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65 ILCS 5/4-3-7

(65 ILCS 5/4-3-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-7)

Sec. 4-3-7.

Any person desiring to become a candidate for nomination for
mayor or commissioner shall file with the municipal clerk, or, in those
municipalities having a board of election commissioners, with the clerk
of that board, a statement of his candidacy, in the form provided in the
general election law.  This statement shall be filed at the time provided
in the general election law.

This statement shall be sworn (or affirmed) before an officer,
in which the person making the statement resides, authorized to
administer oaths.  If the municipality has voted, as provided in Section
4-3-19, to require candidates for commissioner to run for a specific office,
a statement of candidacy for commissioner shall specify whether the candidacy
is for commissioner of accounts and finances, commissioner of public health
and safety, commissioner of streets and public improvements, or commissioner
of public property. No person shall file statements
of candidacy for both mayor and commissioner or for more than one of the
commissioner offices.

Any person having filed as a candidate for mayor or commissioner may withdraw
within the time provided in the general election law.

(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)