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 1        AN ACT concerning the circulation of election petitions.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Election  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Sections 3-1.2, 7-10, 8-8, 10-4, and 28-3 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/3-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.2)
 7        Sec. 3-1.2.  Eligibility to sign or  circulate  petition.
 8    For  the  purpose  of  determining  eligibility  to  sign  or
 9    circulate  a  nominating  petition  or a petition proposing a
10    public  question  the  terms  "voter",  "registered   voter",
11    "qualified   voter",  "legal  voter",  "elector",  "qualified
12    elector", "primary elector" and "qualified  primary  elector"
13    as  used  in  this  Code  or  in another Statute shall mean a
14    person who  is  registered  to  vote  at  the  address  shown
15    opposite  his  signature on the petition or was registered to
16    vote at such address when he signed the petition. Any person,
17    otherwise qualified under this Section, who has not moved  to
18    another  residence  but whose address has changed as a result
19    of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system shall
20    be  considered  a  "voter",  "registered  voter",  "qualified
21    voter",  "legal  voter",  "elector",   "qualified   elector",
22    "primary elector", and "qualified primary elector".
23    (Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98; 91-57, eff. 6-30-99.)

24        (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
25        Sec.  7-10.  Form of petition for nomination. The name of
26    no candidate for nomination, or State  central  committeeman,
27    or  township  committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
28    committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate  delegate
29    to national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
30    primary  ballot  unless  a  petition  for nomination has been
 
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 1    filed  in  his  behalf  as  provided  in  this   Article   in
 2    substantially the following form:
 3        We,  the  undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
 4    .... party and qualified primary electors of the ....  party,
 5    in  the  ....  of  ....,  in  the county of .... and State of
 6    Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named  person
 7    or  persons  shall  be  a candidate or candidates of the ....
 8    party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen  for
 9    election  to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
10    be voted for at the primary election to be  held  on  (insert
11    date).
12             Name             Office                Address
13        John Jones           Governor           Belvidere, Ill.
14       Thomas Smith      Attorney General        Oakland, Ill.
15    Name..................         Address.......................
16    State of Illinois)
17                     ) ss.
18    County of........)
19        I,  ....,  do hereby certify that I am a registered voter
20    and have  been  a  registered  voter  at  all  times  I  have
21    circulated  this  petition, that I reside at No. .... street,
22    in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of ....., that
23    I am 18 years of age or older Illinois, that I am  a  citizen
24    of  the  United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
25    were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to  the
26    best  of  my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were
27    at the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of  the
28    ....   party,   and  that  their  respective  residences  are
29    correctly stated, as above set forth.
30                                        .........................
31        Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
32                                        .........................

33        Each sheet of the petition other than  the  statement  of
34    candidacy  and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
 
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 1    and  shall  contain  above  the  space  for   signatures   an
 2    appropriate  heading  giving  the  information  as to name of
 3    candidate or candidates, in whose  behalf  such  petition  is
 4    signed; the office, the political party represented and place
 5    of  residence;  and  the  heading  of each sheet shall be the
 6    same.
 7        Such  petition  shall  be  signed  by  qualified  primary
 8    electors residing in the political  division  for  which  the
 9    nomination  is  sought  in  their own proper persons only and
10    opposite the signature of each signer, his residence  address
11    shall  be written or printed.  The residence address required
12    to be written or  printed  opposite  each  qualified  primary
13    elector's  name  shall  include  the  street address or rural
14    route number of the signer, as the case may be,  as  well  as
15    the  signer's  county,  and city, village or town, and state.
16    However the county or city, village or  town,  and  state  of
17    residence  of  the  electors  may  be printed on the petition
18    forms where all of the electors signing the  petition  reside
19    in  the  same  county  or  city,  village or town, and state.
20    Standard abbreviations may be used in writing  the  residence
21    address,  including  street number, if any.  At the bottom of
22    each sheet of such  petition  shall  be  added  a  circulator
23    statement  signed by a person 18 years of age or older who is
24    a citizen of  the  United  States  registered  voter  of  the
25    political  division,  who  has been a registered voter at all
26    times he or  she  circulated  the  petition,  for  which  the
27    candidate is seeking a nomination, stating the street address
28    or  rural  route  number of the voter, as the case may be, as
29    well as the voter's county, and city, village  or  town,  and
30    state;  and  certifying  that the signatures on that sheet of
31    the  petition  were  signed  in  his  or  her  presence   and
32    certifying  that  the  signatures are genuine; and either (1)
33    indicating the dates on which that sheet was  circulated,  or
34    (2)  indicating  the  first and last dates on which the sheet
 
