Bill Text: IL SB2951 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each officer or member who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete, within 2 years after the date that he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains an officer or member, an 8-hour continuing education program that has been developed by the Illinois Council on Economic Education and has been approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that an officer or member who is currently licensed by the State in a financial field and is already required to take continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics, or finance shall be exempt from this continuing education requirement. Authorizes an administrative fine to be levied against an officer or employee who fails to timely complete the amendatory Act's continuing education requirement. Prohibits an officer or employee from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education. Amends the Election Code. Requires candidates to state in their petitions for nomination that they are not barred from being elected or appointed by a violation of the continuing education requirement established by the amendatory Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-12 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 [SB2951 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2951-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2951 Introduced 1/31/2024, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 430/Art. 7 heading new
5 ILCS 430/7-5 new
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/8-8 from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
10 ILCS 5/10-8 from Ch. 46, par. 10-8
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each officer or member who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete, within 2 years after the date that he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains an officer or member, an 8-hour continuing education program that has been developed by the Illinois Council on Economic Education and has been approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that an officer or member who is currently licensed by the State in a financial field and is already required to take continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics, or finance shall be exempt from this continuing education requirement. Authorizes an administrative fine to be levied against an officer or employee who fails to timely complete the amendatory Act's continuing education requirement. Prohibits an officer or employee from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education. Amends the Election Code. Requires candidates to state in their petitions for nomination that they are not barred from being elected or appointed by a violation of the continuing education requirement established by the amendatory Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is
amended by adding Article 7 and Section 7-5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/Art. 7 heading new)
ARTICLE 7. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
(5 ILCS 430/7-5 new)
Sec. 7-5. Continuing education for public officials.
(a) Each officer or member who, on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, is
elected or appointed to office must complete, at his or her own
expense, the 8-hour continuing education program approved by
the Illinois Community College Board under subsection (b) of
this Section within 2 years after the date the officer or
member is first elected or appointed. After the initial
training, each officer or member must complete a 4-hour
training every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she
remains an officer or member. However, an officer or member
who is elected or appointed to more than one public office must
complete the 4-hour continuing education program only once
every 2 years.

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(b) The Illinois Council on Economic Education, located at
Northern Illinois University, shall develop, and the Illinois
Community College Board shall review for approval, an 8-hour
and 4-hour continuing education program for officers and
members. The continuing education program curriculum shall
consist of courses focusing on macroeconomic and microeconomic
theories and the interaction between economic theory and
governmental policy, including, but not limited to, the impact
of government financial decisions and policy decisions on
individuals and businesses.
(c) An officer or member who fails to timely complete the
continuing education program required under this Section is
subject to the penalties specified in subsection (e) of
Section 50-5 of this Act, and if that officer or member does
not timely pay an administrative fine levied under that
Section and complete the continuing education program, then he
or she may not subsequently be elected or appointed as an
officer or member.
(d) An officer or member who is currently licensed by the
Sate in a financial field and is already required to take
continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics,
or finance shall be exempt from the requirements of this
Section.
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-5, and 10-8 as follows:

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(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
committeeperson 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:
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 committeepersons for
election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
date).
Name Office Address
John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
Name.................. Address.......................

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State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of........)
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
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.
.........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................
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.
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

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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 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 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) for elections where the
petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the

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signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
sworn or affirmed to 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.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, 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.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
signature from the petition, provided that:
(1) the person striking the signature shall initial
the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
and
(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.
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

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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 and , 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 state that he or she is not barred from being elected or
appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
the State Officials and Employees 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 officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the

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State and shall be in substantially the following form:
Statement of Candidacy
Name Address Office District Party
John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
Belvidere,
Illinois
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County of .......)
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
committeeperson 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
being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
such office; that I am not barred from being elected or
appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; 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

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name be printed upon the official primary ballot for
nomination for (or election to in the case of committeepersons
and delegates and alternate delegates) such office.
Signed ......................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
Signed ....................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
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.
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.
(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, 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

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nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
10,000 signatures.
(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
in this Code, 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 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 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.
(c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
Code, 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

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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
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.
(d) County office; Cook County only.
(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.
(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.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, 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 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 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 alderperson 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 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 the entire
municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
(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.
(g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee

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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 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 signatures of 150
qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
district.
(h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
Code, 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

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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
1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
Judicial District.
(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
as otherwise provided in this Code, 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, 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.
(j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's

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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.
(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,
whichever is greater.
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
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
determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
that political party who received the highest number of votes

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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.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
party.
The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
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.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
(10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
Section 7-10.1 of this Code and a statement of candidacy by the
candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.

