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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 662 of the 95th | |||||||||||
General Assembly becomes law, the Election Code is amended by | |||||||||||
changing Section 7-10 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
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Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | |||||||||||
candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeman, or | |||||||||||
township committeeman, or
precinct committeeman, or ward | |||||||||||
committeeman or candidate for delegate or
alternate delegate to | |||||||||||
national nominating conventions, shall be printed
upon the | |||||||||||
primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed | |||||||||||
in
his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the | |||||||||||
following form:
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We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | |||||||||||
.... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in | |||||||||||
the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of Illinois, | |||||||||||
do hereby petition that
the following named person or persons | |||||||||||
shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party for the | |||||||||||
nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
election to) the | |||||||||||
office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at the | |||||||||||
primary election to be held on (insert date).
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Name.................. Address.......................
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State of Illinois)
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County of........)
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I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | |||||||||||
street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | |||||||||||
....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | |||||||||||
of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | |||||||||||
best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | |||||||||||
the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | |||||||||||
party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | |||||||||||
stated, as above set forth.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | |||||||||||
candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | |||||||||||
and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | |||||||||||
heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or | ||
candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the | ||
office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | ||
and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors | ||
residing
in the political division for which the nomination is | ||
sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the | ||
signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be | ||
written or printed. The residence address
required to be | ||
written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
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name shall include the street address or rural route number of | ||
the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, | ||
and city, village or
town, and state.
However the county or | ||
city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors | ||
may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors | ||
signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
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or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in | ||
writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. | ||
At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a | ||
circulator statement signed by
a person 18 years of age or | ||
older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street | ||
address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as | ||
the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying | ||
that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed | ||
in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are | ||
genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that | ||
sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last | ||
dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that | ||
none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
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days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and | ||
certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief | ||
the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the | ||
petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a | ||
nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before | ||
some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
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No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days | ||
preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing | ||
of such petition.
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The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||
whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||
signature from the petition,
provided that:
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(1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||
petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
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(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||
certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||
each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||
certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||
together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||
fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||
manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||
The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||
to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | |||||||||||||||||
sheets which are filed with the proper local election | |||||||||||||||||
officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | |||||||||||||||||
shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | |||||||||||||||||
voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | |||||||||||||||||
duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | |||||||||||||||||
thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates | |||||||||||||||||
filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | |||||||||||||||||
statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | |||||||||||||||||
office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the | |||||||||||||||||
candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | |||||||||||||||||
the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | |||||||||||||||||
(in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | |||||||||||||||||
that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | |||||||||||||||||
licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he | |||||||||||||||||
has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | |||||||||||||||||
period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | |||||||||||||||||
Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the | |||||||||||||||||
candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall | |||||||||||||||||
be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
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officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State | |||||||||||||||||
and shall be in
substantially the following form:
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Statement of Candidacy
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State of Illinois)
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County of .......)
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I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | |||||||
Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | |||||||
State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | |||||||
qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | |||||||
candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
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committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | |||||||
office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | |||||||
held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | |||||||
requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | |||||||
such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | |||||||
close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | |||||||
interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | |||||||
and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | |||||||
primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
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of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
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office.
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Signed ......................
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Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | |||||||
who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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Signed ....................
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(Official Character)
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(Seal, if officer has one.)
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The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | ||
to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | ||
filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | ||
authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | ||
required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | ||
Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | ||
by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | ||
thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||
obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||
his or her petition for nomination.
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(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||
convention. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | ||
as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | ||
convention elected from the State at-large,
then the | ||
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | ||
but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
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(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||
national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||
United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or | ||
alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating | ||
convention elected from a congressional district, then the
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candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||
number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | ||
electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional | ||
district. In the first primary election following a
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redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's | ||
petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of | ||
qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party | ||
in his or her congressional district.
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(c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | ||
countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | ||
chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | ||
basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | ||
petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | ||
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||
her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | ||
in his or her county (or 1.5% if the county is DuPage County). | ||
If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member elected | ||
from a county board district, then
the candidate's petition for | ||
nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||
to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
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in the
county board district (or 1.5% if the county is DuPage | ||
County). In the first primary election following a | ||
redistricting
of county board districts or the initial | ||
establishment of county board
districts, a candidate's | ||
petition for nomination must contain at least the
number of | ||
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||
her
party
in the entire county who cast votes at the last | ||
preceding general election
divided by the
total number of | ||
county board districts comprising the county board (or 1.5% if | ||
the county is DuPage County); provided
that
in no event shall | ||
the number of signatures be less than 25.
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(d) County office; Cook County only.
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(1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||
in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||
nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||
equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||
who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||
Cook County.
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(2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||
Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||
must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||
0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||
in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||
election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||
Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||
equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||
in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | ||
general election divided by the total number of county | ||
board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||
in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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(3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||
of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | ||
pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property | ||
Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | ||
contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
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the total number of registered voters in his or her board | ||
of
review district in the last general election at which a | ||
commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||
that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | ||
of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | ||
for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
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under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | ||
primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | ||
Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | ||
nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | ||
least the number of signatures required for a countywide | ||
candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | ||
qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
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(e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||
run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||
petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||
his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||
candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | ||
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | ||
electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | ||
election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | ||
trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | ||
establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | ||
nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at | ||
least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate | ||
of
that political party who received the highest number of | ||
votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | ||
at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
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the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | ||
districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | ||
than 25.
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(f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||
run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||
petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | ||
the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||
congressional district.
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(g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | ||
for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | ||
elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | ||
nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||
to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
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sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | ||
sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | ||
then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | ||
least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | ||
electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | ||
district. In
the
first primary election following | ||
redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | ||
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward | ||
of that
sanitary district.
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(h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||
judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | ||
for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | ||
0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | ||
candidate for his or her political party for the office of | ||
Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | ||
elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | ||
candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | ||
subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | ||
contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | ||
of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | ||
political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | ||
last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | ||
circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | ||
but in no event less than 500 signatures.
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(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a | ||
candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the | ||
candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | ||
signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the | ||
precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
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then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no | ||
less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary | ||
electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% | ||
of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of | ||
signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is | ||
greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township | ||
committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination | ||
must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% | ||
of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, | ||
but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the | ||
maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum | ||
number, whichever is greater.
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(j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||
for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||
attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||
than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||
must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | ||
the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||
comprising the counties.
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(k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||
office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||
contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||
registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | ||
division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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whichever is greater.
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For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | ||
shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | ||
applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | ||
who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the | ||
last general election in the State at which electors for
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President of the United States were elected. For political | ||
subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||
determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | ||
that political party who received the highest number
of votes | ||
in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||
which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||
that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||
subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
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determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||
that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||
in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||
an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward | ||
or district.
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A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||
party.
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The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | ||
the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | ||
except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
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Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||
specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | ||
names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||
the same or different
offices.
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(Source: 09500SB0662enr.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||