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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 Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2A-1.1b, 7-4, 7-10, and 8-8 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
8    Sec. 2A-1.1b. 2022 general primary election and general
9election dates.
10    (a) In addition to the provisions of this Code and
11notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions
12in this Section shall govern the dates for the conduct of the
132022 general primary election and for preparing for the 2022
14general election. The provisions of this Code shall control
15any aspect of the administration or conduct of the 2022
16general primary election and 2022 general election that is not
17provided for in this Section, provided that in the event of
18conflict between this Section and any other provision of this
19Code or any other law, the provisions of this Section shall
20control. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all
21election authorities, including, but not limited to, those
22under the jurisdiction of a Board of Election Commissioners.
23The provisions of this Section shall apply for the dates for

 

 

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1the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general
2election only and the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
3102nd General Assembly shall be in effect through December 31,
42022.
5    (b) Petitions for nomination for the general primary
6election may begin circulation on January 13, 2022. All
7petitions for nomination of an established party candidate for
8statewide office shall be signed by at least 3,250 but not more
9than 6,500 of the qualified primary electors of the
10candidate's party. All petitions for nomination of an
11established party candidate for the office of Representative
12in the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 400 but not
13more than 1,000 of the qualified primary electors of the
14candidate's party in the candidate's representative district.
15All petitions for nomination of an established party candidate
16for the office of State Senator shall be signed by at least 650
17but not more than 2,000 of the qualified primary electors of
18the candidate's party in the candidate's legislative district.
19The signature requirement for an established party candidate
20for all other offices shall be reduced by one-third and any
21provision of this Code limiting the maximum number of
22signatures that may be submitted for those offices shall be
23reduced by one-third.
24    (c) Petitions for nomination for congressional, or
25judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is
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1more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in
2another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water
3Reclamation District) for the general primary election may be
4filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections
5beginning on March 7, 2022 but no later than March 14, 2022; a
6petition for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election
7in the office of representative in Congress from this State
8(for vacancies occurring between February 21, 2022 and March
914, 2022) for the general primary election may be filed in the
10principal office of the State Board of Elections beginning
11March 28, 2022 but no later than April 4, 2022.
12    (d) Objections to certificates of nomination and
13nomination papers and petitions to submit public questions to
14a referendum for the general primary election shall be filed
15no later than March 21, 2022.
16    (e) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 19-2 to the
17contrary, electors Electors may request vote by mail ballots
18for the general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022
19but no later than June 23, 2022.
20    (f) Petitions for nomination for independent candidates
21and new political party candidates for the general election
22may begin circulation on April 13, 2022.
23    (g) The State Board of Elections shall certify the names
24of candidates who filed nomination papers or certificates of
25nomination for the general primary election with the Board no
26later than April 21, 2022.

 

 

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1    (h) A notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in
2candidate for the general primary election shall be filed with
3the proper election authority or authorities no later than
4April 28, 2022.
5    (i) Each election authority shall mail ballots to each
6person who has filed an application for a ballot for the
7general primary election under Article 20 no later than May
814, 2022, and any application received after May 12, 2022
9shall be mailed within 2 business days after receipt of the
10application.
11    (j) The period for early voting by personal appearance for
12the general primary election shall begin on May 19, 2022.
13    (k) The general primary election shall be held on June 28,
142022.
15    (l) The last day for an established party managing
16committee to appoint someone to fill a vacancy for the general
17election when no candidate was nominated at the general
18primary election and for the appointee to file the required
19documentation is July 25, 2022. The signature requirement for
20an established party candidate filing to fill a vacancy shall
21be reduced by two-thirds and any provision of this Code
22limiting the maximum number of signatures that may be
23submitted for those offices shall be reduced by two-thirds.
24Objections to nomination papers, certificates of nomination,
25or resolutions for established party candidates filing to fill
26a vacancy shall be filed no later than August 1, 2022.

 

 

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1    (m) Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for
2the nomination of new political parties and independent
3candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire
4State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for
5congressional, State legislative or judicial offices shall be
6presented to the principal office of the State Board of
7Elections beginning July 5, 2022 but no later than July 11,
82022. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
9nomination of new political parties and independent candidates
10for all other offices shall be presented to the appropriate
11election authority or local election official with whom such
12nomination papers are filed beginning July 5, 2022 but no
13later than July 11, 2022.
14    (n) Objections to certificates of nomination and
15nomination papers for new political parties and independent
16candidates for the general election shall be filed no later
17than July 18, 2022.
18    (o) (Blank).
19    (p) (Blank).
20    (q) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
21(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/7-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-4)
23    Sec. 7-4. The following words and phrases in this Article
247 shall, unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be
25construed as follows:

 

 

