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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4093
Introduced 10/15/2025, by Rep. Daniel Didech
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 140/7.5
10 ILCS 5/7-10	  from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/7-10.04 new
10 ILCS 5/10-10.5
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a candidate may apply for a Residency Verification Certificate from the appropriate election authority no earlier than 180 days before the last day for filing petitions. Provides that a candidate who has received a Residency Verification Certificate may, wherever required to list a residential address, state "Residency Verified" and include a copy of the certificate. Sets forth requirements for application and certification. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make a conforming change.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
9exempt from inspection and copying:
10        (a) All information determined to be confidential
11    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
12    Development Act.
13        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
14    library users with specific materials under the Library
15    Records Confidentiality Act.
16        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
17    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
18    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
19    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
21    has received.
22        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
23    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
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1    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
2    infection or any information the disclosure of which is
3    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
4    Infection Control Act.
5        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
6    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
8    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
9    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
10        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
12    Tuition Act.
13        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
14    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
15    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
16    general's office that would be exempt if created or
17    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
18    that Act.
19        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
20    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
21    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
22    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
24    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
25    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
26        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
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1    or driver identification information compiled by a law
2    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
3    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
5    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
6    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
7    Prevention Review Team Act.
8        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
9    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
10    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
11    authorized under that Article.
12        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
13    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
14    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
15    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
16    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
17    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
18    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
19        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
20    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
21    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
22        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
23    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
24    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
25    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
26    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
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1    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
2    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
3    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
4    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
5    Act (repealed).
6        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
7    Personnel Record Review Act.
8        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
9    Illinois School Student Records Act.
10        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
12        (t) (Blank).
13        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
14    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
15    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
16        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
17    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
18    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
19    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
20    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
21    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
22    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
23    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
24    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
25    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
26        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
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1    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
2    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
3        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
4    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
5    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
6        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
7    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
9        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
10    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
11    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
12    information about the identity and administrative finding
13    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
14    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
15    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
16    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
17        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
18    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
19    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
20    Act.
21        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
22    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
23        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
24    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
25        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
26    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
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1    authorized under that Act.
2        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
3    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
4    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
5        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
6    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
7        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
8    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
9        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
10    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
11    Code.
12        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
13    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
14        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
15    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
16    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
17        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
18    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
19    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
20    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
21    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
22        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
23    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
24        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
25    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
26    Aid Code.
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1        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
2    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
3        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
4    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
5        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
6    arising out of a peer support counseling session
7    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
8    Suicide Prevention Act.
9        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
10    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
11    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
12    Prevention Act.
13        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
14    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
15    under the Reproductive Health Act.
16        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
17    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
18        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
19    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
20    Human Rights Act.
21        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
22    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
23    Act.
24        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
25    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
26        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
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1    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
2    Public Aid Code.
3        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
4    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
5        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
6    information that shall not be made public under the
7    Illinois Insurance Code.
8        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
9    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
10        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
11    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
12        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
13    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
14        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
15    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
16    Police Act.
17        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
18    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
19    Administrative Code of Illinois.
20        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
21    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
22    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
23    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
24        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
25    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
26    Violence Fatality Review Act.
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1        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
2    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
3    July 1, 2025.
4        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
5    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
6    Agency Licensing Act.
7        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
8    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
9    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
10    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
11    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
12    Act.
13        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
14    the School Safety Drill Act.
15        (jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
16    30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
17        (kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
18    from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
19    Act.
20        (lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
21    2-3.196 of the School Code.
22        (mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
23    under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
24    Power Agency Act.
25        (nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
26    and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
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1    Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
2        (ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
3    20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
4        (ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
6        (qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
7    Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
8        (rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
9    under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
10    Modernization Act.
11        (sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
12    40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
13        (ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
14    Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
15    under that Section.
16        (uuu) Applications and documentation submitted to an 
17    election authority under Section 7-10.05 of the Election 
18    Code.
19(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
20102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
218-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
22102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
236-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
24eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
25103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff.
267-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24; 103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786,
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1eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff. 8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24;
2103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081, eff. 3-21-25.)
3    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
4Sections 7-10, 10-5, 10-10.5 and by adding Section 7-10.04 as
5follows:
6    (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
7    Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
8candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
9township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
10committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
11delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
12upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
13been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
14substantially the following form:
15    We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
17in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
18Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
19or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
20for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
21election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
22be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
23date).
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1Name	Office	Address or Verification
2John Jones	Governor	Belvidere, Ill. (or Residency Verified)
3Jane James 	Lieutenant Governor 	Peoria, Ill. (or Residency Verified)
4Thomas Smith	Attorney General
5Name..................         Address.......................
6State of Illinois)
7                 ) ss.
8County of........)
9    I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
10street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of .....
