103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1959

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, 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 and every 2 years
17thereafter for as long as he or she remains an officer or
18member. However, an officer or member who is elected or
19appointed to more than one public office must complete the
208-hour continuing education program only once every 2 years.
21    (b) The Illinois Council on Economic Education, located at
22Northern Illinois University, shall develop, and the Illinois

 

 

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1Community College Board shall review for approval, an 8-hour
2continuing education program for officers and members. The
3continuing education program curriculum shall consist of
4courses focusing on macroeconomic and microeconomic theories
5and the interaction between economic theory and governmental
6policy, including, but not limited to, the impact of
7government financial decisions and policy decisions on
8individuals and businesses.
9    (c) An officer or member who fails to timely complete the
10continuing education program required under this Section is
11subject to the penalties specified in subsection (e) of
12Section 50-5 of this Act, and if that officer or member does
13not timely pay an administrative fine levied under that
14Section and complete the continuing education program, then he
15or she may not subsequently be elected or appointed as an
16officer or member.
17    (d) An officer or member who is currently licensed by the
18State in a financial field and is already required to take
19continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics,
20or finance shall be exempt from the requirements of this
21Section Section.
 
22    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
23Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-5, and 10-8 as follows:
 
24    (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)

 

 

 

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

 

 

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1County of........)
2    I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
3street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
4....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
5of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
6were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
7best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
8the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
9party, and that their respective residences are correctly
10stated, as above set forth.
11
.........................
12    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
13
.........................

 
14    Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
15candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
16and shall contain above the space for signatures an
17appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
18candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
19signed; the office, the political party represented and place
20of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
21    Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
22electors residing in the political division for which the
23nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
24opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
25shall be written or printed. The residence address required to

 

 

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

 

 

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1signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
2January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
3sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
4her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
5time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
6political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
7statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
8administer oaths in this State.
9    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
10sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
11day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
12    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
13whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
14signature from the petition, provided that:
15        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
16    the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
17    and
18        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
19    certification listing the page number and line number of
20    each signature struck from the petition. Such
21    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
22    Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
23together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
24fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
25manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
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1to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
2sheets which are filed with the proper local election
3officials, election authorities or the State Board of
4Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
5by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
6photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
7include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
8the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
9filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
10candidate and , the office for which he is a candidate; , shall
11state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
12party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
13office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's
14Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
15filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this
16State); , shall state that he has filed (or will file before the
17close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
18interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act;
19shall state that he or she is not barred from being elected or
20appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
21the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; , shall request
22that the candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot; ,
23and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before
24some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the
25State and shall be in substantially the following form:
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Statement of Candidacy

 

 

 

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1NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
2John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
3Belvidere,
4Illinois
5State of Illinois)
6                 ) ss.
7County of .......)
8    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
9Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
10State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
11qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
12candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
13committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
14office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
15held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
16being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
17requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
18such office; that I am not barred from being elected or
19appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
20the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have
21filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing
22period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
23Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my
24name be printed upon the official primary ballot for
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1and delegates and alternate delegates) such office.
2
Signed ......................
3    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
4who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
5
Signed ....................
6
(Official Character)
7(Seal, if officer has one.)
 
8    The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
9to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
10filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
11authority or local election official with whom the petition is
12required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
13Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
14by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
15thereof shall be punished accordingly.
16    A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
17obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
18his or her petition for nomination.
19    (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
20convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
21candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
22alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
23from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
24nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
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1    (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
2national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
3in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
4Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
5congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
6elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
7petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
8signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
9his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
10first primary election following a redistricting of
11congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
12must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
13electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
14congressional district.
15    (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
16Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
17including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
18county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
19other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
20nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
21equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
22cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
23county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
24elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
25petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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1his or her party in the county board district. In the first
2primary election following a redistricting of county board
3districts or the initial establishment of county board
4districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
5at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
6qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
7cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
8the total number of county board districts comprising the
9county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
10signatures be less than 25.
11    (d) County office; Cook County only.
12        (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
13    in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
14    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
15    equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
16    who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
17    Cook County.
18        (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
19    Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
20    must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
21    0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
22    in his or her county board district. In the first primary
23    election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
24    Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
25    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
26    equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party

