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90_HB1175
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Amends the Election Code, the Public Community College
Act, and the Fire Protection District Act to abolish the
nonpartisan election held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November of odd-numbered years. Transfers
elections of officers held at the nonpartisan election to the
consolidated election held on the first Tuesday in April of
odd-numbered years. Amends the Election Code and the School
Code. Changes the general primary election from the third
Tuesday in March to the second Tuesday in September.
Maintains the third Tuesday in March of presidential election
years for the presidential preference primary and selection
of delegates to the national nominating conventions.
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1 AN ACT in relation to elections.
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 1-3, 2A-1.1, 2A-1.2, 2A-36, 2A-43, 2A-48, 2A-49,
6 2A-50, 2A-51, 2A-52, 4-11, 4-22, 5-29, 6-66, 7-8, 7-11, 7-14,
7 7-60, 7-61, 7-63, 8-4, 8-5, 10-6, 10-14, 11-7, 12-1, 13-1,
8 13-2, 14-3.1, 16-4.1, 16-5.01 and 24-1.2 as follows:
9 (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
10 Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context
11 otherwise requires:
12 1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions
13 of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
14 popular vote, and includes primary elections when so
15 indicated by the context.
16 2. "Regular election" means the general, general
17 primary, nonpartisan, consolidated and consolidated primary
18 elections regularly scheduled in Article 2A. The even
19 numbered year municipal primary established in Article 2A is
20 a regular election only with respect to those municipalities
21 in which a primary is required to be held on such date.
22 3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
23 recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
24 held at the same time and place and by the same election
25 officers as a regular election.
26 4. "General election" means the biennial election at
27 which members of the General Assembly are elected. "General
28 primary election", "nonpartisan election", "consolidated
29 election" and "consolidated primary election" mean the
30 respective elections or the election dates designated and
31 established in Article 2A of this Code.
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1 5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
2 either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
3 incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
4 village or incorporated town.
5 6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any
6 unit of local government, or school district in which
7 elections are or may be held. "Political or governmental
8 subdivision" also includes, for election purposes, Regional
9 Boards of School Trustees, and Township Boards of School
10 Trustees.
11 7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
12 interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
13 established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
14 Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
15 referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
16 Code, as now or hereafter amended.
17 8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board
18 of Election Commissioners.
19 9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county,
20 in the case of a county in which no city board of election
21 commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction
22 of a county board of election commissioners; (b) the
23 territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election
24 commissioners; and (c) the territory in a county outside of
25 the jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners.
26 In each instance election jurisdiction shall be determined
27 according to which election authority maintains the permanent
28 registration records of qualified electors.
29 10. "Local election official" means the clerk or
30 secretary of a unit of local government or school district,
31 as the case may be, the treasurer of a township board of
32 school trustees, and the regional superintendent of schools
33 with respect to the various school officer elections and
34 school referenda for which the regional superintendent is
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1 assigned election duties by The School Code, as now or
2 hereafter amended.
3 11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
4 terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
5 when used in connection with duties at an election during the
6 hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
7 election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
8 reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
9 the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after
10 the closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
11 pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
12 after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
13 performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
14 performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
15 holdover judges.
16 12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
17 7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
18 statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures
19 of qualified primary electors bound together.
20 13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
21 reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the
22 smallest constituent territory in which electors vote as a
23 unit at the same polling place in any election governed by
24 this Act.
25 14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for
26 the election of any officer, other than the State or a unit
27 of local government or school district, and includes, but is
28 not limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial
29 districts, judicial circuits, county board districts,
30 municipal and sanitary district wards, school board
31 districts, and precincts.
32 15. "Question of public policy" or "public question"
33 means any question, proposition or measure submitted to the
34 voters at an election dealing with subject matter other than
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1 the nomination or election of candidates and shall include,
2 but is not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and
3 questions relating to the Constitution.
4 16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
5 municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
6 Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
7 adopted by referendum which provide for the form of
8 government, the officers or the manner of selection or terms
9 of office of officers of such municipality or county,
10 pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article
11 VII of the Constitution.
12 17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
13 6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
14 or other electronic data processing information containing
15 voter information.
16 18. "Accessible" means accessible to handicapped and
17 elderly individuals for the purpose of voting or
18 registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
19 Elections.
20 19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
21 20. "Handicapped" means having a temporary or permanent
22 physical disability.
23 21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
24 political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
25 recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
26 highest or second highest average number of votes. The
27 political party whose candidates for governor received the
28 highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
29 leading political party and the political party whose
30 candidates for governor received the second highest average
31 number of votes shall be known as the second leading
32 political party.
33 22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of
34 an election authority, local election official or the State
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1 Board of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7
2 hours.
3 23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
4 nontraditional residence, including but not limited to, a
5 shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
6 under a bridge.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-1241; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
9 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
10 In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
11 the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
12 election to be known as the general primary election shall be
13 held on the second third Tuesday in September; and in
14 presidential election years, an election known as the
15 presidential primary election shall be held on the third
16 Tuesday in March;
17 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
18 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
19 in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
20 and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
21 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.;
22 (c) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
23 the nonpartisan election shall be held on the first Tuesday
24 after the first Monday in November.
25 (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
27 Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections -
28 Offices Designated.
29 (a) At the general election in the appropriate
30 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
31 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
32 (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
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1 United States;
2 (2) United States Senator and United States
3 Representative;
4 (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
5 (4) State Senator and State Representative;
6 (5) County elected officers, including State's
7 Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
8 elected President of the County Board or County Chief
9 Executive;
10 (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
11 (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
12 counties or educational service regions in which that
13 office has been abolished;
14 (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
15 Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
16 and newly created judicial offices;
17 (9) (Blank);
18 (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District
19 of Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary
20 Districts;
21 (11) Special District elected officers, not
22 otherwise designated in this Section, where the statute
23 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
24 requires an annual election and permits or requires
25 election of candidates of political parties.
26 (b) At the general primary election:
27 (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of
28 political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
29 be filled at the general election in that year, except
30 where pursuant to law nomination of candidates of
31 political parties is made by caucus.
32 (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
33 political party offices of State central committeeman,
34 township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
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1 committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
2 delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
3 elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
4 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is
5 to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
6 primary shall also be on the ballot.
7 (3) in each even-numbered year, where the
8 municipality has provided for annual elections to elect
9 municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7
10 of Article VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the
11 Illinois Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal
12 charter, the offices of such municipal officers shall be
13 filled at an election held on the date of the general
14 primary election, provided that the municipal election
15 shall be a nonpartisan election where required by the
16 Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan municipal
17 elections in even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
18 candidates for municipal office to be elected at the
19 general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
20 weeks preceding that election.
