Bill Text: IL HB2987 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of the Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller [HB2987 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2987-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2987 Introduced , by Rep. Blaine Wilhour SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
Creates the Local Officer Eligibility Act. Provides that a person seeking a local office or a local officer seeking another office may not qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the person follows the requirements of this Act. Provides that, if a local officer seeks to become a candidate for any other office and any part of the terms run concurrently with each other, the person must first resign the local office that the officer presently holds. Includes resignation requirements. Provides that a person who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise supervises must resign as provided under the provisions if the person is seeking to qualify for the office of the sheriff. Provides that, if an election authority determines that a person failed to resign as required under the Act, an automatic resignation occurs 14 days after the filing of a petition for nomination. Requires the election authority to provide notice of the automatic resignation. Provides that the Act does not apply to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority. Defines terms. Limits concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
Officer Eligibility Act.
Section 5. Definitions.
"Federal office" means the office of the President or Vice
President of the United States or of a member of the United
States Congress.
"Judicial office" has the meaning ascribed to that term in
Section 7-4 of the Election Code.
"Law enforcement officer" has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 5 of the Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof
Vest Act.
"Local office" means the office of a board member of a unit
of local government or any other elected or appointed office
of a unit of local government.
"Office" means a State office, local office, federal
office, or judicial office.
"State office" means the office of the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State,
State Comptroller, or State Treasurer, the office of a member
of the General Assembly, or the office of a State's Attorney.

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Section 10. Candidacy for office. A person seeking a local
office or a local officer seeking another office may not
qualify as a candidate for more than one office unless the
person follows the requirements of this Act.
Section 15. Local officers seeking another office.
(a) If a local officer seeks to become a candidate for
another office and any part of the terms run concurrently with
each other, the person must first resign the local office that
the officer presently holds. Resignation shall be under the
following conditions:
(1) The resignation is irrevocable.
(2) The written resignation must be submitted at least
10 days prior to the earliest date to file the person's
petition for nomination for the other office under the
Election Code.
(3) The resignation must be effective no later than
the date the local officer would take office in the new
office, if elected. The office is deemed vacant upon the
effective date of the resignation submitted by the local
officer in the letter of resignation.
(4) An elected or appointed local officer must submit
his or her written resignation to the clerk, or individual
holding a similar position, of the unit of local
government, with a copy provided to the local election

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authority.
(b) This Section does not apply to a local officer if the
term of the office that the officer presently holds is
scheduled to expire or to be filled by election or appointment
on or before the date the local officer's term would begin in
the office that the officer is seeking.
Section 20. Seeking the office of the sheriff. A person
who is a deputy sheriff, county corrections officer, court
security officer, or other person a sheriff otherwise
supervises must resign as provided under subsection (a) of
Section 15 if the person is seeking to qualify for the office
of the sheriff, except that the person shall submit the
resignation to the sheriff and the local election authority.
Section 25. Failure to submit resignation; penalties;
notice.
(a) The failure of a local officer to submit a resignation
under Section 15 or a person in a sheriff's office required to
submit a resignation under Section 20 constitutes an
automatic, irrevocable resignation by the local officer from
the office the officer presently holds or from the position
the person holds in the sheriff's office, effective 14 days
after the filing of a petition for nomination for the other
office or office of the sheriff, as applicable.
(b) The local election authority must determine if an

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automatic resignation has occurred under subsection (a) upon
the filing of each petition for nomination. The local election
authority shall send a notice of the automatic resignation to
the individual and to the office of the unit of local
government in which the individual was a officer or was
employed. In the case of a deputy sheriff, county corrections
officer, court security officer, or other person a sheriff
otherwise supervises, the election authority shall also submit
a copy of the automatic resignation to the sheriff.
Section 30. Federal, judicial, and State officers seeking
local office; penalties for failure to resign.
(a) A person who holds a federal office, judicial office,
or State office may not file a petition for nomination for a
local office unless the person first resigns in the same
manner as required under Section 15, except that the officer
must file the officer's resignation with the appropriate
persons or entities to effectuate the resignation. The officer
must file a copy of the resignation with the local election
authority in which the officer will be filing a petition for
nomination for a local office.
(b) Failure to submit a resignation and a copy to the local
election authority under this Section shall make the person
ineligible to hold the local office for which the person filed
a petition for nomination. The local election authority shall
not place the name of any person on the ballot for a local

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office who has not complied with this Section.
(c) This Section does not apply to a federal, judicial, or
State officer if the term of the office that the officer
presently holds is scheduled to expire or be filled by
election or appointment on or before the date the officer's
term would begin in the local office that the officer is
seeking.
Section 35. Appointive entities. This Act does not apply
to a person already appointed to or is seeking appointment to
an appointive board, task force, commission, or authority.
Section 40. Conflict with other provisions of law.
(a) To the extent this Act conflicts with the Officer
Prohibited Activities Act, the Officer Prohibited Activities
Act controls.
(b) Except as provided for in subsection (a), to the
extent this Act conflicts with any other provision of law,
this Act controls.
Section 90. Home rule. A home rule unit that has the
authority to set eligibility requirements for local office may
not set eligibility requirements for local office in a manner
inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under
subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of

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powers and functions exercised by the State.
Section 900. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 7-10 and 8-8 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
substantially the following form:
We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
date).
Name Office Address
John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.

