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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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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 State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Article 7 and Section 7-5 and changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 50-5 as follows:
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7 | (5 ILCS 430/Art. 7 heading new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ARTICLE 7. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (5 ILCS 430/7-5 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Sec. 7-5. Continuing education for public officials. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) Each public official who, on or after the effective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | elected or appointed to office must complete at his or her own | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | expense the 8-hour continuing education program established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | under subsection (b) of this Section within 2 years after the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | date he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | thereafter for as long as he or she remains a public official. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | However, a public official who is elected or appointed to more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | than one public office must complete the 8-hour continuing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | education program established under subsection (b) of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section only once every 2 years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (b) Econ Illinois-Illinois Council on Economic Education, |
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1 | located at Northern Illinois University, shall establish, and | ||||||
2 | the Illinois Community College Board shall approve, an 8-hour | ||||||
3 | continuing education program for public officials. The | ||||||
4 | continuing education program curriculum shall consist of | ||||||
5 | courses focusing on economic theories and the interaction | ||||||
6 | between economic theory and governmental policy, including, | ||||||
7 | but not limited to, the impact of government policy on | ||||||
8 | individuals and businesses. | ||||||
9 | (c) A public official who fails to timely complete the | ||||||
10 | continuing education program required under this Section is | ||||||
11 | subject to the penalties specified in subsection (e) of Section | ||||||
12 | 50-5 of this Act, and if that official does not timely pay the | ||||||
13 | fine levied under that Section and complete the continuing | ||||||
14 | education program, then he or she may not subsequently be | ||||||
15 | elected or appointed to public office. | ||||||
16 | (d) For the purposes of this subsection (d), "public | ||||||
17 | official" means the Governor, a member of the General Assembly, | ||||||
18 | and any of the corporate authorities of a county or | ||||||
19 | municipality.
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20 | (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
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21 | Sec. 50-5. Penalties. | ||||||
22 | (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that | ||||||
23 | person intentionally
violates any provision of Section 5-15, | ||||||
24 | 5-30, 5-40, or 5-45 or Article 15.
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25 | (a-1) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine |
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1 | for a violation of Section 5-45 of this Act of up to 3 times the | ||||||
2 | total annual compensation that would have been obtained in | ||||||
3 | violation of Section 5-45. | ||||||
4 | (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
of | ||||||
5 | Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business | ||||||
6 | offense
subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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7 | (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of | ||||||
8 | Article 10 is
guilty of a business
offense and subject to a | ||||||
9 | fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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10 | (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report | ||||||
11 | alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
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12 | commission,
an inspector general,
the State Police, a State's | ||||||
13 | Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement | ||||||
14 | official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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15 | (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of | ||||||
16 | up to $5,000
against any person
who violates this Act, who | ||||||
17 | intentionally obstructs or interferes with an
investigation
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18 | conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
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19 | intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith | ||||||
20 | allegation.
A person who violates Section 7-5 and is not | ||||||
21 | subject to the jurisdiction of an ethics commission is guilty | ||||||
22 | of a business offense and is subject to a fine of up to $5,000.
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23 | (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply, | ||||||
24 | whether criminal or
civil, a State employee who intentionally | ||||||
25 | violates
any provision of Section 5-5, 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35, | ||||||
26 | 5-45, or 5-50, Article 10,
Article 15, or Section 20-90 or |
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1 | 25-90 is subject to discipline or discharge by
the
appropriate | |||||||||||
2 | ultimate
jurisdictional authority.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)
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4 | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||
5 | Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-5, and 10-8 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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3 | Name.................. Address.......................
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4 | State of Illinois)
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5 | ) ss.
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6 | County of........)
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7 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | |||||||||||
8 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | |||||||||||
9 | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | |||||||||||
10 | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
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11 | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | |||||||||||
12 | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | |||||||||||
13 | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | |||||||||||
14 | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | |||||||||||
15 | stated, as above set forth.
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16 | .........................
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17 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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18 | .........................
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19 | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | |||||||||||
20 | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | |||||||||||
21 | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | |||||||||||
22 | heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or | |||||||||||
23 | candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the |
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1 | office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | ||||||
2 | and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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3 | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors | ||||||
4 | residing
in the political division for which the nomination is | ||||||
5 | sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the | ||||||
6 | signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be | ||||||
7 | written or printed. The residence address
required to be | ||||||
8 | written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
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9 | name shall include the street address or rural route number of | ||||||
10 | the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, | ||||||
11 | and city, village or
town, and state.
