Bill Text: IL HB2631 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Removes ward committeepersons for each ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more and township committeepersons for each township or part of a township that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2631 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2631-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2631 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
10 ILCS 5/7-1 from Ch. 46, par. 7-1
10 ILCS 5/7-2 from Ch. 46, par. 7-2
10 ILCS 5/7-7 from Ch. 46, par. 7-7
10 ILCS 5/7-8 from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
10 ILCS 5/7-9 from Ch. 46, par. 7-9
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/7-13 from Ch. 46, par. 7-13
10 ILCS 5/7-19 from Ch. 46, par. 7-19
10 ILCS 5/7-51 from Ch. 46, par. 7-51
10 ILCS 5/7-53 from Ch. 46, par. 7-53
10 ILCS 5/7-56 from Ch. 46, par. 7-56
10 ILCS 5/7-58 from Ch. 46, par. 7-58
10 ILCS 5/7-59 from Ch. 46, par. 7-59
10 ILCS 5/8-5 from Ch. 46, par. 8-5
Amends the Election Code. Removes ward committeepersons for each ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more and township committeepersons for each township or part of a township that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 2A-1.2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-10, 7-12, 7-13,
7-19, 7-51, 7-53, 7-56, 7-58, 7-59, and 8-5 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections - offices
designated.
(a) At the general election in the appropriate
even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
(1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
United States;
(2) United States Senator and United States
Representative;
(3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
(4) State Senator and State Representative;
(5) County elected officers, including State's
Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
elected President of the County Board or County Chief
Executive;
(6) Circuit Court Clerk;

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(7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
counties or educational service regions in which that
office has been abolished;
(8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
newly created judicial offices;
(9) (Blank);
(10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
(11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
election and permits or requires election of candidates of
political parties.
(b) At the general primary election:
(1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
made by caucus.
(2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
political party offices of State central committeeperson,
township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.

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In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential election
is to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
primary shall also be on the ballot.
(3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
on the date of the general primary election, provided that
the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
weeks preceding that election.
(4) in each school district which has adopted the
provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
the year in which the general primary is held shall be
elected.
(c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
(1) Municipal officers, provided that in
municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates

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of political parties, the runoff election where required by
law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
provided further, in the case of municipal officers
provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
by such ordinance;
(2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
(3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
(4) Commissioners of park districts;
(5) Trustees of public library districts;
(6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
authorizing the creation of the district permits or
requires election of candidates of political parties;
(7) Township officers, including township park
commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
Assessors;
(8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
(9) Members of school boards in school districts which
adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
(10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
River Waterway Management Agency;

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(11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
Act;
(12) Elected members of school boards, school
trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
counties or educational service regions having a
population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
(13) Members of Community College district boards;
(14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
(15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
(16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Districts;
(17) Elected Officers of special districts not
otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
governing those districts does not permit candidates of
political parties.
(d) At the consolidated primary election in each
odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of

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subsection (c).
At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
of political parties.
At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
(e) (Blank).
(f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so

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provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
officers shall be subject to the referendum.
Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
officials established in this Article, any community college
district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
effective date of the new district.
(g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
held in the precinct on that date.
(h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1)
Sec. 7-1. Application of Article.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the
nomination of all candidates for all elective State,
congressional, judicial, and county officers, State's
Attorneys (whether elected from a single county or from more
than one county), city, village, and incorporated town and
municipal officers, trustees of sanitary districts, township
officers in townships of over 5,000 population coextensive with

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or included wholly within cities or villages not under the
commission form of government, precinct, township, ward, and
State central committeepersons, and delegates and alternate
delegates to national nominating conventions by all political
parties, as defined in Section 7-2 of this Article 7, shall be
made in the manner provided in this Article 7 and not
otherwise. The nomination of candidates for electors of
President and Vice President of the United States shall be made
only in the manner provided for in Section 7-9 of this Article.
(b) This Article 7 shall not apply to (i) the nomination of
candidates for school elections and township elections, except
in those townships specifically mentioned in subsection (a) and
except in those cases in which a township central committee
determines under Section 6A-2 of the Township Law of 1874 or
Section 45-55 of the Township Code that its candidates for
township offices shall be nominated by primary in accordance
with this Article, (ii) the nomination of park commissioners in
park districts organized under the Park District Code, (iii)
the nomination of officers of cities and villages organized
under special charters, or (iv) the nomination of municipal
officers for cities, villages, and incorporated towns with a
population of 5,000 or less, except where a city, village, or
incorporated town with a population of 5,000 or less has by
ordinance determined that political parties shall nominate
candidates for municipal office in the city, village, or
incorporated town by primary in accordance with this Article.

