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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5877 Introduced , by Rep. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/7-10.1 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1 |
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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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| | HB5877 | | LRB101 23438 SMS 74714 b |
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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 Section |
| 5 | | 7-10.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 7-10.1.
Each petition or certificate of nomination |
| 8 | | shall include as a
part thereof, a statement for each of the |
| 9 | | candidates filing, or in whose
behalf the petition or |
| 10 | | certificate of nomination is filed, said statement
shall be |
| 11 | | subscribed and sworn to by such candidate or nominee before |
| 12 | | some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this |
| 13 | | State and shall
be in substantially the following form:
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| 14 | | United States of America )
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| 15 | | ) ss
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| 16 | | State of Illinois )
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| 17 | | I, .... do swear that I am a citizen of the United States |
| 18 | | and the State
of Illinois, that I am not affiliated directly or |
| 19 | | indirectly with any
communist organization or any communist |
| 20 | | front organization, any hate group, any white supremacist |
| 21 | | organization, or any foreign
political agency, party, |
| 22 | | organization or government which advocates the
overthrow of |
| 23 | | constitutional government by force or other means not
permitted |