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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 10-6 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
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7 | Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Certificates
of
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8 | nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of | ||||||
9 | candidates for
offices to be filled by electors of the entire | ||||||
10 | State, or any district
not entirely within a county, or for | ||||||
11 | congressional, state legislative or
judicial offices, shall be | ||||||
12 | presented to the principal office of the
State Board of | ||||||
13 | Elections not more than 141 nor less than 134
days previous
to | ||||||
14 | the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. The
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15 | State Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of | ||||||
16 | nomination or
nomination papers, as the case may be, and the | ||||||
17 | date and hour of
presentment to it. Except as otherwise | ||||||
18 | provided in this section, all
other certificates for the | ||||||
19 | nomination of candidates shall be filed with
the county clerk | ||||||
20 | of the respective counties not more than 141 but at
least 134 | ||||||
21 | days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of | ||||||
22 | nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of | ||||||
23 | candidates for school district offices to be filled at |
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1 | consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or | ||||||
2 | county board of election commissioners of the county election | ||||||
3 | authority in which the principal office of the school district | ||||||
4 | is located not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the | ||||||
5 | consolidated election. Certificates
of
nomination and | ||||||
6 | nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for
the | ||||||
7 | other offices of political subdivisions to be filled at regular | ||||||
8 | elections
other than the general election shall be filed with | ||||||
9 | the local election
official of such subdivision:
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10 | (1) (Blank);
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11 | (2) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to | ||||||
12 | the
consolidated
election; or
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13 | (3) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to | ||||||
14 | the general
primary in the case of municipal offices to be | ||||||
15 | filled at the general
primary election; or
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16 | (4) not more than 99 nor less than 92 days before the
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17 | consolidated
primary in the case of municipal offices to be | ||||||
18 | elected on a nonpartisan
basis pursuant to law (including | ||||||
19 | without limitation, those municipal
offices subject to | ||||||
20 | Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
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21 | (5) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the | ||||||
22 | municipal
primary in even numbered years for such | ||||||
23 | nonpartisan municipal offices
where annual elections are | ||||||
24 | provided; or
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25 | (6) in the case of petitions for the office of | ||||||
26 | multi-township assessor,
such petitions shall be filed |
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1 | with the election authority not more than
113 nor less than | ||||||
2 | 106 days before the consolidated election.
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3 | However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are | ||||||
4 | co-extensive
with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a | ||||||
5 | municipal board of
election commissioners, the certificates of | ||||||
6 | nomination and nomination
papers for candidates for such | ||||||
7 | political subdivision offices shall be filed
in the office of | ||||||
8 | such Board.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
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10 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
11 | 9-10 as follows:
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12 | (105 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-10)
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13 | Sec. 9-10. Candidates for office - Nominating petitions. | ||||||
14 | Candidates for
the office of school director shall be nominated | ||||||
15 | by petition signed by at
least 25 voters or 5% of the voters, | ||||||
16 | whichever is less, residing within
the district and filed with | ||||||
17 | the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, | ||||||
18 | as the case may be, of the county in which the principal office | ||||||
19 | of the school district is located.
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20 | Nominations for members of boards of education, including | ||||||
21 | non-high school
boards of education shall be made by a petition | ||||||
22 | signed by at least 50 voters
or 10% of the voters, whichever is | ||||||
23 | less, residing within the district and
shall be filed with the | ||||||
24 | county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, as |
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1 | the case may be, of the county in which the principal office of | ||||||
2 | the school district is located. In addition
to the requirements | ||||||
3 | of the general election law, the form of such petitions
shall | ||||||
4 | be substantially as follows:
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5 | NOMINATING PETITIONS
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6 | (LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
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7 | To the (County Clerk or County Board of Election | ||||||
8 | Commissioners) .... of .... County:
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9 | We the undersigned, being (.... or more) (or 10% or more) | ||||||
10 | (or 5% or more)
of the voters residing within said district, | ||||||
11 | hereby petition that .... who
resides at .... in the (city or | ||||||
12 | village) of .... in Township .... (or who
resides outside any | ||||||
13 | city, village or incorporated town and in Township ....) in
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14 | said district shall be a candidate for the office of .... of | ||||||
15 | the board of
education (or board of directors) (full term) | ||||||
16 | (vacancy) to be voted for at the
election to be held on (insert | ||||||
17 | date).
