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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 933
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 933 on page 3, by
3 replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 3-1.2, 7-10, 8-8, 10-4, 12-5, and 28-3 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/3-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.2)
7 Sec. 3-1.2. Eligibility to sign or circulate petition.
8 For the purpose of determining eligibility to sign or
9 circulate a nominating petition or a petition proposing a
10 public question the terms "voter", "registered voter",
11 "qualified voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified
12 elector", "primary elector" and "qualified primary elector"
13 as used in this Code or in another Statute shall mean a
14 person who is registered to vote at the address shown
15 opposite his signature on the petition or was registered to
16 vote at such address when he signed the petition. Any person,
17 otherwise qualified under this Section, who has not moved to
18 another residence but whose address has changed as a result
19 of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system shall
20 be considered a "voter", "registered voter", "qualified
21 voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified elector",
22 "primary elector", and "qualified primary elector".
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
3 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of
4 no candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman,
5 or township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
6 committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate
7 to national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
8 primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been
9 filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
10 substantially the following form:
11 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
12 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
13 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
14 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
15 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the ....
16 party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for
17 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
18 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
19 date). the .... day of ...., ....
20 Name Office Address
21 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
22 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
23 Name.................. Address.......................
24 State of Illinois)
25 ) ss.
26 County of........)
27 I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter
28 and have been a registered voter at all times I have
29 circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street,
30 in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of Illinois,
31 and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my
32 presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my
33 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time
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1 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... party,
2 and that their respective residences are correctly stated, as
3 above set forth.
4 .........................
5 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date). this
6 .... day of ...., ....
7 .........................
8 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
9 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
10 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
11 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
12 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
13 signed; the office, the political party represented and place
14 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the
15 same.
16 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
17 electors residing in the political division for which the
18 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
19 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
20 shall be written or printed. The residence address required
21 to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
22 elector's name shall include the street address or rural
23 route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as
24 the signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
25 However the county or city, village or town, and state of
26 residence of the electors may be printed on the petition
27 forms where all of the electors signing the petition reside
28 in the same county or city, village or town, and state.
29 Standard abbreviations may be used in writing the residence
30 address, including street number, if any. At the bottom of
31 each sheet of such petition shall be added a statement signed
32 by a registered voter of the political division, who has been
33 a registered voter at all times he or she circulated the
34 petition, for which the candidate is seeking a nomination,
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1 stating the street address or rural route number of the
2 voter, as the case may be, as well as the voter's county, and
3 city, village or town, and state; and certifying that the
4 signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in his
5 presence; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
6 sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
7 dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying
8 that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more
9 than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
10 petition, or more than 45 days preceding the last day for
11 filing of the petition in the case of political party and
12 independent candidates for single or multi-county regional
13 superintendents of schools in the 1994 general primary
14 election; and certifying that the signatures on the sheet are
15 genuine, and certifying that to the best of his knowledge
16 and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing
17 the petitions qualified voters of the political party for
18 which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn
19 to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in this
20 State.
21 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
22 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the
23 filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
24 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
25 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
26 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
27 primary election.
28 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
29 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
30 signature from the petition, provided that;
31 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
32 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
33 and
34 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
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1 certification listing the page number and line number of
2 each signature struck from the petition. Such
3 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
4 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
5 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
6 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
7 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
8 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
9 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
10 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local
11 election officials, election authorities or the State Board
12 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
13 signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
14 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
15 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each
16 of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
17 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
18 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
19 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
20 party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the
21 office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's
22 Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of
23 filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this
24 State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before
25 the close of the petition filing period) a statement of
26 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
27 Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
28 upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn
29 to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take
30 acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
31 substantially the following form:
32 Statement of Candidacy
33 Name Address Office District Party
34 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
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1 Belvidere,
2 Illinois
3 State of Illinois)
4 ) ss.
5 County of .......)
6 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
7 .... Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county
8 of ...., State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter
9 therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party;
10 that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the
11 case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates)
12 to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary
13 election to be held on (insert date); the .... day of ....,
14 ....; that I am legally qualified (including being the holder
15 of any license that may be an eligibility requirement for the
16 office I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and
17 that I have filed (or I will file before the close of the
18 petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
19 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby
20 request that my name be printed upon the official primary
21 ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case of
22 committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
23 office.
24 Signed ......................
25 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
26 who is to me personally known, on (insert date). this ....
27 day of ...., 19...
28 Signed ....................
29 (Official Character)
30 (Seal, if officer has one.)
