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1     AN ACT concerning judges.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 7-10, 7-12, 7A-1, and 10-7 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
7     Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
8 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman, or
9 township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
10 committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to
11 national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
12 primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed
13 in his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the
14 following form:
15     We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in
17 the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois,
18 do hereby petition that the following named person or persons
19 shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the
20 nomination for (or in case of committeemen for election to) the
21 office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at the
22 primary election to be held on (insert date).
23    NameOfficeAddress

 

 

 

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1John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
2Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
3 Name..................         Address.......................
 
4 State of Illinois)
5                  ) ss.
6 County of........)
7     I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
8 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
9 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
10 of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
11 were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
12 best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
13 the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
14 party, and that their respective residences are correctly
15 stated, as above set forth.
16
.........................
17     Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
18
.........................

 
19     Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
20 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
21 and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate
22 heading giving the information as to name of candidate or
23 candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the

 

 

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1 office, the political party represented and place of residence;
2 and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
3     Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors
4 residing in the political division for which the nomination is
5 sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the
6 signature of each signer, his residence address shall be
7 written or printed. The residence address required to be
8 written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
9 name shall include the street address or rural route number of
10 the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
11 and city, village or town, and state. However the county or
12 city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
13 may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
14 signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
15 or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in
16 writing the residence address, including street number, if any.
17 At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
18 circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or
19 older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street
20 address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
21 the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying
22 that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
23 in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
24 genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
25 sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
26 dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that

 

 

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1 none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
2 days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and
3 certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
4 the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
5 petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a
6 nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before
7 some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
8     No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
9 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
10 of such petition.
11     The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
12 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
13 signature from the petition, provided that:
14         (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
15     petition at the place where the signature is struck; 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
21 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
22 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
23 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
24 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
25 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
26 sheets which are filed with the proper local election

 

 

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1 officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections
2 shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the
3 voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or
4 duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part
5 thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates
6 filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. Executive
7 officers and agencies shall not disclose to the public or
8 publish the home residence or telephone number of a candidate
9 for judicial office as defined by Section 7-4 of this Article,
10 as listed in the candidate's statement of candidacy or
11 nominating petitions, except upon receipt of a written request
12 to examine or copy the candidate's nominating papers filed with
13 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
14 shall promptly send to the candidate a copy of each written
15 request to examine or copy the candidate's nominating papers.
16 This statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
17 office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
18 candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
19 the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified
20 (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state
21 that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a
22 licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he
23 has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing
24 period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
25 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
26 candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall

 

 

 

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1 be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
2 officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State
3 and shall be in substantially the following form:
4
Statement of Candidacy
5NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
6John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
7Belvidere,
8Illinois
9 State of Illinois)
10                  ) ss.
11 County of .......)
12     I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
13 Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
14 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
15 qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
16 candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
17 committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
18 office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
19 held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
20 being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
21 requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
22 such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
23 close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
24 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
25 and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official

 

 

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1 primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
2 of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
3 office.
4
Signed ......................
5     Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
6 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
7
Signed ....................
8
(Official Character)
9 (Seal, if officer has one.)
 
10     The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
11 to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
12 filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
13 authority or local election official with whom the petition is
14 required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
15 Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
16 by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
17 thereof shall be punished accordingly.
18     A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
19 obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
20 his or her petition for nomination.
21     (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
22 convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or
23 as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
24 convention elected from the State at-large, then the
25 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000

 

 

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1 but not more than 10,000 signatures.
2     (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
3 national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for
4 United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
5 alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
6 convention elected from a congressional district, then the
7 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
8 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
9 electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
10 district. In the first primary election following a
11 redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
12 petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of
13 qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party
14 in his or her congressional district.
15     (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
16 countywide office, including but not limited to county board
17 chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
18 basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's
19 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
20 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
21 her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election
22 in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county
23 board member elected from a county board district, then the
24 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
25 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
26 electors of his or her party in the county board district. In

 

 

