Full Text of HB3184 97th General Assembly
HB3184 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB3184 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Deborah Mell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 430/5-10 | | 10 ILCS 5/7-10 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 | 10 ILCS 5/7-12 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 | 10 ILCS 5/7-60 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 | 10 ILCS 5/7-61 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-61 | 10 ILCS 5/8-8 | from Ch. 46, par. 8-8 | 10 ILCS 5/8-17.1 | from Ch. 46, par. 8-17.1 | 10 ILCS 5/10-5 | from Ch. 46, par. 10-5 | 10 ILCS 5/10-11 | from Ch. 46, par. 10-11 | 10 ILCS 5/22-1 | from Ch. 46, par. 22-1 | 10 ILCS 5/22-7 | from Ch. 46, par. 22-7 | 10 ILCS 5/22-17 | from Ch. 46, par. 22-17 |
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each candidate for election to the General Assembly to file, at the time of filing petitions for nomination, a certificate of having completed within the previous 12-month period an ethics and campaign finance training program designated by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services. Amends the Election Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 5-10 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 430/5-10)
| 7 | | Sec. 5-10. Ethics training. | 8 | | (a) Each officer, member, and employee
must complete, at | 9 | | least
annually beginning in 2004, an ethics training program | 10 | | conducted by the
appropriate
State agency. Each ultimate | 11 | | jurisdictional authority
must implement an ethics training | 12 | | program for its officers, members, and
employees.
These ethics | 13 | | training programs shall be overseen by the appropriate Ethics
| 14 | | Commission and Inspector
General appointed pursuant to this Act | 15 | | in consultation with the Office of the
Attorney
General.
| 16 | | (a-5) Each candidate for election to the General Assembly | 17 | | must, at the time of filing petitions for nomination, also file | 18 | | a certificate of having completed within the previous 12-month | 19 | | period an ethics and campaign finance training program | 20 | | designated by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support | 21 | | Services. | 22 | | (b) Each ultimate jurisdictional authority subject to the | 23 | | Executive Ethics Commission shall submit to the Executive |
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| 1 | | Ethics Commission, at least annually, or more frequently as | 2 | | required by that Commission, an annual report that summarizes | 3 | | ethics training that was completed during the previous year, | 4 | | and lays out the plan for the ethics training programs in the | 5 | | coming year. | 6 | | (c) Each Inspector General
shall set standards and
| 7 | | determine the hours and frequency of training necessary for | 8 | | each
position or category of positions. A person who fills a | 9 | | vacancy in an
elective or appointed position that requires | 10 | | training and a person
employed in a position that requires | 11 | | training must complete his or her
initial ethics training | 12 | | within 30 days after commencement of his or
her office or | 13 | | employment.
| 14 | | (d) Upon completion of the ethics training program, each | 15 | | officer, member, and employee must certify in writing that the | 16 | | person has completed the training program. Each officer, | 17 | | member, and employee must provide to his or her ethics officer | 18 | | a signed copy of the certification by the deadline for | 19 | | completion of the ethics training program. | 20 | | (e) The ethics training provided under this Act by the | 21 | | Secretary of State may be expanded to satisfy the requirement | 22 | | of Section 4.5 of the Lobbyist Registration Act. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.) | 24 | | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | 25 | | Sections 7-10, 7-12, 7-60, 7-61, 8-8, 8-17.1, 10-5, 10-11, |
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| 1 | | 22-1, 22-7, and 22-17 as follows:
| 2 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
| 3 | | Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | 4 | | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeman, or | 5 | | township committeeman, or
precinct committeeman, or ward | 6 | | committeeman or candidate for delegate or
alternate delegate to | 7 | | national nominating conventions, shall be printed
upon the | 8 | | primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed | 9 | | in
his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the | 10 | | following form:
| 11 | | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | 12 | | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in | 13 | | the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of Illinois, | 14 | | do hereby petition that
the following named person or persons | 15 | | shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party for the | 16 | | nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
election to) the | 17 | | office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at the | 18 | | primary election to be held on (insert date).
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19 | | Name |
Office |
Address |
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20 | | John Jones |
Governor |
Belvidere, Ill. |
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21 | | Jane James | Lieutenant Governor | Peoria, Ill. |
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22 | | Thomas Smith |
Attorney General |
Oakland, Ill. |
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23 | | Name.................. Address.......................
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| 1 | | State of Illinois)
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| 3 | | County of........)
| 4 | | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | 5 | | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | 6 | | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | 7 | | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
| 8 | | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | 9 | | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | 10 | | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | 11 | | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | 12 | | stated, as above set forth.
| 13 | | .........................
| 14 | | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| 15 | | .........................
| 16 | | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | 17 | | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | 18 | | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | 19 | | heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or | 20 | | candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the | 21 | | office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | 22 | | and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
| 23 | | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors | 24 | | residing
in the political division for which the nomination is | 25 | | sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the |
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| 1 | | signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be | 2 | | written or printed. The residence address
required to be | 3 | | written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
| 4 | | name shall include the street address or rural route number of | 5 | | the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, | 6 | | and city, village or
town, and state.
However the county or | 7 | | city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors | 8 | | may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors | 9 | | signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
| 10 | | or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in | 11 | | writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. | 12 | | At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a | 13 | | circulator statement signed by
a person 18 years of age or | 14 | | older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street | 15 | | address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as | 16 | | the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying | 17 | | that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed | 18 | | in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are | 19 | | genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that | 20 | | sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last | 21 | | dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that | 22 | | none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
| 23 | | days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and | 24 | | certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief | 25 | | the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the | 26 | | petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a |
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| 1 | | nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before | 2 | | some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
| 3 | | No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days | 4 | | preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing | 5 | | of such petition.
| 6 | | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | 7 | | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | 8 | | signature from the petition,
provided that:
| 9 | | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | 10 | | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
| 11 | | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | 12 | | certification
listing the page number and line number of | 13 | | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | 14 | | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
| 15 | | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | 16 | | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | 17 | | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | 18 | | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | 19 | | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | 20 | | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | 21 | | sheets which are filed with the proper local election | 22 | | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | 23 | | shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | 24 | | voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | 25 | | duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | 26 | | thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates |
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| 1 | | filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | 2 | | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | 3 | | office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the | 4 | | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | 5 | | the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | 6 | | (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | 7 | | that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | 8 | | licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he | 9 | | has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | 10 | | period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | 11 | | Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall state that he or she | 12 | | has filed a certificate of ethics and campaign finance training | 13 | | if required to do so by the State Officials and Employees | 14 | | Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed | 15 | | upon the official
ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to | 16 | | by such candidate before some
officer authorized to take | 17 | | acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
| 18 | | substantially the following form:
| 19 | | Statement of Candidacy
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20 | | Name |
Address |
Office |
District |
Party |
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21 | | John Jones |
102 Main St. |
Governor |
Statewide |
Republican |
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22 | | |
Belvidere, |
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23 | | |
Illinois |
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24 | | State of Illinois)
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| 1 | | County of .......)
