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Public Act 102-0692 Public Act 0692 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 102-0692 | HB1953 Enrolled | LRB102 04336 RJF 14354 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | Sections 2A-1.1b, 7-4, 7-10, and 8-8 as follows: | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b) | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | Sec. 2A-1.1b. 2022 general primary election and general | election dates. | (a) In addition to the provisions of this Code and
| notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions
| in this Section shall govern the dates for the conduct of the
| 2022 general primary election and for preparing for the 2022 | general election. The provisions of this Code shall
control | any aspect of the administration or conduct of the 2022
| general primary election and 2022 general election that is not | provided for in this Section,
provided that in the event of | conflict between this Section and
any other provision of this | Code or any other law, the
provisions of this Section shall | control. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all
| election authorities, including, but not limited to, those
| under the jurisdiction of a Board of Election Commissioners. | The provisions of this Section shall apply for the
dates for |
| the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general | election only
and the provisions of this amendatory Act of the | 102nd General
Assembly shall be in effect through December 31, | 2022. | (b) Petitions for nomination for the general primary | election may begin circulation on January 13, 2022. All | petitions for nomination of an established party candidate for | statewide office shall be signed by at least 3,250 but not more | than 6,500 of the qualified primary electors of the | candidate's party. All petitions for nomination of an | established party candidate for the office of Representative | in the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 400 but not | more than 1,000 of the qualified primary electors of the | candidate's party in the candidate's representative district. | All petitions for nomination of an established party candidate | for the office of State Senator shall be signed by at least 650 | but not more than 2,000 of the qualified primary electors of | the candidate's party in the candidate's legislative district. | The signature requirement for an established party candidate | for all other offices shall be reduced by one-third and any | provision of this Code limiting the maximum number of | signatures that may be submitted for those offices shall be | reduced by one-third. | (c) Petitions for nomination for congressional, or | judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is | made for a territorial division or district which comprises |
| more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in | another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water | Reclamation District) for the general primary election may be | filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections | beginning on March 7, 2022 but no later than March 14, 2022; a | petition for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election | in the office of representative in Congress from this State | (for vacancies occurring between February 21, 2022 and March | 14, 2022) for the general primary election may be filed in the | principal office of the State Board of Elections beginning | March 28, 2022 but no later than April 4, 2022. | (d) Objections to certificates of nomination and | nomination papers and petitions to submit public questions to | a referendum for the general primary election shall be filed | no later than March 21, 2022. | (e) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 19-2 to the | contrary, electors Electors may request vote by mail ballots | for the general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 | but no later than June 23, 2022. | (f) Petitions for nomination for independent candidates | and new political party candidates for the general election | may begin circulation on April 13, 2022. | (g) The State Board of Elections shall certify the names | of candidates who filed nomination papers or certificates of | nomination for the general primary election with the Board no | later than April 21, 2022. |
| (h) A notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in | candidate for the general primary election shall be filed with | the proper election authority or authorities no later than | April 28, 2022. | (i) Each election authority shall mail ballots to each | person who has filed an application for a ballot for the | general primary election under Article 20 no later than May | 14, 2022, and any application received after May 12, 2022 | shall be mailed within 2 business days after receipt of the | application. | (j) The period for early voting by personal appearance for | the general primary election shall begin on May 19, 2022. | (k) The general primary election shall be held on June 28, | 2022. | (l) The last day for an established party managing | committee to appoint someone to fill a vacancy for the general | election when no candidate was nominated at the general | primary election and for the appointee to file the required | documentation is July 25, 2022. The signature requirement for | an established party candidate filing to fill a vacancy shall | be reduced by two-thirds and any provision of this Code | limiting the maximum number of signatures that may be | submitted for those offices shall be reduced by two-thirds. | Objections to nomination papers, certificates of nomination, | or resolutions for established party candidates filing to fill | a vacancy shall be filed no later than August 1, 2022. |
| (m) Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for | the nomination of new political parties and independent | candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire | State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for | congressional, State legislative or judicial offices shall be | presented to the principal office of the State Board of | Elections beginning July 5, 2022 but no later than July 11, | 2022. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the | nomination of new political parties and independent candidates | for all other offices shall be presented to the appropriate | election authority or local election official with whom such | nomination papers are filed beginning July 5, 2022 but no | later than July 11, 2022. | (n) Objections to certificates of nomination and | nomination papers for new political parties and independent | candidates for the general election shall be filed no later | than July 18, 2022. | (o) (Blank). | (p) (Blank). | (q) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
| (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
| (10 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-4)
| Sec. 7-4.
