Bill Text: IL SB1582 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code and the State Comptroller Act. Restricts the disclosure of the residence address and telephone number of judges and candidates for judge. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB1582 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1582-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning judges.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 7-10, 7-12, 7A-1, and 10-7 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

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John Jones Governor Belvidere, 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. Executive
officers and agencies shall not disclose to the public or
publish the home residence or telephone number of a candidate
for judicial office as defined by Section 7-4 of this Article,
as listed in the candidate's statement of candidacy or
nominating petitions, except upon receipt of a written request
to examine or copy the candidate's nominating papers filed with
the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall promptly send to the candidate a copy of each written
request to examine or copy the candidate's nominating papers.
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

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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
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 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

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primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
of committeemen 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.)
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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. 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 500 signatures.
(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the

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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 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

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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
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).

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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.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07;
95-916, eff. 8-26-08.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
mail or in person as follows:
(1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
district which comprises more than one county or is partly in
one county and partly in another county or counties, then,
except as otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State
Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
prior to the date of the primary, but, in the case of petitions
for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election in the
office of representative in Congress from this State, such
petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office
of the State Board of Elections not more than 57 days and not
less than 50 days prior to the date of the primary.
Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, Appellate
or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period preceding the

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92nd day before a general primary election, petitions for
nomination for the office in which the vacancy has occurred
shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of
Elections not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
date of the general primary election.
Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, then
such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 99 and not
less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary; provided,
however, that if the rules or policies of a national political
party conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for
nomination for delegates or alternate delegates to a national
nominating convention, the chairman of the State central
committee of such national political party shall notify the
Board in writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of
the national political party in conflict, and in such case the
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than 69
and not less than 62 days prior to the date of the primary.
(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county office
or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition shall be
filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 99 nor
less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal or
township office, such petitions for nomination shall be filed
in the office of the local election official, not more than 78

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nor less than 71 days prior to the date of the primary;
provided, where a municipality's or township's boundaries are
coextensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
municipal board of election commissioners, the petitions shall
be filed in the office of such board; and provided, that
petitions for the office of multi-township assessor shall be
filed with the election authority.
(4) The petitions of candidates for State central
committeeman shall be filed in the principal office of the
State Board of Elections not more than 99 nor less than 92 days
prior to the date of the primary.
(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or ward
committeemen shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
not more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
primary.
(6) The State Board of Elections and the various election
authorities and local election officials with whom such
petitions for nominations are filed shall specify the place
where filings shall be made and upon receipt shall endorse
thereon the day and hour on which each petition was filed. All
petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on
the first day for filing, or as of the normal opening hour of
the office involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of
8:00 a.m. or the normal opening hour, as the case may be.
Petitions filed by mail and received after midnight of the
first day for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup

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of that day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day
or as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
in the order of actual receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are
received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or the
various election authorities or local election officials with
whom such petitions are filed shall break ties and determine
the order of filing, by means of a lottery or other fair and
impartial method of random selection approved by the State
Board of Elections. Such lottery shall be conducted within 9
days following the last day for petition filing and shall be
open to the public. Seven days written notice of the time and
place of conducting such random selection shall be given by the
State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State central
committee of each established political party, and by each
election authority or local election official, to the County
Chairman of each established political party, and to each
organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction
which was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding
election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of election.
The State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
place, at the entrance of the office, notice of the time and
place of such lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt
rules and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the order

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in which their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have
filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
same office at a later time.
(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
election authority or local election official with whom such a
petition for nomination is filed shall notify the person for
whom a petition for nomination has been filed of the obligation
to file statements of organization, reports of campaign
contributions, and annual reports of campaign contributions
and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. Such notice shall
be given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section
9-16 of this Code.
(8) 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 within
a year preceding the date on which such nomination 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

