SB 1872 — ELEC CD-DUPAGE PETITIONS

SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b AN ACT concerning elections.

SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b Name Office Address John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.

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 SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b heading giving the information as to name of candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed;

and either (1) indicating the dates on which that SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 4 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a nomination is sought.

The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 5 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll.

Governor Statewide Republican Belvidere, SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 6 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b Illinois State of Illinois)                  ) ss.

SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 7 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b (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 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election authority or local election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.

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 SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 8 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b 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 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 SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 9 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b preceding general election divided by the total number of county board districts comprising the county board (or 1.5% if the county is DuPage County);

(3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 10 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b 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 the first primary election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 11 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b 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 the first primary election following SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 12 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b 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.

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 SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 13 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those same electors;

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 SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 14 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b 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.

09500SB0662enr.) SB1872 EngrossedEnrolled - 15 - LRB095 14191 JAM 40059 b Section 99.