(65 ILCS 20/prec. Sec. 21-24 heading)
NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS
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(65 ILCS 20/21-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-24)
Sec. 21-24. Application - recall elections. The provisions of this Article shall apply to all elections for alderpersons
in the city of Chicago. The name of no person shall be printed
upon the official ballot as a candidate for alderperson, unless the terms
of this Article shall have been complied with. If recall elections are
provided for, to be held within the city of Chicago, the provisions of
this Article shall apply to such elections, except to the extent that
provisions inconsistent herewith are made by the law providing for such
recall elections.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-25)
Sec. 21-25. Times for elections. General elections for alderpersons
shall be held in the year or years fixed by law for holding the same, on
the last Tuesday of February of such year. Any supplementary election
for alderpersons held under the provisions of this Article shall be held on
the first Tuesday of April next following the holding of such general
election of alderpersons.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-26) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-26)
Sec. 21-26. Candidates receiving majority elected - supplementary elections.
The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for alderperson in
each ward at any general or special election shall be declared elected. In
the event that no candidate receives a majority of such votes in any ward
or wards a supplementary election shall be held at the time prescribed in
Section 21-25. At such supplementary election the names of the candidates
in each of such wards receiving the highest and second highest number of
votes at the preceding general or special election and no others shall be
placed on the official ballot: Provided, however, that if there be any
candidate who, under the provisions of this Section would have been
entitled to a place on the ballot at the supplementary election except for
the fact that some other candidate received an equal number of votes, then
all such candidates receiving such equal number of votes shall have their
names printed on the ballot as candidates at such succeeding supplementary
election. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes at such
supplementary election shall be declared elected. Such supplementary
election shall be deemed a special election under the election and ballot
laws in force in the city of Chicago and shall be governed thereby except
in so far as such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of this
article.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-27) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-27)
Sec. 21-27. Election contest-complaint. Any candidate
whose name appears on the ballots used in any ward of the city at any election
for alderperson, may contest the election of the candidate who appears to be
elected from such ward on the face of the returns, or may contest the right
of the candidates who appear to have received the highest and second highest
number of votes to places on the official ballot at any supplementary election,
by filing within 5 days after such election with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Cook County, a
complaint in writing, verified by the candidate making the contest, setting
forth the grounds of the contest. The contestant in each contest shall also
serve notice on all persons who were candidates for alderperson of such ward
at the election, within such 5 days, informing them that such complaint has
been or will be filed. The Circuit Court of Cook County shall
have jurisdiction to hear and determine such contest. All proceedings in
relation to such contest after the filing of such complaint shall be the
same, as near as may be, as provided for in the case of a contest at a
primary election in such city. In case the court shall decide that the
complaint is insufficient in law, or that the candidate who appears to have
been elected on the face of the return has been duly elected, the complaint
shall be dismissed. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court
that the face of the returns are not correct, and that the candidate who
appears thereby to have been elected was not in fact elected, then the
candidates having the highest and second highest number of votes as
determined by such contest shall be candidates at the subsequent
supplementary election as provided for in Section 21-26.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-28)
Sec. 21-28. Nomination by petition. (a) All nominations for alderperson of any ward in the city shall be by
petition. Each petition for nomination of a candidate shall be signed by at least 473 legal voters of the ward. (b) All nominations for mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer in the city shall be by petition. Each petition for nomination of a candidate must be signed by at least 12,500 legal voters of the city.
(c) All such petitions, and procedure with
respect thereto,
shall conform in other respects to the provisions of the election and
ballot laws then in force in the city of Chicago concerning the nomination
of independent candidates for public office by petition. The method of
nomination herein provided is exclusive of and replaces all other methods
heretofore provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-29) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-29)
Sec. 21-29. Withdrawals and substitution of candidates.
Any candidate for alderperson under the provisions of this Article may
withdraw his name as a candidate by filing with the board of election
commissioners of the City of Chicago not later than the date of certification of the ballot his written request signed by him and duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgements of
deeds, whereupon his name shall not be printed as a candidate upon the
official ballot.
If any candidate at an election of alderpersons who was not elected as
provided for in this Article but who shall have received sufficient votes
to entitle him to a place on the official ballot at the ensuing
supplementary election shall die or withdraw his candidacy before such
supplementary election, the name of the candidate who shall receive the
next highest number of votes shall be printed on the ballot in lieu of the
name of the candidate who shall have died or withdrawn his candidacy.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-30) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-30)
Sec. 21-30. Form
of ballot.
Ballots to be used at any general, supplementary or special election for alderpersons
held under the provisions of this Article, in addition to other
requirements of law, shall conform to the following requirements:
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(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-31) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-31)
Sec. 21-31.
Allotment of ballots by precincts.
Each precinct of any ward shall be allotted at least ten per cent more
ballots than there are registered voters in such
precinct.
On the back or outside of the ballot of each precinct so as to appear
when folded shall be printed the appropriate words designating said ballot,
followed by the designation of said precinct, the date of the election, and
a facsimile of the signature of the proper election official.
(Source: P.A. 86-867.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-32) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-32)
Sec. 21-32. Party
designations prohibited - Ballot to be separate from other ballots. No party name, party initial, party circle platform, principle,
appellation or distinguishing mark of any kind shall be printed upon any
election ballot used at any election for mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, or alderperson held under the provisions
of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-33) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-33)
Sec. 21-33. Challengers and watchers.
Any candidate for alderperson under the terms of this Article may appoint
in writing over his signature not more than one representative for each
place of voting, who shall have the right to act as challenger and watcher
for such candidate at any election at which his name is being voted upon.
Such challenger and watcher shall have the same powers and privileges as a
challenger and watcher under the election laws of this State applicable to
Chicago. No political party shall have the right to keep any challenger or
watcher at any polling place at any election held under the provisions of
this Article unless candidates for some office other than alderperson are to
be voted for at the same time.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-34) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-34)
Sec. 21-34. Certificate of election.
No certificate of election shall be given to any candidate who shall be
declared elected at any general election of alderpersons until after the date
fixed by this Article for the holding of the supplementary election
provided for in this Article.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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(65 ILCS 20/21-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-35)
Sec. 21-35.
Election laws apply when consistent.
All laws in force in the city of Chicago governing elections for
municipal offices or applicable thereto and not inconsistent with the
provisions of this article, shall apply to and govern all elections held
under the terms of this article.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)
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