Directions for Circulating Petitions

  1.  You need not have voted in a previous Republican Primary and may even have voted in a Democrat
    Primary or not even have voted in a primary at all.
  2.  You must be at least 18 years of age. However, if you are 17 years old and will be 18 by the date of
    the General Election, and are a U.S. citizen, you may also circulate this petition.
  3. You must personally witness all signatures made on this petition.
  4.  You may sign your own petition if you are a registered voter within the district.
  5.  You may pass this petition anywhere in the 114th Representative District.
  6.  You may not circulate petitions for more than one political party.
  7.  Petitions with fewer than 10 names do count. If you are not able to fill an entire petition, send in the
    partially completed petition. Each name counts.
  8.  If you learn a signature is not valid, do not worry. Bad signatures do not knock out other good
    signatures or invalidate a petition. HOWEVER, known bad signatures should be brought to the
    attention of the campaign, so that they can be officially deleted. A circulator who recklessly and
    routinely disregards the signature gathering rules may have an entire sheet stricken even though
    some signatures are valid.
  9.  You must sign as the circulator of the petition before a Notary Public licensed in Illinois and the Notary
    Public must affix his/her seal or stamp. Most banks and libraries will notarize free of charge.
  10.  DO NOT number the petition page.

Directions for Signing Petitions

  1. You must be a registered voter in the 114th Representative District. You need not have voted in a
    previous Republican Primary and may even have voted in a Democrat Primary or not even have
    voted in a primary at all.
  2.  You must sign your name as you are registered to vote. For example, William E. Jones, not Bill
    Jones.
  3.  DO NOT use ditto marks for any part of an address or county.
  4. You must use the address where you are registered to vote. Post Office boxes are not acceptable.
  5.  You MAY NOT sign petitions for candidates of more than one political party in the same election.
  6.  You cannot sign another member of your family’s name on a petition.