94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4177

 

Introduced 11/2/2005, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2   from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
10 ILCS 5/4-6.2   from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2
10 ILCS 5/4-12   from Ch. 46, par. 4-12
10 ILCS 5/5-15   from Ch. 46, par. 5-15
10 ILCS 5/5-16.2   from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2
10 ILCS 5/6-44   from Ch. 46, par. 6-44
10 ILCS 5/6-50.2   from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2
10 ILCS 5/7-1   from Ch. 46, par. 7-1
10 ILCS 5/7-2   from Ch. 46, par. 7-2
10 ILCS 5/7-7   from Ch. 46, par. 7-7
10 ILCS 5/7-8   from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
10 ILCS 5/7-8.01   from Ch. 46, par. 7-8.01
10 ILCS 5/7-9   from Ch. 46, par. 7-9
10 ILCS 5/7-10   from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/7-12   from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/7-13   from Ch. 46, par. 7-13
10 ILCS 5/7-17   from Ch. 46, par. 7-17
10 ILCS 5/7-19   from Ch. 46, par. 7-19
10 ILCS 5/7-25   from Ch. 46, par. 7-25
10 ILCS 5/7-46   from Ch. 46, par. 7-46
10 ILCS 5/7-51   from Ch. 46, par. 7-51
10 ILCS 5/7-53   from Ch. 46, par. 7-53
10 ILCS 5/7-56   from Ch. 46, par. 7-56
10 ILCS 5/7-58   from Ch. 46, par. 7-58
10 ILCS 5/7-59   from Ch. 46, par. 7-59
10 ILCS 5/8-5   from Ch. 46, par. 8-5
10 ILCS 5/8-6   from Ch. 46, par. 8-6
10 ILCS 5/8-7   from Ch. 46, par. 8-7
10 ILCS 5/9-1.3   from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.3
10 ILCS 5/9-1.4   from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4
10 ILCS 5/9-1.5   from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5
10 ILCS 5/9-1.7  from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7
10 ILCS 5/9-15   from Ch. 46, par. 9-15
10 ILCS 5/10-2   from Ch. 46, par. 10-2
10 ILCS 5/11-6   from Ch. 46, par. 11-6
10 ILCS 5/13-4   from Ch. 46, par. 13-4
10 ILCS 5/14-1   from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
10 ILCS 5/22-15   from Ch. 46, par. 22-15
10 ILCS 5/25-6   from Ch. 46, par. 25-6
60 ILCS 1/45-15
60 ILCS 1/45-25
60 ILCS 1/45-50
60 ILCS 1/45-55
105 ILCS 5/3A-6   from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6

    Amends the Election Code, the Township Code, and the School Code. Changes references from "committeeman" or "committeemen" and "committeewoman" or "committeewomen" to "committeeperson", "committeepersons", "committeeperson of male gender", "committeeperson of female gender", "committeepersons of male gender", or "committeepersons of female gender".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 2A-1.2, 4-6.2, 4-12, 5-15, 5-16.2, 6-44, 6-50.2, 7-1,
6 7-2, 7-7, 7-8, 7-8.01, 7-9, 7-10, 7-12, 7-13, 7-17, 7-19, 7-25,
7 7-46, 7-51, 7-53, 7-56, 7-58, 7-59, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, 9-1.3,
8 9-1.5, 9-15, 10-2, 11-6, 13-4, 14-1, 22-15, 25-6, 9-1.4, and
9 9-1.7 as follows:
 
10     (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
11     Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices
12 Designated.
13     (a) At the general election in the appropriate
14 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
15 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
16         (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
17     United States;
18         (2) United States Senator and United States
19     Representative;
20         (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
21         (4) State Senator and State Representative;
22         (5) County elected officers, including State's
23     Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
24     elected President of the County Board or County Chief
25     Executive;
26         (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
27         (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
28     counties or educational service regions in which that
29     office has been abolished;
30         (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
31     Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
32     newly created judicial offices;

 

 

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1         (9) (Blank);
2         (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
3     Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
4         (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
5     designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
6     authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
7     election and permits or requires election of candidates of
8     political parties.
9     (b) At the general primary election:
10         (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
11     parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
12     at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
13     to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
14     made by caucus.
15         (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
16     political party offices of State central committeeperson
17     committeeman, township committeeperson committeeman, ward
18     committeeperson committeeman, and precinct committeeperson
19     committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
20     delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
21     elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
22     even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to
23     be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
24     shall also be on the ballot.
25         (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
26     has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
27     officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
28     VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
29     Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
30     such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
31     on the date of the general primary election, provided that
32     the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
33     where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
34     municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
35     nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
36     the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6

 

 

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1     weeks preceding that election.
2         (4) in each school district which has adopted the
3     provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
4     the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
5     the year in which the general primary is held shall be
6     elected.
7     (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
8 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
9         (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
10     municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
11     municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
12     of political parties, the runoff election where required by
13     law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
14     shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
15     provided further, in the case of municipal officers
16     provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
17     government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
18     Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
19     filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
20     by such ordinance;
21         (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
22         (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
23         (4) Commissioners of park districts;
24         (5) Trustees of public library districts;
25         (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
26     designated in this section, where the statute creating or
27     authorizing the creation of the district permits or
28     requires election of candidates of political parties;
29         (7) Township officers, including township park
30     commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
31     managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
32     Assessors;
33         (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
34         (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
35     adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
36         (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes -

 

 

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1     Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
2         (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
3     under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
4     Act;
5         (12) Elected members of school boards, school
6     trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
7     trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
8     counties or educational service regions having a
9     population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
10     boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
11     districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
12         (13) Members of Community College district boards;
13         (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
14         (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
15     Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
16         (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
17     Districts;
18         (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
19     otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
20     governing those districts does not permit candidates of
21     political parties.
22     (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
23 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
24 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
25 election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
26 of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
27 except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
28 subsection (c).
29     At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
30 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
31 shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
32 mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
33 to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
34 elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
35 required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
36 nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law

 

 

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1 candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
2 of political parties.
3     At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
4 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
5 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
6 an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
7 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
8     (e) (Blank).
9     (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
10 questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
11 any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
12 by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
13     Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
14 established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
15 the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
16 to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
17 election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
18 provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
19 officers shall be subject to the referendum.
20     Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
21 officials established in this Article, any community college
22 district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
23 to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
24 hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
25 members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
26 effective date of the new district.
27     (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
28 any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
29 to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
30 held in the precinct on that date.
31     (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
32 the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
34 eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
35     (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)

 

 

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1     Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
2 municipal and township or road district clerks or their duly
3 authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the
4 registration of all qualified residents of the State.
5     The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
6 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
7 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the State,
8 except during the 27 days preceding an election.
9     The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
10 reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
11 located at driver's license examination stations and
12 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
13 who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
14 the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
15 The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as
16 deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided in
17 Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
18     The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named
19 persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such
20 persons:
21         1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
22     designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
23     situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
24     the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
25     at such library.
26         2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
27     the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
28     vocational school situated within the election
29     jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
30     qualified resident of the State, at such school. The county
31     clerk shall notify every principal and vice-principal of
32     each high school, elementary school, and vocational school
33     situated within the election jurisdiction of their
34     eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
35     training courses for service as deputy registrars at
36     conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to

 

 

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1     every election.
2         3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
3     the president, of any university, college, community
4     college, academy or other institution of learning situated
5     within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
6     registrations of any resident of the State, at such
7     university, college, community college, academy or
8     institution.
9         4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
10     labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
11     members designated by such official, who may accept the
12     registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
13         5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide
14     State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
15     of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
16     designated by such official, who may accept the
17     registration of any qualified resident of the State. In
18     determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
19     appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
20     of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
21     geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
22     public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
23     jurisdiction and their location, the registration
24     activities of the organization and the need to appoint
25     deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
26     registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
27     event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
28     applicable to every civic organization requesting
29     appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
30     Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
31     of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
32     shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
33     terminating on the first business day of the month
34     following the month of the general election, and shall be
35     valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
36     this Code during the terms of such appointments.

 

 

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1         6. The Director of the Illinois Department of Public
2     Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the
3     Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
4     the registration of any qualified resident of the county at
5     any such public aid office.
6         7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
7     Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
8     designated by the Director and located at unemployment
9     offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
10     resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
11         8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
12     Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
13     employees designated by such president, who may accept the
14     registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
15     If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
16 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
17 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
18 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
19 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
20 appointed as deputy registrar.
21     The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
22 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
23 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
24 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
25 consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
26 of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
27 there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
28 parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
29 appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
30 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
31 of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
32 party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
33 list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
34 year. The county clerk may require a Chairman of a County
35 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
36     Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time

 

 

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1 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
2 appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
3 within the county and shall take and subscribe to the following
4 oath or affirmation:
5     "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
6 will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
7 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
8 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
9 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
10 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
11 personal application before me.
12
............................
13
(Signature Deputy Registrar)"
14     This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
15 one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
16 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
17 filed with the county clerk.
18     Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
19 except precinct committeepersons committeemen, shall be for
20 2-year terms, commencing on December 1 following the general
21 election of each even-numbered year; except that the terms of
22 the initial appointments shall be until December 1st following
23 the next general election. Appointments of precinct
24 committeepersons committeemen shall be for 2-year terms
25 commencing on the date of the county convention following the
26 general primary at which they were elected. The county clerk
27 shall issue a certificate of appointment to each deputy
28 registrar, and shall maintain in his office for public
29 inspection a list of the names of all appointees.
30     (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
31 deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at
32 times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
33 clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
34 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
35 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
36 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to

 

 

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1 removal for cause.
2     (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
3 deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
4 be returned to the appointing election authority within 7 days,
5 except that completed registration materials received by the
6 deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and 28th
7 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
8 registrars to the appointing election authority within 48 hours
9 after receipt thereof. The completed registration materials
10 received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day preceding an
11 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 24
12 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
13 by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
14 subsection (a), not later than the next working day following
15 the close of registration.
16     (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
17 the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
18 any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
19 registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
20 possession.
21     (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
22 or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
23 her duties.
24     (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
25 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
26 deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of the
27 county clerk.
28     (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
29 registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be
30 transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to
31 the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of
32 residence.
33 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
34     (10 ILCS 5/4-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-12)
35     Sec. 4-12. Any voter or voters in the township, city,

 

 

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1 village or incorporated town containing such precinct, and any
2 precinct committeeperson committeeman in the county, may,
3 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of Monday and
4 Tuesday of the second week prior to the week in which the 1970
5 primary election for the nomination of candidates for State and
6 county offices or any election thereafter is to be held, make
7 application in writing, to the county clerk, to have any name
8 upon the register of any precinct erased. Such application
9 shall be, in substance, in the words and figures following:
10     "I being a qualified voter, registered from No. .... Street
11 in the .... precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or
12 town of) .... (or of the .... town of ....) do hereby solemnly
13 swear (or affirm) that .... registered from No. .... Street is
14 not a qualified voter in the .... precinct of .... ward of the
15 city (village or town) of .... (or of the .... town of ....)
16 and hence I ask that his name be erased from the register of
17 such precinct for the following reason .....
18     Affiant further says that he has personal knowledge of the
19 facts set forth in the above affidavit.
20
(Signed) .....
21     Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
22
....
23
....
24
....."

 
25     Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the
26 applicant before the county clerk or any deputy authorized by
27 the county clerk for that purpose, and filed with said clerk.
28 Thereupon notice of such application, and of the time and place
29 of hearing thereon, with a demand to appear before the county
30 clerk and show cause why his name shall not be erased from said
31 register, shall be mailed, in an envelope duly stamped and
32 directed to such person at the address upon said register, at
33 least four days before the day fixed in said notice to show
34 cause.
35     A like notice shall be mailed to the person or persons

 

 

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1 making the application to have the name upon such register
2 erased to appear and show cause why said name should be erased,
3 the notice to set out the day and hour of such hearing. If the
4 voter making such application fails to appear before said clerk
5 at the time set for the hearing as fixed in the said notice or
6 fails to show cause why the name upon such register shall be
7 erased, the application to erase may be dismissed by the county
8 clerk.
9     Any voter making the application is privileged from arrest
10 while presenting it to the county clerk, and while going to and
11 from the office of the county clerk.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
13     (10 ILCS 5/5-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 5-15)
14     Sec. 5-15. Any voter or voters in the township, city,
15 village, or incorporated town containing such precinct, and any
16 precinct committeeperson committeeman in the county, may,
17 between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and six o'clock p.m. of
18 the Monday and Tuesday of the third week immediately preceding
19 the week in which such April 10, 1962 Primary Election is to be
20 held, make application in writing, before such County Clerk, to
21 have any name upon such register of any precinct erased.
22 Thereafter such application shall be made between the hours of
23 nine o'clock a.m. and six o'clock p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of
24 the second week prior to the week in which any county, city,
25 village, township, or incorporated town election is to be held.
26 Such application shall be in substance, in the words and
27 figures following:
28     "I, being a qualified voter, registered from No. ....
29 Street in the .... precinct of the .... Ward of the city
30 (village or town of .... ) of the .... District .... town of
31 .... do hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that .... registered
32 from No. .... Street is not a qualified voter in the ....
33 precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town) of ....
34 or of the .... district town of .... hence I ask that his name
35 be erased from the register of such precinct for the following

 

 

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1 reason ..... Affiant further says that he has personal
2 knowledge of the facts set forth in the above affidavit.
3
(Signed) .....
4     Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
5
....
6
....
7
...."
8     Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the
9 applicant before the County Clerk or any Deputy authorized by
10 the County Clerk for that purpose, and filed with the Clerk.
11 Thereupon notice of such application, with a demand to appear
12 before the County Clerk and show cause why his name shall not
13 be erased from the register, shall be mailed by special
14 delivery, duly stamped and directed, to such person, to the
15 address upon said register at least 4 days before the day fixed
16 in said notice to show cause.
17     A like notice shall be mailed to the person or persons
18 making the application to have the name upon such register
19 erased to appear and show cause why the name should be erased,
20 the notice to set out the day and hour of such hearing. If the
21 voter making such application fails to appear before the Clerk
22 at the time set for the hearing as fixed in the said notice or
23 fails to show cause why the name upon such register shall be
24 erased, the application may be dismissed by the County Clerk.
25     Any voter making such application or applications shall be
26 privileged from arrest while presenting the same to the County
27 Clerk, and whilst going to and returning from the office of the
28 County Clerk.
29 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
30     (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
31     Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
32 municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized deputies
33 as deputy registrars who may accept the registration of all
34 qualified residents of the State.
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1 committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
2 accept the registration of any qualified resident of the State,
3 except during the 27 days preceding an election.
4     The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
5 reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
6 located at driver's license examination stations and
7 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
8 who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
9 the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
10 The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as
11 deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided in
12 Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
13     The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named
14 persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such
15 persons:
16         1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
17     designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
18     situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
19     the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
20     at such library.
21         2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
22     the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
23     vocational school situated within the election
24     jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
25     resident of the State, at such school. The county clerk
26     shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each
27     high school, elementary school, and vocational school
28     situated within the election jurisdiction of their
29     eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
30     training courses for service as deputy registrars at
31     conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to
32     every election.
33         3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
34     the president, of any university, college, community
35     college, academy or other institution of learning situated
36     within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the

 

 

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1     registrations of any resident of the State, at such
2     university, college, community college, academy or
3     institution.
4         4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
5     labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
6     members designated by such official, who may accept the
7     registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
8         5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
9     State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
10     of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
11     designated by such official, who may accept the
12     registration of any qualified resident of the State. In
13     determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
14     appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
15     of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
16     geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
17     public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
18     jurisdiction and their location, the registration
19     activities of the organization and the need to appoint
20     deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
21     registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
22     event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
23     applicable to every civic organization requesting
24     appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
25     Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
26     of bona fide State civic organizations. Such appointments
27     shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
28     terminating on the first business day of the month
29     following the month of the general election, and shall be
30     valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
31     this Code during the terms of such appointments.
32         6. The Director of the Illinois Department of Public
33     Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the
34     Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
35     the registration of any qualified resident of the county at
36     any such public aid office.

