10 ILCS 5/10-3
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. 10-3)Sec. 10-3. Nomination of independent candidates (not candidates of  any political party), for any office to be filled by the voters of the  State at large may also be made by nomination papers signed in the  aggregate for each candidate by 1% of the number of voters who voted in  the next preceding Statewide general election or 25,000 qualified voters  of the State, whichever is less.  Nominations of independent candidates  for public office within any district or political subdivision less than  the State, may be made by nomination papers signed in the aggregate for  each candidate by qualified voters of such district, or political  subdivision, equaling not less than 5%, nor more than 8% (or 50 more  than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the number of persons, who  voted at the next preceding regular election in such district or  political subdivision in which such district or political subdivision  voted as a unit for the election of officers to serve its respective  territorial area. However, whenever the minimum  signature requirement for an independent candidate petition for a  district or political subdivision office shall exceed the minimum number  of signatures for an independent candidate petition for an office to be  filled by the voters of the State at large at the next preceding  State-wide general election, such State-wide petition signature  requirement shall be the minimum for an independent candidate petition  for such district or political subdivision office.  For the first  election following a redistricting of congressional districts,  nomination papers for an independent candidate for congressperson shall be  signed by at least 5,000 qualified voters of the congressional district.  For the first election following a redistricting of legislative  districts, nomination papers for an independent candidate for State  Senator in the General Assembly shall be signed by at  least 3,000 qualified voters of the legislative district.  For the first  election following a redistricting of representative districts, nomination  papers for an independent candidate for State Representative in the General  Assembly shall be signed by at least 1,500 qualified voters of the  representative district.  For the first election following redistricting of  county board districts, or of municipal wards or districts, or for the  first election following the initial establishment of such districts or  wards in a county or municipality, nomination papers  for an independent candidate for county board member, or for alderperson or  trustee of such municipality, shall be signed by qualified voters of the  district or ward equal to not less than 5% nor more than 8% (or 50 more  than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the total number of votes cast  at the preceding general or general municipal election, as the case  may be, for the county or municipal office voted on throughout such county  or municipality for which the greatest total number of votes were cast for  all candidates, divided by the number of districts or wards, but in any  event not less than 25 qualified voters of the district or ward.  Each voter  signing a nomination paper shall add to his signature his place of  residence, and each voter may subscribe to one nomination for such  office to be filled, and no more: Provided that the name of any  candidate whose name may appear in any other place upon the ballot shall  not be so added by petition for the same office.The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on whose behalf  the petition is circulated, may strike any signature from the petition,  provided that;(1) the person striking the signature shall initial     the petition at the place where the signature is struck; and(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a     certification listing the page number and line number of each signature struck from the petition.  Such certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.(3) the persons striking signatures from the petition     shall each sign an additional certificate specifying the number of certification pages listing stricken signatures which are attached to the petition and the page numbers indicated on such certifications.  The certificate shall be filed as a part of the petition, shall be numbered, and shall be attached immediately following the last page of voters' signatures and before the certifications of stricken signatures.(4) all of the foregoing requirements shall be     necessary to effect a valid striking of any signature.  The provisions of this Section authorizing the striking of signatures shall not impose any criminal liability on any person so authorized for signatures which may be fraudulent.In the case of the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor a  joint petition including one candidate for each of those offices must be  filed.A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan  candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her  nomination at the primary election, is ineligible to be placed on the  ballot as an independent candidate for election in that general or  consolidated election.A candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates of  political parties are nominated by caucus who is a participant in the  caucus and who is defeated for his or  her nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at  that general or consolidated election as an independent candidate.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)