| 2 | | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | 3 | | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | 4 | | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | 5 | | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | 6 | | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
| 7 | | committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | 8 | | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | 9 | | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
| 10 | | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | 11 | | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | 12 | | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | 13 | | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | 14 | | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | 15 | | and a certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if | 16 | | required to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics | 17 | | Act, and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the | 18 | | official primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
| 19 | | the case of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) | 20 | | such
office.
| 21 | | Signed ......................
| 22 | | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | 23 | | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
| 24 | | Signed ....................
| 25 | | (Official Character)
| 26 | | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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| 1 | | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | 2 | | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | 3 | | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | 4 | | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | 5 | | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | 6 | | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | 7 | | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | 8 | | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
| 9 | | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | 10 | | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | 11 | | his or her petition for nomination.
| 12 | | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | 13 | | convention. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | 14 | | as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | 15 | | convention elected from the State at-large,
then the | 16 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | 17 | | but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
| 18 | | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | 19 | | national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for | 20 | | United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or | 21 | | alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating | 22 | | convention elected from a congressional district, then the
| 23 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | 24 | | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | 25 | | electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional |
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| 1 | | district. In the first primary election following a
| 2 | | redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's | 3 | | petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of | 4 | | qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party | 5 | | in his or her congressional district.
| 6 | | (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | 7 | | countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | 8 | | chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | 9 | | basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | 10 | | petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | 11 | | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | 12 | | her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | 13 | | in his or her county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county | 14 | | board member elected from a county board district, then
the | 15 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | 16 | | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | 17 | | electors of his or her party
in the
county board district. In | 18 | | the first primary election following a redistricting
of county | 19 | | board districts or the initial establishment of county board
| 20 | | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | 21 | | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | 22 | | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | 23 | | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | 24 | | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | 25 | | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of | 26 | | signatures be less than 25.
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| 1 | | (d) County office; Cook County only.
| 2 | | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | 3 | | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | 4 | | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | 5 | | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | 6 | | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | 7 | | Cook County.
| 8 | | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | 9 | | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | 10 | | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | 11 | | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | 12 | | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | 13 | | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | 14 | | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
| 15 | | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | 16 | | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | 17 | | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | 18 | | general election divided by the total number of county | 19 | | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | 20 | | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
| 21 | | (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | 22 | | of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | 23 | | pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property | 24 | | Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | 25 | | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
| 26 | | the total number of registered voters in his or her board |
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| 1 | | of
review district in the last general election at which a | 2 | | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | 3 | | that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | 4 | | of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | 5 | | for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
| 6 | | under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | 7 | | primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | 8 | | Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | 9 | | nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | 10 | | least the number of signatures required for a countywide | 11 | | candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | 12 | | qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
| 13 | | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | 14 | | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | 15 | | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | 16 | | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | 17 | | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | 18 | | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | 19 | | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | 20 | | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | 21 | | electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | 22 | | election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | 23 | | trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | 24 | | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | 25 | | nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at | 26 | | least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate |
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| 1 | | of
that political party who received the highest number of | 2 | | votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | 3 | | at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
| 4 | | the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | 5 | | districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | 6 | | than 25.
| 7 | | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | 8 | | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | 9 | | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | 10 | | the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | 11 | | congressional district.
| 12 | | (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | 13 | | for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | 14 | | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | 15 | | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | 16 | | to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
| 17 | | sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | 18 | | sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | 19 | | then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | 20 | | least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | 21 | | electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | 22 | | district. In
the
first primary election following | 23 | | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | 24 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
| 25 | | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward | 26 | | of that
sanitary district.
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| 1 | | (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | 2 | | judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | 3 | | for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | 4 | | 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | 5 | | candidate for his or her political party for the office of | 6 | | Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | 7 | | elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | 8 | | candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | 9 | | subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | 10 | | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | 11 | | of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | 12 | | political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | 13 | | last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | 14 | | circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | 15 | | but in no event less than 500 signatures.
| 16 | | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a | 17 | | candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the | 18 | | candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | 19 | | signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the | 20 | | precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
| 21 | | then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no | 22 | | less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary | 23 | | electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% | 24 | | of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of | 25 | | signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is | 26 | | greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township |
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| 1 | | committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination | 2 | | must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% | 3 | | of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, | 4 | | but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the | 5 | | maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum | 6 | | number, whichever is greater.
| 7 | | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | 8 | | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | 9 | | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | 10 | | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | 11 | | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | 12 | | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | 13 | | comprising the counties.
| 14 | | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | 15 | | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | 16 | | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | 17 | | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | 18 | | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
| 19 | | whichever is greater.
| 20 | | For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | 21 | | shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | 22 | | applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | 23 | | who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the | 24 | | last general election in the State at which electors for
| 25 | | President of the United States were elected. For political | 26 | | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be |
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| 1 | | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | 2 | | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | 3 | | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | 4 | | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | 5 | | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | 6 | | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
| 7 | | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | 8 | | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | 9 | | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | 10 | | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward | 11 | | or district.
| 12 | | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | 13 | | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | 14 | | party.
| 15 | | The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | 16 | | the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | 17 | | except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
| 18 | | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | 19 | | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | 20 | | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | 21 | | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | 22 | | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | 23 | | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-916, eff. 8-26-08; | 25 | | 96-1018, eff. 1-1-11.)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
| 2 | | Sec. 7-12.
All petitions for nomination shall be filed by | 3 | | mail or
in person as follows:
| 4 | | (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State, | 5 | | congressional, or
judicial office, or for any office a | 6 | | nomination for which is made for a
territorial division or | 7 | | district which comprises more than one county or
is partly | 8 | | in one county and partly in another county or counties, | 9 | | then,
except as otherwise provided in this Section, such | 10 | | petition for nomination
shall be filed in the principal | 11 | | office of the State Board of Elections not
more than 113 | 12 | | and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the | 13 | | primary,
but, in the case of petitions for nomination to | 14 | | fill a vacancy by special
election in the office of | 15 | | representative in Congress from this State, such
petition | 16 | | for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of | 17 | | the State
Board of Elections not more than 57 days and not | 18 | | less than 50 days prior to
the date of the primary.
| 19 | | Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, | 20 | | Appellate or Circuit
Court Judge within the 3-week period | 21 | | preceding the 106th day before a
general primary election, | 22 | | petitions for nomination for the office in which
the | 23 | | vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office | 24 | | of the
State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less | 25 | | than 85 days prior to
the date of the general primary | 26 | | election.