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1    1. The word "primary", the primary elections provided for
2in this Article, which are the general primary, the
3consolidated primary, and for those municipalities which have
4annual partisan elections for any officer, the municipal
5primary held 6 weeks prior to the general primary election
6date in even numbered years.
7    2. The definitions of terms in Section 1-3 of this Code
8shall apply to this Article.
9    3. The word "precinct", a voting district heretofore or
10hereafter established by law within which all qualified
11electors vote at one polling place.
12    4. The words "state office" or "state officer", an office
13to be filled, or an officer to be voted for, by qualified
14electors of the entire state, including United States Senator
15and Congressperson at large.
16    5. The words "congressional office" or "congressional
17officer", representatives in Congress.
18    6. The words "county office" or "county officer," include
19an office to be filled or an officer to be voted for, by the
20qualified electors of the entire county. "County office" or
21"county officer" also include the assessor and board of
22appeals and county commissioners and president of county board
23of Cook County, and county board members and the chair of the
24county board in counties subject to Division 2-3 of the
25Counties Code.
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1"incorporated town office" or "city officer" and "village
2officer", and "incorporated town officer", an office to be
3filled or an officer to be voted for by the qualified electors
4of the entire municipality, including alderpersons.
5    8. The words "town office" or "town officer", an office to
6be filled or an officer to be voted for by the qualified
7electors of an entire town.
8    9. The words "town" and "incorporated town" shall
9respectively be defined as in Section 1-3 of this Code.
10    10. The words "delegates and alternate delegates to
11National nominating conventions" include all delegates and
12alternate delegates to National nominating conventions whether
13they be elected from the state at large or from congressional
14districts or selected by State convention unless contrary and
15non-inclusive language specifically limits the term to one
16class.
17    11. "Judicial office" means a post held by a judge of the
18Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Court.
19    "State Central Committeeperson" includes "committeeman" or
20"committeewoman" for those persons elected or appointed under
21State Central Committee Alternative B under Section 7-8.
22(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
24    Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
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1township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
2committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
3delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
4upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
5been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
6substantially the following form:
7    We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
8.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
9in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
10Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
11or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
12for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
13election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
14be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
15date).
16    NameOfficeAddress
17John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
18Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
19Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
20Name..................         Address.......................
 
21State of Illinois)
22                 ) ss.
23County of........)
24    I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....

 

 

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1street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
2....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
3of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
4were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
5best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
6the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
7party, and that their respective residences are correctly
8stated, as above set forth.
9
.........................
10    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
11
.........................

 
12    Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
13candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
14and shall contain above the space for signatures an
15appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
16candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
17signed; the office, the political party represented and place
18of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
19    Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
20electors residing in the political division for which the
21nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
22opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
23shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
24be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
25elector's name shall include the street address or rural route

 

 

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1number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
2signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
3However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
4residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms
5where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the
6same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
7abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
8including street number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of
9such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
10a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the
11United States, stating the street address or rural route
12number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city,
13village or town, and state; and certifying that the signatures
14on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her
15presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
16either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
17circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
18which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the
19petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
20of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
21preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
22for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the
23signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
24January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
25signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
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1sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
2her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
3time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
4political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
5statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
6administer oaths in this State.
7    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
8sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
9day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
10    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
11whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
12signature from the petition, provided that:
13        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
14    the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
15    and
16        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
17    certification listing the page number and line number of
18    each signature struck from the petition. Such
19    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
20    Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
21together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
22fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
23manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
24The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
25to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
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1officials, election authorities or the State Board of
2Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
3by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
4photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
5include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
6the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
7filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
8candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
9that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
10which the petition relates and is qualified for the office
11specified (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it
12shall state that the candidate is at the time of filing such
13statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall
14state that he has filed (or will file before the close of the
15petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
16required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall
17request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
18ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate
19before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
20in the State and shall be in substantially the following form:
21
Statement of Candidacy
22NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
23John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
24Belvidere,
25Illinois

 

 

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1State of Illinois)
2                 ) ss.
3County of .......)
4    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
5Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
6State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
7qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
8candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
9committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
10office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
11held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
12being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
13requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
14such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
15close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
16interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
17and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
18primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
19of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)
20such office.
21
Signed ......................
22    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
23who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
24
Signed ....................
25
(Official Character)
26(Seal, if officer has one.)
 