21 (4) in each school district which has adopted the
22 provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors
23 to the members of the board of education whose terms
24 expire in the year in which the general primary is held
25 shall be elected.
26 (b-5) At the presidential primary election in
27 appropriate even-numbered years, delegates and alternate
28 delegates to the National nominating convention shall be
29 elected as may be required under this Code. In the
30 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to be
31 held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary shall
32 also be on the ballot.
33 (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
34 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
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1 (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
2 municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
3 municipal office are not permitted by law to be
4 candidates of political parties, the runoff election
5 where required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
6 required by law, shall be held on the date of the
7 consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
8 of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
9 providing the form of government of the municipality
10 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
11 such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
12 election as may be provided by such ordinance;
13 (2) Village and incorporated town library
14 directors;
15 (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
16 (4) Commissioners of park districts;
17 (5) Trustees of public library districts;
18 (6) Special District elected officers, not
19 otherwise designated in this section, where the statute
20 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
21 permits or requires election of candidates of political
22 parties;
23 (7) Township officers, including township park
24 commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
25 managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
26 Assessors;
27 (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
28 (9) Members of school boards in school districts
29 which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
30 (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O
31 Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
32 (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
33 under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
34 District Act.
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1 (12) Elected members of school boards, school
2 trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
3 trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
4 counties or educational service regions having a
5 population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
6 of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
7 school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School
8 Code;
9 (13) Members of Community College district boards;
10 (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
11 (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
12 Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
13 (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
14 Districts;
15 (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
16 otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
17 governing those districts does not permit candidates of
18 political parties.
19 (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
20 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
21 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
22 election in that year, except where pursuant to law
23 nomination of candidates of political parties is made by
24 caucus, and except those offices listed in paragraphs (12)
25 through (17) of subsection (c).
26 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
27 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
28 shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
29 mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
30 to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
31 elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
32 required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
33 a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
34 law candidates for such office are not permitted to be
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1 candidates of political parties.
2 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
3 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
4 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided
5 by an ordinance providing a form of government of the
6 municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
7 Constitution.
8 (e) (Blank). At the nonpartisan election in each
9 odd-numbered year the following offices shall be filled in
10 nonpartisan elections:
11 (1) Elected members of school boards, school
12 trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
13 trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
14 counties or educational service regions having a
15 population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
16 of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
17 school districts which adopt Article 33 of the School
18 Code;
19 (2) Member of Community College district boards;
20 (3) Trustee of Fire Protection Districts;
21 (4) Commissioner of Springfield Metropolitan
22 Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
23 (5) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
24 Districts;
25 (6) Elected Officers of special districts not
26 otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
27 governing such districts does not permit candidates of
28 political parties.
29 (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1,
30 public questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this
31 Code and any special election otherwise required or
32 authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
33 to this Code.
34 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
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1 officers established in this Article, whenever a referendum
2 is held for the establishment of a political subdivision
3 whose officers are to be elected, the initial officers shall
4 be elected at the election at which such referendum is held
5 if otherwise so provided by law. In such cases, the election
6 of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
7 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
8 officials established in this Article, any community college
9 district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
10 to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now
11 or hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
12 members at the next regularly scheduled election following
13 the effective date of the new district.
14 (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
15 any precinct there are no offices or public questions
16 required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
17 shall be held in the precinct on that date.
18 (h) Except at the nonpartisan election in 1981, There
19 may be conducted a referendum in accordance with the
20 provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 88-443; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff.
22 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/2A-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36)
24 Sec. 2A-36. Fire Protection District - Trustee - Time of
25 Election. A trustee of a Fire Protection District which
26 elects its trustees shall be elected at each consolidated
27 nonpartisan election in odd-numbered years to succeed each
28 incumbent trustee whose term expires before the following
29 consolidated nonpartisan election.
30 (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/2A-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43)
32 Sec. 2A-43. Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and
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1 Auditorium Authority - Commissioner - Time of Election. A
2 commissioner of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and
3 Auditorium Authority shall be elected at the consolidated
4 nonpartisan election of each odd-numbered year to succeed
5 each incumbent commissioner whose term expires before the
6 following consolidated nonpartisan election.
7 (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
9 Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors - Member - Time of
10 Election. A member of a Board of School Directors or a member
11 of an elected Board of Education, as the case may be, shall
12 be elected at each consolidated nonpartisan election to
13 succeed each incumbent member whose term ends before the
14 following consolidated nonpartisan election.
15 (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
17 Sec. 2A-49. Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time
18 of Election. A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall
19 be elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election which
20 immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any
21 incumbent school inspector, to succeed each incumbent school
22 inspector whose term ends before the following consolidated
23 nonpartisan election.
24 (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50)
26 Sec. 2A-50. Regional Board of School Trustees - Trustee
27 - Time of Election. Except in educational service regions
28 having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, a
29 trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees shall be
30 elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election to succeed
31 each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the following
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1 consolidated nonpartisan election.
2 (Source: P.A. 87-969.)
3 (10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51)
4 Sec. 2A-51. Schools - Trustee - Time of Election.
5 Except in a township in which all school districts located
6 therein have withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of
7 the trustees of schools under the provisions of subsection
8 (b) of Section 5-1 of the School Code and except in townships
9 in which the office of trustee of schools has been abolished
10 as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-1 of the School
11 Code, a trustee of schools shall be elected in townships at
12 the consolidated nonpartisan election which immediately
13 precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee,
14 to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the
15 following consolidated nonpartisan election.
16 (Source: P.A. 86-1441; 87-473.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/2A-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52)
18 Sec. 2A-52. Community College District - Member - Time
19 of Election. A member of the Board of a Community College
20 District shall be elected at each consolidated nonpartisan
21 election to succeed each elected incumbent member of the
22 Board whose term expires before the following consolidated
23 nonpartisan election.
