Bills have been introduced in both houses of the Illinois legislature to lower the number of signatures for the three citywide non-partisan offices in Chicago. The bill would lower the number from 12,500 to 5,000 signatures.
The bills also lower the number of signatures needed for partisan Cook County countywide office, but only for primary candidates. Those petitions would drop from one-half of 1% of that party’s last general election vote, to exactly 5,000 signatures. The bills are SB 2083 by Senator Heather Sterns, and HB 3114 by Representative Kelly Cassidy.
The bills also allow a pilot program to test the idea of letting signatures be gathered electronically.
Print own forms —
I nominate John Doe, of 123 Main St, Chicago, IL for the office of Mayor in the 2019 election.
Sig, printed name, address, date signed.
For some reason, both bills lower the signature requirements for mayor of Chicago, but leave the same signature requirement (12,500 signatures) in place for Chicago city clerk and city treasurer.
Percentages of prior votes / registered electors date Z
Filing fees based on sigs number.
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NO more ballot access rigged OLIGARCHY machinations
— for the same reason of having fixed election dates and terms and office qualifications.