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| 1 | | Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or | 2 | | alternate
delegates to a national nominating convention, | 3 | | then such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the | 4 | | principal office of the State Board of
Elections not more | 5 | | than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
| 6 | | the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or | 7 | | policies of a national
political party conflict with such | 8 | | requirements for filing petitions for
nomination for | 9 | | delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
| 10 | | convention, the chairman of the State central committee of | 11 | | such national
political party shall notify the Board in | 12 | | writing, citing by reference the
rules or policies of the | 13 | | national political party in conflict, and in such
case the | 14 | | Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than | 15 | | 83 and
not less than 76 days prior to the date of the | 16 | | primary.
| 17 | | (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county | 18 | | office or trustee
of a sanitary district then such petition | 19 | | shall be filed in the office
of the county clerk not more | 20 | | than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the
date of the | 21 | | primary.
| 22 | | (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal | 23 | | or township
office, such petitions for nomination shall be | 24 | | filed in the office of
the local election official, not | 25 | | more than 99 nor less than 92 days
prior to the date of the | 26 | | primary; provided, where a municipality's or
township's |
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| 1 | | boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
| 2 | | jurisdiction of a municipal board of election | 3 | | commissioners, the petitions
shall be filed in the office | 4 | | of such board; and provided, that petitions
for the office | 5 | | of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
| 6 | | authority.
| 7 | | (4) The petitions of candidates for State central | 8 | | committeeman shall
be filed in the principal office of the | 9 | | State Board of Elections not
more than 113 nor less than | 10 | | 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
| 11 | | (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or | 12 | | ward
committeemen shall be filed in the office of the | 13 | | county clerk not more
than 113 nor less than 106 days prior | 14 | | to the date of the primary.
| 15 | | (6) The State Board of Elections and the various | 16 | | election authorities
and local election officials with | 17 | | whom such petitions for nominations
are filed shall specify | 18 | | the place where filings shall be made and upon
receipt | 19 | | shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each | 20 | | petition
was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting | 21 | | in line as of 8:00
a.m. on the first day for filing, or as | 22 | | of the normal opening hour of
the office involved on such | 23 | | day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
or the normal | 24 | | opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
| 25 | | and received after midnight of the first day for filing and | 26 | | in the first
mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be |
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| 1 | | deemed as filed as of 8:00
a.m. of that day or as of the | 2 | | normal opening hour of such day, as the
case may be. All | 3 | | petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
in | 4 | | the order of actual receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are | 5 | | received
simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or | 6 | | the various election
authorities or local election | 7 | | officials with whom such petitions are
filed shall break | 8 | | ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
| 9 | | lottery or other fair and impartial method of random | 10 | | selection approved
by the State Board of Elections. Such | 11 | | lottery shall be conducted within
9 days following the last | 12 | | day for petition filing and shall be open to the
public. | 13 | | Seven days written notice of the time and place of | 14 | | conducting such
random selection shall be given by the | 15 | | State Board of Elections to the
chairman of the State | 16 | | central committee of each established political
party, and | 17 | | by each election authority or local election official, to | 18 | | the
County Chairman of each established political party, | 19 | | and to each
organization of citizens within the election | 20 | | jurisdiction which was
entitled, under this Article, at the | 21 | | next preceding election, to have
pollwatchers present on | 22 | | the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
election | 23 | | authority or local election official shall post in a | 24 | | conspicuous,
open and public place, at the entrance of the | 25 | | office, notice of the time
and place of such lottery. The | 26 | | State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
and regulations |
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| 1 | | governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
| 2 | | All candidates shall be certified in the order in which | 3 | | their petitions
have been filed. Where candidates have | 4 | | filed simultaneously, they shall be
certified in the order | 5 | | determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed
for the | 6 | | same office at a later time.
| 7 | | (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate | 8 | | election
authority or local election official with whom | 9 | | such a petition for
nomination is filed shall notify the | 10 | | person for whom a petition for
nomination has been filed of | 11 | | the obligation to file statements of
organization, reports | 12 | | of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
campaign | 13 | | contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act.
| 14 | | Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by | 15 | | paragraph (7) of
Section 9-16 of this Code.
| 16 | | (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not | 17 | | valid if the
candidate named therein fails to file a | 18 | | statement of economic interests
as required by the Illinois | 19 | | Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with | 20 | | the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
| 21 | | filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement | 22 | | of economic
interests in relation to the same governmental | 23 | | unit with that officer
within a year preceding the date on | 24 | | which such nomination papers were
filed. If the nomination | 25 | | papers of any candidate and the statement of
economic | 26 | | interest of that candidate are not required to be filed |
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| 1 | | with
the same officer, the candidate must file with the | 2 | | officer with whom the
nomination papers are filed a receipt | 3 | | from the officer with whom the
statement of economic | 4 | | interests is filed showing the date on which such
statement | 5 | | was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than | 6 | | the
last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
| 7 | | (8.5) Nomination papers filed under this Section by | 8 | | candidates for the General Assembly are not valid if the
| 9 | | candidate named therein is required to file a certificate | 10 | | evidencing completion of the ethics and campaign finance | 11 | | training under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act | 12 | | but fails to do so by the end of the period for the
filing | 13 | | of nomination papers. | 14 | | (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or | 15 | | for committeeman or
for delegate or alternate delegate to a | 16 | | national nominating convention has
been filed may cause his | 17 | | name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed
by him | 18 | | and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
| 19 | | acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or | 20 | | permanent branch
office of the State Board of Elections or | 21 | | with the appropriate election
authority or local election | 22 | | official, not later than the date of
certification of | 23 | | candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary
| 24 | | ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed | 25 | | on the
primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have | 26 | | been filed for the
same person with respect to more than |
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| 1 | | one political party, his name
shall not be certified nor | 2 | | printed on the primary ballot of any party.