24 (Source: P.A. 80-936.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11)
26 Sec. 4-11. At least 2 weeks prior to the general
27 November election in each even numbered year and the
28 consolidated nonpartisan election in each odd-numbered year
29 the county clerk shall cause a list to be made for each
30 precinct of all names upon the registration record cards not
31 marked or erased, in alphabetical order, with the address,
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1 provided, that such list may be arranged geographically, by
2 street and number, in numerical order, with respect to all
3 precincts in which all, or substantially all residences of
4 voters therein shall be located upon and numbered along
5 streets, avenues, courts, or other highways which are either
6 named or numbered, upon direction either of the county board
7 or of the circuit court. On the list, the county clerk shall
8 indicate, by italics, asterisk, or other means, the names of
9 all persons who have registered since the last regularly
10 scheduled election in the consolidated schedule of elections
11 established in Section 2A-1.1 of this Act. The county clerk
12 shall cause such precinct lists to be printed or typed in
13 sufficient numbers to meet all reasonable demands, and upon
14 application a copy of the same shall be given to any person
15 applying therefor. By such time, the county clerk shall give
16 the precinct lists to the chairman of a county central
17 committee of an established political party, as such party is
18 defined in Section 10-2 of this Act, or to the chairman's
19 duly authorized representative. Within 30 days of the
20 effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1983, the county
21 clerk shall give the precinct lists compiled prior to the
22 general November election of 1982 to the chairman of county
23 central committee of an established political party or to the
24 chairman's duly authorized representative.
25 Prior to the opening of the polls for other elections,
26 the county clerk shall transmit or deliver to the judges of
27 election of each polling place a corrected list of registered
28 voters in the precinct, or the names of persons added to and
29 erased or withdrawn from the list for such precinct. At
30 other times such list, currently corrected, shall be kept
31 available for public inspection in the office of the county
32 clerk.
33 Within 60 days after each general election the county
34 clerk shall indicate by italics, asterisk, or other means, on
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1 the list of registered voters in each precinct, each
2 registrant who voted at that general election, and shall
3 provide a copy of such list to the chairman of the county
4 central committee of each established political party or to
5 the chairman's duly authorized representative.
6 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall indicate by
8 italics, asterisk, or other means, on the list of registered
9 voters in each precinct, each registrant who voted at the
10 general election of 1982, and shall provide a copy of such
11 coded list to the chairman of the county central committee of
12 each established political party or to the chairman's duly
13 authorized representative.
14 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
15 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
16 either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
17 (Source: P.A. 83-1263.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
19 Sec. 4-22. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
20 upon application to vote each registered elector shall sign
21 his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a
22 certificate substantially as follows:
23 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
24 City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
25 Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
26 Registration Record .......
27 Checked by .......
28 Voter's number ....
29 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
30 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
31 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
32 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
33 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
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1 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
2 below and am qualified to vote.
3 Signature of voter .......
4 residence address .......
5 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
6 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
7 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
8 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
9 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
10 requested to provide his social security number when the
11 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
12 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
13 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
14 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
15 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
16 certificate:
17 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
18 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
19 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
20 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
21 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
22 The certificates of each State-wide political party at a
23 general primary election shall be separately printed upon
24 paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the
25 certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of
26 the same color or tint. However, if the election authority
27 provides computer generated applications with the precinct,
28 ballot style and voter's name and address preprinted on the
29 application, a single application may be used for State-wide
30 political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to
31 indicate the political party. Such application shall not
32 entitle the voter to vote in the primary of more than one
33 political party at the same election.
34 At the consolidated primary, such certificates may
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1 contain spaces or checkoff boxes permitting the voter to
2 request a primary ballot of any other political party which
3 is established only within a political subdivision and for
4 which a primary is conducted on the same election day. Such
5 application shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the
6 primary of the State-wide political party and the primary of
7 the local political party with respect to the offices of the
8 same political subdivision. In no event may a voter vote in
9 more than one State-wide primary on the same day.
10 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
11 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
12 signature on the registration record card as a means of
13 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
14 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
15 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
16 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
17 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
18 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
19 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
20 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
21 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
22 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
23 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
24 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
25 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
26 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
27 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
28 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
29 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
30 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
31 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
32 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
33 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
34 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
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1 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
2 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
3 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
4 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
5 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "poll
6 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article, shall be
7 construed to apply to such official poll record.
8 After each general primary election the county clerk
9 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
10 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
11 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
12 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
13 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
14 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
15 chairman of the county central committee of each established
16 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
17 representative.
18 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
19 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
20 chairman of the county central committee of each established
21 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
22 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
23 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
24 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
25 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
26 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
27 election of 1982.
28 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
29 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
30 either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
31 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
32 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
33 registration record card is not found in the precinct
34 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
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1 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
2 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
3 upon the consolidated list, if any, and whose name has not
4 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
5 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
6 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
7 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
8 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In
9 such event one of the judges of election shall require an
10 affidavit by such person and one voter residing in the
11 precinct before the judges of election, substantially in the
12 form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act, and upon the
13 presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall be
14 issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
15 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote.
16 Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by
17 registered voters under the provisions of Article 19 of this
18 Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of
19 the "Certificate of Registered Voter" provided for in this
20 Section.
21 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
22 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
23 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
24 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
25 central committee of an established political party or to the
26 chairman's duly authorized representative.
27 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
28 election authority charged with the duty of providing
29 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
30 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
31 which of the elections he desires to vote.
32 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
33 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
34 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
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1 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
2 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
3 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
4 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
5 ballots which the voter is given.
6 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29)
8 Sec. 5-29. Upon application to vote, except as
9 hereinafter provided for absent electors, each registered
10 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
11 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
12 "Certificate of Registered Voter
13 Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;
14 City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;
15 Village of................................Precinct..........;
16 Election.....................................................
17 (date) (month) (year)
18 Registration record
19 Checked by.....................
20 Voter's number..................
21 Instruction to voters
22 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
23 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
24 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
25 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
26 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
27 below and am qualified to vote.
28 Signature of voter ...............
29 Residence address ..............."
30 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
31 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
32 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
33 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
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1 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
2 requested to provide his social security number when the
3 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
4 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
5 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
6 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
7 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
8 certificate:
9 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
10 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
11 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
12 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
13 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
14 Certificates as above prescribed shall be furnished by
15 the county clerk for all elections.
16 The Judges in charge of the precinct registration files
17 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
18 signature on the registration record card as a means of
19 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
20 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
21 registered under the same name, the Judges shall ask such
22 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
23 the registration card and if the applicant does not prove to
24 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
25 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
26 name in question then the vote for such applicant shall be
27 challenged by a Judge of Election, and the same procedure
28 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
29 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a Judge
30 of Election shall check the data on the registration card and
31 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
32 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
33 One of the Judges of election shall check the certificate
34 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
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1 has been examined and shall sign his initials on the
2 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
3 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
4 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
5 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
6 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
7 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
8 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
9 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
10 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
11 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "Poll
12 Lists" and "Poll Books" where used in this article 5 shall be
13 construed to apply to such official poll records.