31 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or
32 added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by
33 revocation filed in writing with the State Board of
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1 Elections, election authority or local election official with
2 whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the
3 filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer
4 upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty
5 of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished
6 accordingly.
7 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
8 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
9 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
10 the same or different offices.
11 Such petitions for nominations shall be signed:
12 (a) If for a State office, or for delegate or
13 alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large
14 to a National nominating convention by not less than
15 5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party.
16 (b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate
17 or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional
18 district to a national nominating convention by at least
19 .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
20 congressional district, except that for the first primary
21 following a redistricting of congressional districts such
22 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified
23 primary electors of the candidate's party in his
24 congressional district.
25 (c) If for a county office (including county board
26 member and chairman of the county board where elected
27 from the county at large), by at least .5% of the
28 qualified electors of his party cast at the last
29 preceding general election in his county. However, if
30 for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook
31 County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary
32 electors of his or her party in his or her county in the
33 district or division in which such person is a candidate
34 for nomination; and if for county board member from a
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1 county board district, then by at least .5% of the
2 qualified primary electors of his party in the county
3 board district. In the case of an election for county
4 board member to be elected from a district, for the first
5 primary following a redistricting of county board
6 districts or the initial establishment of county board
7 districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors
8 of his party in the entire county at the last preceding
9 general election, divided by the number of county board
10 districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified
11 primary electors of his party in the district.
12 (d) If for a municipal or township office by at
13 least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party
14 in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at
15 least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the
16 case of an election for alderman or trustee of a
17 municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for
18 the first primary following a redistricting or the
19 initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5%
20 of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
21 such political party who received the highest number of
22 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
23 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to
24 be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the
25 number of wards or districts, but in any event not less
26 than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the
27 ward or district.
28 (e) If for State central committeeman, by at least
29 100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or
30 her congressional district.
31 (f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
32 district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by
33 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from
34 such sanitary district.
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1 (g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary
2 district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by
3 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his
4 ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first
5 primary following a reapportionment of the district such
6 petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified
7 primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary
8 district.
9 (h) If for a candidate for judicial office, by at
10 least 500 qualified primary electors of his or her
11 judicial district, circuit, or subcircuit, as the case
12 may be.
13 (i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman,
14 by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of
15 his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward
16 committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or
17 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the
18 primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a
19 candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5%
20 nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever
21 is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his
22 township or part of a township as the case may be.
23 (j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or
24 Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more
25 counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his
26 party in the territory comprising such counties.
27 (k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the
28 total number of registered voters of the political
29 subdivision, district or division for which the
30 nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is
31 greater.
32 For the purposes of this Section the number of primary
33 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
34 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
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1 political party who received the highest number of votes,
2 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
3 which electors for President of the United States were
4 elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary
5 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
6 for the candidate for such political party who received the
7 highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the
8 last regular election at which an officer was regularly
9 scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or
10 districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary
11 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast
12 for the candidate for such political party who received the
13 highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last
14 regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled
15 to be elected from that ward or district.
16 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
17 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
18 one party.
19 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-89; revised 1-26-99.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
21 Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of
22 no candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
23 ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
24 in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
25 petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
26 Section 7-10.1 of this Act and a statement of candidacy by
27 the candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is
28 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
29 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
30 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
31 party to which the petition relates, is qualified for the
32 office specified and has filed a statement of economic
33 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
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1 Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed upon
2 the official ballot and shall be subscribed and sworn by such
3 candidate before some officer authorized to take
4 acknowledgment of deeds in this State and may be in
5 substantially the following form:
6 State of Illinois)
7 ) ss.
8 County ..........)
9 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at
10 .... street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of
11 .... State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein
12 and am a qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a
13 candidate for nomination to the office of .... to be voted
14 upon at the primary election to be held on (insert date); the
15 .... day of ...., 19..; that I am legally qualified to hold
16 such office and that I have filed a statement of economic
17 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
18 and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the
19 official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
20 Signed ....................
21 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
22 who is to me personally known, on (insert date). this ....
23 day of .... 19...
24 Signed .... (Official Character)
25 (Seal if officer has one.)
26 All petitions for nomination for the office of State
27 Senator shall be signed by 1% or 600, whichever is greater,
28 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's party in
29 his legislative district, except that for the first primary
30 following a redistricting of legislative districts, such
31 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified primary
32 electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
33 district.