The following words and phrases in this Article | 7 shall,
unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be | construed as
follows:
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| 1. The word "primary", the primary elections provided for | in this
Article, which are the general primary, the | consolidated primary, and for
those municipalities which have | annual partisan elections for any officer,
the municipal | primary held 6 weeks prior to the general primary election
| date in even numbered years.
| 2. The definitions of terms in Section 1-3 of this Code | shall apply to
this Article.
| 3. The word "precinct", a voting district heretofore or | hereafter
established by law within which all qualified | electors vote at one
polling place.
| 4. The words "state office" or "state officer", an office | to be
filled, or an officer to be voted for, by qualified | electors of the
entire state, including United States Senator | and Congressperson at large.
| 5. The words "congressional office" or "congressional | officer",
representatives in Congress.
| 6. The words "county office" or "county officer," include | an office
to be filled or an officer to be voted for, by the | qualified electors of
the entire county. "County office" or | "county officer" also include the
assessor and board of | appeals and county commissioners and president of
county board | of Cook County, and county board members and the chair
of the | county board in counties subject to Division 2-3 of the | Counties Code.
| 7. The words "city office" and "village office," and |
| "incorporated
town office" or "city officer" and "village | officer", and "incorporated
town officer", an office to be | filled or an officer to be voted for by
the qualified electors | of the entire municipality, including alderpersons.
| 8. The words "town office" or "town officer", an office to | be filled
or an officer to be voted for by the qualified | electors of an entire
town.
| 9. The words "town" and "incorporated town" shall | respectively be
defined as in Section 1-3 of this Code.
| 10. The words "delegates and alternate delegates to | National
nominating conventions" include all delegates and | alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions whether | they be elected from the state
at large or from congressional | districts or selected by State convention
unless contrary and | non-inclusive language specifically limits the term
to one | class.
| 11. "Judicial office" means a post held by a judge of the | Supreme,
Appellate, or Circuit Court. | "State Central Committeeperson" includes "committeeman" or | "committeewoman" for those persons elected or appointed under | State Central Committee Alternative B under Section 7-8.
| (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
| (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
| Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or |
| township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward | committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate | delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
| upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has | been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in | substantially the following form:
| We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, | in the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of | Illinois, do hereby petition that
the following named person | or persons shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party | for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
| election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to | be voted
for at the primary election to be held on (insert | date).
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Name |
Office |
Address |
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John Jones |
Governor |
Belvidere, Ill. |
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Jane James | Lieutenant Governor | Peoria, Ill. |
|
Thomas Smith |
Attorney General |
Oakland, Ill. |
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Name.................. Address.......................
| State of Illinois)
| ) ss.
| County of........)
| I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... |
| street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
| were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | stated, as above set forth.
| .........................
| Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| .........................
| Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an | appropriate heading giving the information
as to name of | candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
| signed; the office, the political party represented and place | of
residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
| Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary | electors residing
in the political division for which the | nomination is sought in their
own proper persons only and | opposite the signature of each signer, his
residence address | shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to | be written or printed opposite each qualified primary | elector's
name shall include the street address or rural route |
| number of the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the | signer's county, and city, village or
town, and state.
| However, the county or city, village or town, and state of | residence of
the electors may be printed on the petition forms | where all of the
electors signing the petition reside in the | same county or city, village
or town, and state. Standard | abbreviations may be used in writing the
residence address, | including street number, if any. At the bottom of
each sheet of | such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
| a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the | United States,
stating the street address or rural route | number, as the case may be, as well
as the county, city, | village or town, and state;
and certifying that the signatures | on that sheet of the petition were signed in
his or her | presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
| either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was | circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last dates on | which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
for elections where the | petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none | of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days | preceding the last day for the filing of the petition , or (4) | for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of | January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of | January 13, 2022 through the date on which this Statement was |
| sworn or affirmed to and certifying that
to the best of his or | her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the | time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the | political party for
which a nomination is sought. Such | statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to | administer oaths in this State.
| Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition | sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the
last | day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
| The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | signature from the petition,
provided that:
| (1) the person striking the signature shall initial | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; | and
| (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | certification
listing the page number and line number of | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
| Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | sheets which are filed with the proper local election |
| officials,
election authorities or the State Board of | Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed | by the voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must | include
as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of | the candidates filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is | filed. This statement shall set out the
address of such | candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
| that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to | which the
petition relates and is qualified for the office | specified (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it | shall state that the candidate is at the time
of filing such | statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall | state
that he has filed (or will file before the close of the | petition filing period)
a statement of economic interests as | required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall | request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
| ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate | before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds | in the State and shall be in
substantially the following form:
| Statement of Candidacy
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Name |
Address |
Office |
District |
Party |
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John Jones |
102 Main St. |
Governor |
Statewide |
Republican |
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Belvidere, |
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Illinois |
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|
|
| State of Illinois)
| ) ss.
| County of .......)
| I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of | committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
| being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case | of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) | such
office.
| Signed ......................
| Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
| Signed ....................
| (Official Character)
| (Seal, if officer has one.)
|
| The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
| A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | his or her petition for nomination.
| (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
| candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or | alternate
delegate to a national nominating convention elected | from the State at-large,
then the candidate's petition for | nomination must contain at least 5,000 but
not more than | 10,000 signatures.
| (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided | in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States | Congress or as a
congressional delegate or alternate | congressional delegate to a national
nominating convention | elected from a congressional district, then the
candidate's | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
|
| signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | his or her party
in his or her congressional district. In the | first primary election following a
redistricting of | congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
| must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary | electors of the
candidate's political party in his or her | congressional district.