 

 

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1    in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
2    general election divided by the total number of county
3    board districts comprising the county board; provided that
4    in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
5        (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
6    candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
7    Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
8    subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
9    then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
10    at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
11    total number of registered voters in his or her board of
12    review district in the last general election at which a
13    commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
14    that board of review district. In no event shall the
15    number of signatures required be greater than the
16    requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
17    office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
18    Section. In the first primary election following a
19    redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
20    candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
21    4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
22    required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
23    whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
24    party in the district.
25    (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
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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 municipality or township. If a
4candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
5the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
6the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
7primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
8primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
9districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
10wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
11contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
12total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
13party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
14municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
15was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
16municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
17no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
18    (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
19run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
20petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
21of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
22congressional district.
23    (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
24provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
25of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
26wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must

 

 

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1contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
2primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
3district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
4district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
5candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
6number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
7his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
8first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
9districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
10nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
11qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
12district.
13    (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
14Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
15district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
16contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
17votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
18political party for the office of Governor at the last general
19election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
20than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
21office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
22petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
23equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
24candidate of his or her political party who received the
25highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
26judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was

 

 

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1regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
21,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
3First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
4Judicial District.
5    (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
6as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
7for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
8for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
9primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
10candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
11candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
12the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
13of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
14same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
15may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
16If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
17the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
18than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
19electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
208% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
21signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
22is greater.
23    (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
24for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
25attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
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1must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
2the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
3comprising the counties.
4    (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
5office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
6contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
7registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
8division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
9whichever is greater.
10    For purposes of this Section the number of primary
11electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
12the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
13party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
14the last general election in the State at which electors for
15President of the United States were elected. For political
16subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
17determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
18that political party who received the highest number of votes
19in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
20which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
21that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
22subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
23determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
24that political party who received the highest number of votes
25in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
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1ward or district.
2    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
3petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
4party.
5    The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
6declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
7(d).
8    Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
9specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
10names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
11the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
12Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
13one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
14(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
15102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
 
16    (10 ILCS 5/8-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
17    Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
18candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
19ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
20in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
21petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
22Section 7-10.1 of this Code Act and a statement of candidacy by
23the candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.
24This statement shall set out the address of such candidate
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1the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
2which the petition relates, is qualified for the office
3specified, is not barred from being elected or appointed to
4public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State
5Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and has filed a statement
6of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
7Ethics Act; , shall request that the candidate's name be placed
8upon the official ballot; and shall be subscribed and sworn by
9such candidate before some officer authorized to take
10acknowledgment of deeds in this State and may be in
11substantially the following form:
12State of Illinois)
13                 ) ss.
14County ..........)
15    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
16street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
17State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
18qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate
19for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
20primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
21qualified to hold such office; that I am not barred from being
22elected or appointed to public office by subsection (c) of
23Section 7-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act;
24and that I have filed a statement of economic interests as
25required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby
26request that my name be printed upon the official primary

 

 