 

 

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1         7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
2     Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
3     designated by the Director and located at unemployment
4     offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
5     resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
6         8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
7     Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
8     employees designated by such president, who may accept the
9     registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
10     If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
11 denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
12 the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
13 organization with written notice setting forth the specific
14 reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
15 appointed as deputy registrar.
16     The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
17 registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
18 appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
19 the convenience of the public is served, giving due
20 consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
21 of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
22 there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
23 parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
24 appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
25 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
26 of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
27 party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
28 list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
29 year. The county clerk may require a Chairman of a County
30 Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
31     Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
32 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
33 appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
34 within the county and shall take and subscribe to the following
35 oath or affirmation:
36     "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I

 

 

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1 will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
2 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
3 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
4 registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
5 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
6 personal application before me.
7
...............................
8
(Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
9     This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
10 one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
11 acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
12 filed with the county clerk.
13     Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
14 except precinct committeepersons committeemen, shall be for
15 2-year terms, commencing on December 1 following the general
16 election of each even-numbered year, except that the terms of
17 the initial appointments shall be until December 1st following
18 the next general election. Appointments of precinct
19 committeepersons committeemen shall be for 2-year terms
20 commencing on the date of the county convention following the
21 general primary at which they were elected. The county clerk
22 shall issue a certificate of appointment to each deputy
23 registrar, and shall maintain in his office for public
24 inspection a list of the names of all appointees.
25     (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
26 deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at
27 times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
28 clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
29 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
30 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
31 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
32 removal for cause.
33     (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
34 deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
35 be returned to the appointing election authority within 7 days,
36 except that completed registration materials received by the

 

 

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1 deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and 28th
2 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
3 registrars to the appointing election authority within 48 hours
4 after receipt thereof. The completed registration materials
5 received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day preceding an
6 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 24
7 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
8 by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
9 subsection (a), not later than the next working day following
10 the close of registration.
11     (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
12 the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
13 any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
14 registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
15 possession.
16     (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
17 or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
18 her duties.
19     (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
20 liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
21 deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of the
22 county clerk.
23     (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
24 registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be
25 transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to
26 the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of
27 residence.
28 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
29     (10 ILCS 5/6-44)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-44)
30     Sec. 6-44. Any voter or voters in the ward, village or
31 incorporated town containing such precinct, and any precinct
32 committeeperson committeeman in the county, may, between the
33 hours of nine o'clock a.m. and six p.m. of Monday and Tuesday
34 of the second week prior to the week in which such election is
35 to be held make application in writing, before such board of

 

 

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1 election commissioners, to have any name upon such register of
2 any precinct erased. However, in municipalities having a
3 population of more than 500,000 and having a board of election
4 commissioners (except as otherwise provided for such
5 municipalities in Section 6-60 of this Article) and in all
6 cities, villages and incorporated towns within the
7 jurisdiction of such board, such application shall be made
8 between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and six o'clock p.m. of
9 Monday and Tuesday of the second week prior to the week in
10 which such election is to be held. Such application shall be,
11 in substance, in the words and figures following:
12     "I being a qualified voter, registered from No. .... street
13 in the .... precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or
14 town) of .... do hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have
15 personal knowledge that .... registered from No. .... street is
16 not a qualified voter in the .... precinct of the .... ward of
17 the city (village or town) of .... and hence I ask that his
18 name be erased from the register of such precinct for the
19 following reason ....
20     Affiant further says that he has personal knowledge of the
21 facts set forth in the above affidavit.
22
(Signed)....
23     Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
24
....
25
...."
26     Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the
27 applicant before any member of the board or the clerk thereof
28 and filed with said board. Thereupon notice of such
29 application, with a demand to appear before the board of
30 election commissioners and show cause why his name shall not be
31 erased from said register, shall be personally served upon such
32 person or left at his place of residence indicated in such
33 register, or in the case of a homeless individual, at his or
34 her mailing address, by a messenger of said board of election
35 commissioners, and, as to the manner and time of serving such
36 notice such messenger shall make affidavit; the messenger shall

 

 

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1 also make affidavit of the fact in case he cannot find such
2 person or his place of residence, and that he went to the place
3 named on such register as his or her place of residence. Such
4 notice shall be served at least one day before the time fixed
5 for such party to show cause.
6     The commissioners shall also cause a like notice or demand
7 to be sent by mail duly stamped and directed, to such person,
8 to the address upon the register at least 2 days before the day
9 fixed in the notice to show cause.
10     A like notice shall be served on the person or persons
11 making the application to have the name upon such register
12 erased to appear and show cause why said name shall be erased,
13 the notice to set out the day and hour of such hearing. If the
14 voter making such application fails to appear before said board
15 at the time set for the hearing as fixed in the notice or fails
16 to show cause why the name upon such register shall be erased,
17 the application may be dismissed by the board.
18     Any voter making such application or applications shall be
19 privileged from arrest while presenting the same to the board
20 of election commissioners, and while going to and returning
21 from the board of election commissioners.
22 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
24     Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall
25 appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
26 jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
27 registration of any qualified resident of the State, except
28 during the 27 days preceding an election.
29     The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
30 reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
31 located at driver's license examination stations and
32 designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
33 who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
34 the State at any such driver's license examination stations.
35 The appointment of employees of the Secretary of State as

 

 

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1 deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided in
2 Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
3     The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
4 the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
5 written request of such persons:
6         1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
7     designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
8     situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
9     the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
10     at such library.
11         2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
12     the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
13     vocational school situated within the election
14     jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
15     resident of the State, at such school. The board of
16     election commissioners shall notify every principal and
17     vice-principal of each high school, elementary school, and
18     vocational school situated in the election jurisdiction of
19     their eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
20     training courses for service as deputy registrars at
21     conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to
22     every election.
23         3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
24     the president, of any university, college, community
25     college, academy or other institution of learning situated
26     within the State, who may accept the registrations of any
27     resident of the election jurisdiction, at such university,
28     college, community college, academy or institution.
29         4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
30     labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
31     members designated by such official, who may accept the
32     registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
33         5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
34     State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
35     of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
36     designated by such official, who may accept the

 

 

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1     registration of any qualified resident of the State. In
2     determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
3     appointed, the board of election commissioners shall
4     consider the population of the jurisdiction, the size of
5     the organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
6     convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
7     registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
8     registration activities of the organization and the need to
9     appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
10     registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
11     event shall a board of election commissioners fix an
12     arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization
13     requesting appointment of its members as deputy
14     registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
15     provide for certification of bona fide State civic
16     organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a period
17     not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business
18     day of the month following the month of the general
19     election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter
20     registration as provided by this Code during the terms of
21     such appointments.
22         6. The Director of the Illinois Department of Public
23     Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated by the
24     Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
25     the registration of any qualified resident of the election
26     jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
27         7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
28     Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
29     designated by the Director and located at unemployment
30     offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
31     resident of the election jurisdiction at any such
32     unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
33     deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
34     commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
35     request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
36     organization with written notice setting forth the

 

 

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1     specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
2     request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
3         8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the
4     Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
5     employees designated by such president, who may accept the
6     registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
7     The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
8 additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
9 board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
10 deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
11 public is served, giving due consideration to both population
12 concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
13 registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number
14 from each of the 2 major political parties in the election
15 jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners, in
16 appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
17 appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
18 of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
19 party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
20 list of applicants to the board by November 30 of each year.
21 The board may require a Chairman of a County Central Committee
22 to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
23     Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
24 other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
25 appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
26 within the election jurisdiction and shall take and subscribe
27 to the following oath or affirmation:
28     "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
29 will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
30 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
31 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
32 officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
33 person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
34 personal application before me.
35
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36
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1     This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of
2 the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
3 person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
4 shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
5 election commissioners. The members of the board of election
6 commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
7 provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
8 themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
9 authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
10 affidavits as are required by this Article.
11     Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
12 except precinct committeepersons committeemen, shall be for
13 2-year terms, commencing on December 1 following the general
14 election of each even-numbered year, except that the terms of
15 the initial appointments shall be until December 1st following
16 the next general election. Appointments of precinct
17 committeepersons committeemen shall be for 2-year terms
18 commencing on the date of the county convention following the
19 general primary at which they were elected. The county clerk
20 shall issue a certificate of appointment to each deputy
21 registrar, and shall maintain in his office for public
22 inspection a list of the names of all appointees.
23     (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
24 responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
25 pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
26 convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
27 such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be
28 responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
29 registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
30 registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
31 removal for cause.
32     (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
33 deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
34 returned to the appointing election authority within 7 days,
35 except that completed registration materials received by the
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1 day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
2 registrars to the appointing election authority within 48 hours
3 after receipt thereof. The completed registration materials
4 received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day preceding an
5 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars within 24
6 hours after receipt thereof. Unused materials shall be returned
7 by deputy registrars appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
8 subsection (a), not later than the next working day following
9 the close of registration.
10     (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
11 the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
12 any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
13 registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
14 possession.
15     (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
16 or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
17 her duties.
18     (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
19 criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
20 deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to
21 be employees of the board of election commissioners.
22     (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
23 registrars for persons residing outside the election
24 jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election
25 commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election
26 authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
27 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
28     (10 ILCS 5/7-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1)
29     Sec. 7-1. Application of Article.
30     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the
31 nomination of all candidates for all elective State,
32 congressional, judicial, and county officers, State's
33 Attorneys (whether elected from a single county or from more
34 than one county), city, village, and incorporated town and
35 municipal officers, trustees of sanitary districts, township

 

 

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1 officers in townships of over 5,000 population coextensive with
2 or included wholly within cities or villages not under the
3 commission form of government, precinct, township, ward, and
4 State central committeepersons committeemen, and delegates and
5 alternate delegates to national nominating conventions by all
6 political parties, as defined in Section 7-2 of this Article 7,
7 shall be made in the manner provided in this Article 7 and not
8 otherwise. The nomination of candidates for electors of
9 President and Vice President of the United States shall be made
10 only in the manner provided for in Section 7-9 of this Article.
11     (b) This Article 7 shall not apply to (i) the nomination of
12 candidates for school elections and township elections, except
13 in those townships specifically mentioned in subsection (a) and
14 except in those cases in which a township central committee
15 determines under Section 6A-2 of the Township Law of 1874 or
16 Section 45-55 of the Township Code that its candidates for
17 township offices shall be nominated by primary in accordance
18 with this Article, (ii) the nomination of park commissioners in
19 park districts organized under the Park District Code, (iii)
20 the nomination of officers of cities and villages organized
21 under special charters, or (iv) the nomination of municipal
22 officers for cities, villages, and incorporated towns with a
23 population of 5,000 or less, except where a city, village, or
24 incorporated town with a population of 5,000 or less has by
25 ordinance determined that political parties shall nominate
26 candidates for municipal office in the city, village, or
27 incorporated town by primary in accordance with this Article.
28 In that event, the municipal clerk shall certify the ordinance
29 to the proper election officials no later than November 15 in
30 the year preceding the consolidated primary election.
31     (c) The words "township officers" or "township offices"
32 shall be construed, when used in this Article, to include
33 supervisors.
34     (d) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of
35 the Illinois Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of
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1 village officers.
2 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
3     (10 ILCS 5/7-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-2)
4     Sec. 7-2. A political party, which at the general election
5 for State and county officers then next preceding a primary,
6 polled more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in the
7 State, is hereby declared to be a political party within the
8 State, and shall nominate all candidates provided for in this
9 Article 7 under the provisions hereof, and shall elect
10 precinct, township, ward and State central committeepersons
11 committeemen as herein provided.
12     A political party, which at the general election for State
13 and county officers then next preceding a primary, cast more
14 than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast within any
15 congressional district, is hereby declared to be a political
16 party within the meaning of this Article, within such
17 congressional district, and shall nominate its candidate for
18 Representative in Congress, under the provisions hereof. A
19 political party, which at the general election for State and
20 county officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5
21 per cent of the entire vote cast in any county, is hereby
22 declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
23 Article, within said county, and shall nominate all county
24 officers in said county under the provisions hereof, and shall
25 elect precinct, township, and ward committeepersons
26 committeemen, as herein provided;
27     A political party, which at the municipal election for
28 city, village or incorporated town officers then next preceding
29 a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in
30 any city or village, or incorporated town is hereby declared to
31 be a political party within the meaning of this Article, within
32 said city, village or incorporated town, and shall nominate all
33 city, village or incorporated town officers in said city or
34 village or incorporated town under the provisions hereof to the
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1     A political party, which at the municipal election for town
2 officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per
3 cent of the entire vote cast in said town, is hereby declared
4 to be a political party within the meaning of this Article,
5 within said town, and shall nominate all town officers in said
6 town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the cases
7 provided in section 7--1.
8     A political party, which at the municipal election in any
9 other municipality or political subdivision, (except townships
10 and school districts), for municipal or other officers therein
11 then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the
12 entire vote cast in such municipality or political subdivision,
13 is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning
14 of this Article, within said municipality or political
15 subdivision, and shall nominate all municipal or other officers
16 therein under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
17 cases provided in section 7--1.
18     Provided, that no political organization or group shall be
19 qualified as a political party hereunder, or given a place on a
20 ballot, which organization or group is associated, directly or
21 indirectly, with Communist, Fascist, Nazi or other un-American
22 principles and engages in activities or propaganda designed to
23 teach subservience to the political principles and ideals of
24 foreign nations or the overthrow by violence of the established
25 constitutional form of government of the United States and the
26 State of Illinois.
27 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
 
