Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2987 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2987 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of this Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes. LRB103 05328 AWJ 50346 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2987 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 New Act 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of this Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes. LRB103 05328 AWJ 50346 b LRB103 05328 AWJ 50346 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2987 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	New Act 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 New Act 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
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5	5	10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
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7	7	Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of this Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning government.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
17	17	5 Officer Eligibility Act.
18	18	6 Section 5. Definitions.
19	19	7 "Federal office" means the office of the President or Vice
20	20	8 President of the United States or of a member of the United
21	21	9 States Congress.
22	22	10 "Judicial office" has the meaning ascribed to that term in
23	23	11 Section 7-4 of the Election Code.
24	24	12 "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning ascribed to that
25	25	13 term in Section 5 of the Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof
26	26	14 Vest Act.
27	27	15 "Local office" means the office of a board member of a unit
28	28	16 of local government or any other elected or appointed office
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30	30	18 "Office" means a State office, local office, federal
31	31	19 office, or judicial office.
32	32	20 "State office" means the office of the Governor,
33	33	21 Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
34	34	22 State Comptroller, or State Treasurer, the office of a member
35	35	23 of the General Assembly, or the office of a State's Attorney.
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39	39	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2987 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40	40	New Act 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 New Act 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
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42	42	10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
43	43	10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
44	44	Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of this Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.
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74	74	1 Section 10. Candidacy for office. A person seeking a local
75	75	2 office or a local officer seeking another office may not
76	76	3 qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the
77	77	4 person follows the requirements of this Act.
78	78	5 Section 15. Local officers seeking another office.
79	79	6 (a) If a local officer seeks to become a candidate for
80	80	7 another office and any part of the terms run concurrently with
81	81	8 each other, the person must first resign the local office that
82	82	9 the officer presently holds. Resignation shall be under the
83	83	10 following conditions:
84	84	11 (1) The resignation is irrevocable.
85	85	12 (2) The written resignation must be submitted at least
86	86	13 10 days prior to the earliest date to file the person's
87	87	14 petition for nomination for the other office under the
88	88	15 Election Code.
89	89	16 (3) The resignation must be effective no later than
90	90	17 the date the local officer would take office in the new
91	91	18 office, if elected. The office is deemed vacant upon the
92	92	19 effective date of the resignation submitted by the local
93	93	20 officer in the letter of resignation.
94	94	21 (4) An elected or appointed local officer must submit
95	95	22 his or her written resignation to the clerk, or individual
96	96	23 holding a similar position, of the unit of local
97	97	24 government, with a copy provided to the local election
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108	108	1 authority.
109	109	2 (b) This Section does not apply to a local officer if the
110	110	3 term of the office that the officer presently holds is
111	111	4 scheduled to expire or to be filled by election or appointment
112	112	5 on or before the date the local officer's term would begin in
113	113	6 the office that the officer is seeking.
114	114	7 Section 20. Seeking the office of the sheriff. A person
115	115	8 who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court
116	116	9 security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise
117	117	10 supervises must resign as provided under subsection (a) of
118	118	11 Section 15 if the person is seeking to qualify for the office
119	119	12 of the sheriff, except that the person shall submit the
120	120	13 resignation to the sheriff and the local election authority.
121	121	14 Section 25. Failure to submit resignation; penalties;
122	122	15 notice.
123	123	16 (a) The failure of a local officer to submit a resignation
124	124	17 under Section 15 or a person in a sheriff's office required to
125	125	18 submit a resignation under Section 20 constitutes an
126	126	19 automatic, irrevocable resignation by the local officer from
127	127	20 the office the officer presently holds or from the position
128	128	21 the person holds in the sheriff's office, effective 14 days
129	129	22 after the filing of a petition for nomination for the other
130	130	23 office or office of the sheriff, as applicable.
131	131	24 (b) The local election authority must determine if an
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142	142	1 automatic resignation has occurred under subsection (a) upon
143	143	2 the filing of each petition for nomination. The local election
144	144	3 authority shall send a notice of the automatic resignation to
145	145	4 the individual and to the office of the unit of local
146	146	5 government in which the individual was a officer or was
147	147	6 employed. In the case of a deputy sheriff, county corrections
148	148	7 officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff
149	149	8 otherwise supervises, the election authority shall also submit
150	150	9 a copy of the automatic resignation to the sheriff.
