Bill Text: IL SB0700 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each public official who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete an 8-hour continuing education program established by Econ Illinois-Illinois Council on Economic Education and approved by the Illinois Community College Board within 2 years after the date he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains a public official. Authorizes a fine to be levied against a public official who fails to timely complete the continuing education requirement. Prohibits a public official from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education. Amends the Election Code. Makes conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0700 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0700-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB0700 Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 430/Art. 7 heading new
5 ILCS 430/7-5 new
5 ILCS 430/50-5
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-8
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each public official who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete an 8-hour continuing education program established by Econ Illinois-Illinois Council on Economic Education and approved by the Illinois Community College Board within 2 years after the date he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains a public official. Authorizes a fine to be levied against a public official who fails to timely complete the continuing education requirement. Prohibits a public official from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by adding Article 7 and Section 7-5 and changing
Section 50-5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/Art. 7 heading new)
ARTICLE 7. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS
(5 ILCS 430/7-5 new)
Sec. 7-5. Continuing education for public officials.
(a) Each public official who, on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, is
elected or appointed to office must complete at his or her own
expense the 8-hour continuing education program established
under subsection (b) of this Section within 2 years after the
date he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years
thereafter for as long as he or she remains a public official.
However, a public official who is elected or appointed to more
than one public office must complete the 8-hour continuing
education program established under subsection (b) of this
Section only once every 2 years.
(b) Econ Illinois-Illinois Council on Economic Education,

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located at Northern Illinois University, shall establish, and
the Illinois Community College Board shall approve, an 8-hour
continuing education program for public officials. The
continuing education program curriculum shall consist of
courses focusing on economic theories and the interaction
between economic theory and governmental policy, including,
but not limited to, the impact of government policy on
individuals and businesses.
(c) A public official who fails to timely complete the
continuing education program required under this Section is
subject to the penalties specified in subsection (e) of Section
50-5 of this Act, and if that official does not timely pay the
fine levied under that Section and complete the continuing
education program, then he or she may not subsequently be
elected or appointed to public office.
(d) For the purposes of this subsection (d), "public
official" means the Governor, a member of the General Assembly,
and any of the corporate authorities of a county or
municipality.
(5 ILCS 430/50-5)
Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
(a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that
person intentionally violates any provision of Section 5-15,
5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
(a-1) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine

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for a violation of Section 5-45 of this Act of up to 3 times the
total annual compensation that would have been obtained in
violation of Section 5-45.
(b) A person who intentionally violates any provision of
Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business
offense subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
(c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of
Article 10 is guilty of a business offense and subject to a
fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
(d) Any person who intentionally makes a false report
alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
commission, an inspector general, the State Police, a State's
Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law enforcement
official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of
up to $5,000 against any person who violates this Act, who
intentionally obstructs or interferes with an investigation
conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith
allegation. A person who violates Section 7-5 and is not
subject to the jurisdiction of an ethics commission is guilty
of a business offense and is subject to a fine of up to $5,000.
(f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply,
whether criminal or civil, a State employee who intentionally
violates any provision of Section 5-5, 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35,
5-45, or 5-50, Article 10, Article 15, or Section 20-90 or

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25-90 is subject to discipline or discharge by the appropriate
ultimate jurisdictional authority.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-5, and 10-8 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 committeeman, or
township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
committeeman 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 committeemen 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.

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Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
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

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office, the political party represented and place 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) certifying that

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none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition 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.
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
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

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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 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 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 state that he or she is
not barred from being elected or appointed to public office by
subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
Employees 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 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

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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 am a
candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
committeeman 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; that I am not barred from being elected or
appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have
filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing
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 committeemen and delegates
and alternate delegates) such office.
Signed ......................

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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.)
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.
(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
convention. 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. If a candidate seeks to run for
United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or

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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. 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 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

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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
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) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board

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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 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 alderman 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

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election following redistricting of aldermanic 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
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. 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

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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. 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 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. 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

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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 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.

