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91_HB0758eng HB0758 Engrossed LRB9104117MWgc 1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section 2 7-10. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 6 Section 7-10 as follows: 7 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10) 8 Sec. 7-10. Petition for nomination. The name of no 9 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman, or 10 township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward 11 committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate 12 to national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the 13 primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been 14 filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in 15 substantially the following form: 16 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the 17 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, 18 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of 19 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person 20 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... 21 party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for 22 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to 23 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert 24 date).the .... day of ...., ....25 Name Office Address 26 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 27 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill. 28 Name.................. Address....................... 29 State of Illinois) 30 ) ss. 31 County of........) HB0758 Engrossed -2- LRB9104117MWgc 1 I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter 2 and have been a registered voter at all times I have 3 circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street, 4 in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of Illinois, 5 and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my 6 presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my 7 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time 8 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... party, 9 and that their respective residences are correctly stated, as 10 above set forth. 11 ......................... 12 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).this13.... day of ...., ....14 ......................... 15 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of 16 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size 17 and shall contain above the space for signatures an 18 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of 19 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is 20 signed; the office, the political party represented and place 21 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the 22 same. 23 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary 24 electors residing in the political division for which the 25 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and 26 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address 27 shall be written or printed. The residence address required 28 to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary 29 elector's name shall include the street address or rural 30 route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as 31 the signer's city, village or town. However the county or 32 city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors 33 may be printed on the petition forms where all of the 34 electors signing the petition reside in the same county or HB0758 Engrossed -3- LRB9104117MWgc 1 city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may 2 be used in writing the residence address, including street 3 number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition 4 shall be added a statement signed by a registered voter of 5 the political division, who has been a registered voter at 6 all times he or she circulated the petition, for which the 7 candidate is seeking a nomination, stating the street address 8 or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as 9 well as the voter's city, village or town; and certifying 10 that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed 11 in his presence; and either (1) indicating the dates on which 12 that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and 13 last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) 14 certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were 15 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the 16 filing of the petition, or more than 45 days preceding the 17 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political 18 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county 19 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general 20 primary election; and certifying that the signatures on the 21 sheet are genuine, and certifying that to the best of his 22 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time 23 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political 24 party for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall 25 be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer 26 oaths in this State. 27 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days 28 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the 29 filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the 30 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political 31 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county 32 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general 33 primary election. 34 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on HB0758 Engrossed -4- LRB9104117MWgc 1 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any 2 signature from the petition, provided that; 3 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial 4 the petition at the place where the signature is struck; 5 and 6 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a 7 certification listing the page number and line number of 8 each signature struck from the petition. Such 9 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition. 10 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened 11 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and 12 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable 13 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively. 14 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end 15 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All 16 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local 17 election officials, election authorities or the State Board 18 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been 19 signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not 20 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must 21 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each 22 of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is 23 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such 24 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall 25 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the 26 party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the 27 office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's 28 Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of 29 filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this 30 State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before 31 the close of the petition filing period) a statement of 32 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental 33 Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed 34 upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn HB0758 Engrossed -5- LRB9104117MWgc 1 to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take 2 acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in 3 substantially the following form: 4 Statement of Candidacy 5 Name Address Office District Party 6 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 7 Belvidere, 8 Illinois 9 State of Illinois) 10 ) ss. 11 County of .......) 12 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at 13 .... Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county 14 of ...., State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter 15 therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party; 16 that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the 17 case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) 18 to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary 19 election to be held on (insert date);the .... day of ....,20....;that I am legally qualified (including being the holder 21 of any license that may be an eligibility requirement for the 22 office I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and 23 that I have filed (or I will file before the close of the 24 petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as 25 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby 26 request that my name be printed upon the official primary 27 ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case of 28 committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such 29 office. 30 Signed ...................... 31 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., 32 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).this ....33day of ...., 19...34 Signed .................... HB0758 Engrossed -6- LRB9104117MWgc 1 (Official Character) 2 (Seal, if officer has one.) 3 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or 4 added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by 5 revocation filed in writing with the State Board of 6 Elections, election authority or local election official with 7 whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the 8 filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer 9 upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty 10 of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished 11 accordingly. 12 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein 13 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the 14 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for 15 the same or different offices. 16 Such petitions for nominations shall be signed: 17 (a) If for a State office, or for delegate or 18 alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large 19 to a National nominating convention by not less than 20 5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party. 21 (b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate 22 or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional 23 district to a national nominating convention by at least 24 .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his 25 congressional district, except that for the first primary 26 following a redistricting of congressional districts such 27 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified 28 primary electors of the candidate's party in his 29 congressional district. 30 (c) If for a county office (including county board 31 member and chairman of the county board where elected 32 from the county at large), by at least .5% of the 33 qualified electors of his party cast at the last 34 preceding general election in his county. However, if HB0758 Engrossed -7- LRB9104117MWgc 1 for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook 2 County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary 3 electors of his or her party in his or her county in the 4 district or division in which such person is a candidate 5 for nomination; and if for county board member from a 6 county board district, then by at least .5% of the 7 qualified primary electors of his party in the county 8 board district. In the case of an election for county 9 board member to be elected from a district, for the first 10 primary following a redistricting of county board 11 districts or the initial establishment of county board 12 districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors 13 of his party in the entire county at the last preceding 14 general election, divided by the number of county board 15 districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified 16 primary electors of his party in the district. 17 (d) If for a municipal or township office by at 18 least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party 19 in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at 20 least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the 21 case of an election for alderman or trustee of a 22 municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for 23 the first primary following a redistricting or the 24 initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5% 25 of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of 26 such political party who received the highest number of 27 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular 28 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to 29 be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the 30 number of wards or districts, but in any event not less 31 than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the 32 ward or district. 33 (e) If for State central committeeman, by at least 34 100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or HB0758 Engrossed -8- LRB9104117MWgc 1 her congressional district. 2 (f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary 3 district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by 4 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from 5 such sanitary district. 6 (g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary 7 district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by 8 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his 9 ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first 10 primary following a reapportionment of the district such 11 petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified 12 primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary 13 district. 14 (h) The number of signatures required for a 15 candidate for judicial office in a district, circuit, or 16 subcircuit shall be 0.25% of the number of votes cast for 17 the judicial candidate of his or her political party who 18 received the highest number of votes at the last regular 19 general election at which a judicial officer from the 20 same district, circuit, or subcircuit was regularly 21 scheduled to be elected, but in no event shall be less 22 than 500 signaturesIf for a candidate for judicial23office, by at least 500 qualified primary electors of his24or her judicial district, circuit, or subcircuit, as the25case may be. 26 (i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman, 27 by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of 28 his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward 29 committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or 30 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the 31 primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a 32 candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5% 33 nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever 34 is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his HB0758 Engrossed -9- LRB9104117MWgc 1 township or part of a township as the case may be. 2 (j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or 3 Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more 4 counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his 5 party in the territory comprising such counties. 6 (k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the 7 total number of registered voters of the political 8 subdivision, district or division for which the 9 nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is 10 greater. 11 For the purposes of this Section the number of primary 12 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, 13 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such 14 political party who received the highest number of votes, 15 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at 16 which electors for President of the United States were 17 elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary 18 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast 19 for the candidate for such political party who received the 20 highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the 21 last regular election at which an officer was regularly 22 scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or 23 districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary 24 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast 25 for the candidate for such political party who received the 26 highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last 27 regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled 28 to be elected from that ward or district. 29 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign 30 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than 31 one party. 32 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-89; revised 1-26-99.) 33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon HB0758 Engrossed -10- LRB9104117MWgc 1 becoming law.