Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking lines 22-28 on page 2 and inserting:
/ (B) Except as provided herein, the county executive committee of any political party election commission with whom statements of intention of candidacy are filed must file, in turn, provide a copy of all statements of intention of candidacy with the county election commission by noon on the tenth to the appropriate political party executive committee within two days following the deadline for filing statements by candidates. If the tenth second day falls on /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by striking lines 4-8 on page 3 and inserting:
/ statement of intention of candidacy. An error or omission by a person seeking to qualify as a candidate pursuant to this section that is not directly related to a constitutional or statutory qualification for that office must be construed in a manner that favors the person's access to the ballot. /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by striking lines 26-30 on page 6 and inserting:
/ "Section 8-13-365. (A) The commission shall establish a system of electronic filing for all disclosures and reports required pursuant to Chapter 13, Title 8, and Chapter 17, Title 2 from all persons and entities subject to its jurisdiction except for forms and reports required pursuant to Article 9, Chapter 13, Title 8. These /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 7, beginning on line 24 on page 7 and inserting:
/ "Section 7-11-210. Every candidate for selection as a nominee of any political party for any state office, United States Senator, member of Congress, or solicitor, to be voted for in any party primary election or political party convention, shall file with and place in the possession of the treasurer of the state committee state chairman or his designee by twelve o'clock noon on March thirtieth a notice or party pledge in the following form, the blanks being properly filled in and the notice or party pledge signed by the candidate: 'I hereby file my notice as a candidate for the nomination as __________ in the primary election or convention to be held on __________. I affiliate with the __________ Party, and I hereby pledge myself to abide by the results of the primary or convention. I shall not authorize my name to be placed on the general election ballot by petition and will not offer or campaign as a write-in candidate for this office or any other office for which the party has a nominee. I authorize the issuance of an injunction upon ex parte application by the party chairman, as provided by law, should I violate this pledge by offering or campaigning in the ensuing general election for election to this office or any other office for which a nominee has been elected in the party primary election, unless the nominee for the office has become deceased or otherwise disqualified for election in the ensuing general election. I hereby affirm that I meet, or will meet by the time of the general or special election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for this office'.
Every candidate for selection in a primary election as the nominee of any political party for member of the Senate, member of the House of Representatives, and all county and township offices shall file with and place in the possession of the county chairman of the county in which the candidate resides, or the chairman's designee, or other officer as may be named by the county committee of the county in which they reside by twelve o'clock noon on March thirtieth a like notice and party pledge.
The notice of candidacy party pledge required by this section to be filed by a candidate in a primary must be signed personally by the candidate, and the signature of the candidate must be signed in the presence of the county chairman or his designee. A copy of the signed party pledge must be returned to the candidate along with a receipt for any filing fee collected pursuant to Section 7-13-40 or other officer as may be named by the county committee with whom the candidate is filing, or a candidate must have his signature on the notice of the candidacy acknowledged and certified by any officer authorized to administer an oath. The receipt for a filing fee must have the the date and time the fee was collected. Any notice of candidacy party pledge of any candidate signed by an agent in behalf of a candidate shall not be valid.
In the event that a person who was defeated as a candidate for nomination to an office in a party's primary election shall thereafter offer or campaign as a candidate against any nominee for election to any office in the ensuing general election, the state chairman of the party which held the primary (if the office involved is one voted for in the general election by the electors of more than one county), or the county chairman of the party which held the primary (in the case of all other offices), shall forthwith institute an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for an order enjoining the person from so offering or campaigning in the general election, and the court is hereby empowered upon proof of these facts to issue an order." /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 8, beginning on line 39 on page 8, and inserting:
/ "Section 7-11-220. Every candidate for selection in a primary election as the nominee of a political party for the office of State Senator shall file with and place in the possession of the county chairman of the county in which he resides, or the county chairman's designee, or such other officer as may be named by the county committee of the county in which he resides, at the same time as those wishing to offer for nomination in such primary for countywide or less than countywide office, a notice or party pledge as required by Section 7-11-210." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.