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1 the first primary election following a redistricting of county
2 board districts or the initial establishment of county board
3 districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
4 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
5 qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
6 cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
7 the total number of county board districts comprising the
8 county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
9 signatures be less than 25.
10     (d) County office; Cook County only.
11         (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
12     in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
13     nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
14     equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
15     who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
16     Cook County.
17         (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
18     Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
19     must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
20     0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
21     in his or her county board district. In the first primary
22     election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
23     Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
24     nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
25     equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
26     in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding

 

 

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1     general election divided by the total number of county
2     board districts comprising the county board; provided that
3     in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
4         (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
5     of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
6     pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
7     Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
8     contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
9     the total number of registered voters in his or her board
10     of review district in the last general election at which a
11     commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
12     that board of review district. In no event shall the number
13     of signatures required be greater than the requisite number
14     for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
15     under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first
16     primary election following a redistricting of Cook County
17     Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for
18     nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at
19     least the number of signatures required for a countywide
20     candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the
21     qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
22     (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
23 run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
24 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
25 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
26 his or her party in the municipality or township. If a

 

 

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1 candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the
2 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
3 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
4 electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary
5 election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or
6 trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
7 establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for
8 nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at
9 least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate
10 of that political party who received the highest number of
11 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election
12 at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
13 the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or
14 districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less
15 than 25.
16     (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
17 run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
18 petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of
19 the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
20 congressional district.
21     (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
22 for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
23 elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
24 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal
25 to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
26 sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a

 

 

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

 

 

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1 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10
2 signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the
3 precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
4 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no
5 less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary
6 electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16%
7 of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
8 signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is
9 greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township
10 committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
11 must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5%
12 of the primary electors of his or her party of the township,
13 but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the
14 maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
15 number, whichever is greater.
16     (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
17 for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
18 attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
19 than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
20 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
21 the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
22 comprising the counties.
23     (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
24 office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
25 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
26 registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or

 

 

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1 division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
2 whichever is greater.
3     For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors
4 shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the
5 applicable district, for the candidate for that political party
6 who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the
7 last general election in the State at which electors for
8 President of the United States were elected. For political
9 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
10 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
11 that political party who received the highest number of votes
12 in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
13 which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
14 that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
15 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
16 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
17 that political party who received the highest number of votes
18 in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
19 an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward
20 or district.
21     A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
22 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
23 party.
24     The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
25 the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
26 except for item (3) of subsection (d).

 

 

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1     Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
2 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
3 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
4 the same or different offices.
5 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07;
6 95-916, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
7     (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
8     Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
9 mail or in person as follows:
10     (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
11 congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
12 nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
13 district which comprises more than one county or is partly in
14 one county and partly in another county or counties, then,
15 except as otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
16 nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State
17 Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
18 prior to the date of the primary, but, in the case of petitions
19 for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election in the
20 office of representative in Congress from this State, such
21 petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office
22 of the State Board of Elections not more than 57 days and not
23 less than 50 days prior to the date of the primary.
24     Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, Appellate
25 or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period preceding the

 

 