14 After each general primary election the county clerk
15 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
16 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
17 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
18 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
19 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
20 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
21 chairman of the county central committee of each established
22 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
23 representative.
24 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
25 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
26 chairman of the county central committee of each established
27 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
28 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
29 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
30 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
31 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
32 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
33 election of 1982.
34 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
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1 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
2 of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
3 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
4 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
5 registration record card is not found in the precinct
6 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
7 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
8 list of voters and whose name has not been erased or
9 withdrawn from such register, it shall be the duty of one of
10 the Judges of Election to require an affidavit by such person
11 and two voters residing in the precinct before the judges of
12 election that he is the same person whose name appears upon
13 the precinct register and that he resides in the precinct
14 stating the street number of his residence. Forms for such
15 affidavit shall be supplied by the county clerk for all
16 elections. Upon the making of such affidavit and the
17 presentation of his certificate such elector shall be
18 entitled to vote. All affidavits made under this paragraph
19 shall be preserved and returned to the county clerk in an
20 envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within 30
21 days after such election to take steps provided by Section
22 5-27 of this article 5 for the execution of new registration
23 affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions of
24 this paragraph.
25 Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made
26 by registered voters and under the provisions of Article 19
27 of this Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in
28 lieu of the "certificate of registered voter" provided for in
29 this section.
30 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
31 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
32 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
33 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
34 central committee of an established political party or to the
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1 chairman's duly authorized representative.
2 Whenever two or more elections occur simultaneously, the
3 election authority charged with the duty of providing
4 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
5 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
6 which of the elections he desires to vote.
7 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
8 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
9 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
10 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
11 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
12 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
13 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
14 ballots which the voter is given.
15 (Source: P.A. 84-809; 84-832.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
17 Sec. 6-66. Upon application to vote each registered
18 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
19 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
20 "CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
21 City of ................. Ward .... Precinct ....
22 Election ...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year)
23 Registration Record ....... Checked by ...............
24 Voter's number ....
25 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
26 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election
27 officers in charge. After the registration record has been
28 checked, the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you
29 shall present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
30 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
31 below and am qualified to vote.
32 Signature of voter ................
33 Residence address ................"
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1 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
2 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
3 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
4 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
5 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
6 requested to provide his social security number when the
7 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
8 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
9 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
10 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
11 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
12 certificate:
13 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
14 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
15 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
16 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
17 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
18 The applications of each State-wide political party at a
19 primary election shall be separately printed upon paper of
20 uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of no
21 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or
22 tint. If the election authority provides computer generated
23 applications with the precinct, ballot style, and voter's
24 name and address preprinted on the application, a single
25 application may be used for State-wide political parties if
26 it contains spaces or check-off boxes to indicate the
27 political party. Such applications may contain spaces or
28 check-off boxes permitting the voter to also request a
29 primary ballot of any political party which is established
30 only within a political subdivision and for which a primary
31 is conducted on the same election day. Such applications
32 shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the primary of a
33 State-wide political party and the primary of a local
34 political party with respect to the offices of the same
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1 political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more than
2 one State-wide political party on the same day.
3 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
4 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
5 signature on the registration record card as a means of
6 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
7 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
8 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
9 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
10 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
11 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
12 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
13 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
14 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
15 followed as provided in this Article and Act for challenged
16 voters.
17 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
18 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
19 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
20 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
21 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
22 of such applicant for a ballot after the registration record
23 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
24 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
25 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
26 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
27 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
28 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
29 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
30 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
31 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
32 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
33 and shall constitute an official poll record. The terms "poll
34 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article and Act,
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1 shall be construed to apply to such official poll record.
2 After each general primary election the board of election
3 commissioners shall indicate by color code or other means
4 next to the name of each registrant on the list of registered
5 voters in each precinct the primary ballot of a political
6 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
7 election. The board of election commissioners, within 30 60
8 days after that general primary election, shall provide a
9 copy of this coded list to the chairman of the county central
10 committee of each established political party or to the
11 chairman's duly authorized representative.
12 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of 1983, the board of election commissioners
14 shall provide to the chairman of the county central committee
15 of each established political party or to the chairman's duly
16 authorized representative the list of registered voters in
17 each precinct at the time of the general primary election of
18 1982 and shall indicate on such list by color code or other
19 means next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of
20 a political party that the registrant requested at the
21 general primary election of 1982.
22 The board of election commissioners may charge a fee to
23 reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a list
24 provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
25 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
26 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
27 registration card is not found in the precinct registry of
28 voters, but his name appears as that of a registered voter in
29 such precinct upon the printed precinct register as corrected
30 or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the consolidated
31 list, if any provided by this Article and whose name has not
32 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
33 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
34 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
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1 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
2 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In such
3 event it shall be the duty of one of the judges of election
4 to require an affidavit by such person and 2 voters residing
5 in the precinct before the judges of election that he is the
6 same person whose name appears upon the printed precinct
7 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
8 consolidated list, if any, and that he resides in the
9 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence, and
10 upon the presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall
11 be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
12 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any
13 elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on
14 the printed precinct register or supplemental list but who
15 has a certificate issued by the board of election
16 commissioners as provided in Section 6-43 of this Article,
17 shall be entitled to vote upon the presentation of such
18 certificate accompanied by the affidavits of 2 voters
19 residing in the precinct that the elector is the same person
20 described in such certificate and that he resides in the
21 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence.
22 Forms for all affidavits required hereunder shall be supplied
23 by the board of election commissioners. All affidavits made
24 under this paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the
25 board of election commissioners in the manner provided by
26 this Article and Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty
27 of the board of election commissioners, within 30 days after
28 such election, to take the steps provided by Section 6-64 of
29 this Article for the execution of new registration affidavits
30 by electors who have voted under the provisions of this
31 paragraph.
32 When the board of election commissioners delivers to the
33 judges of election for use at the polls a supplemental or
34 consolidated list of the printed precinct register, it shall
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1 give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the
2 chairman of a county central committee of an established
3 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
4 representative.
5 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
6 election official or officials charged with the duty of
7 providing application certificates may prescribe the form
8 thereof so that a voter is required to execute only one,
9 indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
10 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
11 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
12 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
13 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
14 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
15 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
16 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
17 ballots which the voter is given.
