Bill Amendment: IL HB3965 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: ELECTIONS-CANDIDACY STATEMENT
Status: 2023-03-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson [HB3965 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3965-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: ELECTIONS-CANDIDACY STATEMENT
Status: 2023-03-15 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson [HB3965 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3965-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3965
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3965 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 7-10, 8-8, and 10-5 and by adding Section 1-23 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (10 ILCS 5/1-23 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 1-23. Candidate email address. Each election | ||||||
9 | authority shall require any candidate for any elective office | ||||||
10 | in this State to provide an email address for the candidate in | ||||||
11 | the candidate's petition for nomination or statement of | ||||||
12 | candidacy.
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13 | (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
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14 | Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | ||||||
15 | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or |
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1 | township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
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4 | upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | substantially the following form:
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7 | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | in the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Illinois, do hereby petition that
the following named person | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | or persons shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
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13 | election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | be voted
for at the primary election to be held on (insert | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | date).
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20 | Name.................. Address.......................
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21 | State of Illinois)
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22 | ) ss.
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23 | County of........)
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24 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... |
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1 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | ||||||
2 | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | ||||||
3 | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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4 | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | ||||||
5 | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | ||||||
6 | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | ||||||
7 | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | ||||||
8 | stated, as above set forth.
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9 | .........................
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10 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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11 | .........................
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12 | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | ||||||
13 | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | ||||||
14 | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an | ||||||
15 | appropriate heading giving the information
as to name of | ||||||
16 | candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
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17 | signed; the office, the political party represented and place | ||||||
18 | of
residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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19 | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary | ||||||
20 | electors residing
in the political division for which the | ||||||
21 | nomination is sought in their
own proper persons only and | ||||||
22 | opposite the signature of each signer, his
residence address | ||||||
23 | shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to | ||||||
24 | be written or printed opposite each qualified primary | ||||||
25 | elector's
name shall include the street address or rural route |
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1 | number of the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the | ||||||
2 | signer's county, and city, village or
town, and state.
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3 | However, the county or city, village or town, and state of | ||||||
4 | residence of
the electors may be printed on the petition forms | ||||||
5 | where all of the
electors signing the petition reside in the | ||||||
6 | same county or city, village
or town, and state. Standard | ||||||
7 | abbreviations may be used in writing the
residence address, | ||||||
8 | including street number, if any. At the bottom of
each sheet of | ||||||
9 | such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
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10 | a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the | ||||||
11 | United States,
stating the street address or rural route | ||||||
12 | number, as the case may be, as well
as the county, city, | ||||||
13 | village or town, and state;
and certifying that the signatures | ||||||
14 | on that sheet of the petition were signed in
his or her | ||||||
15 | presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
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16 | either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was | ||||||
17 | circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last dates on | ||||||
18 | which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
for elections where the | ||||||
19 | petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none | ||||||
20 | of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days | ||||||
21 | preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4) | ||||||
22 | for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the | ||||||
23 | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of | ||||||
24 | January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the | ||||||
25 | signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of | ||||||
26 | January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was |
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1 | sworn or affirmed to and certifying that
to the best of his or | ||||||
2 | her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the | ||||||
3 | time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the | ||||||
4 | political party for
which a nomination is sought. Such | ||||||
5 | statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to | ||||||
6 | administer oaths in this State.
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7 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition | ||||||
8 | sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the
last | ||||||
9 | day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
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10 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
11 | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
12 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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13 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial | ||||||
14 | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; | ||||||
15 | and
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16 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
17 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
18 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
19 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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20 | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||||||
21 | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||||||
22 | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
23 | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
24 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
25 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | ||||||
26 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election |
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1 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | by the voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | include
as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | the candidates filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | filed. This statement shall set out the
address of such | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | candidate, an email address for the candidate, the office for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | which he is a candidate, shall state
that the candidate is a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | qualified primary voter of the party to which the
petition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | relates and is qualified for the office specified (in the case | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a licensed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he has filed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | (or will file before the close of the petition filing period)
a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall be in
substantially the following form:
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22 | Statement of Candidacy
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1 | State of Illinois)
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3 | County of .......)