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In that event, the municipal clerk shall certify the ordinance
to the proper election officials no later than November 15 in
the year preceding the consolidated primary election.
(c) The words "township officers" or "township offices"
shall be construed, when used in this Article, to include
supervisors.
(d) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of
the Illinois Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of
nonpartisan primary and general elections for the election of
village officers.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-2)
Sec. 7-2. A political party, which at the general election
for State and county officers then next preceding a primary,
polled more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in the
State, is hereby declared to be a political party within the
State, and shall nominate all candidates provided for in this
Article 7 under the provisions hereof, and shall elect
precinct, township, ward and State central committeepersons as
herein provided.
A political party, which at the general election for State
and county officers then next preceding a primary, cast more
than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast within any
congressional district, is hereby declared to be a political
party within the meaning of this Article, within such

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congressional district, and shall nominate its candidate for
Representative in Congress, under the provisions hereof. A
political party, which at the general election for State and
county officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5
per cent of the entire vote cast in any county, is hereby
declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
Article, within said county, and shall nominate all county
officers in said county under the provisions hereof, and shall
elect precinct, township, and ward committeepersons, as herein
provided. ;
A political party, which at the municipal election for
city, village, or incorporated town officers then next
preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire
vote cast in any city, or village, or incorporated town is
hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of
this Article, within said city, village, or incorporated town,
and shall nominate all city, village, or incorporated town
officers in said city, or village, or incorporated town under
the provisions hereof to the extent and in the cases provided
in Section 7-1.
A political party, which at the municipal election for town
officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per
cent of the entire vote cast in said town, is hereby declared
to be a political party within the meaning of this Article,
within said town, and shall nominate all town officers in said
town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the cases

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provided in Section 7-1.
A political party, which at the municipal election in any
other municipality or political subdivision, (except townships
and school districts), for municipal or other officers therein
then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the
entire vote cast in such municipality or political subdivision,
is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning
of this Article, within said municipality or political
subdivision, and shall nominate all municipal or other officers
therein under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
cases provided in Section 7-1.
Provided, that no political organization or group shall be
qualified as a political party hereunder, or given a place on a
ballot, which organization or group is associated, directly or
indirectly, with Communist, Fascist, Nazi, or other
un-American principles and engages in activities or propaganda
designed to teach subservience to the political principles and
ideals of foreign nations or the overthrow by violence of the
established constitutional form of government of the United
States and the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-18-18.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in certain
instances as provided in this Article and this Act, the
following committees are authorized and shall constitute the

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central or managing committees of each political party, viz: A
State central committee, whose responsibilities include, but
are not limited to, filling by appointment vacancies in
nomination for statewide offices, including but not limited to
the office of United States Senator, a congressional committee
for each congressional district, a county central committee for
each county, a municipal central committee for each city,
incorporated town or village, a ward committeeperson for each
ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more; a
township committeeperson for each township or part of a
township that lies outside of cities having a population of
200,000 or more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000
or more; a precinct committeeperson for each precinct in a
county counties having a population of less than 2,000,000; a
county board district committee for each county board district
created under Division 2-3 of the Counties Code; a State's
Attorney committee for each group of 2 or more counties which
jointly elect a State's Attorney; a Superintendent of
Multi-County Educational Service Region committee for each
group of 2 or more counties which jointly elect a
Superintendent of a Multi-County Educational Service Region; a
judicial subcircuit committee in a judicial circuit divided
into subcircuits for each judicial subcircuit in that circuit.
; and a board of review election district committee for each
Cook County Board of Review election district.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

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(10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
one or two members from each congressional district in the
State and shall be elected as follows:
State Central Committee
(a) Within 30 days after January 1, 1984 (the effective
date of Public Act 83-33), the State central committee of each
political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
State central committee of that party.
Alternative A. At the primary in 1970 and at the general
primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of
the State central committee for the congressional district in
which he resides. The candidate receiving the highest number of
votes shall be declared elected State central committeeperson
from the district. A political party may, in lieu of the
foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the
State central committeepersons in the manner following:
At the county convention held by such political party,
State central committeepersons shall be elected in the same
manner as provided in this Article for the election of officers
of the county central committee, and such election shall follow
the election of officers of the county central committee. Each

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elected ward, township or precinct committeeperson shall cast
as his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward,
township, part of a township or precinct in the last preceding
primary election of his political party. In the case of a
county lying partially within one congressional district and
partially within another congressional district, each ward,
township or precinct committeeperson shall vote only with
respect to the congressional district in which his ward,
township, part of a township or precinct is located. In the
case of a congressional district which encompasses more than
one county, each ward, township or precinct committeeperson
residing within the congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part
of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
election of his political party for one candidate of his party
for member of the State central committee for the congressional
district in which he resides and the Chair of the county
central committee shall report the results of the election to
the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
votes elected State central committeeperson for that
congressional district.
The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
members of the State central committee.
After August 6, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act

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91-426), whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair of a
State central committee, or at the end of the term of office of
Chair, the State central committee of each political party that
has selected Alternative A shall elect a Chair who shall not be
required to be a member of the State Central Committee. The
Chair shall be a registered voter in this State and of the same
political party as the State central committee.
Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a
person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
that congressional district to serve as an additional member of
the State central committee until his or her successor is
elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
each congressional district at the general primary election
held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
candidates for State central committeeman, and the female
candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's
female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be
declared elected State central committeeman and State central
committeewoman from the district. At the general primary
election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
party's candidates for State central committeemen or State
central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the

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same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State
central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
member of the State central committee from the district. This
vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional
committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
The Chair of a State central committee composed as provided
in this Alternative B must be selected from the committee's
members.
Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the
selection of the Chair of the State central committee, under
both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee
of each political party shall be composed of members elected or
appointed from the several congressional districts of the
State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The
members of the State central committee shall, within 41 days
after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in
the city of Springfield and organize by electing a Chair, and
may at such time elect such officers from among their own