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 1    was circulated, or (3) certifying that none of the signatures
 2    on the sheet were signed more than 90 days preceding the last
 3    day for the filing of the petition,  or  more  than  45  days
 4    preceding the last day for filing of the petition in the case
 5    of  political  party and independent candidates for single or
 6    multi-county regional superintendents of schools in the  1994
 7    general  primary election; and certifying that the signatures
 8    on the sheet are genuine, and certifying that to the best  of
 9    his  or her knowledge  and belief the persons so signing were
10    at the 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.
14        No petition sheet shall be circulated more than  90  days
15    preceding  the  last  day  provided  in  Section 7-12 for the
16    filing of such petition, or more than 45 days  preceding  the
17    last  day for filing of the petition in the case of political
18    party and independent candidates for single  or  multi-county
19    regional  superintendents  of  schools  in  the  1994 general
20    primary election.
21        The person circulating the petition, or the candidate  on
22    whose  behalf  the  petition  is  circulated,  may strike any
23    signature from the petition, provided that:;
24             (1)  the person striking the signature shall initial
25        the petition at the place where the signature is  struck;
26        and
27             (2)  the  person striking the signature shall sign a
28        certification listing the page number and line number  of
29        each   signature   struck   from   the   petition.   Such
30        certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
31        Such sheets before being filed shall be  neatly  fastened
32    together  in  book  form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
33    fastening them together at one edge in a secure and  suitable
34    manner,  and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
 
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 1    The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
 2    to end, so as to  form  a  continuous  strip  or  roll.   All
 3    petition  sheets  which  are  filed  with  the  proper  local
 4    election  officials,  election authorities or the State Board
 5    of Elections shall be the original  sheets  which  have  been
 6    signed  by  the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
 7    photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.  Each petition must
 8    include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for  each
 9    of  the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
10    filed. This statement shall  set  out  the  address  of  such
11    candidate,  the  office  for  which  he is a candidate, shall
12    state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of  the
13    party  to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
14    office specified (in the case  of  a  candidate  for  State's
15    Attorney  it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
16    filing such statement  a  licensed  attorney-at-law  of  this
17    State),  shall  state  that he has filed (or will file before
18    the close of the  petition  filing  period)  a  statement  of
19    economic  interests  as required by the Illinois Governmental
20    Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
21    upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed  and  sworn
22    to  by  such candidate before some officer authorized to take
23    acknowledgment  of  deeds  in  the  State  and  shall  be  in
24    substantially the following form:
25                       Statement of Candidacy
26       Name      Address       Office      District      Party
27    John Jones  102 Main St.  Governor    Statewide    Republican
28                Belvidere,
29                 Illinois

30    State of Illinois)
31                     ) ss.
32    County of .......)
33        I, ...., being first duly sworn, say  that  I  reside  at
34    ....  Street  in the city (or village) of ...., in the county
 
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 1    of ...., State of Illinois;  that  I  am  a  qualified  voter
 2    therein  and  am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
 3    that I am a candidate for nomination  (for  election  in  the
 4    case  of  committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
 5    to the office of  ....  to  be  voted  upon  at  the  primary
 6    election  to  be  held  on  (insert  date); that I am legally
 7    qualified (including being the holder of any license that may
 8    be an eligibility requirement  for  the  office  I  seek  the
 9    nomination for) to hold such office and that I have filed (or
10    I will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
11    statement  of  economic interests as required by the Illinois
12    Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name  be
13    printed  upon  the official primary ballot for nomination for
14    (or election to in the case of committeemen and delegates and
15    alternate delegates) such office.
16                                    Signed ......................
17        Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by  ....,
18    who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
19                                      Signed ....................
20                        (Official Character)
21    (Seal, if officer has one.)

