Bill Text: IL HB1953 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provisions relating to voting by mail, for the 2022 general primary election, electors may request vote by mail ballots for the general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 but no later than June 23, 2022. In provisions relating to petitions for nominations, for the 2022 general primary election only, the petition circulator shall certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this Statement was sworn or affirmed to. Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Provides that in 2022 the period during which newsletters and brochures may not be mailed begins on May 15, 2022 (currently, February 1). Defines "State Central Committeeperson". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-01-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0692 [HB1953 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1953-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provisions relating to voting by mail, for the 2022 general primary election, electors may request vote by mail ballots for the general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 but no later than June 23, 2022. In provisions relating to petitions for nominations, for the 2022 general primary election only, the petition circulator shall certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this Statement was sworn or affirmed to. Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Provides that in 2022 the period during which newsletters and brochures may not be mailed begins on May 15, 2022 (currently, February 1). Defines "State Central Committeeperson". Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-01-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0692 [HB1953 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1953-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2A-1.1b, 7-4, 7-10, and 8-8 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b) | ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2A-1.1b. 2022 general primary election and general | ||||||
9 | election dates. | ||||||
10 | (a) In addition to the provisions of this Code and
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11 | notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions
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12 | in this Section shall govern the dates for the conduct of the
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13 | 2022 general primary election and for preparing for the 2022 | ||||||
14 | general election. The provisions of this Code shall
control | ||||||
15 | any aspect of the administration or conduct of the 2022
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16 | general primary election and 2022 general election that is not | ||||||
17 | provided for in this Section,
provided that in the event of | ||||||
18 | conflict between this Section and
any other provision of this | ||||||
19 | Code or any other law, the
provisions of this Section shall | ||||||
20 | control. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all
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21 | election authorities, including, but not limited to, those
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22 | under the jurisdiction of a Board of Election Commissioners. | ||||||
23 | The provisions of this Section shall apply for the
dates for |
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1 | the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general | ||||||
2 | election only
and the provisions of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
3 | 102nd General
Assembly shall be in effect through December 31, | ||||||
4 | 2022. | ||||||
5 | (b) Petitions for nomination for the general primary | ||||||
6 | election may begin circulation on January 13, 2022. All | ||||||
7 | petitions for nomination of an established party candidate for | ||||||
8 | statewide office shall be signed by at least 3,250 but not more | ||||||
9 | than 6,500 of the qualified primary electors of the | ||||||
10 | candidate's party. All petitions for nomination of an | ||||||
11 | established party candidate for the office of Representative | ||||||
12 | in the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 400 but not | ||||||
13 | more than 1,000 of the qualified primary electors of the | ||||||
14 | candidate's party in the candidate's representative district. | ||||||
15 | All petitions for nomination of an established party candidate | ||||||
16 | for the office of State Senator shall be signed by at least 650 | ||||||
17 | but not more than 2,000 of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
18 | the candidate's party in the candidate's legislative district. | ||||||
19 | The signature requirement for an established party candidate | ||||||
20 | for all other offices shall be reduced by one-third and any | ||||||
21 | provision of this Code limiting the maximum number of | ||||||
22 | signatures that may be submitted for those offices shall be | ||||||
23 | reduced by one-third. | ||||||
24 | (c) Petitions for nomination for congressional, or | ||||||
25 | judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is | ||||||
26 | made for a territorial division or district which comprises |
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1 | more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in | ||||||
2 | another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water | ||||||
3 | Reclamation District) for the general primary election may be | ||||||
4 | filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections | ||||||
5 | beginning on March 7, 2022 but no later than March 14, 2022; a | ||||||
6 | petition for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election | ||||||
7 | in the office of representative in Congress from this State | ||||||
8 | (for vacancies occurring between February 21, 2022 and March | ||||||