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number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient.
The outgoing chair of the State central committee of the party
shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of the
State central committee elected at the primary of the time and
place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings of
the State central committee, each State central committeeman
and State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the
primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
of the political party of the counties located within the
congressional district in which the vacancy occurs. and, if
applicable, the ward and township committeepersons of the
political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
located within the congressional district. If the
congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies wholly
within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and
township committeepersons of the political party in that
congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
voting to fill the vacancy, each chair of a county central
committee and each ward and township committeeperson in
counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote
for each ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional

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district in which the vacancy exists of his or her county,
township, or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her
party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting
to fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person
appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be a
qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided in
Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
return to the election of State central committeeman and State
central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any
action taken by a political party at a State convention in
accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
Board of Elections by the chair and secretary of such
convention within 10 days after such action.
Ward, Township and Precinct Committeepersons
(b) At the primary in 1972 and at the general primary
election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeperson.
Each candidate for ward committeeperson must be a resident of
and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
committeeperson. The one having the highest number of votes
shall be such ward committeeperson of such party for such ward.
At the primary election in 1970 and at the general primary

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election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more, outside
of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more, may vote
for one candidate of his party for township committeeperson.
Each candidate for township committeeperson must be a resident
of and in the township or part of a township (which lies
outside of a city having a population of 200,000 or more, in
counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more), and in
which township or part of a township he seeks to be elected
township committeeperson. The one having the highest number of
votes shall be such township committeeperson of such party for
such township or part of a township. At the primary in 1970 and
at the general primary election every 2 years thereafter, each
primary elector, except in counties having a population of
2,000,000 or over, may vote for one candidate of his party in
his precinct for precinct committeeperson. Each candidate for
precinct committeeperson must be a bona fide resident of the
precinct where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeperson.
The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeperson of such party for such precinct. The
official returns of the primary shall show the name of the
committeeperson of each political party.
Terms of Committeepersons. All precinct committeepersons
elected under the provisions of this Article shall continue as
such committeepersons until the date of the primary to be held
in the second year after their election. Except as otherwise

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provided in this Section for certain State central
committeepersons who have 2 year terms, all State central
committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward
committeepersons shall continue as such committeepersons until
the date of primary to be held in the fourth year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the office of precinct
committeeperson when a precinct committeeperson ceases to
reside in the precinct in which he was elected and such
precinct committeeperson shall thereafter neither have nor
exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeperson in
that precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
appointed.
(c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
the precinct committeepersons of such party, in the
multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
Committee each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for
each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
his party at the primary at which he was elected.
County Central Committee
(d) The county central committee of each political party in
each county shall consist of the various township
committeepersons, precinct committeepersons and ward
committeepersons, if any, of such party in the county. In the

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organization and proceedings of the county central committee,
each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his
party at the primary at which he was elected. ; each township
committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
his township or part of a township as the case may be by the
primary electors of his party at the primary election for the
nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the county central
committee; and in the organization and proceedings of the
county central committee, each ward committeeperson shall have
one vote for each ballot voted in his ward by the primary
electors of his party at the primary election for the
nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the county central
committee.
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
(d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
various township committeepersons and ward committeepersons,
if any, of that party in the portions of the county composing
the board of review election district. In the organization and
proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
township committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot
voted in his or her township or part of a township, as the case
may be, by the primary electors of his or her party at the

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primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the board
of review election district committee; and in the organization
and proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees,
each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot
voted in his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may
be, by the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
review election district committee.
Congressional Committee
(e) The congressional committee of each party in each
congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
county central committees of the counties composing the
congressional district, except that in congressional districts
wholly within the territorial limits of one county, the
precinct committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward
committeepersons, if any, of the party representing the
precincts within the limits of the congressional district,
shall compose the congressional committee. A State central
committeeperson in each district shall be a member and the
chair or, when a district has 2 State central committeepersons,
a co-chairperson of the congressional committee, but shall not
have the right to vote except in case of a tie.
In the organization and proceedings of congressional
committees composed of precinct committeepersons or township
committeepersons or ward committeepersons, or any combination
thereof, each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for

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each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
his party at the primary at which he was elected, each township
committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
his township or part of a township as the case may be by the
primary electors of his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
committee, and each ward committeeperson shall have one vote
for each ballot voted in each precinct of his ward located in
such congressional district by the primary electors of his
party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting
of the congressional committee; and in the organization and
proceedings of congressional committees composed of the
chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
within such district, each chair of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
county by the primary electors of his party at the primary
election immediately preceding the meeting of the
congressional committee.
Judicial District Committee
(f) The judicial district committee of each political party
in each judicial district shall be composed of the chair of the
county central committees of the counties composing the
judicial district.
In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
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such county central committee shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
the judicial district committee.
Circuit Court Committee
(g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
composing the judicial circuit.
In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
committees, each chair of a county central committee shall have
one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the primary
electors of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of the circuit court committee.
Judicial Subcircuit Committee
(g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political
party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided
into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township
committeepersons of the townships and wards composing the
judicial subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct
committeepersons of the precincts composing the judicial
subcircuit in any county other than Cook County.
In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
subcircuit committee, each township committeeperson shall have
one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the

