HB0723 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Election Code Section 7-61 to modify procedures for filling vacancies in candidate nominations occurring after the general primary election

• Requires designated candidates to file nominating petitions with required signatures within 75 days after the general primary, with the circulation period beginning when the appropriate political party committee designates the person

• Establishes that the State Board of Elections shall hear and pass upon all objections to nomination petitions filed by candidates designated to fill vacancies under these new procedures

• Removes the previous 60-day deadline requirement for filling vacancies and replaces it with the 75-day petition filing requirement for candidates designated by party committees