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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3857

Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/10-4

from Ch. 46, par. 10-4

Amends the Election Code. Provides that no image, symbol, or slogan
shall appear in the heading of a petition for nomination other than the
required information. Provides that any emblem or label indicating that
the petition for nomination was printed by a union printer shall not be
considered an image, symbol, or slogan.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning elections.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Election Code is amended by changing
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Section 10-4 as follows:

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(10 ILCS 5/10-4)

(from Ch. 46, par. 10-4)
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Sec. 10-4.
Form of petition for nomination.
All petitions
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for nomination under this Article 10 for candidates for public
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office in this State, shall in addition to other requirements
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provided by law, be as follows: Such petitions shall consist
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of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain, above
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the space for signature, an appropriate heading, giving
only

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the information as to name of candidate or candidates in whose
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behalf such petition is signed; the office; the party; place
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of residence; and such other information or wording as
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required to make same valid, and the heading of each sheet
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shall be the same.
No image, symbol, or slogan shall appear in
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the heading of a petition for nomination other than the
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information required under this Section. Any emblem or label
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indicating that the petition for nomination was printed by a
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union printer shall not be considered an image, symbol, or
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slogan.
Such petition shall be signed by the qualified voters
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in their own proper persons only, and opposite the signature

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of each signer his residence address shall be written or
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printed. The residence address required to be written or
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printed opposite each qualified primary elector's name shall
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include the street address or rural route number of the
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signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, and
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city, village or town, and state. However, the county or city,
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village or town, and state of residence of such electors may be
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printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
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signing the petition reside in the same county or city,
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village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used
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in writing the residence address, including street number, if
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any. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no signature
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shall be valid or be counted in considering the validity or
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sufficiency of such petition unless the requirements of this
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Section are complied with. At the bottom of each sheet of such
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petition shall be added a circulator's statement, signed by a
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person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the United
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States; stating the street address or rural route number, as
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the case may be, as well as the county, city, village or town,
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and state; certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the
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petition were signed in his or her presence; certifying that
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the signatures are genuine; and either (1) indicating the
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dates on which that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating
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the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or
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(3) certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were
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signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing

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of the petition; and certifying that to the best of his
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knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of
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signing the petition duly registered voters under Article 4,
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5, or 6 of this Code of the political subdivision or district
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for which the candidate or candidates shall be nominated, and
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certifying that their respective residences are correctly
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stated therein. Such statement shall be sworn to before some
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officer authorized to administer oaths in this State. Except
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as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition sheet shall be
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circulated more than 90 days preceding the last day provided
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in Section 10-6 for the filing of such petition. Such sheets,
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before being presented to the electoral board or filed with
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the proper officer of the electoral district or division of
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the state or municipality, as the case may be, shall be neatly
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fastened together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile
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and fastening them together at one edge in a secure and
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suitable manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered
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consecutively. The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
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them together end to end, so as to form a continuous strip or
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roll. All petition sheets which are filed with the proper
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local election officials, election authorities or the State
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Board of Elections shall be the original sheets which have
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been signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
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photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when
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presented or filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added
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to, and no signature shall be revoked except by revocation in

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writing presented or filed with the officers or officer with
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whom the petition is required to be presented or filed, and
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before the presentment or filing of such petition. Whoever
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forges any name of a signer upon any petition shall be deemed
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guilty of a forgery, and on conviction thereof, shall be
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punished accordingly. The word "petition" or "petition for
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nomination", as used herein, shall mean what is sometimes
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known as nomination papers, in distinction to what is known as
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a certificate of nomination. The words "political division for
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which the candidate is nominated", or its equivalent, shall
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mean the largest political division in which all qualified
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voters may vote upon such candidate or candidates, as the
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state in the case of state officers; the township in the case
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of township officers et cetera. Provided, further, that no
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person shall circulate or certify petitions for candidates of
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more than one political party, or for an independent candidate
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or candidates in addition to one political party, to be voted
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upon at the next primary or general election, or for such
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candidates and parties with respect to the same political
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subdivision at the next consolidated election.
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(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)

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