151	151	10 Section 30. Federal, judicial, and State officers seeking
152	152	11 local office; penalties for failure to resign.
153	153	12 (a) A person who holds a federal office, judicial office,
154	154	13 or State office may not file a petition for nomination for a
155	155	14 local office unless the person first resigns in the same
156	156	15 manner as required under Section 15, except that the officer
157	157	16 must file the officer's resignation with the appropriate
158	158	17 persons or entities to effectuate the resignation. The officer
159	159	18 must file a copy of the resignation with the local election
160	160	19 authority in which the officer will be filing a petition for
161	161	20 nomination for a local office.
162	162	21 (b) Failure to submit a resignation and a copy to the local
163	163	22 election authority under this Section shall make the person
164	164	23 ineligible to hold the local office for which the person filed
165	165	24 a petition for nomination. The local election authority shall
166	166	25 not place the name of any person on the ballot for a local
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177	177	1 office who has not complied with this Section.
178	178	2 (c) This Section does not apply to a federal, judicial, or
179	179	3 State officer if the term of the office that the officer
180	180	4 presently holds is scheduled to expire or be filled by
181	181	5 election or appointment on or before the date the officer's
182	182	6 term would begin in the local office that the officer is
183	183	7 seeking.
184	184	8 Section 35. Appointive entities. This Act does not apply
185	185	9 to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to
186	186	10 an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority.
187	187	11 Section 40. Conflict with other provisions of law.
188	188	12 (a) To the extent this Act conflicts with the Officer
189	189	13 Prohibited Activities Act, the Officer Prohibited Activities
190	190	14 Act controls.
191	191	15 (b) Except as provided for in subsection (a), to the
192	192	16 extent this Act conflicts with any other provision of law,
193	193	17 this Act controls.
194	194	18 Section 90. Home rule. A home rule unit that has the
195	195	19 authority to set eligibility requirements for local office may
196	196	20 not set eligibility requirements for local office in a manner
197	197	21 inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under
198	198	22 subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
199	199	23 Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
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210	210	1 powers and functions exercised by the State.
211	211	2 Section 900. The Election Code is amended by changing
212	212	3 Sections 7-10 and 8-8 as follows:
213	213	4 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
214	214	5 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
215	215	6 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
216	216	7 township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
217	217	8 committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
218	218	9 delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
219	219	10 upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
220	220	11 been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
221	221	12 substantially the following form:
222	222	13 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
223	223	14 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
224	224	15 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
225	225	16 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
226	226	17 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
227	227	18 for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
228	228	19 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
229	229	20 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
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231	231	22 Name Office Address 23John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 24Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill. 22 Name Office Address 23 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 24 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
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233	233	23 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
234	234	24 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
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250	250	1Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill. 1 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
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252	252	2 Name.................. Address.......................
253	253	3 State of Illinois)
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256	256	6 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
257	257	7 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
258	258	8 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
259	259	9 of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
260	260	10 were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
261	261	11 best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
262	262	12 the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
263	263	13 party, and that their respective residences are correctly
264	264	14 stated, as above set forth.
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266	266	16 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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268	268	18 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
269	269	19 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
270	270	20 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
271	271	21 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
272	272	22 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
273	273	23 signed; the office, the political party represented and place
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290	290	1 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
291	291	2 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
292	292	3 electors residing in the political division for which the
293	293	4 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
294	294	5 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
295	295	6 shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
296	296	7 be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
297	297	8 elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
298	298	9 number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
299	299	10 signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
300	300	11 However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
301	301	12 residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms
302	302	13 where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the
303	303	14 same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
304	304	15 abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
305	305	16 including street number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of
306	306	17 such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
307	307	18 a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the
308	308	19 United States, stating the street address or rural route
309	309	20 number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city,
310	310	21 village or town, and state; and certifying that the signatures
311	311	22 on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her
312	312	23 presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
313	313	24 either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
314	314	25 circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
315	315	26 which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the
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326	326	1 petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
327	327	2 of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
328	328	3 preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
329	329	4 for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the
330	330	5 signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
331	331	6 January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
332	332	7 signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
333	333	8 January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
334	334	9 sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
335	335	10 her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
336	336	11 time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
337	337	12 political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
338	338	13 statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
339	339	14 administer oaths in this State.
