Illinois Compiled Statutes
10 ILCS 5/10-5 (2026)
All petitions for nomination shall, besides containing the names of candidates, specify as to each: 1
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(10 ILCS 5/10-5)
(from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
Sec. 10-5.
All petitions for nomination shall,
besides containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
1. The office or offices to which such candidate or candidates shall
be nominated.
2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed in not more than 5
words. However, such party shall not bear the same name as, nor include
the name of any established political party as defined in this Article.
This prohibition does not preclude any established political party from
making nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
3. The place of residence of any such candidate or candidates with
the street and number thereof, if any. In the case of electors for
President and Vice-President of the United States, the names of
candidates for President and Vice-President may be added to the party
name or appellation.
Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in addition shall
include as a part thereof, the oath required by Section 7-10.1 of this
Act and must include a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates named
therein, except candidates for electors for President and Vice-President
of the United States. Each such statement shall set out the address of
such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state that
the candidate is qualified for the office specified and has filed (or will
file before the close of the petition filing period) a
statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed upon the
official ballot and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate
before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds in this
State, and may be in substantially the following form:
State of Illinois) ) SS.County of........)
I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at.... street, in
the city (or village) of.... in the county of.... State of Illinois;
and that I am a qualified voter therein; that I am a candidate for
election to the office of.... to be voted upon at the election to be
held on the.... day of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified
to hold such office and that I have filed (or will file before the close
of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, and I
hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for
election to such office.
Signed.................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who is to me
personally known, this.... day of....,......
Signed.................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
In addition, a new political party petition shall have attached thereto
a certificate stating the names and addresses of the party officers authorized
to fill vacancies in nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if the
candidate named therein fails to file a statement of economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement of economic
interests in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer
during the same calendar year as the year in which such nomination
papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
statement of economic interest of that candidate are not required to be
filed with the same officer, the candidate must file with the officer
with whom the nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer
with whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the date
on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not
later than the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 36
cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: Hacker v. Halley, 2021 IL App (2d) 210050 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
Hacker v. Halley, 2021 IL App (2d) 210050 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “cc/ ZLK9-B79A]; see also 10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2020) (setting forth the information a nominated candidate must provide in the statement of candidacy, requiring the statement to be subscribed and sworn to in front of a person authorized “to take acknowledgements of deeds,” and…”
Muldrow v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd. for the City of Markham, 2019 IL App (1st) 190345 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2016). They cite Cinkus, in which the supreme court affirmed an electoral board’s sustaining of an objection to the nominating papers of a candidate for village trustee who, as of the day he filed his nominating papers, was indebted $100 to the village.”
McHenry Twp. v. Cnty. of McHenry, 2022 IL 127258 (Ill. 2022). “The plaintiffs in North filed nominating papers to place their names on the ballot in a municipal election, but the city clerk refused to certify their names for the ballot because they failed to include a statement of candidacy, as required by section 10- 5 of the Election Code…”
Guerrero v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd. of the Vill. of Franklin Park, 2017 IL App (1st) 170486 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “" 10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2016). While an electoral board generally does not have statutory jurisdiction to inquire into the truth of disclosures made by the candidate, it may nevertheless determine whether the statement itself was duly filed in relation to the candidacy.”
Atkinson v. Roddy, 2013 IL App (2d) 130139 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “¶ 13 On appeal, petitioner argues that Dahlstrom’s nomination papers are invalid and her name should have been removed from the ballot because she failed to file her statement of economic interests with the appropriate officer, the Du Page County clerk, rather than the Cook…”
Crudup v. Sims, 686 N.E.2d 714 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “Section 10-5 provides in relevant part: "Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of economic interests as required in the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate…”
Cortez v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd., 2013 IL App (1st) 130442 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “See also 10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2010) (a candidate must submit the “Statement of Economic Interests” form “as required” by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act).”
Guerrero v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd. of the Vill. of Franklin Park, 2017 IL App (1st) 170486 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2014). While an electoral board generally does not have statutory jurisdiction to inquire into the truth of disclosures made by the candidate, it may nevertheless determine whether the statement itself was duly filed in relation to the candidacy.”
Rudd v. The Lake Cnty. Electoral Bd., 2016 IL App (2d) 160649 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Under the Election Code, for example, a new party must have officers, who are authorized to fill vacancies (10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West -8- 2016 IL App (2d) 160649 2012 )), and must slate candidates “for all offices” in its geographic area of operation (10 ILCS 5/10-2 (West…”
Rudd v. The Lake Cnty. Electoral Bd., 2016 IL App (2d) 160649 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Under the Election Code, for example, a new party must have officers, who are authorized to fill vacancies (10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2012)), and must slate candidates “for all offices” in its geographic area of operation (10 ILCS 5/10-2 (West 2012))—though one court recently found…”
Welch v. Educ. Officers Electoral Bd., 750 N.E.2d 222 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “*232 As noted, the plaintiffs in North also conceded that their nominating papers were not in conformity with the Election Code.”
Solomon v. Scholefield, 2015 IL App (1st) 150685 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “The Board invalidated Solomon’s petition on two grounds: first, it determined that Solomon was not “qualified for the office” within the meaning of section 10-5 of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2012)) (Code); and, second, the Board concluded that the failure of certain…”
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Muldrow v. Mun. Officers Electoral Bd. for the City of Markham, 2019 IL App (1st) 190345 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “10 ILCS 5/10-5 (West 2016). They cite Cinkus, in which the supreme court affirmed an electoral board’s sustaining of an objection to the nominating papers of a candidate for village trustee who, as of the day he filed his nominating papers, was indebted $100 to the village.”
Crudup v. Sims, 686 N.E.2d 714 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “Section 10-5 provides in relevant part: "Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of economic interests as required in the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate…”
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