 

 

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1    The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
2to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
3filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
4authority or local election official with whom the petition is
5required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
6Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
7by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
8thereof shall be punished accordingly.
9    A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
10obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
11his or her petition for nomination.
12    (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
13convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
14candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
15alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
16from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
17nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
1810,000 signatures.
19    (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
20national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
21in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
22Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
23congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
24elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
25petition for nomination must contain at least the number of

 

 

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1signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
2his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
3first primary election following a redistricting of
4congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
5must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
6electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
7congressional district.
8    (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
9Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
10including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
11county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
12other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
13nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
14equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
15cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
16county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
17elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
18petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
19signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
20his or her party in the county board district. In the first
21primary election following a redistricting of county board
22districts or the initial establishment of county board
23districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
24at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
25qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
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1the total number of county board districts comprising the
2county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
3signatures be less than 25.
4    (d) County office; Cook County only.
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.
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
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.
24        (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
25    candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
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1    subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
2    then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
3    at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
4    total number of registered voters in his or her board of
5    review district in the last general election at which a
6    commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
7    that board of review district. In no event shall the
8    number of signatures required be greater than the
9    requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
10    office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
11    Section. In the first primary election following a
12    redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
13    candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
14    4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
15    required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
16    whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
17    party in the district.
18    (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
19run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
20petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
21signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
22his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
23candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
24the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
25the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
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1primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
2districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
3wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
4contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
5total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
6party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
7municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
8was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
9municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
10no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
11    (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
12run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
13petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
14of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
15congressional district.
16    (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
17provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
18of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
19wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
20contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
21primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
22district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
23district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
24candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
25number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
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1first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
2districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
3nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
4qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
5district.
6    (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
7Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
8district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
9contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
10votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
11political party for the office of Governor at the last general
12election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
13than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
14office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
15petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
16equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
17candidate of his or her political party who received the
18highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
19judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
20regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
211,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
22First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
23Judicial District.
24    (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
25as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
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1for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
2primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
3candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
4candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
5the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
6of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
7same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
8may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
9If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
10the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
11than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
12electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
138% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
14signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
15is greater.
16    (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
17for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
18attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
19than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
20must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
21the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
22comprising the counties.
23    (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
24office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
25contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
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1division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
2whichever is greater.
3    For purposes of this Section the number of primary
4electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
5the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
6party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
7the last general election in the State at which electors for
8President of the United States were elected. For political
9subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
10determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
11that political party who received the highest number of votes
12in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
13which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
14that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
15subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
16determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
17that political party who received the highest number of votes
18in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
19an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
20ward or district.
21    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
22petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
23party.
24    The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
25declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
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1    Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
2specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
3names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
4the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
5Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
6one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
7(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
 
8    (10 ILCS 5/8-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
9    Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
10candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
11ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
12in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
13petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
14Section 7-10.1 of this Act and a statement of candidacy by the
15candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.
16This statement shall set out the address of such candidate,
17the office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
18candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
19the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified
20and has filed a statement of economic interests as required by
21the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
22candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot and shall
23be subscribed and sworn by such candidate before some officer
24authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this State and
25may be in substantially the following form:

 

 

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1State of Illinois)
2                 ) ss.
3County ..........)
4    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
5street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
6State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
7qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate
8for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
9primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
10qualified to hold such office and that I have filed a statement
11of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
12Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be printed upon
13the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
14
Signed ....................
15    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
16who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
17
Signed .... (Official Character)
18
(Seal if officer has one.)
19    The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
20that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
21interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
22must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
23subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
24    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
25for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
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1primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
2district.
3    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
4for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
5Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
61,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
7party in his or her representative district.
8    Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
9who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
10Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
11address shall be written or printed. The residence address
12required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
13primary elector's name shall include the street address or
14rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
15as the signer's county and city, village or town.
16    For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
17electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
18the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
19party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
20the last general election in the State at which electors for
21President of the United States were elected.
22    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
23petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
24party.
25    In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
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1is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
2street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
3well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
4and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
5petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
6that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that to the
7best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing
8were at the time of signing the petition qualified primary
9voters for which the nomination is sought.
10    In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
11petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
12which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
13first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
14for elections where the petition circulation period is 90
15days, certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
16signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
17of the petition, (4) for the 2022 general primary election
18only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed
19during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
20certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
21the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
22Statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
23circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
24in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
25    All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
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1signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
2photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
3    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
4whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
5signature from the petition, provided that:
6        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
7    the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
8    and
9        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
10    certification listing the page number and line number of
11    each signature struck from the petition. Such
12    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
13(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
14    Section 10. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act
15of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows:
 
16    (25 ILCS 130/9-2.5)
17    Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative
18Printing Unit may not print for any member of the General
19Assembly any newsletters or brochures during the period
20beginning February 1 of the year of a general primary
21election, except that in 2022 the period shall begin on May 15,
222022, and ending the day after the general primary election
23and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a
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1election. A member of the General Assembly may not mail,
2during a period beginning February 1 of the year of a general
3primary election, except that in 2022 the period shall begin
4on May 15, 2022, and ending the day after the general primary
5election and during a period beginning September 1 of the year
6of a general election and ending the day after the general
7election, any newsletters or brochures that were printed, at
8any time, by the Legislative Printing Unit, except that such a
9newsletter or brochure may be mailed during those times if it
10is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
11inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions
12raised by that constituent.
13(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.