340	340	15 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
341	341	16 sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
342	342	17 day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
343	343	18 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
344	344	19 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
345	345	20 signature from the petition, provided that:
346	346	21 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
347	347	22 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
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349	349	24 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
350	350	25 certification listing the page number and line number of
351	351	26 each signature struck from the petition. Such
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362	362	1 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
363	363	2 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
364	364	3 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
365	365	4 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
366	366	5 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
367	367	6 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
368	368	7 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
369	369	8 sheets which are filed with the proper local election
370	370	9 officials, election authorities or the State Board of
371	371	10 Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
372	372	11 by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
373	373	12 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
374	374	13 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
375	375	14 the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
376	376	15 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
377	377	16 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
378	378	17 that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
379	379	18 which the petition relates and is qualified for the office
380	380	19 specified (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it
381	381	20 shall state that the candidate is at the time of filing such
382	382	21 statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall
383	383	22 state that he has filed (or will file before the close of the
384	384	23 petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
385	385	24 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall
386	386	25 request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
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398	398	1 before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
399	399	2 in the State and shall be in substantially the following form:
400	400	3 Statement of Candidacy
401	401	4Name Address Office District Party 5John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 6 Belvidere, 7 Illinois 4 Name Address Office District Party 5 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 6 Belvidere, 7 Illinois
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403	403	5 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
404	404	6 Belvidere,
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406	406	8 State of Illinois)
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409	409	11 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
410	410	12 Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
411	411	13 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
412	412	14 qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I currently
413	413	15 (hold do/do not hold) office other than the office for which
414	414	16 this Statement is being submitted; that I (am/am not) an
415	415	17 employee in the office of the sheriff and that I (am/am not)
416	416	18 seeking the office of the sheriff; that I am a candidate for
417	417	19 nomination (for election in the case of committeeperson and
418	418	20 delegates and alternate delegates) to the office of .... to be
419	419	21 voted upon at the primary election to be held on (insert date);
420	420	22 that I am legally qualified (including being the holder of any
421	421	23 license that may be an eligibility requirement for the office
422	422	24 I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and that I have
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433	433	5 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
434	434	6 Belvidere,
435	435	7 Illinois
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440	440	1 period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
441	441	2 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my
442	442	3 name be printed upon the official primary ballot for
443	443	4 nomination for (or election to in the case of committeepersons
444	444	5 and delegates and alternate delegates) such office.
445	445	6 Signed ......................
446	446	7 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
447	447	8 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
448	448	9 Signed ....................
449	449	10 (Official Character)
450	450	11 (Seal, if officer has one.)
451	451	12 As used in the Statement of Candidacy, "office" has the
452	452	13 meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5 of the Local Officer
453	453	14 Eligibility Act.
454	454	15 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
455	455	16 to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
456	456	17 filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
457	457	18 authority or local election official with whom the petition is
458	458	19 required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
459	459	20 Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
460	460	21 by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
461	461	22 thereof shall be punished accordingly.
462	462	23 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
463	463	24 obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
464	464	25 his or her petition for nomination.
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479	479	1 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
480	480	2 convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
481	481	3 candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
482	482	4 alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
483	483	5 from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
484	484	6 nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
485	485	7 10,000 signatures.
486	486	8 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
487	487	9 national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
488	488	10 in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
489	489	11 Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
490	490	12 congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
491	491	13 elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
492	492	14 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
493	493	15 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
494	494	16 his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
495	495	17 first primary election following a redistricting of
496	496	18 congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
497	497	19 must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
498	498	20 electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
499	499	21 congressional district.
