96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4761

 

Introduced 1/11/2010, by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/29-12.5 new

    Amends the Election Code. Prohibits county clerks and members of boards of election commissioners from making public endorsements of candidates and public questions when the candidates' names and the questions appear on ballots solely of political subdivisions within their election jurisdiction. Effective immediately.


LRB096 16183 JAM 31437 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4761 LRB096 16183 JAM 31437 b

1     AN ACT concerning election officials.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
5 29-12.5 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/29-12.5 new)
7     Sec. 29-12.5. Political endorsements by election
8 officials. No county clerk or member of a board of election
9 commissioners may publicly endorse any candidate for a public
10 office or any public question when the candidate's name or the
11 question appears on ballots solely in political subdivisions
12 within the jurisdiction of that election authority and not
13 elsewhere in the State. This prohibition includes but is not
14 limited to print and broadcast endorsements.
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.