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ELECTIONS
(10 ILCS 5/) Election Code.

10 ILCS 5/2A-34

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-34)
    Sec. 2A-34. Highway Commissioners - Road District Clerks - Time of Election. Highway commissioners and road district clerks shall be elected at the consolidated election in 1985 and at the consolidated election every 4 years thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-36

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36)
    Sec. 2A-36. Fire Protection District - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of a Fire Protection District which elects its trustees shall be elected at each consolidated election in odd-numbered years to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-37

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-37)
    Sec. 2A-37. Library District - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of a Library District shall be elected, at the consolidated election in odd-numbered years which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 81-929.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-38

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-38)
    Sec. 2A-38. General Park District - Commissioners - Time of Election. A commissioner of a General Park District shall be elected at the consolidated election in odd-numbered years to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 84-861.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-39

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-39)
    Sec. 2A-39. Township Park District - Commissioner - Time of Election. A commissioner of a Township Park District shall be elected at the consolidated election of each odd-numbered year to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-40

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-40) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-40)
    Sec. 2A-40. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago shall be elected at each general election to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term expires before the following general election.
(Source: P.A. 80-936.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-41

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-41)
    Sec. 2A-41. Sanitary District - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of a Sanitary District which elects its trustees, other than the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago or the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, shall be elected at the general election in each even-numbered year which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the following general election.
(Source: P.A. 101-523, eff. 8-23-19.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-43

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43)
    Sec. 2A-43. Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority - Commissioner - Time of Election. A commissioner of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall be elected at the consolidated election of each odd-numbered year to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-44

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-44) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-44)
    Sec. 2A-44. Board of Library Trustees - Members - Time of Election. A member of an elected Board of Library Trustees shall be elected at the consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of an incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 84-770.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-45

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-45) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-45)
    Sec. 2A-45. Community Buildings - Board of Managers - Member - Time of Election. A member of a Board of Managers, which may have authority over township community buildings, shall be elected at the consolidated election of each odd-numbered year to succeed each incumbent manager whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-46

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-46)
    Sec. 2A-46. Board of Stadium Commissioners - Commissioner - Time of election. A commissioner of a city Board of Stadium Commissioners shall be elected at each consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent commissioner, to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-48

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
    Sec. 2A-48. Chicago Board of Education and Board of School Directors; member; time of election. Except as otherwise provided, a member of a Board of School Directors or a member of an elected Board of Education, as the case may be, shall be elected at each consolidated election to succeed each incumbent member whose term ends before the following consolidated election. Beginning with the 2024 general election, the Chicago Board of Education elected members shall be elected as provided in subsection (b-15) of Section 34-3 of the School Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-49

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
    Sec. 2A-49. Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time of Election. A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall be elected at the consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent school inspector, to succeed each incumbent school inspector whose term ends before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-50

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50)
    Sec. 2A-50. Regional Board of School Trustees - Trustee - Time of Election. Except in educational service regions having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, a trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees shall be elected at the consolidated election to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-51

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51)
    Sec. 2A-51. Schools - Trustee - Time of Election. Except in a township in which all school districts located therein have withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 5-1 of the School Code and except in townships in which the office of trustee of schools has been abolished as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-1 of the School Code, a trustee of schools shall be elected in townships at the consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-52

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52)
    Sec. 2A-52. Community College District - Member - Time of Election. A member of the Board of a Community College District shall be elected at each consolidated election to succeed each elected incumbent member of the Board whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-53

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-53)
    Sec. 2A-53. (Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-54

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54)
    Sec. 2A-54. In those cases in which the election to an office is changed by the consolidation of elections to an earlier or later month in the same year or to a different year, the term of any incumbent serving on December 1, 1980 is extended to the first Monday in the first month following the election of his successor and until the successor has qualified, and the term of the successor in office shall commence on that first Monday.
    The term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan election whose term begins before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall expire on the date that his or her term would have expired had this amendatory Act of 1997 not been enacted. The term of office of a person elected at a consolidated election held on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 to succeed to a term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan election shall begin upon the termination of the predecessor's term of office. The term of office of a person elected to succeed to a term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan election shall end after the next consolidated election at which a successor is elected and at the regularly scheduled time for the ending of terms of office as provided in the Act or Acts creating or governing that unit of local government or school district.
    However, this general provision for the transition of terms of office in relation to the adoption of a uniform schedule of elections shall be subject to the specific provisions for the transition of terms of office in the several Acts creating or governing the creation of various units of local government and school districts, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

10 ILCS 5/2A-55

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-55)
    Sec. 2A-55. Forest preserve districts; commissioners; time of election. A forest preserve district commissioner elected under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act shall be elected at each consolidated election to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the following consolidated election.
(Source: P.A. 88-443.)

10 ILCS 5/Art. 2B

 
    (10 ILCS 5/Art. 2B heading)
ARTICLE 2B. CONDUCT OF THE 2020 GENERAL ELECTION
(Repealed)
(Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-21.)

10 ILCS 5/Art. 3

 
    (10 ILCS 5/Art. 3 heading)
ARTICLE 3. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS

10 ILCS 5/3-1

    (10 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1)
    Sec. 3-1. Every person (i) who has resided in this State and in the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein, or (ii) who has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein and has moved to another election district in this State within said 30 days and has made and subscribed to the affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of this Act, or (iii) who has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein and has not moved to another residence but whose address has changed as a result of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system and has made and subscribed to the affidavit provided in subsection (a) of Section 17-10, and who is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 or more years is entitled to vote at such election for all offices and on all propositions. Any military establishment within the boundaries of Illinois is "in this State" even though the government of the United States may have exclusive jurisdiction over such establishment.
(Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98.)

