Bill Text: IL HB5984 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person must be 17 years of age or older (currently, 18 years of age or older) to circulate petitions for nomination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5984 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5984-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 7-10, 8-8, and 10-4 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
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7 | Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
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12 | upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | substantially the following form:
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15 | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | do hereby petition that
the following named person or persons | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
election to) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the primary election to be held on (insert date).
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4 | Name.................. Address.......................
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5 | State of Illinois)
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6 | ) ss.
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7 | County of........)
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8 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | ||||||||||||||||
9 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | ||||||||||||||||
10 | ....., that I am 17 18 years of age or older, that
I am a | ||||||||||||||||
11 | citizen of the United States, and that the signatures on this | ||||||||||||||||
12 | sheet
were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to | ||||||||||||||||
13 | the best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were | ||||||||||||||||
14 | at the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the | ||||||||||||||||
15 | .... party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | ||||||||||||||||
16 | stated, as above set forth.
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17 | .........................
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18 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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19 | .........................
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20 | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | ||||||||||||||||
21 | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | ||||||||||||||||
22 | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | ||||||||||||||||
23 | heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or |
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1 | candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the | ||||||
2 | office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | ||||||
3 | and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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4 | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors | ||||||
5 | residing
in the political division for which the nomination is | ||||||
6 | sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the | ||||||
7 | signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be | ||||||
8 | written or printed. The residence address
required to be | ||||||
9 | written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
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10 | name shall include the street address or rural route number of | ||||||
11 | the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, | ||||||
12 | and city, village or
town, and state.
However the county or | ||||||
13 | city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors | ||||||
14 | may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors | ||||||
15 | signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
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16 | or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in | ||||||
17 | writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. | ||||||
18 | At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a | ||||||
19 | circulator statement signed by
a person 17 18 years of age or | ||||||
20 | older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street | ||||||
21 | address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as | ||||||
22 | the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying | ||||||
23 | that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed | ||||||
24 | in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are | ||||||
25 | genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that | ||||||
26 | sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last |
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1 | dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that | ||||||
2 | none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
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3 | days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and | ||||||
4 | certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief | ||||||
5 | the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the | ||||||
6 | petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a | ||||||
7 | nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before | ||||||
8 | some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
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9 | No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days | ||||||
10 | preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing | ||||||
11 | of such petition.
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12 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
13 | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
14 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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15 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||||||
16 | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
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17 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
18 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
19 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
20 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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21 | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||||||
22 | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||||||
23 | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
24 | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
25 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
26 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition |
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1 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
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20 | officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | and shall be in
substantially the following form:
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22 | Statement of Candidacy
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1 | State of Illinois)
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2 | ) ss.
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3 | County of .......)
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4 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
5 | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | ||||||
7 | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | ||||||
8 | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of | ||||||
9 | committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | ||||||
10 | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | ||||||
11 | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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12 | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | ||||||
13 | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | ||||||
14 | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | ||||||
15 | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | ||||||
16 | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | ||||||
17 | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | ||||||
18 | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case | ||||||
19 | of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) | ||||||
20 | such
office.
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21 | Signed ......................
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22 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
23 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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24 | Signed ....................
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25 | (Official Character)
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1 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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2 | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | ||||||
3 | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | ||||||
4 | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | ||||||
5 | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | ||||||
6 | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | ||||||
7 | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | ||||||
8 | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | ||||||
9 | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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10 | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||||||
11 | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||||||
12 | his or her petition for nomination.
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13 | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
14 | convention. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | ||||||
15 | as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
16 | convention elected from the State at-large,
then the | ||||||
17 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | ||||||
18 | but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
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19 | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||||||
20 | national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
21 | United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or | ||||||
22 | alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating | ||||||
23 | convention elected from a congressional district, then the
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24 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
25 | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary |
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1 | electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional | ||||||
2 | district. In the first primary election following a
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3 | redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's | ||||||
4 | petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of | ||||||
5 | qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party | ||||||
6 | in his or her congressional district.