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18 | Name: .................. Address: ...................
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19 | In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition | ||||||
20 | for
nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial or | ||||||
21 | initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known, | ||||||
22 | or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the | ||||||
23 | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | ||||||
24 | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | ||||||
25 | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the |
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1 | last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's name | ||||||
2 | on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as (list | ||||||
3 | all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on | ||||||
4 | (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition | ||||||
5 | must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the | ||||||
6 | candidate's previous names during the period specified in | ||||||
7 | clause (i) and the date or dates each of those names was | ||||||
8 | changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds | ||||||
9 | for denying certification of the candidate's name for the | ||||||
10 | ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name changes | ||||||
11 | resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or | ||||||
12 | parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | ||||||
13 | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | ||||||
14 | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, such | ||||||
15 | as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the | ||||||
16 | Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or | ||||||
17 | implying possession of a title, degree or professional status, | ||||||
18 | or similar information may be used in connection with the | ||||||
19 | candidate's surname.
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20 | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid | ||||||
21 | unless the candidate
named therein files with the county clerk | ||||||
22 | or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may | ||||||
23 | be, of the county in which the principal office of the school | ||||||
24 | district is located a receipt
from the county clerk showing | ||||||
25 | that the candidate has filed a statement of
economic interests | ||||||
26 | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
Such |
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1 | receipt shall be so filed either previously during the calendar | ||||||
2 | year
in which his nomination papers were filed or within the | ||||||
3 | period for the filing
of nomination papers in accordance with | ||||||
4 | the general election law.
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5 | All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of | ||||||
6 | education shall
be filed with the county clerk or the county | ||||||
7 | board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the | ||||||
8 | county in which the principal office of the school district is | ||||||
9 | located within the time provided for
by the general election | ||||||
10 | law. The county clerk or the county board of election | ||||||
11 | commissioners shall receive and file only
those petitions which | ||||||
12 | include a statement of candidacy, the required number
of voter | ||||||
13 | signatures, the notarized signature of the petition circulator
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14 | and a receipt from the County Clerk showing that the candidate | ||||||
15 | has filed
a statement of economic interest on or before the | ||||||
16 | last day to file as required
by the Illinois Governmental | ||||||
17 | Ethics Act. The county clerk or the county board of election | ||||||
18 | commissioners may have petition
forms available
for issuance to | ||||||
19 | potential candidates, and may give notice of the petition
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20 | filing period by publication in a newspaper of general | ||||||
21 | circulation within
the school district not less than 10 days | ||||||
22 | prior to the first day of filing.
The county clerk or the | ||||||
23 | county board of election commissioners shall make | ||||||
24 | certification to the proper election authorities
in accordance | ||||||
25 | with the general election law.
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26 | The county clerk or the county board of election |
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1 | commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which the | ||||||
2 | principal office of the school district is located shall notify | ||||||
3 | the candidates
for whom a petition for nomination is filed or | ||||||
4 | the appropriate committee
of the obligations under the Campaign | ||||||
5 | Financing Act as provided in the general
election law. Such | ||||||
6 | notice
shall be given on a form prescribed by the State Board | ||||||
7 | of Elections and
in accordance with the requirements of the | ||||||
8 | general election law. The county clerk or county board of | ||||||
9 | election commissioners
shall within 7 days of filing or on the | ||||||
10 | last day for filing, whichever is
earlier, acknowledge to the | ||||||
11 | petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the
petition.
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12 | A candidate for membership on the board of education or for | ||||||
13 | office as a
school director, who has petitioned for nomination | ||||||
14 | to fill a full term and
to fill a vacant term to be voted upon | ||||||
15 | at the same election, must withdraw
his or her petition for | ||||||
16 | nomination from either the full term or the vacant
term by | ||||||
17 | written declaration.
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18 | In all newly organized districts the petition for the | ||||||
19 | nomination of
candidates
for members of the board of education | ||||||
20 | at the first election shall be addressed
to and filed with the | ||||||
21 | regional superintendent of schools in the manner herein
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22 | specified for the petitions for
members of a board of | ||||||
23 | education. For such election the regional superintendent
shall | ||||||
24 | fulfill all duties otherwise assigned to the secretary of the | ||||||
25 | board
of education.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law. |