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4 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
5 | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | ||||||
7 | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | ||||||
8 | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of | ||||||
9 | committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | ||||||
10 | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | ||||||
11 | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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12 | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | ||||||
13 | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | ||||||
14 | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | ||||||
15 | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | ||||||
16 | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | ||||||
17 | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | ||||||
18 | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case | ||||||
19 | of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) | ||||||
20 | such
office.
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21 | Signed ......................
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22 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
23 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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24 | Signed ....................
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25 | (Official Character)
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1 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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2 | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | ||||||
3 | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | ||||||
4 | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | ||||||
5 | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | ||||||
6 | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | ||||||
7 | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | ||||||
8 | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | ||||||
9 | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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10 | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||||||
11 | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||||||
12 | his or her petition for nomination.
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13 | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
14 | convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
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15 | candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or | ||||||
16 | alternate
delegate to a national nominating convention elected | ||||||
17 | from the State at-large,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
18 | nomination must contain at least 5,000 but
not more than | ||||||
19 | 10,000 signatures.
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20 | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||||||
21 | national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided | ||||||
22 | in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States | ||||||
23 | Congress or as a
congressional delegate or alternate | ||||||
24 | congressional delegate to a national
nominating convention | ||||||
25 | elected from a congressional district, then the
candidate's |
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1 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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2 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
3 | his or her party
in his or her congressional district. In the | ||||||
4 | first primary election following a
redistricting of | ||||||
5 | congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
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6 | must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary | ||||||
7 | electors of the
candidate's political party in his or her | ||||||
8 | congressional district.
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9 | (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
10 | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
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11 | including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or | ||||||
12 | county board
member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county | ||||||
13 | other than Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
14 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
15 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
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16 | cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her | ||||||
17 | county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member | ||||||
18 | elected from a county board district, then
the candidate's | ||||||
19 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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20 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
21 | his or her party
in the
county board district. In the first | ||||||
22 | primary election following a redistricting
of county board | ||||||
23 | districts or the initial establishment of county board
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24 | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | ||||||
25 | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
26 | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who |
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1 | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | ||||||
2 | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | ||||||
3 | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of | ||||||
4 | signatures be less than 25.
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5 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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6 | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||||||
7 | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
8 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
9 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
10 | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||||||
11 | Cook County.
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12 | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
13 | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
14 | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||||||
15 | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||||||
16 | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||||||
17 | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||||||
18 | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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19 | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||||||
20 | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
21 | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | ||||||
22 | general election divided by the total number of county | ||||||
23 | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||||||
24 | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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25 | (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a | ||||||
26 | candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
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1 | Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to | ||||||
2 | subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code, | ||||||
3 | then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain | ||||||
4 | at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
the | ||||||
5 | total number of registered voters in his or her board of
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6 | review district in the last general election at which a | ||||||
7 | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
8 | that board of review district. In no
event shall the | ||||||
9 | number of signatures required be greater than the | ||||||
10 | requisite
number for a candidate who seeks countywide | ||||||
11 | office in Cook County
under subsection (d)(1) of this | ||||||
12 | Section. In the first primary election
following a | ||||||
13 | redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
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14 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least | ||||||
15 | 4,000 signatures
or at least the number of signatures | ||||||
16 | required for a countywide candidate in
Cook County, | ||||||
17 | whichever is less,
of the qualified electors of his or her | ||||||
18 | party in the district.
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19 | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
20 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
21 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
22 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||||||
23 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||||||
24 | candidate
seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then | ||||||
25 | the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least | ||||||
26 | the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified |
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1 | primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
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2 | primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
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3 | districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of | ||||||
4 | wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
5 | contain the number of signatures
equal to at least 0.5% of the | ||||||
6 | total number of votes cast for the candidate of
that political | ||||||
7 | party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
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8 | municipality at the last regular election at which an officer | ||||||
9 | was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
the entire | ||||||
10 | municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In | ||||||
11 | no
event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
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12 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
13 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
14 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures | ||||||
15 | of the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
16 | congressional district.
