(10 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-4)
Sec. 12-4.
Not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of
the consolidated and
nonpartisan elections, each election authority
shall publish notice
of the election of officers of each political subdivision to be conducted
in his or its jurisdiction on such election date. The notice of election
shall be published once in one or more newspapers
published in each political subdivision, and if there is no such newspaper,
then published once in a local, community newspaper having
general circulation in the subdivision, and also once in a newspaper published
in the county wherein the political subdivisions or portions thereof, having
such elections are situated.
The notice shall be substantially in the form prescribed in Section
12-1, and may include notice of the location of the
precincts and polling places within or including part of the political
subdivision in which the election is to be conducted.
Not less than 10 days before each such election, the election authority
shall publish notice of the precincts and the location of the polling
places where the election will be conducted for political subdivisions
wholly or partially within its jurisdiction. The election authority
shall cause publication in the manner heretofore prescribed for the notice of election. If, within the 10 days before any election, an election authority changes a polling location, the election authority shall send notice by electronic mail or phone call to the township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, or precinct committeepersons, as applicable, as soon as the location of the polling place is changed.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
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(10 ILCS 5/12-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-5)
Sec. 12-5. Notice for public questions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for all elections held after July
1, 1999, notice of public
questions shall be required only as set forth in this
Section or as set forth in Section 17-3 or 19-3 of the School Code. Not
more than
60 days nor less than 10 days before the date of a
regular election at which a public question is to be submitted to the voters of
a political or governmental subdivision, and at least 20 days before an
emergency referendum, the election authority shall publish notice of the
referendum. The notice shall be published once in a local, community newspaper
having general circulation in the political or governmental subdivision. The
notice shall also be given at least 10 days before the date of the election by
posting a copy of the notice at the principal office of the election
authority. The local election official shall also post a copy of the notice at
the principal office of the political or governmental
subdivision, or if there is no principal office at the building in which the
governing body of the political or governmental subdivision held its first
meeting of the calendar year in which the referendum is being held. The
election authority and the political or governmental subdivision may, but are
not required to, post the notice electronically on their World Wide Web pages.
The notice, which shall appear over the name or title of the election
authority, shall be substantially in the following form:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the election to be |
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(insert the public question as it will appear on the
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The polls at the election will be open at 6:00
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Dated (date of notice)
(Name or title of the election authority)
The notice shall also include any additional information required by the statute authorizing the public question. The notice may include an explanation, in neutral and plain language, of the question and its purposes supplied by the governing body of the political or governmental subdivision to whose voters the question is to be submitted. The notice shall set forth the
precincts and polling places at which the referendum will be conducted only in
the case of emergency referenda.
(b) Notice of any public question published in a local, community newspaper having general circulation in the political or governmental subdivision to which such public question relates more than 30 days but not more than 35 days prior to the general election held on November 8, 2016 that otherwise complies with the requirements of this Section is sufficient notice to satisfy the newspaper publication requirement of this Section, such notice shall for all purposes be deemed to have been given in accordance with this Section, any bonds approved by the voters at such election are hereby authorized to be issued in accordance with applicable law without further referendum approval and taxes to be levied pursuant to any limiting rate increases approved by the voters at such election are hereby authorized to be levied and extended without further referendum approval.
(Source: P.A. 99-935, eff. 2-17-17; 100-298, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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(10 ILCS 5/12A-5)
Sec. 12A-5. Internet Guide.
The Board shall publish, no later than the 45th day before a general election
in which a
statewide candidate appears on the ballot, an Internet website with the
following
information:
(1) The date and time of the general election.
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(3) The deadline for registering as an elector in the
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(4) Contact information for local election
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(5) A description of the following offices, when they
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| appear on the ballot, including their term of office, basic duties, and base salary: United States President, United States Senator, United States Representative, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Illinois Supreme Court Judge, and Illinois Appellate Court Judge. The Board shall not include information on any office other than the offices listed in this item (5).
