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Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 1/5/2022
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1953
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1953 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
5 | | Sections 2A-1.1b, 7-4, 7-10, 8-8, and 19-2 as follows: |
6 | | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b) |
7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) |
8 | | Sec. 2A-1.1b. 2022 general primary election and general |
9 | | election dates. |
10 | | (a) In addition to the provisions of this Code and
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11 | | notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions
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12 | | in this Section shall govern the dates for the conduct of the
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13 | | 2022 general primary election and for preparing for the 2022 |
14 | | general election. The provisions of this Code shall
control |
15 | | any aspect of the administration or conduct of the 2022
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16 | | general primary election and 2022 general election that is not |
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1 | | provided for in this Section,
provided that in the event of |
2 | | conflict between this Section and
any other provision of this |
3 | | Code or any other law, the
provisions of this Section shall |
4 | | control. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all
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5 | | election authorities, including, but not limited to, those
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6 | | under the jurisdiction of a Board of Election Commissioners. |
7 | | The provisions of this Section shall apply for the
dates for |
8 | | the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general |
9 | | election only
and the provisions of this amendatory Act of the |
10 | | 102nd General
Assembly shall be in effect through December 31, |
11 | | 2022. |
12 | | (b) Petitions for nomination for the general primary |
13 | | election may begin circulation on January 13, 2022. All |
14 | | petitions for nomination of an established party candidate for |
15 | | statewide office shall be signed by at least 3,250 but not more |
16 | | than 6,500 of the qualified primary electors of the |
17 | | candidate's party. All petitions for nomination of an |
18 | | established party candidate for the office of Representative |
19 | | in the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 400 but not |
20 | | more than 1,000 of the qualified primary electors of the |
21 | | candidate's party in the candidate's representative district. |
22 | | All petitions for nomination of an established party candidate |
23 | | for the office of State Senator shall be signed by at least 650 |
24 | | but not more than 2,000 of the qualified primary electors of |
25 | | the candidate's party in the candidate's legislative district. |
26 | | The signature requirement for an established party candidate |
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1 | | for all other offices shall be reduced by one-third and any |
2 | | provision of this Code limiting the maximum number of |
3 | | signatures that may be submitted for those offices shall be |
4 | | reduced by one-third. |
5 | | (c) Petitions for nomination for congressional, or |
6 | | judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is |
7 | | made for a territorial division or district which comprises |
8 | | more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in |
9 | | another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water |
10 | | Reclamation District) for the general primary election may be |
11 | | filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections |
12 | | beginning on March 7, 2022 but no later than March 14, 2022; a |
13 | | petition for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election |
14 | | in the office of representative in Congress from this State |
15 | | (for vacancies occurring between February 21, 2022 and March |
16 | | 14, 2022) for the general primary election may be filed in the |
17 | | principal office of the State Board of Elections beginning |
18 | | March 28, 2022 but no later than April 4, 2022. |
19 | | (d) Objections to certificates of nomination and |
20 | | nomination papers and petitions to submit public questions to |
21 | | a referendum for the general primary election shall be filed |
22 | | no later than March 21, 2022. |
23 | | (e) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 19-2 to the |
24 | | contrary, electors Electors may request vote by mail ballots |
25 | | for the general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 |
26 | | but no later than June 23, 2022. |
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1 | | (f) Petitions for nomination for independent candidates |
2 | | and new political party candidates for the general election |
3 | | may begin circulation on April 13, 2022. |
4 | | (g) The State Board of Elections shall certify the names |
5 | | of candidates who filed nomination papers or certificates of |
6 | | nomination for the general primary election with the Board no |
7 | | later than April 21, 2022. |
8 | | (h) A notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in |
9 | | candidate for the general primary election shall be filed with |
10 | | the proper election authority or authorities no later than |
11 | | April 28, 2022. |
12 | | (i) Each election authority shall mail ballots to each |
