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LRB095 17791 JAM 43870 b |
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| AN ACT concerning election officials.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 29-12.5 as
follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/29-12.5 new)
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| Sec. 29-12.5. Political endorsements by election |
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| officials. No county clerk
or member of a board of election |
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| commissioners may publicly endorse any
candidate for a public |
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| office or any public question appearing on ballots solely in |
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| political subdivisions within the jurisdiction of that |
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| election authority and not elsewhere in the State. This |
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| prohibition includes but is not limited
to print and broadcast |
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| endorsements.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law. |