Illinois Senate Bill 662 was sent to the Governor on September 13. It includes the ballot access improvements required by the 7th circuit decision Lee v Keith. It lowers the number of signatures for an independent candidate for the legislature from 10% of the last vote cast, to 5%. It moves the deadline for all independent candidates from December of the year before the primary, to June of the election year. And it repeals the law that says someone who signs for an independent cannot then vote in the next primary.

SB 662 passed the legislature on August 15. Illinois procedures for getting bills to the Governor are very slow. But now that the Governor has the bill, he must sign the bill (or veto it, which is extremely unlikely) by November 12.