Illinois Compiled Statutes
10 ILCS 5/10-4 (2026)
Form of petition for nomination
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(10 ILCS 5/10-4)
(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.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 56
cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Elam v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd. for the Vill. of Riverdale, 2021 IL 127080 (Ill. 2021).
Elam v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd. for the Vill. of Riverdale, 2021 IL 127080 (Ill. 2021). “OPINION ¶1 The question presented in this appeal is whether circulators who collected signatures on behalf of a Democratic candidate for the consolidated primary election and for an independent candidate for the consolidated general election violated section 10-4 of the Election…”
Ramirez v. Andrade, 865 N.E.2d 508 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “Section 10-4 of the Code (10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 2004)) provides that a signature is not valid unless the circulator signs an affidavit, attesting to his or her "presence" when the petitions were signed.”
Samuelson v. Cook Cnty. Officers Electoral Bd., 2012 IL App (1st) 120581 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “’ 10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 1994).” King, 284 Ill.”
McCaskill v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd., 2019 IL App (1st) 190190 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “See 10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 2016). ¶4 The Municipal Officers Electoral Board for the City of Harvey (the Board) overruled these objections and allowed Rogers onto the ballot.”
Salgado v. Marquez, 828 N.E.2d 805 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “We note parenthetically that petitioner also references section 10-4 of the Code (10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 2002)) in his objection.”
Sandefur v. Cunningham Twp. Officers Electoral Bd., 2013 IL App (4th) 130127 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “) ¶6 In January 2013, Stebbins filed an objection to plaintiff’s nominating petitions for her candidacy as an Independent, asserting, in pertinent part, that plaintiff and Kevin violated section 10-4 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 2010))–which purports to prohibit…”
Lawrence v. Williams, 2013 IL App (1st) 130757 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “Bernadette Lawrence, in her objections, contended the candidates’ nomination papers were not securely bound as required by section 10-4 of the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 2010)). The electoral board sustained the objections.”
Bendell v. Educ. Officers Electoral Bd. for Sch. Dist. 148, 788 N.E.2d 173 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “We next address the issue as to whether the requirements stated in section 10-4 of the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 1993)), that nominating petitions be fastened together in book form in a secure and suitable manner, may be satisfied through the doctrine of…”
Girot v. Keith, 818 N.E.2d 1232 (Ill. 2004). “Second, the issue in this case concerns whether Girot failed to comply, as a matter of law, with the secure-binding requirement of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 2002)). Where, as here, the issue is a question of law concerning only compliance with the Election Code,…”
Jay Stone v. Bd. of Election Commissione, 750 F.3d 678 (7th Cir. 2014). “Candidates have ninety days in which to gather their signatures, 10 ILCS 5/10-4, and voters may not sign more than one nominating petition for the same office in a single election cycle, 10 ILCS 5/10-3; 65 ILCS 20/21-28(e).”
Tobin for Governor v. Illinois State Bd. of Elections, 105 F. Supp. 2d 882 (N.D. Ill. 2000). “Previously, the court granted the Board’s motion to dismiss based on the Eleventh Amendment, and the individual defendants’ motion to dismiss all claims for monetary relief and to void the Board’s decision, leaving only plaintiffs’ claims: (a) for declaratory relief that the…”
Muldrow v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd. for the City of Markham, 2019 IL App (1st) 190345 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “10 ILCS 5/10-4 (West 2016). Thus, the Board found that all petition sheets circulated by them and all signatures within those petition sheets were rendered invalid and void.”
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