18 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
20 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
21 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
22 State and shall be elected as follows:
23 State Central Committee
24 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
25 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
26 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
27 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
28 State central committee of that party.
29 Alternative A. At the general primary held on the third
30 Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years
31 thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate
32 of his party for member of the State central committee for
33 the congressional district in which he resides. The
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1 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
2 declared elected State central committeeman from the
3 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
4 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
5 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
6 committeemen in the manner following:
7 At the county convention held by such political party
8 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
9 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
10 officers of the county central committee, and such election
11 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
12 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
13 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
14 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
15 in the last preceding primary election of his political
16 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
17 congressional district and partially within another
18 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
19 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
20 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
21 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
22 congressional district which encompasses more than one
23 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
24 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
25 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
26 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
27 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
28 member of the State central committee for the congressional
29 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
30 central committee shall report the results of the election to
31 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
32 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
33 votes elected State central committeeman for that
34 congressional district.
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1 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
2 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
3 of members of the State central committee.
4 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
5 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
6 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
7 member for that congressional district to serve as an
8 additional member of the State central committee until his or
9 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
10 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
11 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
12 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
13 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
14 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
15 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
16 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
17 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
18 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
19 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
20 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
21 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
22 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
23 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
24 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
25 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
26 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
27 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
28 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
29 second member of the State central committee from the
30 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
31 congressional committee of the political party, and the
32 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
33 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
34 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
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1 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
2 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
3 paragraph (e) of this Section.
4 Under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State
5 central committee of each political party shall be composed
6 of members elected or appointed from the several
7 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person
8 or persons whomsoever. The members of the State central
9 committee shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial
10 election of the full committee, meet in the city of
11 Springfield and organize by electing from among their own
12 number a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
13 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
14 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
15 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
16 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
17 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
18 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
19 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
20 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
21 his or her congressional district by the primary electors of
22 his or her party at the primary election immediately
23 preceding the meeting of the State central committee.
24 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of
25 any political party, the vacancy may be filled by appointment
26 by the congressional committee of that political party in the
27 congressional district from which the appointee's predecessor
28 was elected, and the member so appointed to fill the vacancy
29 shall be a resident of that congressional district and, in a
30 committee composed as provided in alternative B, shall be of
31 the same sex as the appointee's predecessor. A political
32 party may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any State
33 convention of such party, determine to return to the election
34 of State central committeeman and State central
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1 committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any action
2 taken by a political party at a State convention in
3 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
4 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such
5 convention within 10 days after such action.
6 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
7 (b) At the general primary held on the third Tuesday in
8 March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
9 elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or over may
10 vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for ward
11 committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a
12 resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
13 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
14 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
15 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
16 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
17 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
18 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
19 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
20 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
21 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
22 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
23 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
24 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
25 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
26 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
27 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
28 general primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
29 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
30 except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over,
31 may vote for one candidate of his party in his precinct for
32 precinct committeeman. Each candidate for precinct
33 committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the precinct
34 where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman. The one
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1 having the highest number of votes shall be such precinct
2 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The official
3 returns of the primary shall show the name of the
4 committeeman of each political party.
5 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
6 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
7 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
8 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
9 provided in this Section for certain State central
10 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
11 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
12 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
13 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
14 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
15 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
16 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
17 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
18 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
19 has not been elected or appointed.
20 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
21 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
22 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
23 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
24 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
25 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
26 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
27 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
28 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
29 County Central Committee
30 (d) The county central committee of each political party
31 in each county shall consist of the various township
32 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
33 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
34 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
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1 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
2 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
3 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
4 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
5 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
6 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
7 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
8 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
9 the organization and proceedings of the county central
10 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
11 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
12 party at the primary election for the nomination of
13 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
14 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
15 Congressional Committee
16 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
17 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
18 the county central committees of the counties composing the
19 congressional district, except that in congressional
20 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
21 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
22 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
23 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
24 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
25 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
26 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
27 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
28 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
29 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
30 vote except in case of a tie.
31 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
32 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
33 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
34 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
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1 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
2 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
3 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
4 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
5 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
6 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
7 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
8 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
9 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
10 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
11 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
12 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
13 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
14 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
15 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
16 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
17 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
18 congressional committee.
19 Judicial District Committee
20 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
21 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
22 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
23 composing the judicial district.
24 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
25 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
26 committees of the counties within such district, each
27 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
28 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
29 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
30 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
31 Circuit Court Committee
32 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
33 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
34 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
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1 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
2 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
3 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
4 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
5 primary electors of his party at the primary election
6 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
7 committee.
8 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
9 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
10 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
11 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
12 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
13 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
14 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
15 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
16 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
17 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
18 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
19 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
20 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
21 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
22 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
23 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
24 Municipal Central Committee
25 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
26 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
27 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
28 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
29 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
30 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
31 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
32 county central committee.
33 For political parties, other than a statewide political
34 party, established only within a municipality or township,
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1 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
2 composed of the party officers of the local established
3 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
4 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
5 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
6 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
7 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
8 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
9 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
10 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
11 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
12 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
13 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
14 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
15 Powers
16 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
17 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
18 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
19 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
20 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
21 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
22 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
23 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
24 (j) The State central committee of a political party
25 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
26 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
27 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
28 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
29 when approved by a national political party.
30 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
31 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
32 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
33 State central committee of a political party which elects its
34 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
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1 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
2 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
3 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
4 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
5 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
6 the county central committees of those counties which lie
7 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
8 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
9 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
10 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
11 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
12 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
13 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
14 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
15 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
16 rules of a political party which elects its members by
17 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
20 Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United
21 States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of
22 his political party by filing in the office of the State
23 Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
24 prior to the date of the presidential general primary
25 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
26 be held, a petition signed by not less than 3000 or more than
27 5000 primary electors, members of and affiliated with the
28 party of which he is a candidate, and no candidate for
29 President of the United States, who fails to comply with the
30 provisions of this Article shall have his name printed upon
31 any primary ballot: Provided, however, that if the rules or
32 policies of a national political party conflict with such
33 requirements for filing petitions for President of the United
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1 States in a presidential preference primary, the Chairman of
2 the State central committee of such national political party
3 shall notify the State Board of Elections in writing, citing
4 by reference the rules or policies of the national political
5 party in conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct
6 such petitions to be filed not more than 69 and not less than
7 62 days prior to the date of the presidential general primary
8 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
9 be held. Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a
10 national political party otherwise provide, the vote for
11 President of the United States, as herein provided for, shall
12 be for the sole purpose of securing an expression of the
13 sentiment and will of the party voters with respect to
14 candidates for nomination for said office, and the vote of
15 the state at large shall be taken and considered as advisory
16 to the delegates and alternates at large to the national
17 conventions of respective political parties; and the vote of
18 the respective congressional districts shall be taken and
19 considered as advisory to the delegates and alternates of
20 said congressional districts to the national conventions of
21 the respective political parties.
