Section 202.10  Filing Times at the Office of the State Board of Elections

 

a)         All new political party petitions for the formation of that party and for the nomination of candidates to public office, and all independent candidate petitions, with regard to all General Elections to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years, shall be filed at the principal office of the State Board of Elections, 2329 S. MacArthur Boulevard, Springfield, Illinois 62704.

 

b)         During the statutory filing period, petitions will be received at the principal office of the State Board of Elections from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.  No nominating petitions will be accepted after 5:00 p.m.

 

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 8818, effective June 20, 2016)

 

Section 202.20  Determination of Nominating Petition's Official Time of Filing

 

Petitions for nomination, when received in the principal office of the State Board of Elections, shall be deemed to have been filed in the following order:

 

a)         Petitions received in the first regular mail delivery shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. that date;

 

b)         All petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day of filing shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. that date;

 

c)         Petitions either received in the mail or filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections thereafter shall be deemed filed as of the time they are actually received by the State Board of Elections.

 

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 8818, effective June 20, 2016)

 

Section 202.30  Filing Times for Objections and Withdrawals

 

a)         Objections to or withdrawals of the new political party or independent candidate petitions filed with the State Board of Elections shall be received either in the principal office of the State Board of Elections in Springfield or at the permanent branch office at 100 West Randolph, Suite 14-100, Chicago, Illinois 60601 within five business days after the last day of the statutory period during which new political party petitions for formation and nomination of candidates shall be filed.

 

b)         During the statutory period wherein objections and withdrawals shall be filed, objections and withdrawals will be received at the offices of the State Board of Elections from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.  No objections or withdrawals will be accepted after 5:00 p.m.

 

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 8818, effective June 20, 2016)

 

Section 202.40  Simultaneous Filings for the Same Office –- Lottery

 

Simultaneous filings of new political party petitions for full slates of candidates occur only at 8:00 a.m. on the first day of filing and in the last hour of filing on the last day of filing.  The lottery system to be used by the State Board of Elections, the election authority, or the local election official to break ties resulting from such simultaneous filings must be approved by the State Board of Elections.  The following system has been so approved:

 

a)         New political party petitions received shall be classified according to the political subdivision to which they relate.  Within each classification, petitions filed simultaneously shall be numbered consecutively commencing with the number one;

 

b)         All ties in new political party filings shall be broken by a single drawing.  A number shall be placed in a container representing each number assigned to the new political party petitions.  For example, if five petitions are filed simultaneously, then five numbers, one, two, three, four and five shall be placed in the container;

 

c)         After the numbers are placed in the container, they shall be drawn one at a time from the container after being thoroughly shaken and mixed. With respect to simultaneous filings at 8:00 a.m. on the first day of filing, the new political party petition corresponding to the first number drawn shall be certified first and so forth until all numbers are drawn. With respect to simultaneous filings in the last hour of the last day of filing, the new political party petition corresponding to the first number drawn shall be certified last and so forth until all numbers are drawn. No nominating petitions will be accepted after 5 p.m.;

 

d)         All new political parties shall be certified after the established political parties in the order in which petitions have been filed or with regard to simultaneous filings, in the order determined by the lottery procedure outlined in this Section.

 

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 2841, effective January 25, 2016)

 

Section 202.50  Nominating Petitions Filed with County Clerks (Repealed)

 

(Source:  Repealed at 40 Ill. Reg. 8818, effective June 20, 2016)