Bill Text: IL HB5820 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides for the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1018 [HB5820 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5820-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides for the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1018 [HB5820 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5820-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 7-10, 7-19, 7-46, 7-52, and 7-53 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
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7 | Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeman, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | township committeeman, or
precinct committeeman, or ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | committeeman or candidate for delegate or
alternate delegate to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | national nominating conventions, shall be printed
upon the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | in
his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | following form:
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15 | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | do hereby petition that
the following named person or persons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
election to) the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | primary election to be held on (insert date).
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4 | Name.................. Address.......................
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5 | State of Illinois)
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6 | ) ss.
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7 | County of........)
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8 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | ||||||||||||||||
9 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | ||||||||||||||||
10 | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | ||||||||||||||||
11 | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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12 | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | ||||||||||||||||
13 | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | ||||||||||||||||
14 | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | ||||||||||||||||
15 | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | ||||||||||||||||
16 | stated, as above set forth.
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17 | .........................
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18 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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19 | .........................
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20 | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | ||||||||||||||||
21 | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | ||||||||||||||||
22 | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | ||||||||||||||||
23 | heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or |
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1 | candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the | ||||||
2 | office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | ||||||
3 | and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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4 | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors | ||||||
5 | residing
in the political division for which the nomination is | ||||||
6 | sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the | ||||||
7 | signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be | ||||||
8 | written or printed. The residence address
required to be | ||||||
9 | written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
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10 | name shall include the street address or rural route number of | ||||||
11 | the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, | ||||||
12 | and city, village or
town, and state.
However the county or | ||||||
13 | city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors | ||||||
14 | may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors | ||||||
15 | signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
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16 | or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in | ||||||
17 | writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. | ||||||
18 | At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a | ||||||
19 | circulator statement signed by
a person 18 years of age or | ||||||
20 | older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street | ||||||
21 | address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as | ||||||
22 | the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying | ||||||
23 | that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed | ||||||
24 | in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are | ||||||
25 | genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that | ||||||
26 | sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last |
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1 | dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that | ||||||
2 | none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
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3 | days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and | ||||||
4 | certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief | ||||||
5 | the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the | ||||||
6 | petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a | ||||||
7 | nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before | ||||||
8 | some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
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9 | No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days | ||||||
10 | preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing | ||||||
11 | of such petition.
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12 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
13 | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
14 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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15 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||||||
16 | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
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17 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
18 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
19 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
20 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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21 | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||||||
22 | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||||||
23 | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
24 | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
25 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
26 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition |
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1 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
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20 | officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | and 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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2 | ) ss.
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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
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9 | committeeman 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 committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
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20 | 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. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | ||||||
15 | as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
16 | convention elected from the State at-large,
then the | ||||||
17 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | ||||||
18 | but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
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19 | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||||||
20 | national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
21 | United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or | ||||||
22 | alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating | ||||||
23 | convention elected from a congressional district, then the
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24 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
25 | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary |
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1 | electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional | ||||||
2 | district. In the first primary election following a
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3 | redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's | ||||||
4 | petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of | ||||||
5 | qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party | ||||||
6 | in his or her congressional district.
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7 | (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | ||||||
8 | countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | ||||||
9 | chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | ||||||
10 | basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | ||||||
11 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | ||||||
12 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||||||
13 | her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | ||||||
14 | in his or her county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county | ||||||
15 | board member elected from a county board district, then
the | ||||||
16 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
17 | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | ||||||
18 | electors of his or her party
in the
county board district. In | ||||||
19 | the first primary election following a redistricting
of county | ||||||
20 | board districts or the initial establishment of county board
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21 | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | ||||||
22 | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
23 | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | ||||||
24 | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | ||||||
25 | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | ||||||
26 | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of |
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1 | signatures be less than 25.
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2 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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3 | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||||||
4 | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
5 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
6 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
7 | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||||||
8 | Cook County.