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1ballot for nomination for such office.
2
Signed ....................
3    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
4who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
5
Signed .... (Official Character)
6
(Seal if officer has one.)
7    The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
8that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
9interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
10must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
11subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
12    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
13for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
14by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified
15primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
16district.
17    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
18for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
19Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
201,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
21party in his or her representative district.
22    Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
23who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
24Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
25address shall be written or printed. The residence address
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1primary elector's name shall include the street address or
2rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
3as the signer's county and city, village, or town.
4    For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
5electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
6the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
7party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
8the last general election in the State at which electors for
9President of the United States were elected.
10    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
11petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
12party.
13    In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
14circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
15is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
16street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
17well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
18and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
19petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
20that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that, to
21the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so
22signing were at the time of signing the petition qualified
23primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
24    In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
25petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
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1first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
2for elections where the petition circulation period is 90
3days, certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
4signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
5of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election
6only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed
7during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
8certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
9the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
10statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
11circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
12in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
13    All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
14of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
15signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
16photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
17    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
18whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
19signature from the petition, provided that:
20        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
21    the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
22    and
23        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
24    certification listing the page number and line number of
25    each signature struck from the petition. Such
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1(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22;
2revised 2-28-22.)
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/10-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
4    Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides
5containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
6    1. The office or offices to which such candidate or
7candidates shall be nominated.
8    2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed
9in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall not bear
10the same name as, nor include the name of any established
11political party as defined in this Article. This prohibition
12does not preclude any established political party from making
13nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
14    3. The place of residence of any such candidate or
15candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the
16case of electors for President and Vice-President of the
17United States, the names of candidates for President and
18Vice-President may be added to the party name or appellation.
19    Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in
20addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required by
21Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of
22candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except
23candidates for electors for President and Vice-President of
24the United States. Each such statement shall set out the
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1candidate, shall state that the candidate is qualified for the
2office specified, is not barred from being elected or
3appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
4the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and has filed
5(or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
6statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
7Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's
8name be placed upon the official ballot and shall be
9subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer
10authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in this State, and
11may be in substantially the following form:
12State of Illinois)
13                 ) SS.
14County of........)
15    I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at....
16street, in the city (or village) of.... in the county of....
17State of Illinois; and that I am a qualified voter therein;
18that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be
19voted upon at the election to be held on the.... day
20of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such
21office; that I am not barred from being elected or appointed to
22public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State
23Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have filed (or
24will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
25statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
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1printed upon the official ballot for election to such office.
2
Signed.................
3    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who
4is to me personally known, this.... day of....,......
5
Signed.................
6
(Official Character)
7(Seal, if officer has one.)
8    In addition, a new political party petition shall have
9attached thereto a certificate stating the names and addresses
10of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies in
11nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
12    Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
13if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of
14economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
15Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
16officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
17papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests
18in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
19during the same calendar year as the year in which such
20nomination papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any
21candidate and the statement of economic interest of that
22candidate are not required to be filed with the same officer,
23the candidate must file with the officer with whom the
24nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer with
25whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the
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1so filed not later than the last day on which nomination papers
2may be filed.
3(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
5    Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
6certificates of nomination and nomination papers, and
7petitions to submit public questions to a referendum, being
8filed as required by this Code, and being in apparent
9conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to
10be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing
11within 5 business days after the last day for filing the
12certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition for
13a public question, with the following exceptions:
14        A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
15    Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
16    period of 35 business days after the last day for the
17    filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
18        B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
19    public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
20    State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
21    the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
22    objections can be filed.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
24contrary, the electoral board designated in Section 10-9 for
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1shall independently verify that no candidate under its
2jurisdiction is barred from being elected or appointed under
3subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
4Employees Ethics Act. If the electoral board finds that a
5candidate is barred from being elected or appointed under
6subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
7Employees Ethics Act, then that candidate shall be removed
8from the ballot regardless of whether or not an objection has
9been filed. Such a finding by the electoral board is subject to
10judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
11    Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
12in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
13any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
14amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
15public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
16State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
17nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
18petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
19office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
20Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
21election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
22nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection
23petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be
24accepted. In the case of nomination papers or certificates of
25nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
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1which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
2than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
3petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
4delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination papers
5and the original objector's petition to the chair of the
6proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or
7his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered
8mail or receipted personal delivery of the objector's
9petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
10nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of
11residence designated in said certificate of nomination or
12nomination papers. In the case of objections to a petition for
13a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for
14an advisory public question to be submitted to the voters of
15the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the
16day and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and
17shall transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered
18mail or receipted personal delivery to the person designated
19on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
20proponent of such proposed amendment or public question, or as
21the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice
22of objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
23public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
24subdivision, or district thereof, the election authority or
25local election official with whom such petition is filed shall
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1filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the second
2business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
3registered mail or receipted personal delivery the petition
4for the public question and the original objector's petition
5to the chair of the proper electoral board designated in
6Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall
7transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
8delivery, of the objector's petition to the person designated
9on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
10proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
11attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
12    The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
13residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
14objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
15papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
16of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
17electoral board.
18    The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
19and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
20petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
21except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
22which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions
23for the submission of public questions under Article 28.
24(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)