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| Public Act 096-1018 | |||||
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||
Sections 7-10, 7-19, 7-46, 7-52, 7-53, and 24B-6 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
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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:
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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).
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Name.................. Address.......................
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State of Illinois)
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County of........)
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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
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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.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | |||||||||||
candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | |||||||||||
and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | |||||||||||
heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or | |||||||||||
candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the | ||
office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | ||
and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
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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
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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
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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 | ||
none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
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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.
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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.
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The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||
whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||
signature from the petition,
provided that:
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(1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | ||
petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
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(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.
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Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | ||
together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||
fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||
manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||
The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||
to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | ||
sheets which are filed with the proper local election | ||||||||||||||||||||||
officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | ||||||||||||||||||||||
shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||
voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | ||||||||||||||||||||||
duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | ||||||||||||||||||||||
thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates | ||||||||||||||||||||||
filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | ||||||||||||||||||||||
statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||
office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the | ||||||||||||||||||||||
candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | ||||||||||||||||||||||
the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | ||||||||||||||||||||||
that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | ||||||||||||||||||||||
licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he | ||||||||||||||||||||||
has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the | ||||||||||||||||||||||
candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||
be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
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officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||
and shall be in
substantially the following form:
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Statement of Candidacy
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State of Illinois)
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County of .......)
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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
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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
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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 | ||
primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case | ||
of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
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office.
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Signed ......................
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Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||
who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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Signed ....................
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(Official Character)
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(Seal, if officer has one.)
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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.
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A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||
obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||
his or her petition for nomination.
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(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||
convention. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | ||
as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | ||
convention elected from the State at-large,
then the | ||
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | ||
but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
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(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
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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
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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.
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(c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | ||
countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | ||
chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | ||
basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | ||
petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | ||
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | ||
her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | ||
in his or her county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county | ||
board member elected from a county board district, then
the | ||
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | ||
number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | ||
electors of his or her party
in the
county board district. In | ||
the first primary election following a redistricting
of county | ||
board districts or the initial establishment of county board
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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.
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(d) County office; Cook County only.
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(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.
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(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
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nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | ||
equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party | ||
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.
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(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
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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
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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.
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(e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | ||
run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||
petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of | ||
his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||
candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | ||
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | ||
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | ||
electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | ||
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
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the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | ||
districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | ||
than 25.
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(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.
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(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
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sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | ||
sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | ||
then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | ||
least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | ||
electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | ||
district. In
the
first primary election following | ||
redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | ||
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward | ||
of that
sanitary district.
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(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.
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(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a | ||
candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the | ||
candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | ||
signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the | ||
precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
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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.
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(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.
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(k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||
office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||
contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||
registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | ||
division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
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whichever is greater.
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For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | ||
shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | ||
applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | ||
who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the | ||
last general election in the State at which electors for
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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
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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.
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A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||
party.
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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. In the case of the offices of | ||
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | ||
one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
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(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; | ||
95-916, eff. 8-26-08.)
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(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
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Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for | ||
each precinct shall be
arranged and printed substantially in | ||
the manner following:
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1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be | ||
printed in
large capital letters, words designating the ballot, | ||
if a Republican
ballot, the designating words shall be: | ||
"REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if
a Democratic ballot the | ||
designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT"; and in | ||
like manner for each political party.
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2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not | ||
less
than one inch below designating words, the name of each | ||
office to be
filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such | ||
names may be printed on
the ballot either in a single column or | ||
in 2 or more columns and in the
following order, to-wit:
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President of the United States, State offices, | ||
congressional offices,
delegates and alternate delegates to be | ||
elected from the State at large
to National nominating | ||
conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to
be elected | ||
from congressional districts to National nominating
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conventions, member or members of the State central committee, | ||
trustees of sanitary
districts, county offices, judicial | ||
officers, city, village and
incorporated town offices, town | ||
offices, or of such of the said offices
as candidates are to be | ||
nominated for at such primary, and precinct,
township or ward | ||
committeemen. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing | ||
offices to and including member of the State central committee
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shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices, | ||
as
defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in | ||
the second column.
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Below the name of each office shall be printed in small | ||
letters the
directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not | ||
more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no candidate | ||
or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons | ||
file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, | ||
then below the title of that office the election authority | ||
instead shall print "No Candidate".