22        The  petitions,  when  filed,  shall  not be withdrawn or
23    added to, and  no  signatures  shall  be  revoked  except  by
24    revocation   filed   in  writing  with  the  State  Board  of
25    Elections, election authority or local election official with
26    whom the petition is required to be  filed,  and  before  the
27    filing of such petition.  Whoever forges the name of a signer
28    upon  any  petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
29    of a forgery and on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished
30    accordingly.
31        Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
32    specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
33    names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
34    the same or different offices.
 
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 1        Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
 2             (a)  If  for  a  State  office,  or  for delegate or
 3        alternate delegate to be elected from the State at  large
 4        to  a  National  nominating  convention  by not less than
 5        5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
 6             (b)  If for a congressional officer or for  delegate
 7        or  alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
 8        district to a national nominating convention by at  least
 9        .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
10        congressional district, except that for the first primary
11        following a redistricting of congressional districts such
12        petitions  shall  be  signed  by  at  least 600 qualified
13        primary  electors  of  the  candidate's  party   in   his
14        congressional district.
15             (c)  If  for a county office (including county board
16        member and chairman of the  county  board  where  elected
17        from  the  county  at  large),  by  at  least  .5% of the
18        qualified  electors  of  his  party  cast  at  the   last
19        preceding  general  election  in his county.  However, if
20        for  the  nomination  for  county  commissioner  of  Cook
21        County, then by at least .5%  of  the  qualified  primary
22        electors  of his or her party in his or her county in the
23        district or division in which such person is a  candidate
24        for  nomination;  and  if  for county board member from a
25        county board district,  then  by  at  least  .5%  of  the
26        qualified  primary  electors  of  his party in the county
27        board district.  In the case of an  election  for  county
28        board member to be elected from a district, for the first
29        primary   following   a  redistricting  of  county  board
30        districts or the initial establishment  of  county  board
31        districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
32        of  his  party in the entire county at the last preceding
33        general election, divided by the number of  county  board
34        districts,  but  in  any event not less than 25 qualified
 
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 1        primary electors of his party in the district.
 2             (d)  If for a municipal or  township  office  by  at
 3        least  .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
 4        in the municipality or township; if for alderman,  by  at
 5        least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward.  In the
 6        case  of  an  election  for  alderman  or  trustee  of  a
 7        municipality  to  be elected from a ward or district, for
 8        the  first  primary  following  a  redistricting  or  the
 9        initial establishment of wards or districts, then by  .5%
10        of  the  total  number of votes cast for the candidate of
11        such political party who received the highest  number  of
12        votes  in  the  entire  municipality  at the last regular
13        election at which an officer was regularly  scheduled  to
14        be  elected  from the entire municipality, divided by the
15        number of wards or districts, but in any event  not  less
16        than  25  qualified  primary electors of his party in the
17        ward or district.
18             (e)  If for State central committeeman, by at  least
19        100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
20        her congressional district.
21             (f)  If  for  a  candidate for trustee of a sanitary
22        district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
23        at least .5% of the primary electors of his  party,  from
24        such sanitary district.
25             (g)  If  for  a  candidate for trustee of a sanitary
26        district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
27        at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in  his
28        ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
29        primary  following a reapportionment of the district such
30        petitions shall be  signed  by  at  least  150  qualified
31        primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
32        district.
33             (h)  If  The  number  of  signatures  required for a
34        candidate for judicial office in a district, circuit,  or
 
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 1        subcircuit,  by  a  number  of  primary electors at least
 2        equal to shall be 0.25% of the number of votes  cast  for
 3        the  judicial candidate of his or her political party who
 4        received the highest number of votes at the last  regular
 5        general  election  at  which  a judicial officer from the
 6        same  district,  circuit,  or  subcircuit  was  regularly
 7        scheduled to be elected, but in no event fewer  shall  be
 8        less than 500 signatures.
 9             (i)  If  for  a candidate for precinct committeeman,
10        by at least 10 primary electors of his or  her  party  of
11        his  or  her  precinct;  if  for  a  candidate  for  ward
12        committeeman,  by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
13        50 more than the minimum, whichever is  greater)  of  the
14        primary  electors  of  his  party  of  his ward; if for a
15        candidate for township committeeman, by not less than  5%
16        nor  more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
17        is greater) of the primary electors of his party  in  his
18        township or part of a township as the case may be.
19             (j)  If  for  a  candidate  for  State's Attorney or
20        Regional Superintendent of Schools to  serve  2  or  more
21        counties,  by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
22        party in the territory comprising such counties.
23             (k)  If for any other office by at least .5% of  the
24        total  number  of  registered  voters  of  the  political
25        subdivision,   district   or   division   for  which  the
26        nomination is made or  a  minimum  of  25,  whichever  is
27        greater.
28        For  the  purposes  of this Section the number of primary
29    electors shall be determined by taking the total  vote  cast,
30    in  the  applicable  district,  for  the  candidate  for such
31    political party who received the  highest  number  of  votes,
32    state-wide,  at  the  last  general  election in the State at
33    which electors  for  President  of  the  United  States  were
34    elected.  For  political  subdivisions, the number of primary
 
