Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 3/15/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 377

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 377 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 7-10, 7-19, 7-46, 7-52, 7-53, and 24B-6 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
7     Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
8 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman, or
9 township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
10 committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to
11 national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
12 primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed
13 in his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the
14 following form:
15     We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in

 

 

 

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1 the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois,
2 do hereby petition that the following named person or persons
3 shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the
4 nomination for (or in case of committeemen for election to) the
5 office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at the
6 primary election to be held on (insert date).
7    NameOfficeAddress
8John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
9Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
10Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
11 Name..................         Address.......................
 
12 State of Illinois)
13                  ) ss.
14 County of........)
15     I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
16 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
17 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
18 of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
19 were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
20 best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
21 the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
22 party, and that their respective residences are correctly
23 stated, as above set forth.
24
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1     Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
2
.........................

 
3     Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
4 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
5 and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate
6 heading giving the information as to name of candidate or
7 candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
8 office, the political party represented and place of residence;
9 and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
10     Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors
11 residing in the political division for which the nomination is
12 sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the
13 signature of each signer, his residence address shall be
14 written or printed. The residence address required to be
15 written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
16 name shall include the street address or rural route number of
17 the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
18 and city, village or town, and state. However the county or
19 city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
20 may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
21 signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
22 or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in
23 writing the residence address, including street number, if any.
24 At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
25 circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or

 

 

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1 older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street
2 address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
3 the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying
4 that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
5 in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
6 genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
7 sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
8 dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that
9 none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
10 days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and
11 certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
12 the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
13 petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a
14 nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before
15 some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
16     No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
17 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
18 of such petition.
19     The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
20 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
21 signature from the petition, provided that:
22         (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
23     petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
24         (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
25     certification listing the page number and line number of
26     each signature struck from the petition. Such

 

 

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1     certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
2     Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
3 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
4 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
5 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
6 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
7 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
8 sheets which are filed with the proper local election
9 officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections
10 shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the
11 voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or
12 duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part
13 thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates
14 filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
15 statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
16 office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
17 candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
18 the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified
19 (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state
20 that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a
21 licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he
22 has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing
23 period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
24 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
25 candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall
26 be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some

 

 

 

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1 officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State
2 and shall be in substantially the following form:
3
Statement of Candidacy
4NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
5John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
6Belvidere,
7Illinois
8 State of Illinois)
9                  ) ss.
10 County of .......)
11     I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
12 Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
13 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
14 qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
15 candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
16 committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
17 office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
18 held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
19 being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
20 requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
21 such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
22 close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
23 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
24 and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
25 primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case

 

 

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1 of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
2 office.
3
Signed ......................
4     Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
5 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
6
Signed ....................
7
(Official Character)
8 (Seal, if officer has one.)
 
9     The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
10 to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
11 filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
12 authority or local election official with whom the petition is
13 required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
14 Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
15 by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
16 thereof shall be punished accordingly.
17     A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
18 obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
19 his or her petition for nomination.
20     (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
21 convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or
22 as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
23 convention elected from the State at-large, then the
24 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000
25 but not more than 10,000 signatures.

 

 

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1     (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
2 national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for
3 United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
4 alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
5 convention elected from a congressional district, then the
6 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
7 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
8 electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
9 district. In the first primary election following a
10 redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
11 petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of
12 qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party
13 in his or her congressional district.
14     (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
15 countywide office, including but not limited to county board
16 chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
17 basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's
18 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
19 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
20 her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election
21 in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county
22 board member elected from a county board district, then the
23 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
24 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
25 electors of his or her party in the county board district. In
26 the first primary election following a redistricting of county

 

 

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1 board districts or the initial establishment of county board
2 districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
3 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
4 qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
5 cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
6 the total number of county board districts comprising the
7 county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
8 signatures be less than 25.
9     (d) County office; Cook County only.
10         (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
11     in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
12     nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
13     equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
14     who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
15     Cook County.
16         (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
17     Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
18     must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
19     0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
20     in his or her county board district. In the first primary
21     election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
22     Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
23     nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
24     equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
25     in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
26     general election divided by the total number of county

 

 

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1     board districts comprising the county board; provided that
2     in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
3         (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
4     of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
5     pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
6     Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
7     contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
8     the total number of registered voters in his or her board
9     of review district in the last general election at which a
10     commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
11     that board of review district. In no event shall the number
12     of signatures required be greater than the requisite number
13     for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
14     under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first
15     primary election following a redistricting of Cook County
16     Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for
17     nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at
18     least the number of signatures required for a countywide
19     candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the
20     qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
21     (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
22 run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
23 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
24 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
25 his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
26 candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the

 

 

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1 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
2 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
3 electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary
4 election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or
5 trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
6 establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for
7 nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at
8 least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate
9 of that political party who received the highest number of
10 votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election
11 at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
12 the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or
13 districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less
14 than 25.
15     (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
16 run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
17 petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of
18 the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
19 congressional district.
20     (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
21 for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
22 elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
23 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal
24 to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
25 sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a
26 sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards,

 

 

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1 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at
2 least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary
3 electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary
4 district. In the first primary election following
5 redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
6 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
7 signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward
8 of that sanitary district.
9     (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for
10 judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition
11 for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
12 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the
13 candidate for his or her political party for the office of
14 Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was
15 elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a
16 candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or
17 subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
18 contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number
19 of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her
20 political party who received the highest number of votes at the
21 last general election at which a judicial officer from the same
22 circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be elected,
23 but in no event less than 500 signatures.
24     (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
25 candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the
26 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10