9 | 14, 2022) for the general primary election may be filed in the | ||||||
10 | principal office of the State Board of Elections beginning | ||||||
11 | March 28, 2022 but no later than April 4, 2022. | ||||||
12 | (d) Objections to certificates of nomination and | ||||||
13 | nomination papers and petitions to submit public questions to | ||||||
14 | a referendum for the general primary election shall be filed | ||||||
15 | no later than March 21, 2022. | ||||||
16 | (e) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 19-2 to the | ||||||
17 | contrary, electors Electors may request vote by mail ballots | ||||||
18 | for the general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 | ||||||
19 | but no later than June 23, 2022. | ||||||
20 | (f) Petitions for nomination for independent candidates | ||||||
21 | and new political party candidates for the general election | ||||||
22 | may begin circulation on April 13, 2022. | ||||||
23 | (g) The State Board of Elections shall certify the names | ||||||
24 | of candidates who filed nomination papers or certificates of | ||||||
25 | nomination for the general primary election with the Board no | ||||||
26 | later than April 21, 2022. |
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1 | (h) A notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
2 | candidate for the general primary election shall be filed with | ||||||
3 | the proper election authority or authorities no later than | ||||||
4 | April 28, 2022. | ||||||
5 | (i) Each election authority shall mail ballots to each | ||||||
6 | person who has filed an application for a ballot for the | ||||||
7 | general primary election under Article 20 no later than May | ||||||
8 | 14, 2022, and any application received after May 12, 2022 | ||||||
9 | shall be mailed within 2 business days after receipt of the | ||||||
10 | application. | ||||||
11 | (j) The period for early voting by personal appearance for | ||||||
12 | the general primary election shall begin on May 19, 2022. | ||||||
13 | (k) The general primary election shall be held on June 28, | ||||||
14 | 2022. | ||||||
15 | (l) The last day for an established party managing | ||||||
16 | committee to appoint someone to fill a vacancy for the general | ||||||
17 | election when no candidate was nominated at the general | ||||||
18 | primary election and for the appointee to file the required | ||||||
19 | documentation is July 25, 2022. The signature requirement for | ||||||
20 | an established party candidate filing to fill a vacancy shall | ||||||
21 | be reduced by two-thirds and any provision of this Code | ||||||
22 | limiting the maximum number of signatures that may be | ||||||
23 | submitted for those offices shall be reduced by two-thirds. | ||||||
24 | Objections to nomination papers, certificates of nomination, | ||||||
25 | or resolutions for established party candidates filing to fill | ||||||
26 | a vacancy shall be filed no later than August 1, 2022. |
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1 | (m) Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for | ||||||
2 | the nomination of new political parties and independent | ||||||
3 | candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire | ||||||
4 | State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for | ||||||
5 | congressional, State legislative or judicial offices shall be | ||||||
6 | presented to the principal office of the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Elections beginning July 5, 2022 but no later than July 11, | ||||||
8 | 2022. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the | ||||||
9 | nomination of new political parties and independent candidates | ||||||
10 | for all other offices shall be presented to the appropriate | ||||||
11 | election authority or local election official with whom such | ||||||
12 | nomination papers are filed beginning July 5, 2022 but no | ||||||
13 | later than July 11, 2022. | ||||||
14 | (n) Objections to certificates of nomination and | ||||||
15 | nomination papers for new political parties and independent | ||||||
16 | candidates for the general election shall be filed no later | ||||||
17 | than July 18, 2022. | ||||||
18 | (o) (Blank). | ||||||
19 | (p) (Blank). | ||||||
20 | (q) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
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22 | (10 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-4)
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23 | Sec. 7-4.
The following words and phrases in this Article | ||||||
24 | 7 shall,
unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be | ||||||
25 | construed as
follows:
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1 | 1. The word "primary", the primary elections provided for | ||||||
2 | in this
Article, which are the general primary, the | ||||||
3 | consolidated primary, and for
those municipalities which have | ||||||
4 | annual partisan elections for any officer,
the municipal | ||||||
5 | primary held 6 weeks prior to the general primary election
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6 | date in even numbered years.
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7 | 2. The definitions of terms in Section 1-3 of this Code | ||||||
8 | shall apply to
this Article.
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9 | 3. The word "precinct", a voting district heretofore or | ||||||
10 | hereafter
established by law within which all qualified | ||||||
11 | electors vote at one
polling place.
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12 | 4. The words "state office" or "state officer", an office | ||||||
13 | to be
filled, or an officer to be voted for, by qualified | ||||||
14 | electors of the
entire state, including United States Senator | ||||||
15 | and Congressperson at large.
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16 | 5. The words "congressional office" or "congressional | ||||||
17 | officer",
representatives in Congress.