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1 92nd day before a general primary election, petitions for
2 nomination for the office in which the vacancy has occurred
3 shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of
4 Elections not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
5 date of the general primary election.
6     Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
7 alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, then
8 such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
9 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 99 and not
10 less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary; provided,
11 however, that if the rules or policies of a national political
12 party conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for
13 nomination for delegates or alternate delegates to a national
14 nominating convention, the chairman of the State central
15 committee of such national political party shall notify the
16 Board in writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of
17 the national political party in conflict, and in such case the
18 Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than 69
19 and not less than 62 days prior to the date of the primary.
20     (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county office
21 or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition shall be
22 filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 99 nor
23 less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
24     (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal or
25 township office, such petitions for nomination shall be filed
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1 nor less than 71 days prior to the date of the primary;
2 provided, where a municipality's or township's boundaries are
3 coextensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
4 municipal board of election commissioners, the petitions shall
5 be filed in the office of such board; and provided, that
6 petitions for the office of multi-township assessor shall be
7 filed with the election authority.
8     (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
9 committeeman shall be filed in the principal office of the
10 State Board of Elections not more than 99 nor less than 92 days
11 prior to the date of the primary.
12     (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or ward
13 committeemen shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
14 not more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
15 primary.
16     (6) The State Board of Elections and the various election
17 authorities and local election officials with whom such
18 petitions for nominations are filed shall specify the place
19 where filings shall be made and upon receipt shall endorse
20 thereon the day and hour on which each petition was filed. All
21 petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on
22 the first day for filing, or as of the normal opening hour of
23 the office involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of
24 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening hour, as the case may be.
25 Petitions filed by mail and received after midnight of the
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1 of that day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day
2 or as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
3 be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
4 in the order of actual receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are
5 received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or the
6 various election authorities or local election officials with
7 whom such petitions are filed shall break ties and determine
8 the order of filing, by means of a lottery or other fair and
9 impartial method of random selection approved by the State
10 Board of Elections. Such lottery shall be conducted within 9
11 days following the last day for petition filing and shall be
12 open to the public. Seven days written notice of the time and
13 place of conducting such random selection shall be given by the
14 State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State central
15 committee of each established political party, and by each
16 election authority or local election official, to the County
17 Chairman of each established political party, and to each
18 organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction
19 which was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding
20 election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of election.
21 The State Board of Elections, election authority or local
22 election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
23 place, at the entrance of the office, notice of the time and
24 place of such lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt
25 rules and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
26 of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the order

 

 

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1 in which their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have
2 filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
3 determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
4 same office at a later time.
5     (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
6 election authority or local election official with whom such a
7 petition for nomination is filed shall notify the person for
8 whom a petition for nomination has been filed of the obligation
9 to file statements of organization, reports of campaign
10 contributions, and annual reports of campaign contributions
11 and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. Such notice shall
12 be given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section
13 9-16 of this Code.
14     (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
15 valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement
16 of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
17 Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
18 officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
19 papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in
20 relation to the same governmental unit with that officer within
21 a year preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
22 filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
23 statement of economic interest of that candidate are not
24 required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate must
25 file with the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed
26 a receipt from the officer with whom the statement of economic

 

 

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1 interests is filed showing the date on which such statement was
2 filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than the last
3 day on which nomination papers may be filed.
4     (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
5 committeeman or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
6 national nominating convention has been filed may cause his
7 name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him and
8 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
9 acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or
10 permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or with
11 the appropriate election authority or local election official,
12 not later than the date of certification of candidates for the
13 consolidated primary or general primary ballot. No names so
14 withdrawn shall be certified or printed on the primary ballot.
15 If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person
16 with respect to more than one political party, his name shall
17 not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
18 party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
19 person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so that the
20 same person could not serve in more than one of such offices if
21 elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but
22 one of such offices within the 5 business days following the
23 last day for petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a
24 candidate for all but one of such offices within such time his
25 name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary ballot,
26 for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an

 

 

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1 office in a political party is not incompatible with any other
2 office.
3     (10) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
4     statute, no primary shall be held for an established
5     political party in any township, municipality, or ward
6     thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
7     office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
8     municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
9     political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
10     as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
11     upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
12     thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
13     such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
14     that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
15     within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
16     which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
17     Article, the nomination of an established political party
18     of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
19     be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
20     be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
21     seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
22     office.
23         (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
24     statute, no primary election shall be held for an
25     established political party for any special primary
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1     office of representative in the United States Congress
2     where the nomination of such political party for said
3     office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
4     the nomination of an established political party of a
5     candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
6     uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
7     nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
8     seeking the nomination of such established party for
9     election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
10     apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
11     scheduled election day.
12         (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
13     and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
14     not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to
15     become a write-in candidate for a political party's
16     nomination for any office for which the nomination is
17     uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
18     intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
19     election official with whom nomination papers for such
20     office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
21     primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
22     notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
23     this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
24     ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name
25     and address of the person intending to become a write-in
26     candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified

 

 

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1     primary elector of the political party from whom the
2     nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
3     intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
4     nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
5     write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
6     duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
7     any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
8     statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
9     Section is filed in a timely manner.
10     (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for a
11 candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections,
12 appropriate election authority or local election official
13 where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
14 notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings
15 and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the
16 notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate
17 election authority or local election official that he or she
18 may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies
19 the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
20 local election official, the last set of petitions filed shall
21 be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board
22 of Elections, election authority or local election official. If
23 the candidate fails to notify the State Board of Elections,
24 election authority or local election official then only the
25 first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent
26 petitions shall be void.

