Bill Text: IL HB1817 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall produce an online petition packet generation system that allows a potential candidate to enter the appropriate information and select the office for which he or she wishes to run and the system will generate all of the appropriate forms with the accurate formatting and information. Provides that no petitions created by the State Board's online petition packet generation system may be challenged on the basis of formatting or other technicalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2017-03-31 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1817 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1817-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB1817 Introduced , by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/7-10.4 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall produce an online petition packet generation system that allows a potential candidate to enter the appropriate information and select the office for which he or she wishes to run and the system will generate all of the appropriate forms with the accurate formatting and information. Provides that no petitions created by the State Board's online petition packet generation system may be challenged on the basis of formatting or other technicalities.
LRB100 08321 MLM 18429 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB1817 LRB100 08321 MLM 18429 b
AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
7-10.4 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7-10.4 new)
Sec. 7-10.4. Online petition generator.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall produce an online
petition packet generation system that allows a potential
candidate to enter the appropriate information and select the
office for which he or she wishes to run and the system will
generate all of the appropriate forms with the accurate
formatting and information. The system shall also generate a
candidate's guide and campaign finance guide for the selected
office.
(b) No petitions created by the State Board's online
petition packet generation system may be challenged on the
basis of formatting or other technicalities.