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18 | 6. The words "county office" or "county officer," include | ||||||
19 | an office
to be filled or an officer to be voted for, by the | ||||||
20 | qualified electors of
the entire county. "County office" or | ||||||
21 | "county officer" also include the
assessor and board of | ||||||
22 | appeals and county commissioners and president of
county board | ||||||
23 | of Cook County, and county board members and the chair
of the | ||||||
24 | county board in counties subject to Division 2-3 of the | ||||||
25 | Counties Code.
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26 | 7. The words "city office" and "village office," and |
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1 | "incorporated
town office" or "city officer" and "village | ||||||
2 | officer", and "incorporated
town officer", an office to be | ||||||
3 | filled or an officer to be voted for by
the qualified electors | ||||||
4 | of the entire municipality, including alderpersons.
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5 | 8. The words "town office" or "town officer", an office to | ||||||
6 | be filled
or an officer to be voted for by the qualified | ||||||
7 | electors of an entire
town.
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8 | 9. The words "town" and "incorporated town" shall | ||||||
9 | respectively be
defined as in Section 1-3 of this Code.
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10 | 10. The words "delegates and alternate delegates to | ||||||
11 | National
nominating conventions" include all delegates and | ||||||
12 | alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions whether | ||||||
13 | they be elected from the state
at large or from congressional | ||||||
14 | districts or selected by State convention
unless contrary and | ||||||
15 | non-inclusive language specifically limits the term
to one | ||||||
16 | class.
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17 | 11. "Judicial office" means a post held by a judge of the | ||||||
18 | Supreme,
Appellate, or Circuit Court. | ||||||
19 | "State Central Committeeperson" includes "committeeman" or | ||||||
20 | "committeewoman" for those persons elected or appointed under | ||||||
21 | State Central Committee Alternative B under Section 7-8.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
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23 | (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
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24 | Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | ||||||
25 | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or |
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1 | township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
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4 | upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | substantially the following form:
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7 | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | in the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Illinois, do hereby petition that
the following named person | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | or persons shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
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13 | election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | be voted
for at the primary election to be held on (insert | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | date).
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20 | Name.................. Address.......................
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21 | State of Illinois)
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23 | County of........)
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24 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... |
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1 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | ||||||
2 | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | ||||||
3 | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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4 | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | ||||||
5 | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | ||||||
6 | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | ||||||
7 | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | ||||||
8 | stated, as above set forth.
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9 | .........................
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10 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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11 | .........................
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12 | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | ||||||
13 | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | ||||||
14 | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an | ||||||
15 | appropriate heading giving the information
as to name of | ||||||
16 | candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
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17 | signed; the office, the political party represented and place | ||||||
18 | of
residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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19 | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary | ||||||
20 | electors residing
in the political division for which the | ||||||
21 | nomination is sought in their
own proper persons only and | ||||||
22 | opposite the signature of each signer, his
residence address | ||||||
23 | shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to | ||||||
24 | be written or printed opposite each qualified primary | ||||||
25 | elector's
name shall include the street address or rural route |
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1 | number of the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the | ||||||
2 | signer's county, and city, village or
town, and state.
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3 | However, the county or city, village or town, and state of | ||||||
4 | residence of
the electors may be printed on the petition forms | ||||||
5 | where all of the
electors signing the petition reside in the | ||||||
6 | same county or city, village
or town, and state. Standard | ||||||
7 | abbreviations may be used in writing the
residence address, | ||||||
8 | including street number, if any. At the bottom of
each sheet of | ||||||
9 | such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
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10 | a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the | ||||||
11 | United States,
stating the street address or rural route | ||||||
12 | number, as the case may be, as well
as the county, city, | ||||||
13 | village or town, and state;
and certifying that the signatures | ||||||
14 | on that sheet of the petition were signed in
his or her | ||||||
15 | presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
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16 | either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was | ||||||
17 | circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last dates on | ||||||
18 | which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
for elections where the | ||||||
19 | petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none | ||||||
20 | of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days | ||||||
21 | preceding the last day for the filing of the petition , or (4) | ||||||
22 | for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the | ||||||
23 | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of | ||||||
24 | January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the | ||||||
25 | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of | ||||||
26 | January 13, 2022 through the date on which this Statement was |
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1 | sworn or affirmed to and certifying that
to the best of his or | ||||||
2 | her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the | ||||||
3 | time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the | ||||||
4 | political party for
which a nomination is sought. Such | ||||||
5 | statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to | ||||||
6 | administer oaths in this State.
