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Public Act 92-0129
SB1109 Enrolled SRS92SB0033PMcp
AN ACT concerning the circulation of election petitions.
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 3-1.2, 7-10, 8-8, 10-4, and 28-3 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/3-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.2)
Sec. 3-1.2. Eligibility to sign or circulate petition.
For the purpose of determining eligibility to sign or
circulate a nominating petition or a petition proposing a
public question the terms "voter", "registered voter",
"qualified voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified
elector", "primary elector" and "qualified primary elector"
as used in this Code or in another Statute shall mean a
person who is registered to vote at the address shown
opposite his signature on the petition or was registered to
vote at such address when he signed the petition. Any person,
otherwise qualified under this Section, who has not moved to
another residence but whose address has changed as a result
of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system shall
be considered a "voter", "registered voter", "qualified
voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified elector",
"primary elector", and "qualified primary elector".
(Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98; 91-57, eff. 6-30-99.)
(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 committeeman,
or township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
committeeman 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 committeemen for
election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
date).
Name Office Address
John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
Name.................. Address.......................
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of........)
I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter
and have been a registered voter at all times I have
circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street,
in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of ....., that
I am 18 years of age or older Illinois, 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 registered voter of the
political division, who has been a registered voter at all
times he or she circulated the petition, for which the
candidate is seeking a nomination, stating the street address
or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as
well as the voter's county, and 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) 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 more than 45 days
preceding the last day for filing of the petition in the case
of political party and independent candidates for single or
multi-county regional superintendents of schools in the 1994
general primary election; and certifying that the signatures
on the sheet are genuine, 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.
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, or more than 45 days preceding the
last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
primary election.
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
Name Address Office District Party
John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
Belvidere,
Illinois
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 committeeman 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 committeemen 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.
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.
Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
(a) If for a State office, or for delegate or
alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large
to a National nominating convention by not less than
5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
(b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate
or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
district to a national nominating convention by at least
.5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
congressional district, except that for the first primary
following a redistricting of congressional districts such
petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified
primary electors of the candidate's party in his
congressional district.
(c) If for a county office (including county board
member and chairman of the county board where elected
from the county at large), by at least .5% of the
qualified electors of his party cast at the last
preceding general election in his county. However, if
for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook
County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary
electors of his or her party in his or her county in the
district or division in which such person is a candidate
for nomination; and if for county board member from a
county board district, then by at least .5% of the
qualified primary electors of his party in the county
board district. In the case of an election for county
board member to be elected from a district, for the first
primary following a redistricting of county board
districts or the initial establishment of county board
districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
of his party in the entire county at the last preceding
general election, divided by the number of county board
districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
primary electors of his party in the district.
(d) If for a municipal or township office by at
least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at
least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the
case of an election for alderman or trustee of a
municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for
the first primary following a redistricting or the
initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5%
of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
such 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, but in any event not less
than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the
ward or district.
(e) If for State central committeeman, by at least
100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
her congressional district.
(f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from
such sanitary district.
(g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his
ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
primary following a reapportionment of the district such
petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified
primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
district.
(h) If The number of signatures required for a
candidate for judicial office in a district, circuit, or
subcircuit, by a number of primary electors at least
equal to shall be 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 regular
general election at which a judicial officer from the
same district, circuit, or subcircuit was regularly
scheduled to be elected, but in no event fewer shall be
less than 500 signatures.
(i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman,
by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of
his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward
committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the
primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a
candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5%
nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his
township or part of a township as the case may be.
(j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or
Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more
counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
party in the territory comprising such counties.
(k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the
total number of registered voters of the political
subdivision, district or division for which the
nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is
greater.
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. For political subdivisions, the number of primary
electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
for the candidate for such political party who received the
highest number of votes in such 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 such political party who received the
highest number of votes in such 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.
(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
91-358, eff. 7-29-99; revised 8-17-99.)
(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.)
All petitions for nomination for the office of State
Senator shall be signed by 1% or 600, whichever is greater,
of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's party in
his legislative district, except that for the first primary
following a redistricting of legislative districts, such
petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified primary
electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
district.