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17 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise | ||||||
18 | provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee | ||||||
19 | of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from | ||||||
20 | wards, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
21 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
22 | primary electors of his or her party from the
sanitary | ||||||
23 | district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a sanitary | ||||||
24 | district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
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25 | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
26 | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary electors of |
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1 | his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In
the
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2 | first primary election following redistricting of sanitary | ||||||
3 | districts elected
from wards, a candidate's petition for | ||||||
4 | nomination must contain at least the
signatures of 150 | ||||||
5 | qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that
sanitary | ||||||
6 | district.
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7 | (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
8 | Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a | ||||||
9 | district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
10 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of | ||||||
11 | votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her | ||||||
12 | political party for the office of Governor at the last general | ||||||
13 | election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less | ||||||
14 | than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial | ||||||
15 | office in a
circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's | ||||||
16 | petition for nomination
must contain the number of signatures | ||||||
17 | equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
cast for the judicial | ||||||
18 | candidate of his or her political party who received the
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19 | highest number of votes
at the last general election at which a | ||||||
20 | judicial
officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was | ||||||
21 | regularly scheduled
to be elected, but in no event less than | ||||||
22 | 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the | ||||||
23 | First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other | ||||||
24 | Judicial District.
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25 | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except | ||||||
26 | as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to
run |
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1 | for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition | ||||||
2 | for nomination
must contain at least 10 signatures of the | ||||||
3 | primary electors of his or her
party for the precinct. If a | ||||||
4 | candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
then the | ||||||
5 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than | ||||||
6 | the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors | ||||||
7 | of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% of those | ||||||
8 | same electors; provided that the
maximum number of signatures | ||||||
9 | may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is greater. | ||||||
10 | If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then | ||||||
11 | the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less | ||||||
12 | than the number of
signatures equal to 5% of the primary | ||||||
13 | electors of his or her party of the
township, but no more than | ||||||
14 | 8% of those same electors;
provided that the maximum number of | ||||||
15 | signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum number, whichever | ||||||
16 | is greater.
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17 | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
18 | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||||||
19 | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||||||
20 | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||||||
21 | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | ||||||
22 | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||||||
23 | comprising the counties.
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24 | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||||||
25 | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
26 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the |
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1 | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | ||||||
2 | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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3 | whichever is greater.
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4 | For purposes of this Section the number of primary | ||||||
5 | electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
6 | the applicable district, for the
candidate for that political | ||||||
7 | party who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at | ||||||
8 | the last general election in the State at which electors for
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9 | President of the United States were elected. For political | ||||||
10 | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||||||
11 | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | ||||||
12 | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | ||||||
13 | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||||||
14 | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
15 | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||||||
16 | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
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17 | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||||||
18 | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||||||
19 | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||||||
20 | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that | ||||||
21 | ward or district.
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22 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||||||
23 | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||||||
24 | party.
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25 | The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are | ||||||
26 | declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
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1 | (d).
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2 | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||||||
3 | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | ||||||
4 | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||||||
5 | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | ||||||
6 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | ||||||
7 | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; | ||||||
9 | 102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
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10 | (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
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11 | Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | ||||||
12 | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary | ||||||
13 | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed | ||||||
14 | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such | ||||||
15 | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by | ||||||
16 | Section 7-10.1 of
this Code Act and a statement of candidacy by | ||||||
17 | the candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. | ||||||
18 | This statement shall set out the
address of such candidate , an | ||||||
19 | email address for the candidate, and , the office for which he | ||||||
20 | is a candidate ; , shall
state that the candidate is a qualified | ||||||
21 | primary voter of the party to
which the petition relates, is | ||||||
22 | qualified for the office specified , and
has filed a statement | ||||||
23 | of economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental | ||||||
24 | Ethics Act ; , shall request that the candidate's name be
placed | ||||||
25 | upon the official ballot ; and shall be subscribed and sworn by
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1 | such candidate before some officer authorized to take | ||||||
2 | acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and may be in | ||||||
3 | substantially the following form:
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4 | State of Illinois)
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5 | ) ss.
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6 | County ..........)
