Rep. Bob Biggins
Filed: 4/25/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3270
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3270 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 7-10 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 committeeman, or | ||||||
9 | township committeeman, or
precinct committeeman, or ward | ||||||
10 | committeeman or candidate for delegate or
alternate delegate to | ||||||
11 | national nominating conventions, shall be printed
upon the | ||||||
12 | primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed | ||||||
13 | in
his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the | ||||||
14 | 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 |
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1 | the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||
2 | do hereby petition that
the following named person or persons | ||||||||||||||||
3 | shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party for the | ||||||||||||||||
4 | nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
election to) the | ||||||||||||||||
5 | office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at the | ||||||||||||||||
6 | primary election to be held on (insert date).
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10 | Name.................. Address.......................
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11 | State of Illinois)
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12 | ) ss.
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13 | County of........)
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14 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | ||||||||||||||||
15 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | ||||||||||||||||
16 | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | ||||||||||||||||
17 | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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18 | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | ||||||||||||||||
19 | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | ||||||||||||||||
20 | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | ||||||||||||||||
21 | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | ||||||||||||||||
22 | stated, as above set forth.
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23 | .........................
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24 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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1 | .........................
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3 | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | ||||||
4 | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | ||||||
5 | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | ||||||
6 | heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or | ||||||
7 | candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the | ||||||
8 | office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | ||||||
9 | and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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10 | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors | ||||||
11 | residing
in the political division for which the nomination is | ||||||
12 | sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the | ||||||
13 | signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be | ||||||
14 | written or printed. The residence address
required to be | ||||||
15 | written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
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16 | name shall include the street address or rural route number of | ||||||
17 | the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, | ||||||
18 | and city, village or
town, and state.
However the county or | ||||||
19 | city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors | ||||||
20 | may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors | ||||||
21 | signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
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22 | or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in | ||||||
23 | writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. | ||||||
24 | At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a | ||||||
25 | circulator statement signed by
a person 18 years of age or |
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1 | older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street | ||||||
2 | address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as | ||||||
3 | the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying | ||||||
4 | that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed | ||||||
5 | in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are | ||||||
6 | genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that | ||||||
7 | sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last | ||||||
8 | dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that | ||||||
9 | none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
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10 | days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and | ||||||
11 | certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief | ||||||
12 | the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the | ||||||
13 | petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a | ||||||
14 | nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before | ||||||
15 | some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
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16 | No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days | ||||||
17 | preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing | ||||||
18 | of such petition.
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19 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
20 | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
21 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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22 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||||||
23 | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
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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.
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2 | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||||||
3 | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||||||
4 | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
5 | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
6 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
7 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | ||||||
8 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election | ||||||
9 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | ||||||
10 | shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | ||||||
11 | voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | ||||||
12 | duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | ||||||
13 | thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates | ||||||
14 | filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | ||||||
15 | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | ||||||
16 | office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the | ||||||
17 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | ||||||
18 | the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | ||||||
19 | (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | ||||||
20 | that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | ||||||
21 | licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he | ||||||
22 | has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | ||||||
23 | period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | ||||||
24 | Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the | ||||||
25 | candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall | ||||||
26 | be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
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1 | officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | and shall be in
substantially the following form:
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3 | Statement of Candidacy
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8 | State of Illinois)
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10 | County of .......)
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11 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
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16 | committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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19 | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case |
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1 | of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
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2 | office.
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3 | Signed ......................
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4 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
5 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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6 | Signed ....................
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7 | (Official Character)
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8 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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9 | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | ||||||
10 | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | ||||||
11 | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | ||||||
12 | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | ||||||
13 | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | ||||||
14 | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | ||||||
15 | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | ||||||
16 | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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17 | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||||||
18 | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||||||
19 | his or her petition for nomination.
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20 | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
21 | convention. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | ||||||
22 | as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
23 | convention elected from the State at-large,
then the | ||||||
24 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | ||||||
25 | but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
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1 | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||||||
2 | national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
3 | United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or | ||||||
4 | alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating | ||||||
5 | convention elected from a congressional district, then the
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6 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
7 | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | ||||||
8 | electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional | ||||||
9 | district. In the first primary election following a
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10 | redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's | ||||||
11 | petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of | ||||||
12 | qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party | ||||||
13 | in his or her congressional district.