 

 

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1     (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for public
2 inspection and shall be preserved for a period of not less than
3 6 months. No listing of candidates may include the residence
4 address of a candidate for judicial office. Following the date
5 of the primary election for which the petition was filed, the
6 State Board of Elections shall remove the address of a judicial
7 candidate from any original petition before its inspection and
8 from any copy of the petition before its receipt by the
9 individual who ordered the copy.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-873; 86-875; 86-1028; 86-1089;
11 87-1052.)
 
12     (10 ILCS 5/7A-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1)
13     Sec. 7A-1. Any Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge who has
14 been elected to that office and who seeks to be retained in
15 that office under subsection (d) of Section 12 of Article VI of
16 the Constitution shall file a declaration of candidacy to
17 succeed himself in the office of the Secretary of State on or
18 before the first Monday in December before the general election
19 preceding the expiration of his term of office. Within 3
20 business days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall certify
21 to the State Board of Elections the names of all incumbent
22 judges who were eligible to stand for retention at the next
23 general election but failed to timely file a declaration of
24 candidacy to succeed themselves in office or, having timely
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1 agencies shall not disclose to the public or publish the home
2 residence or telephone number of an incumbent judge, as listed
3 in the judge's declaration of candidacy, except upon receipt of
4 a written request to examine or copy the judge's declaration of
5 candidacy. The State Board of Elections shall promptly send to
6 the incumbent judge a copy of each written request to examine
7 or copy the judge's declaration of candidacy. The State Board
8 of Elections may rely upon the certification from the Secretary
9 of State (a) to determine when vacancies in judicial office
10 exist and (b) to determine the judicial positions for which
11 elections will be held. The Secretary of State, not less than
12 63 days before the election, shall certify the Judge's
13 candidacy to the proper election officials. The names of Judges
14 seeking retention shall be submitted to the electors,
15 separately and without party designation, on the sole question
16 whether each Judge shall be retained in office for another
17 term. The retention elections shall be conducted at general
18 elections in the appropriate Judicial District, for Supreme and
19 Appellate Judges, and in the circuit for Circuit Judges. The
20 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the electors voting on the
21 question shall elect the Judge to the office for a term
22 commencing on the first Monday in December following his
23 election.
24     No listing of candidates may include the residence address
25 of a candidate for judicial office. Following the date of the
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1 filed, the State Board of Elections or Secretary of State shall
2 remove the address of a judicial candidate from any original
3 declaration before its inspection and from any copy of the
4 declaration before its receipt by the individual who ordered
5 the copy.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-1348.)
 