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7 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
8 | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... | ||||||
9 | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a | ||||||
10 | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate | ||||||
11 | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the | ||||||
12 | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally | ||||||
13 | qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement | ||||||
14 | of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental | ||||||
15 | Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon | ||||||
16 | the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
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17 | Signed ....................
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18 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
19 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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20 | Signed .... (Official Character)
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21 | (Seal if officer has one.)
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22 | The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating | ||||||
23 | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic | ||||||
24 | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act | ||||||
25 | must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in | ||||||
26 | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
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1 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions | ||||||
2 | for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
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3 | by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified | ||||||
4 | primary electors of
the candidate's party in his legislative | ||||||
5 | district.
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6 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions | ||||||
7 | for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
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8 | Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than | ||||||
9 | 1,500 of
the qualified primary electors of the candidate's | ||||||
10 | party in his or her
representative district.
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11 | Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector | ||||||
12 | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State | ||||||
13 | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence | ||||||
14 | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address | ||||||
15 | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
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16 | primary elector's name shall include the street address or | ||||||
17 | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well | ||||||
18 | as the signer's county
and city, village , or town.
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19 | For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary | ||||||
20 | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
21 | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political | ||||||
22 | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at | ||||||
23 | the last general election in the State at which
electors for | ||||||
24 | President of the United States were elected.
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25 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign | ||||||
26 | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one |
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1 | party.
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2 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition | ||||||
3 | circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who | ||||||
4 | is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her | ||||||
5 | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as | ||||||
6 | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; | ||||||
7 | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the | ||||||
8 | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify | ||||||
9 | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that , to | ||||||
10 | the best of his or her knowledge and belief , the persons so | ||||||
11 | signing were
at the time of signing the petition qualified | ||||||
12 | primary voters for which the
nomination is sought.
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13 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the | ||||||
14 | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on | ||||||
15 | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the | ||||||
16 | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) | ||||||
17 | for elections where the petition circulation period is 90 | ||||||
18 | days, certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were | ||||||
19 | signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
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20 | of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election | ||||||
21 | only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed | ||||||
22 | during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or | ||||||
23 | certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during | ||||||
24 | the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this | ||||||
25 | statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be | ||||||
26 | circulated more than 90 days
preceding the last day provided |
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1 | in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
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2 | All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board | ||||||
3 | of Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been | ||||||
4 | signed by the voters and by the
circulator, and not | ||||||
5 | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
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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:
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9 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial | ||||||
10 | the petition at
the place where the signature is struck; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
13 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
14 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
15 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22; | ||||||
17 | revised 2-28-22.)
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18 | (10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
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19 | Sec. 10-5.
All petitions for nomination shall,
besides | ||||||
20 | containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
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21 | 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or | ||||||
22 | candidates shall
be nominated.
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23 | 2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed | ||||||
24 | in not more than 5
words. However, such party shall not bear | ||||||
25 | the same name as, nor include
the name of any established |
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1 | political party as defined in this Article.
This prohibition | ||||||
2 | does not preclude any established political party from
making | ||||||
3 | nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
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4 | 3. The place of residence of any such candidate or | ||||||
5 | candidates with
the street and number thereof, if any. In the | ||||||
6 | case of electors for
President and Vice-President of the | ||||||
7 | United States, the names of
candidates for President and | ||||||
8 | Vice-President may be added to the party
name or appellation.
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9 | Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in | ||||||
10 | addition shall
include as a part thereof, the oath required by | ||||||
11 | Section 7-10.1 of this
Act and must include a statement of | ||||||
12 | candidacy for each of the candidates named
therein, except | ||||||
13 | candidates for electors for President and Vice-President
of | ||||||
14 | the United States. Each such statement shall set out the | ||||||
15 | address of
such candidate, an email address for the candidate, | ||||||
16 | the office for which he is a candidate, shall state that
the | ||||||
17 | candidate is qualified for the office specified and has filed | ||||||
18 | (or will
file before the close of the petition filing period) a
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19 | statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's | ||||||
21 | name be placed upon the
official ballot and shall be | ||||||
22 | subscribed and sworn to by such candidate
before some officer | ||||||
23 | authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in this
State, and | ||||||
24 | may be in substantially the following form:
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25 | State of Illinois)
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26 | ) SS.
