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10 ILCS 5/7-3

(10 ILCS 5/7-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-3)

Sec. 7-3.

In determining the total vote of a political party, whenever
required by this Article 7, the test shall be the total vote cast by such
political party for its candidate who received the greatest number of
votes; provided however, that in applying this section to the vote cast for
any candidate for an office for which cumulative voting is permitted, the
total vote cast for such candidate shall be divided by that number which
equals the greatest number of votes that could lawfully be cast for such
candidate by one elector.

(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)