10 ILCS 5/10-4
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. 10-4)Sec. 10-4. Form of petition for nomination. All petitions for nomination  under this Article 10 for  candidates for public office in this State, shall in addition to other  requirements provided by law, be as follows:  Such petitions shall  consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain, above  the space for signature, an appropriate heading, giving the information  as to name of candidate or candidates in whose behalf such petition is  signed; the office; the party; place of residence; and such other  information or wording as required to make same valid, and the heading  of each sheet shall be the same.  Such petition shall be signed by the  qualified voters in their own proper persons only, and 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 such 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. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no signature shall be valid or be counted in  considering the validity or sufficiency of such petition unless the  requirements of this Section are complied with. At the bottom of each  sheet of such petition shall be added a circulator's 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; certifying that the signatures on that sheet of  the petition  were signed in his or her presence; 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)  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 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the  time of signing the petition duly registered voters under Article 4, 5, or 6 of this   Code of the political subdivision or district for which the candidate or  candidates shall be nominated, and certifying that their respective residences  are correctly stated therein.  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 10-6  for the filing of such petition. Such sheets, before being presented to the  electoral board or filed with the proper officer of the electoral district or  division of the state or municipality, as the case may be, 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 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, and not  photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.  A petition, when presented or  filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added to, and no signature shall be  revoked except by revocation in writing presented or filed with the officers or  officer with whom the petition is required to be presented or filed, and before  the presentment or filing of such petition.  Whoever forges any name of a  signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a forgery, and on conviction  thereof, shall be punished accordingly.  The word "petition" or "petition for  nomination", as used herein, shall mean what is sometimes known as nomination  papers, in distinction to what is known as a certificate of nomination. The  words "political division for which the candidate is nominated", or its  equivalent, shall mean the largest political division in which all qualified  voters may vote upon such candidate or candidates, as the state in the case of  state officers; the township in the case of township officers et cetera.  Provided, further, that no person shall circulate or certify petitions for  candidates of more than one political party, or for an independent candidate or  candidates in addition to one political party, to be voted upon at the next  primary or general election, or for such candidates and parties with respect to  the same political subdivision at the next consolidated election.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)