Bill Text: IL SB2951 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each officer or member who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete, within 2 years after the date that he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains an officer or member, an 8-hour continuing education program that has been developed by the Illinois Council on Economic Education and has been approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that an officer or member who is currently licensed by the State in a financial field and is already required to take continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics, or finance shall be exempt from this continuing education requirement. Authorizes an administrative fine to be levied against an officer or employee who fails to timely complete the amendatory Act's continuing education requirement. Prohibits an officer or employee from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education. Amends the Election Code. Requires candidates to state in their petitions for nomination that they are not barred from being elected or appointed by a violation of the continuing education requirement established by the amendatory Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2951 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2951-Introduced.html

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2951

Introduced 1/31/2024, by Sen. Dave Syverson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 430/Art. 7 heading new
5 ILCS 430/7-5 new
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-8

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each officer or member who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete, within 2 years after the date that he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains an officer or member, an 8-hour continuing education program that has been developed by the Illinois Council on Economic Education and has been approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that an officer or member who is currently licensed by the State in a financial field and is already required to take continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics, or finance shall be exempt from this continuing education requirement. Authorizes an administrative fine to be levied against an officer or employee who fails to timely complete the amendatory Act's continuing education requirement. Prohibits an officer or employee from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education. Amends the Election Code. Requires candidates to state in their petitions for nomination that they are not barred from being elected or appointed by a violation of the continuing education requirement established by the amendatory Act.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
5amended by adding Article 7 and Section 7-5 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 430/Art. 7 heading new)
7
ARTICLE 7. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
8 (5 ILCS 430/7-5 new)
9 Sec. 7-5. Continuing education for public officials.
10 (a) Each officer or member who, on or after the effective
11date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, is
12elected or appointed to office must complete, at his or her own
13expense, the 8-hour continuing education program approved by
14the Illinois Community College Board under subsection (b) of
15this Section within 2 years after the date the officer or
16member is first elected or appointed. After the initial
17training, each officer or member must complete a 4-hour
18training every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she
19remains an officer or member. However, an officer or member
20who is elected or appointed to more than one public office must
21complete the 4-hour continuing education program only once
22every 2 years.

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1 (b) The Illinois Council on Economic Education, located at
2Northern Illinois University, shall develop, and the Illinois
3Community College Board shall review for approval, an 8-hour
4and 4-hour continuing education program for officers and
5members. The continuing education program curriculum shall
6consist of courses focusing on macroeconomic and microeconomic
7theories and the interaction between economic theory and
8governmental policy, including, but not limited to, the impact
9of government financial decisions and policy decisions on
10individuals and businesses.
11 (c) An officer or member who fails to timely complete the
12continuing education program required under this Section is
13subject to the penalties specified in subsection (e) of
14Section 50-5 of this Act, and if that officer or member does
15not timely pay an administrative fine levied under that
16Section and complete the continuing education program, then he
17or she may not subsequently be elected or appointed as an
18officer or member.
19 (d) An officer or member who is currently licensed by the
20Sate in a financial field and is already required to take
21continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics,
22or finance shall be exempt from the requirements of this
23Section.
24 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
25Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-5, and 10-8 as follows:

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

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1State of Illinois)
2 ) ss.
3County of........)
4 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
5street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
6....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
7of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
8were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
9best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
10the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
11party, and that their respective residences are correctly
12stated, as above set forth.
13
.........................
14 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
15
.........................
16 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
17candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
18and shall contain above the space for signatures an
19appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
20candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
21signed; the office, the political party represented and place
22of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
23 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
24electors residing in the political division for which the
25nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and

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1opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
2shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
3be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
4elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
5number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
6signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
7However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
8residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms
9where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the
10same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
11abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
12including street number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of
13such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
14a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the
15United States, stating the street address or rural route
16number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city,
17village or town, and state; and certifying that the signatures
18on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her
19presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
20either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
21circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
22which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the
23petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
24of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
25preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
26for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the

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1signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
2January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
3signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
4January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
5sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
6her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
7time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
8political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
9statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
10administer oaths in this State.
11 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
12sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
13day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
14 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
15whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
16signature from the petition, provided that:
17 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
18 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
19 and
20 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
21 certification listing the page number and line number of
22 each signature struck from the petition. Such
23 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
24 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
25together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
26fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable