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primary electors of his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
committee; each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote
for each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as
the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary
electors of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee. ;
and each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case may be,
in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of his party
at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
the judicial subcircuit committee.
Municipal Central Committee
(h) The municipal central committee of each political party
shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
committeepersons, as the case may be, of such party
representing the precincts or wards, embraced in such city,
incorporated town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township or ward committeeperson on the municipal
central committee shall be the same as his voting strength on
the county central committee.
For political parties, other than a statewide political
party, established only within a municipality or township, the
municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
the party officers of the local established party. The party
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chair and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities and
townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's
officers.
Powers
(i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
The several committees herein provided for shall not have power
to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other
person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed
to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership
proper and necessary subcommittees.
(j) The State central committee of a political party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate
selection rules of the national political party and file a copy
of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by
a national political party.

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(k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the State
central committee of a political party which elects its members
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy
shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and township
committeepersons, if any, of the wards and townships which lie
entirely or partially within the Congressional District from
which the absent State central committeeman or committeewoman
was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county central
committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially
within that Congressional District and in which there are no
ward or township committeepersons. When voting for such proxy,
the county chair, ward committeeperson or township
committeeperson, as the case may be, shall have one vote for
each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the Congressional District, by the primary
electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
However, the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
rules of a political party which elects its members by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
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conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall
automatically become vacant.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
conventions.
(a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which
committeepersons are elected, the county central committee of
each political party shall meet within the county and proceed
to organize by electing from its own number a chair and either
from its own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such
committee may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the
county central committee shall be known as the county
convention.
The chair of each county committee shall within 10 days
after the organization, forward to the State Board of
Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
precinct committeepersons and representative committeepersons
elected by his political party.
The county convention of each political party shall choose
delegates to the State convention of its party, if the party
chooses to hold a State convention. ; but in any county having
within its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or
over the delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the

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ward committeepersons from the respective wards choosing the
number of delegates to which such ward is entitled on the basis
prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such delegates to
be members of the delegation to the State convention from such
county. In all counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more,
the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships
as the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of
townships as the case may be, the township committeepersons
from the respective townships or parts of townships as the case
may be choosing the number of delegates to which such townships
or parts of townships as the case may be are entitled, on the
basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
convention from such county.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
(a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
(a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention,
who must be residents of the member's Congressional District.
(b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after the
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In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the chair of a
State central committee may issue a call for a State convention
within 180 days after the general primary.
The State convention of each political party, if the party
chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
nominations of candidates of its political party for the
electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined
by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to
choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee
may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the
State convention.
(c) The chair and secretary of each State convention, if
the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall, within 2
days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses
of all persons nominated by such State convention for electors
of President and Vice President of the United States, and of
any persons selected by the State convention for delegates and
alternate delegates at large to national nominating
conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such
State convention for electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, shall be caused by the State Board of
Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at the general
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to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the
manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the
certifying of the names of persons nominated by any party for
State offices. If and as long as this Act prescribes that the
names of such electors be not printed on the ballot, then the
names of such electors shall be certified in such manner as may
be prescribed by the parts of this Act applicable thereto.
(d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State
convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chair of
the State central committee of each political party shall file
in the principal office of the State Board of Elections a call
for the State convention. Such call shall state, among other
things, the time and place (designating the building or hall)
for holding the State convention. Such call shall be signed by
the chair and attested by the secretary of the committee. In
such convention each county shall be entitled to one delegate
for each 500 ballots voted by the primary electors of the party
in such county at the primary to be held next after the
issuance of such call; and if in such county, less than 500
ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted is
not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate for
such group which is less than 500, or for such group
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which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each primary
vote so represented by him. The call for such convention shall
set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and shall
direct that the number of delegates to be chosen be calculated
in compliance herewith and that such number of delegates be
chosen.
(f) All precinct, township and ward committeepersons when
elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
strength of each committeeperson shall remain as provided in
this Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
provided in this Act.
(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
called by the chair, or by not less than 25% of the members of
such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
committee in writing designating the time and place at which
such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
proposed to present at such special meeting.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeperson
because no one was elected to that office or because the
precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in the precinct or
for any other reason, the chair of the county central committee

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of the appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such
office by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and
the appointed precinct committeeperson shall serve as though
elected; however, no such appointment may be made between the
general primary election and the 30th day after the general
primary election.
(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a
political party which elects its State Central Committee by
either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
their terms.
(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
substantially the following form:

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We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in
the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois,
do hereby petition that the following named person or persons
shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the
nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for election to)
the office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at
the primary election to be held on (insert date).
Name Office Address
John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
Name.................. Address.......................
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of........)
I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
party, and that their respective residences are correctly

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stated, as above set forth.
.........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................
Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate
heading giving the information as to name of candidate or
candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
office, the political party represented and place of residence;
and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors
residing in the political division for which the nomination is
sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the
signature of each signer, his residence address shall be
written or printed. The residence address required to be
written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
name shall include the street address or rural route number of
the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
and city, village or town, and state. However the county or
city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in
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At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or
older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street
address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying
that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that
none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and
certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a
nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before
some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
of such petition.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
signature from the petition, provided that:
(1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
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certification listing the page number and line number of
each signature struck from the petition. Such
certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
sheets which are filed with the proper local election
officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections
shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the
voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or
duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part
thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates
filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified
(in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state
that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a
licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he
has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing
period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the

