10 ILCS 5/28-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 28 - Submitting Public Questions

 (from Ch. 46, par. 28-3)Sec. 28-3. Form of petition for public question. Petitions for the  submission of public questions 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 the question of public policy to be submitted, and specifying the  state at large or the political subdivision or district or precinct or  combination of precincts or other territory in which it is to be submitted and,  where by law the public question must be submitted at a particular election,  the election at which it is to be submitted. In the case of a petition for the  submission of a public question described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6,  the heading shall also specify the regular election at which the question is to  be submitted and include the precincts included in the territory concerning  which the public question is to be submitted, as well as a common description  of such territory in plain and nonlegal language, such description to describe  the territory by reference to streets, natural or artificial landmarks,  addresses or any other method which would enable a voter signing the petition  to be informed of the territory concerning which the question is to be  submitted.  The heading of each sheet shall be the same. Such petition shall be  signed by the registered voters of the political subdivision or district or  precinct or combination of precincts in which the question of public policy is  to be submitted in their own proper persons only, and opposite the  signature of each signer his residence address shall be written or  printed, which residence address 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; provided that  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. 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 and are genuine, and that to  the best  of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time  of  signing the petition registered voters of the political subdivision or  district or precinct or combination of precincts in which the question of  public policy is to be submitted and that their respective residences are  correctly stated therein. Such statement shall be sworn to before some  officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.Such sheets, before being filed with the proper officer or board  shall be bound securely and 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 board or  officer with whom the petition is required to be presented or filed, and before  the presentment or filing of such petition, except as may otherwise be provided  in another statute which authorize the public question. 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.In addition to the foregoing requirements, a petition proposing an amendment  to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of  the Constitution or a petition proposing a question of public policy to  be submitted to the voters of the entire State shall be in conformity with  the requirements of Section 28-9 of this Article.If multiple sets of petitions for submission of the same public  questions are filed, the State Board of Elections, appropriate election  authority or local election official where the petitions are filed shall  within 2 business days notify the proponent of his or her multiple petition  filings and that proponent has 3 business days after receipt of the notice  to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or  local election official that he or she may cancel prior sets of petitions.  If the proponent notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate  election authority or local election official, the last set of petitions  filed shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board  of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official.  If the  proponent fails to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate  election authority or local election official then only the first set of  petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be void.  (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)