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7 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition | ||||||
8 | sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the
last | ||||||
9 | day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
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10 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
11 | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
12 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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13 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial | ||||||
14 | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; | ||||||
15 | and
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16 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
17 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
18 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
19 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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20 | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||||||
21 | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||||||
22 | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
23 | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
24 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
25 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | ||||||
26 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election |
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1 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | by the voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | include
as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | the candidates filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | filed. This statement shall set out the
address of such | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
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9 | that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | which the
petition relates and is qualified for the office | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | specified (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | shall state that the candidate is at the time
of filing such | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | state
that he has filed (or will file before the close of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | petition filing period)
a statement of economic interests as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
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18 | ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | in the State and shall be in
substantially the following form:
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21 | Statement of Candidacy
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1 | State of Illinois)
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3 | County of .......)
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4 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
5 | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | ||||||
7 | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | ||||||
8 | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of | ||||||
9 | committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | ||||||
10 | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | ||||||
11 | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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12 | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | ||||||
13 | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | ||||||
14 | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | ||||||
15 | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | ||||||
16 | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | ||||||
17 | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | ||||||
18 | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case | ||||||
19 | of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) | ||||||
20 | such
office.
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21 | Signed ......................
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22 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
23 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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24 | Signed ....................
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25 | (Official Character)
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26 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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1 | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | ||||||
2 | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | ||||||
3 | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | ||||||
4 | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | ||||||
5 | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | ||||||
6 | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | ||||||
7 | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | ||||||
8 | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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9 | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||||||
10 | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||||||
11 | his or her petition for nomination.
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12 | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
13 | convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
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14 | candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or | ||||||
15 | alternate
delegate to a national nominating convention elected | ||||||
16 | from the State at-large,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
17 | nomination must contain at least 5,000 but
not more than | ||||||
18 | 10,000 signatures.
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19 | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||||||
20 | national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided | ||||||
21 | in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States | ||||||
22 | Congress or as a
congressional delegate or alternate | ||||||
23 | congressional delegate to a national
nominating convention | ||||||
24 | elected from a congressional district, then the
candidate's | ||||||
25 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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1 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
2 | his or her party
in his or her congressional district. In the | ||||||
3 | first primary election following a
redistricting of | ||||||
4 | congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
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5 | must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary | ||||||
6 | electors of the
candidate's political party in his or her | ||||||
7 | congressional district.
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8 | (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
9 | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
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10 | including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or | ||||||
11 | county board
member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county | ||||||
12 | other than Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
13 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
14 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
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15 | cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her | ||||||
16 | county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member | ||||||
17 | elected from a county board district, then
the candidate's | ||||||
18 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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19 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
20 | his or her party
in the
county board district. In the first | ||||||
21 | primary election following a redistricting
of county board | ||||||
22 | districts or the initial establishment of county board
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23 | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | ||||||
24 | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
25 | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | ||||||
26 | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by |
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1 | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | ||||||
2 | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of | ||||||
3 | signatures be less than 25.
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4 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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5 | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||||||
6 | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
7 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
8 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
9 | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||||||
10 | Cook County.
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11 | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
12 | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
13 | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||||||
14 | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||||||
15 | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||||||
16 | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||||||
17 | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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18 | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||||||
19 | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
20 | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | ||||||
21 | general election divided by the total number of county | ||||||
22 | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||||||
23 | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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24 | (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a | ||||||
25 | candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
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26 | Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to |
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1 | subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code, | ||||||
2 | then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain | ||||||
3 | at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
the | ||||||
4 | total number of registered voters in his or her board of
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5 | review district in the last general election at which a | ||||||
6 | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
7 | that board of review district. In no
event shall the | ||||||
8 | number of signatures required be greater than the | ||||||
9 | requisite
number for a candidate who seeks countywide | ||||||
10 | office in Cook County
under subsection (d)(1) of this | ||||||
11 | Section. In the first primary election
following a | ||||||
12 | redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
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13 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least | ||||||
14 | 4,000 signatures
or at least the number of signatures | ||||||
15 | required for a countywide candidate in
Cook County, | ||||||
16 | whichever is less,
of the qualified electors of his or her | ||||||
17 | party in the district.