34 All petitions for nomination for the office of
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1 Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
2 least 1% or 300, whichever is greater, of the qualified
3 primary electors of the candidate's party in his or her
4 representative district, except that for the first primary
5 following a redistricting of representative districts such
6 petitions shall be signed by at least 300 qualified primary
7 electors of the candidate's party in his or her
8 representative district.
9 Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
10 who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
11 Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
12 address shall be written or printed. The residence address
13 required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
14 primary elector's name shall include the street address or
15 rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
16 as the signer's county and city, village or town.
17 For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
18 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast,
19 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such
20 political party who received the highest number of votes,
21 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at
22 which electors for President of the United States were
23 elected.
24 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
25 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
26 one party.
27 In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the
28 petition circulator, who shall have been a registered voter
29 at all times he or she circulated the petition, shall state
30 his street address or rural route number, as the case may be,
31 as well as his county and city, village or town.
32 In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet,
33 the petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates
34 on which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
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1 first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or
2 (3) certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were
3 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the
4 filing of the petition. No petition sheet shall be
5 circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
6 in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
7 All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
8 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
9 signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
10 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
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:;
14 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
15 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
16 and
17 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
18 certification listing the page number and line number of
19 each signature struck from the petition. Such
20 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028; 86-1348; 87-1052;
22 revised 10-20-98.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-4)
24 Sec. 10-4. Form of petition for nomination. All
25 petitions for nomination under this Article 10 for candidates
26 for public office in this State, shall in addition to other
27 requirements provided by law, be as follows: Such petitions
28 shall consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall
29 contain, above the space for signature, an appropriate
30 heading, giving the information as to name of candidate or
31 candidates in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
32 office; the party; place of residence; and such other
33 information or wording as required to make same valid, and
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1 the heading of each sheet shall be the same. Such petition
2 shall be signed by the qualified voters in their own proper
3 persons only, and opposite the signature of each signer his
4 residence address shall be written or printed. The residence
5 address required to be written or printed opposite each
6 qualified primary elector's name shall include the street
7 address or rural route number of the signer, as the case may
8 be, as well as the signer's county, and city, village or town
9 , and state. However, the county or city, village or town,
10 and state of residence of such electors may be printed on the
11 petition forms where all of the such electors signing the
12 petition reside in the same county or city, village or town,
13 and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in writing the
14 residence address, including street number, if any. No
15 signature shall be valid or be counted in considering the
16 validity or sufficiency of such petition unless the
17 requirements of this Section are complied with. At the bottom
18 of each sheet of such petition shall be added a statement,
19 signed by a registered voter of the political division, who
20 has been a registered voter at all times he or she circulated
21 the petition, for which the candidate or candidates shall be
22 nominated; stating the street address or rural route number
23 of the voter, as the case may be, as well as the voter's
24 county, and city, village or town, and state certifying that
25 the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in
26 his presence; certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
27 either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
28 circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
29 which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that none
30 of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
31 preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or
32 more than 45 days preceding the last day for filing of the
33 petition in the case of political party and independent
34 candidates for single or multi-county regional
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1 superintendents of schools in the 1994 general primary
2 election; and certifying that to the best of his knowledge
3 and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing
4 the petition duly registered voters under Articles 4, 5 or 6
5 of the Code of the political subdivision or district for
6 which the candidate or candidates shall be nominated, and
7 certifying that their respective residences are correctly
8 stated therein. Such statement shall be sworn to before some
9 officer authorized to administer oaths in this State. No
10 petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
11 preceding the last day provided in Section 10-6 for the
12 filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the
13 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political
14 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county
15 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general
16 primary election. Such sheets, before being presented to the
17 electoral board or filed with the proper officer of the
18 electoral district or division of the state or municipality,
19 as the case may be, shall be neatly fastened together in book
20 form, by placing the sheets in a pile and fastening them
21 together at one edge in a secure and suitable manner, and the
22 sheets shall then be numbered consecutively. The sheets
23 shall not be fastened by pasting them together end to end, so
24 as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition sheets
25 which are filed with the proper local election officials,
26 election authorities or the State Board of Elections shall be
27 the original sheets which have been signed by the voters and
28 by the circulator, and not photocopies or duplicates of such
29 sheets. A petition, when presented or filed, shall not be
30 withdrawn, altered, or added to, and no signature shall be
31 revoked except by revocation in writing presented or filed
32 with the officers or officer with whom the petition is
33 required to be presented or filed, and before the presentment
34 or filing of such petition. Whoever forges any name of a
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1 signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery,
2 and on conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
3 The word "petition" or "petition for nomination", as used
4 herein, shall mean what is sometimes known as nomination
5 papers, in distinction to what is known as a certificate of
6 nomination. The words "political division for which the
7 candidate is nominated", or its equivalent, shall mean the
8 largest political division in which all qualified voters may
9 vote upon such candidate or candidates, as the state in the
10 case of state officers; the township in the case of township
11 officers et cetera. Provided, further, that no person shall
12 circulate or certify petitions for candidates of more than
13 one political party, or for an independent candidate or
14 candidates in addition to one political party, to be voted
15 upon at the next primary or general election, or for such
16 candidates and parties with respect to the same political
17 subdivision at the next consolidated election.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-89.)"; and
19 on page 4, below line 30, by inserting the following:
20 "(10 ILCS 5/28-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-3)