| (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
| including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or | county board
member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county | other than Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
| cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her | county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member | elected from a county board district, then
the candidate's | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
| signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | his or her party
in the
county board district. In the first | primary election following a redistricting
of county board | districts or the initial establishment of county board
| districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by |
| the
total number of county board districts comprising the | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of | signatures be less than 25.
| (d) County office; Cook County only.
| (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | Cook County.
| (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
| nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | general election divided by the total number of county | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
| (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a | candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
| Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to |
| subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code, | then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain | at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
the | total number of registered voters in his or her board of
| review district in the last general election at which a | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | that board of review district. In no
event shall the | number of signatures required be greater than the | requisite
number for a candidate who seeks countywide | office in Cook County
under subsection (d)(1) of this | Section. In the first primary election
following a | redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
| candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least | 4,000 signatures
or at least the number of signatures | required for a countywide candidate in
Cook County, | whichever is less,
of the qualified electors of his or her | party in the district.
| (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | candidate
seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then | the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least | the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified | primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
|
| primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
| districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of | wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for nomination must | contain the number of signatures
equal to at least 0.5% of the | total number of votes cast for the candidate of
that political | party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
| municipality at the last regular election at which an officer | was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
the entire | municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In | no
event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
| (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures | of the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | congressional district.
| (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise | provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee | of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from | wards, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | primary electors of his or her party from the
sanitary | district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a sanitary | district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
| candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary electors of | his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In
the
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| first primary election following redistricting of sanitary | districts elected
from wards, a candidate's petition for | nomination must contain at least the
signatures of 150 | qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that
sanitary | district.
| (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a | district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of | votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her | political party for the office of Governor at the last general | election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less | than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial | office in a
circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's | petition for nomination
must contain the number of signatures | equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
cast for the judicial | candidate of his or her political party who received the
| highest number of votes
at the last general election at which a | judicial
officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was | regularly scheduled
to be elected, but in no event less than | 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the | First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other | Judicial District.
| (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except | as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to
run | for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition |
| for nomination
must contain at least 10 signatures of the | primary electors of his or her
party for the precinct. If a | candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
then the | candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than | the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors | of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% of those | same electors; provided that the
maximum number of signatures | may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is greater. | If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then | the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less | than the number of
signatures equal to 5% of the primary | electors of his or her party of the
township, but no more than | 8% of those same electors;
provided that the maximum number of | signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum number, whichever | is greater.
| (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | comprising the counties.
| (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or |
| division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
| whichever is greater.
| For purposes of this Section the number of primary | electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in | the applicable district, for the
candidate for that political | party who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at | the last general election in the State at which electors for
| President of the United States were elected. For political | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
| determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that | ward or district.
| A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | party.
| The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are | declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
| (d).
|
| Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
| (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
| (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
| Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by | Section 7-10.1 of
this Act and a statement of candidacy by the | candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. | This statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, | the office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which | the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified | and
has filed a statement of economic interests as required by | the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the | candidate's name be
placed upon the official ballot and shall | be subscribed and sworn by
such candidate before some officer | authorized to take acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and | may be in substantially the following form:
|
| State of Illinois)
| ) ss.
| County ..........)
| I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally | qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement | of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental | Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon | the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
| Signed ....................
| Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
| Signed .... (Official Character)
| (Seal if officer has one.)
| The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act | must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
| Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions | for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
| by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified |
| primary electors of
the candidate's party in his legislative | district.
| Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions | for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
| Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than | 1,500 of
the qualified primary electors of the candidate's | party in his or her
representative district.
| Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
| primary elector's name shall include the street address or | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well | as the signer's county
and city, village or town.
| For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at | the last general election in the State at which
electors for | President of the United States were elected.
| A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one | party.
| In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition | circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who |
| is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that to the | best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing | were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary | voters for which the
nomination is sought.
| In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) | for elections where the petition circulation period is 90 | days, certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were | signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
| of the petition , (4) for the 2022 general primary election | only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed | during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or | certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during | the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this | Statement was sworn or affirmed to . No petition sheet shall be | circulated more than 90 days
preceding the last day provided | in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
| All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board | of Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been |
| signed by the voters and by the
circulator, and not | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
| The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any | signature from the petition,
provided that:
| (1) the person striking the signature shall initial | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; | and
| (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | certification
listing the page number and line number of | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
| (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
| Section 10. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows: | (25 ILCS 130/9-2.5)
| Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative | Printing Unit may
not print for any member of the General | Assembly any newsletters or brochures
during the period | beginning February 1 of the
year of a general primary | election, except that in 2022 the period shall begin on May 15, | 2022, and ending the day after the general primary
election | and during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a | general
election and ending the day after the general |
| election.
A member of the General Assembly may not mail, | during a period beginning
February 1 of the year of a general | primary election , except that in 2022 the period shall begin | on May 15, 2022, and ending the day after
the general primary | election and during a period beginning September 1 of the
year | of a general election and ending the day after the general | election, any
newsletters or brochures
that were printed, at | any time, by the Legislative
Printing Unit, except that such a | newsletter or brochure may be mailed during
those times if it | is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
| inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions | raised by that
constituent.
| (Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 1/7/2022
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