Directions for Circulating Petitions
- 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. - 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. - You must personally witness all signatures made on this petition.
- You may sign your own petition if you are a registered voter within the district.
- You may pass this petition anywhere in the 114th Representative District.
- You may not circulate petitions for more than one political party.
- 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. - 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. - 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. - DO NOT number the petition page.
Directions for Signing Petitions
- 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. - You must sign your name as you are registered to vote. For example, William E. Jones, not Bill
Jones. - DO NOT use ditto marks for any part of an address or county.
- You must use the address where you are registered to vote. Post Office boxes are not acceptable.
- You MAY NOT sign petitions for candidates of more than one political party in the same election.
- You cannot sign another member of your family’s name on a petition.