However the county or | ||||||
12 | city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors | ||||||
13 | may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors | ||||||
14 | signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
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15 | or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in | ||||||
16 | writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. | ||||||
17 | At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a | ||||||
18 | circulator statement signed by
a person 18 years of age or | ||||||
19 | older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street | ||||||
20 | address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as | ||||||
21 | the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying | ||||||
22 | that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed | ||||||
23 | in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are | ||||||
24 | genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that | ||||||
25 | sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last | ||||||
26 | dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that |
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1 | none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
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2 | days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and | ||||||
3 | certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief | ||||||
4 | the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the | ||||||
5 | petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a | ||||||
6 | nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before | ||||||
7 | some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
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8 | No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days | ||||||
9 | preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing | ||||||
10 | of such petition.
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11 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
12 | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
13 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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14 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||||||
15 | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
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16 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
17 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
18 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
19 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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20 | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||||||
21 | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||||||
22 | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
23 | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
24 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
25 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | ||||||
26 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election |
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1 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | |||||||||||||||
2 | shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | |||||||||||||||
3 | voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | |||||||||||||||
4 | duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | |||||||||||||||
5 | thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates | |||||||||||||||
6 | filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | |||||||||||||||
7 | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate and , the | |||||||||||||||
8 | office for which he is a candidate ; , shall state
that the | |||||||||||||||
9 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | |||||||||||||||
10 | the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | |||||||||||||||
11 | (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | |||||||||||||||
12 | that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | |||||||||||||||
13 | licensed attorney-at-law of this State) ; , shall state
that he | |||||||||||||||
14 | has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | |||||||||||||||
15 | period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | |||||||||||||||
16 | Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act ; shall state that he or she is | |||||||||||||||
17 | not barred from being elected or appointed to public office by | |||||||||||||||
18 | subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and | |||||||||||||||
19 | Employees Ethics Act; , shall request that the candidate's name | |||||||||||||||
20 | be placed upon the official
ballot ; , and shall be subscribed | |||||||||||||||
21 | and sworn to by such candidate before some
officer authorized | |||||||||||||||
22 | to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
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23 | substantially the following form:
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24 | Statement of Candidacy
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3 | State of Illinois)
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5 | County of .......)
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6 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | |||||||||||||||
7 | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | |||||||||||||||
8 | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | |||||||||||||||
9 | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | |||||||||||||||
10 | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
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11 | committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | |||||||||||||||
12 | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | |||||||||||||||
13 | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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14 | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | |||||||||||||||
15 | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | |||||||||||||||
16 | such office ; that I am not barred from being elected or | |||||||||||||||
17 | appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of | |||||||||||||||
18 | the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I
have | |||||||||||||||
19 | filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing | |||||||||||||||
20 | period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | |||||||||||||||
21 | Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my | |||||||||||||||
22 | name be printed
upon the official primary ballot for nomination | |||||||||||||||
23 | for (or election to in
the case of committeemen and delegates | |||||||||||||||
24 | and alternate delegates) such
office.
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25 | Signed ......................
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1 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
2 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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3 | Signed ....................
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4 | (Official Character)
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5 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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6 | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | ||||||
7 | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | ||||||
8 | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | ||||||
9 | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | ||||||
10 | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | ||||||
11 | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | ||||||
12 | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | ||||||
13 | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
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14 | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||||||
15 | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||||||
16 | his or her petition for nomination.
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17 | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
18 | convention. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | ||||||
19 | as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
20 | convention elected from the State at-large,
then the | ||||||
21 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | ||||||
22 | but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
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23 | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||||||
24 | national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
25 | United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or |
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1 | alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating | ||||||
2 | convention elected from a congressional district, then the
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3 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
4 | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | ||||||
5 | electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional | ||||||
6 | district. In the first primary election following a
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7 | redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's | ||||||
8 | petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of | ||||||
9 | qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party | ||||||
10 | in his or her congressional district.
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11 | (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | ||||||
12 | countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | ||||||
13 | chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | ||||||
14 | basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | ||||||
15 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | ||||||
16 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||||||
17 | her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | ||||||
18 | in his or her county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county | ||||||
19 | board member elected from a county board district, 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
in the
county board district. In | ||||||
23 | the first primary election following a redistricting
of county | ||||||
24 | board districts or the initial establishment of county board
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25 | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | ||||||
26 | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the |
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1 | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | ||||||
2 | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | ||||||
3 | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | ||||||
4 | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of | ||||||
5 | signatures be less than 25.
