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235 ILCS 5/9-4

(235 ILCS 5/9-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 169)

Sec. 9-4.

A petition for submission of the proposition shall be in
substantially the following form:

To the .... clerk of the (here insert the corporate or legal name of
the county, township, road district, city, village or incorporated
town):

The undersigned, residents and legal voters of the .... (insert the
legal name or correct designation of the political subdivision or
precinct, as the case may be), respectfully petition that you cause to
be submitted, in the manner provided by law, to the voters thereof, at
the next election, the proposition "Shall the sale at retail of
alcoholic liquor (or alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not
more than 4% of alcohol by weight) (or alcoholic liquor containing more
than 4% of alcohol by weight except in the original package and not for
consumption on the premises) be prohibited in this .... (or at the
following address ....)?"

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Name of   P. O. address   Description of precinct  Date of
signer    (including      township, road district  signing
           street no.,     or part thereof, as of
           if any).        the last general
                           election
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A petition for a proposition to be submitted to the voters of a precinct
shall also contain in plain and nonlegal language a description of the
precinct to which the proposition is to be submitted at the election.
The description shall describe the territory of the precinct by reference
to streets, natural or artificial landmarks, addresses, or by any other
method which would enable a voter signing such petition to be informed of
the territory of the precinct.  Each such petition for a precinct
referendum shall also contain a list of the names and addresses of all
licensees in the precinct.

Such petition shall conform to the requirements of the general election
law, as to form and signature requirements. The circulator's statement
shall include an attestation of: (1) that none of the signatures on this
petition sheet were signed more than 4 months before the filing of this
petition, or (2) the dates on which the petitioners signed the petition,
and shall be sworn to before an officer residing in the county where such
legal voters reside and authorized to administer oaths therein.  No
signature shall be revoked except by a revocation filed within 20 days from
the filing of the petition with the clerk with whom the petition is
required to be filed. Upon request of any citizen for a photostatic copy of
the petition and paying or tendering to the clerk the costs of making the
photostatic copy, the clerk shall immediately make, or cause to be made a
photostatic copy of such petition. The clerk shall also deliver to such
person, his official certification that such copy is a true copy of the
original, stating the day when such original was filed in his office.  Any
5 legal voters or any affected licensee of any political subdivision,
district or precinct in which a proposed election is about to be held as
provided for in this Act, within any time up to 72  days immediately prior
to the date of such proposed election and upon filing a bond for costs, may
contest the validity of the petitions for such election by filing a
verified petition in the Circuit Court for the county in which the
political subdivision, district or precinct is situated, setting forth
the grounds for contesting the validity of such petitions. Upon the
filing of the petition, a summons shall be issued by the Court,
addressed to the appropriate city, village, town, township or road
district clerk, notifying the clerk of the filing of the petition and
directing him to appear before the Court on behalf of the political
subdivision or district at the time named in the summons; provided, the
time shall not be less than 5 days nor more than 15 days after the
filing of the petition. The procedure in these cases, as far as may be
applicable, shall be the same as that provided for the objections to
petitions in the general election law.   Any legal voter in the political
subdivision or precinct in which such election is to be held may appear in
person or by counsel, in any such contest to defend or oppose the validity
of the petition for election.

The municipal, town or road district clerk shall certify the proposition
to be submitted at the election to the appropriate election officials, in
accordance with the general election law, unless the petition has been
determined to be invalid. If the court determines the petitions to be
invalid subsequent to the certification by the clerk, the court's order
shall be transmitted to the election officials and shall nullify such
certification.

(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)