13 | | person who has filed an application for a ballot for the |
14 | | general primary election under Article 20 no later than May |
15 | | 14, 2022, and any application received after May 12, 2022 |
16 | | shall be mailed within 2 business days after receipt of the |
17 | | application. |
18 | | (j) The period for early voting by personal appearance for |
19 | | the general primary election shall begin on May 19, 2022. |
20 | | (k) The general primary election shall be held on June 28, |
21 | | 2022. |
22 | | (l) The last day for an established party managing |
23 | | committee to appoint someone to fill a vacancy for the general |
24 | | election when no candidate was nominated at the general |
25 | | primary election and for the appointee to file the required |
26 | | documentation is July 25, 2022. The signature requirement for |
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1 | | an established party candidate filing to fill a vacancy shall |
2 | | be reduced by two-thirds and any provision of this Code |
3 | | limiting the maximum number of signatures that may be |
4 | | submitted for those offices shall be reduced by two-thirds. |
5 | | Objections to nomination papers, certificates of nomination, |
6 | | or resolutions for established party candidates filing to fill |
7 | | a vacancy shall be filed no later than August 1, 2022. |
8 | | (m) Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for |
9 | | the nomination of new political parties and independent |
10 | | candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire |
11 | | State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for |
12 | | congressional, State legislative or judicial offices shall be |
13 | | presented to the principal office of the State Board of |
14 | | Elections beginning July 5, 2022 but no later than July 11, |
15 | | 2022. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the |
16 | | nomination of new political parties and independent candidates |
17 | | for all other offices shall be presented to the appropriate |
18 | | election authority or local election official with whom such |
19 | | nomination papers are filed beginning July 5, 2022 but no |
20 | | later than July 11, 2022. |
21 | | (n) Objections to certificates of nomination and |
22 | | nomination papers for new political parties and independent |
23 | | candidates for the general election shall be filed no later |
24 | | than July 18, 2022. |
25 | | (o) (Blank). |
26 | | (p) (Blank). |
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1 | | (q) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
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2 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
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3 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-4)
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4 | | Sec. 7-4.
The following words and phrases in this Article |
5 | | 7 shall,
unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be |
6 | | construed as
follows:
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7 | | 1. The word "primary", the primary elections provided for |
8 | | in this
Article, which are the general primary, the |
9 | | consolidated primary, and for
those municipalities which have |
10 | | annual partisan elections for any officer,
the municipal |
11 | | primary held 6 weeks prior to the general primary election
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12 | | date in even numbered years.
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13 | | 2. The definitions of terms in Section 1-3 of this Code |
14 | | shall apply to
this Article.
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15 | | 3. The word "precinct", a voting district heretofore or |
16 | | hereafter
established by law within which all qualified |
17 | | electors vote at one
polling place.
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18 | | 4. The words "state office" or "state officer", an office |
19 | | to be
filled, or an officer to be voted for, by qualified |
20 | | electors of the
entire state, including United States Senator |
21 | | and Congressperson at large.
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22 | | 5. The words "congressional office" or "congressional |
23 | | officer",
representatives in Congress.
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24 | | 6. The words "county office" or "county officer," include |
25 | | an office
to be filled or an officer to be voted for, by the |
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1 | | qualified electors of
the entire county. "County office" or |
2 | | "county officer" also include the
assessor and board of |
3 | | appeals and county commissioners and president of
county board |
4 | | of Cook County, and county board members and the chair
of the |
5 | | county board in counties subject to Division 2-3 of the |
6 | | Counties Code.
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7 | | 7. The words "city office" and "village office," and |
8 | | "incorporated
town office" or "city officer" and "village |
9 | | officer", and "incorporated
town officer", an office to be |
10 | | filled or an officer to be voted for by
the qualified electors |
11 | | of the entire municipality, including alderpersons.
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12 | | 8. The words "town office" or "town officer", an office to |
13 | | be filled
or an officer to be voted for by the qualified |
14 | | electors of an entire
town.
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15 | | 9. The words "town" and "incorporated town" shall |
16 | | respectively be
defined as in Section 1-3 of this Code.