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(6) The names and party affiliations of qualified
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(7) Challenged candidates. Where a candidate's right
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(8) Any personal statement and photograph submitted
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(9) A means by which an elector may determine what
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(10) The text of any public question that may appear
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(11) A mechanism by which electors may determine in
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(12) Information concerning how to become an election
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The Board shall archive the contents of the Internet Guide for a period of at
least 5
years.
In addition, the Board has the discretion to publish a voters' guide before a general primary election in the manner provided in this Article.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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(10 ILCS 5/12A-10)
Sec. 12A-10. Candidate statements and photographs in the Internet Guide.
(a) Any candidate whose name appears in the Internet Guide may submit a
written
statement and a photograph to appear in the Internet Guide, provided that:
(1) No personal statement may exceed a brief |
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(2) Personal statements may include contact
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(3) Personal statements may not mention a candidate's
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(4) No personal statement may include language that
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(5) The photograph shall be a conventional photograph
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(6) The photograph shall not (i) show the candidate's
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(b) The Board must note in the text of the Internet Guide that personal
statements were
submitted by the candidate or his or her designee and were not edited by the
Board.
(c) Where a candidate declines to submit a statement, the Board may note
that
the
candidate declined to submit a statement.
(d) (Blank.)
(e) Anyone other than the candidate submitting a statement or photograph
from a
candidate must attest that he or she is doing so on behalf and at the direction
of
the
candidate. The Board may assess a civil fine of no more than $1,000 against a
person or entity who falsely
submits a statement or photograph not authorized by the
candidate.
(f) Nothing in this Article makes the author of any statement exempt from
any
civil
or
criminal action because of any defamatory statements offered for posting or
contained in
the Internet Guide. The persons writing, signing, or offering a statement for
inclusion in
the Internet Guide are deemed to be its authors and publishers, and the
Board shall not
be liable in any case or action relating to the content of any material
submitted by any
candidate.
(g) The Board may set reasonable deadlines for the submission of personal
statements and
photographs.
(h) The Board may set formats for the submission of statements and
photographs. The
Board may require that statements and photographs are submitted in an
electronic format.
(i) Fines
collected pursuant to subsection
(e) of this Section shall be deposited into the Voters' Guide Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Moneys in the Voters' Guide Fund shall be appropriated solely to the State Board of Elections for use in the implementation and administration of this Article 12A.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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(10 ILCS 5/12A-35)
Sec. 12A-35. Board's review of candidate photograph and statement;
procedure
for
revision.
(a) If a candidate files a photograph and statement
under item (8) of Section 12A-5 in a voters' guide, the Board shall review the
photograph and
statement to ensure that they comply with the requirements of Section 12A-10. Review by the Board under this Section shall be limited
to
determining whether the photograph and statement comply with the requirements
of
Section 12A-10 and may not include any determination relating
to the
accuracy or truthfulness of the substance or contents of the materials filed.
(b) The Board shall review each photograph and statement. If the Board
determines
that the photograph or statement of a candidate must be revised in order to
comply with
the requirements of Section 12A-10, the Board
shall
attempt to contact the candidate. A candidate contacted by the Board under this Section
may
file a revised photograph or statement no later than the 5th
business day
following notification
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(c) If the Board is required to attempt to contact a candidate under
subsection (b) of this
Section, the Board shall attempt to contact the candidate by telephone or by
using an
electronic transmission facsimile machine, if such contact information is
provided by the
candidate.
(d) If the Board is unable to contact a candidate, if the candidate does
not file a
revised photograph or statement, or if the revised filing under subsection (b)
again
fails to meet the standards of review set by the Board:
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(2) If a statement does not comply with Section
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(e) If the photograph or statement of a candidate filed under item (8)
of Section
12A-5 does not comply with a requirement
of Section 12A-10 and the Board does not attempt to contact the
candidate by
the deadline
specified in subsection (b) of this Section, then, for purposes of this Section
only, the
photograph or statement shall be published as filed.
(f) A candidate revising a photograph or statement under this Section shall
make only
those revisions necessary to comply with Section 12A-10.
(g) The Board may by rule define the term "contact" as used in this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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