28     (10 ILCS 5/7-7)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
29     Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in certain
30 instances as provided in this Article and this Act, the
31 following committees are authorized and shall constitute the
32 central or managing committees of each political party, viz: A
33 State central committee, whose responsibilities include, but
34 are not limited to, filling by appointment vacancies in
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1 the office of United States Senator, a congressional committee
2 for each congressional district, a county central committee for
3 each county, a municipal central committee for each city,
4 incorporated town or village, a ward committeeperson
5 committeeman for each ward in cities containing a population of
6 500,000 or more; a township committeeperson committeeman for
7 each township or part of a township that lies outside of cities
8 having a population of 200,000 or more, in counties having a
9 population of 2,000,000 or more; a precinct committeeperson
10 committeeman for each precinct in counties having a population
11 of less than 2,000,000; a county board district committee for
12 each county board district created under Division 2-3 of the
13 Counties Code; a State's Attorney committee for each group of 2
14 or more counties which jointly elect a State's Attorney; a
15 Superintendent of Multi-County Educational Service Region
16 committee for each group of 2 or more counties which jointly
17 elect a Superintendent of a Multi-County Educational Service
18 Region; a judicial subcircuit committee in a judicial circuit
19 divided into subcircuits for each judicial subcircuit in that
20 circuit; and a board of review election district committee for
21 each Cook County Board of Review election district.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03;
23 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
24     (10 ILCS 5/7-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
25     Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
26 one or two members from each congressional district in the
27 State and shall be elected as follows:
28
State Central Committee
29     (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
30 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
31 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
32 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
33 State central committee of that party.
34     Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in
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1 each primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party
2 for member of the State central committee for the congressional
3 district in which he resides. The candidate receiving the
4 highest number of votes shall be declared elected State central
5 committeeperson committeeman from the district. A political
6 party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by a majority vote of
7 delegates at any State convention of such party, determine to
8 thereafter elect the State central committeepersons
9 committeemen in the manner following:
10     At the county convention held by such political party State
11 central committeepersons committeemen shall be elected in the
12 same manner as provided in this Article for the election of
13 officers of the county central committee, and such election
14 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
15 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
16 committeeperson committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote
17 for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township
18 or precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
19 political party. In the case of a county lying partially within
20 one congressional district and partially within another
21 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
22 committeeperson committeeman shall vote only with respect to
23 the congressional district in which his ward, township, part of
24 a township or precinct is located. In the case of a
25 congressional district which encompasses more than one county,
26 each ward, township or precinct committeeperson committeeman
27 residing within the congressional district shall cast as his
28 vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part
29 of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
30 election of his political party for one candidate of his party
31 for member of the State central committee for the congressional
32 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
33 central committee shall report the results of the election to
34 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
35 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
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1 that congressional district.
2     The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
3 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
4 members of the State central committee.
5     After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
6 General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
7 Chairman of a State central committee, or at the end of the
8 term of office of Chairman, the State central committee of each
9 political party that has selected Alternative A shall elect a
10 Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State
11 Central Committee. The Chairman shall be a registered voter in
12 this State and of the same political party as the State central
13 committee.
14     Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
15 30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a
16 person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
17 that congressional district to serve as an additional member of
18 the State central committee until his or her successor is
19 elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
20 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
21 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
22 each congressional district at the general primary election
23 held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
24 receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
25 candidates for State central committeeperson of male gender
26 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
27 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
28 central committeeperson of female gender committeewoman, shall
29 be declared elected State central committeeperson of male
30 gender committeeman and State central committeeperson of
31 female gender committeewoman from the district. At the general
32 primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if
33 all a party's candidates for State central committeepersons of
34 male gender committeemen or State central committeepersons of
35 female gender committeewomen from a congressional district are
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1 votes shall be declared elected a State central committeeperson
2 of male gender committeeman or State central committeeperson of
3 female gender committeewoman from the district, and, because of
4 a failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
5 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
6 member of the State central committee from the district. This
7 vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional
8 committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
9 fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
10 district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeperson of
11 male gender committeeman or committeeperson of female gender
12 committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
13 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
14 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
15     The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
16 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
17 committee's members.
18     Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the
19 selection of the Chairman of the State central committee, under
20 both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee
21 of each political party shall be composed of members elected or
22 appointed from the several congressional districts of the
23 State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The
24 members of the State central committee shall, within 41 days
25 after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in
26 the city of Springfield and organize by electing a chairman,
27 and may at such time elect such officers from among their own
28 number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient.
29 The outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the
30 party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of
31 the State central committee elected at the primary of the time
32 and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings
33 of the State central committee, each State central
34 committeeperson of male gender committeeman and State central
35 committeeperson of female gender committeewoman shall have one
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1 by the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
2 election immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
3 committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
4 committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
5 by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
6 of the political party of the counties located within the
7 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if
8 applicable, the ward and township committeepersons
9 committeemen of the political party in counties of 2,000,000 or
10 more inhabitants located within the congressional district. If
11 the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
12 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
13 ward and township committeepersons committeemen of the
14 political party in that congressional district shall vote to
15 fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman
16 of a county central committee and each ward and township
17 committeeperson committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more
18 inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
19 precinct of the congressional district in which the vacancy
20 exists of his or her county, township, or ward cast by the
21 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
22 immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
23 State central committee. The person appointed to fill the
24 vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district in
25 which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter, and, in a
26 committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of
27 the same sex as his or her predecessor. A political party may,
28 by a majority vote of the delegates of any State convention of
29 such party, determine to return to the election of State
30 central committeeperson of male gender committeeman and State
31 central committeeperson of female gender committeewoman by the
32 vote of primary electors. Any action taken by a political party
33 at a State convention in accordance with this Section shall be
34 reported to the State Board of Elections by the chairman and
35 secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
36
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1     (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
2 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
3 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
4 candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeperson
5 committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeperson
6 committeeman must be a resident of and in the ward where he
7 seeks to be elected ward committeeperson committeeman. The one
8 having the highest number of votes shall be such ward
9 committeeperson committeeman of such party for such ward. At
10 the primary election held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970,
11 and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in counties
12 containing a population of 2,000,000 or more, outside of cities
13 containing a population of 200,000 or more, may vote for one
14 candidate of his party for township committeeperson
15 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeperson
16 committeeman must be a resident of and in the township or part
17 of a township (which lies outside of a city having a population
18 of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a population of
19 2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part of a township
20 he seeks to be elected township committeeperson committeeman.
21 The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
22 township committeeperson committeeman of such party for such
23 township or part of a township. At the primary held on the
24 third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each
25 primary elector, except in counties having a population of
26 2,000,000 or over, may vote for one candidate of his party in
27 his precinct for precinct committeeperson committeeman. Each
28 candidate for precinct committeeperson committeeman must be a
29 bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be elected
30 precinct committeeperson committeeman. The one having the
31 highest number of votes shall be such precinct committeeperson
32 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The official
33 returns of the primary shall show the name of the
34 committeeperson committeeman of each political party.
35     Terms of Committeepersons Committeemen. All precinct
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1 this Article shall continue as such committeepersons
2 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
3 second year after their election. Except as otherwise provided
4 in this Section for certain State central committeepersons
5 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
6 committeepersons committeemen, township committeepersons
7 committeemen and ward committeepersons committeemen shall
8 continue as such committeepersons committeemen until the date
9 of primary to be held in the fourth year after their election.
10 However, a vacancy exists in the office of precinct
11 committeeperson committeeman when a precinct committeeperson
12 committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in which he was
13 elected and such precinct committeeperson committeeman shall
14 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
15 duties as committeeperson committeeman in that precinct, even
16 if a successor has not been elected or appointed.
17     (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
18 the precinct committeepersons committeemen of such party, in
19 the multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to
20 Section 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized
21 for the purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township
22 Code. In the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
23 Central Committee each precinct committeeperson committeeman
24 shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by
25 the primary electors of his party at the primary at which he
26 was elected.
27
County Central Committee
28     (d) The county central committee of each political party in
29 each county shall consist of the various township
30 committeepersons committeemen, precinct committeepersons
31 committeemen and ward committeepersons committeemen, if any,
32 of such party in the county. In the organization and
33 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
34 committeeperson committeeman shall have one vote for each
35 ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his
36 party at the primary at which he was elected; each township

 

 

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1 committeeperson committeeman shall have one vote for each
2 ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the case
3 may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
4 election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
5 General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
6 county central committee; and in the organization and
7 proceedings of the county central committee, each ward
8 committeeperson committeeman shall have one vote for each
9 ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his party
10 at the primary election for the nomination of candidates for
11 election to the General Assembly immediately preceding the
12 meeting of the county central committee.
13
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
14     (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
15 each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
16 various township committeepersons committeemen and ward
17 committeepersons committeemen, if any, of that party in the
18 portions of the county composing the board of review election
19 district. In the organization and proceedings of each of the 3
20 election district committees, each township committeeperson
21 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
22 or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
23 the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
24 election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
25 review election district committee; and in the organization and
26 proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
27 ward committeeperson committeeman shall have one vote for each
28 ballot voted in his or her ward or part of that ward, as the
29 case may be, by the primary electors of his or her party at the
30 primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the board
31 of review election district committee.
32
Congressional Committee
33     (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
34 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
35 county central committees of the counties composing the
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1 wholly within the territorial limits of one county, or partly
2 within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with the county
3 lines of all of such counties, the precinct committeepersons
4 committeemen, township committeepersons committeemen and ward
5 committeepersons committeemen, if any, of the party
6 representing the precincts within the limits of the
7 congressional district, shall compose the congressional
8 committee. A State central committeeperson committeeman in
9 each district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
10 district has 2 State central committeepersons committeemen, a
11 co-chairman of the congressional committee, but shall not have
12 the right to vote except in case of a tie.
13     In the organization and proceedings of congressional
14 committees composed of precinct committeepersons committeemen
15 or township committeepersons committeemen or ward
16 committeepersons committeemen, or any combination thereof,
17 each precinct committeeperson committeeman shall have one vote
18 for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors
19 of his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
20 township committeeperson committeeman shall have one vote for
21 each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the
22 case may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
23 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
24 congressional committee, and each ward committeeperson
25 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
26 precinct of his ward located in such congressional district by
27 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
28 immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
29 committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
30 congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county
31 central committees of the counties within such district, each
32 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
33 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of
34 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
35 meeting of the congressional committee.
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1     (f) The judicial district committee of each political party
2 in each judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of
3 the county central committees of the counties composing the
4 judicial district.
5     In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
6 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
7 committees of the counties within such district, each chairman
8 of such county central committee shall have one vote for each
9 ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
10 at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
11 the judicial district committee.
12
Circuit Court Committee
13     (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
14 each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
15 the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
16 composing the judicial circuit.
17     In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
18 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
19 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
20 primary electors of his party at the primary election
21 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
22 committee.
23
Judicial Subcircuit Committee
24     (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political
25 party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided
26 into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township
27 committeepersons committeemen of the townships and wards
28 composing the judicial subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the
29 precinct committeepersons committeemen of the precincts
30 composing the judicial subcircuit in any county other than Cook
31 County.
32     In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
33 subcircuit committee, each township committeeperson
34 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
35 township or part of a township, as the case may be, in the
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1 primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
2 judicial subcircuit committee; each precinct committeeperson
3 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
4 precinct or part of a precinct, as the case may be, in the
5 judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the
6 primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
7 judicial subcircuit committee; and each ward committeeperson
8 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
9 ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial
10 subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the primary
11 election immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial
12 subcircuit committee.
13
Municipal Central Committee
14     (h) The municipal central committee of each political party
15 shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
16 committeepersons committeemen, as the case may be, of such
17 party representing the precincts or wards, embraced in such
18 city, incorporated town or village. The voting strength of each
19 precinct, township or ward committeeperson committeeman on the
20 municipal central committee shall be the same as his voting
21 strength on the county central committee.
22     For political parties, other than a statewide political
23 party, established only within a municipality or township, the
24 municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
25 the party officers of the local established party. The party
26 officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the
27 chairman and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities
28 and townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
29 caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
30 vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
31 and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
32 candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
33 shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
34 primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
35 of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
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1 officers.
2
Powers
3     (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
4 usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
5 thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
6 The several committees herein provided for shall not have power
7 to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other
8 person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed
9 to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership
10 proper and necessary subcommittees.
11     (j) The State central committee of a political party which
12 elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
13 Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate
14 selection rules of the national political party and file a copy
15 of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by
16 a national political party.
17     (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
18 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
19 central committeeperson of male gender committeeman or
20 committeeperson of female gender committeewoman at meetings of
21 the State central committee of a political party which elects
22 its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
23 Section, the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward
24 and township committeepersons committeemen, if any, of the
25 wards and townships which lie entirely or partially within the
26 Congressional District from which the absent State central
27 committeeperson of male gender committeeman or committeeperson
28 of female gender committeewoman was elected and the vote of the
29 chairmen of the county central committees of those counties
30 which lie entirely or partially within that Congressional
31 District and in which there are no ward or township
32 committeepersons committeemen. When voting for such proxy the
33 county chairman, ward committeeperson committeeman or township
34 committeeperson committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
35 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, or
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1 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
2 elected. However, the absent State central committeeperson of
3 male gender committeeman or committeeperson of female gender
4 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
5 rules of a political party which elects its members by
6 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
7     Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
8 ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
9 committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
10 statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of
11 conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
12 a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall
13 automatically become vacant.
14 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03;
15 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
16     (10 ILCS 5/7-8.01)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8.01)
17     Sec. 7-8.01. The county board district committee of each
18 political party in each county board district created pursuant
19 to "An Act relating to the composition and election of county
20 boards in certain counties", enacted by the 76th General
21 Assembly, shall consist of the precinct committeepersons
22 committeemen of the precincts included in the county board
23 district.
24 (Source: P.A. 76-1651.)
 