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17 | | 10. The words "delegates and alternate delegates to |
18 | | National
nominating conventions" include all delegates and |
19 | | alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions whether |
20 | | they be elected from the state
at large or from congressional |
21 | | districts or selected by State convention
unless contrary and |
22 | | non-inclusive language specifically limits the term
to one |
23 | | class.
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24 | | 11. "Judicial office" means a post held by a judge of the |
25 | | Supreme,
Appellate, or Circuit Court. |
26 | | "State Central Committeeperson" includes "committeeman" or |
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1 | | "committeewoman" for those persons elected or appointed under |
2 | | State Central Committee Alternative B under Section 7-8.
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3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
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4 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
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5 | | Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no |
6 | | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or |
7 | | township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward |
8 | | committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate |
9 | | delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
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10 | | upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has |
11 | | been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in |
12 | | substantially the following form:
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13 | | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the |
14 | | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, |
15 | | in the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of |
16 | | Illinois, do hereby petition that
the following named person |
17 | | or persons shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party |
18 | | for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
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19 | | election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to |
20 | | be voted
for at the primary election to be held on (insert |
21 | | date).
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22 | | Name |
Office |
Address |
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23 | | John Jones |
Governor |
Belvidere, Ill. |
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24 | | Jane James | Lieutenant Governor | Peoria, Ill. |
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25 | | Thomas Smith |
Attorney General |
Oakland, Ill. |
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1 | | Name.................. Address.......................
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2 | | State of Illinois)
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3 | | ) ss.
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4 | | County of........)
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5 | | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... |
6 | | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of |
7 | | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen |
8 | | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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9 | | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the |
10 | | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at |
11 | | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... |
12 | | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly |
13 | | stated, as above set forth.
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14 | | .........................
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15 | | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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16 | | .........................
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17 | | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of |
18 | | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size |
19 | | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an |
20 | | appropriate heading giving the information
as to name of |
21 | | candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
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22 | | signed; the office, the political party represented and place |
23 | | of
residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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1 | | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary |
2 | | electors residing
in the political division for which the |
3 | | nomination is sought in their
own proper persons only and |
4 | | opposite the signature of each signer, his
residence address |
5 | | shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to |
6 | | be written or printed opposite each qualified primary |
7 | | elector's
name shall include the street address or rural route |
8 | | number of the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the |
9 | | signer's county, and city, village or
town, and state.
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10 | | However, the county or city, village or town, and state of |
11 | | residence of
the electors may be printed on the petition forms |
12 | | where all of the
electors signing the petition reside in the |
13 | | same county or city, village
or town, and state. Standard |
14 | | abbreviations may be used in writing the
residence address, |
15 | | including street number, if any. At the bottom of
each sheet of |
16 | | such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
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17 | | a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the |
18 | | United States,
stating the street address or rural route |
19 | | number, as the case may be, as well
as the county, city, |
20 | | village or town, and state;
and certifying that the signatures |
21 | | on that sheet of the petition were signed in
his or her |
22 | | presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
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23 | | either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was |
24 | | circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last dates on |
25 | | which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
for elections where the |
26 | | petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none |
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1 | | of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days |
2 | | preceding the last day for the filing of the petition , or (4) |
3 | | for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the |
4 | | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of |
5 | | January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the |
6 | | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of |
7 | | January 13, 2022 through the date on which this Statement was |
8 | | sworn or affirmed to and certifying that
to the best of his or |
9 | | her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the |
10 | | time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the |
11 | | political party for
which a nomination is sought. Such |
12 | | statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to |
13 | | administer oaths in this State.