22 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1089.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
24 Sec. 7-14. Not less than 61 days before the date of the
25 general primary and the presidential primary election the
26 State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all
27 petitions filed under this Article 7, in the office of the
28 State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall
29 then certify to the county clerk of each county, the names of
30 all candidates whose nomination papers or certificates of
31 nomination have been filed with the Board and direct the
32 county clerk to place upon the official ballot for the
33 general primary election or the presidential primary election
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1 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
2 same order as shown upon the certification.
3 The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to
4 the county clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the
5 names of the candidates in the order in which the offices and
6 names shall appear upon the primary ballot; such names to
7 appear in the order in which petitions have been filed in the
8 office of the State Board of Elections except as otherwise
9 provided in this Article.
10 Not less than 55 days before the date of the general
11 primary and the presidential primary election, each county
12 clerk shall certify the names of all candidates whose
13 nomination papers have been filed with such clerk and declare
14 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
15 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general or
16 presidential primary in the order in which such nomination
17 papers were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or
18 as otherwise specified by statute. Each county clerk shall
19 place a copy of the certification on file in his or her
20 office and at the same time issue to the board of election
21 commissioners a copy of the certification that has been filed
22 in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
23 certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
24 Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
25 commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the
26 general or presidential primary in that election jurisdiction
27 the names of all candidates that are listed on such
28 certification in the same manner and in the same order as
29 shown upon such certifications.
30 The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
31 following:
32 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
33 for the respective offices;
34 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected or
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1 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision
2 or district;
3 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
4 candidate for an office;
5 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
6 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
7 political subdivision or district are for different terms.
8 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
9 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
10 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
11 Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose
12 nomination papers have been held invalid by the appropriate
13 electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall
14 not be certified.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
17 Sec. 7-60. Not less than 35 67 days before the date of
18 the general election, the State Board of Elections shall
19 certify to the county clerks the names of each of the
20 candidates who have been nominated as shown by the
21 proclamation of the State Board of Elections as a canvassing
22 board or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in
23 nomination and direct the election authority to place upon
24 the official ballot for the general election the names of
25 such candidates in the same manner and in the same order as
26 shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided in
27 this Section.
28 Not less than 30 61 days before the date of the general
29 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
30 of the candidates for county offices who have been nominated
31 as shown by the proclamation of the county canvassing board
32 or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination
33 and declare that the names of such candidates for the
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1 respective offices shall be placed upon the official ballot
2 for the general election in the same manner and in the same
3 order as shown upon the certification, except as otherwise
4 provided by this Section. Each county clerk shall place a
5 copy of the certification on file in his or her office and at
6 the same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
7 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
8 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
9 less than 30 61 days before the date of the general election,
10 issue to such board a copy of the certification that has been
11 filed in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of
12 the certification that has been issued to the clerk by the
13 State Board of Elections, with directions to the board of
14 election commissioners to place upon the official ballot for
15 the general election in that election jurisdiction the names
16 of all candidates that are listed on such certifications, in
17 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon such
18 certifications, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
19 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
20 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
21 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
22 number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for
23 such office, as shown by the official election returns of the
24 primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
25 offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
26 party for such offices shall follow in the order of the
27 number of votes received by them respectively at the primary
28 election as shown by the official election results.
29 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's
30 proclamation to have been nominated at the primary as a
31 write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified
32 unless such person shall have filed with the certifying
33 office or board within 5 10 days after the canvassing board's
34 proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section
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1 7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
2 Each county clerk and board of election commissioners
3 shall determine by a fair and impartial method of random
4 selection the order of placement of established political
5 party candidates for the general election ballot. Such
6 determination shall be made within 15 30 days following the
7 canvass and proclamation of the results of the general
8 primary in the office of the county clerk or board of
9 election commissioners and shall be open to the public. Seven
10 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
11 random selection shall be given, by each such election
12 authority, to the County Chairman of each established
13 political party, and to each organization of citizens within
14 the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this
15 Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
16 present on the day of election. Each election authority
17 shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the
18 entrance of the election authority office, notice of the time
19 and place of such lottery. However, a board of election
20 commissioners may elect to place established political party
21 candidates on the general election ballot in the same order
22 determined by the county clerk of the county in which the
23 city under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
24 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
25 following:
26 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
27 for the respective offices;
28 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
29 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
30 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
31 candidate for an office;
32 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
33 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
34 political subdivision are for different terms.
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1 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
2 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
3 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
4 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
6 Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
7 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination
8 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
9 In cases where a primary election is required the officer
10 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions
11 of this Act relating to general elections to call an
12 election, shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination
13 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
14 Notice of such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior
15 to the maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for
16 such a primary as provided in Section 7-12.
17 Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
18 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
19 certification of candidates by the certifying board or
20 officer, must be filled prior to the date of certification.
21 Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification but
22 prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled
23 within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy. The
24 resolution filling the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or
25 personal delivery to the certifying officer or board within 3
26 days of the action by which the vacancy was filled; provided,
27 if such resolution is sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on
28 the envelope containing such resolution is dated prior to the
29 expiration of such 3 day limit, the resolution shall be
30 deemed filed within such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit
31 the resolution within the time specified in this Section
32 shall authorize the certifying officer or board to certify
33 the original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled by the
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1 officers of a local municipal or township political party as
2 specified in subsection (h) of Section 7-8, other than a
3 statewide political party, that is established only within a
4 municipality or township and the managing committee (or
5 legislative committee in case of a candidate for State
6 Senator or representative committee in the case of a
7 candidate for State Representative in the General Assembly)
8 of the respective political party for the territorial area in
9 which such vacancy occurs.
10 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
11 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
12 acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
13 the following information:
14 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
15 vacated;
16 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
17 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
18 the vacancy and the date of selection.
19 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
20 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
21 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
22 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of
23 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
24 Ethics Act.
25 The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating
26 to objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
27 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
28 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
29 vacancy in nomination.
30 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less
31 before the consolidated election or the general election
32 shall not be filled. In this event, the certification of the
33 original candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on
34 the official ballot to be voted at the general election.
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1 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
2 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
3 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
4 after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
5 provided that nominations may become vacant for other
6 reasons.
7 If the name of no established political party candidate
8 was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
9 particular office and if no person was nominated as a
10 write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination
11 shall be created which may be filled in accordance with the
12 requirements of this Section. If the name of no established
13 political party candidate was printed on the general primary
14 ballot for a particular office and if no person was nominated
15 as a write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in
16 nomination shall be created, but no candidate of the party
17 for the office shall be listed on the ballot at the general
18 election unless such vacancy is filled in accordance with the
19 requirements of this Section within 20 60 days after the date
20 of the general primary.