10 ILCS 5/3-1.2

    (10 ILCS 5/3-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.2)
    Sec. 3-1.2. Eligibility to sign petition. For the purpose of determining eligibility to sign a nominating petition or a petition proposing a public question the terms "voter", "registered voter", "qualified voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified elector", "primary elector" and "qualified primary elector" as used in this Code or in another Statute shall mean a person who is registered to vote at the address shown opposite his signature on the petition or was registered to vote at such address when he signed the petition. Any person, otherwise qualified under this Section, who has not moved to another residence but whose address has changed as a result of implementation of a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system shall be considered a "voter", "registered voter", "qualified voter", "legal voter", "elector", "qualified elector", "primary elector", and "qualified primary elector".
(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 92-129, eff. 7-20-01.)

10 ILCS 5/3-1.3

    (10 ILCS 5/3-1.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.3)
    Sec. 3-1.3. Whenever this Code or another statute requires that a nominating petition or a petition proposing a public question shall be signed by a specified percentage of the registered voters of the State, a political subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts, the total number of voters to which the percentage is applied shall be the number of voters who are registered in the State, political subdivision or district or precinct or combination of precincts, as the case may be, on the date registration closed before the regular election next preceding the last day on which such petition may be filed in accordance with the general election law. This Section does not apply to the determination of the number of signatures required on a petition filed pursuant to Article IX of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
(Source: P.A. 84-1467.)

10 ILCS 5/3-2

    (10 ILCS 5/3-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-2)
    Sec. 3-2. (a) A permanent abode is necessary to constitute a residence within the meaning of Section 3-1. No elector or spouse shall be deemed to have lost his or her residence in any precinct or election district in this State by reason of his or her absence on business of the United States, or of this State. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent homeless individuals from registering to vote under the provisions of this Act.
    (b) A homeless individual must have a mailing address in order to be eligible to register to vote. For purposes of this Act, a mailing address shall constitute a homeless individual's residence for voting purposes. A mailing address of a homeless individual may include, but is not limited to, a shelter, a day shelter, or a private residence.
    Election authorities may by reasonable rules limit the place where voter registration of homeless individuals may be taken and the class of deputy registrars who may take the voter registration of homeless individuals.
    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer upon homeless individuals any additional privileges or benefits other than the right to register to vote and to be qualified to vote in an election under Articles 4, 5, and 6 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 87-1241.)

10 ILCS 5/3-3

    (10 ILCS 5/3-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-3)
    Sec. 3-3. Every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who is an inmate of any soldiers' and sailors' home within the State of Illinois, any person who is a resident of a facility licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, or any person who is a resident of a community-integrated living arrangement, as defined in Section 3 of the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, for 30 days or longer, and who is a citizen of the United States and has resided in this State and in the election district 30 days next preceding any election shall be entitled to vote in the election district in which any such home or community-integrated living arrangement in which he is an inmate or resident is located, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elected by the people, and upon all questions that may be submitted to the vote of the people: Provided, that he shall declare upon oath, that it was his bona fide intention at the time he entered said home or community-integrated living arrangement to become a resident thereof.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)

10 ILCS 5/3-4

    (10 ILCS 5/3-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-4)
    Sec. 3-4. No patient who has resided for less than 180 days in any hospital or mental institution in this State shall by virtue of his abode at such hospital or mental institution be deemed a resident or legal voter in the town, city, village or election district or precinct in which such hospital or mental institution may be situated; but every such person shall be deemed a resident of the town, city, village or election district or precinct in which he resided next prior to becoming a patient of such hospital or mental institution. However, the term "hospital" does not include skilled nursing facilities.
(Source: P.A. 100-1110, eff. 8-28-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)

10 ILCS 5/3-5

    (10 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-5)
    Sec. 3-5. No person who has been legally convicted, in this or another state or in any federal court, of any crime, and is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution, or who has been convicted under any Section of this Code and is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution, shall vote, offer to vote, attempt to vote or be permitted to vote at any election until his release from confinement.
    Confinement for purposes of this Section shall include any person convicted and imprisoned but granted a furlough as provided by Section 3-11-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections, or admitted to a work release program as provided by Section 3-13-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. Confinement shall not include any person convicted and imprisoned but released on parole.
    Confinement or detention in a jail pending acquittal or conviction of a crime is not a disqualification for voting.
(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

10 ILCS 5/3-6

    (10 ILCS 5/3-6)
    Sec. 3-6. Voting and registration age.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, general primary election, or consolidated primary election and who is otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that caucus, general primary, or consolidated primary, including voting a vote by mail, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that general primary or consolidated primary, if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following general election or consolidated election for which candidates are nominated at that primary.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration application held in abeyance by the State Board of Elections until that individual attains the required age to vote, at which time the State Board of Elections shall transmit the registration application to the applicable election authority. Preregistration under this subsection (b) shall be completed using the online voter registration system, as provided in Section 1A-16.5, or an electronic voter registration portal with an automatic voter registration agency, as provided in Section 1A-16.7.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who is 17 years of age, will be 18 years of age on the date of the immediately following general or consolidated election, and is otherwise qualified to vote shall be deemed eligible to circulate a nominating petition or a petition proposing a public question.
    (d) For the purposes of this Code, a person who is 16 years of age or older shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.
    (e) References in this Code and elsewhere to the requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be interpreted in accordance with this Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 1-1-24.)