All petitions for nomination for the office of
Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
least 1% or 300, whichever is greater, of the qualified
primary electors of the candidate's party in his or her
representative district, except that for the first primary
following a redistricting of representative districts such
petitions shall be signed by at least 300 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 have been a
registered voter at all times he or she circulated the
petition, shall state his or her street address or rural
route number, as the case may be, as well as his or her
county, and 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) 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. 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. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-4)
Sec. 10-4. Form of petition for nomination. All
petitions for nomination under this Article 10 for candidates
for public office in this State, shall in addition to other
requirements provided by law, be as follows: Such petitions
shall consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall
contain, above the space for signature, an appropriate
heading, giving the information as to name of candidate or
candidates in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
office; the party; place of residence; and such other
information or wording as required to make same valid, and
the heading of each sheet shall be the same. Such petition
shall be signed by the qualified voters 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 such electors may be printed
on the petition forms where all of the such 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. No signature shall be valid or be counted in
considering the validity or sufficiency of such petition
unless the requirements of this Section are complied with. At
the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
circulator's statement, signed by a person 18 years of age or
older who is a citizen of the United States registered voter
of the political division, who has been a registered voter at
all times he or she circulated the petition, for which the
candidate or candidates shall be nominated; stating the
street address or rural route number of the voter, as the
case may be, as well as the voter's county, and city, village
or town, and state; certifying that the signatures on that
sheet of the petition were signed in his or her presence;
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) 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 more than 45 days
preceding the last day for filing of the petition in the case
of political party and independent candidates for single or
multi-county regional superintendents of schools in the 1994
general primary election; and certifying that to the best of
his knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
time of signing the petition duly registered voters under
Articles 4, 5 or 6 of the Code of the political subdivision
or district for which the candidate or candidates shall be
nominated, and certifying that their respective residences
are correctly stated therein. Such statement shall be sworn
to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in this
State. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90
days preceding the last day provided in Section 10-6 for the
filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
primary election. Such sheets, before being presented to the
electoral board or filed with the proper officer of the
electoral district or division of the state or municipality,
as the case may be, 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, and not photocopies or duplicates of such
sheets. A petition, when presented or filed, shall not be
withdrawn, altered, or added to, and no signature shall be
revoked except by revocation in writing presented or filed
with the officers or officer with whom the petition is
required to be presented or filed, and before the presentment
or filing of such petition. Whoever forges any name of a
signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery,
and on conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
The word "petition" or "petition for nomination", as used
herein, shall mean what is sometimes known as nomination
papers, in distinction to what is known as a certificate of
nomination. The words "political division for which the
candidate is nominated", or its equivalent, shall mean the
largest political division in which all qualified voters may
vote upon such candidate or candidates, as the state in the
case of state officers; the township in the case of township
officers et cetera. Provided, further, that no person shall
circulate or certify petitions for candidates of more than
one political party, or for an independent candidate or
candidates in addition to one political party, to be voted
upon at the next primary or general election, or for such
candidates and parties with respect to the same political
subdivision at the next consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99.)
(10 ILCS 5/28-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-3)
Sec. 28-3. Form of petition for public question.
Petitions for the submission of public questions shall
consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall
contain, above the space for signature, an appropriate
heading, giving the information as to the question of public
policy to be submitted, and specifying the state at large or
the political subdivision or district or precinct or
combination of precincts or other territory in which it is to
be submitted and, where by law the public question must be
submitted at a particular election, the election at which it
is to be submitted. In the case of a petition for the
submission of a public question described in subsection (b)
of Section 28-6, the heading shall also specify the regular
election at which the question is to be submitted and include
the precincts included in the territory concerning which the
public question is to be submitted, as well as a common
description of such territory in plain and nonlegal language,
such description to describe the territory by reference to
streets, natural or artificial landmarks, addresses or any
other method which would enable a voter signing the petition
to be informed of the territory concerning which the question
is to be submitted. The heading of each sheet shall be the
same. Such petition shall be signed by the registered voters
of the political subdivision or district or precinct or
combination of precincts in which the question of public
policy is to be submitted in their own proper persons only,
and opposite the signature of each signer his residence
address shall be written or printed, which residence address
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; provided that the
county or city, village or town, and state of residence of
such electors may be printed on the petition forms where all
of the such 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. No signature shall be valid
or be counted in considering the validity or sufficiency of
such petition unless the requirements of this Section are
complied with.
At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be
added a circulator's statement, signed by a person 18 years
of age or older who is a citizen of the United States
registered voter, who has been a registered voter at all
times he or she circulated the petition, of the political
subdivision or district or precinct or combination of
precincts in which the question of public policy is to be
submitted, stating the street address or rural route number
of the voter, as the case may be, as well as the voter's
county, and city, village or town, and state; certifying that
the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in
his or her presence and are genuine, and that to the best of
his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were
at the time of signing the petition registered voters of the
political subdivision or district or precinct or combination
of precincts in which the question of public policy is to be
submitted and that their respective residences are correctly
stated therein. Such statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
Such sheets, before being filed with the proper officer
or board shall be bound securely and 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, and not
photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when
presented or filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added
to, and no signature shall be revoked except by revocation in
writing presented or filed with the board or officer with
whom the petition is required to be presented or filed, and
before the presentment or filing of such petition, except as
may otherwise be provided in another statute which authorize
the public question. Whoever forges any name of a signer upon
any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery, and on
conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
In addition to the foregoing requirements, a petition
proposing an amendment to Article IV of the Constitution
pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution or a
petition proposing a question of public policy to be
submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be in
conformity with the requirements of Section 28-9 of this
Article.
If multiple sets of petitions for submission of the same
public questions are filed, the State Board of Elections,
appropriate election authority or local election official
where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
notify the proponent of his or her multiple petition filings
and that proponent has 3 business days after receipt of the
notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate
election authority or local election official that he or she
may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the proponent
notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate election
authority or local election official, the last set of
petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be considered
valid by the State Board of Elections, appropriate election
authority or local election official. If the proponent fails
to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election
authority or local election official then only the first set
of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent
petitions shall be void.
(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 17, 2001.
Approved July 20, 2001.
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