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6 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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7 | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | ||||||
8 | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
9 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
10 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
11 | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | ||||||
12 | Cook County.
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13 | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | ||||||
14 | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
15 | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | ||||||
16 | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | ||||||
17 | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | ||||||
18 | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | ||||||
19 | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
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20 | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||||||
21 | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||||||
22 | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | ||||||
23 | general election divided by the total number of county | ||||||
24 | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | ||||||
25 | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
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26 | (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board |
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1 | of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | ||||||
2 | pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property | ||||||
3 | Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | ||||||
4 | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
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5 | the total number of registered voters in his or her board | ||||||
6 | of
review district in the last general election at which a | ||||||
7 | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
8 | that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | ||||||
9 | of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | ||||||
10 | for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
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11 | under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | ||||||
12 | primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | ||||||
13 | Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | ||||||
14 | nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | ||||||
15 | least the number of signatures required for a countywide | ||||||
16 | candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | ||||||
17 | qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
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18 | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
19 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
20 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
21 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||||||
22 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||||||
23 | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | ||||||
24 | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||||||
25 | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | ||||||
26 | electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary |
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1 | election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | ||||||
2 | trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | ||||||
3 | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | ||||||
4 | nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at | ||||||
5 | least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate | ||||||
6 | of
that political party who received the highest number of | ||||||
7 | votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | ||||||
8 | at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
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9 | the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | ||||||
10 | districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | ||||||
11 | than 25.
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12 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
13 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
14 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | ||||||
15 | the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
16 | congressional district.
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17 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | ||||||
18 | for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | ||||||
19 | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | ||||||
20 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | ||||||
21 | to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
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22 | sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | ||||||
23 | sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | ||||||
24 | then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | ||||||
25 | least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | ||||||
26 | electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary |
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1 | district. In
the
first primary election following | ||||||
2 | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | ||||||
3 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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4 | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward | ||||||
5 | of that
sanitary district.
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6 | (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
7 | judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | ||||||
8 | for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | ||||||
9 | 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | ||||||
10 | candidate for his or her political party for the office of | ||||||
11 | Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | ||||||
12 | elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | ||||||
13 | candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | ||||||
14 | subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | ||||||
15 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | ||||||
16 | of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | ||||||
17 | political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | ||||||
18 | last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | ||||||
19 | circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | ||||||
20 | but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in circuits and | ||||||
21 | subcircuits located in the First Judicial District or 500 | ||||||
22 | signatures in every other Judicial District.
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23 | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a | ||||||
24 | candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the | ||||||
25 | candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | ||||||
26 | signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the |
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1 | precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
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2 | then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no | ||||||
3 | less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary | ||||||
4 | electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% | ||||||
5 | of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of | ||||||
6 | signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is | ||||||
7 | greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township | ||||||
8 | committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination | ||||||
9 | must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% | ||||||
10 | of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, | ||||||
11 | but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the | ||||||
12 | maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum | ||||||
13 | number, whichever is greater.
| ||||||
14 | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
15 | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||||||
16 | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||||||
17 | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||||||
18 | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | ||||||
19 | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||||||
20 | comprising the counties.
| ||||||
21 | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||||||
22 | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
23 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
24 | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | ||||||
25 | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
| ||||||
26 | whichever is greater.
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1 | For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | ||||||
2 | shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | ||||||
3 | applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | ||||||
4 | who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the | ||||||
5 | last general election in the State at which electors for
| ||||||
6 | President of the United States were elected. For political | ||||||
7 | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||||||
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 political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||||||
11 | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
12 | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||||||
13 | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
| ||||||
14 | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||||||
15 | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||||||
16 | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||||||
17 | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward | ||||||
18 | or district.
