Bill Text: IL HB2987 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of the Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB2987 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2987-Introduced.html


103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2987

Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8

Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of this Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
5Officer Eligibility Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions.
7 "Federal office" means the office of the President or Vice
8President of the United States or of a member of the United
9States Congress.
10 "Judicial office" has the meaning ascribed to that term in
11Section 7-4 of the Election Code.
12 "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning ascribed to that
13term in Section 5 of the Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof
14Vest Act.
15 "Local office" means the office of a board member of a unit
16of local government or any other elected or appointed office
17of a unit of local government.
18 "Office" means a State office, local office, federal
19office, or judicial office.
20 "State office" means the office of the Governor,
21Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
22State Comptroller, or State Treasurer, the office of a member
23of the General Assembly, or the office of a State's Attorney.

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1 Section 10. Candidacy for office. A person seeking a local
2office or a local officer seeking another office may not
3qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the
4person follows the requirements of this Act.
5 Section 15. Local officers seeking another office.
6 (a) If a local officer seeks to become a candidate for
7another office and any part of the terms run concurrently with
8each other, the person must first resign the local office that
9the officer presently holds. Resignation shall be under the
10following conditions:
11 (1) The resignation is irrevocable.
12 (2) The written resignation must be submitted at least
13 10 days prior to the earliest date to file the person's
14 petition for nomination for the other office under the
15 Election Code.
16 (3) The resignation must be effective no later than
17 the date the local officer would take office in the new
18 office, if elected. The office is deemed vacant upon the
19 effective date of the resignation submitted by the local
20 officer in the letter of resignation.
21 (4) An elected or appointed local officer must submit
22 his or her written resignation to the clerk, or individual
23 holding a similar position, of the unit of local
24 government, with a copy provided to the local election

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1 authority.
2 (b) This Section does not apply to a local officer if the
3term of the office that the officer presently holds is
4scheduled to expire or to be filled by election or appointment
5on or before the date the local officer's term would begin in
6the office that the officer is seeking.
7 Section 20. Seeking the office of the sheriff. A person
8who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court
9security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise
10supervises must resign as provided under subsection (a) of
11Section 15 if the person is seeking to qualify for the office
12of the sheriff, except that the person shall submit the
13resignation to the sheriff and the local election authority.
14 Section 25. Failure to submit resignation; penalties;
15notice.
16 (a) The failure of a local officer to submit a resignation
17under Section 15 or a person in a sheriff's office required to
18submit a resignation under Section 20 constitutes an
19automatic, irrevocable resignation by the local officer from
20the office the officer presently holds or from the position
21the person holds in the sheriff's office, effective 14 days
22after the filing of a petition for nomination for the other
23office or office of the sheriff, as applicable.
24 (b) The local election authority must determine if an

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1automatic resignation has occurred under subsection (a) upon
2the filing of each petition for nomination. The local election
3authority shall send a notice of the automatic resignation to
4the individual and to the office of the unit of local
5government in which the individual was a officer or was
6employed. In the case of a deputy sheriff, county corrections
7officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff
8otherwise supervises, the election authority shall also submit
9a copy of the automatic resignation to the sheriff.
10 Section 30. Federal, judicial, and State officers seeking
11local office; penalties for failure to resign.
12 (a) A person who holds a federal office, judicial office,
13or State office may not file a petition for nomination for a
14local office unless the person first resigns in the same
15manner as required under Section 15, except that the officer
16must file the officer's resignation with the appropriate
17persons or entities to effectuate the resignation. The officer
18must file a copy of the resignation with the local election
19authority in which the officer will be filing a petition for
20nomination for a local office.
21 (b) Failure to submit a resignation and a copy to the local
22election authority under this Section shall make the person
23ineligible to hold the local office for which the person filed
24a petition for nomination. The local election authority shall
25not place the name of any person on the ballot for a local

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1office who has not complied with this Section.
2 (c) This Section does not apply to a federal, judicial, or
3State officer if the term of the office that the officer
4presently holds is scheduled to expire or be filled by
5election or appointment on or before the date the officer's
6term would begin in the local office that the officer is
7seeking.
8 Section 35. Appointive entities. This Act does not apply
9to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to
10an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority.
11 Section 40. Conflict with other provisions of law.
12 (a) To the extent this Act conflicts with the Officer
13Prohibited Activities Act, the Officer Prohibited Activities
14Act controls.
15 (b) Except as provided for in subsection (a), to the
16extent this Act conflicts with any other provision of law,
17this Act controls.
18 Section 90. Home rule. A home rule unit that has the
19authority to set eligibility requirements for local office may
20not set eligibility requirements for local office in a manner
21inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under
22subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
23Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of

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1powers and functions exercised by the State.
2 Section 900. The Election Code is amended by changing
3Sections 7-10 and 8-8 as follows:
4 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
5 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
6candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
7township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
8committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
9delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
10upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
11been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
12substantially the following form:
13 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
14.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
15in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
16Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
17or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
18for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
19election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
20be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
21date).
22 NameOfficeAddress
23John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
24Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.