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9 | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
10 | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
11 | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||||||
12 | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||||||
13 | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||||||
14 | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||||||
15 | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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16 | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||||||
17 | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
18 | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | ||||||
19 | general election divided by the total number of county | ||||||
20 | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||||||
21 | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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22 | (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
23 | of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | ||||||
24 | pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property | ||||||
25 | Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | ||||||
26 | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
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1 | the total number of registered voters in his or her board | ||||||
2 | of
review district in the last general election at which a | ||||||
3 | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
4 | that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | ||||||
5 | of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | ||||||
6 | for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
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7 | under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | ||||||
8 | primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | ||||||
9 | Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | ||||||
10 | nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | ||||||
11 | least the number of signatures required for a countywide | ||||||
12 | candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | ||||||
13 | qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
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14 | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
15 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
16 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
17 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||||||
18 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||||||
19 | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | ||||||
20 | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
21 | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | ||||||
22 | electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | ||||||
23 | election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | ||||||
24 | trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | ||||||
25 | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | ||||||
26 | nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at |
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1 | least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate | ||||||
2 | of
that political party who received the highest number of | ||||||
3 | votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | ||||||
4 | at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
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5 | the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | ||||||
6 | districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | ||||||
7 | than 25.
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8 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
9 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
10 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | ||||||
11 | the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
12 | congressional district.
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13 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | ||||||
14 | for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | ||||||
15 | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | ||||||
16 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||||||
17 | to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
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18 | sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | ||||||
19 | sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | ||||||
20 | then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | ||||||
21 | least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | ||||||
22 | electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | ||||||
23 | district. In
the
first primary election following | ||||||
24 | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | ||||||
25 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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26 | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward |
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1 | of that
sanitary district.
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2 | (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
3 | judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | ||||||
4 | for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | ||||||
5 | 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | ||||||
6 | candidate for his or her political party for the office of | ||||||
7 | Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | ||||||
8 | elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | ||||||
9 | candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | ||||||
10 | subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | ||||||
11 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | ||||||
12 | of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | ||||||
13 | political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | ||||||
14 | last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | ||||||
15 | circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | ||||||
16 | but in no event less than 500 signatures.
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17 | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a | ||||||
18 | candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the | ||||||
19 | candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | ||||||
20 | signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the | ||||||
21 | precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
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22 | then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no | ||||||
23 | less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary | ||||||
24 | electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% | ||||||
25 | of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of | ||||||
26 | signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is |
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1 | greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township | ||||||
2 | committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
3 | must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% | ||||||
4 | of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, | ||||||
5 | but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the | ||||||
6 | maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum | ||||||
7 | number, whichever is greater.
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8 | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
9 | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||||||
10 | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||||||
11 | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||||||
12 | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | ||||||
13 | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||||||
14 | comprising the counties.
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15 | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||||||
16 | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
17 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
18 | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | ||||||
19 | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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20 | whichever is greater.
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21 | For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | ||||||
22 | shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | ||||||
23 | applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | ||||||
24 | who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the | ||||||
25 | last general election in the State at which electors for
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26 | President of the United States were elected. For political |
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1 | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||||||
2 | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | ||||||
3 | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | ||||||
4 | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||||||
5 | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
6 | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||||||
7 | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
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8 | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||||||
9 | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||||||
10 | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||||||
11 | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward | ||||||
12 | or district.
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13 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||||||
14 | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||||||
15 | party.
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16 | The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
17 | the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | ||||||
18 | except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
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19 | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||||||
20 | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | ||||||
21 | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||||||
22 | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | ||||||
23 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | ||||||
24 | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; | ||||||
26 | 95-916, eff. 8-26-08 .)
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1 | (10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
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2 | Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for | ||||||
3 | each precinct shall be
arranged and printed substantially in | ||||||
4 | the manner following:
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5 | 1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be | ||||||
6 | printed in
large capital letters, words designating the ballot, | ||||||
7 | if a Republican
ballot, the designating words shall be: | ||||||
8 | "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if
a Democratic ballot the | ||||||
9 | designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT"; and in | ||||||
10 | like manner for each political party.