25     (10 ILCS 5/7-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
26     Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
27 conventions.
28     (a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which
29 committeepersons committeemen are elected, the county central
30 committee of each political party shall meet within the county
31 and proceed to organize by electing from its own number a
32 chairman and either from its own number, or otherwise, such
33 other officers as such committee may deem necessary or
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1 be known as the county convention.
2     The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days
3 after the organization, forward to the State Board of
4 Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
5 precinct committeepersons committeemen and representative
6 committeepersons committeemen elected by his political party.
7     The county convention of each political party shall choose
8 delegates to the State convention of its party; but in any
9 county having within its limits any city having a population of
10 200,000, or over the delegates from such city shall be chosen
11 by wards, the ward committeepersons committeemen from the
12 respective wards choosing the number of delegates to which such
13 ward is entitled on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of
14 this Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to
15 the State convention from such county. In all counties
16 containing a population of 2,000,000 or more outside of cities
17 having a population of 200,000 or more, the delegates from each
18 of the townships or parts of townships as the case may be shall
19 be chosen by townships or parts of townships as the case may
20 be, the township committeepersons committeemen from the
21 respective townships or parts of townships as the case may be
22 choosing the number of delegates to which such townships or
23 parts of townships as the case may be are entitled, on the
24 basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
25 delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
26 convention from such county.
27     Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
28 party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
29 (a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
30 ex officio.
31     Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
32 party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
33 (a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
34 Convention who must be residents of the member's Congressional
35 District.
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1 the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years
2 thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the
3 chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a
4 State convention within 180 days after the general primary.
5     The State convention of each political party has power to
6 make nominations of candidates of its political party for the
7 electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
8 and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined
9 by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to
10 choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
11 national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee
12 may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the
13 State convention.
14     (c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention
15 shall, within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of
16 Elections of this State a certificate setting forth the names
17 and addresses of all persons nominated by such State convention
18 for electors of President and Vice President of the United
19 States, and of any persons selected by the State convention for
20 delegates and alternate delegates at large to national
21 nominating conventions; and the names of such candidates so
22 chosen by such State convention for electors of President and
23 Vice President of the United States, shall be caused by the
24 State Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot
25 at the general election, in the manner required by law, and
26 shall be certified to the various county clerks of the proper
27 counties in the manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this
28 Article 7 for the certifying of the names of persons nominated
29 by any party for State offices. If and as long as this Act
30 prescribes that the names of such electors be not printed on
31 the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be certified
32 in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act
33 applicable thereto.
34     (d) Each convention may perform all other functions
35 inherent to such political organization and not inconsistent
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1     (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
2 the chairman of the State central committee of each political
3 party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of
4 Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall
5 state, among other things, the time and place (designating the
6 building or hall) for holding the State convention. Such call
7 shall be signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary
8 of the committee. In such convention each county shall be
9 entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by the
10 primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to
11 be held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such
12 county, less than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of
13 ballots so voted is not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall
14 be one delegate for such group which is less than 500, or for
15 such group representing the number of votes over the multiple
16 of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each
17 primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
18 convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in
19 full and shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen
20 be calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of
21 delegates be chosen.
22     (f) All precinct, township and ward committeepersons
23 committeemen when elected as provided in this Section shall
24 serve as though elected at large irrespective of any changes
25 that may be made in precinct, township or ward boundaries and
26 the voting strength of each committeeperson committeeman shall
27 remain as provided in this Section for the entire time for
28 which he is elected.
29     (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
30 this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
31 provided in this Act.
32     (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
33 called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members
34 of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
35 committee in writing designating the time and place at which
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1 proposed to present at such special meeting.
2     (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
3 vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeperson
4 committeeman because no one was elected to that office or
5 because the precinct committeeperson committeeman ceases to
6 reside in the precinct or for any other reason, the chairman of
7 the county central committee of the appropriate political party
8 may fill the vacancy in such office by appointment of a
9 qualified resident of the county and the appointed precinct
10 committeeperson committeeman shall serve as though elected;
11 however, no such appointment may be made between the general
12 primary election and the 30th day after the general primary
13 election.
14     (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
15 of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
16 Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
17 the State Central Committeepersons of male gender Committeemen
18 and Committeepersons of female gender Committeewomen of a
19 political party which elects its State Central Committee by
20 either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
21 Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
22 as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
23 their terms.
24 (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
25     (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
26     Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
27 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson
28 committeeman, or township committeeperson committeeman, or
29 precinct committeeperson committeeman, or ward committeeperson
30 committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to
31 national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
32 primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed
33 in his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the
34 following form:
35     We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the

 

 

 

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1 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in
2 the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois,
3 do hereby petition that the following named person or persons
4 shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the
5 nomination for (or in case of committeepersons committeemen for
6 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to be
7 voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert date).
8    NameOfficeAddress
9John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
10Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
11 Name..................         Address.......................
 
12 State of Illinois)
13                  ) ss.
14 County of........)
15     I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
16 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
17 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
18 of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
19 were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
20 best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
21 the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
22 party, and that their respective residences are correctly
23 stated, as above set forth.
24
.........................
25     Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
26
.........................

 
27
28     Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
29 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
30 and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate
31 heading giving the information as to name of candidate or
32 candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
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1 and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
2     Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors
3 residing in the political division for which the nomination is
4 sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the
5 signature of each signer, his residence address shall be
6 written or printed. The residence address required to be
7 written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
8 name shall include the street address or rural route number of
9 the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
10 and city, village or town, and state. However the county or
11 city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
12 may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
13 signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
14 or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in
15 writing the residence address, including street number, if any.
16 At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
17 circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or
18 older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street
19 address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
20 the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying
21 that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
22 in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
23 genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
24 sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
25 dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that
26 none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
27 days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and
28 certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
29 the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
30 petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a
31 nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before
32 some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
33     No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
34 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
35 of such petition.
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1 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
2 signature from the petition, provided that:
3         (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
4     petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
5         (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
6     certification listing the page number and line number of
7     each signature struck from the petition. Such
8     certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
9     Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
10 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
11 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
12 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
13 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
14 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
15 sheets which are filed with the proper local election
16 officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections
17 shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the
18 voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or
19 duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part
20 thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates
21 filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
22 statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
23 office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
24 candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
25 the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified
26 (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state
27 that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a
28 licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he
29 has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing
30 period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
31 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
32 candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall
33 be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
34 officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State
35 and shall be in substantially the following form:
36
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1NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
2John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
3Belvidere,
4Illinois
5 State of Illinois)
6                  ) ss.
7 County of .......)
8     I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
9 Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
10 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
11 qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
12 candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
13 committeeperson committeeman and delegates and alternate
14 delegates) to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
15 primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
16 qualified (including being the holder of any license that may
17 be an eligibility requirement for the office I seek the
18 nomination for) to hold such office and that I have filed (or I
19 will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
20 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
21 Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
22 printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for (or
23 election to in the case of committeepersons committeemen and
24 delegates and alternate delegates) such office.
25
Signed ......................
26     Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
27 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
28
Signed ....................
29
(Official Character)
30 (Seal, if officer has one.)
 
31     The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
32 to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
33 filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
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1 required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
2 Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
3 by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
4 thereof shall be punished accordingly.
5     A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
6 obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
7 his or her petition for nomination.
8     (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
9 convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or
10 as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
11 convention elected from the State at-large, then the
12 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000
13 but not more than 10,000 signatures.
14     (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
15 national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for
16 United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
17 alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
18 convention elected from a congressional district, then the
19 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
20 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
21 electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
22 district. In the first primary election following a
23 redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
24 petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of
25 qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party
26 in his or her congressional district.
27     (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
28 countywide office, including but not limited to county board
29 chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
30 basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's
31 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
32 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
33 her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election
34 in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county
35 board member elected from a county board district, then the
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1 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
2 electors of his or her party in the county board district. In
3 the first primary election following a redistricting of county
4 board districts or the initial establishment of county board
5 districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
6 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
7 qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
8 cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
9 the total number of county board districts comprising the
10 county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
11 signatures be less than 25.
12     (d) County office; Cook County only.
13         (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
14     in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
15     nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
16     equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
17     who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
18     Cook County.
19         (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
20     Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
21     must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
22     0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
23     in his or her county board district. In the first primary
24     election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
25     Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
26     nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
27     equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
28     in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
29     general election divided by the total number of county
30     board districts comprising the county board; provided that
31     in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
32         (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
33     of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
34     pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
35     Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
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1     the total number of registered voters in his or her board
2     of review district in the last general election at which a
3     commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
4     that board of review district. In no event shall the number
5     of signatures required be greater than the requisite number
6     for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
7     under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first
8     primary election following a redistricting of Cook County
9     Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for
10     nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at
11     least the number of signatures required for a countywide
12     candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the
13     qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
14     (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
15 run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
16 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
17 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
18 his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
19 candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the
20 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
21 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
22 electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary
23 election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or
24 trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
25 establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for
26 nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at
27 least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate
28 of that political party who received the highest number of
29 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election
30 at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
31 the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or
32 districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less
33 than 25.
34     (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
35 run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
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1 the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
2 congressional district.
3     (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
4 for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
5 elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
6 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal
7 to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
8 sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a
9 sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards,
10 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at
11 least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary
12 electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary
13 district. In the first primary election following
14 redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
15 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
16 signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward
17 of that sanitary district.
18     (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for
19 judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition
20 for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
21 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the
22 candidate for his or her political party for the office of
23 Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was
24 elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a
25 candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or
26 subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
27 contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number
28 of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her
29 political party who received the highest number of votes at the
30 last general election at which a judicial officer from the same
31 circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be elected,
32 but in no event less than 500 signatures.
33     (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
34 candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the
35 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10
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1 precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
2 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no
3 less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary
4 electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16%
5 of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
6 signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is
7 greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township
8 committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
9 must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5%
10 of the primary electors of his or her party of the township,
11 but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the
12 maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
13 number, whichever is greater.
14     (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
15 for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
16 attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
17 than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
18 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
19 the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
20 comprising the counties.
21     (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
22 office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
23 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
24 registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
25 division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
26 whichever is greater.
27     For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors
28 shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the
29 applicable district, for the candidate for that political party
30 who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the
31 last general election in the State at which electors for
32 President of the United States were elected. For political
33 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
34 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
35 that political party who received the highest number of votes
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1 which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
2 that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
3 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
4 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
5 that political party who received the highest number of votes
6 in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
7 an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward
8 or district.
9     A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
10 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
11 party.
12     The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
13 the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
14 except for item (3) of subsection (d).
15     Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
16 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
17 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
18 the same or different offices.
19 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
20     (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
21     Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
22 mail or in person as follows:
23     (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
24 congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
25 nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
26 district which comprises more than one county or is partly in
27 one county and partly in another county or counties, then,
28 except as otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
29 nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State
30 Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
31 prior to the date of the primary, but, in the case of petitions
32 for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election in the
33 office of representative in Congress from this State, such
34 petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office
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1 less than 50 days prior to the date of the primary.
2     Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, Appellate
3 or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period preceding the
4 92nd day before a general primary election, petitions for
5 nomination for the office in which the vacancy has occurred
6 shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of
7 Elections not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
8 date of the general primary election.
9     Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
10 alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, then
11 such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
12 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 99 and not
13 less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary; provided,
14 however, that if the rules or policies of a national political
15 party conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for
16 nomination for delegates or alternate delegates to a national
17 nominating convention, the chairman of the State central
18 committee of such national political party shall notify the
19 Board in writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of
20 the national political party in conflict, and in such case the
21 Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than 69
22 and not less than 62 days prior to the date of the primary.
23     (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county office
24 or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition shall be
25 filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 99 nor
26 less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
27     (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal or
28 township office, such petitions for nomination shall be filed
29 in the office of the local election official, not more than 78
30 nor less than 71 days prior to the date of the primary;
31 provided, where a municipality's or township's boundaries are
32 coextensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
33 municipal board of election commissioners, the petitions shall
34 be filed in the office of such board; and provided, that
35 petitions for the office of multi-township assessor shall be
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1     (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
2 committeeperson committeeman shall be filed in the principal
3 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 99 nor
4 less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
5     (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or ward
6 committeepersons committeemen shall be filed in the office of
7 the county clerk not more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior
8 to the date of the primary.
9     (6) The State Board of Elections and the various election
10 authorities and local election officials with whom such
11 petitions for nominations are filed shall specify the place
12 where filings shall be made and upon receipt shall endorse
13 thereon the day and hour on which each petition was filed. All
14 petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on
15 the first day for filing, or as of the normal opening hour of
16 the office involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of
17 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening hour, as the case may be.
18 Petitions filed by mail and received after midnight of the
19 first day for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup
20 of that day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day
21 or as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
22 be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
23 in the order of actual receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are
24 received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or the
25 various election authorities or local election officials with
26 whom such petitions are filed shall break ties and determine
27 the order of filing, by means of a lottery or other fair and
28 impartial method of random selection approved by the State
29 Board of Elections. Such lottery shall be conducted within 9
30 days following the last day for petition filing and shall be
31 open to the public. Seven days written notice of the time and
32 place of conducting such random selection shall be given by the
33 State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State central
34 committee of each established political party, and by each
35 election authority or local election official, to the County
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1 organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction
2 which was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding
3 election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of election.
4 The State Board of Elections, election authority or local
5 election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
6 place, at the entrance of the office, notice of the time and
7 place of such lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt
8 rules and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
9 of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the order
10 in which their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have
11 filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
12 determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
13 same office at a later time.
14     (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
15 election authority or local election official with whom such a
16 petition for nomination is filed shall notify the person for
17 whom a petition for nomination has been filed of the obligation
18 to file statements of organization, reports of campaign
19 contributions, and annual reports of campaign contributions
20 and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. Such notice shall
21 be given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section
22 9-16 of this Code.
23     (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
24 valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement
25 of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
26 Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
27 officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
28 papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in
29 relation to the same governmental unit with that officer within
30 a year preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
31 filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
32 statement of economic interest of that candidate are not
33 required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate must
34 file with the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed
35 a receipt from the officer with whom the statement of economic
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1 filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than the last
2 day on which nomination papers may be filed.
3     (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
4 committeeperson committeeman or for delegate or alternate
5 delegate to a national nominating convention has been filed may
6 cause his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
7 him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
8 acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or
9 permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or with
10 the appropriate election authority or local election official,
11 not later than the date of certification of candidates for the
12 consolidated primary or general primary ballot. No names so
13 withdrawn shall be certified or printed on the primary ballot.
14 If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person
15 with respect to more than one political party, his name shall
16 not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
17 party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
18 person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so that the
19 same person could not serve in more than one of such offices if
20 elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but
21 one of such offices within the 5 business days following the
22 last day for petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a
23 candidate for all but one of such offices within such time his
24 name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary ballot,
25 for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an
26 office in a political party is not incompatible with any other
27 office.
28     (10) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
29     statute, no primary shall be held for an established
30     political party in any township, municipality, or ward
31     thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
32     office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
33     municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
34     political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
35     as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
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1     thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
2     such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
3     that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
4     within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
5     which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
6     Article, the nomination of an established political party
7     of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
8     be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
9     be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
10     seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
11     office.
12         (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
13     statute, no primary election shall be held for an
14     established political party for any special primary
15     election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
16     office of representative in the United States Congress
17     where the nomination of such political party for said
18     office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
19     the nomination of an established political party of a
20     candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
21     uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
22     nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
23     seeking the nomination of such established party for
24     election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
25     apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
26     scheduled election day.
27         (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
28     and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
29     not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to
30     become a write-in candidate for a political party's
31     nomination for any office for which the nomination is
32     uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
33     intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
34     election official with whom nomination papers for such
35     office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
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1     notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
2     this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
3     ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name
4     and address of the person intending to become a write-in
5     candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified
6     primary elector of the political party from whom the
7     nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
8     intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
9     nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
10     write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
11     duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
12     any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
13     statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
14     Section is filed in a timely manner.
15     (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for a
16 candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections,
17 appropriate election authority or local election official
18 where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
19 notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings
20 and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the
21 notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate
22 election authority or local election official that he or she
23 may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies
24 the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
25 local election official, the last set of petitions filed shall
26 be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board
27 of Elections, election authority or local election official. If
28 the candidate fails to notify the State Board of Elections,
29 election authority or local election official then only the
30 first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent
31 petitions shall be void.
32     (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for public
33 inspection and shall be preserved for a period of not less than
34 6 months.
35 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-873; 86-875; 86-1028; 86-1089;
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1     (10 ILCS 5/7-13)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
2     Sec. 7-13. The board of election commissioners in cities of
3 500,000 or more population having such board, shall constitute
4 an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon objections
5 to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons
6 committeemen.
7     Such objections shall be filed in the office of the county
8 clerk not less than 81 days prior to the primary. The objection
9 shall state the name and address of the objector, who may be
10 any qualified elector in the ward, the specific grounds of
11 objection and the relief requested of the electoral board. Upon
12 the receipt of the objection, the county clerk shall forthwith
13 transmit such objection and the petition of the candidate to
14 the board of election commissioners. The board of election
15 commissioners shall forthwith notify the objector and
16 candidate objected to of the time and place for hearing hereon.
17 After a hearing upon the validity of such objections, the board
18 shall, not less than 74 days prior to the date of the primary,
19 certify to the county clerk, its decision stating whether or
20 not the name of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot
21 and the county clerk in his or her certificate to the board of
22 election commissioners shall leave off of the certificate the
23 name of the candidate for ward committeeperson committeeman
24 that the election commissioners order not to be printed on the
25 ballot. However, the decision of the board of election
26 commissioners is subject to judicial review as provided in
27 Section 10-10.1.
28     The county electoral board composed as provided in Section
29 10-9 shall constitute an electoral board for the hearing and
30 passing upon objections to nomination petitions for precinct
31 and township committeepersons committeemen. Such objections
32 shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not less than
33 81 days prior to the primary. The objection shall state the
34 name and address of the objector who may be any qualified
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1 township that lies outside of a city having a population of
2 500,000 or more, the specific grounds of objection and the
3 relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of
4 the objection the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
5 objection and the petition of the candidate to the chairman of
6 the county electoral board. The chairman of the county
7 electoral board shall forthwith notify the objector, the
8 candidate whose petition is objected to and the other members
9 of the electoral board of the time and place for hearing
10 thereon. After hearing upon the validity of such objections the
11 board shall, not less than 74 days prior to the date of the
12 primary, certify its decision to the county clerk stating
13 whether or not the name of the candidate shall be printed on
14 the ballot, and the county clerk, in his or her certificate to
15 the board of election commissioners, shall leave off of the
16 certificate the name of the candidate ordered by the board not
17 to be printed on the ballot, and the county clerk shall also
18 refrain from printing on the official primary ballot, the name
19 of any candidate whose name has been ordered by the electoral
20 board not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of
21 the board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section
22 10-10.1.
23     In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same
24 powers as other electoral boards under the provisions of
25 Section 10-10 of this Act and their decisions are subject to
26 judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
27 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
 