If petitions | 3 | | for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or
| 4 | | more offices which are incompatible so that the same person | 5 | | could not
serve in more than one of such offices if | 6 | | elected, that person must
withdraw as a candidate for all | 7 | | but one of such offices within the
5 business days | 8 | | following the last day for petition filing. If he fails to
| 9 | | withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices | 10 | | within such time
his name shall not be certified, nor | 11 | | printed on the primary ballot, for any
office. For the | 12 | | purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
| 13 | | political party is not incompatible with any other office.
| 14 | | (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | 15 | | statute, no primary
shall be held for an established | 16 | | political party in any township,
municipality, or ward | 17 | | thereof, where the nomination of such
party for every | 18 | | office to be voted upon by the electors of such
township, | 19 | | municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
| 20 | | political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested | 21 | | as to one or
more, but not all, of the offices to be voted | 22 | | upon by the electors of a
township, municipality, or ward | 23 | | thereof, then a primary shall
be held for that party in | 24 | | such township, municipality, or ward thereof;
provided | 25 | | that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
| 26 | | within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for |
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| 1 | | which the
nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this | 2 | | Article, the nomination
of an established political party | 3 | | of a candidate for election to an office
shall be deemed to | 4 | | be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to | 5 | | be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers | 6 | | seeking the
nomination of such party for election to such | 7 | | office.
| 8 | | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | 9 | | statute, no primary
election shall be held for an | 10 | | established political party for any special
primary | 11 | | election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the | 12 | | office
of representative in the United States Congress | 13 | | where the nomination of
such political party for said | 14 | | office is uncontested. For the purposes of
this Article, | 15 | | the nomination of an established political party of a
| 16 | | candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be | 17 | | uncontested
where not more than the number of persons to be | 18 | | nominated have timely filed
valid nomination papers | 19 | | seeking the nomination of such established party
for | 20 | | election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not | 21 | | apply if such
primary election is conducted on a regularly | 22 | | scheduled election day.
| 23 | | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) | 24 | | and (b) of this
paragraph (10), whenever a person who has | 25 | | not timely filed valid nomination
papers and who intends to | 26 | | become a write-in candidate for a political
party's |
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| 1 | | nomination for any office for which the nomination is | 2 | | uncontested
files a written statement or notice of that | 3 | | intent with the State Board of
Elections or the local | 4 | | election official with whom nomination papers for
such | 5 | | office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a | 6 | | primary
shall be held for that office. Such statement or | 7 | | notice shall be filed on
or before the date established in | 8 | | this Article for certifying candidates
for the primary | 9 | | ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
name | 10 | | and address of the person intending to become a write-in | 11 | | candidate,
(ii) a statement that the person is a qualified | 12 | | primary elector of the
political party from whom the | 13 | | nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that
the person | 14 | | intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
| 15 | | nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a | 16 | | write-in
candidate. An election authority shall have no | 17 | | duty to conduct a primary
and prepare a primary ballot for | 18 | | any office for which the nomination is
uncontested unless a | 19 | | statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
| 20 | | Section is filed in a timely manner.
| 21 | | (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed | 22 | | for a candidate to
the same office, the State Board of | 23 | | Elections, appropriate election
authority or local | 24 | | election official where the petitions are filed shall
| 25 | | within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her | 26 | | multiple petition
filings and that the candidate has 3 |
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| 1 | | business days after receipt of the
notice to notify the | 2 | | State Board of Elections, appropriate election
authority | 3 | | or local election official that he or she may cancel prior | 4 | | sets
of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State | 5 | | Board of Elections,
appropriate election authority or | 6 | | local election official, the last set of
petitions filed | 7 | | shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
| 8 | | State Board of Elections, election authority or local | 9 | | election official. If
the candidate fails to notify the | 10 | | State Board of Elections, election authority
or local
| 11 | | election official then only the first set of petitions | 12 | | filed shall be valid
and all subsequent petitions shall be | 13 | | void.
| 14 | | (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for | 15 | | public inspection
and shall be preserved for a period of | 16 | | not less than 6 months.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
| 18 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
| 19 | | Sec. 7-60. Not less than 74 days before the date of the | 20 | | general
election, the State Board of Elections shall certify to | 21 | | the county clerks
the names of each of the candidates who have | 22 | | been nominated as shown by the
proclamation of the State Board | 23 | | of Elections as a canvassing board or who
have been nominated | 24 | | to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the election
| 25 | | authority to place upon the official ballot for the general |
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| 1 | | election the
names of such candidates in the same manner and in | 2 | | the same order as shown
upon the certification, except as | 3 | | otherwise provided in this Section.
| 4 | | Not less than 68 days before the date of the general | 5 | | election, each
county clerk shall certify the names of each of | 6 | | the candidates for county
offices who have been nominated as | 7 | | shown by the proclamation of the county
election authority or | 8 | | who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination
and | 9 | | declare that the names of such candidates for the respective | 10 | | offices
shall be placed upon the official ballot for the | 11 | | general election in the
same manner and in the same order as | 12 | | shown upon the certification, except
as otherwise provided by | 13 | | this Section. Each county clerk shall place a
copy of the | 14 | | certification on file in his or her office and at the same
time | 15 | | issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such | 16 | | certification.
In addition, each county clerk in whose county | 17 | | there is a board of election
commissioners shall, not less than | 18 | | 68 days before the date of the general
election, issue to such | 19 | | board a copy of the certification that has been
filed in the | 20 | | county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
| 21 | | certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State | 22 | | Board of
Elections, with directions to the board of election | 23 | | commissioners to place
upon the official ballot for the general | 24 | | election in that election
jurisdiction the names of all | 25 | | candidates that are listed on such
certifications, in the same | 26 | | manner and in the same order as shown upon such
certifications, |
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| 1 | | except as otherwise provided in this Section.
| 2 | | Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the | 3 | | same political
party for multiple offices for any board, the | 4 | | name of the candidate of such
party receiving the highest | 5 | | number of votes in the primary election as a
candidate for such | 6 | | office, as shown by the official election returns of the
| 7 | | primary, shall be certified first under the name of such | 8 | | offices, and the
names of the remaining candidates of such | 9 | | party for such offices shall
follow in the order of the number | 10 | | of votes received by them respectively at
the primary election | 11 | | as shown by the official election results.
| 12 | | No person who is shown by the final
proclamation to have
| 13 | | been nominated or elected at the primary as a write-in | 14 | | candidate shall have his or her
name certified unless such | 15 | | person shall have filed with the certifying
office or board | 16 | | within 10 days after the election authority's proclamation
a | 17 | | statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10, a statement | 18 | | pursuant
to Section 7-10.1, a certificate of ethics and | 19 | | campaign finance if required to do so by the State Officials | 20 | | and Employees Ethics Act, and a receipt for the filing of a | 21 | | statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of | 22 | | government to which he or she has been elected or nominated.
| 23 | | Each county clerk and board of election commissioners shall | 24 | | determine
by a fair and impartial method of random selection | 25 | | the order of placement
of established political party | 26 | | candidates for the general election ballot.