21 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as
22 a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is
23 defeated for his or her nomination at such primary election,
24 is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
25 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
26 party.
27 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
28 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who
29 is a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or
30 her nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on
31 the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a
32 candidate of another political party.
33 In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
34 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each
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1 precinct, township, ward, county or congressional district,
2 as the case may be, shall through its representative on such
3 central or managing committee, be entitled to one vote for
4 each ballot voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
5 congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
6 electors of its party at the primary election immediately
7 preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
8 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
9 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially
10 declaring the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon
11 the official ballot at an election and directing election
12 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
13 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer
14 to the local election official, election authority or the
15 State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
16 nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
17 resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
18 whose duty it is to "certify" candidates.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-1348; 87-1052.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/7-63) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-63)
21 Sec. 7-63. Any candidate whose name appears upon the
22 primary ballot of any political party may contest the
23 election of the candidate or candidates nominated for the
24 office for which he or she was a candidate by his or her
25 political party, upon the face of the returns, by filing with
26 the clerk of the circuit court a petition in writing, setting
27 forth the grounds of contest, which petition shall be
28 verified by the affidavit of the petitioner or other person,
29 and which petition shall be filed within 5 10 days after the
30 completion of the canvass of the returns by the canvassing
31 board making the final canvass of returns. The contestant
32 shall also file with that canvassing board (and if for the
33 nomination for an office, certified tabulated statements of
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1 the returns of which are to be filed with the State Board of
2 Elections, also with the county canvassing board), a notice
3 of the pendency of the contest.
4 If the contest relates to an office involving more than
5 one county, the venue of the contest is (a) in the county in
6 which the alleged grounds of the contest exist or (b) if
7 grounds for the contest are alleged to exist in more than one
8 county, then in any of those counties or in the county in
9 which any defendant resides.
10 Authority and jurisdiction are hereby vested in the
11 circuit court, to hear and determine primary contests. When a
12 petition to contest a primary is filed in the office of the
13 clerk of the court, the petition shall forthwith be presented
14 to a judge thereof, who shall note thereon the date of
15 presentation, and shall note thereon the day when the
16 petition will be heard, which shall not be more than 5 10
17 days thereafter.
18 Summons shall forthwith issue to each defendant named in
19 the petition and shall be served for the same manner as is
20 provided for other civil cases. Summons may be issued and
21 served in any county in the State. The case may be heard and
22 determined by the circuit court at any time not less than 5
23 days after service of process, and shall have preference in
24 the order of hearing to all other cases. The petitioner shall
25 give security for all costs.
26 In any contest involving the selection of nominees for
27 the office of State representative, each candidate of the
28 party and district involved, who is not a petitioner or a
29 named defendant in the contest, shall be given notice of the
30 contest at the same time summons is issued to the defendants,
31 and any other candidate may, upon application to the court
32 within 5 days after receiving such notice, be made a party to
33 the contest.
34 Any defendant may, within 5 days after service of process
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1 upon him or her, file a counterclaim and shall give security
2 for all costs relating to such counterclaim.
3 Any party to such proceeding may have a substitution of
4 judge from the judge to whom such contest is assigned for
5 hearing, where he or she fears or has cause to believe such
6 judge is prejudiced against, or is related to any of the
7 parties either by blood or by marriage. Notice of the
8 application for such substitution of judge must be served
9 upon the opposite party and filed with such judge not later
10 than one day after such contest is assigned to such judge,
11 Sundays and legal holidays excepted. No party shall be
12 entitled to more than one substitution of judge in such
13 proceeding.
14 If, in the opinion of the court, in which the petition is
15 filed, the grounds for contest alleged are insufficient in
16 law the petition shall be dismissed. If the grounds alleged
17 are sufficient in law, the court shall proceed in a summary
18 manner and may hear evidence, examine the returns, recount
19 the ballots and make such orders and enter such judgment as
20 justice may require. In the case of a contest relating to
21 nomination for the office of Representative in the General
22 Assembly where the contestant received votes equal in number
23 to at least 95% of the number of votes cast for any
24 apparently successful candidate for nomination for that
25 office by the same political party, the court may order a
26 recount for the entire district and may order the cost of
27 such recount to be borne by the respective counties. The
28 court shall ascertain and declare by a judgment to be entered
29 of record, the result of such election in the territorial
30 area for which the contest is made. The judgment of the court
31 shall be appealable as in other civil cases. A certified copy
32 of the judgment shall forthwith be made by the clerk of the
33 court and transmitted to the board canvassing the returns for
34 such office, and in case of contest, if for nomination for an
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1 office, tabulated statements of returns for which are filed
2 with the State Board of Elections, also in the office of the
3 county clerk in the proper county. The proper canvassing
4 board, or boards, as the case may be, shall correct the
5 returns or the tabulated statement of returns in accordance
6 with the judgment.
7 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
9 Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the second third
10 Tuesday in September March of each even-numbered year for the
11 nomination of candidates for legislative offices.
12 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
14 Sec. 8-5. There shall be constituted one legislative
15 committee for each political party in each legislative
16 district and one representative committee for each political
17 party in each representative district. Legislative and
18 representative committees shall be composed as follows:
19 In legislative or representative districts within or
20 including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or
21 more inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee
22 of a political party shall consist of the committeemen of
23 such party representing each township or ward of such county
24 any portion of which township or ward is included within such
25 legislative or representative district and the chairman of
26 each county central committee of such party of any county
27 containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of
28 which county is included within such legislative or
29 representative district.
30 In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
31 representative committee of a political party shall consist
32 of the chairman of each county central committee of such
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1 party, any portion of which county is included within such
2 legislative or representative district; but if a legislative
3 or representative district comprises only one county, or part
4 of a county, its legislative or representative committee
5 shall consist of the chairman of the county central committee
6 and 2 members of the county central committee who reside in
7 the legislative or representative district, as the case may
8 be, elected by the county central committee.
9 Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered
10 year immediately following the decennial redistricting
11 required by Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois
12 Constitution of 1970, the ward committeemen, township
13 committeemen or chairmen of county central committees within
14 each of the redistricted legislative and representative
15 districts shall meet and proceed to organize by electing from
16 among their own number a chairman and, either from among
17 their own number or otherwise, such other officers as they
18 may deem necessary or expedient. The ward committeemen,
19 township committeemen or chairmen of county central
20 committees shall determine the time and place (which shall be
21 in the limits of such district) of such meeting. Immediately
22 upon completion of organization, the chairman shall forward
23 to the State Board of Elections the names and addresses of
24 the chairman and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall
25 occur when a member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the
26 county, township or ward which he represented.