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

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1State and shall be in substantially the following form:
2
Statement of Candidacy
3NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
4John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
5Belvidere,
6Illinois
7State of Illinois)
8 ) ss.
9County of .......)
10 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
11Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
12State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
13qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
14candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
15committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
16office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
17held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
18being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
19requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
20such office; that I am not barred from being elected or
21appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
22the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have
23filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing
24period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
25Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my

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1name be printed upon the official primary ballot for
2nomination for (or election to in the case of committeepersons
3and delegates and alternate delegates) such office.
4
Signed ......................
5 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
6who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
7
Signed ....................
8
(Official Character)
9(Seal, if officer has one.)
10 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
11to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
12filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
13authority or local election official with whom the petition is
14required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
15Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
16by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
17thereof shall be punished accordingly.
18 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
19obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
20his or her petition for nomination.
21 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
22convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
23candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
24alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
25from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for

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1nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
210,000 signatures.
3 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
4national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
5in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
6Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
7congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
8elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
9petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
10signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
11his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
12first primary election following a redistricting of
13congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
14must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
15electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
16congressional district.
17 (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
18Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
19including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
20county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
21other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
22nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
23equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
24cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
25county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
26elected from a county board district, then the candidate's

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

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1 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
2 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
3 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
4 general election divided by the total number of county
5 board districts comprising the county board; provided that
6 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
7 (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
8 candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
9 Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
10 subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
11 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
12 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
13 total number of registered voters in his or her board of
14 review district in the last general election at which a
15 commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
16 that board of review district. In no event shall the
17 number of signatures required be greater than the
18 requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
19 office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
20 Section. In the first primary election following a
21 redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
22 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
23 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
24 required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
25 whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
26 party in the district.

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1 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
2run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
3petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
4signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
5his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
6candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
7the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
8the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
9primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
10primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
11districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
12wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
13contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
14total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
15party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
16municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
17was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
18municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
19no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
20 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
21run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
22petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
23of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
24congressional district.
25 (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
26provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee

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1of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
2wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
3contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
4primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
5district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
6district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
7candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
8number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
9his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
10first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
11districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
12nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
13qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
14district.
15 (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
16Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
17district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
18contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
19votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
20political party for the office of Governor at the last general
21election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
22than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
23office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
24petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
25equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
26candidate of his or her political party who received the

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1highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
2judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
3regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
41,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
5First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
6Judicial District.
7 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
8as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
9for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
10for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
11primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
12candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
13candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
14the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
15of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
16same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
17may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
18If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
19the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
20than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
21electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
228% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
23signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
24is greater.
25 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
26for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's

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1attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
2than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
3must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
4the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
5comprising the counties.
6 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
7office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
8contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
9registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
10division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
11whichever is greater.
12 For purposes of this Section the number of primary
13electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
14the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
15party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
16the last general election in the State at which electors for
17President of the United States were elected. For political
18subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
19determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
20that political party who received the highest number of votes
21in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
22which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
23that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
24subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
25determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
26that political party who received the highest number of votes

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1in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
2an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
3ward or district.
4 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
5petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
6party.
7 The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
8declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
9(d).
10 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
11specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
12names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
13the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
14Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
15one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
16(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
17102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
19 Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
20candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
21ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
22in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
23petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
24Section 7-10.1 of this Code and a statement of candidacy by the
25candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.

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1This statement shall set out the address of such candidate and
2the office for which he is a candidate; shall state that the
3candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
4the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified,
5is not barred from being elected or appointed to public office
6by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
7Employees Ethics Act, and has filed a statement of economic
8interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act;
9shall request that the candidate's name be placed upon the
10official ballot; and shall be subscribed and sworn by such
11candidate before some officer authorized to take
12acknowledgment of deeds in this State and may be in
13substantially the following form:
14State of Illinois)
15 ) ss.
16County ..........)
17 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
18street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
19State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
20qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate
21for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
22primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
23qualified to hold such office; that I am not barred from being
24elected or appointed to public office by subsection (c) of
25Section 7-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act;
26and that I have filed a statement of economic interests as

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1required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby
2request that my name be printed upon the official primary
3ballot for nomination for such office.
4
Signed ....................
5 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
6who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
7
Signed .... (Official Character)
8
(Seal if officer has one.)
9 The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
10that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
11interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
12must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
13subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
14 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
15for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
16by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified
17primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
18district.
19 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
20for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
21Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
221,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
23party in his or her representative district.
24 Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
25who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
26Representative or State Senator such elector's residence

