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91_SB0956enr SB956 Enrolled SRS91S0042PMcb 1 AN ACT concerning elections, amending named Acts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 5 Sections 6A-3 and 7-10 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/6A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-3) 7 Sec. 6A-3. If the county board adopts an ordinance 8 providing for the establishment of a county board of election 9 commissioners, or if a majority of the votes cast on a 10 proposition submitted in accordance with Section 6A-2 are in 11 favor of a county board of election commissioners, a county 12 board of election commissioners shall be appointed in the 13 same manner as is provided in Article 6 for boards of 14 election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated 15 towns, except that the county board of election commissioners 16 shall be appointed by the chairman of the county board rather 17 than the circuit court. However, before any appointments are 18 made, the appointing authority shall ascertain whether the 19 county clerk desires to be a member of the county board of 20 election commissioners. If the county clerk so desires, he 21 shall be one of the members of the county board of election 22 commissioners, and the appointing authority shall appoint 23 only 2 other members. 24 (Source: P.A. 80-648.) 25 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10) 26 Sec. 7-10. The name of no candidate for nomination, or 27 State central committeeman, or township committeeman, or 28 precinct committeeman, or ward committeeman or candidate for 29 delegate or alternate delegate to national nominating 30 conventions, shall be printed upon the primary ballot unless SB956 Enrolled -2- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 a petition for nomination has been filed in his behalf as 2 provided in this Article in substantially the following form: 3 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the 4 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, 5 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of 6 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person 7 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... 8 party for the nomination for (or in case of committeemen for 9 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to 10 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert 11 date).the .... day of ...., ....12 Name Office Address 13 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 14 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill. 15 Name.................. Address....................... 16 State of Illinois) 17 ) ss. 18 County of........) 19 I, ...., do hereby certify that I am a registered voter 20 and have been a registered voter at all times I have 21 circulated this petition, that I reside at No. .... street, 22 in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of Illinois, 23 and that the signatures on this sheet were signed in my 24 presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my 25 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time 26 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the .... party, 27 and that their respective residences are correctly stated, as 28 above set forth. 29 ......................... 30 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).this31.... day of ...., ....32 ......................... 33 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of 34 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size SB956 Enrolled -3- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 and shall contain above the space for signatures an 2 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of 3 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is 4 signed; the office, the political party represented and place 5 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the 6 same. 7 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary 8 electors residing in the political division for which the 9 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and 10 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address 11 shall be written or printed. The residence address required 12 to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary 13 elector's name shall include the street address or rural 14 route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as 15 the signer's city, village or town. However the county or 16 city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors 17 may be printed on the petition forms where all of the 18 electors signing the petition reside in the same county or 19 city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may 20 be used in writing the residence address, including street 21 number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition 22 shall be added a statement signed by a registered voter of 23 the political division, who has been a registered voter at 24 all times he or she circulated the petition, for which the 25 candidate is seeking a nomination, stating the street address 26 or rural route number of the voter, as the case may be, as 27 well as the voter's city, village or town; and certifying 28 that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed 29 in his presence; and either (1) indicating the dates on which 30 that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and 31 last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) 32 certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were 33 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the 34 filing of the petition, or more than 45 days preceding the SB956 Enrolled -4- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political 2 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county 3 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general 4 primary election; and certifying that the signatures on the 5 sheet are genuine, and certifying that to the best of his 6 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time 7 of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political 8 party for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall 9 be sworn to before some officer authorized to administer 10 oaths in this State. 11 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days 12 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the 13 filing of such petition, or more than 45 days preceding the 14 last day for filing of the petition in the case of political 15 party and independent candidates for single or multi-county 16 regional superintendents of schools in the 1994 general 17 primary election. 18 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on 19 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any 20 signature from the petition, provided that; 21 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial 22 the petition at the place where the signature is struck; 23 and 24 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a 25 certification listing the page number and line number of 26 each signature struck from the petition. Such 27 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition. 28 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened 29 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and 30 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable 31 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively. 32 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end 33 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All 34 petition sheets which are filed with the proper local SB956 Enrolled -5- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 election officials, election authorities or the State Board 2 of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been 3 signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not 4 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must 5 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each 6 of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is 7 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such 8 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall 9 state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the 10 party to which the petition relates and is qualified for the 11 office specified (in the case of a candidate for State's 12 Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time of 13 filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this 14 State), shall state that he has filed (or will file before 15 the close of the petition filing period) a statement of 16 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental 17 Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed 18 upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn 19 to by such candidate before some officer authorized to take 20 acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in 21 substantially the following form: 22 Statement of Candidacy 23 Name Address Office District Party 24 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 25 Belvidere, 26 Illinois 27 State of Illinois) 28 ) ss. 29 County of .......) 30 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at 31 .... Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county 32 of ...., State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter 33 therein and am a qualified primary voter of the .... party; 34 that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the SB956 Enrolled -6- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 case of committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) 2 to the office of .... to be voted upon at the primary 3 election to be held on (insert date);the .... day of ....,4....;that I am legally qualified (including being the holder 5 of any license that may be an eligibility requirement for the 6 office I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and 7 that I have filed (or I will file before the close of the 8 petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as 9 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby 10 request that my name be printed upon the official primary 11 ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case of 12 committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such 13 office. 