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10 ILCS 5/10-6 (2026)

Time and manner of filing

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(10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
    Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for congressional, state legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 169 nor less than 162 days previous to the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. The State Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and the date and hour of presentment to it. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all other certificates for the nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk of the respective counties not more than 169 but at least 162 days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for school district offices to be filled at consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or county board of election commissioners of the county in which the principal office of the school district is located not more than 141 nor less than 134 days before the consolidated election. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for the other offices of political subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the general election shall be filed with the local election official of such subdivision:
        (1) (blank);
        (2) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to
    
the consolidated election; or
        (3) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to
    
the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled at the general primary election; or
        (4) not more than 127 nor less than 120 days before
    
the consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including, without limitation, those municipal offices subject to Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
        (5) not more than 141 nor less than 134 days before
    
the municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
        (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
    
multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed with the election authority not more than 141 nor less than 134 days before the consolidated election.
    However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of such Board.
(Source: P.A. 103-600, eff. 7-1-24; 104-434, eff. 11-21-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2001–2016 · leading case: Rudd v. The Lake Cnty. Electoral Bd., 2016 IL App (2d) 160649 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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Rudd v. The Lake Cnty. Electoral Bd., 2016 IL App (2d) 160649 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “Established party candidates must file to run generally at the end of November before the March primary (between 113 and 106 days before the primary (10 ILCS 5/7-12 (West 2012))), while independents and new party candidates must file circa the end of June after the primary…”
Rudd v. The Lake Cnty. Electoral Bd., 2016 IL App (2d) 160649 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “Established party candidates must file to run generally at the end of November before the March primary (between 113 and 106 days before the primary (10 ILCS 5/7-12 (West 2012))), while independents and new party candidates must file circa the end of June after the primary…”
Stevo v. Keith, 546 F.3d 405 (7th Cir. 2008). “He is using the 5,000-signatures provision of the law just to show that if it is good enough in newly redistricted districts, it is good enough in all districts.”
Welch v. Educ. Officers Electoral Bd., 750 N.E.2d 222 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “Hence, he was obligated to certify plaintiffs' names for the ballot to the Cook County Clerk. Finally, Smith argues on appeal that it was improper for the trial court to grant the mandamus relief requested, on the basis of the record before it.”
Druck v. Illinois State Bd. of Elections, 899 N.E.2d 437 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “Accordingly, we find that section 10-8 of the Election Code imposes conditions precedent before nomination papers are deemed valid.”
Allan Stevo v. John Keith (7th Cir. 2008). “He is using the 5,000-signa- tures provision of the law just to show that if it is good enough in newly redistricted districts, it is good enough in all districts. The state defends the disparity in treatment between the two types of district on the ground that it is impossible…”
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