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14 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition |
15 | | sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the
last |
16 | | day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
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17 | | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on |
18 | | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any |
19 | | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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20 | | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial |
21 | | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; |
22 | | and
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23 | | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a |
24 | | certification
listing the page number and line number of |
25 | | each signature struck from
the petition. Such |
26 | | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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1 | | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened |
2 | | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and |
3 | | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable |
4 | | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. |
5 | | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end |
6 | | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition |
7 | | sheets which are filed with the proper local election |
8 | | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of |
9 | | Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed |
10 | | by the voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not |
11 | | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must |
12 | | include
as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of |
13 | | the candidates filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is |
14 | | filed. This statement shall set out the
address of such |
15 | | candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
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16 | | that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to |
17 | | which the
petition relates and is qualified for the office |
18 | | specified (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it |
19 | | shall state that the candidate is at the time
of filing such |
20 | | statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall |
21 | | state
that he has filed (or will file before the close of the |
22 | | petition filing period)
a statement of economic interests as |
23 | | required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall |
24 | | request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
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25 | | ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate |
26 | | before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds |
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1 | | in the State and shall be in
substantially the following form:
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2 | | Statement of Candidacy
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3 | | Name |
Address |
Office |
District |
Party |
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4 | | John Jones |
102 Main St. |
Governor |
Statewide |
Republican |
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Belvidere, |
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Illinois |
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7 | | State of Illinois)
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8 | | ) ss.
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9 | | County of .......)
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10 | | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... |
11 | | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., |
12 | | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a |
13 | | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a |
14 | | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of |
15 | | committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the |
16 | | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be |
17 | | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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18 | | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility |
19 | | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold |
20 | | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the |
21 | | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic |
22 | | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act |
23 | | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official |
24 | | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case |
25 | | of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) |
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1 | | such
office.
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2 | | Signed ......................
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3 | | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., |
4 | | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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5 | | Signed ....................
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6 | | (Official Character)
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7 | | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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8 | | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added |
9 | | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation |
10 | | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election |
11 | | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is |
12 | | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. |
13 | | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required |
14 | | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction |
15 | | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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16 | | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must |
17 | | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on |
18 | | his or her petition for nomination.
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19 | | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating |
20 | | convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
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21 | | candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or |
22 | | alternate
delegate to a national nominating convention elected |
23 | | from the State at-large,
then the candidate's petition for |
24 | | nomination must contain at least 5,000 but
not more than |
25 | | 10,000 signatures.
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1 | | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a |
2 | | national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided |
3 | | in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States |
4 | | Congress or as a
congressional delegate or alternate |
5 | | congressional delegate to a national
nominating convention |
6 | | elected from a congressional district, then the
candidate's |
7 | | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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8 | | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of |
9 | | his or her party
in his or her congressional district. In the |
10 | | first primary election following a
redistricting of |
11 | | congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
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12 | | must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary |
13 | | electors of the
candidate's political party in his or her |
14 | | congressional district.
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15 | | (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this |
16 | | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
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17 | | including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or |
18 | | county board
member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county |
19 | | other than Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for |
20 | | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures |
21 | | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
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22 | | cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her |
23 | | county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member |
24 | | elected from a county board district, then
the candidate's |
25 | | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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26 | | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of |
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1 | | his or her party
in the
county board district. In the first |
2 | | primary election following a redistricting
of county board |
3 | | districts or the initial establishment of county board
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4 | | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain |
5 | | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the |
6 | | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who |
7 | | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by |
8 | | the
total number of county board districts comprising the |
9 | | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of |
10 | | signatures be less than 25.
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11 | | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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12 | | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office |
13 | | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for |
14 | | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures |
15 | | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party |
16 | | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in |
17 | | Cook County.
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18 | | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board |
19 | | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination |
20 | | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to |
21 | | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party |
22 | | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary |
23 | | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of |
24 | | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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25 | | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures |
26 | | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party |
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1 | | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding |
2 | | general election divided by the total number of county |
3 | | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that |
4 | | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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5 | | (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a |
6 | | candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
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7 | | Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to |
8 | | subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code, |
9 | | then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain |
10 | | at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
the |
11 | | total number of registered voters in his or her board of
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12 | | review district in the last general election at which a |
13 | | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from |
14 | | that board of review district. In no
event shall the |
15 | | number of signatures required be greater than the |
16 | | requisite
number for a candidate who seeks countywide |
17 | | office in Cook County
under subsection (d)(1) of this |
18 | | Section. In the first primary election
following a |
19 | | redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
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20 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least |
21 | | 4,000 signatures
or at least the number of signatures |
22 | | required for a countywide candidate in
Cook County, |
23 | | whichever is less,
of the qualified electors of his or her |
24 | | party in the district.