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11 | 2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not | ||||||
12 | less
than one inch below designating words, the name of each | ||||||
13 | office to be
filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such | ||||||
14 | names may be printed on
the ballot either in a single column or | ||||||
15 | in 2 or more columns and in the
following order, to-wit:
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16 | President of the United States, State offices, | ||||||
17 | congressional offices,
delegates and alternate delegates to be | ||||||
18 | elected from the State at large
to National nominating | ||||||
19 | conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to
be elected | ||||||
20 | from congressional districts to National nominating
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21 | conventions, member or members of the State central committee, | ||||||
22 | trustees of sanitary
districts, county offices, judicial | ||||||
23 | officers, city, village and
incorporated town offices, town | ||||||
24 | offices, or of such of the said offices
as candidates are to be | ||||||
25 | nominated for at such primary, and precinct,
township or ward |
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1 | committeemen. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing | ||||||
2 | offices to and including member of the State central committee
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3 | shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices, | ||||||
4 | as
defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in | ||||||
5 | the second column.
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6 | Below the name of each office shall be printed in small | ||||||
7 | letters the
directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not | ||||||
8 | more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no candidate | ||||||
9 | or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons | ||||||
10 | file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, | ||||||
11 | then below the title of that office the election authority | ||||||
12 | instead shall print "No Candidate".
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13 | Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or | ||||||
14 | alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention shall | ||||||
15 | appear either (a)
the name of the
candidate's preference for | ||||||
16 | President of the United States or the word
"uncommitted" or (b) | ||||||
17 | no official designation, depending upon the action
taken by the | ||||||
18 | State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
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19 | Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital | ||||||
20 | letters the
names of all candidates, arranged in the order in | ||||||
21 | which their petitions
for nominations were filed, except as | ||||||
22 | otherwise provided in Sections
7-14 and 7-17 of this Article. | ||||||
23 | Opposite and in front of the name of each
candidate shall be | ||||||
24 | printed a square and all squares upon the primary
ballot shall | ||||||
25 | be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for | ||||||
26 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed |
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1 | within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front | ||||||
2 | of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates
under | ||||||
3 | each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall | ||||||
4 | separate
the names of candidates for one office from the names | ||||||
5 | of candidates for
another office, to avoid confusion and to | ||||||
6 | permit the writing in of the
names of other candidates.
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7 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
8 | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||||||
9 | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
10 | is applicable.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
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12 | (10 ILCS 5/7-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-46)
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13 | Sec. 7-46.
On receiving from the primary judges a primary | ||||||
14 | ballot of his
party, the primary elector shall forthwith and | ||||||
15 | without leaving the polling
place, retire alone to one of the | ||||||
16 | voting booths and prepare such primary
ballot by marking a | ||||||
17 | cross (X) in the square in front of and opposite the
name of | ||||||
18 | each candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, and | ||||||
19 | for
delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating | ||||||
20 | conventions, and
for committeemen, if committeemen are being | ||||||
21 | elected at such primary. A cross (X) in the square in front of | ||||||
22 | the bracket enclosing the names of a team of candidates for | ||||||
23 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor counts as one vote for each of | ||||||
24 | those candidates.
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25 | Any primary elector may, instead of voting for any |
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1 | candidate for
nomination or for committeeman or for delegate or | ||||||
2 | alternate delegate to
national nominating conventions, whose | ||||||
3 | name is printed on the primary
ballot, write in the name of any | ||||||
4 | other person affiliated with such party as
a candidate for the | ||||||
5 | nomination for any office, or for committeeman, or for
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6 | delegates or alternate delegates to national nominating | ||||||
7 | conventions, and
indicate his choice of such candidate or | ||||||
8 | committeeman or delegate or
alternate delegate, by placing to | ||||||
9 | the left of and opposite the name thus
written a square and | ||||||
10 | placing in the square a cross (X). A primary elector, however, | ||||||
11 | may not by this method vote separately for Governor and | ||||||
12 | Lieutenant Governor but must write in the names of candidates | ||||||
13 | of his or her choice for both offices and indicate his or her | ||||||
14 | choice of those names by placing a single square to the left of | ||||||
15 | those names and placing in that square a cross (X).
