100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5265

 

Introduced , by Rep. Steven A. Andersson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/10-3  from Ch. 46, par. 10-3

    Amends the Election Code. Replaces the various nomination signature requirements for independent candidates for office in the State with the signature requirements applicable to established party candidates for each corresponding office. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
510-3 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/10-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-3)
7    Sec. 10-3. Nomination of independent candidates (not
8candidates of any political party), for any office to be filled
9by the voters of the State at large may also be made by
10nomination papers signed in the aggregate for each candidate by
11the number of qualified voters required of an established party
12candidate under subsection (a) of Section 7-10 1% of the number
13of voters who voted in the next preceding Statewide general
14election or 25,000 qualified voters of the State, whichever is
15less. Nominations of independent candidates for public office
16within any district or political subdivision less than the
17State, may be made by nomination papers signed in the aggregate
18for each candidate by the number of qualified voters of the
19district or political subdivision required of an established
20party candidate for the office under Section 7-10 qualified
21voters of such district, or political subdivision, equaling not
22less than 5%, nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum,
23whichever is greater) of the number of persons, who voted at

 

 

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1the next preceding regular election in such district or
2political subdivision in which such district or political
3subdivision voted as a unit for the election of officers to
4serve its respective territorial area. However, whenever the
5minimum signature requirement for an independent candidate
6petition for a district or political subdivision office shall
7exceed the minimum number of signatures for an independent
8candidate petition for an office to be filled by the voters of
9the State at large at the next preceding State-wide general
10election, such State-wide petition signature requirement shall
11be the minimum for an independent candidate petition for such
12district or political subdivision office. For the first
13election following a redistricting of congressional districts,
14nomination papers for an independent candidate for congressman
15shall be signed by the number of qualified voters of the
16congressional district required of an established party
17candidate under subsection (b) of Section 7-10 at least 5,000
18qualified voters of the congressional district. For the first
19election following a redistricting of legislative districts,
20nomination papers for an independent candidate for State
21Senator in the General Assembly shall be signed by the number
22of qualified voters of the legislative district required of an
23established party candidate under Section 8-8 at least 3,000
24qualified voters of the legislative district. For the first
25election following a redistricting of representative
26districts, nomination papers for an independent candidate for

 

 

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1State Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by
2the number of qualified voters of the representative district
3required of an established party candidate under Section 8-8 at
4least 1,500 qualified voters of the representative district.
5For the first election following redistricting of county board
6districts, or of municipal wards or districts, or for the first
7election following the initial establishment of such districts
8or wards in a county or municipality, nomination papers for an
9independent candidate for county board member, or for alderman
10or trustee of such municipality, shall be signed by the number
11of qualified voters of the district or ward required of an
12established party candidate for the office under Section 7-10
13qualified voters of the district or ward equal to not less than
145% nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever is
15greater) of the total number of votes cast at the preceding
16general or general municipal election, as the case may be, for
17the county or municipal office voted on throughout such county
18or municipality for which the greatest total number of votes
19were cast for all candidates, divided by the number of
20districts or wards, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
21voters of the district or ward. Each voter signing a nomination
22paper shall add to his signature his place of residence, and
23each voter may subscribe to one nomination for such office to
24be filled, and no more: Provided that the name of any candidate
25whose name may appear in any other place upon the ballot shall
26not be so added by petition for the same office.

 

 

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1    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
2whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
3signature from the petition, provided that;
4        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
5    petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
6        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
7    certification listing the page number and line number of
8    each signature struck from the petition. Such
9    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
10        (3) the persons striking signatures from the petition
11    shall each sign an additional certificate specifying the
12    number of certification pages listing stricken signatures
13    which are attached to the petition and the page numbers
14    indicated on such certifications. The certificate shall be
15    filed as a part of the petition, shall be numbered, and
16    shall be attached immediately following the last page of
17    voters' signatures and before the certifications of
18    stricken signatures.
19        (4) all of the foregoing requirements shall be
20    necessary to effect a valid striking of any signature. The
21    provisions of this Section authorizing the striking of
22    signatures shall not impose any criminal liability on any
23    person so authorized for signatures which may be
24    fraudulent.
25    In the case of the offices of Governor and Lieutenant
26Governor a joint petition including one candidate for each of

 

 

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1those offices must be filed.
2    A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
3partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
4for his or her nomination at the primary election, is
5ineligible to be placed on the ballot as an independent
6candidate for election in that general or consolidated
7election.
8    A candidate seeking election to an office for which
9candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
10a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
11nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the
12ballot at that general or consolidated election as an
13independent candidate.
14(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.