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7 | (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | ||||||
8 | countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | ||||||
9 | chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | ||||||
10 | basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | ||||||
11 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | ||||||
12 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||||||
13 | her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | ||||||
14 | in his or her county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county | ||||||
15 | board member elected from a county board district, then
the | ||||||
16 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
17 | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | ||||||
18 | electors of his or her party
in the
county board district. In | ||||||
19 | the first primary election following a redistricting
of county | ||||||
20 | board districts or the initial establishment of county board
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21 | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | ||||||
22 | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
23 | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | ||||||
24 | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | ||||||
25 | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | ||||||
26 | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of |
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1 | signatures be less than 25.
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2 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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3 | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||||||
4 | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
5 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
6 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
7 | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||||||
8 | Cook County.
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9 | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
10 | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
11 | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||||||
12 | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||||||
13 | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||||||
14 | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||||||
15 | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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16 | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||||||
17 | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
18 | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | ||||||
19 | general election divided by the total number of county | ||||||
20 | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||||||
21 | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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22 | (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
23 | of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | ||||||
24 | pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property | ||||||
25 | Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | ||||||
26 | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
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1 | the total number of registered voters in his or her board | ||||||
2 | of
review district in the last general election at which a | ||||||
3 | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
4 | that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | ||||||
5 | of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | ||||||
6 | for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
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7 | under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | ||||||
8 | primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | ||||||
9 | Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | ||||||
10 | nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | ||||||
11 | least the number of signatures required for a countywide | ||||||
12 | candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | ||||||
13 | qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
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14 | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
15 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
16 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
17 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||||||
18 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||||||
19 | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | ||||||
20 | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
21 | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | ||||||
22 | electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | ||||||
23 | election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | ||||||
24 | trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | ||||||
25 | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | ||||||
26 | nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at |
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1 | least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate | ||||||
2 | of
that political party who received the highest number of | ||||||
3 | votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | ||||||
4 | at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
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5 | the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | ||||||
6 | districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | ||||||
7 | than 25.
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8 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
9 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
10 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | ||||||
11 | the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
12 | congressional district.
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13 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | ||||||
14 | for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | ||||||
15 | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | ||||||
16 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||||||
17 | to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
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18 | sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | ||||||
19 | sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | ||||||
20 | then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | ||||||
21 | least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | ||||||
22 | electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | ||||||
23 | district. In
the
first primary election following | ||||||
24 | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | ||||||
25 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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26 | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward |
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1 | of that
sanitary district.
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2 | (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
3 | judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | ||||||
4 | for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | ||||||
5 | 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | ||||||
6 | candidate for his or her political party for the office of | ||||||
7 | Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | ||||||
8 | elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | ||||||
9 | candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | ||||||
10 | subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | ||||||
11 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | ||||||
12 | of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | ||||||
13 | political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | ||||||
14 | last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | ||||||
15 | circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | ||||||
16 | but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in circuits and | ||||||
17 | subcircuits located in the First Judicial District or 500 | ||||||
18 | signatures in every other Judicial District.
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19 | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a | ||||||
20 | candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the | ||||||
21 | candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | ||||||
22 | signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the | ||||||
23 | precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
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24 | then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no | ||||||
25 | less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary | ||||||
26 | electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% |
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1 | of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of | ||||||
2 | signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is | ||||||
3 | greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township | ||||||
4 | committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
5 | must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% | ||||||
6 | of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, | ||||||
7 | but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the | ||||||
8 | maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum | ||||||
9 | number, whichever is greater.
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10 | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
11 | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||||||
12 | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||||||
13 | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||||||
14 | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | ||||||
15 | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||||||
16 | comprising the counties.
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17 | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||||||
18 | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
19 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
20 | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | ||||||
21 | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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22 | whichever is greater.
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23 | For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | ||||||
24 | shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | ||||||
25 | applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | ||||||
26 | who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the |
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1 | last general election in the State at which electors for
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2 | President of the United States were elected. For political | ||||||
3 | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||||||
4 | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | ||||||
5 | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | ||||||
6 | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||||||
7 | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
8 | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||||||
9 | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
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10 | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||||||
11 | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||||||
12 | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||||||
13 | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward | ||||||
14 | or district.
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15 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||||||
16 | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||||||
17 | party.