28     (10 ILCS 5/7-17)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-17)
29     Sec. 7-17. Candidate ballot name procedures.
30     (a) Each election authority in each county shall cause to
31 be printed upon the general primary ballot of each party for
32 each precinct in his jurisdiction the name of each candidate
33 whose petition for nomination or for committeeperson
34 committeeman has been filed in the office of the county clerk,
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1 name has been certified to his office by the State Board of
2 Elections, and in the order so certified, except as hereinafter
3 provided.
4     It shall be the duty of the election authority to cause to
5 be printed upon the consolidated primary ballot of each
6 political party for each precinct in his jurisdiction the name
7 of each candidate whose name has been certified to him, as
8 herein provided and which is to be voted for in such precinct.
9     (b) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the
10 primary ballot the candidate's given name or names, initial or
11 initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known,
12 or a combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
13 candidate's surname. No other designation such as a political
14 slogan, title, or degree, or nickname suggesting or implying
15 possession of a title, degree or professional status, or
16 similar information may be used in connection with the
17 candidate's surname, except that the title "Mrs." may be used
18 in the case of a married woman. For purposes of this Section, a
19 "political slogan" is defined as any word or words expressing
20 or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the candidate
21 may espouse, including but not limited to, any word or words
22 conveying any meaning other than that of the personal identity
23 of the candidate. A candidate may not use a political slogan as
24 part of his or her name on the ballot, notwithstanding that the
25 political slogan may be part of the candidate's name.
26     (c) The State Board of Elections, a local election
27 official, or an election authority shall remove any candidate's
28 name designation from a ballot that is inconsistent with
29 subsection (b) of this Section. In addition, the State Board of
30 Elections, a local election official, or an election authority
31 shall not certify to any election authority any candidate name
32 designation that is inconsistent with subsection (b) of this
33 Section.
34     (d) If the State Board of Elections, a local election
35 official, or an election authority removes a candidate's name
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1 then the aggrieved candidate may seek appropriate relief in
2 circuit court.
3 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
 
4     (10 ILCS 5/7-19)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
5     Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
6 each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
7 the manner following:
8     1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
9 printed in large capital letters, words designating the ballot,
10 if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall be:
11 "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
12 designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and in
13 like manner for each political party.
14     2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not
15 less than one inch below designating words, the name of each
16 office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such
17 names may be printed on the ballot either in a single column or
18 in 2 or more columns and in the following order, to-wit:
19     President of the United States, State offices,
20 congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to be
21 elected from the State at large to National nominating
22 conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
23 from congressional districts to National nominating
24 conventions, member or members of the State central committee,
25 trustees of sanitary districts, county offices, judicial
26 officers, city, village and incorporated town offices, town
27 offices, or of such of the said offices as candidates are to be
28 nominated for at such primary, and precinct, township or ward
29 committeepersons committeemen. If two or more columns are used,
30 the foregoing offices to and including member of the State
31 central committee shall be listed in the left-hand column and
32 Senatorial offices, as defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
33 first offices listed in the second column.
34     Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
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1 two"; "Vote for three"; or a spelled number designating how
2 many persons under that head are to be voted for.
3     Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or
4 alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
5 appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
6 President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or (b)
7 no official designation, depending upon the action taken by the
8 State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
9     Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
10 letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
11 which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
12 otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
13 Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
14 printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall
15 be of uniform size. Spaces between the names of candidates
16 under each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall
17 separate the names of candidates for one office from the names
18 of candidates for another office, to avoid confusion and to
19 permit the writing in of the names of other candidates.
20     Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
21 used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
22 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
23 is applicable.
24 (Source: P.A. 83-33.)
 
25     (10 ILCS 5/7-25)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-25)
26     Sec. 7-25. The tally sheets for each political party
27 participating in the primary election shall be substantially in
28 the following form:
29     "Tally sheet for ....(name of political party) for the ....
30 precinct, in the county of .... for a primary held on the ....
31 day of .... A.D. ....."
32     The names of candidates for nomination and for State
33 central committeepersons committeemen, township, and precinct
34 and ward committeepersons committeemen, and delegates and
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1 be placed on the tally sheets of each political party by the
2 primary judges, in the order in which they appear on the
3 ballot.
4 (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
 
5     (10 ILCS 5/7-46)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-46)
6     Sec. 7-46. On receiving from the primary judges a primary
7 ballot of his party, the primary elector shall forthwith and
8 without leaving the polling place, retire alone to one of the
9 voting booths and prepare such primary ballot by marking a
10 cross (X) in the square in front of and opposite the name of
11 each candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, and
12 for delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating
13 conventions, and for committeepersons committeemen, if
14 committeepersons committeemen are being elected at such
15 primary.
16     Any primary elector may, instead of voting for any
17 candidate for nomination or for committeeperson committeeman
18 or for delegate or alternate delegate to national nominating
19 conventions, whose name is printed on the primary ballot, write
20 in the name of any other person affiliated with such party as a
21 candidate for the nomination for any office, or for
22 committeeperson committeeman, or for delegates or alternate
23 delegates to national nominating conventions, and indicate his
24 choice of such candidate or committeeperson committeeman or
25 delegate or alternate delegate, by placing to the left of and
26 opposite the name thus written a square and placing in the
27 square a cross (X).
28     Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
29 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
30 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
31 is applicable.
32 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
 
33     (10 ILCS 5/7-51)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-51)
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1 primary ballot than there are persons to be nominated as
2 candidates for an office, or for State central committeepersons
3 committeemen, or precinct committeepersons committeemen, or
4 township committeepersons committeemen, or ward
5 committeepersons committeemen, or delegates or alternate
6 delegates to National nominating conventions, or if for any
7 reason it is impossible to determine the primary elector's
8 choice of a candidate for the nomination for an office, or
9 committeeperson committeeman, or delegate, his primary ballot
10 shall not be counted for the nomination for such office or
11 committeeperson committeeman.
12     No primary ballot, without the endorsement of the judge's
13 initials thereon, shall be counted.
14     No judge shall omit to endorse his initials on a primary
15 ballot, as required by this Article, nor shall any person not
16 authorized so to do initial a primary ballot knowing that he is
17 not so authorized.
18     Primary ballots not counted shall be marked "defective" on
19 the back thereof; and primary ballots to which objections have
20 been made by either of the primary judges or challengers shall
21 be marked "objected to" on the back thereof; and a memorandum,
22 signed by the primary judges, stating how it was counted, shall
23 be written on the back of each primary ballot so marked; and
24 all primary ballots marked "defective" or "objected to" shall
25 be enclosed in an envelope and securely sealed, and so marked
26 and endorsed as to clearly disclose its contents. The envelope
27 to be used for enclosing ballots marked "defective" or
28 "objected to" shall bear upon its face, in not less than 1 1/2
29 inch type, the legend: "This envelope is for use after 6:00
30 P.M. only." The envelope to be used for enclosing ballots
31 spoiled by voters while attempting to vote shall bear upon its
32 face, in not less than 1 1/2 inch type, the legend: "This
33 envelope is for use before 6:00 P.M. only."
34     All primary ballots not voted, and all that have been
35 spoiled by voters while attempting to vote, shall be returned
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1 receipt taken therefor, and shall be preserved 2 months. Such
2 official shall keep a record of the number of primary ballots
3 delivered for each polling place, and he or they shall also
4 enter upon such record the number and character of primary
5 ballots returned, with the time when and the persons by whom
6 they are returned.
7 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/7-53)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
9     Sec. 7-53. As soon as the ballots of a political party
10 shall have been read and the votes of the political party
11 counted, as provided in the last above section, the 3 judges in
12 charge of the tally sheets shall foot up the tally sheets so as
13 to show the total number of votes cast for each candidate of
14 the political party and for each candidate for State Central
15 committeeperson committeeman and precinct committeeperson
16 committeeman, township committeeperson committeeman or ward
17 committeeperson committeeman, and delegate and alternate
18 delegate to National nominating conventions, and certify the
19 same to be correct. Thereupon, the primary judges shall set
20 down in a certificate of results on the tally sheet, under the
21 name of the political party, the name of each candidate voted
22 for upon the primary ballot, written at full length, the name
23 of the office for which he is a candidate for nomination or for
24 committeeperson committeeman, or delegate or alternate
25 delegate to National nominating conventions, the total number
26 of votes which the candidate received, and they shall also set
27 down the total number of ballots voted by the primary electors
28 of the political party in the precinct. The certificate of
29 results shall be made substantially in the following form:
30
................ Party
31     At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the
32 (1) *township of ...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward
33 in the city of .... on (insert date), the primary electors of
34 the .... party voted .... ballots, and the respective
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1 ballot of the .... party, received respectively the following
2 votes:
3Name ofNo. of
4Candidate,Title of Office,Votes
5John JonesGovernor100
6Sam SmithGovernor70
7Frank MartinAttorney General150
8William PrestonRep. in Congress200
9Frederick JohnCircuit Judge50
10     *Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
11     And so on for each candidate.
12     We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and
13 correct.
14     Dated (insert date).
15
...................................
16
Name
                       
Address
17
...................................
18
Name
                       
Address
19
...................................
20
Name
                       
Address
21
...................................
22
Name
                       
Address
23
...................................
24
Name
                       
Address
25
Judges of Primary
          
 
26
27     Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
28 used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
29 required or authorized by Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever
30 is applicable.
31 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
32     (10 ILCS 5/7-56)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-56)
33     Sec. 7-56. As soon as complete returns are delivered to the
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1 all primary elections as follows. The election authority acting
2 as the canvassing board pursuant to Section 1-8 of this Code
3 shall also open and canvass the returns of a primary. Upon the
4 completion of the canvass of the returns by the election
5 authority, the election authority shall make a tabulated
6 statement of the returns for each political party separately,
7 stating in appropriate columns and under proper headings, the
8 total number of votes cast in said county for each candidate
9 for nomination or election by said party, including candidates
10 for President of the United States and for State central
11 committeepersons committeemen, and for delegates and alternate
12 delegates to National nominating conventions, and for precinct
13 committeepersons committeemen, township committeepersons
14 committeemen, and for ward committeepersons committeemen.
15 Within 2 days after the completion of said canvass by the
16 election authority, the county clerk shall mail to the State
17 Board of Elections a certified copy of such tabulated statement
18 of returns. The election authority said officers shall also
19 determine and set down as to each precinct the number of
20 ballots voted by the primary electors of each party at the
21 primary.
22     In the case of the nomination or election of candidates for
23 offices, including President of the United States and the State
24 central committeepersons committeemen, and delegates and
25 alternate delegates to National nominating conventions,
26 certified tabulated statement of returns for which are filed
27 with the State Board of Elections, said returns shall be
28 canvassed by the election authority. And, provided, further,
29 that within 5 days after said returns shall be canvassed by the
30 said Board, the Board shall cause to be published in one daily
31 newspaper of general circulation at the seat of the State
32 government in Springfield a certified statement of the returns
33 filed in its office, showing the total vote cast in the State
34 for each candidate of each political party for President of the
35 United States, and showing the total vote for each candidate of
36 each political party for President of the United States, cast

 

 

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1 in each of the several congressional districts in the State.
2     Within 48 hours of conducting a canvass, as required by
3 this Code, of the consolidated primary, the election authority
4 shall deliver an original certificate of results to each local
5 election official, with respect to whose political
6 subdivisions nominations were made at such primary, for each
7 precinct in his jurisdiction in which such nominations were on
8 the ballot. Such original certificate of results need not
9 include any offices or nominations for any other political
10 subdivisions. 21
11 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06;
12 revised 8-29-05.)
 