21 Sec. 28-3. Form of petition for public question.
22 Petitions for the submission of public questions shall
23 consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall
24 contain, above the space for signature, an appropriate
25 heading, giving the information as to the question of public
26 policy to be submitted, and specifying the state at large or
27 the political subdivision or district or precinct or
28 combination of precincts or other territory in which it is to
29 be submitted and, where by law the public question must be
30 submitted at a particular election, the election at which it
31 is to be submitted. In the case of a petition for the
32 submission of a public question described in subsection (b)
33 of Section 28-6, the heading shall also specify the regular
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1 election at which the question is to be submitted and include
2 the precincts included in the territory concerning which the
3 public question is to be submitted, as well as a common
4 description of such territory in plain and nonlegal language,
5 such description to describe the territory by reference to
6 streets, natural or artificial landmarks, addresses or any
7 other method which would enable a voter signing the petition
8 to be informed of the territory concerning which the question
9 is to be submitted. The heading of each sheet shall be the
10 same. Such petition shall be signed by the registered voters
11 of the political subdivision or district or precinct or
12 combination of precincts in which the question of public
13 policy is to be submitted in their own proper persons only,
14 and opposite the signature of each signer his residence
15 address shall be written or printed, which residence address
16 shall include the street address or rural route number of the
17 signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
18 and city, village or town, and state; provided that the
19 county or city, village or town, and state of residence of
20 such electors may be printed on the petition forms where all
21 of the such electors signing the petition reside in the same
22 county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
23 abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
24 including street number, if any. No signature shall be valid
25 or be counted in considering the validity or sufficiency of
26 such petition unless the requirements of this Section are
27 complied with.
28 At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be
29 added a statement, signed by a registered voter, who has been
30 a registered voter at all times he or she circulated the
31 petition, of the political subdivision or district or
32 precinct or combination of precincts in which the question of
33 public policy is to be submitted, stating the street address
34 or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as
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1 well as the voter's county, and city, village or town, and
2 state certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the
3 petition were signed in his presence and are genuine, and
4 that to the best of his knowledge and belief the persons so
5 signing were at the time of signing the petition registered
6 voters of the political subdivision or district or precinct
7 or combination of precincts in which the question of public
8 policy is to be submitted and that their respective
9 residences are correctly stated therein. Such statement shall
10 be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer
11 oaths in this State.
12 Such sheets, before being filed with the proper officer
13 or board shall be bound securely and 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, and not
20 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when
21 presented or filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added
22 to, and no signature shall be revoked except by revocation in
23 writing presented or filed with the board or officer with
24 whom the petition is required to be presented or filed, and
25 before the presentment or filing of such petition, except as
26 may otherwise be provided in another statute which authorize
27 the public question. Whoever forges any name of a signer upon
28 any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery, and on
29 conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
30 In addition to the foregoing requirements, a petition
31 proposing an amendment to Article IV of the Constitution
32 pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution or a
33 petition proposing a question of public policy to be
34 submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be in
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1 conformity with the requirements of Section 28-9 of this
2 Article.
3 If multiple sets of petitions for submission of the same
4 public questions are filed, the State Board of Elections,
5 appropriate election authority or local election official
6 where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
7 notify the proponent of his or her multiple petition filings
8 and that proponent has 3 business days after receipt of the
9 notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate
10 election authority or local election official that he or she
11 may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the proponent
12 notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate election
13 authority or local election official, the last set of
14 petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be considered
15 valid by the State Board of Elections, appropriate election
16 authority or local election official. If the proponent fails
17 to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election
18 authority or local election official then only the first set
19 of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent
20 petitions shall be void.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 87-1052.)"; and
22 on page 18, line 28, after "general", by inserting "or
23 consolidated".