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14 | (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | ||||||
15 | countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | ||||||
16 | chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | ||||||
17 | basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | ||||||
18 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | ||||||
19 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||||||
20 | her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | ||||||
21 | in his or her county or 500, whichever is greater . If a
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22 | candidate
seeks to run for county board member elected from a | ||||||
23 | county board district, then
the candidate's petition for | ||||||
24 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||||||
25 | to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
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26 | in the
county board district or 500, whichever is greater . In |
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1 | the first primary election following a redistricting
of county | ||||||
2 | board districts or the initial establishment of county board
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3 | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | ||||||
4 | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
5 | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | ||||||
6 | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | ||||||
7 | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | ||||||
8 | county board , or 500, whichever is greater ; provided
that
in no | ||||||
9 | event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
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10 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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11 | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||||||
12 | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
13 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
14 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
15 | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||||||
16 | Cook County.
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17 | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
18 | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
19 | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||||||
20 | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||||||
21 | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||||||
22 | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||||||
23 | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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24 | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||||||
25 | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
26 | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding |
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1 | general election divided by the total number of county | ||||||
2 | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||||||
3 | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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4 | (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
5 | of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | ||||||
6 | pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property | ||||||
7 | Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | ||||||
8 | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
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9 | the total number of registered voters in his or her board | ||||||
10 | of
review district in the last general election at which a | ||||||
11 | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
12 | that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | ||||||
13 | of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | ||||||
14 | for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
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15 | under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | ||||||
16 | primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | ||||||
17 | Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | ||||||
18 | nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | ||||||
19 | least the number of signatures required for a countywide | ||||||
20 | candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | ||||||
21 | qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
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22 | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
23 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
24 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
25 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||||||
26 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a |
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1 | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | ||||||
2 | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
3 | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | ||||||
4 | electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | ||||||
5 | election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | ||||||
6 | trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | ||||||
7 | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | ||||||
8 | nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at | ||||||
9 | least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate | ||||||
10 | of
that political party who received the highest number of | ||||||
11 | votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | ||||||
12 | at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
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13 | the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | ||||||
14 | districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | ||||||
15 | than 25.
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16 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
17 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
18 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | ||||||
19 | the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
20 | congressional district.
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21 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | ||||||
22 | for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | ||||||
23 | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | ||||||
24 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||||||
25 | to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
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26 | sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a |
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1 | sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | ||||||
2 | then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | ||||||
3 | least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | ||||||
4 | electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | ||||||
5 | district. In
the
first primary election following | ||||||
6 | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | ||||||
7 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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8 | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward | ||||||
9 | of that
sanitary district.
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10 | (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
11 | judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | ||||||
12 | for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | ||||||
13 | 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | ||||||
14 | candidate for his or her political party for the office of | ||||||
15 | Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | ||||||
16 | elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | ||||||
17 | candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | ||||||
18 | subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | ||||||
19 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | ||||||
20 | of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | ||||||
21 | political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | ||||||
22 | last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | ||||||
23 | circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | ||||||
24 | but in no event less than 500 signatures.
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25 | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a | ||||||
26 | candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the |
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1 | candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | ||||||
2 | signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the | ||||||
3 | precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
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4 | then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no | ||||||
5 | less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary | ||||||
6 | electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% | ||||||
7 | of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of | ||||||
8 | signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is | ||||||
9 | greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township | ||||||
10 | committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
11 | must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% | ||||||
12 | of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, | ||||||
13 | but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the | ||||||
14 | maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum | ||||||
15 | number, whichever is greater.
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16 | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
17 | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||||||
18 | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||||||
19 | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||||||
20 | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | ||||||
21 | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||||||
22 | comprising the counties.
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23 | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||||||
24 | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
25 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
26 | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or |
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1 | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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2 | whichever is greater.
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3 | For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | ||||||
4 | shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | ||||||
5 | applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | ||||||
6 | who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the | ||||||
7 | last general election in the State at which electors for
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8 | President of the United States were elected. For political | ||||||
9 | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||||||
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 political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||||||
13 | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
14 | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||||||
15 | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
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16 | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||||||
17 | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||||||
18 | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||||||
19 | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward | ||||||
20 | or district.
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21 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||||||
22 | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||||||
23 | party.
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24 | The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
25 | the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | ||||||
26 | except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
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1 | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||||||
2 | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | ||||||
3 | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||||||
4 | the same or different
offices.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)".
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