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Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or | ||
alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention shall | ||
appear either (a)
the name of the
candidate's preference for | ||
President of the United States or the word
"uncommitted" or (b) | ||
no official designation, depending upon the action
taken by the | ||
State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
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Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital | ||
letters the
names of all candidates, arranged in the order in | ||
which their petitions
for nominations were filed, except as | ||
otherwise provided in Sections
7-14 and 7-17 of this Article. | ||
Opposite and in front of the name of each
candidate shall be | ||
printed a square and all squares upon the primary
ballot shall | ||
be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for | ||
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed | ||
within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front | ||
of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates
under | ||
each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall | ||
separate
the names of candidates for one office from the names | ||
of candidates for
another office, to avoid confusion and to | ||
permit the writing in of the
names of other candidates.
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Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||
used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||
required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||
is applicable.
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(Source: P.A. 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
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(10 ILCS 5/7-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-46)
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Sec. 7-46.
On receiving from the primary judges a primary | ||
ballot of his
party, the primary elector shall forthwith and | ||
without leaving the polling
place, retire alone to one of the | ||
voting booths and prepare such primary
ballot by marking a | ||
cross (X) in the square in front of and opposite the
name of | ||
each candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, and | ||
for
delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating | ||
conventions, and
for committeemen, if committeemen are being | ||
elected at such primary. A cross (X) in the square in front of | ||
the bracket enclosing the names of a team of candidates for | ||
Governor and Lieutenant Governor counts as one vote for each of | ||
those candidates.
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Any primary elector may, instead of voting for any | ||
candidate for
nomination or for committeeman or for delegate or | ||
alternate delegate to
national nominating conventions, whose | ||
name is printed on the primary
ballot, write in the name of any | ||
other person affiliated with such party as
a candidate for the | ||
nomination for any office, or for committeeman, or for
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delegates or alternate delegates to national nominating | ||
conventions, and
indicate his choice of such candidate or | ||
committeeman or delegate or
alternate delegate, by placing to | ||
the left of and opposite the name thus
written a square and | ||
placing in the square a cross (X). A primary elector, however, | ||
may not by this method vote separately for Governor and | ||
Lieutenant Governor but must write in the names of candidates | ||
of his or her choice for both offices and indicate his or her | ||
choice of those names by placing a single square to the left of | ||
those names and placing in that square a cross (X).
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Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||
used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | ||
required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||
is applicable.
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(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
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(10 ILCS 5/7-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-52)
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Sec. 7-52.
Immediately upon closing the polls, the primary | ||
judges
shall proceed to canvass the votes in the manner | ||
following:
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(1) They shall separate and count the ballots of each | ||
political
party.
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(2) They shall then proceed to ascertain the number of | ||
names entered
on the applications for
ballot under each party
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affiliation.
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(3) If the primary ballots of any political party exceed
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the number of applications for ballot by
voters of such | ||
political party, the primary ballots of such
political party | ||
shall be folded and replaced in the ballot box, the box
closed, | ||
well shaken and again opened and one of the primary judges, who
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shall be blindfolded, shall draw out so many of the primary
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ballots of such political party as shall be equal to such | ||
excess. Such
excess ballots shall be marked "Excess-Not | ||
Counted" and signed by a majority
of the judges and
shall be | ||
placed in the "After 6:00 p.m. Defective Ballots Envelope".
The | ||
number of excess ballots shall be noted in the remarks section | ||
of the Certificate
of Results. "Excess" ballots shall not be | ||
counted in the total of "defective"
ballots;
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(4) The primary judges shall then proceed to count the
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primary ballots of each political party separately; and as the | ||
primary judges
shall open and read the primary ballots, 3 of | ||
the judges shall carefully
and correctly mark upon separate | ||
tally sheets the votes which each
candidate of the party whose | ||
name is written or printed on the primary
ballot has received, | ||
in a separate column for that purpose, with the
name of such | ||
candidate, the name of his political party and the name of
the | ||
office for which he is a candidate for nomination at the head | ||
of
such column. The same column, however, shall be used for | ||
both names of the same team of candidates for Governor and | ||
Lieutenant Governor.
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Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||
used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | ||
required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||
is applicable.
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(Source: P.A. 80-484.)
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(10 ILCS 5/7-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
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Sec. 7-53.
As soon as the ballots of a political party | ||
shall have
been read and the votes of the political party | ||
counted, as provided in
the last above section, the 3 judges in | ||
charge of the tally sheets shall
foot up the tally sheets so as | ||
to show the total number of votes cast
for each candidate of | ||
the political party and for each candidate for
State Central | ||
committeeman and precinct committeeman, township
committeeman | ||
or ward committeeman, and delegate and alternate delegate
to | ||
National nominating conventions, and certify the same to be | ||
correct.