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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.
(9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
committeeman or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
national nominating convention has been filed may cause his
name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him and
duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or
permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or with
the appropriate election authority or local election official,
not later than the date of certification of candidates for the
consolidated primary or general primary ballot. No names so
withdrawn shall be certified or printed on the primary ballot.
If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person
with respect to more than one political party, his name shall
not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so that the
same person could not serve in more than one of such offices if
elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but
one of such offices within the 5 business days following the
last day for petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a
candidate for all but one of such offices within such time his
name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary ballot,
for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an

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office in a political party is not incompatible with any other
office.
(10) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary shall be held for an established
political party in any township, municipality, or ward
thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party
of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
office.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary election shall be held for an
established political party for any special primary
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the

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office of representative in the United States Congress
where the nomination of such political party for said
office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such established party for
election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
scheduled election day.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to
become a write-in candidate for a political party's
nomination for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
election official with whom nomination papers for such
office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name
and address of the person intending to become a write-in
candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified

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primary elector of the political party from whom the
nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
Section is filed in a timely manner.
(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for a
candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections,
appropriate election authority or local election official
where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings
and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the
notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate
election authority or local election official that he or she
may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies
the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
local election official, the last set of petitions filed shall
be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board
of Elections, election authority or local election official. If
the candidate fails to notify the State Board of Elections,
election authority or local election official then only the
first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent
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(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for public
inspection and shall be preserved for a period of not less than
6 months. No listing of candidates may include the residence
address of a candidate for judicial office. Following the date
of the primary election for which the petition was filed, the
State Board of Elections shall remove the address of a judicial
candidate from any original petition before its inspection and
from any copy of the petition before its receipt by the
individual who ordered the copy.
(Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-873; 86-875; 86-1028; 86-1089;
87-1052.)
(10 ILCS 5/7A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1)
Sec. 7A-1. Any Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge who has
been elected to that office and who seeks to be retained in
that office under subsection (d) of Section 12 of Article VI of
the Constitution shall file a declaration of candidacy to
succeed himself in the office of the Secretary of State on or
before the first Monday in December before the general election
preceding the expiration of his term of office. Within 3
business days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall certify
to the State Board of Elections the names of all incumbent
judges who were eligible to stand for retention at the next
general election but failed to timely file a declaration of
candidacy to succeed themselves in office or, having timely
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agencies shall not disclose to the public or publish the home
residence or telephone number of an incumbent judge, as listed
in the judge's declaration of candidacy, except upon receipt of
a written request to examine or copy the judge's declaration of
candidacy. The State Board of Elections shall promptly send to
the incumbent judge a copy of each written request to examine
or copy the judge's declaration of candidacy. The State Board
of Elections may rely upon the certification from the Secretary
of State (a) to determine when vacancies in judicial office
exist and (b) to determine the judicial positions for which
elections will be held. The Secretary of State, not less than
63 days before the election, shall certify the Judge's
candidacy to the proper election officials. The names of Judges
seeking retention shall be submitted to the electors,
separately and without party designation, on the sole question
whether each Judge shall be retained in office for another
term. The retention elections shall be conducted at general
elections in the appropriate Judicial District, for Supreme and
Appellate Judges, and in the circuit for Circuit Judges. The
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the electors voting on the
question shall elect the Judge to the office for a term
commencing on the first Monday in December following his
election.
No listing of candidates may include the residence address
of a candidate for judicial office. Following the date of the
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filed, the State Board of Elections or Secretary of State shall
remove the address of a judicial candidate from any original
declaration before its inspection and from any copy of the
declaration before its receipt by the individual who ordered
the copy.
(Source: P.A. 86-1348.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-7)
Sec. 10-7. Any person whose name has been presented as a
candidate may cause his name to be withdrawn from any such
nomination by his request in writing, signed by him and duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
acknowledgment of deeds, and presented to the principal office
or permanent branch office of the Board, the election
authority, or the local election official, as the case may be,
not later than the date for certification of candidates for the
ballot. No name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballots
under the party appellation or title from which the candidate
has withdrawn his name. If the name of the same person has been
presented as a candidate for 2 or more offices which are
incompatible so that the same person could not serve in more
than one of such offices if elected, that person must withdraw
as a candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
business days following the last day for petition filing. If he
fails to withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such
offices within such time, his name shall not be certified, nor