13     (10 ILCS 5/7-58)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-58)
14     Sec. 7-58. Each county clerk or board of election
15 commissioners shall, upon completion of the canvassing of the
16 returns, make and transmit to the State Board of Elections and
17 to each election authority whose duty it is to print the
18 official ballot for the election for which the nomination is
19 made a proclamation of the results of the primary. The
20 proclamation shall state the name of each candidate of each
21 political party so nominated or elected, as shown by the
22 returns, together with the name of the office for which he or
23 she was nominated or elected, including precinct, township and
24 ward committeepersons committeemen, and including in the case
25 of the State Board of Elections, candidates for State central
26 committeepersons committeemen, and delegates and alternate
27 delegates to National nominating conventions. If a notice of
28 contest is filed, the election authority shall, within one
29 business day after receiving a certified copy of the court's
30 judgment or order, amend its proclamation accordingly and
31 proceed to file an amended proclamation with the appropriate
32 election authorities and with the State Board of Elections.
33     The State Board of Elections shall issue a certificate of
34 election to each of the persons shown by the returns and the
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1 committeepersons committeemen, and delegates and alternate
2 delegates to National nomination conventions; and the county
3 clerk shall issue a certificate of election to each person
4 shown by the returns to be elected precinct, township or ward
5 committeeperson committeeman. The certificate issued to such
6 precinct committeeperson committeeman shall state the number
7 of ballots voted in his or her precinct by the primary electors
8 of his or her party at the primary at which he or she was
9 elected. The certificate issued to such township
10 committeeperson committeeman shall state the number of ballots
11 voted in his or her township or part of a township, as the case
12 may be, by the primary electors of his or her party at the
13 primary at which he or she was elected. The certificate issued
14 to such ward committeeperson committeeman shall state the
15 number of ballots voted in his or her ward by the primary
16 electors of his or her party at the primary at which he or she
17 was elected.
18 (Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/7-59)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)
20     Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of
21 votes at a primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination
22 for an office shall be the candidate of that party for such
23 office, and his name as such candidate shall be placed on the
24 official ballot at the election then next ensuing; provided,
25 that where there are two or more persons to be nominated for
26 the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
27 receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and
28 their names shall be placed on the official ballot at the
29 following election.
30     Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act,
31 the person receiving the highest number of votes of his party
32 for State central committeeperson committeeman of his
33 congressional district shall be declared elected State central
34 committeeperson committeeman from said congressional district.
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1 and alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be
2 allocated by proportional selection representation according
3 to the results of a Presidential preference primary, the
4 requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
5 votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
6 National nominating conventions from the State at large, and
7 the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
8 votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
9 National nominating conventions in their respective
10 congressional districts shall be declared elected delegates
11 and alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
12 of their party.
13     A political party which elects the members to its State
14 Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
15 Section 7-8 shall select its congressional district delegates
16 and alternate delegates to its national nominating convention
17 by proportional selection representation according to the
18 results of a Presidential preference primary in each
19 congressional district in the manner provided by the rules of
20 the national political party and the State Central Committee,
21 when the rules and policies of the national political party so
22 require.
23     A political party which elects the members to its State
24 Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
25 Section 7-8 shall select its at large delegates and alternate
26 delegates to its national nominating convention by
27 proportional selection representation according to the results
28 of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
29 manner provided by the rules of the national political party
30 and the State Central Committee, when the rules and policies of
31 the national political party so require.
32     The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
33 party for precinct committeeperson committeeman of his
34 precinct shall be declared elected precinct committeeperson
35 committeeman from said precinct.
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1 party for township committeeperson committeeman of his
2 township or part of a township as the case may be, shall be
3 declared elected township committeeperson committeeman from
4 said township or part of a township as the case may be. In
5 cities where ward committeepersons committeemen are elected,
6 the person receiving the highest number of votes of his party
7 for ward committeeperson committeeman of his ward shall be
8 declared elected ward committeeperson committeeman from said
9 ward.
10     When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest
11 number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
12 committeeperson committeeman of the same political party, or
13 where more than one person of the same political party is to be
14 nominated as a candidate for office or committeeperson
15 committeeman, if it appears that more than the number of
16 persons to be nominated for an office or elected
17 committeeperson committeeman have the highest and an equal
18 number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
19 election as committeeperson committeeman, the election
20 authority by which the returns of the primary are canvassed
21 shall decide by lot which of said persons shall be nominated or
22 elected, as the case may be. In such case the election
23 authority shall issue notice in writing to such persons of such
24 tie vote stating therein the place, the day (which shall not be
25 more than 5 days thereafter) and the hour when such nomination
26 or election shall be so determined.
27     (b) Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who
28 have filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
29 candidates with the proper election authority or authorities
30 not later than 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday immediately preceding
31 the primary.
32     Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
33 candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. Such
34 declaration shall specify the office for which the person seeks
35 nomination or election as a write-in candidate.
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1 of all persons who have filed such declarations to the election
2 judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the primary.
3     (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
4 Section, where the number of candidates whose names have been
5 printed on a party's ballot for nomination for or election to
6 an office at a primary is less than the number of persons the
7 party is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
8 primary, a person whose name was not printed on the party's
9 primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to
10 the office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a
11 result of a write-in vote at the primary unless the number of
12 votes he received equals or exceeds the number of signatures
13 required on a petition for nomination for that office; or
14 unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the number of
15 votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names
16 were printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or
17 election to the same office.
18     (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where
19 the number of candidates whose names have been printed on the
20 party's ballot for nomination for or election to the office at
21 the primary equals or exceeds the number of persons the party
22 is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
23 primary.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
25     (10 ILCS 5/8-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
26     Sec. 8-5. There shall be constituted one legislative
27 committee for each political party in each legislative district
28 and one representative committee for each political party in
29 each representative district. Legislative and representative
30 committees shall be composed as follows:
31     In legislative or representative districts within or
32 including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or more
33 inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee of a
34 political party shall consist of the committeepersons
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1 of such county any portion of which township or ward is
2 included within such legislative or representative district
3 and the chairman of each county central committee of such party
4 of any county containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any
5 portion of which county is included within such legislative or
6 representative district.
7     In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
8 representative committee of a political party shall consist of
9 the chairman of each county central committee of such party,
10 any portion of which county is included within such legislative
11 or representative district; but if a legislative or
12 representative district comprises only one county, or part of a
13 county, its legislative or representative committee shall
14 consist of the chairman of the county central committee and 2
15 members of the county central committee who reside in the
16 legislative or representative district, as the case may be,
17 elected by the county central committee.
18     Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered year
19 immediately following the decennial redistricting required by
20 Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970,
21 the ward committeepersons committeemen, township
22 committeepersons committeemen or chairmen of county central
23 committees within each of the redistricted legislative and
24 representative districts shall meet and proceed to organize by
25 electing from among their own number a chairman and, either
26 from among their own number or otherwise, such other officers
27 as they may deem necessary or expedient. The ward
28 committeepersons committeemen, township committeepersons
29 committeemen or chairmen of county central committees shall
30 determine the time and place (which shall be in the limits of
31 such district) of such meeting. Immediately upon completion of
32 organization, the chairman shall forward to the State Board of
33 Elections the names and addresses of the chairman and secretary
34 of the committee. A vacancy shall occur when a member dies,
35 resigns or ceases to reside in the county, township or ward
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1     Within 180 days after the primary of each other
2 even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
3 representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize by
4 electing from among its own number a chairman, and either from
5 its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each
6 committee may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon
7 completion of organization, the chairman shall forward to the
8 State Board of Elections, the names and addresses of the
9 chairman and secretary of the committee. The outgoing chairman
10 of such committee shall notify the members of the time and
11 place (which shall be in the limits of such district) of such
12 meeting. A vacancy shall occur when a member dies, resigns, or
13 ceases to reside in the county, township or ward, which he
14 represented.
15     If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
16 township or ward, the committeeperson committeeman previously
17 elected therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary
18 change had occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
19 legislative or representative committee until his successor is
20 elected or appointed.
21 (Source: P.A. 84-352.)
 
22     (10 ILCS 5/8-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-6)
23     Sec. 8-6. In legislative or representative districts
24 wholly contained within counties having 2,000,000 or more
25 inhabitants each member of each legislative or representative
26 committee shall in its organization and proceedings be entitled
27 to one vote for each ballot voted in that portion of his
28 township or ward in the legislative or representative district
29 by the primary electors of his party at the last primary at
30 which members of the General Assembly were nominated. If a
31 portion of the legislative or representative district is within
32 a county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants then each
33 legislative or representative committee member shall be
34 entitled to vote as follows: (a) in the portion of the district
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1 committeeperson committeeman shall be entitled to one vote for
2 each ballot voted in that portion of his township or ward in
3 the legislative or representative district by primary electors
4 of his party at the last primary at which township or ward
5 committeepersons committeemen were elected; (b) in the portion
6 of the district lying outside a county of 2,000,000 or more
7 inhabitants, each chairman of a county central committee shall
8 be entitled to one vote for each ballot voted in that portion
9 of his county in the legislative or representative district by
10 the primary electors of his party at the last primary at which
11 members of the General Assembly were nominated. In the
12 remainder of the State, each member shall be entitled to cast
13 one vote for each ballot voted in that portion of his county in
14 the legislative or representative district by the primary
15 electors of his party at the last primary at which members of
16 the General Assembly were nominated. However, in counties under
17 2,000,000 population, if the legislative or representative
18 district comprises only one county, or part of a county, each
19 legislative or representative committee member shall be
20 entitled to cast one vote.
21 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
 
22     (10 ILCS 5/8-7)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-7)
23     Sec. 8-7. The various political party committees now in
24 existence are hereby recognized and shall exercise the powers
25 and perform the duties herein prescribed until
26 committeepersons committeemen are chosen, in accordance with
27 the provisions of this article.
28 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
 
29     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.3)
30     Sec. 9-1.3. "Candidate" means any person who seeks
31 nomination for election, election to or retention in public
32 office, or any person who seeks election as ward or township
33 committeeperson committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
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1 seeks nomination for election, election or retention if he (1)
2 takes the action necessary under the laws of this State to
3 attempt to qualify for nomination for election, election to or
4 retention in public office or election as ward or township
5 committeeperson committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
6 population, or (2) receives contributions or makes
7 expenditures, or gives consent for any other person to receive
8 contributions or make expenditures with a view to bringing
9 about his nomination for election or election to or retention
10 in public office, or his or her election as ward or township
11 committeeperson committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
12 population.
13 (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)
 
14     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.4)
15     Sec. 9-1.4. "Contribution" means-
16     (1) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance, or
17 deposit of money or anything of value, knowingly received in
18 connection with the nomination for election, or election, of
19 any person to public office, in connection with the election of
20 any person as ward or township committeeperson committeeman in
21 counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection with
22 any question of public policy;
23     (1.5) a gift, subscription, donation, dues, loan, advance,
24 deposit of money, or anything of value that constitutes an
25 electioneering communication regardless of whether the
26 communication is made in concert or cooperation with or at the
27 request, suggestion, or knowledge of a candidate, a candidate's
28 authorized local political committee, a State political
29 committee, a political committee in support of or opposition to
30 a question of public policy, or any of their agents;
31     (2) the purchase of tickets for fund-raising events,
32 including but not limited to dinners, luncheons, cocktail
33 parties, and rallies made in connection with the nomination for
34 election, or election, of any person to public office, in
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1 committeeperson committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
2 population, or in connection with any question of public
3 policy;
4     (3) a transfer of funds between political committees; and
5     (4) the services of an employee donated by an employer, in
6 which case the contribution shall be listed in the name of the
7 employer, except that any individual services provided
8 voluntarily and without promise or expectation of compensation
9 from any source shall not be deemed a contribution; but
10     (5) does not include--
11         (a) the use of real or personal property and the cost
12     of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily provided
13     by an individual in rendering voluntary personal services
14     on the individual's residential premises for
15     candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
16     service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a
17     reporting period;
18         (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for
19     use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the
20     normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
21     candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such
22     food or beverage to the vendor.
23 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
24     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5)
25     Sec. 9-1.5. Expenditure defined.
26     "Expenditure" means-
27     (1) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,
28 deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, in connection
29 with the nomination for election, or election, of any person to
30 public office, in connection with the election of any person as
31 ward or township committeeperson committeeman in counties of
32 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection with any
33 question of public policy. "Expenditure" also includes a
34 payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance, deposit, or
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1 electioneering communication regardless of whether the
2 communication is made in concert or cooperation with or at the
3 request, suggestion, or knowledge of a candidate, a candidate's
4 authorized local political committee, a State political
5 committee, a political committee in support of or opposition to
6 a question of public policy, or any of their agents. However,
7 expenditure does not include -
8         (a) the use of real or personal property and the cost
9     of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily provided
10     by an individual in rendering voluntary personal services
11     on the individual's residential premises for
12     candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
13     service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a
14     reporting period;
15         (b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for
16     use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the
17     normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
18     candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such
19     food or beverage to the vendor.
20     (2) a transfer of funds between political committees.
21 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03;
22 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/9-1.7)   (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
24     Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the
25 candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
26 committee, association, corporation, or other organization or
27 group of persons which:
28         (a) accepts contributions or grants or makes
29     expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate
30     amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a
31     candidate or candidates for public office who are required
32     by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements
33     of economic interests with the county clerk, or on behalf
34     of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for
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1     committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more population;
2         (b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
3     any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
4     in support of or in opposition to any question of public
5     policy to be submitted to the electors of an area
6     encompassing no more than one county;
7         (c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
8     any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
9     and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of
10     governmental, political or social values, is organized on a
11     not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or
12     publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public
13     office who are required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
14     Act to file statements of economic interest with the County
15     Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the office of ward
16     or township committeeperson committeeman in counties of
17     3,000,000 or more population; or
18         (d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
19     any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
20     for electioneering communications relating to any
21     candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) or any
22     question of public policy described in paragraph (b).
23 (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
24     (10 ILCS 5/9-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-15)
25     Sec. 9-15. It shall be the duty of the Board-
26     (1) to develop prescribed forms for notice to political
27 committees of their obligations under this Article and for
28 identification of persons examining statements or reports
29 filed under this Article, and to supply such forms, and the
30 forms for filing statements of organization, reports of
31 campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign
32 contributions and expenditures to the appropriate persons and
33 election authorities;
34     (2) to prepare, publish, and furnish to the appropriate
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1 setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and
2 reporting under this Article;
3     (3) to prescribe suitable rules and regulations to carry
4 out the provisions of this Article. Such rules and regulations
5 shall be published and made available to the public at
6 reasonable cost. The Board may determine which of its
7 prescribed rules and regulations shall be binding on the county
8 clerks in carrying out their duties under this Article;
9     (4) to send by first class mail, after the general primary
10 election in even numbered years, to the chairman of each
11 regularly constituted State central committee, county central
12 committee and, in counties with a population of more than
13 3,000,000, to the committeepersons committeemen of each
14 township and ward organization of each political party notice
15 of their obligations under this Article, along with a form for
16 filing the statement of organization.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
 
