Candidate Filing Information

Filing Information and Forms for Nonpartisan Municipalities -
February 23, 2027 Consolidated Primary (if required)

• 2027 Filing Information for Nonpartisan Municipalities

NOTE: The following municipalities file as Nonpartisan: City of Leland Grove, City of Springfield, Village of Chatham, Village of Curran, Village of Rochester, Village of Sherman, Village of Southern View and Village of Spaulding.

Filing Information and Forms for Independent Candidates in Municipalities -
April 6, 2027 Consolidated Election

• 2027 Filing Information for Independent Candidates in Municipalities

INCLUDES: City of Auburn, Villages of Berlin, Buffalo*, Cantrall, Dawson, Divernon, Grandview, Illiopolis, Jerome, Loami, Mechanicsburg, New Berlin, Pawnee, Pleasant Plains, Riverton, Thayer* and Williamsville

*Villages of Buffalo and Thayer may also have established political party candidates

Filing Information and Forms for Established Municipal Political Parties -
April 6, 2027 Consolidated Election
(Buffalo Citizens Party and Thayer People's Party)

Filing Information and Forms for Nonpartisan Districts -
April 6, 2027 Consolidated Election

• Community College Districts
  • LLCC - District 3, 5, 6 and 7
  • Richland
• Municipal/Township Library Districts - (only Divernon, Pawnee, Riverton and Williamsville)
• Public Library Districts
• Springfield Park District
• Regional Board of School Trustees
• School Boards without Districts - (all EXCEPT Springfield #186 and North Mac)
• School Boards with Districts
  • Springfield #186 - Districts 3, 4, 5 and 7
  • North Mac - Districts 1, 3, 6 & 7
• SMEAA - (Districts 3, 4 & 5)
• Fire Protection Districts
• Curran-Gardner Townships Public Water District

Mayor or President, Clerk, Treasurer and Trustee:
Qualified elector of the municipality and one-year residency in the municipality preceding the election. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(a))

Alderpersons must reside in the ward at least one year prior to their election. Trustees elected from districts must reside in their municipality at least one year prior to their election. For trustees elected by district in villages with a population of over 5,000, each of the districts shall be represented by one trustee who shall have been a resident of the district for at least six months immediately before their election in the first election after redistricting. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(c), 3.1-25-75(a)(b))

If a person is a resident of a municipality immediately prior to the active duty military service of that person or that person's spouse, resides anywhere outside of the municipality during that active duty military service, and immediately upon completion of that active duty military service is again a resident of the municipality, then the time during which the person resides outside the municipality during the active duty military service is deemed to be time during which the person is a resident of the municipality for purposes of determining the residency requirement. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(d))

City (excluding Springfield): Not less than 5% nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the number of persons who voted at the last regular election in the district or political subdivision in which such district or political subdivision voted as a unit for the election of officers to serve its respective territorial area.
(10 ILCS 5/10-3, 10-3.1)
 

For City of Springfield, pursuant to Section 2-9 of the consent decree:For Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer such petition shall contain a number of signatures of electors equal to at least 1% of the total vote cast at the last preceding election in the City for Mayor.

For Alderperson, such petition shall contain a number of signatures of electors, residing within the same district that the candidate seeks to represent, equal to at least 1% of the total vote cast at the last preceding election in the City for Mayor or at least 10% of the total vote cast at the last preceding election in the district for Alderperson, whichever is less. 

Village: 1% of the total vote cast at the last preceding election in the village for president.
(65 ILCS 5/3.1 - 25-30)

See signature requirements

Mayor or President, Clerk, Treasurer and Trustee:
Qualified elector of the municipality and one-year residency in the municipality preceding the election. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(a))

Alderpersons must reside in the ward at least one year prior to their election. Trustees elected from districts must reside in their municipality at least one year prior to their election. For trustees elected by district in villages with a population of over 5,000, each of the districts shall be represented by one trustee who shall have been a resident of the district for at least six months immediately before their election in the first election after redistricting. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(c), 3.1-25-75(a)(b))