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18 | The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
19 | the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | ||||||
20 | except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
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21 | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||||||
22 | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | ||||||
23 | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||||||
24 | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | ||||||
25 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | ||||||
26 | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
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2 | (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
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3 | Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | ||||||
4 | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary | ||||||
5 | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed | ||||||
6 | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such | ||||||
7 | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by | ||||||
8 | Section 7-10.1 of
this Act and a statement of candidacy by the | ||||||
9 | candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. This | ||||||
10 | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | ||||||
11 | office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the | ||||||
12 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which | ||||||
13 | the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified and
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14 | has filed a statement of economic interests as required by the | ||||||
15 | Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the | ||||||
16 | candidate's name be
placed upon the official ballot and shall | ||||||
17 | be subscribed and sworn by
such candidate before some officer | ||||||
18 | authorized to take acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and | ||||||
19 | may be in substantially the following form:
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20 | State of Illinois)
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21 | ) ss.
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22 | County ..........)
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23 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
24 | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... | ||||||
25 | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a |
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1 | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate | ||||||
2 | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the | ||||||
3 | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally | ||||||
4 | qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement | ||||||
5 | of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental | ||||||
6 | Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon | ||||||
7 | the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
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8 | Signed ....................
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9 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
10 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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11 | Signed .... (Official Character)
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12 | (Seal if officer has one.)
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13 | The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating | ||||||
14 | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic | ||||||
15 | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act must | ||||||
16 | be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in | ||||||
17 | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
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18 | All petitions for nomination for the office of State | ||||||
19 | Senator shall be signed
by at least 1,000 but not more than | ||||||
20 | 3,000 of the qualified primary electors of
the candidate's | ||||||
21 | party in his legislative district.
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22 | All petitions for nomination for the office of | ||||||
23 | Representative in the General
Assembly shall be signed by at | ||||||
24 | least 500 but not more than 1,500 of
the qualified primary | ||||||
25 | electors of the candidate's party in his or her
representative | ||||||
26 | district.
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1 | Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector | ||||||
2 | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State | ||||||
3 | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence | ||||||
4 | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address | ||||||
5 | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
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6 | primary elector's name shall include the street address or | ||||||
7 | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well | ||||||
8 | as the signer's county
and city, village or town.
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9 | For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary | ||||||
10 | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
11 | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political | ||||||
12 | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at | ||||||
13 | the last general election in the State at which
electors for | ||||||
14 | President of the United States were elected.
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15 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign | ||||||
16 | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one | ||||||
17 | party.
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18 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition | ||||||
19 | circulator,
who shall be a person 17 18 years of age or older | ||||||
20 | who is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her | ||||||
21 | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as | ||||||
22 | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; | ||||||
23 | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the | ||||||
24 | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify | ||||||
25 | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that to the | ||||||
26 | best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing |
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1 | were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary | ||||||
2 | voters for which the
nomination is sought.
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3 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the | ||||||
4 | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on | ||||||
5 | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the | ||||||
6 | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) | ||||||
7 | certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were signed | ||||||
8 | more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
of the | ||||||
9 | petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 | ||||||
10 | days
preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the | ||||||
11 | filing of such petition.
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12 | All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been signed | ||||||
14 | by the voters and by the
circulator, and not photocopies or | ||||||
15 | duplicates of such sheets.