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 1    electors shall be determined by taking the  total  vote  cast
 2    for  the  candidate for such political party who received the
 3    highest number of votes in such political subdivision at  the
 4    last  regular  election  at  which  an  officer was regularly
 5    scheduled to be elected from that subdivision.  For wards  or
 6    districts  of  political  subdivisions, the number of primary
 7    electors shall be determined by taking the  total  vote  cast
 8    for  the  candidate for such political party who received the
 9    highest number of votes in such ward or district at the  last
10    regular  election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
11    to be elected from that ward or district.
12        A "qualified primary elector" of a  party  may  not  sign
13    petitions  for  or be a candidate in the primary of more than
14    one party.
15    (Source: P.A. 91-57,  eff.  6-30-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
16    91-358, eff. 7-29-99; revised 8-17-99.)

17        (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
18        Sec.  8-8.  Form of petition for nomination.  The name of
19    no candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
20    ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
21    in his behalf as provided for in  this  Section.   Each  such
22    petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
23    Section  7-10.1  of  this Act and a statement of candidacy by
24    the candidate filing or  in  whose  behalf  the  petition  is
25    filed.   This  statement  shall  set  out the address of such
26    candidate, the office for which  he  is  a  candidate,  shall
27    state  that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
28    party to which the petition relates,  is  qualified  for  the
29    office  specified  and  has  filed  a  statement  of economic
30    interests as required by  the  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics
31    Act,  shall  request that the candidate's name be placed upon
32    the official ballot and shall be subscribed and sworn by such
33    candidate   before   some   officer   authorized   to    take
 
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 1    acknowledgment   of  deeds  in  this  State  and  may  be  in
 2    substantially the following form:
 3    State of Illinois)
 4                     ) ss.
 5    County ..........)
 6        I, ...., being first duly sworn, say  that  I  reside  at
 7    .... street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of
 8    ....  State  of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein
 9    and am a qualified primary voter of .... party; that I  am  a
10    candidate  for  nomination  to the office of .... to be voted
11    upon at the primary election to be  held  on  (insert  date);
12    that  I  am  legally qualified to hold such office and that I
13    have filed a statement of economic interests as  required  by
14    the  Illinois  Governmental  Ethics  Act and I hereby request
15    that my name be printed upon the official primary ballot  for
16    nomination for such office.
17                                      Signed ....................
18        Subscribed  and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
19    who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
20                  Signed .... (Official Character)
21                     (Seal if officer has one.)
22        All petitions for nomination  for  the  office  of  State
23    Senator  shall  be signed by 1% or 600, whichever is greater,
24    of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's party in
25    his legislative district, except that for the  first  primary
26    following  a  redistricting  of  legislative  districts, such
27    petitions shall be signed by at least 600  qualified  primary
28    electors   of   the  candidate's  party  in  his  legislative
29    district.
30        All  petitions  for  nomination   for   the   office   of
31    Representative  in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
32    least 1% or 300,  whichever  is  greater,  of  the  qualified
33    primary  electors  of  the  candidate's  party  in his or her
34    representative district, except that for  the  first  primary
 