27 Within 15 180 days after the primary of each other
28 even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
29 representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize
30 by electing from among its own number a chairman, and either
31 from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each
32 committee may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon
33 completion of organization, the chairman shall forward to the
34 State Board of Elections, the names and addresses of the
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1 chairman and secretary of the committee. The outgoing
2 chairman of such committee shall notify the members of the
3 time and place (which shall be in the limits of such
4 district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur when a
5 member dies, resigns, or ceases to reside in the county,
6 township or ward, which he represented.
7 If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
8 township or ward, the committeeman previously elected
9 therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary change
10 had occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
11 legislative or representative committee until his successor
12 is elected or appointed.
13 (Source: P.A. 84-352.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
15 Sec. 10-6. Except as provided in Section 10-3,
16 certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
17 nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors
18 of the entire State, or any district not entirely within a
19 county, or for congressional, state legislative or judicial
20 offices, shall be presented to the principal office of the
21 State Board of Elections not more than 99 nor less than 92
22 days previous to the day of election for which the candidates
23 are nominated. The State Board of Elections shall endorse
24 the certificates of nomination or nomination papers, as the
25 case may be, and the date and hour of presentment to it.
26 Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other
27 certificates for the nomination of candidates shall be filed
28 with the county clerk of the respective counties not more
29 than 99 but at least 92 days previous to the day of such
30 election. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers
31 for the nomination of candidates for the offices of political
32 subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
33 general election shall be filed with the local election
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1 official of such subdivision:
2 (1) (Blank); not more than 78 or less than 71 days prior
3 to the nonpartisan election; or
4 (2) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
5 consolidated election; or
6 (3) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
7 general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled
8 at the general primary election; or
9 (4) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
10 consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be
11 elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including
12 without limitation, those municipal offices subject to
13 Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
14 (5) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
15 municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan
16 municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
17 (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
18 multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed with
19 the election authority not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
20 before the consolidated election.
21 However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
22 co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of
23 a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates
24 of nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
25 political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
26 such Board.
27 (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
29 Sec. 10-14. Not less than 35 61 days before the date of
30 the general election the State Board of Elections shall
31 certify to the county clerk of each county the name of each
32 candidate whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination
33 or resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed
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1 with the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk
2 to place upon the official ballot for the general election
3 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
4 same order as shown upon the certification. The name of no
5 candidate for an office to be filled by the electors of the
6 entire state shall be placed upon the official ballot unless
7 his name is duly certified to the county clerk upon a
8 certificate signed by the members of the State Board of
9 Elections. The names of group candidates on petitions shall
10 be certified to the several county clerks in the order in
11 which such names appear on such petitions filed with the
12 State Board of Elections.
13 Not less than 30 55 days before the date of the general
14 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
15 of the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
16 certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy
17 in nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare
18 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
19 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general
20 election in the same manner and in the same order as shown
21 upon the certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy
22 of the certification on file in his or her office and at the
23 same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
24 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
25 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
26 less than 30 55 days before the election, certify to the
27 board of election commissioners the name of the person or
28 persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate
29 of the State Board of Elections, together with the names of
30 all other candidates as shown by the certification of county
31 officers on file in the clerk's office, and in the order so
32 certified. The county clerk or board of election
33 commissioners shall print the names of the nominees on the
34 ballot for each office in the order in which they are
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1 certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided, that
2 in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of
3 such nominees have also been nominated by one or more
4 political parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the
5 name of such candidate on the ballot for nominations made
6 under this Article shall be precisely in the same order in
7 which it appears on the certification of the State Board of
8 Elections to the county clerk.
9 For the general election, the candidates of new political
10 parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
11 the established political party candidates and in the order
12 of new political party petition filings.
13 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
14 following:
15 (1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
16 candidates for the respective offices;
17 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
18 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
19 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
20 candidate for an office;
21 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
22 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
23 political subdivision are for different terms.
24 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
25 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
26 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)
29 Sec. 11-7. For the purpose of the conduct of any
30 consolidated election, consolidated primary election,
31 nonpartisan election, special municipal primary election or
32 emergency referendum, an election authority may cluster up to
33 four contiguous precincts as provided in this Section, which
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1 shall constitute a clustered voting zone. The common polling
2 place for the clustered voting zone shall be located within
3 the territory comprising the clustered precincts. Unless the
4 election authority specifies a larger number, only one
5 election judge shall be appointed for each of the precincts
6 in each clustered voting zone.
7 The judges so appointed may not all be affiliated with
8 the same political party.
9 The conduct of an election in a clustered voting zone
10 shall be under the general supervision of all the judges of
11 election designated to serve in the clustered voting zone.
12 The designated judges may perform the duties of election
13 judges for the entire clustered voting zone. However, the
14 requirements of Section 17-14 shall apply to voter
15 assistance, the requirements of Section 24-10 shall apply to
16 voter instruction, the requirement of Section 24A-10 shall
17 apply to examination of absentee ballots, and any disputes as
18 to entitlement to vote, challenges, counting of ballots or
19 other matters pertaining directly to voting shall be decided
20 by those designated judges appointed for the precinct in
21 which the affected voter resides or the disputed vote is to
22 be counted.
23 This Section does not apply to any elections in
24 municipalities with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
25 (Source: P.A. 83-685.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-1)
27 Sec. 12-1. At least 60 days prior to each general and,
28 consolidated and nonpartisan election, the election
29 authority shall provide public notice, calculated to reach
30 elderly and handicapped voters, of the availability of
31 registration and voting aids under the Federal Voting
32 Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, of the
33 availability of assistance in marking the ballot, and
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1 procedures for voting by absentee ballot.
2 At least 30 days before any general election, and at
3 least 20 days before any special congressional election, the
4 county clerk shall publish a notice of the election in 2 or
5 more newspapers published in the county, city, village,
6 incorporated town or town, as the case may be, or if there is
7 no such newspaper, then in any 2 or more newspapers published
8 in the county and having a general circulation throughout the
9 community. The notice may be substantially as follows:
10 Notice is hereby given that on (give date), at (give the
11 place of holding the election and the name of the precinct or
12 district) in the county of (name county), an election will be
13 held for (give the title of the several offices to be
14 filled),