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25 | | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to |
26 | | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's |
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1 | | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of |
2 | | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of |
3 | | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a |
4 | | candidate
seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then |
5 | | the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least |
6 | | the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified |
7 | | primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
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8 | | primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
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9 | | districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of |
10 | | wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for nomination must |
11 | | contain the number of signatures
equal to at least 0.5% of the |
12 | | total number of votes cast for the candidate of
that political |
13 | | party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
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14 | | municipality at the last regular election at which an officer |
15 | | was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
the entire |
16 | | municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In |
17 | | no
event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
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18 | | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to |
19 | | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's |
20 | | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures |
21 | | of the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her |
22 | | congressional district.
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23 | | (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise |
24 | | provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee |
25 | | of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from |
26 | | wards, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must |
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1 | | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the |
2 | | primary electors of his or her party from the
sanitary |
3 | | district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a sanitary |
4 | | district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
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5 | | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the |
6 | | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary electors of |
7 | | his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In
the
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8 | | first primary election following redistricting of sanitary |
9 | | districts elected
from wards, a candidate's petition for |
10 | | nomination must contain at least the
signatures of 150 |
11 | | qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that
sanitary |
12 | | district.
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13 | | (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this |
14 | | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a |
15 | | district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must |
16 | | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of |
17 | | votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her |
18 | | political party for the office of Governor at the last general |
19 | | election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less |
20 | | than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial |
21 | | office in a
circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's |
22 | | petition for nomination
must contain the number of signatures |
23 | | equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
cast for the judicial |
24 | | candidate of his or her political party who received the
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25 | | highest number of votes
at the last general election at which a |
26 | | judicial
officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was |
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1 | | regularly scheduled
to be elected, but in no event less than |
2 | | 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the |
3 | | First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other |
4 | | Judicial District.
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5 | | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except |
6 | | as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to
run |
7 | | for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition |
8 | | for nomination
must contain at least 10 signatures of the |
9 | | primary electors of his or her
party for the precinct. If a |
10 | | candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
then the |
11 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than |
12 | | the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors |
13 | | of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% of those |
14 | | same electors; provided that the
maximum number of signatures |
15 | | may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is greater. |
16 | | If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then |
17 | | the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less |
18 | | than the number of
signatures equal to 5% of the primary |
19 | | electors of his or her party of the
township, but no more than |
20 | | 8% of those same electors;
provided that the maximum number of |
21 | | signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum number, whichever |
22 | | is greater.
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23 | | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools |
24 | | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's |
25 | | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more |
26 | | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination |
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1 | | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of |
2 | | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory |
3 | | comprising the counties.
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4 | | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other |
5 | | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must |
6 | | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the |
7 | | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or |
8 | | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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9 | | whichever is greater.
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10 | | For purposes of this Section the number of primary |
11 | | electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in |
12 | | the applicable district, for the
candidate for that political |
13 | | party who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at |
14 | | the last general election in the State at which electors for
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15 | | President of the United States were elected. For political |
16 | | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be |
17 | | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for |
18 | | that political party who received the highest number
of votes |
19 | | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at |
20 | | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from |
21 | | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political |
22 | | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
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23 | | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for |
24 | | that political
party who received the highest number of votes |
25 | | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which |
26 | | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that |
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1 | | ward or district.
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2 | | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign |
3 | | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one |
4 | | party.
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5 | | The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are |
6 | | declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
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7 | | (d).