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1Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
2Name.................. Address.......................
3State of Illinois)
4 ) ss.
5County of........)
6 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
7street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
8....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
9of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
10were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
11best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
12the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
13party, and that their respective residences are correctly
14stated, as above set forth.
15
.........................
16 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
17
.........................
18 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
19candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
20and shall contain above the space for signatures an
21appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
22candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
23signed; the office, the political party represented and place

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1of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
2 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
3electors residing in the political division for which the
4nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
5opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
6shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
7be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
8elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
9number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
10signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
11However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
12residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms
13where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the
14same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
15abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
16including street number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of
17such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
18a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the
19United States, stating the street address or rural route
20number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city,
21village or town, and state; and certifying that the signatures
22on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her
23presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
24either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
25circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
26which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the

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1petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
2of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
3preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
4for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the
5signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
6January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
7signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
8January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
9sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
10her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
11time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
12political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
13statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
14administer oaths in this State.
15 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
16sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
17day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
18 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
19whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
20signature from the petition, provided that:
21 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
22 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
23 and
24 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
25 certification listing the page number and line number of
26 each signature struck from the petition. Such

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1 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
2 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
3together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
4fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
5manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
6The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
7to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
8sheets which are filed with the proper local election
9officials, election authorities or the State Board of
10Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
11by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
12photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
13include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
14the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
15filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
16candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
17that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
18which the petition relates and is qualified for the office
19specified (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it
20shall state that the candidate is at the time of filing such
21statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall
22state that he has filed (or will file before the close of the
23petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
24required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall
25request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
26ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate

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1before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
2in the State and shall be in substantially the following form:
3
Statement of Candidacy
4NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
5John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
6Belvidere,
7Illinois
8State of Illinois)
9 ) ss.
10County of .......)
11 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
12Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
13State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
14qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I currently
15(hold do/do not hold) office other than the office for which
16this Statement is being submitted; that I (am/am not) an
17employee in the office of the sheriff and that I (am/am not)
18seeking the office of the sheriff; that I am a candidate for
19nomination (for election in the case of committeeperson and
20delegates and alternate delegates) to the office of .... to be
21voted upon at the primary election to be held on (insert date);
22that I am legally qualified (including being the holder of any
23license that may be an eligibility requirement for the office
24I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and that I have
25filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing

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1period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
2Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my
3name be printed upon the official primary ballot for
4nomination for (or election to in the case of committeepersons
5and delegates and alternate delegates) such office.
6
Signed ......................
7 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
8who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
9
Signed ....................
10
(Official Character)
11(Seal, if officer has one.)
12 As used in the Statement of Candidacy, "office" has the
13meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5 of the Local Officer
14Eligibility Act.
15 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
16to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
17filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
18authority or local election official with whom the petition is
19required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
20Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
21by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
22thereof shall be punished accordingly.
23 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
24obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
25his or her petition for nomination.

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1 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
2convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
3candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
4alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
5from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
6nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
710,000 signatures.
8 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
9national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
10in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
11Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
12congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
13elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
14petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
15signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
16his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
17first primary election following a redistricting of
18congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
19must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
20electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
21congressional district.
22 (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
23Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
24including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
25county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
26other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for

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1nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
2equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
3cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
4county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
5elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
6petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
7signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
8his or her party in the county board district. In the first
9primary election following a redistricting of county board
10districts or the initial establishment of county board
11districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
12at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
13qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
14cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
15the total number of county board districts comprising the
16county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
17signatures be less than 25.
18 (d) County office; Cook County only.
19 (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
20 in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
21 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
22 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
23 who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
24 Cook County.
25 (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
26 Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination

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1 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
2 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
3 in his or her county board district. In the first primary
4 election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
5 Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
6 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
7 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
8 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
9 general election divided by the total number of county
10 board districts comprising the county board; provided that
11 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
12 (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
13 candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
14 Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
15 subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
16 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
17 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
18 total number of registered voters in his or her board of
19 review district in the last general election at which a
20 commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
21 that board of review district. In no event shall the
22 number of signatures required be greater than the
23 requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
24 office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
25 Section. In the first primary election following a
26 redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a

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1 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
2 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
3 required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
4 whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
5 party in the district.
6 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
7run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
8petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
9signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
10his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
11candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
12the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
13the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
14primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
15primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
16districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
17wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
18contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
19total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
20party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
21municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
22was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
23municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
24no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
25 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
26run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's

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1petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
2of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
3congressional district.
4 (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
5provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
6of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
7wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
8contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
9primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
10district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
11district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
12candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
13number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
14his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
15first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
16districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
17nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
18qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
19district.
20 (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
21Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
22district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
23contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
24votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
25political party for the office of Governor at the last general
26election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less

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1than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
2office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
3petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
4equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
5candidate of his or her political party who received the
6highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
7judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
8regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
91,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
10First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
11Judicial District.
12 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
13as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
14for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
15for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
16primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
17candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
18candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
19the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
20of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
21same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
22may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
23If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
24the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
25than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
26electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than

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18% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
2signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
3is greater.
4 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
5for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
6attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
7than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
8must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
9the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
10comprising the counties.
11 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
12office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
13contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
14registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
15division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
16whichever is greater.
17 For purposes of this Section the number of primary
18electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
19the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
20party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
21the last general election in the State at which electors for
22President of the United States were elected. For political
23subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
24determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
25that political party who received the highest number of votes
26in the political subdivision at the last regular election at

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1which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
2that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
3subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
4determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
5that political party who received the highest number of votes
6in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
7an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
8ward or district.
9 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
10petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
11party.
12 The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
13declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
14(d).
15 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
16specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
17names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
18the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
19Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
20one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
21(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
22102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
24 Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
25candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary

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1ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
2in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
3petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
4Section 7-10.1 of this Code Act and a statement of candidacy by
5the candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.
6This statement shall set out the address of such candidate
7and , the office for which he is a candidate; , shall state that
8the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
9which the petition relates, is qualified for the office
10specified, and has filed a statement of economic interests as
11required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act; , shall
12request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
13ballot; and shall be subscribed and sworn by such candidate
14before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
15in this State and may be in substantially the following form:
16State of Illinois)
17 ) ss.
18County ..........)
19 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
20street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
21State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
22qualified primary voter of .... party; that I currently (hold
23do/do not hold) office other than the office for which this
24Statement is being submitted; that I (am/am not) an employee
25in the office of the sheriff and that I (am/am not) seeking the
26office of the sheriff; that I am a candidate for nomination to

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1the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to
2be held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified to hold
3such office and that I have filed a statement of economic
4interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
5and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
6primary ballot for nomination for such office.
7
Signed ....................
8 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
9who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
10
Signed .... (Official Character)
11
(Seal if officer has one.)
12 As used in the Statement of Candidacy, "office" has the
13meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5 of the Local Officer
14Eligibility Act.
15 The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
16that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
17interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
18must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
19subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
20 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
21for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
22by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified
23primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
24district.
25 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions

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1for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
2Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
31,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
4party in his or her representative district.
5 Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
6who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
7Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
8address shall be written or printed. The residence address
9required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
10primary elector's name shall include the street address or
11rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
12as the signer's county and city, village, or town.
13 For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
14electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
15the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
16party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
17the last general election in the State at which electors for
18President of the United States were elected.
19 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
20petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
21party.
22 In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
23circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
24is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
25street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
26well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;

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1and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
2petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
3that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that, to
4the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so
5signing were at the time of signing the petition qualified
6primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
7 In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
8petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
9which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
10first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
11for elections where the petition circulation period is 90
12days, certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
13signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
14of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election
15only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed
16during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
17certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
18the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
19statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
20circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
21in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
22 All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
23of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
24signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
25photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
26 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on

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1whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
2signature from the petition, provided that:
3 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
4 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
5 and
6 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
7 certification listing the page number and line number of
8 each signature struck from the petition. Such
9 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
10(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22;
11revised 2-28-22.)
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