10 ILCS 5/10-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 10 - Making of Nominations in Certain Other Cases

 (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.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 accepted.  In the case of nomination papers or certificates of 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 subdivision, or district  thereof, the election authority or local election official with whom such  petition is filed shall note the day and hour upon which such  objector's petition was 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 petition for the public question 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 person designated on a certificate attached to the petition as the  principal proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's attorney,  for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and residence  address, and shall state fully the nature of the objections to the  certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petitions in question,  and shall state the interest of the objector and shall state what relief  is requested of the electoral board.The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10 and  10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to petitions for  nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8, except as otherwise  provided in Section 7-13 for cases to which it is applicable, and also  apply to and govern petitions for the submission of public questions under  Article 28.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)