11(or my residency in (district) has been verified by the 
12appropriate election authority), that I am 18 years of age or
13older, that I am a citizen of the United States, and that the
14signatures on this sheet were signed in my presence, and are
15genuine, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the
16persons so signing were at the time of signing the petitions
17qualified voters of the .... party, and that their respective
18residences are correctly stated, as above set forth.
19
.........................
20    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
21
.........................
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1    Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
2candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
3and shall contain above the space for signatures an
4appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
5candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
6signed; the office, the political party represented and place
7of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
8    Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
9electors residing in the political division for which the
10nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
11opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
12shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
13be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
14elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
15number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
16signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
17However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
18residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms
19where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the
20same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
21abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
22including street number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of
23such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
24a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the
25United States, stating the street address or rural route
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1number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city,
2village or town, and state; and certifying that the signatures
3on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her
4presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
5either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
6circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
7which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the
8petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
9of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
10preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
11for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the
12signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
13January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
14signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
15January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
16sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
17her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
18time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the
19political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
20statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
21administer oaths in this State.
22    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
23sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
24day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
25    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
26whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
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1signature from the petition, provided that:
2        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
3    the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
4    and
5        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
6    certification listing the page number and line number of
7    each signature struck from the petition. Such
8    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
9    Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
10together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
11fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
12manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
13The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
14to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
15sheets which are filed with the proper local election
16officials, election authorities or the State Board of
17Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
18by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
19photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
20include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
21the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
22filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
23candidate (or that the candidate's district residency has been 
24verified by the appropriate election authority), the office
25for which he is a candidate, shall state that the candidate is
26a qualified primary voter of the party to which the petition
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1relates and is qualified for the office specified (in the case
2of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state that the
3candidate is at the time of filing such statement a licensed
4attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he has filed
5(or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
6statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
7Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's
8name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall be
9subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer
10authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and
11shall be in substantially the following form:
12Statement of Candidacy
13Name	Address 	Office	District	Party
14
15	or Verification
16John Jones	102 Main St.	Governor	Statewide	Republican
17	Belvidere,
18
19
20
21	Illinois (or Residency Verified)
22State of Illinois)
23                 ) ss.
24County of .......)
25    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
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1Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
2State of Illinois (or my residency in (district) has been 
3verified by the appropriate election authority); that I am a
4qualified voter therein and am a qualified primary voter of
5the .... party; that I am a candidate for nomination (for
6election in the case of committeeperson and delegates and
7alternate delegates) to the office of .... to be voted upon at
8the primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am
9legally qualified (including being the holder of any license
10that may be an eligibility requirement for the office I seek
11the nomination for) to hold such office and that I have filed
12(or I will file before the close of the petition filing period)
13a statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
14Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
15printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for
16(or election to in the case of committeepersons and delegates
17and alternate delegates) such office.
18
Signed ......................
19    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
20who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
21
Signed ....................
22(Official Character)
23(Seal, if officer has one.)
24    The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
25to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
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1filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
2authority or local election official with whom the petition is
3required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
4Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
5by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
6thereof shall be punished accordingly.
7    A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
8obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
9his or her petition for nomination.
10    (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
11convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
12candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
13alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
14from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
15nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
1610,000 signatures.
17    (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
18national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
19in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
20Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
21congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
22elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
23petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
24signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
25his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
26first primary election following a redistricting of
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1congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
2must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
3electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
4congressional district.
5    (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
6Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
7including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
8county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
9other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
10nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
11equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
12cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
13county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
14elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
15petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
16signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
17his or her party in the county board district. In the first
18primary election following a redistricting of county board
19districts or the initial establishment of county board
20districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
21at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
22qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
23cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
24the total number of county board districts comprising the
25county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
26signatures be less than 25.
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1    (d) County office; Cook County only.
2        (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
3    in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
4    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
5    equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
6    who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
7    Cook County.
8        (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
9    Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
10    must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
11    0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
12    in his or her county board district. In the first primary
13    election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
14    Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
15    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
16    equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
17    in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
18    general election divided by the total number of county
19    board districts comprising the county board; provided that
20    in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
21        (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
22    candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
23    Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
24    subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
25    then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
26    at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
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1    total number of registered voters in his or her board of
2    review district in the last general election at which a
3    commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
4    that board of review district. In no event shall the
5    number of signatures required be greater than the
6    requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
7    office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
8    Section. In the first primary election following a
9    redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
10    candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
11    4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
12    required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
13    whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
14    party in the district.
15    (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
16run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
17petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
18signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
19his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
20candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
21the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
22the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
23primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
24primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
25districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
26wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
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1contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
2total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
3party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
4municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
5was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
6municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
7no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
8    (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
9run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
10petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
11of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
12congressional district.
13    (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
14provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
15of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
16wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
17contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
18primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
19district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
20district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
21candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
22number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
23his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
24first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
25districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
26nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
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1qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
2district.