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1 | County of........)
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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;
and that I am a qualified voter therein; | ||||||
5 | that I am a candidate for
election to the office of.... to be | ||||||
6 | voted upon at the election to be
held on the.... day | ||||||
7 | of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified
to hold such | ||||||
8 | office and that I have filed (or will file before the close
of | ||||||
9 | the petition filing period) a statement of economic
interests | ||||||
10 | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, and I
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11 | hereby request that my name be printed upon the official | ||||||
12 | ballot for
election to such office.
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13 | Signed.................
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14 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who | ||||||
15 | is to me
personally known, this.... day of....,......
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16 | Signed.................
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17 | (Official Character)
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18 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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19 | In addition, a new political party petition shall have | ||||||
20 | attached thereto
a certificate stating the names and addresses | ||||||
21 | of the party officers authorized
to fill vacancies in | ||||||
22 | nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
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23 | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid | ||||||
24 | if the
candidate named therein fails to file a statement of | ||||||
25 | economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental | ||||||
26 | Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with the appropriate |
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1 | officer by the end of the period for the
filing of nomination | ||||||
2 | papers unless he has filed a statement of economic
interests | ||||||
3 | in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
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4 | during the same calendar year as the year in which such | ||||||
5 | nomination
papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any | ||||||
6 | candidate and the
statement of economic interest of that | ||||||
7 | candidate are not required to be
filed with the same officer, | ||||||
8 | the candidate must file with the officer
with whom the | ||||||
9 | nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer
with | ||||||
10 | whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the | ||||||
11 | date
on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be | ||||||
12 | so filed not
later than the last day on which nomination papers | ||||||
13 | may be filed.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
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15 | Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding | ||||||
16 | Sections 3-1009, 3-2015, 3-3046, 3-5049, 3-6043, 3-9014, and | ||||||
17 | 3-10022 as follows:
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18 | (55 ILCS 5/3-1009 new) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 3-1009. Candidate email address. A candidate for | ||||||
20 | county auditor shall provide an email address for the | ||||||
21 | candidate in the candidate's petition for nomination or | ||||||
22 | statement of candidacy.
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23 | (55 ILCS 5/3-2015 new) |
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1 | Sec. 3-2015. Candidate email address. A candidate for | ||||||
2 | county clerk shall provide an email address for the candidate | ||||||
3 | in the candidate's petition for nomination or statement of | ||||||
4 | candidacy.
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5 | (55 ILCS 5/3-3046 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 3-3046. Candidate email address. A candidate for | ||||||
7 | county coroner shall provide an email address for the | ||||||
8 | candidate in the candidate's petition for nomination or | ||||||
9 | statement of candidacy.
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10 | (55 ILCS 5/3-5049 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 3-5049. Candidate email address. A candidate for | ||||||
12 | county recorder shall provide an email address for the | ||||||
13 | candidate in the candidate's petition for nomination or | ||||||
14 | statement of candidacy.
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15 | (55 ILCS 5/3-6043 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 3-6043. Candidate email address. A candidate for | ||||||
17 | sheriff shall provide an email address for the candidate in | ||||||
18 | the candidate's petition for nomination or statement of | ||||||
19 | candidacy.
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20 | (55 ILCS 5/3-9014 new) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 3-9014. Candidate email address. A candidate for | ||||||
22 | State's Attorney shall provide an email address for the |
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1 | candidate in the candidate's petition for nomination or | ||||||
2 | statement of candidacy.
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3 | (55 ILCS 5/3-10022 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 3-10022. Candidate email address. A candidate for | ||||||
5 | county treasurer shall provide an email address for the | ||||||
6 | candidate in the candidate's petition for nomination or | ||||||
7 | statement of candidacy.
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8 | Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
9 | adding Section 3.1-10-80 as follows:
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10 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-80 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 3.1-10-80. Candidate email address. Any candidate for | ||||||
12 | any elective municipal office shall provide an email address | ||||||
13 | for the candidate in the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
14 | or statement of candidacy. ".
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