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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 and 28-6 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 | ||||||
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 committeemen for
election to) the | ||||||
21 | office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at the | ||||||
22 | primary election to be held on (insert date).
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3 | Name.................. Address.......................
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4 | State of Illinois)
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5 | ) ss.
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6 | County of........)
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7 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | |||||||||||
8 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | |||||||||||
9 | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | |||||||||||
10 | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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11 | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | |||||||||||
12 | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | |||||||||||
13 | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | |||||||||||
14 | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | |||||||||||
15 | stated, as above set forth.
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16 | .........................
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17 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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18 | .........................
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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 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
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9 | committeeman 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 committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
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20 | 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 (or 1.5% if the county is DuPage County) . | ||||||
15 | If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member elected | ||||||
16 | from a county board district, then
the candidate's petition for | ||||||
17 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||||||
18 | to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
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19 | in the
county board district (or 1.5% if the county is DuPage | ||||||
20 | County) . In the first primary election following a | ||||||
21 | redistricting
of county board districts or the initial | ||||||
22 | establishment of county board
districts, a candidate's | ||||||
23 | petition for nomination must contain at least the
number of | ||||||
24 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||||||
25 | her
party
in the entire county who cast votes at the last | ||||||
26 | preceding general election
divided by the
total number of |
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1 | county board districts comprising the county board (or 1.5% if | ||||||
2 | the county is DuPage County) ; provided
that
in no event shall | ||||||
3 | the number of signatures be less than 25.
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4 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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5 | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||||||
6 | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
7 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
8 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
9 | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||||||
10 | Cook County.
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11 | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
12 | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
13 | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||||||
14 | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||||||
15 | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||||||
16 | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||||||
17 | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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18 | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||||||
19 | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
20 | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | ||||||
21 | general election divided by the total number of county | ||||||
22 | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||||||
23 | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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24 | (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
25 | of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | ||||||
26 | pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property |
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1 | Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | ||||||
2 | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
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3 | the total number of registered voters in his or her board | ||||||
4 | of
review district in the last general election at which a | ||||||
5 | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
6 | that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | ||||||
7 | of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | ||||||
8 | for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
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9 | under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | ||||||
10 | primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | ||||||
11 | Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | ||||||
12 | nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | ||||||
13 | least the number of signatures required for a countywide | ||||||
14 | candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | ||||||
15 | qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
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16 | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
17 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
18 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
19 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||||||
20 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||||||
21 | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | ||||||
22 | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
23 | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | ||||||
24 | electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | ||||||
25 | election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | ||||||
26 | trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial |
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1 | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | ||||||
2 | nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at | ||||||
3 | least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate | ||||||
4 | of
that political party who received the highest number of | ||||||
5 | votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | ||||||
6 | at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
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7 | the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | ||||||
8 | districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | ||||||
9 | than 25.
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10 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
11 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
12 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | ||||||
13 | the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
14 | congressional district.
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15 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | ||||||
16 | for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | ||||||
17 | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | ||||||
18 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||||||
19 | to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
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20 | sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | ||||||
21 | sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | ||||||
22 | then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | ||||||
23 | least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | ||||||
24 | electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | ||||||
25 | district. In
the
first primary election following | ||||||
26 | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a |
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1 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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2 | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward | ||||||
3 | of that
sanitary district.
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4 | (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
5 | judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | ||||||
6 | for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | ||||||
7 | 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | ||||||
8 | candidate for his or her political party for the office of | ||||||
9 | Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | ||||||
10 | elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | ||||||
11 | candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | ||||||
12 | subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | ||||||
13 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | ||||||
14 | of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | ||||||
15 | political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | ||||||
16 | last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | ||||||
17 | circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | ||||||
18 | but in no event less than 500 signatures.
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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.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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1 | (10 ILCS 5/28-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-6)
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2 | Sec. 28-6. Petitions; filing.
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3 | (a) On a written petition signed by a number of voters | ||||||
4 | equal to (i) through the general election in 2008, at least
8% | ||||||
5 | of the total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the | ||||||
6 | preceding gubernatorial
election by the registered
voters of | ||||||
7 | the municipality, township, county or school district and (ii) | ||||||
8 | beginning with elections in 2009 and thereafter, at least 11% | ||||||
9 | of the total ballots cast by the registered voters of the | ||||||
10 | municipality, township, county, or school district in the last | ||||||
11 | regular election conducted in the municipality, township, | ||||||
12 | county, or school district,
it
shall be
the duty of the proper | ||||||
13 | election officers to submit any question of
public policy so | ||||||
14 | petitioned for, to the electors of such political subdivision
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15 | at any regular election named in the
petition at which an | ||||||
16 | election is scheduled to be held throughout such political
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17 | subdivision under Article 2A. Such petitions shall be filed | ||||||
18 | with the local
election official of the political subdivision
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19 | or election authority, as the case may be.
Where such a | ||||||
20 | question is to be submitted to the voters of a municipality
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21 | which has adopted Article 6, or a township or school district | ||||||
22 | located
entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal board | ||||||
23 | of election
commissioners, such petitions shall be filed with | ||||||
24 | the board of election
commissioners having jurisdiction over | ||||||
25 | the political subdivision.
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26 | (b) In a municipality with more than 1,000,000
inhabitants, |
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1 | when a question of public policy exclusively concerning
a | ||||||
2 | contiguous territory included entirely within but not | ||||||
3 | coextensive with the
municipality is initiated by resolution or | ||||||
4 | ordinance of the corporate
authorities of the municipality, or | ||||||
5 | by a petition which may be signed by
registered voters who | ||||||
6 | reside in any part of any precinct all or part of
which | ||||||
7 | includes all or part of the territory and who equal in number
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8 | (i) through the general election in 2008 at least 8% of the | ||||||
9 | total votes cast for candidates for Governor in the
preceding | ||||||
10 | gubernatorial election by the voters of
the precinct or | ||||||
11 | precincts in the territory where the question is to be | ||||||
12 | submitted to the voters and (ii) beginning with elections in | ||||||
13 | 2009 and thereafter, at least 11% of the total ballots cast at | ||||||
14 | the last regular election conducted in the precinct or | ||||||
15 | precincts in the territory where the question is to be | ||||||
16 | submitted to the voters, it shall
be the duty of the election | ||||||
17 | authority having jurisdiction over such
municipality to submit | ||||||
18 | such question to the electors throughout each
precinct all or | ||||||
19 | part of which includes all or part of the
territory at the | ||||||
20 | regular election specified in the resolution, ordinance
or | ||||||
21 | petition initiating the public question. A petition initiating | ||||||
22 | a public
question described in this
subsection shall be filed | ||||||
23 | with the election authority having jurisdiction
over the | ||||||
24 | municipality. A resolution, ordinance or petition initiating a | ||||||
25 | public
question described in this subsection shall specify the | ||||||
26 | election at which
the question is to be submitted.
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1 | (c) Local questions of public policy authorized by this
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2 | Section and statewide questions of public policy authorized by | ||||||
3 | Section 28-9
shall be advisory public questions, and no legal | ||||||
4 | effects shall result
from the adoption or rejection of such | ||||||
5 | propositions.
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6 | (d) This Section does not apply to a petition filed | ||||||
7 | pursuant to
Article IX of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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