3    (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
4Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
5district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
6contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
7votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
8political party for the office of Governor at the last general
9election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
10than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
11office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
12petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
13equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
14candidate of his or her political party who received the
15highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
16judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
17regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
181,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
19First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
20Judicial District.
21    (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
22as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
23for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
24for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
25primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
26candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
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1candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
2the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
3of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
4same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
5may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
6If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
7the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
8than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
9electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
108% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
11signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
12is greater.
13    (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
14for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
15attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
16than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
17must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
18the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
19comprising the counties.
20    (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
21office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
22contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
23registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
24division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
25whichever is greater.
26    For purposes of this Section the number of primary
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1electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
2the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
3party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
4the last general election in the State at which electors for
5President of the United States were elected. For political
6subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
7determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
8that political party who received the highest number of votes
9in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
10which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
11that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
12subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
13determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
14that political party who received the highest number of votes
15in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
16an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
17ward or district.
18    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
19petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
20party.
21    The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
22declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
23(d).
24    Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
25specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
26names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
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1the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
2Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
3one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
4(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
5102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
6    (10 ILCS 5/7-10.04 new)
7    Sec. 7-10.04. Residency verification.
8    (a) A candidate may apply for a Residency Verification 
9Certificate from the appropriate election authority no earlier 
10than 180 days before the last day for filing petitions under 
11Section 7-12. The candidate's application shall include the 
12name of the district or political subdivision for which the 
13candidate seeks nomination or election and shall be 
14accompanied by at least 2 documents listed under paragraph (4) 
15of subsection (h) of Appendix B of 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1030. The 
16documents shall include the candidate's name and current 
17residential address and must be dated within 90 days prior to 
18application. The election authority may establish procedures 
19to verify the authenticity and adequacy of the documents 
20submitted by candidates under this subsection.
21    (b) If the election authority determines that the 
22candidate resides within the boundaries of the district or 
23political subdivision for which nomination or election is 
24sought in accordance with subsection (a), the election 
25authority shall issue a Residency Verification Certificate, 
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1which shall be issued no later than 14 days after the 
2submission of a complete application. The certificate shall 
3include: (i) the candidate's name; (ii) the date of issuance; 
4and (iii) a statement that the candidate's residency has been 
5verified in accordance with this Section and that the 
6candidate resides within the boundaries of the district or 
7political subdivision for which nomination or election is 
8sought.
9    (c) A candidate who has received a Residency Verification 
10Certificate may, wherever required to list a residential 
11address under Section 7-10 or related provisions of this Code, 
12state "Residency Verified" and include a copy of the 
13certificate with any filed petitions for nomination or 
14election. If a candidate who has received a Residency 
15Verification Certificate also circulates petitions, the 
16candidate may indicate "Residency Verified" in the 
17circulator's affidavit instead of providing a residential 
18address.
19    (d) For purposes of an objection filed under Section 10-8, 
20the issuance of a Residency Verification Certificate to a 
21candidate shall create a rebuttable presumption that the 
22candidate was a resident of the district or political 
23subdivision in which nomination or election is sought on the 
24date the certificate was issued.
25    (e) All applications and documentation submitted to an 
26election authority pursuant to this Section is exempt from 
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1disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
2    (f) This Section shall be liberally construed to permit a 
3candidate who has been issued a Residency Verification 
4Certificate to indicate "Residency Verified" instead of 
5listing the candidate's residential address for any relevant 
6purpose under this Code.
7    (10 ILCS 5/10-10.5)
8    Sec. 10-10.5. Removal of candidate's [judicial officer's]
9address information from the certificate of nomination or
10nomination papers.
11    (a) Upon expiration of the period for filing an objection
12to a [judicial] candidate's certificate of nomination or
13nomination papers, a [judicial officer who is a judicial]
14candidate may file a written request with the State Board of
15Elections or the appropriate election authority for redaction
16of the candidate's [judicial officer's] home address information
17from his or her certificate of nomination or nomination
18papers. After receipt of the candidate's [judicial officer's]
19written request, the State Board of Elections or appropriate 
20election authority shall redact or cause redaction of the
21candidate's [judicial officer's] home address from his or her
22certificate of nomination or nomination papers within 5
23business days.
24    (b) Prior to expiration of the period for filing an
25objection to a [judicial] candidate's certificate of nomination
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1or nomination papers, the home address information from the
2certificate of nomination or nomination papers of a [judicial ]
3[officer who is a judicial] candidate is available for public
4inspection, unless the candidate's residency has been verified 
5as described in Section 7-10.04. After redaction of a
6candidate's [judicial officer's] home address information under
7paragraph (a) of this Section, the home address information is
8only available for an in camera inspection by the court
9reviewing an objection to the candidate's [judicial officer's]
10certificate of nomination or nomination papers.
11    (c) For the purposes of this Section, "home address" has
12the meaning as defined in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy
13Act.
14(Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)