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Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
Name.................. Address.......................
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of........)
I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
party, and that their respective residences are correctly
stated, as above set forth.
.........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................
Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
and shall contain above the space for signatures an
appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the office, the political party represented and place

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

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petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the
signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
administer oaths in this State.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
signature from the petition, provided that:
(1) the person striking the signature shall initial
the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
and
(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
certification listing the page number and line number of
each signature struck from the petition. Such

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certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
sheets which are filed with the proper local election
officials, election authorities or the State Board of
Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which the petition relates and is qualified for the office
specified (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it
shall state that the candidate is at the time of filing such
statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall
state that he has filed (or will file before the close of the
petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall
request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate

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before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
in the State and shall be in substantially the following form:
Statement of Candidacy
Name Address Office District Party
John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
Belvidere,
Illinois
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of .......)
I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I currently
(hold do/do not hold) office other than the office for which
this Statement is being submitted; that I (am/am not) an
employee in the office of the sheriff and that I (am/am not)
seeking the office of the sheriff; that I am a candidate for
nomination (for election in the case of committeeperson and
delegates and alternate delegates) to the office of .... to be
voted upon at the primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally qualified (including being the holder of any
license that may be an eligibility requirement for the office
I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and that I have
filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing

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period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my
name be printed upon the official primary ballot for
nomination for (or election to in the case of committeepersons
and delegates and alternate delegates) such office.
Signed ......................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
Signed ....................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
As used in the Statement of Candidacy, "office" has the
meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5 of the Local Officer
Eligibility Act.
The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
authority or local election official with whom the petition is
required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
thereof shall be punished accordingly.
A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
his or her petition for nomination.

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(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
10,000 signatures.
(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
first primary election following a redistricting of
congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
congressional district.
(c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for

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nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
his or her party in the county board district. In the first
primary election following a redistricting of county board
districts or the initial establishment of county board
districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
the total number of county board districts comprising the
county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
signatures be less than 25.
(d) County office; Cook County only.
(1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
Cook County.
(2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination

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must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
in his or her county board district. In the first primary
election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
general election divided by the total number of county
board districts comprising the county board; provided that
in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
total number of registered voters in his or her board of
review district in the last general election at which a
commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
that board of review district. In no event shall the
number of signatures required be greater than the
requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
Section. In the first primary election following a
redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a

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candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
party in the district.
(e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
(f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's

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petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
congressional district.
(g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
district.
(h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
political party for the office of Governor at the last general
election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less

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than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
candidate of his or her political party who received the
highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
Judicial District.
(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than

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8% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is greater.
(j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
comprising the counties.
(k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
whichever is greater.
For purposes of this Section the number of primary
electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
the last general election in the State at which electors for
President of the United States were elected. For political
subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
that political party who received the highest number of votes
in the political subdivision at the last regular election at

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which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
that political party who received the highest number of votes
in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
ward or district.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
party.
The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
(10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary

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ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
Section 7-10.1 of this Code Act and a statement of candidacy by
the candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.
This statement shall set out the address of such candidate
and , the office for which he is a candidate; , shall state that
the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which the petition relates, is qualified for the office
specified, and has filed a statement of economic interests as
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act; , shall
request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot; and shall be subscribed and sworn by such candidate
before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
in this State and may be in substantially the following form:
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County ..........)
I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
qualified primary voter of .... party; that I currently (hold
do/do not hold) office other than the office for which this
Statement is being submitted; that I (am/am not) an employee
in the office of the sheriff and that I (am/am not) seeking the
office of the sheriff; that I am a candidate for nomination to

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the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to
be held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified to hold
such office and that I have filed a statement of economic
interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
primary ballot for nomination for such office.
Signed ....................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
Signed .... (Official Character)
(Seal if officer has one.)
As used in the Statement of Candidacy, "office" has the
meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5 of the Local Officer
Eligibility Act.
The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified
primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
district.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions

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for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
1,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
party in his or her representative district.
Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
address shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
primary elector's name shall include the street address or
rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
as the signer's county and city, village, or town.
For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
the last general election in the State at which electors for
President of the United States were elected.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
party.
In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;

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and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that, to
the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so
signing were at the time of signing the petition qualified
primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
for elections where the petition circulation period is 90
days, certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election
only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed
during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
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whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
signature from the petition, provided that:
(1) the person striking the signature shall initial
the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
and
(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
certification listing the page number and line number of
each signature struck from the petition. Such
certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22;
revised 2-28-22.)