Candidate Petitions

Village of Bloomingdale Prospective Candidate Packets
For the April 4, 2023 Consolidated Election
 

As a service of the Village Clerk’s office, information on nominating petitions and form packets will be available beginning September 20, 2022 at the Village of Bloomingdale, 201 South Bloomingdale Road, for prospective candidates for the April 4, 2023 Consolidated Election.

The Village of Bloomingdale has up for election:
  Three (3) Village Trustee offices for full four (4) year terms, Three (3) Library Trustee offices for full four (4) year terms and Two (2) Library Trustee offices for two (2) year terms.

The first day to circulate petitions for the offices is 
September 20, 2022.
 

Filing for the Consolidated General Election begins on 
Monday, December 12, 2022 and concludes Monday, December 19, 2022.  For the purpose of accepting candidate petitions or certificates of nomination, the Village Clerk’s office will be open during regular business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday through the filing period except for the last day of filing, December 19th when the Village Clerk’s office will remain open until 5:00 p.m.

To obtain a copy of the State Board of Elections Candidate Guide, 2023 Election Official’s Handbook and the Election Campaign and Finance Calendar visit the Illinois States Board of Election website.  (link below)

Voting Information can be obtained from the 
DuPage County Clerk’s Election Commission at: www.dupageco.org/election.
Illinois State Board of Election


Lottery for Simultaneous Filing, if necessary

TO:     All Candidates Filing On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. and on Monday, December 19, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. 


On the first day of filing, anyone who is in line as of 8:30 a.m., as well as those petitions received in the first mail delivery, will be deemed filed at 8:30 a.m., and will be eligible for the lottery for ballot position.

A simultaneous lottery will also be held when two or more petitions are filed for the same office and party within the last hour of the filing period on December 19, 2022.

The simultaneous filing lottery will be held on December 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the Village Hall Council Room at the Robert J. Homola Municipal Center, 201 South Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, Illinois.

Nomination papers shall be deemed to be valid unless objections are filed in writing (an original and two copies) within five business days after the last day for filing nomination papers.  The objector's petitions are filed with the same office in which the nominating petitions are filed.  Objections may be filed during regular business hours of 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Administration Office within five business days following the close of the petition filing period.  Due to the holiday, the last day to file objections will be December 28, 2022.

Copies of Candidate Packets can be obtained at the Clerk's Office and will be available immediately. Copies can be picked up or emailed.