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19 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||||||
20 | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||||||
21 | party.
| ||||||
22 | The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
23 | the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | ||||||
24 | except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
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25 | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||||||
26 | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the |
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1 | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||||||
2 | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | ||||||
3 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | ||||||
4 | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
| ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 96-1018, eff. 1-1-11; 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
| ||||||
6 | (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
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7 | Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | ||||||
8 | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary | ||||||
9 | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed | ||||||
10 | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such | ||||||
11 | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by | ||||||
12 | Section 7-10.1 of
this Act and a statement of candidacy by the | ||||||
13 | candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. This | ||||||
14 | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | ||||||
15 | office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the | ||||||
16 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which | ||||||
17 | the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified , is | ||||||
18 | not barred from being elected or appointed to public office by | ||||||
19 | subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and | ||||||
20 | Employees Ethics Act, and
has filed a statement of economic | ||||||
21 | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, | ||||||
22 | shall request that the candidate's name be
placed upon the | ||||||
23 | official ballot and shall be subscribed and sworn by
such | ||||||
24 | candidate before some officer authorized to take | ||||||
25 | acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and may be in |
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1 | substantially the following form:
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2 | State of Illinois)
| ||||||
3 | ) ss.
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4 | County ..........)
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5 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
6 | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... | ||||||
7 | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a | ||||||
8 | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate | ||||||
9 | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the | ||||||
10 | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally | ||||||
11 | qualified to hold such office ; that I am not barred from being | ||||||
12 | elected or appointed to public office by subsection (c) of | ||||||
13 | Section 7-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; | ||||||
14 | and
that I have filed a statement of economic interests as | ||||||
15 | required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby | ||||||
16 | request that my name be
printed upon the official primary | ||||||
17 | ballot for nomination for such office.
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18 | Signed ....................
| ||||||
19 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
20 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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21 | Signed .... (Official Character)
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22 | (Seal if officer has one.)
| ||||||
23 | The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating | ||||||
24 | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic | ||||||
25 | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act must | ||||||
26 | be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in |
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| |||||||
1 | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
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2 | All petitions for nomination for the office of State | ||||||
3 | Senator shall be signed
by at least 1,000 but not more than | ||||||
4 | 3,000 of the qualified primary electors of
the candidate's | ||||||
5 | party in his legislative district.
| ||||||
6 | All petitions for nomination for the office of | ||||||
7 | Representative in the General
Assembly shall be signed by at | ||||||
8 | least 500 but not more than 1,500 of
the qualified primary | ||||||
9 | electors of the candidate's party in his or her
representative | ||||||
10 | district.
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11 | Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector | ||||||
12 | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State | ||||||
13 | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence | ||||||
14 | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address | ||||||
15 | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
| ||||||
16 | primary elector's name shall include the street address or | ||||||
17 | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well | ||||||
18 | as the signer's county
and city, village or town.
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19 | For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary | ||||||
20 | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
21 | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political | ||||||
22 | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at | ||||||
23 | the last general election in the State at which
electors for | ||||||
24 | President of the United States were elected.
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25 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign | ||||||
26 | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one |
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1 | party.
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2 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition | ||||||
3 | circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who | ||||||
4 | is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her | ||||||
5 | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as | ||||||
6 | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; | ||||||
7 | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the | ||||||
8 | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify | ||||||
9 | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that to the | ||||||
10 | best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing | ||||||
11 | were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary | ||||||
12 | voters for which the
nomination is sought.
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13 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the | ||||||
14 | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on | ||||||
15 | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the | ||||||
16 | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) | ||||||
17 | certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were signed | ||||||
18 | more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
of the | ||||||
19 | petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 | ||||||
20 | days
preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the | ||||||
21 | filing of such petition.
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22 | All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board of | ||||||
23 | Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been signed | ||||||
24 | by the voters and by the
circulator, and not photocopies or | ||||||
25 | duplicates of such sheets.
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26 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on |
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| |||||||
1 | whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
2 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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3 | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||||||
4 | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
| ||||||
5 | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a | ||||||
6 | certification
listing the page number and line number of | ||||||
7 | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | ||||||
8 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
| ||||||
10 | (10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 10-5.
All petitions for nomination shall,
besides | ||||||
12 | containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
| ||||||
13 | 1. The office or offices to which such candidate or | ||||||
14 | candidates shall
be nominated.
| ||||||
15 | 2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed | ||||||
16 | in not more than 5
words. However, such party shall not bear | ||||||
17 | the same name as, nor include
the name of any established | ||||||
18 | political party as defined in this Article.
This prohibition | ||||||
19 | does not preclude any established political party from
making | ||||||
20 | nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
| ||||||
21 | 3. The place of residence of any such candidate or | ||||||
22 | candidates with
the street and number thereof, if any. In the | ||||||
23 | case of electors for
President and Vice-President of the United | ||||||
24 | States, the names of
candidates for President and | ||||||
25 | Vice-President may be added to the party
name or appellation.