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candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall
be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State
and shall be in substantially the following form:
Statement of Candidacy
Name Address Office District Party
John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
Belvidere,
Illinois
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of .......)
I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act

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and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)
such office.
Signed ......................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
Signed ....................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
authority or local election official with whom the petition is
required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
thereof shall be punished accordingly.
A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
his or her petition for nomination.
(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or
as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
convention elected from the State at-large, then the

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candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000
but not more than 10,000 signatures.
(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for
United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
convention elected from a congressional district, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
district. In the first primary election following a
redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of
qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party
in his or her congressional district.
(c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
countywide office, including but not limited to county board
chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's
petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election
in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county
board member elected from a county board district, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary

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electors of his or her party in the county board district. In
the first primary election following a redistricting of county
board districts or the initial establishment of county board
districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
the total number of county board districts comprising the
county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
signatures be less than 25.
(d) County office; Cook County only.
(1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
Cook County.
(2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
in his or her county board district. In the first primary
election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party

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in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
general election divided by the total number of county
board districts comprising the county board; provided that
in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
(3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
the total number of registered voters in his or her board
of review district in the last general election at which a
commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
that board of review district. In no event shall the number
of signatures required be greater than the requisite number
for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first
primary election following a redistricting of Cook County
Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at
least the number of signatures required for a countywide
candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the
qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
(e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary
election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or
trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for
nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at
least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate
of that political party who received the highest number of
votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election
at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or
districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less
than 25.
(f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of
the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
congressional district.
(g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal
to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the

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sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards,
then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at
least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary
electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary
district. In the first primary election following
redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward
of that sanitary district.
(h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for
judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition
for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the
candidate for his or her political party for the office of
Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was
elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a
candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or
subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number
of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her
political party who received the highest number of votes at the
last general election at which a judicial officer from the same
circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be elected,
but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in circuits and
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signatures in every other Judicial District.
(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10
signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the
precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no
less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary
electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16%
of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is
greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township
committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5%
of the primary electors of his or her party of the township,
but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
number, whichever is greater.
(j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
comprising the counties.
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office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
whichever is greater.
For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors
shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the
applicable district, for the candidate for that political party
who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the
last general election in the State at which electors for
President of the United States were elected. For political
subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
that political party who received the highest number of votes
in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
that political party who received the highest number of votes
in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward
or district.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
party.

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The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
except for item (3) of subsection (d).
Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
mail or in person as follows:
(1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
district which comprises more than one county or is partly
in one county and partly in another county or counties,
then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such
petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113
and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the
primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to
fill a vacancy by special election in the office of
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for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of
the State Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not
less than 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
preceding the 106th day before a general primary election,
petitions for nomination for the office in which the
vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office
of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less
than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary
election.
Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
policies of a national political party conflict with such
requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
convention, the chair of the State central committee of
such national political party shall notify the Board in
writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
national political party in conflict, and in such case the
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance
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central committee of such national political party.
(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition
shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more
than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the
primary.
(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
filed in the office of the local election official, not
more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's
boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
authority.
(4) The petitions of candidates for State central
committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
the State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less
than 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior
to the date of the primary.
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election authorities and local election officials with
whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify
the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt
shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each
petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting
in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as
of the normal opening hour of the office involved on such
day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal
opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
and received after midnight of the first day for filing and
in the first mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be
deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the
normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All
petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in
the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions
filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be
deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are
received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or
the various election authorities or local election
officials with whom such petitions are filed shall break
ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
lottery or other fair and impartial method of random
selection approved by the State Board of Elections. Such
lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following the last
day for petition filing and shall be open to the public.
Seven days written notice of the time and place of

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conducting such random selection shall be given by the
State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
committee of each established political party, and by each
election authority or local election official, to the
County Chair of each established political party, and to
each organization of citizens within the election
jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on
the day of election. The State Board of Elections, election
authority or local election official shall post in a
conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The
State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations
governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
All candidates shall be certified in the order in which
their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have
filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
same office at a later time.
(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
election authority or local election official with whom
such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of
the obligation to file statements of organization, reports
of campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign
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Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by
paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
(8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with
the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement
of economic interests in relation to the same governmental
unit with that officer within a year preceding the date on
which such nomination papers were filed. If the nomination
papers of any candidate and the statement of economic
interest of that candidate are not required to be filed
with the same officer, the candidate must file with the
officer with whom the nomination papers are filed a receipt
from the officer with whom the statement of economic
interests is filed showing the date on which such statement
was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than
the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
(9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or
for committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention has been filed may
cause his name to be withdrawn by request in writing,
signed by him and duly acknowledged before an officer
qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in
the principal or permanent branch office of the State Board

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of Elections or with the appropriate election authority or
local election official, not later than the date of
certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
for nomination have been filed for the same person with
respect to more than one political party, his name shall
not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so
that the same person could not serve in more than one of
such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
business days following the last day for petition filing. A
candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name shall
be certified only for the first vacancy for which the
petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a