7     (10 ILCS 5/10-7)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-7)
8     Sec. 10-7. Any person whose name has been presented as a
9 candidate may cause his name to be withdrawn from any such
10 nomination by his request in writing, signed by him and duly
11 acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
12 acknowledgment of deeds, and presented to the principal office
13 or permanent branch office of the Board, the election
14 authority, or the local election official, as the case may be,
15 not later than the date for certification of candidates for the
16 ballot. No name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballots
17 under the party appellation or title from which the candidate
18 has withdrawn his name. If the name of the same person has been
19 presented as a candidate for 2 or more offices which are
20 incompatible so that the same person could not serve in more
21 than one of such offices if elected, that person must withdraw
22 as a candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
23 business days following the last day for petition filing. If he
24 fails to withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such
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1 printed on the ballot, for any office. However, nothing in this
2 section shall be construed as precluding a judge who is seeking
3 retention in office from also being a candidate for another
4 judicial office. Except as otherwise herein provided, in case
5 the certificate of nomination or petition as provided for in
6 this Article shall contain or exhibit the name of any candidate
7 for any office upon more than one of said certificates or
8 petitions (for the same office), then and in that case the
9 Board or election authority or local election official, as the
10 case may be, shall immediately notify said candidate of said
11 fact and that his name appears unlawfully upon more than one of
12 said certificates or petitions and that within 3 days from the
13 receipt of said notification, said candidate must elect as to
14 which of said political party appellations or groups he desires
15 his name to appear and remain under upon said ballot, and if
16 said candidate refuses, fails or neglects to make such
17 election, then and in that case the Board or election authority
18 or local election official, as the case may be, shall permit
19 the name of said candidate to appear or be printed or placed
20 upon said ballot only under the political party appellation or
21 group appearing on the certificate of nomination or petition,
22 as the case may be, first filed, and shall strike or cause to
23 be stricken the name of said candidate from all certificates of
24 nomination and petitions filed after the first such certificate
25 of nomination or petition.
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1 from a new political party petition, it shall constitute a
2 vacancy in nomination for that office which may be filled in
3 accordance with Section 10-11 of this Article; provided, that
4 if the names of all candidates for all offices on a new
5 political party petition are withdrawn or such petition is
6 declared invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial review,
7 no vacancies in nomination for those offices shall exist and
8 the filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill
9 vacancies in nomination shall have no legal effect.
10     Whenever the name of an independent candidate for an office
11 is withdrawn or an independent candidate's petition is declared
12 invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial review, no
13 vacancy in nomination for that office shall exist and the
14 filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill a vacancy
15 in nomination shall have no legal effect.
16     All certificates of nomination and nomination papers when
17 presented or filed shall be open, under proper regulation, to
18 public inspection, and the State Board of Elections and the
19 several election authorities and local election officials
20 having charge of nomination papers shall preserve the same in
21 their respective offices not less than 6 months. No listing of
22 candidates may include the residence address of a candidate for
23 judicial office. Following the date of the primary election for
24 which the petition was filed, the State Board of Elections
25 shall remove the address of a judicial candidate from any
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1 the petition before its receipt by the individual who ordered
2 the copy.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
 
4     Section 10. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
5 changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6     (15 ILCS 405/20)  (from Ch. 15, par. 220)
7     Sec. 20. Annual report. The comptroller shall annually, as
8 soon as possible after the close of the fiscal year but no
9 later than December 31, make out and present to the Governor,
10 the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
11 Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
12 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives a report,
13 showing the amount of warrants drawn on the treasury, on other
14 funds held by the State Treasurer and on any public funds held
15 by State agencies, during the preceding fiscal year, and
16 stating, particularly, on what account they were drawn, and if
17 drawn on the contingent fund, to whom and for what they were
18 issued. He shall, also, at the same time, report to the
19 Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
20 of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
21 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives the amount of
22 money received into the treasury, into other funds held by the
23 State Treasurer and into any other funds held by State agencies
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1 source from which the same may be derived, and also a general
2 account of all the business of his office during the preceding
3 fiscal year. The report shall also summarize for the previous
4 fiscal year the information required under Section 19.
5     Within 60 days after the expiration of each calendar year,
6 the comptroller shall compile, from records maintained and
7 available in his office, a list of all persons including those
8 employed in the office of the comptroller, who have been
9 employed by the State during the past calendar year and paid
10 from funds in the hands of the State Treasurer.
11     The list shall be arranged according to counties and shall
12 state in alphabetical order the name of each employee, the
13 address in the county in which he votes, except as specified
14 below, the position and the total salary paid to him during the
15 past calendar year. For judges stated in Article VI of the
16 Constitution and persons employed by the Department of
17 Corrections, Department of Children and Family Services and the
18 Department of State Police no address shall be listed. The list
19 so compiled and arranged shall be kept on file in the office of
20 the comptroller and be open to inspection by the public at all
21 times.
22     No person who utilizes the names obtained from this list
23 for solicitation shall represent that such solicitation is
24 authorized by any officer or agency of the State of Illinois.
25 Violation of this provision is a Business Offense punishable by
26 a fine not to exceed $3,000.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 86-1003.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.