18     (10 ILCS 5/10-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-2)
19     Sec. 10-2. The term "political party", as hereinafter used
20 in this Article 10, shall mean any "established political
21 party", as hereinafter defined and shall also mean any
22 political group which shall hereafter undertake to form an
23 established political party in the manner provided for in this
24 Article 10: Provided, that no political organization or group
25 shall be qualified as a political party hereunder, or given a
26 place on a ballot, which organization or group is associated,
27 directly or indirectly, with Communist, Fascist, Nazi or other
28 un-American principles and engages in activities or propaganda
29 designed to teach subservience to the political principles and
30 ideals of foreign nations or the overthrow by violence of the
31 established constitutional form of government of the United
32 States and the State of Illinois.
33     A political party which, at the last general election for
34 State and county officers, polled for its candidate for
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1 hereby declared to be an "established political party" as to
2 the State and as to any district or political subdivision
3 thereof.
4     A political party which, at the last election in any
5 congressional district, legislative district, county,
6 township, municipality or other political subdivision or
7 district in the State, polled more than 5% of the entire vote
8 cast within such territorial area or political subdivision, as
9 the case may be, has voted as a unit for the election of
10 officers to serve the respective territorial area of such
11 district or political subdivision, is hereby declared to be an
12 "established political party" within the meaning of this
13 Article as to such district or political subdivision.
14     Any group of persons hereafter desiring to form a new
15 political party throughout the State, or in any congressional,
16 legislative or judicial district, or in any other district or
17 in any political subdivision (other than a municipality) not
18 entirely within a single county, shall file with the State
19 Board of Elections a petition, as hereinafter provided; and any
20 such group of persons hereafter desiring to form a new
21 political party within any county shall file such petition with
22 the county clerk; and any such group of persons hereafter
23 desiring to form a new political party within any municipality
24 or township or within any district of a unit of local
25 government other than a county shall file such petition with
26 the local election official or Board of Election Commissioners
27 of such municipality, township or other unit of local
28 government, as the case may be. Any such petition for the
29 formation of a new political party throughout the State, or in
30 any such district or political subdivision, as the case may be,
31 shall declare as concisely as may be the intention of the
32 signers thereof to form such new political party in the State,
33 or in such district or political subdivision; shall state in
34 not more than 5 words the name of such new political party;
35 shall at the time of filing contain a complete list of
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1 State, or such district or political subdivision as the case
2 may be, at the next ensuing election then to be held; and, if
3 such new political party shall be formed for the entire State,
4 shall be signed by 1% of the number of voters who voted at the
5 next preceding Statewide general election or 25,000 qualified
6 voters, whichever is less. If such new political party shall be
7 formed for any district or political subdivision less than the
8 entire State, such petition shall be signed by qualified voters
9 equaling in number not less than 5% of the number of voters who
10 voted at the next preceding regular election in such district
11 or political subdivision in which such district or political
12 subdivision voted as a unit for the election of officers to
13 serve its respective territorial area. However, whenever the
14 minimum signature requirement for a district or political
15 subdivision new political party petition shall exceed the
16 minimum number of signatures for State-wide new political party
17 petitions at the next preceding State-wide general election,
18 such State-wide petition signature requirement shall be the
19 minimum for such district or political subdivision new
20 political party petition.
21     For the first election following a redistricting of
22 congressional districts, a petition to form a new political
23 party in a congressional district shall be signed by at least
24 5,000 qualified voters of the congressional district. For the
25 first election following a redistricting of legislative
26 districts, a petition to form a new political party in a
27 legislative district shall be signed by at least 3,000
28 qualified voters of the legislative district. For the first
29 election following a redistricting of representative
30 districts, a petition to form a new political party in a
31 representative district shall be signed by at least 1,500
32 qualified voters of the representative district.
33     For the first election following redistricting of county
34 board districts, or of municipal wards or districts, or for the
35 first election following the initial establishment of such
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1 form a new political party in a county board district or in a
2 municipal ward or district shall be signed by qualified voters
3 of the district or ward equal to not less than 5% of the total
4 number of votes cast at the preceding general or municipal
5 election, as the case may be, for the county or municipal
6 office voted on throughout the county or municipality for which
7 the greatest total number of votes were cast for all
8 candidates, divided by the number of districts or wards, but in
9 any event not less than 25 qualified voters of the district or
10 ward.
11     In the case of a petition to form a new political party
12 within a political subdivision in which officers are to be
13 elected from districts and at-large, such petition shall
14 consist of separate components for each district from which an
15 officer is to be elected. Each component shall be circulated
16 only within a district of the political subdivision and signed
17 only by qualified electors who are residents of such district.
18 Each sheet of such petition must contain a complete list of the
19 names of the candidates of the party for all offices to be
20 filled in the political subdivision at large, but the sheets
21 comprising each component shall also contain the names of those
22 candidates to be elected from the particular district. Each
23 component of the petition for each district from which an
24 officer is to be elected must be signed by qualified voters of
25 the district equalling in number not less than 5% of the number
26 of voters who voted at the next preceding regular election in
27 such district at which an officer was elected to serve the
28 district. The entire petition, including all components, must
29 be signed by a total of qualified voters of the entire
30 political subdivision equalling in number not less than 5% of
31 the number of voters who voted at the next preceding regular
32 election in such political subdivision at which an officer was
33 elected to serve the political subdivision at large.
34     The filing of such petition shall constitute the political
35 group a new political party, for the purpose only of placing
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1 adjusted list in accordance with Section 10-11, of party
2 candidates for offices to be voted for throughout the State, or
3 for offices to be voted for in such district or political
4 subdivision less than the State, as the case may be, under the
5 name of and as the candidates of such new political party.
6     If, at such ensuing election, the new political party's
7 candidate for Governor shall receive more than 5% of the entire
8 votes cast for Governor, then such new political party shall
9 become an "established political party" as to the State and as
10 to every district or political subdivision thereof. If, at such
11 ensuing election, the other candidates of the new political
12 party, or any other candidate or candidates of the new
13 political party shall receive more than 5% of all the votes
14 cast for the office or offices for which they were candidates
15 at such election, in the State, or in any district or political
16 subdivision, as the case may be, then and in that event, such
17 new political party shall become an "established political
18 party" within the State or within such district or political
19 subdivision less than the State, as the case may be, in which
20 such candidate or candidates received more than 5% of the votes
21 cast for the office or offices for which they were candidates.
22 It shall thereafter nominate its candidates for public offices
23 to be filled in the State, or such district or political
24 subdivision, as the case may be, under the provisions of the
25 laws regulating the nomination of candidates of established
26 political parties at primary elections and political party
27 conventions, as now or hereafter in force.
28     A political party which continues to receive for its
29 candidate for Governor more than 5% of the entire vote cast for
30 Governor, shall remain an "established political party" as to
31 the State and as to every district or political subdivision
32 thereof. But if the political party's candidate for Governor
33 fails to receive more than 5% of the entire vote cast for
34 Governor, or if the political party does not nominate a
35 candidate for Governor, the political party shall remain an
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1 district or political subdivision less than the State, as the
2 case may be, only so long as, and only in those districts or
3 political subdivisions in which, the candidates of that
4 political party, or any candidate or candidates of that
5 political party, continue to receive more than 5% of all the
6 votes cast for the office or offices for which they were
7 candidates at succeeding general or consolidated elections
8 within the State or within any district or political
9 subdivision, as the case may be.
10     Any such petition shall be filed at the same time and shall
11 be subject to the same requirements and to the same provisions
12 in respect to objections thereto and to any hearing or hearings
13 upon such objections that are hereinafter in this Article 10
14 contained in regard to the nomination of any other candidate or
15 candidates by petition. If any such new political party shall
16 become an "established political party" in the manner herein
17 provided, the candidate or candidates of such new political
18 party nominated by the petition hereinabove referred to for
19 such initial election, shall have power to select any such
20 party committeeperson committeeman or committeepersons
21 committeemen as shall be necessary for the creation of a
22 provisional party organization and provisional managing
23 committee or committees for such party within the State, or in
24 any district or political subdivision in which the new
25 political party has become established; and the party
26 committeeperson committeeman or committeepersons committeemen
27 so selected shall constitute a provisional party organization
28 for the new political party and shall have and exercise the
29 powers conferred by law upon any party committeeperson
30 committeeman or committeepersons committeemen to manage and
31 control the affairs of such new political party until the next
32 ensuing primary election at which the new political party shall
33 be entitled to nominate and elect any party committeeperson
34 committeeman or committeepersons committeemen in the State, or
35 in such district or political subdivision under any parts of
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1     A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
2 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
3 for his or her nomination at the primary election, is
4 ineligible for nomination as a candidate of a new political
5 party for election in that general election.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
 
7     (10 ILCS 5/11-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 11-6)
8     Sec. 11-6. Within 60 days of the effective date of this
9 amendatory Act of 1983, each election authority shall transmit
10 to the principal office of the State Board of Elections maps
11 showing the current boundaries of all the precincts within its
12 jurisdiction. Whenever election precincts in an election
13 jurisdiction have been redivided or readjusted, the county
14 board or board of election commissioners shall prepare maps
15 showing such election precinct boundaries no later than 45 days
16 before the next scheduled election. The maps, or transparent
17 overlays, shall show the boundaries of all political
18 subdivisions and districts. The county board or board of
19 election commissioners shall immediately forward copies
20 thereof to the chairman of each county central committee in the
21 county, to each township, ward or precinct committeeperson
22 committeeman and each local election official whose political
23 subdivision is wholly or partly in the county and, upon
24 request, shall furnish copies thereof to each candidate for
25 political or public office in the county and shall transmit
26 copies thereof to the principal office of the State Board of
27 Elections.
28 (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
 
29     (10 ILCS 5/13-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
30     Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
31     (a) All persons elected or chosen judge of election must:
32 (1) be citizens of the United States and entitled to vote at
33 the next election, except as provided in subsection (b); (2) be
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1 write the English language; (4) be skilled in the four
2 fundamental rules of arithmetic; (5) be of good understanding
3 and capable; (6) not be candidates for any office at the
4 election and not be elected committeepersons committeemen; and
5 (7) reside in the precinct in which they are selected to act,
6 except that in each precinct, not more than one judge of each
7 party may be appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge
8 selected to serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled
9 to vote must reside within and be entitled to vote elsewhere
10 within the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
11 judge is appointed. Such judge must meet the other
12 qualifications of this Section.
13     (b) An election authority may establish a program to permit
14 a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
15 election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
16 person serves as a judge, he or she:
17         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
18         (2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
19     or private secondary school;
20         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
21     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
22         (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
23     secondary school he or she attends at the time of
24     appointment;
25         (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
26     legal guardian;
27         (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
28     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1 and
29     13-2.2; and
30         (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
31     service as an election judge.
32     No more than one election judge qualifying under this
33 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
34 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
35 certify in writing to the election authority the political
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1     Students appointed as election judges under this
2 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
3 day they serve as judges.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
5     (10 ILCS 5/14-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
6     Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
7 established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
8 in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5
9 persons, men or women, as judges of election for each precinct
10 in such city, village or incorporated town.
11     Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
12 or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
13 commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
14 board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
15 the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
16 precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
17 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
18 In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
19 election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
20 judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
21 pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote after the
22 closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the same
23 qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
24 with the same division between political parties as is provided
25 for judges of election. The foregoing provisions relating to
26 the appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties
27 with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
28     (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
29         (1) be citizens of the United States;
30         (2) be of good repute and character;
31         (3) be able to speak, read and write the English
32     language;
33         (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
34     arithmetic;
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1         (6) not be candidates for any office at the election
2     and not be elected committeepersons committeemen;
3         (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
4     which they are selected to serve, except that in each
5     precinct not more than one judge of each party may be
6     appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge so
7     appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not
8     entitled to vote must be entitled to vote elsewhere within
9     the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
10     judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise meet the
11     qualifications of this Section.
12     (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
13 a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
14 election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
15 person serves as a judge, he or she:
16         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
17         (2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
18     or private secondary school;
19         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
20     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
21         (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
22     secondary school he or she attends at the time of
23     appointment;
24         (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
25     legal guardian;
26         (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
27     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
28     13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
29         (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
30     service as an election judge.
31     No more than one election judge qualifying under this
32 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
33 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
34 certify in writing to the election authority the political
35 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
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1 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
2 day they serve as judges.
3     (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
4 additional judges of election, one from each of the major
5 political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
6 precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
7 11--3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
8 prescribed in this Section.
9 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
10     (10 ILCS 5/22-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 22-15)
11     Sec. 22-15. The election authority shall, upon request, and
12 by mail if so requested, furnish free of charge to any
13 candidate for any office, whose name appeared upon the ballot
14 within the jurisdiction of the election authority, a copy of
15 the abstract of votes by precinct or ward for all candidates
16 for the office for which such person was a candidate. Such
17 abstract shall be furnished no later than 2 days after the
18 receipt of the request or 8 days after the completing of the
19 canvass, whichever is later.
20     Within one calendar day following the canvass and
21 proclamation of each general primary election and general
22 election, each election authority shall transmit to the
23 principal office of the State Board of Elections copies of the
24 abstracts of votes by precinct or ward for the offices of ward,
25 township, and precinct committeeperson committeeman via
26 overnight mail so that the abstract of votes arrives at the
27 address the following calendar day. Each election authority
28 shall also transmit to the principal office of the State Board
29 of Elections copies of current precinct poll lists.
30 (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05;
31 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; revised 8-29-05.)
 
