10 ILCS 5/10-7
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. 10-7)Sec. 10-7.   Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any person whose name has been presented as a candidate, including nonpartisan and independent candidates,  may cause his name to be withdrawn from any such nomination by his  request in writing, signed by him and duly acknowledged before an  officer qualified to take acknowledgment of deeds, and presented to the  principal office or permanent branch office of the Board, the election  authority, or the local election official, as the case may be, not later  than the date for certification of candidates for the ballot.  No name so  withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballots under the party appellation or  title from which the candidate has withdrawn his name.   If such a request for withdrawal is received after the date for certification of the candidates for the ballot, then the votes cast for the withdrawn candidate are invalid and shall not be reported by the election authority. If the name of the  same person has been presented as a candidate for 2 or more offices which  are incompatible so that the same person could not serve in more than one  of such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for  all but one of such offices within the 5 business days following the last  day for petition filing.  If he fails to withdraw as a candidate for all  but one of such offices within such time, his name shall not be certified,  nor printed on the ballot, for any office. However, nothing in this Section  shall be construed as precluding a judge who is seeking retention in office  from also being a candidate for another judicial office.  Except as  otherwise herein provided, in case the certificate of nomination or  petition as provided for in this Article shall contain or exhibit the name  of any candidate for any office upon more than one of said certificates or  petitions (for the same office), then and in that case the Board or  election authority or local election official, as the case may be, shall  immediately notify said candidate of said fact and that his name appears  unlawfully upon more than one of said certificates or petitions and that  within 3 days from the receipt of said notification, said candidate must  elect as to which of said political party appellations or groups he desires  his name to appear and remain under upon said ballot, and if said candidate  refuses, fails or neglects to make such election, then and in that case the  Board or election authority or local election official, as the case may be,  shall permit the name of said candidate to appear or be printed or placed  upon said ballot only under the political party appellation or group  appearing on the certificate of nomination or petition, as the case may be,  first filed, and shall strike or cause to be stricken the name of said  candidate from all certificates of nomination and petitions  filed after the first such certificate of nomination or petition.Whenever the name of a candidate for an office is withdrawn from a new  political party petition, it shall constitute a vacancy in nomination for  that office which may be filled in accordance with Section 10-11 of this  Article; provided, that if the names of all candidates for all offices on  a new political party petition are withdrawn or such petition is declared  invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial review, no vacancies in  nomination for those offices shall exist and the filing of any notice or  resolution purporting to fill vacancies in nomination shall have no legal effect.Whenever the name of an independent candidate for an office is withdrawn  or an independent candidate's petition is declared invalid by an electoral  board or upon judicial review, no vacancy in nomination for that office  shall exist and the filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill  a vacancy in nomination shall have no legal effect.All certificates of nomination and nomination papers when presented or  filed shall be open, under proper regulation, to public inspection, and the  State Board of Elections and the several election authorities and local  election officials having charge of nomination papers shall preserve the  same in their respective offices not less than 6 months.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)