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18 | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
19 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
20 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
21 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||||||
22 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||||||
23 | candidate
seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then | ||||||
24 | the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least | ||||||
25 | the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified | ||||||
26 | primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
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1 | primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
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2 | districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of | ||||||
3 | wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
4 | contain the number of signatures
equal to at least 0.5% of the | ||||||
5 | total number of votes cast for the candidate of
that political | ||||||
6 | party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
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7 | municipality at the last regular election at which an officer | ||||||
8 | was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
the entire | ||||||
9 | municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In | ||||||
10 | no
event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
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11 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
12 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
13 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures | ||||||
14 | of the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
15 | congressional district.
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16 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise | ||||||
17 | provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee | ||||||
18 | of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from | ||||||
19 | wards, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
20 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
21 | primary electors of his or her party from the
sanitary | ||||||
22 | district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a sanitary | ||||||
23 | district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
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24 | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
25 | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary electors of | ||||||
26 | his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In
the
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1 | first primary election following redistricting of sanitary | ||||||
2 | districts elected
from wards, a candidate's petition for | ||||||
3 | nomination must contain at least the
signatures of 150 | ||||||
4 | qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that
sanitary | ||||||
5 | district.
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6 | (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
7 | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a | ||||||
8 | district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
9 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of | ||||||
10 | votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her | ||||||
11 | political party for the office of Governor at the last general | ||||||
12 | election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less | ||||||
13 | than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial | ||||||
14 | office in a
circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's | ||||||
15 | petition for nomination
must contain the number of signatures | ||||||
16 | equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
cast for the judicial | ||||||
17 | candidate of his or her political party who received the
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18 | highest number of votes
at the last general election at which a | ||||||
19 | judicial
officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was | ||||||
20 | regularly scheduled
to be elected, but in no event less than | ||||||
21 | 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the | ||||||
22 | First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other | ||||||
23 | Judicial District.
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24 | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except | ||||||
25 | as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to
run | ||||||
26 | for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition |
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1 | for nomination
must contain at least 10 signatures of the | ||||||
2 | primary electors of his or her
party for the precinct. If a | ||||||
3 | candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
then the | ||||||
4 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than | ||||||
5 | the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors | ||||||
6 | of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% of those | ||||||
7 | same electors; provided that the
maximum number of signatures | ||||||
8 | may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is greater. | ||||||
9 | If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then | ||||||
10 | the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less | ||||||
11 | than the number of
signatures equal to 5% of the primary | ||||||
12 | electors of his or her party of the
township, but no more than | ||||||
13 | 8% of those same electors;
provided that the maximum number of | ||||||
14 | signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum number, whichever | ||||||
15 | is greater.
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16 | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
17 | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||||||
18 | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||||||
19 | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||||||
20 | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | ||||||
21 | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||||||
22 | comprising the counties.
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23 | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||||||
24 | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
25 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
26 | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or |
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1 | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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2 | whichever is greater.
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3 | For purposes of this Section the number of primary | ||||||
4 | electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
5 | the applicable district, for the
candidate for that political | ||||||
6 | party who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at | ||||||
7 | the last general election in the State at which electors for
| ||||||
8 | President of the United States were elected. For political | ||||||
9 | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||||||
10 | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | ||||||
11 | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | ||||||
12 | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||||||
13 | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
14 | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||||||
15 | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
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16 | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||||||
17 | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||||||
18 | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||||||
19 | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that | ||||||
20 | ward or district.
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21 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||||||
22 | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||||||
23 | party.
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24 | The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are | ||||||
25 | declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
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26 | (d).
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1 | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||||||
2 | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | ||||||
3 | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||||||
4 | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | ||||||
5 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | ||||||
6 | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
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8 | (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
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9 | Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | ||||||
10 | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary | ||||||
11 | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed | ||||||
12 | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such | ||||||
13 | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by | ||||||
14 | Section 7-10.1 of
this Act and a statement of candidacy by the | ||||||
15 | candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. | ||||||
16 | This statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, | ||||||
17 | the office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the | ||||||
18 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which | ||||||
19 | the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified | ||||||
20 | and
has filed a statement of economic interests as required by | ||||||
21 | the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the | ||||||
22 | candidate's name be
placed upon the official ballot and shall | ||||||
23 | be subscribed and sworn by
such candidate before some officer | ||||||
24 | authorized to take acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and | ||||||
25 | may be in substantially the following form:
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1 | State of Illinois)
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2 | ) ss.