500	500	22 (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
501	501	23 Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
502	502	24 including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
503	503	25 county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
504	504	26 other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
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515	515	1 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
516	516	2 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
517	517	3 cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
518	518	4 county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
519	519	5 elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
520	520	6 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
521	521	7 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
522	522	8 his or her party in the county board district. In the first
523	523	9 primary election following a redistricting of county board
524	524	10 districts or the initial establishment of county board
525	525	11 districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
526	526	12 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
527	527	13 qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
528	528	14 cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
529	529	15 the total number of county board districts comprising the
530	530	16 county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
531	531	17 signatures be less than 25.
532	532	18 (d) County office; Cook County only.
533	533	19 (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
534	534	20 in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
535	535	21 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
536	536	22 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
537	537	23 who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
538	538	24 Cook County.
539	539	25 (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
540	540	26 Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
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551	551	1 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
552	552	2 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
553	553	3 in his or her county board district. In the first primary
554	554	4 election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
555	555	5 Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
556	556	6 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
557	557	7 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
558	558	8 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
559	559	9 general election divided by the total number of county
560	560	10 board districts comprising the county board; provided that
561	561	11 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
562	562	12 (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
563	563	13 candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
564	564	14 Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
565	565	15 subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
566	566	16 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
567	567	17 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
568	568	18 total number of registered voters in his or her board of
569	569	19 review district in the last general election at which a
570	570	20 commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
571	571	21 that board of review district. In no event shall the
572	572	22 number of signatures required be greater than the
573	573	23 requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
574	574	24 office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
575	575	25 Section. In the first primary election following a
576	576	26 redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
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587	587	1 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
588	588	2 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
589	589	3 required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
590	590	4 whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
591	591	5 party in the district.
592	592	6 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
593	593	7 run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
594	594	8 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
595	595	9 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
596	596	10 his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
597	597	11 candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
598	598	12 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
599	599	13 the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
600	600	14 primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
601	601	15 primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
602	602	16 districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
603	603	17 wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
604	604	18 contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
605	605	19 total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
606	606	20 party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
607	607	21 municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
608	608	22 was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
609	609	23 municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
610	610	24 no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
611	611	25 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
612	612	26 run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
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623	623	1 petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
624	624	2 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
625	625	3 congressional district.
626	626	4 (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
627	627	5 provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
628	628	6 of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
629	629	7 wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
630	630	8 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
631	631	9 primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
632	632	10 district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
633	633	11 district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
634	634	12 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
635	635	13 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
636	636	14 his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
637	637	15 first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
638	638	16 districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
639	639	17 nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
640	640	18 qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
641	641	19 district.
642	642	20 (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
643	643	21 Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
644	644	22 district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
645	645	23 contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
646	646	24 votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
647	647	25 political party for the office of Governor at the last general
648	648	26 election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
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659	659	1 than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
660	660	2 office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
661	661	3 petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
662	662	4 equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
663	663	5 candidate of his or her political party who received the
664	664	6 highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
665	665	7 judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
666	666	8 regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
667	667	9 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
668	668	10 First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
669	669	11 Judicial District.
670	670	12 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
671	671	13 as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
672	672	14 for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
673	673	15 for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
674	674	16 primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
675	675	17 candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
676	676	18 candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
677	677	19 the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
678	678	20 of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
679	679	21 same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
680	680	22 may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
681	681	23 If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
682	682	24 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
683	683	25 than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
684	684	26 electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
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695	695	1 8% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
696	696	2 signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
697	697	3 is greater.
698	698	4 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
699	699	5 for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
700	700	6 attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
701	701	7 than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
702	702	8 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
703	703	9 the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
704	704	10 comprising the counties.
705	705	11 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
706	706	12 office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
707	707	13 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
708	708	14 registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
709	709	15 division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
710	710	16 whichever is greater.
711	711	17 For purposes of this Section the number of primary
712	712	18 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
713	713	19 the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
714	714	20 party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
715	715	21 the last general election in the State at which electors for
716	716	22 President of the United States were elected. For political
717	717	23 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
718	718	24 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
719	719	25 that political party who received the highest number of votes
720	720	26 in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
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731	731	1 which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
732	732	2 that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
733	733	3 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
734	734	4 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
735	735	5 that political party who received the highest number of votes
736	736	6 in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
737	737	7 an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
738	738	8 ward or district.
