235 ILCS 5/9-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 235 - LIQUOR|235 ILCS 5/ - Liquor Control Act of 1934.|Article IX - Local Referendum

 (from Ch. 43, par. 169)Sec. 9-4.   A petition for submission of the proposition shall be in  substantially the following form:To the .... clerk of the (here insert the corporate or legal name of  the county, township, road district, city, village or incorporated  town):The undersigned, residents and legal voters of the .... (insert the  legal name or correct designation of the political subdivision or  precinct, as the case may be), respectfully petition that you cause to  be submitted, in the manner provided by law, to the voters thereof, at  the next election, the proposition "Shall the sale at retail of  alcoholic liquor (or alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not  more than 4% of alcohol by weight) (or alcoholic liquor containing more  than 4% of alcohol by weight except in the original package and not for  consumption on the premises) be prohibited in this .... (or at the  following address ....)?"  --------------------------------------------------------------Name of   P. O. address   Description of precinct  Date ofsigner    (including      township, road district  signingstreet no.,     or part thereof, as ofif any).        the last generalelection--------------------------------------------------------------A petition for a proposition to be submitted to the voters of a precinct  shall also contain in plain and nonlegal language a description of the  precinct to which the proposition is to be submitted at the election.  The description shall describe the territory of the precinct by reference  to streets, natural or artificial landmarks, addresses, or by any other  method which would enable a voter signing such petition to be informed of  the territory of the precinct.  Each such petition for a precinct  referendum shall also contain a list of the names and addresses of all  licensees in the precinct.Such petition shall conform to the requirements of the general election  law, as to form and signature requirements. The circulator's statement  shall include an attestation of: (1) that none of the signatures on this  petition sheet were signed more than 4 months before the filing of this  petition, or (2) the dates on which the petitioners signed the petition,  and shall be sworn to before an officer residing in the county where such  legal voters reside and authorized to administer oaths therein.  No  signature shall be revoked except by a revocation filed within 20 days from  the filing of the petition with the clerk with whom the petition is  required to be filed. Upon request of any citizen for a photostatic copy of  the petition and paying or tendering to the clerk the costs of making the  photostatic copy, the clerk shall immediately make, or cause to be made a  photostatic copy of such petition. The clerk shall also deliver to such  person, his official certification that such copy is a true copy of the  original, stating the day when such original was filed in his office.  Any  5 legal voters or any affected licensee of any political subdivision,  district or precinct in which a proposed election is about to be held as  provided for in this Act, within any time up to 72  days immediately prior  to the date of such proposed election and upon filing a bond for costs, may  contest the validity of the petitions for such election by filing a  verified petition in the Circuit Court for the county in which the  political subdivision, district or precinct is situated, setting forth  the grounds for contesting the validity of such petitions. Upon the  filing of the petition, a summons shall be issued by the Court,  addressed to the appropriate city, village, town, township or road  district clerk, notifying the clerk of the filing of the petition and  directing him to appear before the Court on behalf of the political  subdivision or district at the time named in the summons; provided, the  time shall not be less than 5 days nor more than 15 days after the  filing of the petition. The procedure in these cases, as far as may be  applicable, shall be the same as that provided for the objections to  petitions in the general election law.   Any legal voter in the political  subdivision or precinct in which such election is to be held may appear in  person or by counsel, in any such contest to defend or oppose the validity  of the petition for election.The municipal, town or road district clerk shall certify the proposition  to be submitted at the election to the appropriate election officials, in  accordance with the general election law, unless the petition has been  determined to be invalid. If the court determines the petitions to be  invalid subsequent to the certification by the clerk, the court's order  shall be transmitted to the election officials and shall nullify such  certification.  (Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)