Such determination |
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| 1 | | shall be made within 30 days following the canvass and | 2 | | proclamation
of the results of the general primary
in the | 3 | | office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners | 4 | | and
shall be open to the public. Seven days written notice of | 5 | | the time and place
of conducting such random selection shall be | 6 | | given, by each such election
authority, to the County Chairman | 7 | | of each established political party, and
to each organization | 8 | | of citizens within the election jurisdiction which
was | 9 | | entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding election, | 10 | | to have
pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each | 11 | | election authority shall
post in a conspicuous, open and public | 12 | | place, at the entrance of the election
authority office, notice | 13 | | of the time and place of such lottery. However,
a board of | 14 | | election commissioners may elect to place established | 15 | | political
party candidates on the general election ballot in | 16 | | the same order determined
by the county clerk of the county in | 17 | | which the city under the jurisdiction
of such board is located.
| 18 | | Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the | 19 | | following:
| 20 | | (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates | 21 | | for the respective offices;
| 22 | | (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected | 23 | | to an office from
the State, political subdivision or | 24 | | district;
| 25 | | (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than | 26 | | one candidate for an office;
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| 1 | | (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled | 2 | | for less than a
full term or if the offices to be filled in | 3 | | a political subdivision are for
different terms.
| 4 | | The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the | 5 | | case may be,
shall issue an amended certification whenever it | 6 | | is discovered that the
original certification is in error.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
| 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
| 9 | | Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the | 10 | | provisions of
this Article are applicable to the nomination of | 11 | | candidates to be voted
for at such special election.
| 12 | | In cases where a primary election is required the officer | 13 | | or board or
commission whose duty it is under the provisions of | 14 | | this Act relating to
general elections to call an election, | 15 | | shall fix a date for the primary
for the nomination of | 16 | | candidates to be voted for at such special
election. Notice of | 17 | | such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior
to the | 18 | | maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
| 19 | | primary as provided in Section 7-12.
| 20 | | Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this | 21 | | Article 7
occurring on or after the primary and prior to | 22 | | certification of
candidates by the certifying board or officer, | 23 | | must be filled prior to the
date of certification. Any vacancy | 24 | | in nomination occurring after certification
but prior to 15 | 25 | | days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
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| 1 | | after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling | 2 | | the vacancy shall
be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to | 3 | | the certifying officer or board
within 3 days of the action by | 4 | | which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such
resolution is | 5 | | sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing
| 6 | | such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day | 7 | | limit, the
resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3 day | 8 | | limit. Failure to so
transmit the resolution within the time | 9 | | specified in this Section shall
authorize the certifying | 10 | | officer or board to certify the original candidate.
Vacancies | 11 | | shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or | 12 | | township
political party as specified in subsection (h) of | 13 | | Section 7-8, other than a
statewide political party, that is | 14 | | established only within a municipality or
township and the | 15 | | managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
| 16 | | candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the | 17 | | case of a
candidate for State Representative in the General | 18 | | Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate | 19 | | for statewide office, including but not limited to the office | 20 | | of United States Senator) of the respective
political party for | 21 | | the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
| 22 | | The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | 23 | | duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take | 24 | | acknowledgements of deeds
and shall include, upon its face, the | 25 | | following information:
| 26 | | (a) the name of the original nominee and the office |
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| 1 | | vacated;
| 2 | | (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
| 3 | | (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill | 4 | | the vacancy and
the date of selection.
| 5 | | The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | 6 | | accompanied by a
Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in | 7 | | Section 7-10, completed by the
selected nominee , a certificate | 8 | | of ethics and campaign finance training if required to do so by | 9 | | the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a receipt | 10 | | indicating that such nominee has filed a
statement of economic | 11 | | interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act .
| 12 | | The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to | 13 | | objections to
certificates of nomination and nomination | 14 | | papers, hearings on objections,
and judicial review, shall | 15 | | apply to and govern objections to resolutions
for filling a | 16 | | vacancy in nomination.
| 17 | | Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before | 18 | | the consolidated
election or the general election shall not be | 19 | | filled. In this event, the
certification of the original | 20 | | candidate shall stand and his name shall
appear on the official | 21 | | ballot to be voted at the general election.
| 22 | | A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has | 23 | | been
nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies | 24 | | before the
election (whether death occurs prior to, on or after | 25 | | the day of the
primary), or declines the nomination; provided | 26 | | that nominations may
become vacant for other reasons.
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| 1 | | If the name of no established political party candidate was | 2 | | printed on
the consolidated primary ballot for a particular | 3 | | office
and if no person was nominated as a write-in candidate | 4 | | for such office,
a vacancy in nomination shall be created which | 5 | | may be filled in accordance
with the requirements of this | 6 | | Section. If the name of no established political
party | 7 | | candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for a | 8 | | particular
office and if no person was nominated as a write-in | 9 | | candidate for such office,
a vacancy in nomination shall be | 10 | | filled only by a person designated by the appropriate committee | 11 | | of the political party and only if that designated person files | 12 | | nominating petitions with the number of signatures required for | 13 | | an established party candidate for that office within 75 days | 14 | | after the day of the general primary. The circulation period | 15 | | for those petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee | 16 | | designates that person. The person shall file his or her | 17 | | nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of | 18 | | appointment by the appropriate committee, a certificate of | 19 | | ethics and campaign finance training if required to do so by | 20 | | the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and receipt of | 21 | | filing his or her statement of economic interests together. | 22 | | These documents shall be filed at the same location as provided | 23 | | in Section 7-12. The electoral boards having jurisdiction under | 24 | | Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon objections to nominating | 25 | | petitions also shall hear and pass upon objections to | 26 | | nomination petitions filed by candidates under this paragraph.
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| 1 | | A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a | 2 | | partisan
candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated | 3 | | for his or her
nomination at such primary election, is | 4 | | ineligible to be listed on the
ballot at that general or | 5 | | consolidated election as a candidate of another
political | 6 | | party.
| 7 | | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | 8 | | candidates of
political parties are nominated by caucus who is | 9 | | a participant in the
caucus and who is defeated for his or her | 10 | | nomination at such caucus, is
ineligible to be listed on the | 11 | | ballot at that general or consolidated
election as a candidate | 12 | | of another political party.
| 13 | | In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a | 14 | | vacancy or to
fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct, | 15 | | township, ward, county
or congressional district, as the case | 16 | | may be, shall through its
representative on such central or | 17 | | managing committee, be entitled to one
vote for each ballot | 18 | | voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
congressional | 19 | | district, as the case may be, by the primary electors of
its | 20 | | party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting | 21 | | at
which such vacancy is to be filled.