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1 | Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in | ||||||
2 | addition shall
include as a part thereof, the oath required by | ||||||
3 | Section 7-10.1 of this
Act and must include a statement of | ||||||
4 | candidacy for each of the candidates named
therein, except | ||||||
5 | candidates for electors for President and Vice-President
of the | ||||||
6 | United States. Each such statement shall set out the address of
| ||||||
7 | such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall | ||||||
8 | state that
the candidate is qualified for the office specified , | ||||||
9 | is not barred from being elected or appointed to public office | ||||||
10 | by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and | ||||||
11 | Employees Ethics Act, and has filed (or will
file before the | ||||||
12 | close of the petition filing period) a
statement of economic | ||||||
13 | interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, | ||||||
14 | shall request that the candidate's name be placed upon the
| ||||||
15 | official ballot and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such | ||||||
16 | candidate
before some officer authorized to take | ||||||
17 | acknowledgments of deeds in this
State, and may be in | ||||||
18 | substantially the following form:
| ||||||
19 | State of Illinois)
| ||||||
20 | ) SS.
| ||||||
21 | County of........)
| ||||||
22 | I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at.... | ||||||
23 | street, in
the city (or village) of.... in the county of.... | ||||||
24 | State of Illinois;
and that I am a qualified voter therein; | ||||||
25 | that I am a candidate for
election to the office of.... to be | ||||||
26 | voted upon at the election to be
held on the.... day |
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1 | of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified
to hold such | ||||||
2 | office ; that I am not barred from being elected or appointed to | ||||||
3 | public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State | ||||||
4 | Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have filed (or | ||||||
5 | will file before the close
of the petition filing period) a | ||||||
6 | statement of economic
interests as required by the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Governmental Ethics Act, and I
hereby request that my name be | ||||||
8 | printed upon the official ballot for
election to such office.
| ||||||
9 | Signed.................
| ||||||
10 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who | ||||||
11 | is to me
personally known, this.... day of....,......
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12 | Signed.................
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13 | (Official Character)
| ||||||
14 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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15 | In addition, a new political party petition shall have | ||||||
16 | attached thereto
a certificate stating the names and addresses | ||||||
17 | of the party officers authorized
to fill vacancies in | ||||||
18 | nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
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19 | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if | ||||||
20 | the
candidate named therein fails to file a statement of | ||||||
21 | economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental | ||||||
22 | Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with the appropriate | ||||||
23 | officer by the end of the period for the
filing of nomination | ||||||
24 | papers unless he has filed a statement of economic
interests in | ||||||
25 | relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
during | ||||||
26 | the same calendar year as the year in which such nomination
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| |||||||
1 | papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate | ||||||
2 | and the
statement of economic interest of that candidate are | ||||||
3 | not required to be
filed with the same officer, the candidate | ||||||
4 | must file with the officer
with whom the nomination papers are | ||||||
5 | filed a receipt from the officer
with whom the statement of | ||||||
6 | economic interests is filed showing the date
on which such | ||||||
7 | statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not
later | ||||||
8 | than the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
| ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
| ||||||
10 | (10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
| ||||||
11 | Sec. 10-8.
Certificates of nomination and nomination | ||||||
12 | papers, and
petitions to submit public questions to a | ||||||
13 | referendum, being filed as
required by this Code, and being in | ||||||
14 | apparent conformity with the
provisions of this Act, shall be | ||||||
15 | deemed to be valid unless objection
thereto is duly made in | ||||||
16 | writing within 5 business days after the last day for
filing | ||||||
17 | the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
| ||||||
18 | for a public question, with the following exceptions:
| ||||||
19 | A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
| ||||||
20 | Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a | ||||||
21 | period of 35
business days after the last day for the | ||||||
22 | filing of such
petitions in which objections can be filed.
| ||||||
23 | B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of | ||||||
24 | public policy to be
submitted to the voters of the entire | ||||||
25 | State, there shall be a period of
35 business days after |
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1 | the last day for the filing of such
petitions in which | ||||||
2 | objections can be filed.