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3 | County ..........)
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4 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
5 | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a | ||||||
7 | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate | ||||||
8 | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the | ||||||
9 | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally | ||||||
10 | qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement | ||||||
11 | of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental | ||||||
12 | Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon | ||||||
13 | the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
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14 | Signed ....................
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15 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
16 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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17 | Signed .... (Official Character)
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18 | (Seal if officer has one.)
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19 | The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating | ||||||
20 | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic | ||||||
21 | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act | ||||||
22 | must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in | ||||||
23 | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
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24 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions | ||||||
25 | for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
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26 | by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified |
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1 | primary electors of
the candidate's party in his legislative | ||||||
2 | district.
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3 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions | ||||||
4 | for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
| ||||||
5 | Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than | ||||||
6 | 1,500 of
the qualified primary electors of the candidate's | ||||||
7 | party in his or her
representative district.
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8 | Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector | ||||||
9 | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State | ||||||
10 | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence | ||||||
11 | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address | ||||||
12 | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
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13 | primary elector's name shall include the street address or | ||||||
14 | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well | ||||||
15 | as the signer's county
and city, village or town.
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16 | For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary | ||||||
17 | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
18 | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political | ||||||
19 | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at | ||||||
20 | the last general election in the State at which
electors for | ||||||
21 | President of the United States were elected.
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22 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign | ||||||
23 | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one | ||||||
24 | party.
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25 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition | ||||||
26 | circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who |
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1 | is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her | ||||||
2 | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as | ||||||
3 | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; | ||||||
4 | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the | ||||||
5 | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify | ||||||
6 | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that to the | ||||||
7 | best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing | ||||||
8 | were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary | ||||||
9 | voters for which the
nomination is sought.
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10 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the | ||||||
11 | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on | ||||||
12 | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the | ||||||
13 | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) | ||||||
14 | for elections where the petition circulation period is 90 | ||||||
15 | days, certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were | ||||||
16 | signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
| ||||||
17 | of the petition , (4) for the 2022 general primary election | ||||||
18 | only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed | ||||||
19 | during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or | ||||||
20 | certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during | ||||||
21 | the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this | ||||||
22 | Statement was sworn or affirmed to . No petition sheet shall be | ||||||
23 | circulated more than 90 days
preceding the last day provided | ||||||
24 | in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
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25 | All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board | ||||||
26 | of Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been |
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1 | signed by the voters and by the
circulator, and not | ||||||
2 | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
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3 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
4 | whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
5 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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6 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial | ||||||
7 | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; | ||||||
8 | and
| ||||||
9 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
10 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
11 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
12 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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14 | Section 10. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act | ||||||
15 | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows:
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16 | (25 ILCS 130/9-2.5)
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17 | Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative | ||||||
18 | Printing Unit may
not print for any member of the General | ||||||
19 | Assembly any newsletters or brochures
during the period | ||||||
20 | beginning February 1 of the
year of a general primary | ||||||
21 | election, except that in 2022 the period shall begin on May 15, | ||||||
22 | 2022, and ending the day after the general primary
election | ||||||
23 | and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a | ||||||
24 | general
election and ending the day after the general |
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1 | election.
A member of the General Assembly may not mail, | ||||||
2 | during a period beginning
February 1 of the year of a general | ||||||
3 | primary election , except that in 2022 the period shall begin | ||||||
4 | on May 15, 2022, and ending the day after
the general primary | ||||||
5 | election and during a period beginning September 1 of the
year | ||||||
6 | of a general election and ending the day after the general | ||||||
7 | election, any
newsletters or brochures
that were printed, at | ||||||
8 | any time, by the Legislative
Printing Unit, except that such a | ||||||
9 | newsletter or brochure may be mailed during
those times if it | ||||||
10 | is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
| ||||||
11 | inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions | ||||||
12 | raised by that
constituent.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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