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 1    following  a  redistricting  of representative districts such
 2    petitions shall be signed by at least 300  qualified  primary
 3    electors   of   the   candidate's   party   in   his  or  her
 4    representative district.
 5        Opposite the signature of each qualified primary  elector
 6    who  signs  a petition for nomination for the office of State
 7    Representative or  State  Senator  such  elector's  residence
 8    address  shall  be written or printed.  The residence address
 9    required to be written or  printed  opposite  each  qualified
10    primary  elector's  name  shall include the street address or
11    rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
12    as the signer's county and city, village or town.
13        For the purposes of this Section, the number  of  primary
14    electors  shall  be determined by taking the total vote cast,
15    in the  applicable  district,  for  the  candidate  for  such
16    political  party  who  received  the highest number of votes,
17    state-wide, at the last general  election  in  the  State  at
18    which  electors  for  President  of  the  United  States were
19    elected.
20        A "qualified primary elector" of a  party  may  not  sign
21    petitions  for  or be a candidate in the primary of more than
22    one party.
23        In the  affidavit  at  the  bottom  of  each  sheet,  the
24    petition circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or
25    older  who  is  a  citizen  of  the United States have been a
26    registered voter at  all  times  he  or  she  circulated  the
27    petition,  shall  state  his  or  her street address or rural
28    route number, as the case may be,  as  well  as  his  or  her
29    county,  and  city,  village  or  town,  and state; and shall
30    certify that the signatures on that  sheet  of  the  petition
31    were  signed  in  his or her presence; and shall certify that
32    the signatures are genuine; and shall  certify  that  to  the
33    best  of  his  or  her  knowledge  and  belief the persons so
34    signing were at the time of signing  the  petition  qualified
 
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 1    primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
 2        In  the  affidavit  at the bottom of each petition sheet,
 3    the petition circulator shall either (1) indicate  the  dates
 4    on which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
 5    first  and  last  dates on which the sheet was circulated, or
 6    (3) certify that none of the signatures  on  the  sheet  were
 7    signed  more  than  90  days  preceding  the last day for the
 8    filing  of  the  petition.   No  petition  sheet   shall   be
 9    circulated  more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
10    in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
11        All petition sheets which are filed with the State  Board
12    of  Elections  shall  be  the original sheets which have been
13    signed  by  the  voters  and  by  the  circulator,  and   not
14    photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
15        The  person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
16    whose behalf the  petition  is  circulated,  may  strike  any
17    signature from the petition, provided that:
18             (1)  the person striking the signature shall initial
19        the  petition at the place where the signature is struck;
20        and
21             (2)  the person striking the signature shall sign  a
22        certification  listing the page number and line number of
23        each  signature   struck   from   the   petition.    Such
24        certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

26        (10 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-4)
27        Sec.   10-4.  Form   of   petition  for  nomination.  All
28    petitions for nomination under this Article 10 for candidates
29    for public office in this State, shall in addition  to  other
30    requirements  provided by law, be as follows:  Such petitions
31    shall consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet  shall
32    contain,  above  the  space  for  signature,  an  appropriate
33    heading,  giving  the  information as to name of candidate or
 
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 1    candidates in whose  behalf  such  petition  is  signed;  the
 2    office;  the  party;  place  of  residence;  and  such  other
 3    information  or  wording  as required to make same valid, and
 4    the heading of each sheet shall be the same.   Such  petition
 5    shall  be  signed by the qualified voters in their own proper
 6    persons only, and opposite the signature of each  signer  his
 7    residence address shall be written or printed.  The residence
 8    address  required  to  be  written  or  printed opposite each
 9    qualified primary elector's name  shall  include  the  street
10    address  or rural route number of the signer, as the case may
11    be, as well as the signer's  county,  and  city,  village  or
12    town,  and  state.   However,  the county or city, village or
13    town, and state of residence of such electors may be  printed
14    on  the petition forms where all of the such electors signing
15    the petition reside in the same county or  city,  village  or
16    town,  and  state.   Standard  abbreviations  may  be used in
17    writing the residence address, including  street  number,  if
18    any.    No   signature  shall  be  valid  or  be  counted  in
19    considering the validity  or  sufficiency  of  such  petition
20    unless the requirements of this Section are complied with. At
21    the  bottom  of  each sheet of such petition shall be added a
22    circulator's statement, signed by a person 18 years of age or
23    older who is a citizen of the United States registered  voter
24    of the political division, who has been a registered voter at
25    all  times  he  or she circulated the petition, for which the
26    candidate or  candidates  shall  be  nominated;  stating  the
27    street  address  or  rural  route number of the voter, as the
28    case may be, as well as the voter's county, and city, village
29    or town, and state; certifying that the  signatures  on  that
30    sheet  of  the  petition  were signed in his or her presence;
31    certifying that the signatures are genuine;  and  either  (1)
32    indicating  the  dates on which that sheet was circulated, or
33    (2) indicating the first and last dates on  which  the  sheet
34    was circulated, or (3) certifying that none of the signatures
 