| 22 | | For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and | 23 | | "certification"
shall refer to the act of officially declaring | 24 | | the names of candidates
entitled to be printed upon the | 25 | | official ballot at an election and
directing election | 26 | | authorities to place the names of such candidates upon
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| 1 | | official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to | 2 | | the
local election official, election authority or the State | 3 | | Board of
Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination | 4 | | papers, including
certificates of nomination and resolutions | 5 | | to fill vacancies in nomination,
are filed and whose duty it is | 6 | | to "certify" candidates.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 96-809, eff. 1-1-10; 96-848, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
| 9 | | Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | 10 | | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary | 11 | | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed | 12 | | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such | 13 | | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by | 14 | | Section 7-10.1 of
this Act and a statement of candidacy by the | 15 | | candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. This | 16 | | 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, is qualified for the office specified and
| 20 | | has filed a statement of economic interests as required by the | 21 | | Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act and a certificate of ethics | 22 | | and campaign finance training if required to do so by the State | 23 | | Officials and Employees Ethics Act , shall request that the | 24 | | candidate's name be
placed upon the official ballot , and shall | 25 | | be subscribed and sworn by
such candidate before some officer |
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| 1 | | authorized to take acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and | 2 | | may be in substantially the following form:
| 3 | | State of Illinois)
| 4 | | ) ss.
| 5 | | County ..........)
| 6 | | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | 7 | | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... | 8 | | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a | 9 | | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate | 10 | | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the | 11 | | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally | 12 | | qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement | 13 | | of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental | 14 | | Ethics Act and a certificate of ethics and campaign finance | 15 | | training if required to do so by the State Officials and | 16 | | Employees Ethics Act, and I hereby request that my name be
| 17 | | printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for | 18 | | such office.
| 19 | | Signed ....................
| 20 | | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | 21 | | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
| 22 | | Signed .... (Official Character)
| 23 | | (Seal if officer has one.)
| 24 | | The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating | 25 | | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic | 26 | | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act must |
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| 1 | | be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in | 2 | | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
The certificate of | 3 | | ethics and campaign finance training, if required under the | 4 | | State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, must be filed with | 5 | | the petitions for nomination as provided in subsection (8.5) of | 6 | | Section 7-12 of this Code. | 7 | | All petitions for nomination for the office of State | 8 | | Senator shall be signed
by 1% or 1,000
, whichever is greater, | 9 | | of the qualified primary electors of
the candidate's party in | 10 | | his legislative district, except that for the first
primary | 11 | | following a redistricting of legislative districts, such | 12 | | petitions
shall be signed by at least 1,000
qualified primary | 13 | | electors of the candidate's
party in his legislative district.
| 14 | | All petitions for nomination for the office of | 15 | | Representative in the General
Assembly shall be signed by at | 16 | | least 1% or 500
, whichever is greater, of
the qualified | 17 | | primary electors of the candidate's party in his or her
| 18 | | representative district, except that for the first primary | 19 | | following
a redistricting of representative districts such | 20 | | petitions shall be signed
by at least 500
qualified primary | 21 | | electors of the candidate's party in
his or her representative | 22 | | district.
| 23 | | Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector | 24 | | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State | 25 | | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence | 26 | | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address |
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| 1 | | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
| 2 | | primary elector's name shall include the street address or | 3 | | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well | 4 | | as the signer's county
and city, village or town.
| 5 | | For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary | 6 | | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in | 7 | | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political | 8 | | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at | 9 | | the last general election in the State at which
electors for | 10 | | President of the United States were elected.
| 11 | | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign | 12 | | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one | 13 | | party.
| 14 | | In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition | 15 | | circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who | 16 | | is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her | 17 | | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as | 18 | | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; | 19 | | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the | 20 | | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify | 21 | | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that to the | 22 | | best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing | 23 | | were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary | 24 | | voters for which the
nomination is sought.
| 25 | | In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the | 26 | | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on |
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| 1 | | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the | 2 | | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) | 3 | | certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were signed | 4 | | more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
of the | 5 | | petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 | 6 | | days
preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the | 7 | | filing of such petition.
| 8 | | All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board of | 9 | | Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been signed | 10 | | by the voters and by the
circulator, and not photocopies or | 11 | | duplicates of such sheets.
| 12 | | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | 13 | | whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any | 14 | | signature from the petition,
provided that:
| 15 | | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | 16 | | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
| 17 | | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | 18 | | certification
listing the page number and line number of | 19 | | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | 20 | | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
| 22 | | (10 ILCS 5/8-17.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17.1)
| 23 | | Sec. 8-17.1.
Whenever a vacancy in the office of State | 24 | | Senator is to be
filled by election pursuant to Article IV, | 25 | | Section 2(d) of the Constitution
and Section 25-6 of this Code, |
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| 1 | | nominations shall be made and any vacancy in
nomination shall | 2 | | be filled pursuant to this Section:
| 3 | | (1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first | 4 | | date provided in
Section 8-9 for filing nomination papers | 5 | | for the primary in the next
even-numbered year following | 6 | | the commencement of the term, the nominations
for the | 7 | | election for filling such vacancy shall be made as | 8 | | otherwise
provided in Article 8.
| 9 | | (2) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time | 10 | | provided in Section
8-9 for filing nomination papers for | 11 | | the office of State Senator for the
primary in the next | 12 | | even-numbered year following commencement of the term
of | 13 | | office in which such vacancy occurs, the time for filing | 14 | | nomination
papers for such office for the primary shall be | 15 | | not more than 105 days and
not less than 99 days prior to | 16 | | the date of the primary election.
| 17 | | (3) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day | 18 | | provided in Section
8-9 for filing nomination papers for | 19 | | the office of State Senator, a vacancy
in nomination shall | 20 | | be deemed to have occurred and the legislative
committee of | 21 | | each established political party shall nominate, by
| 22 | | resolution, a candidate to fill such vacancy in nomination | 23 | | for the election
to such office at such general election. | 24 | | In the proceedings to fill the
vacancy in nomination the | 25 | | voting strength of the members of the legislative
committee | 26 | | shall be as provided in Section 8-6. The name of the |
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| 1 | | candidate
so nominated shall not appear on the ballot at | 2 | | the general primary election.
Such vacancy in nomination | 3 | | shall be filled prior to the date of
certification of | 4 | | candidates for the general election.
| 5 | | (4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly | 6 | | acknowledged before
an officer qualified to take | 7 | | acknowledgments of deeds and shall include,
upon its face, | 8 | | the following information : ;
| 9 | | (a) the names of the original nominee and the | 10 | | office vacated;
| 11 | | (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
| 12 | | (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to | 13 | | fill the vacancy and
the date of selection.
| 14 | | The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be accompanied | 15 | | by a Statement
of Candidacy, as prescribed in Section 7-10, | 16 | | completed by the selected
nominee , a certificate of ethics | 17 | | and campaign finance training if required to do so by the | 18 | | State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a receipt | 19 | | indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of
| 20 | | economic interests as required by the Illinois | 21 | | Governmental Ethics Act.
| 22 | | The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to | 23 | | objections to
nomination papers, hearings on objections and | 24 | | judicial review, shall also
apply to and govern objections to | 25 | | nomination papers and resolutions for filling
vacancies in | 26 | | nomination filed pursuant to this Section.