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16 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
17 | whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
18 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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19 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||||||
20 | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
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21 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
22 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
23 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
24 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
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1 | (10 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-4)
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2 | Sec. 10-4. Form of petition for nomination. All petitions | ||||||
3 | for nomination
under this Article 10 for
candidates for public | ||||||
4 | office in this State, shall in addition to other
requirements | ||||||
5 | provided by law, be as follows: Such petitions shall
consist of | ||||||
6 | sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain, above
the | ||||||
7 | space for signature, an appropriate heading, giving the | ||||||
8 | information
as to name of candidate or candidates in whose | ||||||
9 | behalf such petition is
signed; the office; the party; place of | ||||||
10 | residence; and such other
information or wording as required to | ||||||
11 | make same valid, and the heading
of each sheet shall be the | ||||||
12 | same. Such petition shall be signed by the
qualified voters in | ||||||
13 | their own proper persons only, and opposite the
signature of | ||||||
14 | each signer his residence address shall be written or
printed. | ||||||
15 | The residence address required to be written or printed
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16 | opposite each qualified primary elector's name shall include | ||||||
17 | the street
address or rural route number of the signer, as the | ||||||
18 | case may be, as well as
the signer's county, and city, village | ||||||
19 | or town, and state. However,
the county or city, village or
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20 | town, and state of residence of such electors may be printed on | ||||||
21 | the
petition forms where all of the electors signing the | ||||||
22 | petition
reside in the same county or city, village or town, | ||||||
23 | and state. Standard
abbreviations may be used in writing the | ||||||
24 | residence address, including
street number, if any. No | ||||||
25 | signature shall be valid or be counted in
considering the | ||||||
26 | validity or sufficiency of such petition unless the
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1 | requirements of this Section are complied with. At the bottom | ||||||
2 | of each
sheet of such petition shall be added a circulator's | ||||||
3 | statement, signed by a
person 17 18
years of age or older who | ||||||
4 | is a citizen of the United States; stating the street address | ||||||
5 | or rural route
number, as the case may be, as well as the | ||||||
6 | county,
city,
village or town, and state; certifying that the | ||||||
7 | signatures on that sheet of
the petition
were signed in his or | ||||||
8 | her presence; certifying that the signatures are
genuine;
and | ||||||
9 | either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was | ||||||
10 | circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last dates on which | ||||||
11 | the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that none of the | ||||||
12 | signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days preceding | ||||||
13 | the last day for the filing of the petition; and
certifying
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14 | that to the best of his knowledge and belief the persons so | ||||||
15 | signing were at the
time of signing the petition duly | ||||||
16 | registered voters under Articles 4, 5 or 6 of
the Code of the | ||||||
17 | political subdivision or district for which the candidate or
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18 | candidates shall be nominated, and certifying that their | ||||||
19 | respective residences
are correctly stated therein. Such | ||||||
20 | statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to | ||||||
21 | administer oaths in this State. No petition sheet shall
be | ||||||
22 | circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided in | ||||||
23 | Section 10-6
for the filing of such petition. Such sheets, | ||||||
24 | before being presented to the
electoral board or filed with the | ||||||
25 | proper officer of the electoral district or
division of the | ||||||
26 | state or municipality, as the case may be, shall be neatly
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1 | fastened together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile | ||||||
2 | and fastening
them together at one edge in a secure and | ||||||
3 | suitable manner, and the sheets shall
then be numbered | ||||||
4 | consecutively. The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them | ||||||
5 | together end to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. | ||||||
6 | All
petition sheets which are filed with the proper local | ||||||
7 | election officials,
election authorities or the State Board of | ||||||
8 | Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed | ||||||
9 | by the voters and by the circulator, and not
photocopies or | ||||||
10 | duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when presented or
filed, | ||||||
11 | shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added to, and no signature | ||||||
12 | shall be
revoked except by revocation in writing presented or | ||||||
13 | filed with the officers or
officer with whom the petition is | ||||||
14 | required to be presented or filed, and before
the presentment | ||||||
15 | or filing of such petition. Whoever forges any name of a
signer | ||||||
16 | upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery, and on | ||||||
17 | conviction
thereof, shall be punished accordingly. The word | ||||||
18 | "petition" or "petition for
nomination", as used herein, shall | ||||||
19 | mean what is sometimes known as nomination
papers, in | ||||||
20 | distinction to what is known as a certificate of nomination. | ||||||
21 | The
words "political division for which the candidate is | ||||||
22 | nominated", or its
equivalent, shall mean the largest political | ||||||
23 | division in which all qualified
voters may vote upon such | ||||||
24 | candidate or candidates, as the state in the case of
state | ||||||
25 | officers; the township in the case of township officers et | ||||||
26 | cetera.
Provided, further, that no person shall circulate or |
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1 | certify petitions for
candidates of more than one political | ||||||
2 | party, or for an independent candidate or
candidates in | ||||||
3 | addition to one political party, to be voted upon at the next
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4 | primary or general election, or for such candidates and parties | ||||||
5 | with respect to
the same political subdivision at the next | ||||||
6 | consolidated election.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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