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92_SB0002
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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 7-10 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
7 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of
8 no candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman,
9 or township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
10 committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate
11 to national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
12 primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been
13 filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
14 substantially the following form:
15 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
17 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
18 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
19 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the ....
20 party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
21 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
22 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
23 date).
24 Name Office Address
25 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
26 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
27 Name.................. Address.......................
28 State of Illinois)
29 ) ss.
30 County of........)
31 I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter
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1 and have been a registered voter at all times I have
2 circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street,
3 in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of Illinois,
4 and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my
5 presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my
6 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
7 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... party,
8 and that their respective residences are correctly stated, as
9 above set forth.
10 .........................
11 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
12 .........................
13 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
14 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
15 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
16 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
17 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
18 signed; the office, the political party represented and place
19 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the
20 same.
21 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
22 electors residing in the political division for which the
23 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
24 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
25 shall be written or printed. The residence address required
26 to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
27 elector's name shall include the street address or rural
28 route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as
29 the signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
30 However the county or city, village or town, and state of
31 residence of the electors may be printed on the petition
32 forms where all of the electors signing the petition reside
33 in the same county or city, village or town, and state.
34 Standard abbreviations may be used in writing the residence
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1 address, including street number, if any. At the bottom of
2 each sheet of such petition shall be added a statement signed
3 by a registered voter of the political division, who has been
4 a registered voter at all times he or she circulated the
5 petition, for which the candidate is seeking a nomination,
6 stating the street address or rural route number of the
7 voter, as the case may be, as well as the voter's county, and
8 city, village or town, and state; and certifying that the
9 signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in his
10 presence; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
11 sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
12 dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying
13 that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more
14 than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
15 petition, or more than 45 days preceding the last day for
16 filing of the petition in the case of political party and
17 independent candidates for single or multi-county regional
18 superintendents of schools in the 1994 general primary
19 election; and certifying that the signatures on the sheet are
20 genuine, and certifying that to the best of his knowledge
21 and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing
22 the petitions qualified voters of the political party for
23 which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn
24 to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in this
25 State.
26 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
27 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the
28 filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
29 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
30 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
31 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
32 primary election.
33 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
34 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
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1 signature from the petition, provided that:;
2 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
3 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
4 and
5 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
6 certification listing the page number and line number of
7 each signature struck from the petition. Such
8 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
9 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
10 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
11 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
12 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
13 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
14 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
15 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local
16 election officials, election authorities or the State Board
17 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
18 signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
19 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
20 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each
21 of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
22 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
23 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
24 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
25 party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
26 office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's
27 Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
28 filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this
29 State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before
30 the close of the petition filing period) a statement of
31 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
32 Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
33 upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn
34 to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take
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1 acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
2 substantially the following form:
3 Statement of Candidacy
4 Name Address Office District Party
5 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
6 Belvidere,
7 Illinois
8 State of Illinois)
9 ) ss.
10 County of .......)
11 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
12 .... Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county
13 of ...., State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter
14 therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
15 that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the
16 case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
17 to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary
18 election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
19 qualified (including being the holder of any license that may
20 be an eligibility requirement for the office I seek the
21 nomination for) to hold such office and that I have filed (or
22 I will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
23 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
24 Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
25 printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for
26 (or election to in the case of committeemen and delegates and
27 alternate delegates) such office.
28 Signed ......................
29 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
30 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
31 Signed ....................
32 (Official Character)
33 (Seal, if officer has one.)
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1 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or
2 added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by
3 revocation filed in writing with the State Board of
4 Elections, election authority or local election official with
5 whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the
6 filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer
7 upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
8 of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished
9 accordingly.
10 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
11 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
12 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
13 the same or different offices.
14 Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
15 (a) If for a State office, or for delegate or
16 alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large
17 to a National nominating convention by not less than
18 5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
19 (b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate
20 or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
21 district to a national nominating convention by at least
22 .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
23 congressional district, except that for the first primary
24 following a redistricting of congressional districts such
25 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified
26 primary electors of the candidate's party in his
27 congressional district.
28 (c) If for a county office (including county board
29 member and chairman of the county board where elected
30 from the county at large), by at least .5% of the
31 qualified electors of his party cast at the last
32 preceding general election in his county. However, if
33 for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook
34 County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary
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1 electors of his or her party in his or her county in the
2 district or division in which such person is a candidate
3 for nomination; and if for county board member from a
4 county board district, then by at least .5% of the
5 qualified primary electors of his party in the county
6 board district. In the case of an election for county
7 board member to be elected from a district, for the first
8 primary following a redistricting of county board
9 districts or the initial establishment of county board
10 districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
11 of his party in the entire county at the last preceding
12 general election, divided by the number of county board
13 districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
14 primary electors of his party in the district.
15 (d) If for a municipal or township office by at
16 least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
17 in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at
18 least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the
19 case of an election for alderman or trustee of a
20 municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for
21 the first primary following a redistricting or the
22 initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5%
23 of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
24 such political party who received the highest number of
25 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
26 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to
27 be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the
28 number of wards or districts, but in any event not less
29 than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the
30 ward or district.
31 (e) If for State central committeeman, by at least
32 100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
33 her congressional district.
34 (f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
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1 district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
2 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from
3 such sanitary district.
4 (g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
5 district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
6 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his
7 ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
8 primary following a reapportionment of the district such
9 petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified
10 primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
11 district.
12 (h) If The number of signatures required for a
13 candidate for judicial office in a district, circuit, or
14 subcircuit, by a number of primary electors at least
15 equal to shall be 0.25% of the number of votes cast for
16 the judicial candidate of his or her political party who
17 received the highest number of votes at the last regular
18 general election at which a judicial officer from the
19 same district, circuit, or subcircuit was regularly
20 scheduled to be elected, but in no event fewer shall be
21 less than 500 signatures.
22 (i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman,
23 by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of
24 his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward
25 committeeman, by not less than 10% (or 50, whichever is
26 greater) nor more than 16% (or 50 more than the minimum,
27 whichever is greater) of the primary electors of his
28 party of his ward; if for a candidate for township
29 committeeman, by not less than 5% nor more than 8% (or 50
30 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the
31 primary electors of his party in his township or part of
32 a township as the case may be.
33 (j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or
34 Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more
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1 counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
2 party in the territory comprising such counties.
3 (k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the
4 total number of registered voters of the political
5 subdivision, district or division for which the
6 nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is
7 greater.
8 For the purposes of this Section the number of primary
9 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
10 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
11 political party who received the highest number of votes,
12 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
13 which electors for President of the United States were
14 elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary
15 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
16 for the candidate for such political party who received the
17 highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the
18 last regular election at which an officer was regularly
19 scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or
20 districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary
21 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
22 for the candidate for such political party who received the
23 highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last
24 regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
25 to be elected from that ward or district.
26 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
27 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
28 one party.
29 (Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
30 91-358, eff. 7-29-99; revised 8-17-99.)