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8 | | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein |
9 | | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the |
10 | | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for |
11 | | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of |
12 | | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including |
13 | | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
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14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
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15 | | (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
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16 | | Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no |
17 | | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary |
18 | | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed |
19 | | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such |
20 | | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by |
21 | | Section 7-10.1 of
this Act and a statement of candidacy by the |
22 | | candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. |
23 | | This statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, |
24 | | the office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the |
25 | | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which |
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1 | | the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified |
2 | | and
has filed a statement of economic interests as required by |
3 | | the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the |
4 | | candidate's name be
placed upon the official ballot and shall |
5 | | be subscribed and sworn by
such candidate before some officer |
6 | | authorized to take acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and |
7 | | may be in substantially the following form:
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8 | | State of Illinois)
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9 | | ) ss.
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10 | | County ..........)
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11 | | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... |
12 | | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... |
13 | | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a |
14 | | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate |
15 | | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the |
16 | | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally |
17 | | qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement |
18 | | of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental |
19 | | Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon |
20 | | the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
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21 | | Signed ....................
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22 | | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., |
23 | | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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24 | | Signed .... (Official Character)
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25 | | (Seal if officer has one.)
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26 | | The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating |
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1 | | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic |
2 | | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act |
3 | | must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in |
4 | | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
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5 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions |
6 | | for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
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7 | | by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified |
8 | | primary electors of
the candidate's party in his legislative |
9 | | district.
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10 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions |
11 | | for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
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12 | | Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than |
13 | | 1,500 of
the qualified primary electors of the candidate's |
14 | | party in his or her
representative district.
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15 | | Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector |
16 | | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State |
17 | | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence |
18 | | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address |
19 | | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
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20 | | primary elector's name shall include the street address or |
21 | | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well |
22 | | as the signer's county
and city, village or town.
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23 | | For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary |
24 | | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in |
25 | | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political |
26 | | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at |
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1 | | the last general election in the State at which
electors for |
2 | | President of the United States were elected.
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3 | | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign |
4 | | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one |
5 | | party.
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6 | | In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition |
7 | | circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who |
8 | | is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her |
9 | | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as |
10 | | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; |
11 | | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the |
12 | | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify |
13 | | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that to the |
14 | | best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing |
15 | | were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary |
16 | | voters for which the
nomination is sought.
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17 | | In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the |
18 | | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on |
19 | | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the |
20 | | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) |
21 | | for elections where the petition circulation period is 90 |
22 | | days, certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were |
23 | | signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
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24 | | of the petition , (4) for the 2022 general primary election |
25 | | only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed |
26 | | during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or |
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1 | | certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during |
2 | | the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this |
3 | | Statement was sworn or affirmed to . No petition sheet shall be |
4 | | circulated more than 90 days
preceding the last day provided |
5 | | in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
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6 | | All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board |
7 | | of Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been |
8 | | signed by the voters and by the
circulator, and not |
9 | | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
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10 | | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on |
11 | | whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any |
12 | | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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13 | | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial |
14 | | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; |
15 | | and
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16 | | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a |
17 | | certification
listing the page number and line number of |
18 | | each signature struck from
the petition. Such |
19 | | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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20 | | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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21 | | Section 10. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act |
22 | | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows: |
23 | | (25 ILCS 130/9-2.5)
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24 | | Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative |
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1 | | Printing Unit may
not print for any member of the General |
2 | | Assembly any newsletters or brochures
during the period |
3 | | beginning February 1 of the
year of a general primary |
4 | | election, except that in 2022 the period shall begin on May 15, |
5 | | 2022, and ending the day after the general primary
election |
6 | | and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a |
7 | | general
election and ending the day after the general |
8 | | election.
A member of the General Assembly may not mail, |
9 | | during a period beginning
February 1 of the year of a general |
10 | | primary election , except that in 2022 the period shall begin |
11 | | on May 15, 2022, and ending the day after
the general primary |
12 | | election and during a period beginning September 1 of the
year |
13 | | of a general election and ending the day after the general |
14 | | election, any
newsletters or brochures
that were printed, at |
15 | | any time, by the Legislative
Printing Unit, except that such a |
16 | | newsletter or brochure may be mailed during
those times if it |
17 | | is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
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18 | | inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions |
19 | | raised by that
constituent.
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20 | | (Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
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21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
22 | | becoming law.".
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