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political party is not incompatible with any other office.
(10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary shall be held for an established
political party in any township, municipality, or ward
thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party
of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
office.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary election shall be held for an
established political party for any special primary
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
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where the nomination of such political party for said
office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such established party for
election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
scheduled election day.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to
become a write-in candidate for a political party's
nomination for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
election official with whom nomination papers for such
office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name
and address of the person intending to become a write-in
candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified
primary elector of the political party from whom the

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nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
Section is filed in a timely manner.
(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
Elections, appropriate election authority or local
election official where the petitions are filed shall
within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
local election official, the last set of petitions filed
shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official then only the first set of petitions
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void.
(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
not less than 6 months.
(Source: P.A. 99-221, eff. 7-31-15; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
Sec. 7-13. The board of election commissioners in cities of
500,000 or more population having such board, shall constitute
an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon objections
to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons.
Such objections shall be filed in the office of the county
clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing
nomination papers. The objection shall state the name and
address of the objector, who may be any qualified elector in
the ward, the specific grounds of objection and the relief
requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of the
objection, the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
objection and the petition of the candidate to the board of
election commissioners. The board of election commissioners
shall forthwith notify the objector and candidate objected to
of the time and place for hearing hereon. After a hearing upon
the validity of such objections, the board shall certify to the
county clerk its decision stating whether or not the name of
the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the county
clerk in his or her certificate to the board of election

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commissioners shall leave off of the certificate the name of
the candidate for ward committeeperson that the election
commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However,
the decision of the board of election commissioners is subject
to judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
The county electoral board composed as provided in Section
10-9 shall constitute an electoral board for the hearing and
passing upon objections to nomination petitions for precinct
and township committeepersons. Such objections shall be filed
in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after
the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall
state the name and address of the objector who may be any
qualified elector in the precinct or in the township or part of
a township that lies outside of a city having a population of
500,000 or more, the specific grounds of objection and the
relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of
the objection the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
objection and the petition of the candidate to the chair of the
county electoral board. The chair of the county electoral board
shall forthwith notify the objector, the candidate whose
petition is objected to and the other members of the electoral
board of the time and place for hearing thereon. After hearing
upon the validity of such objections the board shall certify
its decision to the county clerk stating whether or not the
name of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot, and the
county clerk, in his or her certificate to the board of

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election commissioners, shall leave off of the certificate the
name of the candidate ordered by the board not to be printed on
the ballot, and the county clerk shall also refrain from
printing on the official primary ballot, the name of any
candidate whose name has been ordered by the electoral board
not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of the
board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section
10-10.1.
In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same
powers as other electoral boards under the provisions of
Section 10-10 of this Act and their decisions are subject to
judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
the manner following:
1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
printed in large capital letters, words designating the ballot,
if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall be:
"REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and in
like manner for each political party.
2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not
less than one inch below designating words, the name of each

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office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such
names may be printed on the ballot either in a single column or
in 2 or more columns and in the following order, to-wit:
President of the United States, State offices,
congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to be
elected from the State at large to National nominating
conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
from congressional districts to National nominating
conventions, member or members of the State central committee,
trustees of sanitary districts, county offices, judicial
officers, city, village and incorporated town offices, town
offices, or of such of the said offices as candidates are to be
nominated for at such primary, and precinct, township or ward
committeepersons. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing offices to and including member of the State central
committee shall be listed in the left-hand column and
Senatorial offices, as defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in the second column.
Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
letters the directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not
more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no candidate
or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons
file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office,
then below the title of that office the election authority
instead shall print "No Candidate".
Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or

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alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or (b)
no official designation, depending upon the action taken by the
State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall
be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed
within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front
of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates under
each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall
separate the names of candidates for one office from the names
of candidates for another office, to avoid confusion and to
permit the writing in of the names of other candidates.
Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
is applicable.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
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Sec. 7-51. If the primary elector marks more names upon the
primary ballot than there are persons to be nominated as
candidates for an office, or for State central
committeepersons, or precinct committeepersons, or township
committeepersons, or ward committeepersons, or delegates or
alternate delegates to National nominating conventions, or if
for any reason it is impossible to determine the primary
elector's choice of a candidate for the nomination for an
office, or committeeperson, or delegate, his primary ballot
shall not be counted for the nomination for such office or
committeeperson.
No primary ballot, without the endorsement of the judge's
initials thereon, shall be counted.
No judge shall omit to endorse his initials on a primary
ballot, as required by this Article, nor shall any person not
authorized so to do initial a primary ballot knowing that he is
not so authorized.
Primary ballots not counted shall be marked "defective" on
the back thereof; and primary ballots to which objections have
been made by either of the primary judges or challengers shall
be marked "objected to" on the back thereof; and a memorandum,
signed by the primary judges, stating how it was counted, shall
be written on the back of each primary ballot so marked; and
all primary ballots marked "defective" or "objected to" shall
be enclosed in an envelope and securely sealed, and so marked
and endorsed as to clearly disclose its contents. The envelope