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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
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 of this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General Assembly 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

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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. 96-1018, eff. 1-1-11; 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
(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
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 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, 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, is
not barred from being elected or appointed to public office by
subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act, 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

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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 am a candidate
for nomination to 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; that I am not barred from being
elected or appointed to public office by subsection (c) of
Section 7-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act;
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.)
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

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subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of 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.
All petitions 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

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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;
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)
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. 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.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on

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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. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides
containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
1. The office or offices to which such candidate or
candidates shall be nominated.
2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed
in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall not bear
the same name as, nor include the name of any established
political party as defined in this Article. This prohibition
does not preclude any established political party from making
nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
3. The place of residence of any such candidate or
candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the
case of electors for President and Vice-President of the United
States, the names of candidates for President and
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Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in
addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required by
Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of
candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except
candidates for electors for President and Vice-President of the
United States. Each such statement shall set out the address of
such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the candidate is qualified for the office specified,
is not barred from being elected or appointed to public office
by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act, and 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 before some officer authorized to take
acknowledgments of deeds in this State, and may be in
substantially the following form:
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; and that I am a qualified voter therein;
that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be
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of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such
office; that I am not barred from being elected or appointed to
public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State
Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have 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, and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon the official ballot for election to such office.
Signed.................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who
is to me personally known, this.... day of....,......
Signed.................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
In addition, a new political party petition shall have
attached thereto a certificate stating the names and addresses
of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies in
nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if
the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of
economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in
relation to the same governmental unit with that officer during
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papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate
and the statement of economic interest of that candidate are
not required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate
must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers are
filed a receipt from the officer with whom the statement of
economic interests is filed showing the date on which such
statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later
than the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
Sec. 10-8. Certificates of nomination and nomination
papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a
referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being in
apparent conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be
deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in
writing within 5 business days after the last day for filing
the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
for a public question, with the following exceptions:
A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
period of 35 business days after the last day for the
filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
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the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
objections can be filed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the electoral board designated in Section 10-9 for the purpose
of hearing and passing upon objector's petitions shall
independently verify that no candidate under its jurisdiction
is barred from being elected or appointed under subsection (c)
of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
If the electoral board finds that a candidate is barred from
being elected or appointed under subsection (c) of Section 7-5
of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, then that
candidate shall be removed from the ballot regardless of
whether or not an objection has been filed. Such a finding by
the electoral board is subject to judicial review as provided
in Section 10-10.1.
Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district in
which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal office
or the permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections,
or in the office of the election authority or local election
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papers or petitions are on file. Objection petitions that do
not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be accepted. In the
case of nomination papers or certificates of nomination, the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local election
official shall note the day and hour upon which such objector's
petition is filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the
second business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
registered mail or receipted personal delivery the certificate
of nomination or nomination papers and the original objector's
petition to the chairman of the proper electoral board
designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and
shall transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
delivery of the objector's petition, to the candidate whose
certificate of nomination or nomination papers are objected to,
addressed to the place of residence designated in said
certificate of nomination or nomination papers. In the case of
objections to a petition for a proposed amendment to Article IV
of the Constitution or for an advisory public question to be
submitted to the voters of the entire State, the State Board of
Elections shall note the day and hour upon which such
objector's petition is filed and shall transmit a copy of the
objector's petition by registered mail or receipted personal
delivery to the person designated on a certificate attached to
the petition as the principal proponent of such proposed
amendment or public question, or as the proponents' attorney,
for the purpose of receiving notice of objections. In the case

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of objections to a petition for a public question, to be
submitted to the voters of a political subdivision, or district
thereof, the election authority or local election official with
whom such petition is filed shall note the day and hour upon
which such objector's petition was filed, and shall, not later
than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
delivery the petition for the public question and the original
objector's petition to the chairman of the proper electoral
board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized
agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered mail or
receipted personal delivery, of the objector's petition to the
person designated on a certificate attached to the petition as
the principal proponent of the public question, or as the
proponent's attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of
objections.
The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
electoral board.
The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
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it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions for
the submission of public questions under Article 28.
(Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)