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1address shall be written or printed. The residence address
2required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
3primary elector's name shall include the street address or
4rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
5as the signer's county and city, village, or town.
6 For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
7electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
8the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
9party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
10the last general election in the State at which electors for
11President of the United States were elected.
12 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
13petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
14party.
15 In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
16circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
17is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
18street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
19well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
20and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
21petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
22that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that, to
23the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so
24signing were at the time of signing the petition qualified
25primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
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1petition circulator shall (1) indicate the dates on which he
2or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the first and
3last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for
4elections where the petition circulation period is 90 days,
5certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed
6more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
7petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election only,
8certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
9the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
10certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
11the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
12statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
13circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
14in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
15 All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
16of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
17signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
18photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
19 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
20whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
21signature from the petition, provided that:
22 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
23 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
24 and
25 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
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1 each signature struck from the petition. Such
2 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
3(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22;
4103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
6 Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides
7containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
8 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or
9candidates shall be nominated.
10 2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed
11in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall not bear
12the same name as, nor include the name of any established
13political party as defined in this Article. This prohibition
14does not preclude any established political party from making
15nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
16 3. The place of residence of any such candidate or
17candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the
18case of electors for President and Vice-President of the
19United States, the names of candidates for President and
20Vice-President may be added to the party name or appellation.
21 Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in
22addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required by
23Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of
24candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except
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1the United States. Each such statement shall set out the
2address of such candidate, the office for which he is a
3candidate, shall state that the candidate is qualified for the
4office specified, is not barred from being elected or
5appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
6the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and has filed
7(or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
8statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
9Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's
10name be placed upon the official ballot and shall be
11subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer
12authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in this State, and
13may be in substantially the following form:
14State of Illinois)
15 ) SS.
16County of........)
17 I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at....
18street, in the city (or village) of.... in the county of....
19State of Illinois; and that I am a qualified voter therein;
20that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be
21voted upon at the election to be held on the.... day
22of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such
23office; that I am not barred from being elected or appointed to
24public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State
25Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have filed (or
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1statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
2Governmental Ethics Act, and I hereby request that my name be
3printed upon the official ballot for election to such office.
4
Signed.................
5 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who
6is to me personally known, this.... day of....,......
7
Signed.................
8
(Official Character)
9(Seal, if officer has one.)
10 In addition, a new political party petition shall have
11attached thereto a certificate stating the names and addresses
12of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies in
13nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
14 Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
15if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of
16economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
17Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
18officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
19papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests
20in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
21during the same calendar year as the year in which such
22nomination papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any
23candidate and the statement of economic interest of that
24candidate are not required to be filed with the same officer,
25the candidate must file with the officer with whom the
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1whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the
2date on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
3so filed not later than the last day on which nomination papers
4may be filed.
5(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
7 Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
8certificates of nomination and nomination papers, and
9petitions to submit public questions to a referendum, being
10filed as required by this Code, and being in apparent
11conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to
12be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing
13within 5 business days after the last day for filing the
14certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition for
15a public question, with the following exceptions:
16 A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
17 Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
18 period of 35 business days after the last day for the
19 filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
20 B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
21 public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
22 State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
23 the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
24 objections can be filed.
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1contrary, the electoral board designated in Section 10-9 for
2the purpose of hearing and passing upon objector's petitions
3shall independently verify that no candidate under its
4jurisdiction is barred from being elected or appointed under
5subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
6Employees Ethics Act. If the electoral board finds that a
7candidate is barred from being elected or appointed under
8subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
9Employees Ethics Act, then that candidate shall be removed
10from the ballot regardless of whether or not an objection has
11been filed. Such a finding by the electoral board is subject to
12judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
13 Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
14in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
15any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
16amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
17public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
18State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
19nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
20petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
21office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
22Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
23election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
24nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection
25petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be
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1nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
2or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
3which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
4than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
5petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
6delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination papers
7and the original objector's petition to the chair of the
8proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or
9his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered
10mail or receipted personal delivery of the objector's
11petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
12nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of
13residence designated in said certificate of nomination or
14nomination papers. In the case of objections to a petition for
15a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for
16an advisory public question to be submitted to the voters of
17the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the
18day and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and
19shall transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered
20mail or receipted personal delivery to the person designated
21on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
22proponent of such proposed amendment or public question, or as
23the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice
24of objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
25public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
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