(10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
Sec. 7-11.
Any candidate for President of the United States may have his name
printed upon the primary ballot of his political party by filing in the
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113 and not less
than 106 days prior to the date of the general primary, in any year in which a
Presidential election is to be held, a petition signed by not less than
3000 or more than 5000 primary electors, members of and affiliated with the
party of which he is a candidate, and no candidate for President of the
United States, who fails to comply with the provisions of this Article
shall have his name printed upon any primary ballot: Provided, however,
that if the rules or policies of a national political
party conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for President of
the United States in a presidential preference primary, the Chair of the
State central committee of such national political party shall notify the
State Board of Elections in writing, citing by reference the rules or
policies of the national political party in conflict, and in such case the
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state central committee of such national political party. Provided, further, unless rules
or policies of a national political party otherwise provide, the
vote for President of the United States, as herein provided for, shall be
for the sole purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and will of
the party voters with respect to candidates for nomination for said office,
and the vote of the state at large shall be taken and considered as
advisory to the delegates and alternates at large to the national
conventions of respective political parties; and the vote of the respective
congressional districts shall be taken and considered as advisory to the
delegates and alternates of said congressional districts to the national
conventions of the respective political parties.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
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