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This statement shall set out the address of such candidate and
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, is qualified for the office specified,
is not barred from being elected or appointed to public office
by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act, and has filed 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 by such
candidate before some officer authorized to take
acknowledgment of deeds in this State and may be in
substantially the following form:
State of Illinois)
) ss.
County ..........)
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 .... party; that I am a candidate
for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
qualified to hold such office; that I am not barred from being
elected or appointed to public office by subsection (c) of
Section 7-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act;
and that I have filed a statement of economic interests as

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required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby
request that my name be printed upon the official primary
ballot for nomination for such office.
Signed ....................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
Signed .... (Official Character)
(Seal if officer has one.)
The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified
primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
district.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions
for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than
1,500 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
party in his or her representative district.
Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
Representative or State Senator such elector's residence

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address shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
primary elector's 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.
For the 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 such political
party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
the last general election in the State at which electors for
President of the United States were elected.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
party.
In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that, to
the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so
signing were at the time of signing the petition qualified
primary voters for which the nomination is sought.
In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the

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petition circulator shall (1) indicate the dates on which he
or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the first and
last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for
elections where the petition circulation period is 90 days,
certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed
more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election only,
certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or
certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during
the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this
statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be
circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
signature from the petition, provided that:
(1) the person striking the signature shall initial
the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
and
(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
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each signature struck from the petition. Such
certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22;
103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides
containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
1. The office or offices to which such candidate or
candidates shall be nominated.
2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed
in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall not bear
the same name as, nor include the name of any established
political party as defined in this Article. This prohibition
does not preclude any established political party from making
nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
3. The place of residence of any such candidate or
candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the
case of electors for President and Vice-President of the
United States, the names of candidates for President and
Vice-President may be added to the party name or appellation.
Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in
addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required by
Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of
candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except
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the United States. Each such statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the office for which he is a
candidate, shall state that the candidate is qualified for the
office specified, is not barred from being elected or
appointed to public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of
the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and 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 officer
authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in this State, and
may be in substantially the following form:
State of Illinois)
) SS.
County of........)
I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at....
street, in the city (or village) of.... in the county of....
State of Illinois; and that I am a qualified voter therein;
that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be
voted upon at the election to be held on the.... day
of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such
office; that I am not barred from being elected or appointed to
public office by subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State
Officials and Employees Ethics Act; and that I have filed (or
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statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon the official ballot for election to such office.
Signed.................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who
is to me personally known, this.... day of....,......
Signed.................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
In addition, a new political party petition shall have
attached thereto a certificate stating the names and addresses
of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies in
nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of
economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests
in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
during the same calendar year as the year in which such
nomination papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any
candidate and the statement of economic interest of that
candidate are not required to be filed with the same officer,
the candidate must file with the officer with whom the
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whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the
date on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
so filed not later than the last day on which nomination papers
may be filed.
(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
(10 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
certificates of nomination and nomination papers, and
petitions to submit public questions to a referendum, being
filed as required by this Code, and being in apparent
conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to
be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing
within 5 business days after the last day for filing the
certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition for
a public question, with the following exceptions:
A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
period of 35 business days after the last day for the
filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
objections can be filed.
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contrary, the electoral board designated in Section 10-9 for
the purpose of hearing and passing upon objector's petitions
shall independently verify that no candidate under its
jurisdiction is barred from being elected or appointed under
subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act. If the electoral board finds that a
candidate is barred from being elected or appointed under
subsection (c) of Section 7-5 of the State Officials and
Employees Ethics Act, then that candidate shall be removed
from the ballot regardless of whether or not an objection has
been filed. Such a finding by the electoral board is subject to
judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection
petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be
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nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination papers
and the original objector's petition to the chair of the
proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or
his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered
mail or receipted personal delivery of the objector's
petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of
residence designated in said certificate of nomination or
nomination papers. In the case of objections to a petition for
a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for
an advisory public question to be submitted to the voters of
the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the
day and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and
shall transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered
mail or receipted personal delivery to the person designated
on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
proponent of such proposed amendment or public question, or as
the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice
of objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
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