Section 1-22-8.1 - Write-in candidatesA. Write-in candidates shall be permitted in regular local elections.B. A person may be a write-in candidate only if the person has the qualifications to be a candidate for the position for which the person is running.C. A person desiring to be a write-in candidate for an office shall file with the proper filing officer a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. The declaration shall be filed between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the sixty-third day preceding the date of the election.D. The declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be accompanied by a nominating petition containing the same number of signatures or the filing fee required of other candidates for the same office.E. A write-in candidate shall be considered a candidate for all purposes and provisions relating to candidates in the Local Election Act, except that the write-in candidate's name shall not be printed on the ballot nor posted in any polling place.Amended by 2023, c. 39,s. 86, eff. 6/13/2023.Amended by 2019, c. 212,s. 149, eff. 4/3/2019.Added by 2018, c. 79,s. 22, eff. 7/1/2018.