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16 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
17 | used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | ||||||
18 | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
19 | is applicable.
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20 | (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
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21 | (10 ILCS 5/7-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-52)
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22 | Sec. 7-52.
Immediately upon closing the polls, the primary | ||||||
23 | judges
shall proceed to canvass the votes in the manner | ||||||
24 | following:
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25 | (1) They shall separate and count the ballots of each |
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1 | political
party.
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2 | (2) They shall then proceed to ascertain the number of | ||||||
3 | names entered
on the applications for
ballot under each party
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4 | affiliation.
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5 | (3) If the primary ballots of any political party exceed
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6 | the number of applications for ballot by
voters of such | ||||||
7 | political party, the primary ballots of such
political party | ||||||
8 | shall be folded and replaced in the ballot box, the box
closed, | ||||||
9 | well shaken and again opened and one of the primary judges, who
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10 | shall be blindfolded, shall draw out so many of the primary
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11 | ballots of such political party as shall be equal to such | ||||||
12 | excess. Such
excess ballots shall be marked "Excess-Not | ||||||
13 | Counted" and signed by a majority
of the judges and
shall be | ||||||
14 | placed in the "After 6:00 p.m. Defective Ballots Envelope".
The | ||||||
15 | number of excess ballots shall be noted in the remarks section | ||||||
16 | of the Certificate
of Results. "Excess" ballots shall not be | ||||||
17 | counted in the total of "defective"
ballots;
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18 | (4) The primary judges shall then proceed to count the
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19 | primary ballots of each political party separately; and as the | ||||||
20 | primary judges
shall open and read the primary ballots, 3 of | ||||||
21 | the judges shall carefully
and correctly mark upon separate | ||||||
22 | tally sheets the votes which each
candidate of the party whose | ||||||
23 | name is written or printed on the primary
ballot has received, | ||||||
24 | in a separate column for that purpose, with the
name of such | ||||||
25 | candidate, the name of his political party and the name of
the | ||||||
26 | office for which he is a candidate for nomination at the head |
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1 | of
such column. The same column, however, shall be used for | ||||||
2 | both names of the same team of candidates for Governor and | ||||||
3 | Lieutenant Governor.
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4 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
5 | used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | ||||||
6 | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
7 | is applicable.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 80-484.)
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9 | (10 ILCS 5/7-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
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10 | Sec. 7-53.
As soon as the ballots of a political party | ||||||
11 | shall have
been read and the votes of the political party | ||||||
12 | counted, as provided in
the last above section, the 3 judges in | ||||||
13 | charge of the tally sheets shall
foot up the tally sheets so as | ||||||
14 | to show the total number of votes cast
for each candidate of | ||||||
15 | the political party and for each candidate for
State Central | ||||||
16 | committeeman and precinct committeeman, township
committeeman | ||||||
17 | or ward committeeman, and delegate and alternate delegate
to | ||||||
18 | National nominating conventions, and certify the same to be | ||||||
19 | correct.
Thereupon, the primary judges shall set down in a | ||||||
20 | certificate of results
on the tally sheet, under the name of | ||||||
21 | the political party, the name of
each candidate voted for upon | ||||||
22 | the primary ballot, written at full
length, the name of the | ||||||
23 | office for which he is a candidate for
nomination or for | ||||||
24 | committeeman, or delegate or alternate delegate to
National | ||||||
25 | nominating conventions, the total number of votes which the
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1 | candidate received, and they shall also set down the total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | number of
ballots voted by the primary electors of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | political party in the
precinct. The certificate of results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | shall be made substantially in the
following form:
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5 | ................ Party
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6 | At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (1) *township of
...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | in the city of .... on (insert
date), the primary electors of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | the ....
party voted .... ballots, and the respective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | candidates whose names were
written or printed on the primary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ballot of the .... party, received
respectively the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | votes:
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22 | *Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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23 | And so on for each candidate.
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24 | We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | correct.
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26 | Dated (insert date).
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10 | Name Address
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11 | Judges of Primary
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13 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
14 | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||||||
15 | required or authorized by
Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
16 | is applicable.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99 .)
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