Thereupon, the primary judges shall set down in a | ||
certificate of results
on the tally sheet, under the name of | ||
the political party, the name of
each candidate voted for upon | ||
the primary ballot, written at full
length, the name of the | ||
office for which he is a candidate for
nomination or for | ||
committeeman, or delegate or alternate delegate to
National | ||
nominating conventions, the total number of votes which the
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candidate received, and they shall also set down the total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
number of
ballots voted by the primary electors of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
political party in the
precinct. The certificate of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
shall be made substantially in the
following form:
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................ Party
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At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) *township of
...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
in the city of .... on (insert
date), the primary electors of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
the ....
party voted .... ballots, and the respective | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
candidates whose names were
written or printed on the primary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ballot of the .... party, received
respectively the following | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
votes:
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*Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
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And so on for each candidate.
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We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
correct.
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Dated (insert date).
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Name Address
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Name Address
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Name Address
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Name Address
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Name Address
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Judges of Primary
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Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||
used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||
required or authorized by
Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever | ||
is applicable.
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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24B-6) | ||
Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic | ||
Precinct
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System; | ||
Absentee
Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information, | ||
shall, as far
as practicable, be in the order of arrangement | ||
provided for paper
ballots, except that the information may be | ||
in vertical or
horizontal rows, or on a number of separate | ||
pages or displays on the marking
device. Ballots for
all | ||
questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided
in | ||
a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or | ||
marking
device in
the places provided for such purposes. | ||
Ballots shall be of white
paper unless provided otherwise by | ||
administrative rule of the State Board of
Elections or | ||
otherwise specified. | ||
All propositions, including but not limited to | ||
propositions
calling for a constitutional convention, | ||
constitutional
amendment, judicial retention, and public | ||
measures to be voted
upon shall be placed on separate portions | ||
of the ballot sheet or marking
device by
utilizing borders or | ||
grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on
a separate portion | ||
of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing
borders or
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grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of | ||
intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections | ||
17-16.1 and 18-9.1,
a line or lines on which the voter
may | ||
select a
write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of | ||
the last candidate nominated for such office. Such line or | ||
lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking
votes | ||
for the write-in candidate or
candidates. The number of | ||
write-in lines for an office shall equal the number
of persons | ||
who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates | ||
plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who | ||
qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under | ||
Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot | ||
contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that | ||
candidate, up to the number of
candidates
for which a voter may | ||
vote. In the case of write-in lines for the offices of Governor | ||
and Lieutenant Governor, 2 lines shall be printed within a | ||
bracket and a single square shall be printed in front of the | ||
bracket. More than one amendment to the constitution may be
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placed on the
same portion of the ballot sheet or marking | ||
device.
Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
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propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate | ||
portion of the
ballot
sheet or marking device and designated by | ||
borders or grey screens, unless
otherwise
provided by | ||
administrative rule of the State Board of Elections.
More than | ||
one public measure or proposition may be placed on the
same | ||
portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. More than
one | ||
proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed
on | ||
the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.
Names | ||
of candidates shall be printed in black. The party
affiliation | ||
of each candidate or the word "independent" shall
appear near | ||
or under the candidate's name, and the names of
candidates for | ||
the same office shall be listed vertically under
the title of | ||
that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as
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otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no | ||
candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or | ||
persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that | ||
office, then below the title of that office the election | ||
authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of
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nonpartisan elections
for officers of political subdivisions, | ||
unless the statute or an
ordinance adopted pursuant to Article | ||
VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, the listing of | ||
nonpartisan candidates
shall not include any party or | ||
"independent" designation.
Judicial retention
questions and | ||
ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions
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shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or | ||
marking
device.
In primary
elections, a separate ballot, or | ||
displays on the marking device, shall be
used for each | ||
political
party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking | ||
device arranged to
include
names of the candidates of the party | ||
and public measures and
other propositions to be voted upon on | ||
the day of the primary
election. | ||
If the ballot includes both candidates for office and | ||
public
measures or propositions to be voted on, the election | ||
official in
charge of the election shall divide the ballot or | ||
displays on the marking
device in sections for
"Candidates" and | ||
"Propositions", or separate ballots may be used. | ||
Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
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ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
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official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
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Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
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voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions. | ||
Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or | ||
has a ballot
returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may | ||
return
the ballot to the judges of election and get another | ||
ballot. | ||
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
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