Illinois
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ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (217) 782-4141
Email: webmaster@elections.il.gov
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
Getting on the Ballot for 2012:
Watch the Secretary of State's website about July or August and it will have information for candidates. They will have a candidates guide for 2012 and also a calendar.
We cannot circulate petitions until 2011, unless there are changes to the law
Established party qualifications:
Received more than 5% of the vote in the last gubernatorial election or receive 5% of the vote for any statewide office. [5/10-2]
Primary ballot access:
Petition: 3,000—5,000 signatures [5/7-11] Deadline: between 99 and 92 days before the primary or between 69 and 62 days before the primary [5/7-11] (Both Democrats and Republicans selected the second option in 2000) No filing fees
New party qualifications:
Received less than 5% of the vote in the last gubernatorial election [5/7-2 & 5/10-2] Party must file a petition with 1% of voters or 25,000 signatures, whichever is less, along with a full slate of candidates [5/10-2]
General ballot access for new party and independent candidates:
File nomination paper Petition: 1% of voters or 25,000 signatures, whichever is less [5/10-3] Deadline: 141 and 134 days before the election [5/10-6] In 2000, there were four new parties (Green, Independent, Libertarian, Reform) and one independent candidate
Last day to withdraw from the ballot:
67 days prior to the election
Primary date:
third Tuesday in March [5-2A-1.1]
Participation:
Closed primary, with no preliminary party enrollment
Voter registration:
29 days before the primary election; 28 days before the general election Source: The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....
Write-In Information
To qualify as a write-in candidate in the entire state of Illinois, the candidate has to submit a "Declaration of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate" form to every jurisdiction (i.e. County) in the state and with each of the 8 Board of Elections Commissioners. There are 102 Counties in Illinois, so the candidate needs to file 110 forms total. Each one has to be signed and notarized individually. The Declaration of Intent form is available from the Illinois State Board of Elections. Call (312) 814-6440. Source: Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/