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 1    on the sheet were signed more than 90 days preceding the last
 2    day  for  the  filing  of  the petition, or more than 45 days
 3    preceding the last day for filing of the petition in the case
 4    of political party and independent candidates for  single  or
 5    multi-county  regional superintendents of schools in the 1994
 6    general primary election; and certifying that to the best  of
 7    his  knowledge  and belief the persons so signing were at the
 8    time of signing the petition  duly  registered  voters  under
 9    Articles  4,  5 or 6 of the Code of the political subdivision
10    or district for which the candidate or  candidates  shall  be
11    nominated,  and  certifying  that their respective residences
12    are correctly stated therein.  Such statement shall be  sworn
13    to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in this
14    State.   No  petition  sheet shall be circulated more than 90
15    days preceding the last day provided in Section 10-6 for  the
16    filing  of  such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
17    last day for filing of the petition in the case of  political
18    party  and  independent candidates for single or multi-county
19    regional superintendents  of  schools  in  the  1994  general
20    primary  election. Such sheets, before being presented to the
21    electoral board or filed  with  the  proper  officer  of  the
22    electoral  district or division of the state or municipality,
23    as the case may be, shall be neatly fastened together in book
24    form, by placing the sheets in  a  pile  and  fastening  them
25    together at one edge in a secure and suitable manner, and the
26    sheets  shall  then  be  numbered  consecutively.  The sheets
27    shall not be fastened by pasting them together end to end, so
28    as to form a continuous strip or roll.  All  petition  sheets
29    which  are  filed  with  the proper local election officials,
30    election authorities or the State Board of Elections shall be
31    the original sheets which have been signed by the voters  and
32    by  the circulator, and not photocopies or duplicates of such
33    sheets.  A petition, when presented or filed,  shall  not  be
34    withdrawn,  altered,  or  added to, and no signature shall be
 
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 1    revoked except by revocation in writing  presented  or  filed
 2    with  the  officers  or  officer  with  whom  the petition is
 3    required to be presented or filed, and before the presentment
 4    or filing of such petition.  Whoever forges  any  name  of  a
 5    signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery,
 6    and  on  conviction  thereof,  shall be punished accordingly.
 7    The word "petition" or "petition  for  nomination",  as  used
 8    herein,  shall  mean  what  is  sometimes known as nomination
 9    papers, in distinction to what is known as a  certificate  of
10    nomination.  The  words  "political  division  for  which the
11    candidate is nominated", or its equivalent,  shall  mean  the
12    largest  political division in which all qualified voters may
13    vote upon such candidate or candidates, as the state  in  the
14    case  of state officers; the township in the case of township
15    officers et cetera. Provided, further, that no  person  shall
16    circulate  or  certify  petitions for candidates of more than
17    one political party,  or  for  an  independent  candidate  or
18    candidates  in  addition  to one political party, to be voted
19    upon at the next primary or general  election,  or  for  such
20    candidates  and  parties  with  respect to the same political
21    subdivision at the next consolidated election.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99.)

23        (10 ILCS 5/28-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-3)
24        Sec.  28-3.  Form  of  petition  for   public   question.
25    Petitions  for  the  submission  of  public  questions  shall
26    consist  of  sheets  of  uniform  size  and  each sheet shall
27    contain,  above  the  space  for  signature,  an  appropriate
28    heading, giving the information as to the question of  public
29    policy  to be submitted, and specifying the state at large or
30    the  political  subdivision  or  district  or   precinct   or
31    combination of precincts or other territory in which it is to
32    be  submitted  and,  where by law the public question must be
33    submitted at a particular election, the election at which  it
 