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| 1 | | Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and | 2 | | election provided
for in this Section shall be governed by this | 3 | | Code.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10; revised 9-16-10.)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
| 6 | | Sec. 10-5.
All petitions for nomination shall,
besides | 7 | | containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
| 8 | | 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or | 9 | | candidates shall
be nominated.
| 10 | | 2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed | 11 | | in not more than 5
words. However, such party shall not bear | 12 | | the same name as, nor include
the name of any established | 13 | | political party as defined in this Article.
This prohibition | 14 | | does not preclude any established political party from
making | 15 | | nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
| 16 | | 3. The place of residence of any such candidate or | 17 | | candidates with
the street and number thereof, if any. In the | 18 | | case of electors for
President and Vice-President of the United | 19 | | States, the names of
candidates for President and | 20 | | Vice-President may be added to the party
name or appellation.
| 21 | | Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in | 22 | | addition shall
include as a part thereof, the oath required by | 23 | | Section 7-10.1 of this
Act and must include a statement of | 24 | | candidacy for each of the candidates named
therein, except | 25 | | candidates for electors for President and Vice-President
of the |
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| 1 | | United States. Each such statement shall set out the address of
| 2 | | such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall | 3 | | state that
the candidate is qualified for the office specified | 4 | | and has filed (or will
file before the close of the petition | 5 | | filing period) a
statement of economic interests as required by | 6 | | the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act and a certificate of | 7 | | ethics and campaign finance training if required to do so by | 8 | | the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act , shall request | 9 | | that the candidate's name be placed upon the
official ballot | 10 | | and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate
before | 11 | | some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in | 12 | | this
State, and may be in substantially the following form:
| 13 | | State of Illinois)
| 14 | | ) SS.
| 15 | | County of........)
| 16 | | I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at.... | 17 | | street, in
the city (or village) of.... in the county of.... | 18 | | State of Illinois;
and that I am a qualified voter therein; | 19 | | that I am a candidate for
election to the office of.... to be | 20 | | voted upon at the election to be
held on the.... day | 21 | | of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified
to hold such | 22 | | office and that I have filed (or will file before the close
of | 23 | | the petition filing period) a statement of economic
interests | 24 | | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and a | 25 | | certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required | 26 | | to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act , and I
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| 1 | | hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot | 2 | | for
election to such office.
| 3 | | Signed.................
| 4 | | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who | 5 | | is to me
personally known, this.... day of....,......
| 6 | | Signed.................
| 7 | | (Official Character)
| 8 | | (Seal, if officer has one.)
| 9 | | In addition, a new political party petition shall have | 10 | | attached thereto
a certificate stating the names and addresses | 11 | | of the party officers authorized
to fill vacancies in | 12 | | nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
| 13 | | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if | 14 | | the
candidate named therein fails to file a statement of | 15 | | economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental | 16 | | Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with the appropriate | 17 | | officer by the end of the period for the
filing of nomination | 18 | | papers unless he has filed a statement of economic
interests in | 19 | | relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
during | 20 | | the same calendar year as the year in which such nomination
| 21 | | papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate | 22 | | and the
statement of economic interest of that candidate are | 23 | | not required to be
filed with the same officer, the candidate | 24 | | must file with the officer
with whom the nomination papers are | 25 | | filed a receipt from the officer
with whom the statement of | 26 | | economic interests is filed showing the date
on which such |
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| 1 | | statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not
later | 2 | | than the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
| 3 | | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if | 4 | | the
candidate for the General Assembly named therein fails to | 5 | | file a certificate evidencing completion of the ethics and | 6 | | campaign finance training with the appropriate officer by the | 7 | | end of the period for the
filing of nomination papers, if | 8 | | required to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics | 9 | | Act. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
| 11 | | (10 ILCS 5/10-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11)
| 12 | | Sec. 10-11.
Any vacancy in the nomination of a new | 13 | | political party
candidate occurring prior to
the date of | 14 | | certification of candidates for the ballot
by the certifying | 15 | | board or officer must be filled prior to the date of | 16 | | certification.
The resolution to fill such
vacancy shall be | 17 | | sent by U.S. mail or personal delivery to the certifying
| 18 | | officer or board within 3 days of the action by which the | 19 | | vacancy was filled;
provided, if such resolution
is sent by | 20 | | mail and the U.S. postmark on the envelope containing such | 21 | | resolution
is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day | 22 | | limit, the notice or resolution
shall be deemed filed within | 23 | | such 3 day limit. Failure
to so transmit the notice or | 24 | | resolution within the time
specified in this Section shall | 25 | | authorize the certifying officer
or board to certify the |
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| 1 | | original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled
by the new | 2 | | political party officers.
| 3 | | Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification | 4 | | but prior to 15
days before a regular election shall be filled | 5 | | by the new political
party officers within
8 days after the | 6 | | event creating the vacancy in the manner heretofore prescribed.
| 7 | | The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | 8 | | duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take | 9 | | acknowledgements of deeds
and shall include, upon its face, the | 10 | | following information:
| 11 | | (a) the name of the original nominee and the office | 12 | | vacated;
| 13 | | (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
| 14 | | (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill | 15 | | the vacancy and
the date of selection.
| 16 | | The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | 17 | | accompanied by a
Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in | 18 | | Section 10-5, completed by the
selected nominee and a receipt | 19 | | indicating that such nominee has filed a
statement of economic | 20 | | interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act | 21 | | and a certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if | 22 | | required to so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act .
| 23 | | The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to | 24 | | objections to
certificates of nomination and nomination | 25 | | papers, hearings on objections,
and judicial review, shall | 26 | | apply to and govern objections to resolutions
for filling a |
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| 1 | | vacancy in nomination.
| 2 | | Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before | 3 | | a regular election
shall not be filled. In this event the | 4 | | certification of the original candidate
shall stand and his | 5 | | name shall appear on the official ballot to be voted
at the | 6 | | election.
| 7 | | A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has | 8 | | been nominated
under the provisions of Section 10-2 dies before | 9 | | the election, or declines
the nomination; provided that | 10 | | nomination may become vacant for other reasons.
| 11 | | However, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to | 12 | | any vacancy
in nomination for a municipal office for which the | 13 | | Municipal Code, as now
or hereafter amended, provides a | 14 | | different method for filling such vacancy,
and the applicable | 15 | | provision of the Municipal Code shall govern in such cases.
| 16 | | Any vacancy in a nomination by caucus of an established | 17 | | political party
for a township or municipal office shall be | 18 | | filled in accordance with Section
7-61 of this Code.