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printed on the ballot, for any office. However, nothing in this
section shall be construed as precluding a judge who is seeking
retention in office from also being a candidate for another
judicial office. Except as otherwise herein provided, in case
the certificate of nomination or petition as provided for in
this Article shall contain or exhibit the name of any candidate
for any office upon more than one of said certificates or
petitions (for the same office), then and in that case the
Board or election authority or local election official, as the
case may be, shall immediately notify said candidate of said
fact and that his name appears unlawfully upon more than one of
said certificates or petitions and that within 3 days from the
receipt of said notification, said candidate must elect as to
which of said political party appellations or groups he desires
his name to appear and remain under upon said ballot, and if
said candidate refuses, fails or neglects to make such
election, then and in that case the Board or election authority
or local election official, as the case may be, shall permit
the name of said candidate to appear or be printed or placed
upon said ballot only under the political party appellation or
group appearing on the certificate of nomination or petition,
as the case may be, first filed, and shall strike or cause to
be stricken the name of said candidate from all certificates of
nomination and petitions filed after the first such certificate
of nomination or petition.
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from a new political party petition, it shall constitute a
vacancy in nomination for that office which may be filled in
accordance with Section 10-11 of this Article; provided, that
if the names of all candidates for all offices on a new
political party petition are withdrawn or such petition is
declared invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial review,
no vacancies in nomination for those offices shall exist and
the filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill
vacancies in nomination shall have no legal effect.
Whenever the name of an independent candidate for an office
is withdrawn or an independent candidate's petition is declared
invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial review, no
vacancy in nomination for that office shall exist and the
filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill a vacancy
in nomination shall have no legal effect.
All certificates of nomination and nomination papers when
presented or filed shall be open, under proper regulation, to
public inspection, and the State Board of Elections and the
several election authorities and local election officials
having charge of nomination papers shall preserve the same in
their respective offices not less than 6 months. No listing of
candidates may include the residence address of a candidate for
judicial office. Following the date of the primary election for
which the petition was filed, the State Board of Elections
shall remove the address of a judicial candidate from any
original petition before its inspection and from any copy of

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the petition before its receipt by the individual who ordered
the copy.
(Source: P.A. 86-875.)
Section 10. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
changing Section 20 as follows:
(15 ILCS 405/20) (from Ch. 15, par. 220)
Sec. 20. Annual report. The comptroller shall annually, as
soon as possible after the close of the fiscal year but no
later than December 31, make out and present to the Governor,
the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives a report,
showing the amount of warrants drawn on the treasury, on other
funds held by the State Treasurer and on any public funds held
by State agencies, during the preceding fiscal year, and
stating, particularly, on what account they were drawn, and if
drawn on the contingent fund, to whom and for what they were
issued. He shall, also, at the same time, report to the
Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives the amount of
money received into the treasury, into other funds held by the
State Treasurer and into any other funds held by State agencies
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source from which the same may be derived, and also a general
account of all the business of his office during the preceding
fiscal year. The report shall also summarize for the previous
fiscal year the information required under Section 19.
Within 60 days after the expiration of each calendar year,
the comptroller shall compile, from records maintained and
available in his office, a list of all persons including those
employed in the office of the comptroller, who have been
employed by the State during the past calendar year and paid
from funds in the hands of the State Treasurer.
The list shall be arranged according to counties and shall
state in alphabetical order the name of each employee, the
address in the county in which he votes, except as specified
below, the position and the total salary paid to him during the
past calendar year. For judges stated in Article VI of the
Constitution and persons employed by the Department of
Corrections, Department of Children and Family Services and the
Department of State Police no address shall be listed. The list
so compiled and arranged shall be kept on file in the office of
the comptroller and be open to inspection by the public at all
times.
No person who utilizes the names obtained from this list
for solicitation shall represent that such solicitation is
authorized by any officer or agency of the State of Illinois.
Violation of this provision is a Business Offense punishable by
a fine not to exceed $3,000.

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(Source: P.A. 86-1003.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.