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 1    is  to  be  submitted.  In  the  case  of  a petition for the
 2    submission of a public question described in  subsection  (b)
 3    of  Section  28-6, the heading shall also specify the regular
 4    election at which the question is to be submitted and include
 5    the precincts included in the territory concerning which  the
 6    public  question  is  to  be  submitted,  as well as a common
 7    description of such territory in plain and nonlegal language,
 8    such description to describe the territory  by  reference  to
 9    streets,  natural  or  artificial landmarks, addresses or any
10    other method which would enable a voter signing the  petition
11    to be informed of the territory concerning which the question
12    is  to  be submitted.  The heading of each sheet shall be the
13    same. Such petition shall be signed by the registered  voters
14    of  the  political  subdivision  or  district  or precinct or
15    combination of precincts in  which  the  question  of  public
16    policy  is  to be submitted in their own proper persons only,
17    and opposite the  signature  of  each  signer  his  residence
18    address  shall be written or printed, which residence address
19    shall include the street address or rural route number of the
20    signer, as the case may be, as well as the  signer's  county,
21    and  city,  village  or  town,  and  state; provided that the
22    county or city, village or town, and state  of  residence  of
23    such  electors may be printed on the petition forms where all
24    of the such electors signing the petition reside in the  same
25    county  or  city,  village  or  town,  and  state.   Standard
26    abbreviations  may  be used in writing the residence address,
27    including street number, if any. No signature shall be  valid
28    or  be  counted in considering the validity or sufficiency of
29    such petition unless the requirements  of  this  Section  are
30    complied with.
31        At  the  bottom  of  each sheet of such petition shall be
32    added a circulator's statement, signed by a person  18  years
33    of  age  or  older  who  is  a  citizen  of the United States
34    registered voter, who has been  a  registered  voter  at  all
 
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 1    times  he  or  she  circulated the petition, of the political
 2    subdivision  or  district  or  precinct  or  combination   of
 3    precincts  in  which  the  question of public policy is to be
 4    submitted, stating the street address or rural  route  number
 5    of  the  voter,  as  the  case may be, as well as the voter's
 6    county, and city, village or town, and state; certifying that
 7    the signatures on that sheet of the petition were  signed  in
 8    his  or her presence and are genuine, and that to the best of
 9    his or her knowledge and belief the persons so  signing  were
10    at  the time of signing the petition registered voters of the
11    political subdivision or district or precinct or  combination
12    of  precincts in which the question of public policy is to be
13    submitted and that their respective residences are  correctly
14    stated  therein. Such statement shall be sworn to before some
15    officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
16        Such sheets, before being filed with the  proper  officer
17    or  board shall be bound securely and numbered consecutively.
18    The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
19    to end, so as to  form  a  continuous  strip  or  roll.   All
20    petition  sheets  which  are  filed  with  the  proper  local
21    election  officials,  election authorities or the State Board
22    of Elections shall be the original  sheets  which  have  been
23    signed   by  the  voters  and  by  the  circulator,  and  not
24    photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.  A  petition,  when
25    presented or filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added
26    to, and no signature shall be revoked except by revocation in
27    writing  presented  or  filed  with the board or officer with
28    whom the petition is required to be presented or  filed,  and
29    before  the presentment or filing of such petition, except as
30    may otherwise be provided in another statute which  authorize
31    the public question. Whoever forges any name of a signer upon
32    any  petition  shall  be  deemed  guilty of a forgery, and on
33    conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
34        In addition to the  foregoing  requirements,  a  petition
 
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 1    proposing  an  amendment  to  Article  IV of the Constitution
 2    pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution or a
 3    petition  proposing  a  question  of  public  policy  to   be
 4    submitted  to  the  voters  of  the  entire State shall be in
 5    conformity with the requirements  of  Section  28-9  of  this
 6    Article.
 7        If  multiple sets of petitions for submission of the same
 8    public questions are filed, the  State  Board  of  Elections,
 9    appropriate  election  authority  or  local election official
10    where the petitions are filed shall within  2  business  days
11    notify  the proponent of his or her multiple petition filings
12    and that proponent has 3 business days after receipt  of  the
13    notice  to  notify  the State Board of Elections, appropriate
14    election authority or local election official that he or  she
15    may  cancel  prior  sets  of  petitions.    If  the proponent
16    notifies the State Board of Elections,  appropriate  election
17    authority  or  local  election  official,  the  last  set  of
18    petitions  filed shall be the only petitions to be considered
19    valid by the State Board of Elections,  appropriate  election
20    authority or local election official.  If the proponent fails
21    to  notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election
22    authority or local election official then only the first  set
23    of   petitions  filed  shall  be  valid  and  all  subsequent
24    petitions shall be void.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99.)

26        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
27    becoming law.

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