| 19 | | For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and | 20 | | "certification"
shall refer to the act of officially declaring | 21 | | the names of candidates
entitled to be printed upon the | 22 | | official ballot at an election and
directing election | 23 | | authorities to place the names of such candidates upon
the | 24 | | official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to | 25 | | the
local election official, election authority or the State | 26 | | Board of
Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination |
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| 1 | | papers, certificates of
nomination papers and resolutions to | 2 | | fill vacancies in nomination are filed
and whose duty it is to | 3 | | "certify" candidates.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 84-757.)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/22-1)
(from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
| 6 | | Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 days after the
| 7 | | close of the
election at which candidates for offices | 8 | | hereinafter named in this Section are
voted upon, the election | 9 | | authorities of the respective counties shall open the returns | 10 | | and make abstracts of
the votes on a separate sheet for each of | 11 | | the following:
| 12 | | A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
| 13 | | B. For State officers;
| 14 | | C. For presidential electors;
| 15 | | D. For United States Senators and Representatives to | 16 | | Congress;
| 17 | | E. For judges of the Supreme Court;
| 18 | | F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
| 19 | | G. For judges of the circuit court;
| 20 | | H. For Senators and Representatives to the General | 21 | | Assembly;
| 22 | | I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more | 23 | | counties;
| 24 | | J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other | 25 | | propositions
submitted to the electors of the entire State;
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| 1 | | K. For county officers and for propositions submitted | 2 | | to the
electors of the county only;
| 3 | | L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
| 4 | | M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
| 5 | | N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees.
| 6 | | Each sheet shall report the returns by precinct or ward. | 7 | | Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared | 8 | | and one of
each shall be turned over to the chairman of the | 9 | | county central
committee of each of the then existing | 10 | | established political parties, as
defined in Section 10-2, or | 11 | | his duly authorized representative
immediately after the | 12 | | completion of the entries on the sheets and before
the totals | 13 | | have been compiled.
| 14 | | The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the election | 15 | | authority in its office.
| 16 | | Whenever any county clerk is unable to canvass the vote,
| 17 | | the deputy county clerk or a designee of the county clerk shall | 18 | | serve in his or her place.
| 19 | | The powers and duties of the election authority canvassing | 20 | | the votes are limited to
those specified in this Section.
| 21 | | No person who is shown by the election authority's | 22 | | proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election | 23 | | or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office | 24 | | unless that person has first filed with the certifying office | 25 | | or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or | 26 | | Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, a |
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| 1 | | certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required | 2 | | to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a | 3 | | receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in | 4 | | relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been | 5 | | elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the | 6 | | certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the | 7 | | receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue | 8 | | the certification of election under the provisions of Section | 9 | | 22-18. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; | 11 | | 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 12 | | (10 ILCS 5/22-7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
| 13 | | Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation | 14 | | of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within | 15 | | 31 days
after the election,
and sooner if all the returns are | 16 | | received, to canvass the votes given
for United States Senators | 17 | | and Representatives to Congress, State
executive officers, | 18 | | judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate
Court, | 19 | | judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives to the
| 20 | | General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional | 21 | | Superintendents of Schools
elected from 2 or more counties, | 22 | | respectively, and the persons
having the highest number of | 23 | | votes for the respective offices shall be
declared duly | 24 | | elected, but if it appears that more than the number of
persons | 25 | | to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for
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| 1 | | the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which | 2 | | of such
persons shall be elected; and to each person duly | 3 | | elected, the Governor
shall give a certificate of election or | 4 | | commission, as the case may
require, and shall cause | 5 | | proclamation to be made of the result of the
canvass, and they | 6 | | shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass
the vote | 7 | | cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other
| 8 | | propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; and | 9 | | the
Governor shall cause to be made such proclamation of the | 10 | | result of the
canvass as the statutes elsewhere provide. The | 11 | | State Board of Elections
shall transmit to the State | 12 | | Comptroller a list of the persons elected to
the various | 13 | | offices. The State Board of Elections shall also transmit to
| 14 | | the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to judgeships in
| 15 | | adversary elections and the names of judges who fail to win | 16 | | retention in
office.
| 17 | | No person who is shown by the canvassing board's | 18 | | proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election | 19 | | or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office | 20 | | unless that person has first filed with the certifying office | 21 | | or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or | 22 | | Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, a | 23 | | certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required | 24 | | to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a | 25 | | receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in | 26 | | relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been |
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| 1 | | elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the | 2 | | certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the | 3 | | receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue | 4 | | the certification of election under the provisions of Section | 5 | | 22-18.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
| 7 | | (10 ILCS 5/22-17)
(from Ch. 46, par. 22-17)
| 8 | | Sec. 22-17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
the | 9 | | canvass of votes cast at the consolidated election
shall be | 10 | | conducted by the election authority within 21 days
after the | 11 | | close of such elections.
| 12 | | (b) The board of election commissioners as provided in | 13 | | Section 22-8 shall canvass
the votes cast at the consolidated | 14 | | election for offices
of any political subdivision entirely | 15 | | within the jurisdiction of a
municipal board of election | 16 | | commissioners.
| 17 | | (c) The canvass of votes cast upon any public questions | 18 | | submitted to
the voters of any political subdivision, or any | 19 | | precinct or combination of
precincts within a political | 20 | | subdivision, at any regular election or at
any emergency | 21 | | referendum election, including votes cast by voters
outside of | 22 | | the political subdivision where the question is for
annexation | 23 | | thereto, shall be canvassed by the same election
authority as | 24 | | for the canvass of votes of the officers of such political
| 25 | | subdivision. However, referenda conducted throughout a county |
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| 1 | | and
referenda of sanitary districts whose officers are elected | 2 | | at general
elections shall be canvassed by the county clerk. | 3 | | The votes
cast on a public question for the formation of a | 4 | | political subdivision
shall be canvassed by the relevant | 5 | | election authority and filed with the circuit court that | 6 | | ordered the question
submitted.
| 7 | | (c-5) No person who is shown by the election authority's | 8 | | proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election | 9 | | or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office | 10 | | unless that person has first filed with the certifying office | 11 | | or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or | 12 | | Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, a | 13 | | certificate of ethics and campaign finance training if required | 14 | | to do so by the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and a | 15 | | receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in | 16 | | relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been | 17 | | elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the | 18 | | certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the | 19 | | receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue | 20 | | the certification of election under the provisions of Section | 21 | | 22-18. | 22 | | (d) The canvass of votes for offices of political | 23 | | subdivisions cast
at special elections to fill vacancies held | 24 | | on the day of any regular
election shall be conducted by the | 25 | | election
authority which is responsible
for canvassing the | 26 | | votes at the regularly scheduled election for such office.
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| 1 | | (e) Abstracts of votes prepared pursuant to canvasses under | 2 | | this Section shall report returns by precinct or ward. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; | 4 | | 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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