| ||||||
3 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
4 | the electoral board designated in Section 10-9 for the purpose | ||||||
5 | of hearing and passing upon objector's petitions shall | ||||||
6 | independently verify that no candidate under its jurisdiction | ||||||
7 | is barred from being elected or appointed under subsection (c) | ||||||
8 | of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. | ||||||
9 | If the electoral board finds that a candidate is barred from | ||||||
10 | being elected or appointed under subsection (c) of Section 7-5 | ||||||
11 | of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, then that | ||||||
12 | candidate shall be removed from the ballot regardless of | ||||||
13 | whether or not an objection has been filed. Such a finding by | ||||||
14 | the electoral board is subject to judicial review as provided | ||||||
15 | in Section 10-10.1. | ||||||
16 | Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district in | ||||||
17 | which the
candidate or public question is to be voted on, or | ||||||
18 | any legal voter in
the State in the case of a proposed | ||||||
19 | amendment to Article IV of the
Constitution or an advisory | ||||||
20 | public question to be submitted to the
voters of the entire | ||||||
21 | State, having objections to any certificate of nomination
or | ||||||
22 | nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's | ||||||
23 | petition
together with 2 copies thereof in the principal office | ||||||
24 | or the permanent branch
office of the State Board of Elections, | ||||||
25 | or in the office of the election
authority or local election | ||||||
26 | official with whom the certificate of
nomination, nomination |
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| |||||||
1 | papers or petitions are on file. Objection petitions that do | ||||||
2 | not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be accepted.
In the | ||||||
3 | case of nomination papers or certificates of nomination,
the | ||||||
4 | State Board of Elections, election authority or local election | ||||||
5 | official
shall note the day and hour upon which such objector's
| ||||||
6 | petition is filed, and shall, not later than 12:00
noon on the | ||||||
7 | second business day after receipt of the
petition, transmit by | ||||||
8 | registered mail or receipted
personal delivery the certificate | ||||||
9 | of nomination or nomination papers and
the original objector's | ||||||
10 | petition to the chairman of the proper electoral
board | ||||||
11 | designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and
| ||||||
12 | shall transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal | ||||||
13 | delivery
of the objector's petition, to the candidate whose | ||||||
14 | certificate of nomination
or nomination papers are objected to, | ||||||
15 | addressed to the place of residence
designated in said | ||||||
16 | certificate of nomination or nomination papers. In the
case of | ||||||
17 | objections to a petition for a proposed amendment to Article IV | ||||||
18 | of
the Constitution or for an advisory public question to be | ||||||
19 | submitted to the
voters of the entire State, the State Board of | ||||||
20 | Elections shall note the day
and hour upon which such | ||||||
21 | objector's petition is filed and shall transmit a
copy of the | ||||||
22 | objector's petition by registered mail or receipted personal
| ||||||
23 | delivery to the person designated on a certificate attached to | ||||||
24 | the petition
as the principal proponent of such proposed | ||||||
25 | amendment or public question,
or as the proponents' attorney, | ||||||
26 | for the purpose of receiving notice of
objections. In the case |
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1 | of objections to a petition for a public question,
to be | ||||||
2 | submitted to the voters of a political subdivision, or district
| ||||||
3 | thereof, the election authority or local election official with | ||||||
4 | whom such
petition is filed shall note the day and hour upon | ||||||
5 | which such
objector's petition was filed, and shall, not later | ||||||
6 | than 12:00 noon on the
second business day after receipt of the | ||||||
7 | petition,
transmit by registered mail or receipted personal | ||||||
8 | delivery
the petition for the public question and the original | ||||||
9 | objector's petition
to the chairman of the proper electoral | ||||||
10 | board designated in Section 10-9
hereof, or his authorized | ||||||
11 | agent, and shall transmit a copy by
registered mail or | ||||||
12 | receipted personal delivery, of the objector's petition
to the | ||||||
13 | person designated on a certificate attached to the petition as | ||||||
14 | the
principal proponent of the public question, or as the | ||||||
15 | proponent's attorney,
for the purposes of receiving notice of | ||||||
16 | objections.
| ||||||
17 | The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and | ||||||
18 | residence
address, and shall state fully the nature of the | ||||||
19 | objections to the
certificate of nomination or nomination | ||||||
20 | papers or petitions in question,
and shall state the interest | ||||||
21 | of the objector and shall state what relief
is requested of the | ||||||
22 | electoral board.
| ||||||
23 | The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10 | ||||||
24 | and
10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to | ||||||
25 | petitions for
nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8, | ||||||
26 | except as otherwise
provided in Section 7-13 for cases to which |
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| |||||||
1 | it is applicable, and also
apply to and govern petitions for | ||||||
2 | the submission of public questions under
Article 28.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
|