739	739	9 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
740	740	10 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
741	741	11 party.
742	742	12 The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
743	743	13 declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
744	744	14 (d).
745	745	15 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
746	746	16 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
747	747	17 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
748	748	18 the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
749	749	19 Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
750	750	20 one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
751	751	21 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
752	752	22 102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
753	753	23 (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
754	754	24 Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
755	755	25 candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
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766	766	1 ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
767	767	2 in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
768	768	3 petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
769	769	4 Section 7-10.1 of this Code Act and a statement of candidacy by
770	770	5 the candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.
771	771	6 This statement shall set out the address of such candidate
772	772	7 and , the office for which he is a candidate; , shall state that
773	773	8 the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
774	774	9 which the petition relates, is qualified for the office
775	775	10 specified, and has filed a statement of economic interests as
776	776	11 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act; , shall
777	777	12 request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
778	778	13 ballot; and shall be subscribed and sworn by such candidate
779	779	14 before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
780	780	15 in this State and may be in substantially the following form:
781	781	16 State of Illinois)
782	782	17 ) ss.
783	783	18 County ..........)
784	784	19 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
785	785	20 street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
786	786	21 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
787	787	22 qualified primary voter of .... party; that I currently (hold
788	788	23 do/do not hold) office other than the office for which this
789	789	24 Statement is being submitted; that I (am/am not) an employee
790	790	25 in the office of the sheriff and that I (am/am not) seeking the
791	791	26 office of the sheriff; that I am a candidate for nomination to
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802	802	1 the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to
803	803	2 be held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified to hold
804	804	3 such office and that I have filed a statement of economic
805	805	4 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
806	806	5 and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
807	807	6 primary ballot for nomination for such office.
808	808	7 Signed ....................
809	809	8 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
810	810	9 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
811	811	10 Signed .... (Official Character)
812	812	11 (Seal if officer has one.)
813	813	12 As used in the Statement of Candidacy, "office" has the
814	814	13 meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5 of the Local Officer
815	815	14 Eligibility Act.
816	816	15 The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
817	817	16 that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
818	818	17 interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
819	819	18 must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
820	820	19 subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
821	821	20 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
822	822	21 for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
823	823	22 by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified
824	824	23 primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
825	825	24 district.
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839	839	1 for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
840	840	2 Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
841	841	3 1,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
842	842	4 party in his or her representative district.
843	843	5 Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
844	844	6 who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
845	845	7 Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
846	846	8 address shall be written or printed. The residence address
847	847	9 required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
848	848	10 primary elector's name shall include the street address or
849	849	11 rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
850	850	12 as the signer's county and city, village, or town.
851	851	13 For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
852	852	14 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
853	853	15 the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
854	854	16 party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
855	855	17 the last general election in the State at which electors for
856	856	18 President of the United States were elected.
857	857	19 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
858	858	20 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
859	859	21 party.
860	860	22 In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
861	861	23 circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
862	862	24 is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
863	863	25 street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
864	864	26 well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
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875	875	1 and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
876	876	2 petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
877	877	3 that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that, to
878	878	4 the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so
879	879	5 signing were at the time of signing the petition qualified
880	880	6 primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
881	881	7 In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
882	882	8 petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
883	883	9 which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
884	884	10 first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
885	885	11 for elections where the petition circulation period is 90
886	886	12 days, certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
887	887	13 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
888	888	14 of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election
889	889	15 only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed
890	890	16 during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
891	891	17 certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
892	892	18 the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
893	893	19 statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
894	894	20 circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
895	895	21 in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
896	896	22 All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
897	897	23 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
898	898	24 signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
899	899	25 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
900	900	26 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
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911	911	1 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
912	912	2 signature from the petition, provided that:
913	913	3 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
914	914	4 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
915	915	5 and
916	916	6 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
917	917	7 certification listing the page number and line number of
918	918	8 each signature struck from the petition. Such
919	919	9 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
920	920	10 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22;
921	921	11 revised 2-28-22.)
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