32     (10 ILCS 5/25-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6)
33     Sec. 25-6. (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of State
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1 shall be filled within 30 days by appointment of the
2 legislative or representative committee of that legislative or
3 representative district of the political party of which the
4 incumbent was a candidate at the time of his election. The
5 appointee shall be a member of the same political party as the
6 person he succeeds was at the time of his election, and shall
7 be otherwise eligible to serve as a member of the General
8 Assembly. The appropriate legislative or representative
9 committee shall declare that a vacancy exists and notification
10 thereof shall be given to the State Board of Elections, the
11 Secretary of State, and the Clerk of the House of
12 Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, whichever is
13 appropriate, within 3 days of the occurrence of the vacancy.
14     (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a legislator
15 elected other than as a candidate of a political party, the
16 vacancy shall be filled within 30 days of such occurrence by
17 appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall not be a
18 member of a political party, and shall be otherwise eligible to
19 serve as a member of the General Assembly. Provided, however,
20 the appropriate body of the General Assembly may, by
21 resolution, allow a legislator elected other than as a
22 candidate of a political party to affiliate with a political
23 party for his term of office in the General Assembly. A vacancy
24 occurring in the office of any such legislator who affiliates
25 with a political party pursuant to resolution shall be filled
26 within 30 days of such occurrence by appointment of the
27 appropriate legislative or representative committee of that
28 legislative or representative district of the political party
29 with which the legislator so affiliates. The appointee shall be
30 a member of the political party with which the incumbent
31 affiliated.
32     (c) For purposes of this Section, a person is a member of a
33 political party for 23 months after (i) signing a candidate
34 petition, as to the political party whose nomination is sought;
35 (ii) signing a statement of candidacy, as to the political
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1 Petition of Political Party Formation, as to the proposed
2 political party; (iv) applying for and receiving a primary
3 ballot, as to the political party whose ballot is received; or
4 (v) becoming a candidate for election to or accepting
5 appointment to the office of ward, township, precinct or state
6 central committeeperson committeeman.
7     (d) In making appointments under this Section, each
8 committeeperson committeeman of the appropriate legislative or
9 representative committee shall be entitled to one vote for each
10 vote that was received, in that portion of the legislative or
11 representative district which he represents on the committee,
12 by the Senator or Representative whose seat is vacant at the
13 general election at which that legislator was elected to the
14 seat which has been vacated and a majority of the total number
15 of votes received in such election by the Senator or
16 Representative whose seat is vacant is required for the
17 appointment of his successor; provided, however, that in making
18 appointments in legislative or representative districts
19 comprising only one county or part of a county other than a
20 county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each
21 committeeperson committeeman shall be entitled to cast only one
22 vote.
23     (e) Appointments made under this Section shall be in
24 writing and shall be signed by members of the legislative or
25 representative committee whose total votes are sufficient to
26 make the appointments or by the Governor, as the case may be.
27 Such appointments shall be filed with the Secretary of State
28 and with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
29 Secretary of the Senate, whichever is appropriate.
30     (f) An appointment made under this Section shall be for the
31 remainder of the term, except that, if the appointment is to
32 fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator and the vacancy
33 occurs with more than 28 months remaining in the term, the term
34 of the appointment shall expire at the time of the next general
35 election at which time a Senator shall be elected for a new
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1 election and ending on the second Wednesday of January in the
2 second odd-numbered year next occurring. Whenever a Senator has
3 been appointed to fill a vacancy and was thereafter elected to
4 that office, the term of service under the authority of the
5 election shall be considered a new term of service, separate
6 from the term of service rendered under the authority of the
7 appointment.
8 (Source: P.A. 85-958.)
 
9     Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
10 Sections 45-15, 45-25, 45-50, and 45-55 as follows:
 
11     (60 ILCS 1/45-15)
12     Sec. 45-15. Township central committee. The township
13 central committee of the township, which is hereby created for
14 the purposes of this Code, shall consist of (i) in all counties
15 of 3,000,000 or less, the elected or appointed precinct
16 committeepersons committeemen of each established political
17 party within the township or (ii) in counties of 3,000,000 or
18 more, the elected or appointed township committeepersons
19 committeemen of each established political party. The
20 committee, by a majority of those voting, shall promulgate
21 rules of procedure under Section 45-50.
22 (Source: P.A. 85-694; 88-62.)
 
23     (60 ILCS 1/45-25)
24     Sec. 45-25. Caucus in multi-township district.
25     (a) On the second Wednesday in January preceding the date
26 of any election at which township officers are to be elected, a
27 caucus shall be held by the voters of each established
28 political party in a multi-township district to nominate its
29 candidates for township assessor.
30     (b) For purposes of this Code, the multi-township central
31 committee of each established political party shall consist of
32 the elected or appointed precinct committeepersons
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1 multi-township district and shall promulgate rules of
2 procedure under Section 45-50.
3     (c) The multi-township central committee of each
4 established political party shall cause notices of the caucuses
5 to be published. The notices shall state the time and place
6 where the caucus for each established political party will be
7 held within the multi-township district and shall be published
8 in a newspaper of general circulation in the district 10 days
9 before the caucuses are held. Not less than 30 days before the
10 caucus, the multi-township clerk shall notify the chairman or
11 membership of each multi-township central committee by
12 first-class mail of the chairman's or membership's obligation
13 to report the time and location of the political party's
14 caucus. Not less than 20 days before the caucus, each chairman
15 of the multi-township central committee shall notify the
16 multi-township clerk by first-class mail of the time and
17 location of the political party's caucus. If the time and
18 location of 2 or more political party caucuses conflict, the
19 multi-township clerk shall establish, by a fair and impartial
20 public lottery, the time and location for each caucus.
21     (d) The result of the election shall be canvassed in the
22 manner provided by the general election law.
23     (e) The chairman of the multi-township central committee
24 shall, not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
25 multi-township election, file nomination papers as provided in
26 this Section. The nomination papers shall consist of (i) a
27 certification by the chairman of the names of all candidates
28 for office in the township nominated at the caucus and (ii) a
29 statement of candidacy by each candidate in the form prescribed
30 in the general election law. The nomination papers shall be
31 filed in the office of the election authority. The election
32 shall be conducted in accordance with the general election law.
33 (Source: P.A. 85-694; 88-62.)
 
34     (60 ILCS 1/45-50)
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1     (a) The rules of procedure for conducting a township or
2 multi-township caucus must be approved and may be amended by a
3 majority vote of the qualified participants attending the
4 caucus. No participant shall be able to participate or vote at
5 any township or multi-township caucus if the person is or was
6 at anytime during the 12 months before the caucus any of the
7 following:
8         (1) An elected or appointed public official of another
9     established political party.
10         (2) An elected or appointed officer, director,
11     precinct committeeperson committeeman or representative of
12     the township committeeperson committeeman of another
13     established political party.
14         (3) A judge of election under Article 13 or 14 of the
15     Election Code for another statewide established political
16     party.
17         (4) A voter who voted in the primary election of
18     another statewide established political party different
19     from the party holding the caucus.
 
20     (b) The rules of procedure shall include the following:
21         (1) No caucus shall commence earlier than 6:00 p.m.
22         (2) The caucus shall commence at the place specified in
23     the notice of caucus.
24         (3) Procedures by which qualified caucus participants
25     determine by a majority vote the duties of caucus judges of
26     election. Caucus judges of election shall be appointed by a
27     majority vote of the township or multi-township central
28     committee. No judge of the Supreme Court, appellate court,
29     or circuit court or associate judge shall serve as a caucus
30     judge of election.
31         (4) Nominations for selection as a candidate shall be
32     accepted from any qualified participant of the caucus.
33         (5) The method of voting (i.e., written ballot, voice
34     vote, show of hands, standing vote) for determining the
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1         (6) Whether candidates will be selected as a slate or
2     as individual nominees for each office.
3         (7) Whether written notice of intent to be a caucus
4     nominee is required.
5         (8) Other rules deemed necessary by the central
6     committee at the time the rules are promulgated or by the
7     majority of the qualified caucus participants when the
8     rules are being considered at their meeting.
9     (c) Individuals participating at an established political
10 party township or multi-township caucus shall comply with each
11 of the following:
12         (1) A participant shall be registered under Article 4,
13     5, or 6 of the Election Code.
14         (2) A participant shall be registered within the
15     territory for which the nomination is made.
16         (3) A participant shall sign an affidavit that he or
17     she is a registered voter and affiliated with the
18     established political party holding the caucus.
19         (4) A participant shall not take part in the
20     proceedings of more than one established political party
21     township and multi-township caucus for the same election.
22     This requirement also applies to the township and
23     multi-township clerks.
24         (5) A participant shall not sign a petition of
25     nomination for an independent or new political party
26     candidate for the same election.
27         (6) A participant shall not become an independent
28     candidate or a candidate of another established political
29     party or a new political party for the same election.
30     (d) The voters participating at an established political
31 party township or multi-township caucus shall not select for
32 nomination more candidates than there are to be elected for
33 each office.
34     (e) No candidate for nomination at a township or
35 multi-township caucus shall be required to do either of the
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1         (1) Circulate and file nominating petitions to become a
2     candidate at the caucus.
3         (2) File a fee to become a candidate at the caucus.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-119, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
5     (60 ILCS 1/45-55)
6     Sec. 45-55. Nomination by primary election. In (i) counties
7 having a population of more than 3,000,000, the township
8 central committee of a political party composed of the elected
9 township committeeperson committeeman and his or her appointed
10 precinct committeepersons committeemen and (ii) townships with
11 a population of more than 15,000 in counties with a population
12 of 3,000,000 or less, the township central committee of a
13 political party composed of the precinct committeepersons
14 committeemen may, with respect to any regular township
15 election, determine that its candidates for township offices
16 shall be nominated by primary in accordance with the general
17 election law, rather than in the manner provided in Sections
18 45-5 through 45-45. If the township central committee makes
19 that determination, it must file a statement of the
20 determination with the county clerk no later than November 15
21 preceding the township election. If the township or any part of
22 the township is within the jurisdiction of a board of election
23 commissioners, the township central committee shall promptly
24 notify the board of election commissioners of the
25 determination. Upon the filing of the determination by the
26 township central committee of a political party, the provisions
27 of the general election law shall govern the nomination of
28 candidates of that political party for township offices for the
29 election with respect to which the determination was made.
30 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
 
31     Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section
32 3A-6 as follows:
 
33     (105 ILCS 5/3A-6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6)

 

 

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1     Sec. 3A-6. Election of Superintendent for consolidated
2 region - Bond - Vacancies in any educational service region.
3     (a) The regional superintendent to be elected under Section
4 3A-5 shall be elected at the time provided in the general
5 election law and must possess the qualifications described in
6 Section 3-1 of this Act.
7     (b) The bond required under Section 3-2 shall be filed in
8 the office of the county clerk in the county where the regional
9 office is situated, and a certified copy of that bond shall be
10 filed in the office of the county clerk in each of the other
11 counties in the region.
12     (c) When a vacancy occurs in the office of regional
13 superintendent of schools of any educational service region
14 which is not located in a county which is a home rule unit,
15 such vacancy shall be filled within 60 days (i) by appointment
16 of the chairman of the county board, with the advice and
17 consent of the county board, when such vacancy occurs in a
18 single county educational service region; or (ii) by
19 appointment of a committee composed of the chairmen of the
20 county boards of those counties comprising the affected
21 educational service region when such vacancy occurs in a
22 multicounty educational service region, each committeeperson
23 committeeman to be entitled to one vote for each vote that was
24 received in the county represented by such committeeperson
25 committeeman on the committee by the regional superintendent of
26 schools whose office is vacant at the last election at which a
27 regional superintendent was elected to such office, and the
28 person receiving the highest number of affirmative votes from
29 the committeepersons committeemen for such vacant office to be
30 deemed the person appointed by such committee to fill the
31 vacancy. The appointee shall be a member of the same political
32 party as the regional superintendent of schools the appointee
33 succeeds was at the time such regional superintendent of
34 schools last was elected. The appointee shall serve for the
35 remainder of the term. However, if more than 28 months remain
36 in that term, the appointment shall be until the next general

 

 

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1 election, at which time the vacated office shall be filled by
2 election for the remainder of the term. Nominations shall be
3 made and any vacancy in nomination shall be filled as follows:
4         (1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first
5     date provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for
6     filing nomination papers for county offices for the primary
7     in the next even-numbered year following commencement of
8     the term of office in which the vacancy occurs, nominations
9     for the election for filling the vacancy shall be made
10     pursuant to Article 7 of the Election Code.
11         (2) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
12     provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
13     nomination papers for county offices for the primary in the
14     next even-numbered year following commencement of the term
15     of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time for filing
16     nomination papers for the primary shall not be more than 91
17     days nor less than 85 days prior to the date of the
18     primary.
19         (3) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day
20     provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
21     nomination papers for county offices for the primary in the
22     next even-numbered year following commencement of the term
23     of office in which the vacancy occurs, a vacancy in
24     nomination shall be deemed to have occurred and the county
25     central committee of each established political party (if
26     the vacancy occurs in a single county educational service
27     region) or the multi-county educational service region
28     committee of each established political party (if the
29     vacancy occurs in a multi-county educational service
30     region) shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate to fill
31     the vacancy in nomination for election to the office at the
32     general election. In the nomination proceedings to fill the
33     vacancy in nomination, each member of the county central
34     committee or the multi-county educational service region
35     committee, whichever applies, shall have the voting
36     strength as set forth in Section 7-8 or 7-8.02 of the

 

 

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1     Election Code, respectively. The name of the candidate so
2     nominated shall not appear on the ballot at the general
3     primary election. The vacancy in nomination shall be filled
4     prior to the date of certification of candidates for the
5     general election.
6         (4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly
7     acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
8     acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
9     the following information: (A) the name of the original
10     nominee and the office vacated; (B) the date on which the
11     vacancy occurred; and (C) the name and address of the
12     nominee selected to fill the vacancy and the date of
13     selection. The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be
14     accompanied by a statement of candidacy, as prescribed in
15     Section 7-10 of the Election Code, completed by the
16     selected nominee, a certificate from the State Board of
17     Education, as prescribed in Section 3-1 of this Code, and a
18     receipt indicating that the nominee has filed a statement
19     of economic interests as required by the Illinois
20     Governmental Ethics Act.
21 The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 of the Election
22 Code relating to objections to nomination papers, hearings on
23 objections, and judicial review shall also apply to and govern
24 objections to nomination papers and resolutions for filling
25 vacancies in nomination filed pursuant to this Section. Unless
26 otherwise specified in this Section, the nomination and
27 election provided for in this Section is governed by the
28 general election law.
29     Except as otherwise provided by applicable county
30 ordinance or by law, if a vacancy occurs in the office of
31 regional superintendent of schools of an educational service
32 region that is located in a county that is a home rule unit and
33 that has a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, that
34 vacancy shall be filled by the county board of such home rule
35 county.
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1 schools elected in 2002 takes office, whichever occurs first,
2 if a vacancy exists in the office of regional superintendent of
3 schools of an educational service region that is located in a
4 county that is a home rule unit and that has a population of
5 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, then that vacancy shall be
6 filled by the first assistant superintendent/deputy
7 superintendent until the end of the term to which the regional
8 superintendent was elected.
9     Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of
10 regional superintendent of schools of any educational service
11 region must possess the qualifications required to be elected
12 to the position of regional superintendent of schools, and
13 shall obtain a certificate of eligibility from the State
14 Superintendent of Education and file same with the county clerk
15 of the county in which the regional superintendent's office is
16 located.
17     If the regional superintendent of schools is called into
18 the active military service of the United States, his office
19 shall not be deemed to be vacant, but a temporary appointment
20 shall be made as in the case of a vacancy. The appointee shall
21 perform all the duties of the regional superintendent of
22 schools during the time the regional superintendent of schools
23 is in the active military service of the United States, and
24 shall be paid the same compensation apportioned as to the time
25 of service, and such appointment and all authority thereunder
26 shall cease upon the discharge of the regional superintendent
27 of schools from such active military service. The appointee
28 shall give the same bond as is required of a regularly elected
29 regional superintendent of schools.
30 (Source: P.A. 92-277, eff. 8-7-01; 92-869, eff. 1-3-03.)