Lottery for ballot in Naperville

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The lottery to determine ballot order of City Council candidates who simultaneously filed petitions to run in the 2021 Consolidated General Election will take place at noon Tuesday, Dec. 1. The lottery will be held outdoors on the east side of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle Street, near Naperville Jaycees Park.

Petitions are considered simultaneously filed if they were received by the City Clerk’s office at 8 a.m. on the first day of the filing period or between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the final day. The names of all candidates who were waiting in line at or before 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16 will be placed into a lottery to determine who will appear first on the ballot. The names of all candidates who submitted petitions between 4 and 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, will be entered into a separate lottery to determine who will appear last on the ballot. Any petitions submitted after 8 a.m. Nov. 16 and before 4 p.m. Nov. 23 will appear in the order in which they were received.


For more information call 630-305-5300 or send to NapervilleClerks@naperville.il.us.

—City of Naperville government

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