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Public Act 91-0358
SB956 Enrolled SRS91S0042PMcb
AN ACT concerning elections, amending named Acts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 6A-3 and 7-10 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/6A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-3)
Sec. 6A-3. If the county board adopts an ordinance
providing for the establishment of a county board of election
commissioners, or if a majority of the votes cast on a
proposition submitted in accordance with Section 6A-2 are in
favor of a county board of election commissioners, a county
board of election commissioners shall be appointed in the
same manner as is provided in Article 6 for boards of
election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated
towns, except that the county board of election commissioners
shall be appointed by the chairman of the county board rather
than the circuit court. However, before any appointments are
made, the appointing authority shall ascertain whether the
county clerk desires to be a member of the county board of
election commissioners. If the county clerk so desires, he
shall be one of the members of the county board of election
commissioners, and the appointing authority shall appoint
only 2 other members.
(Source: P.A. 80-648.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
Sec. 7-10. The name of no candidate for nomination, or
State central committeeman, or township committeeman, or
precinct committeeman, or ward committeeman or candidate for
delegate or alternate delegate to national nominating
conventions, shall be printed upon the primary ballot unless
a petition for nomination has been filed in his behalf as
provided in this Article in substantially the following form:
We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the ....
party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
date). the .... day of ...., ....
Name Office Address
John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
Name.................. Address.......................
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of........)
I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter
and have been a registered voter at all times I have
circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street,
in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of Illinois,
and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my
presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my
knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... party,
and that their respective residences are correctly stated, as
above set forth.
.........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date). this
.... day of ...., ....
.........................
Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
and shall contain above the space for signatures an
appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the office, the political party represented and place
of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the
same.
Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
electors residing in the political division for which the
nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
shall be written or printed. The residence address required
to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
elector's name shall include the street address or rural
route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as
the signer's city, village or town. However the county or
city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors signing the petition reside in the same county or
city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may
be used in writing the residence address, including street
number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition
shall be added a statement signed by a registered voter of
the political division, who has been a registered voter at
all times he or she circulated the petition, for which the
candidate is seeking a nomination, stating the street address
or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as
well as the voter's city, village or town; and certifying
that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
in his presence; and either (1) indicating the dates on which
that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and
last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were
signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the
filing of the petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
primary election; and certifying that the signatures on the
sheet are genuine, and certifying that to the best of his
knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political
party for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall
be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer
oaths in this State.
No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the
filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
primary election.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
signature from the petition, provided that;
(1) the person striking the signature shall initial
the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
and
(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
certification listing the page number and line number of
each signature struck from the petition. Such
certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition sheets which are filed with the proper local
election officials, election authorities or the State Board
of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each
of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's
Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this
State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before
the close of the petition filing period) a statement of
economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn
to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take
acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
substantially the following form:
Statement of Candidacy
Name Address Office District Party
John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
Belvidere,
Illinois
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of .......)
I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
.... Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county
of ...., State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter
therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the
case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary
election to be held on (insert date); the .... day of ....,
....; that I am legally qualified (including being the holder
of any license that may be an eligibility requirement for the
office I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and
that I have filed (or I will file before the close of the
petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby
request that my name be printed upon the official primary
ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case of
committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
office.
Signed ......................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
who is to me personally known, on (insert date). this ....
day of ...., 19...
Signed ....................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or
added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by
revocation filed in writing with the State Board of
Elections, election authority or local election official with
whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer
upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished
accordingly.
Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
the same or different offices.
Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
(a) If for a State office, or for delegate or
alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large
to a National nominating convention by not less than
5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
(b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate
or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
district to a national nominating convention by at least
.5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
congressional district, except that for the first primary
following a redistricting of congressional districts such
petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified
primary electors of the candidate's party in his
congressional district.
(c) If for a county office (including county board
member and chairman of the county board where elected
from the county at large), by at least .5% of the
qualified electors of his party cast at the last
preceding general election in his county. However, if
for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook
County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary
electors of his or her party in his or her county in the
district or division in which such person is a candidate
for nomination; and if for county board member from a
county board district, then by at least .5% of the
qualified primary electors of his party in the county
board district. In the case of an election for county
board member to be elected from a district, for the first
primary following a redistricting of county board
districts or the initial establishment of county board
districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
of his party in the entire county at the last preceding
general election, divided by the number of county board
districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
primary electors of his party in the district.
(d) If for a municipal or township office by at
least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at
least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the
case of an election for alderman or trustee of a
municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for
the first primary following a redistricting or the
initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5%
of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
such political party who received the highest number of
votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to
be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the
number of wards or districts, but in any event not less
than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the
ward or district.
(e) If for State central committeeman, by at least
100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
her congressional district.
(f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from
such sanitary district.
(g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his
ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
primary following a reapportionment of the district such
petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified
primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
district.
(h) The number of signatures required for a
candidate for judicial office in a district, circuit, or
subcircuit shall be 0.25% of the number of votes cast for
the judicial candidate of his or her political party who
received the highest number of votes at the last regular
general election at which a judicial officer from the
same district, circuit, or subcircuit was regularly
scheduled to be elected, but in no event shall be less
than 500 signatures If for a candidate for judicial
office, by at least 500 qualified primary electors of his
or her judicial district, circuit, or subcircuit, as the
case may be.
(i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman,
by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of
his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward
committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the
primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a
candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5%
nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his
township or part of a township as the case may be.
(j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or
Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more
counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
party in the territory comprising such counties.
(k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the
total number of registered voters of the political
subdivision, district or division for which the
nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is
greater.
For the purposes of this Section the number of primary
electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
political party who received the highest number of votes,
state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
which electors for President of the United States were
elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary
electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
for the candidate for such political party who received the
highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the
last regular election at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or
districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary
electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
for the candidate for such political party who received the
highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last
regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
to be elected from that ward or district.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one party.
(Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-89; revised 1-26-99.)
Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941
is amended by changing Section 21-14 as follows:
(65 ILCS 20/21-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-14)
Sec. 21-14. Member residency before election; member not
to hold other office.
(a) No member may be elected or appointed to the city
council after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 91st General Assembly unless he or she has resided in the
ward he or she seeks to represent at least 2 years before the
date of the election or appointment. In the election
following redistricting, a candidate for alderman may be
elected from any ward containing a part of the ward in which
he or she resided for the 2 years before the election that
follows the redistricting and may be reelected from the new
ward he or she represents if he or she resides in that ward
for 18 months before the reelection.
(b) No member of the city council shall at the same time
hold any other civil service office under the federal, state
or city government, except if such member is granted a leave
of absence from such civil service office, or except in the
National Guard, or as a notary public, and except such
honorary offices as go by appointment without compensation.
(Source: P.A. 83-1331.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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