluding | ||||||
7 | Saturday and Sunday. | ||||||
8 | Except as provided in this subsection, the State Board of | ||||||
9 | Elections shall have authority to establish, in conjunction | ||||||
10 | with the impacted election authorities, an election calendar | ||||||
11 | for the special election and special primary. | ||||||
12 | If an election authority is unable to have a sufficient | ||||||
13 | number of ballots printed so that ballots will be available for | ||||||
14 | mailing at least 46 days prior to the special primary election | ||||||
15 | or special election to persons who have filed an application | ||||||
16 | for a ballot under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code, | ||||||
17 | the election authority shall, no later than 45 days prior to | ||||||
18 | each election, mail to each of those persons a Special Write-in | ||||||
19 | Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot in accordance with Section | ||||||
20 | 16-5.01 of this Code. The election authority shall advise those | ||||||
21 | persons that the names of candidates to be nominated or elected | ||||||
22 | shall be available on the election authority's website and | ||||||
23 | shall provide a phone number the person may call to request the | ||||||
24 | names of the candidates for nomination or election. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 78-781.)
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26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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