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to be used for enclosing ballots marked "defective" or
"objected to" shall bear upon its face, in not less than 1 1/2
inch type, the legend: "This envelope is for use after 6:00
P.M. only." The envelope to be used for enclosing ballots
spoiled by voters while attempting to vote shall bear upon its
face, in not less than 1 1/2 inch type, the legend: "This
envelope is for use before 6:00 P.M. only."
All primary ballots not voted, and all that have been
spoiled by voters while attempting to vote, shall be returned
to the proper election authority by the primary judges, and a
receipt taken therefor, and shall be preserved 2 months. Such
official shall keep a record of the number of primary ballots
delivered for each polling place, and he or they shall also
enter upon such record the number and character of primary
ballots returned, with the time when and the persons by whom
they are returned.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
Sec. 7-53. As soon as the ballots of a political party
shall have been read and the votes of the political party
counted, as provided in the last above section, the 3 judges in
charge of the tally sheets shall foot up the tally sheets so as
to show the total number of votes cast for each candidate of
the political party and for each candidate for State Central
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committeeperson or ward committeeperson, and delegate and
alternate delegate to National nominating conventions, and
certify the same to be correct. Thereupon, the primary judges
shall set down in a certificate of results on the tally sheet,
under the name of the political party, the name of each
candidate voted for upon the primary ballot, written at full
length, the name of the office for which he is a candidate for
nomination or for committeeperson, or delegate or alternate
delegate to National nominating conventions, the total number
of votes which the candidate received, and they shall also set
down the total number of ballots voted by the primary electors
of the political party in the precinct. The certificate of
results shall be made substantially in the following form:
................ Party
At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the
(1) *township of ...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward
in the city of .... on (insert date), the primary electors of
the .... party voted .... ballots, and the respective
candidates whose names were written or printed on the primary
ballot of the .... party, received respectively the following
votes:
Name of No. of
Candidate, Title of Office, Votes
John Jones Governor 100
Jane James Lieutenant Governor 100
Sam Smith Governor 70

