103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3965 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5 Amends The Making of Nominations by Political Parties Article of the Election Code. In provisions concerning petitions for nomination, provides that a statement of candidacy shall set out an email address for the candidate. LRB103 29598 BMS 55993 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3965 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5 Amends The Making of Nominations by Political Parties Article of the Election Code. In provisions concerning petitions for nomination, provides that a statement of candidacy shall set out an email address for the candidate. LRB103 29598 BMS 55993 b LRB103 29598 BMS 55993 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3965 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
Amends The Making of Nominations by Political Parties Article of the Election Code. In provisions concerning petitions for nomination, provides that a statement of candidacy shall set out an email address for the candidate.
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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
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 7-10, 8-8, and 10-5 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
7 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
8 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
9 township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
10 committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
11 delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
12 upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
13 been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
14 substantially the following form:
15 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
17 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
18 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
19 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
20 for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
21 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
22 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
23 date).
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3965 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
Amends The Making of Nominations by Political Parties Article of the Election Code. In provisions concerning petitions for nomination, provides that a statement of candidacy shall set out an email address for the candidate.
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10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
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1 Name Office Address 2John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 3Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill. 4Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill. 1 Name Office Address 2 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 3 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill. 4 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
1 Name Office Address
2 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
3 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
4 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
5 Name.................. Address.......................
6 State of Illinois)
7 ) ss.
8 County of........)
9 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
10 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
11 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
12 of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
13 were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
14 best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
15 the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
16 party, and that their respective residences are correctly
17 stated, as above set forth.
18 .........................
19 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
20 .........................
21 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
22 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
23 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
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1 Name Office Address
2 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
3 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
4 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
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1 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
2 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
3 signed; the office, the political party represented and place
4 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
5 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
6 electors residing in the political division for which the
7 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
8 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
9 shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
10 be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
11 elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
12 number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
13 signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
14 However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
15 residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms
16 where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the
17 same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
18 abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
19 including street number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of
20 such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
21 a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the
22 United States, stating the street address or rural route
23 number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city,
24 village or town, and state; and certifying that the signatures
25 on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her
26 presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
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1 either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
2 circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
3 which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the
4 petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
5 of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
6 preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
7 for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the
8 signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
9 January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
10 signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
11 January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
12 sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
13 her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
14 time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
15 political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
16 statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
17 administer oaths in this State.
18 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
19 sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
20 day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
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
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1 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
2 certification listing the page number and line number of
3 each signature struck from the petition. Such
4 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
5 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
6 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
7 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
8 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
9 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
10 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
11 sheets which are filed with the proper local election
12 officials, election authorities or the State Board of
13 Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
14 by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
15 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
16 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
17 the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
18 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
19 candidate, an email address for the candidate, the office for
20 which he is a candidate, shall state that the candidate is a
21 qualified primary voter of the party to which the petition
22 relates and is qualified for the office specified (in the case
23 of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state that the
24 candidate is at the time of filing such statement a licensed
25 attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he has filed
26 (or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
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1 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
2 Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's
3 name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall be
4 subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer
5 authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and
6 shall be in substantially the following form:
7 Statement of Candidacy
8Name Address Office District Party 9John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 10 Belvidere, 11 Illinois 8 Name Address Office District Party 9 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 10 Belvidere, 11 Illinois
8 Name Address Office District Party
9 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
10 Belvidere,
11 Illinois
12 State of Illinois)
13 ) ss.
14 County of .......)
15 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
16 Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
17 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
18 qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
19 candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
20 committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
21 office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
22 held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
23 being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
24 requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
25 such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
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8 Name Address Office District Party
9 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
10 Belvidere,
11 Illinois
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1 close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
2 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
3 and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
4 primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
5 of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)
6 such office.
7 Signed ......................
8 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
9 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
10 Signed ....................
11 (Official Character)
12 (Seal, if officer has one.)
13 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
14 to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
15 filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
16 authority or local election official with whom the petition is
17 required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
18 Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
19 by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
20 thereof shall be punished accordingly.
21 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
22 obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
23 his or her petition for nomination.
24 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
25 convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
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1 candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
2 alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
3 from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
4 nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
5 10,000 signatures.
6 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
7 national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
8 in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
9 Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
10 congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
11 elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
12 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
13 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
14 his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
15 first primary election following a redistricting of
16 congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
17 must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
18 electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
19 congressional district.
20 (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
21 Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
22 including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
23 county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
24 other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
25 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
26 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
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1 cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
2 county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
3 elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
4 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
5 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
6 his or her party in the county board district. In the first
7 primary election following a redistricting of county board
8 districts or the initial establishment of county board
9 districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
10 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
11 qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
12 cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
13 the total number of county board districts comprising the
14 county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
15 signatures be less than 25.
16 (d) County office; Cook County only.
17 (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
18 in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
19 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
20 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
21 who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
22 Cook County.
23 (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
24 Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
25 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
26 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
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1 in his or her county board district. In the first primary
2 election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
3 Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
4 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
5 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
6 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
7 general election divided by the total number of county
8 board districts comprising the county board; provided that
9 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
10 (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
11 candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
12 Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
13 subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
14 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
15 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
16 total number of registered voters in his or her board of
17 review district in the last general election at which a
18 commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
19 that board of review district. In no event shall the
20 number of signatures required be greater than the
21 requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
22 office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
23 Section. In the first primary election following a
24 redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
25 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
26 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
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1 required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
2 whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
3 party in the district.
4 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
5 run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
6 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
7 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
8 his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
9 candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
10 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
11 the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
12 primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
13 primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
14 districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
15 wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
16 contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
17 total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
18 party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
19 municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
20 was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
21 municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
22 no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
23 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
24 run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
25 petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
26 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
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1 congressional district.