14 Signed ...................... 15 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., 16 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).this ....17day of ...., 19...18 Signed .................... 19 (Official Character) 20 (Seal, if officer has one.) 21 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or 22 added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by 23 revocation filed in writing with the State Board of 24 Elections, election authority or local election official with 25 whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the 26 filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer 27 upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty 28 of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished 29 accordingly. 30 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein 31 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the 32 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for 33 the same or different offices. 34 Such petitions for nominations shall be signed: SB956 Enrolled -7- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 (a) If for a State office, or for delegate or 2 alternate delegate to be elected from the State at large 3 to a National nominating convention by not less than 4 5,000 nor more than 10,000 primary electors of his party. 5 (b) If for a congressional officer or for delegate 6 or alternate delegate to be elected from a congressional 7 district to a national nominating convention by at least 8 .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party in his 9 congressional district, except that for the first primary 10 following a redistricting of congressional districts such 11 petitions shall be signed by at least 600 qualified 12 primary electors of the candidate's party in his 13 congressional district. 14 (c) If for a county office (including county board 15 member and chairman of the county board where elected 16 from the county at large), by at least .5% of the 17 qualified electors of his party cast at the last 18 preceding general election in his county. However, if 19 for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook 20 County, then by at least .5% of the qualified primary 21 electors of his or her party in his or her county in the 22 district or division in which such person is a candidate 23 for nomination; and if for county board member from a 24 county board district, then by at least .5% of the 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the county 26 board district. In the case of an election for county 27 board member to be elected from a district, for the first 28 primary following a redistricting of county board 29 districts or the initial establishment of county board 30 districts, then by at least .5% of the qualified electors 31 of his party in the entire county at the last preceding 32 general election, divided by the number of county board 33 districts, but in any event not less than 25 qualified 34 primary electors of his party in the district. SB956 Enrolled -8- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 (d) If for a municipal or township office by at 2 least .5% of the qualified primary electors of his party 3 in the municipality or township; if for alderman, by at 4 least .5% of the voters of his party of his ward. In the 5 case of an election for alderman or trustee of a 6 municipality to be elected from a ward or district, for 7 the first primary following a redistricting or the 8 initial establishment of wards or districts, then by .5% 9 of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of 10 such political party who received the highest number of 11 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular 12 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to 13 be elected from the entire municipality, divided by the 14 number of wards or districts, but in any event not less 15 than 25 qualified primary electors of his party in the 16 ward or district. 17 (e) If for State central committeeman, by at least 18 100 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or 19 her congressional district. 20 (f) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary 21 district in which trustees are not elected from wards, by 22 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party, from 23 such sanitary district. 24 (g) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary 25 district in which the trustees are elected from wards, by 26 at least .5% of the primary electors of his party in his 27 ward of such sanitary district, except that for the first 28 primary following a reapportionment of the district such 29 petitions shall be signed by at least 150 qualified 30 primary electors of the candidate's ward of such sanitary 31 district. 32 (h) The number of signatures required for a 33 candidate for judicial office in a district, circuit, or 34 subcircuit shall be 0.25% of the number of votes cast for SB956 Enrolled -9- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 the judicial candidate of his or her political party who 2 received the highest number of votes at the last regular 3 general election at which a judicial officer from the 4 same district, circuit, or subcircuit was regularly 5 scheduled to be elected, but in no event shall be less 6 than 500 signaturesIf for a candidate for judicial7office, by at least 500 qualified primary electors of his8or her judicial district, circuit, or subcircuit, as the9case may be. 10 (i) If for a candidate for precinct committeeman, 11 by at least 10 primary electors of his or her party of 12 his or her precinct; if for a candidate for ward 13 committeeman, by not less than 10% nor more than 16% (or 14 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the 15 primary electors of his party of his ward; if for a 16 candidate for township committeeman, by not less than 5% 17 nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever 18 is greater) of the primary electors of his party in his 19 township or part of a township as the case may be. 20 (j) If for a candidate for State's Attorney or 21 Regional Superintendent of Schools to serve 2 or more 22 counties, by at least .5% of the primary electors of his 23 party in the territory comprising such counties. 24 (k) If for any other office by at least .5% of the 25 total number of registered voters of the political 26 subdivision, district or division for which the 27 nomination is made or a minimum of 25, whichever is 28 greater. 29 For the purposes of this Section the number of primary 30 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, 31 in the applicable district, for the candidate for such 32 political party who received the highest number of votes, 33 state-wide, at the last general election in the State at 34 which electors for President of the United States were SB956 Enrolled -10- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 elected. For political subdivisions, the number of primary 2 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast 3 for the candidate for such political party who received the 4 highest number of votes in such political subdivision at the 5 last regular election at which an officer was regularly 6 scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards or 7 districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary 8 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast 9 for the candidate for such political party who received the 10 highest number of votes in such ward or district at the last 11 regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled 12 to be elected from that ward or district. 13 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign 14 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than 15 one party. 16 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-89; revised 1-26-99.) 17 Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 18 is amended by changing Section 21-14 as follows: 19 (65 ILCS 20/21-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-14) 20 Sec. 21-14. Member residency before election; member not 21 to hold other office. 22 (a) No member may be elected or appointed to the city 23 council after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 24 the 91st General Assembly unless he or she has resided in the 25 ward he or she seeks to represent at least 2 years before the 26 date of the election or appointment. In the election 27 following redistricting, a candidate for alderman may be 28 elected from any ward containing a part of the ward in which 29 he or she resided for the 2 years before the election that 30 follows the redistricting and may be reelected from the new 31 ward he or she represents if he or she resides in that ward 32 for 18 months before the reelection. SB956 Enrolled -11- SRS91S0042PMcb 1 (b) No member of the city council shall at the same time 2 hold any other civil service office under the federal, state 3 or city government, except if such member is granted a leave 4 of absence from such civil service office, or except in the 5 National Guard, or as a notary public, and except such 6 honorary offices as go by appointment without compensation. 7 (Source: P.A. 83-1331.) 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.