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Samantha Smythe Lieutenant Governor 70
Frank Martin Attorney General 150
William Preston Rep. in Congress 200
Frederick John Circuit Judge 50
*Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
And so on for each candidate.
We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and
correct.
Dated (insert date).
...................................
Name Address
...................................
Name Address
...................................
Name Address
...................................
Name Address
...................................
Name Address
Judges of Primary
Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
required or authorized by Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever
is applicable.
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(10 ILCS 5/7-56) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-56)
Sec. 7-56. As soon as complete returns are delivered to the
proper election authority, the returns shall be canvassed for
all primary elections as follows. The election authority acting
as the canvassing board pursuant to Section 1-8 of this Code
shall also open and canvass the returns of a primary. Upon the
completion of the canvass of the returns by the election
authority, the election authority shall make a tabulated
statement of the returns for each political party separately,
stating in appropriate columns and under proper headings, the
total number of votes cast in said county for each candidate
for nomination or election by said party, including candidates
for President of the United States and for State central
committeepersons, and for delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions, and for precinct
committeepersons, township committeepersons, and for ward
committeepersons. Within 2 days after the completion of said
canvass by the election authority, the county clerk shall mail
to the State Board of Elections a certified copy of such
tabulated statement of returns. The election authority shall
also determine and set down as to each precinct the number of
ballots voted by the primary electors of each party at the
primary.
In the case of the nomination or election of candidates for
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central committeepersons, and delegates and alternate
delegates to National nominating conventions, certified
tabulated statement of returns for which are filed with the
State Board of Elections, said returns shall be canvassed by
the election authority. And, provided, further, that within 5
days after said returns shall be canvassed by the said Board,
the Board shall cause to be published in one daily newspaper of
general circulation at the seat of the State government in
Springfield a certified statement of the returns filed in its
office, showing the total vote cast in the State for each
candidate of each political party for President of the United
States, and showing the total vote for each candidate of each
political party for President of the United States, cast in
each of the several congressional districts in the State.
Within 48 hours of conducting a canvass, as required by
this Code, of the consolidated primary, the election authority
shall deliver an original certificate of results to each local
election official, with respect to whose political
subdivisions nominations were made at such primary, for each
precinct in his jurisdiction in which such nominations were on
the ballot. Such original certificate of results need not
include any offices or nominations for any other political
subdivisions.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
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Sec. 7-58. Each county clerk or board of election
commissioners shall, upon completion of the canvassing of the
returns, make and transmit to the State Board of Elections and
to each election authority whose duty it is to print the
official ballot for the election for which the nomination is
made a proclamation of the results of the primary. The
proclamation shall state the name of each candidate of each
political party so nominated or elected, as shown by the
returns, together with the name of the office for which he or
she was nominated or elected, including precinct, township and
ward committeepersons, and including in the case of the State
Board of Elections, candidates for State central
committeepersons, and delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions. If a notice of contest is
filed, the election authority shall, within one business day
after receiving a certified copy of the court's judgment or
order, amend its proclamation accordingly and proceed to file
an amended proclamation with the appropriate election
authorities and with the State Board of Elections.
The State Board of Elections shall issue a certificate of
election to each of the persons shown by the returns and the
proclamation thereof to be elected State central
committeepersons, and delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating nomination conventions; and the county
clerk shall issue a certificate of election to each person
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committeeperson. The certificate issued to such precinct
committeeperson shall state the number of ballots voted in his
or her precinct by the primary electors of his or her party at
the primary at which he or she was elected. The certificate
issued to such township committeeperson shall state the number
of ballots voted in his or her township or part of a township,
as the case may be, by the primary electors of his or her party
at the primary at which he or she was elected. The certificate
issued to such ward committeeperson shall state the number of
ballots voted in his or her ward by the primary electors of his
or her party at the primary at which he or she was elected.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-10-18.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)
Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of
votes at a primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination
for an office shall be the candidate of that party for such
office, and his name as such candidate shall be placed on the
official ballot at the election then next ensuing; provided,
that where there are two or more persons to be nominated for
the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and
their names shall be placed on the official ballot at the
following election.
Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act,
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for State central committeeperson of his congressional
district shall be declared elected State central
committeeperson from said congressional district.
Unless a national political party specifies that delegates
and alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be
allocated by proportional selection representation according
to the results of a Presidential preference primary, the
requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions from the State at large, and
the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions in their respective
congressional districts shall be declared elected delegates
and alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
of their party.
A political party which elects the members to its State
Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
Section 7-8 shall select its congressional district delegates
and alternate delegates to its national nominating convention
by proportional selection representation according to the
results of a Presidential preference primary in each
congressional district in the manner provided by the rules of
the national political party and the State Central Committee,
when the rules and policies of the national political party so
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A political party which elects the members to its State
Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
Section 7-8 shall select its at large delegates and alternate
delegates to its national nominating convention by
proportional selection representation according to the results
of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
manner provided by the rules of the national political party
and the State Central Committee, when the rules and policies of
the national political party so require.
The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
party for precinct committeeperson of his precinct shall be
declared elected precinct committeeperson from said precinct.
The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
party for township committeeperson of his township or part of a
township as the case may be, shall be declared elected township
committeeperson from said township or part of a township as the
case may be. In cities where ward committeepersons are elected,
the person receiving the highest number of votes of his party
for ward committeeperson of his ward shall be declared elected
ward committeeperson from said ward.
When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest
number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
committeeperson of the same political party, or where more than
one person of the same political party is to be nominated as a
candidate for office or committeeperson, if it appears that
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or elected committeeperson have the highest and an equal number
of votes for the nomination for the same office or for election
as committeeperson, the election authority by which the returns
of the primary are canvassed shall decide by lot which of said
persons shall be nominated or elected, as the case may be. In
such case the election authority shall issue notice in writing
to such persons of such tie vote stating therein the place, the
day (which shall not be more than 5 days thereafter) and the
hour when such nomination or election shall be so determined.
(b) Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who
have filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
candidates with the proper election authority or authorities
not later than 61 days prior to the primary. However, whenever
an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st
day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted
for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that
office with the proper election authority or authorities not
later than 7 days prior to the election.
Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. Such
declaration shall specify the office for which the person seeks
nomination or election as a write-in candidate.
The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
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judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the primary.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section, where the number of candidates whose names have been
printed on a party's ballot for nomination for or election to
an office at a primary is less than the number of persons the
party is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
primary, a person whose name was not printed on the party's
primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to
the office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a
result of a write-in vote at the primary unless the number of
votes he received equals or exceeds the number of signatures
required on a petition for nomination for that office; or
unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the number of
votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names
were printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or
election to the same office.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where
the number of candidates whose names have been printed on the
party's ballot for nomination for or election to the office at
the primary equals or exceeds the number of persons the party
is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
primary.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
(10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
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committee for each political party in each legislative district
and one representative committee for each political party in
each representative district. Legislative and representative
committees shall be composed as follows:
In legislative or representative districts within or
including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or more
inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee of a
political party shall consist of the committeepersons of such
party representing each township or ward of such county any
portion of which township or ward is included within such
legislative or representative district and the chair of each
county central committee of such party of any county containing
less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of which county is
included within such legislative or representative district.
In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
representative committee of a political party shall consist of
the chair of each county central committee of such party, any
portion of which county is included within such legislative or
representative district; but if a legislative or
representative district comprises only one county, or part of a
county, its legislative or representative committee shall
consist of the chair of the county central committee and 2
members of the county central committee who reside in the
legislative or representative district, as the case may be,
elected by the county central committee.
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immediately following the decennial redistricting required by
Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970,
the ward committeepersons, township committeepersons or
chairmen of county central committees within each of the
redistricted legislative and representative districts shall
meet and proceed to organize by electing from among their own
number a chair and, either from among their own number or
otherwise, such other officers as they may deem necessary or
expedient. The ward committeepersons, township
committeepersons or chairmen of county central committees
shall determine the time and place (which shall be in the
limits of such district) of such meeting. Immediately upon
completion of organization, the chair shall forward to the
State Board of Elections the names and addresses of the chair
and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall occur when a
member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the county,
township or ward which he represented.
Within 180 days after the primary of each other
even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize by
electing from among its own number a chair, and either from its
own number or otherwise, such other officers as each committee
may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion of
organization, the chair shall forward to the State Board of
Elections, the names and addresses of the chair and secretary
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notify the members of the time and place (which shall be in the
limits of such district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur
when a member dies, resigns, or ceases to reside in the county,
township or ward, which he represented.
If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
township or ward, the committeeperson previously elected
therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary change had
occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
legislative or representative committee until his successor is
elected or appointed.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)