IL HB5203

Petitions for nomination must be filed within specified timeframes: 113-106 days before primary for state/congressional/judicial offices; 57-50 days for special elections to fill U.S. House vacancies; 99-92 days for municipal/township offices; and 113-106 days for county offices and state central committeemen.

When a vacancy occurs in Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Court Judge positions within 3 weeks before the 106th day before a primary, nomination petitions must be filed 92-85 days before the general primary election.

Petitions filed within the last hour of the filing deadline are deemed filed simultaneously, and ties are broken through a lottery or other fair random selection method conducted within 9 days and open to the public.

Candidates must withdraw from consideration for incompatible offices within 5 business days after the petition filing deadline ends, and in judicial elections may file for only one vacancy per subcircuit and one per circuit per filing period.

No primary election is held when a political party has uncontested nominations for all offices in a township, municipality, or ward, unless a qualified write-in candidate files notice of intent by the candidate certification date.