2 (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
3 provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
4 of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
5 wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
6 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
7 primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
8 district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
9 district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
10 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
11 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
12 his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
13 first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
14 districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
15 nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
16 qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
17 district.
18 (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
19 Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
20 district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
21 contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
22 votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
23 political party for the office of Governor at the last general
24 election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
25 than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
26 office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
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1 petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
2 equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
3 candidate of his or her political party who received the
4 highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
5 judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
6 regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
7 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
8 First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
9 Judicial District.
10 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
11 as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
12 for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
13 for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
14 primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
15 candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
16 candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
17 the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
18 of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
19 same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
20 may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
21 If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
22 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
23 than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
24 electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
25 8% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
26 signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
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1 is greater.
2 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
3 for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
4 attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
5 than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
6 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
7 the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
8 comprising the counties.
9 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
10 office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
11 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
12 registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
13 division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
14 whichever is greater.
15 For purposes of this Section the number of primary
16 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
17 the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
18 party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
19 the last general election in the State at which electors for
20 President of the United States were elected. For political
21 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
22 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
23 that political party who received the highest number of votes
24 in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
25 which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
26 that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
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1 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
2 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
3 that political party who received the highest number of votes
4 in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
5 an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
6 ward or district.
7 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
8 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
9 party.
10 The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
11 declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
12 (d).
13 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
14 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
15 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
16 the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
17 Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
18 one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
19 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
20 102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
22 Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
23 candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
24 ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
25 in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
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1 petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
2 Section 7-10.1 of this Code Act and a statement of candidacy by
3 the candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.
4 This statement shall set out the address of such candidate, an
5 email address for the candidate, and , the office for which he
6 is a candidate; , shall state that the candidate is a qualified
7 primary voter of the party to which the petition relates, is
8 qualified for the office specified, and has filed a statement
9 of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
10 Ethics Act; , shall request that the candidate's name be placed
11 upon the official ballot; and shall be subscribed and sworn by
12 such candidate before some officer authorized to take
13 acknowledgment of deeds in this State and may be in
14 substantially the following form:
15 State of Illinois)
16 ) ss.
17 County ..........)
18 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
19 street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
20 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
21 qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate
22 for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
23 primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
24 qualified to hold such office and that I have filed a statement
25 of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
26 Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be printed upon
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1 the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
2 Signed ....................
3 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
4 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
5 Signed .... (Official Character)
6 (Seal if officer has one.)
7 The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
8 that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
9 interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
10 must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
11 subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
12 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
13 for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
14 by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified
15 primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
16 district.
17 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
18 for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
19 Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
20 1,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
21 party in his or her representative district.
22 Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
23 who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
24 Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
25 address shall be written or printed. The residence address
26 required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
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1 primary elector's name shall include the street address or
2 rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
3 as the signer's county and city, village, or town.
4 For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
5 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
6 the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
7 party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
8 the last general election in the State at which electors for
9 President of the United States were elected.
10 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
11 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
12 party.
13 In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
14 circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
15 is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
16 street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
17 well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
18 and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
19 petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
20 that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that, to
21 the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so
22 signing were at the time of signing the petition qualified
23 primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
24 In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
25 petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
26 which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
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1 first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
2 for elections where the petition circulation period is 90
3 days, certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
4 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
5 of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election
6 only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed
7 during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
8 certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
9 the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
10 statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
11 circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
12 in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
13 All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
14 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
15 signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
16 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
17 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
18 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
19 signature from the petition, provided that:
20 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
21 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
22 and
23 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
24 certification listing the page number and line number of
25 each signature struck from the petition. Such
26 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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1 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22;
2 revised 2-28-22.)
3 (10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
4 Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides
5 containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
6 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or
7 candidates shall be nominated.
8 2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed
9 in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall not bear
10 the same name as, nor include the name of any established
11 political party as defined in this Article. This prohibition
12 does not preclude any established political party from making
13 nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
14 3. The place of residence of any such candidate or
15 candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the
16 case of electors for President and Vice-President of the
17 United States, the names of candidates for President and
18 Vice-President may be added to the party name or appellation.
19 Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in
20 addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required by
21 Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of
22 candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except
23 candidates for electors for President and Vice-President of
24 the United States. Each such statement shall set out the
25 address of such candidate, an email address for the candidate,
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1 the office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
2 candidate is qualified for the office specified and has filed
3 (or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
4 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
5 Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's
6 name be placed upon the official ballot and shall be
7 subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer
8 authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in this State, and
9 may be in substantially the following form:
10 State of Illinois)
11 ) SS.
12 County of........)
13 I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at....
14 street, in the city (or village) of.... in the county of....
15 State of Illinois; and that I am a qualified voter therein;
16 that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be
17 voted upon at the election to be held on the.... day
18 of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such
19 office and that I have filed (or will file before the close of
20 the petition filing period) a statement of economic interests
21 as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, and I
22 hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
23 ballot for election to such office.
24 Signed.................
25 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who
26 is to me personally known, this.... day of....,......
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2 (Official Character)
3 (Seal, if officer has one.)
4 In addition, a new political party petition shall have
5 attached thereto a certificate stating the names and addresses
6 of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies in
7 nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
8 Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
9 if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of
10 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
11 Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
12 officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
13 papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests
14 in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
15 during the same calendar year as the year in which such
16 nomination papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any
17 candidate and the statement of economic interest of that
18 candidate are not required to be filed with the same officer,
19 the candidate must file with the officer with whom the
20 nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer with
21 whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the
22 date on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
23 so filed not later than the last day on which nomination papers
24 may be filed.
25 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
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