If a person is a resident of a municipality immediately prior to the active duty military service of that person or that person's spouse, resides anywhere outside of the municipality during that active duty military service, and immediately upon completion of that active duty military service is again a resident of the municipality, then the time during which the person resides outside the municipality during the active duty military service is deemed to be time during which the person is a resident of the municipality for purposes of determining the residency requirement. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(d))

Mayor or President, Clerk, Treasurer and Trustee:
Qualified elector of the municipality and one-year residency in the municipality preceding the election. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(a))

Alderpersons must reside in the ward at least one year prior to their election. Trustees elected from districts must reside in their municipality at least one year prior to their election. For trustees elected by district in villages with a population of over 5,000, each of the districts shall be represented by one trustee who shall have been a resident of the district for at least six months immediately before their election in the first election after redistricting. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(c), 3.1-25-75(a)(b))

If a person is a resident of a municipality immediately prior to the active duty military service of that person or that person's spouse, resides anywhere outside of the municipality during that active duty military service, and immediately upon completion of that active duty military service is again a resident of the municipality, then the time during which the person resides outside the municipality during the active duty military service is deemed to be time during which the person is a resident of the municipality for purposes of determining the residency requirement. (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5(d))

Lincoln Land Community College (526): Each member must on the date of the election be a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, and a resident of the State and the territory which on the date of the election is included in the community college district for at least one year immediately preceding the election. (110 ILCS 805/3-7(c))

Each member must also be a resident of the trustee district they represent for at least one year immediately preceding the election, except that in the first consolidated election for each trustee district following reapportionment, a candidate for the board may be elected from any trustee district that contains a part of the trustee district in which the member resided at the time of the reapportionment and may be reelected if a resident of the new trustee district the member represents for one year prior to reelection. (110 ILCS 805/3-7)

A person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, for an offense committed on or after November 17, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 103-562) and committed while the person was serving as a public official in this State, is ineligible to hold any local public office unless the person’s conviction is reversed, the person is again restored to such rights by the terms of a pardon for the offense, the person has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or the person‘s rights are otherwise restored by law. (730 ILCS 5/5-5-5)

Qualified elector of the library district with one-year residency in the library district at the time nomination papers are filed. (75 ILCS 16/30-20(d))

A person is not eligible to serve as a library trustee who, at the time of filing nomination papers, is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the library district or has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. (75 ILCS 16/30-20(e))

A person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, for an offense committed on or after November 17, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 103-562) and committed while the person was serving as a public official in this State, is ineligible to hold any local public office unless the person’s conviction is reversed, the person is again restored to such rights by the terms of a pardon for the offense, the person has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or the person‘s rights are otherwise restored by law. (730 ILCS 5/5-5-5)

No person shall be eligible for the office of member of the regional board of school trustees who is not a voter of the educational service region and qualified to vote in the election for members of the regional board of school trustees, or who is a member of a school board, or who is a school board employee, or who holds any county office. (105 ILCS 5/6-3)

Any person who, on the date of election, is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, a resident of the State and the territory encompassing the district for one year preceding the election, and a registered voter is eligible. A member shall not be a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 and cannot serve as a school trustee. (105 ILCS 5/10-10)

A person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, for an offense committed on or after November 17, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 103-562) and committed while the person was serving as a public official in this State, is ineligible to hold any local public office unless the person’s conviction is reversed, the person is again restored to such rights by the terms of a pardon for the offense, the person has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or the person‘s rights are otherwise restored by law. (730 ILCS 5/5-5-5)

Any person who, on the date of election, is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, a resident of the State and the territory encompassing the district for one year preceding the election, and a registered voter is eligible. A member shall not be a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012 and cannot serve as a school trustee. (105 ILCS 5/10-10)

A person convicted of a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, for an offense committed on or after November 17, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 103-562) and committed while the person was serving as a public official in this State, is ineligible to hold any local public office unless the person’s conviction is reversed, the person is again restored to such rights by the terms of a pardon for the offense, the person has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or the person‘s rights are otherwise restored by law. (730 ILCS 5/5-5-5)