 

 

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1 signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the
2 precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
3 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no
4 less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary
5 electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16%
6 of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
7 signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is
8 greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township
9 committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
10 must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5%
11 of the primary electors of his or her party of the township,
12 but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the
13 maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
14 number, whichever is greater.
15     (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
16 for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
17 attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
18 than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
19 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
20 the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
21 comprising the counties.
22     (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
23 office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
24 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
25 registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
26 division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,

 

 

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1 whichever is greater.
2     For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors
3 shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the
4 applicable district, for the candidate for that political party
5 who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the
6 last general election in the State at which electors for
7 President of the United States were elected. For political
8 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
9 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
10 that political party who received the highest number of votes
11 in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
12 which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
13 that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
14 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
15 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
16 that political party who received the highest number of votes
17 in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
18 an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward
19 or district.
20     A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
21 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
22 party.
23     The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
24 the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
25 except for item (3) of subsection (d).
26     Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein

 

 

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1 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
2 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
3 the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
4 Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
5 one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
6 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07;
7 95-916, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/7-19)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
9     Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
10 each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
11 the manner following:
12     1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
13 printed in large capital letters, words designating the ballot,
14 if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall be:
15 "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
16 designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and in
17 like manner for each political party.
18     2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not
19 less than one inch below designating words, the name of each
20 office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such
21 names may be printed on the ballot either in a single column or
22 in 2 or more columns and in the following order, to-wit:
23     President of the United States, State offices,
24 congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to be
25 elected from the State at large to National nominating

 

 

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1 conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
2 from congressional districts to National nominating
3 conventions, member or members of the State central committee,
4 trustees of sanitary districts, county offices, judicial
5 officers, city, village and incorporated town offices, town
6 offices, or of such of the said offices as candidates are to be
7 nominated for at such primary, and precinct, township or ward
8 committeemen. If two or more columns are used, the foregoing
9 offices to and including member of the State central committee
10 shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices,
11 as defined in Section 8-3, shall be the first offices listed in
12 the second column.
13     Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
14 letters the directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not
15 more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no candidate
16 or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons
17 file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office,
18 then below the title of that office the election authority
19 instead shall print "No Candidate".
20     Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or
21 alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
22 appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
23 President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or (b)
24 no official designation, depending upon the action taken by the
25 State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
26     Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital

 

 

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1 letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
2 which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
3 otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
4 Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
5 printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall
6 be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for
7 Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed
8 within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front
9 of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates under
10 each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall
11 separate the names of candidates for one office from the names
12 of candidates for another office, to avoid confusion and to
13 permit the writing in of the names of other candidates.
14     Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
15 used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
16 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
17 is applicable.
18 (Source: P.A. 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/7-46)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-46)
20     Sec. 7-46. On receiving from the primary judges a primary
21 ballot of his party, the primary elector shall forthwith and
22 without leaving the polling place, retire alone to one of the
23 voting booths and prepare such primary ballot by marking a
24 cross (X) in the square in front of and opposite the name of
25 each candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, and

 

 

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1 for delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating
2 conventions, and for committeemen, if committeemen are being
3 elected at such primary. A cross (X) in the square in front of
4 the bracket enclosing the names of a team of candidates for
5 Governor and Lieutenant Governor counts as one vote for each of
6 those candidates.
7     Any primary elector may, instead of voting for any
8 candidate for nomination or for committeeman or for delegate or
9 alternate delegate to national nominating conventions, whose
10 name is printed on the primary ballot, write in the name of any
11 other person affiliated with such party as a candidate for the
12 nomination for any office, or for committeeman, or for
13 delegates or alternate delegates to national nominating
14 conventions, and indicate his choice of such candidate or
15 committeeman or delegate or alternate delegate, by placing to
16 the left of and opposite the name thus written a square and
17 placing in the square a cross (X). A primary elector, however,
18 may not by this method vote separately for Governor and
19 Lieutenant Governor but must write in the names of candidates
20 of his or her choice for both offices and indicate his or her
21 choice of those names by placing a single square to the left of
22 those names and placing in that square a cross (X).
23     Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
24 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
25 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
26 is applicable.

 

 

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1 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
 
2     (10 ILCS 5/7-52)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-52)
3     Sec. 7-52. Immediately upon closing the polls, the primary
4 judges shall proceed to canvass the votes in the manner
5 following:
6     (1) They shall separate and count the ballots of each
7 political party.
8     (2) They shall then proceed to ascertain the number of
9 names entered on the applications for ballot under each party
10 affiliation.
11     (3) If the primary ballots of any political party exceed
12 the number of applications for ballot by voters of such
13 political party, the primary ballots of such political party
14 shall be folded and replaced in the ballot box, the box closed,
15 well shaken and again opened and one of the primary judges, who
16 shall be blindfolded, shall draw out so many of the primary
17 ballots of such political party as shall be equal to such
18 excess. Such excess ballots shall be marked "Excess-Not
19 Counted" and signed by a majority of the judges and shall be
20 placed in the "After 6:00 p.m. Defective Ballots Envelope". The
21 number of excess ballots shall be noted in the remarks section
22 of the Certificate of Results. "Excess" ballots shall not be
23 counted in the total of "defective" ballots;
24     (4) The primary judges shall then proceed to count the
25 primary ballots of each political party separately; and as the

 

 

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1 primary judges shall open and read the primary ballots, 3 of
2 the judges shall carefully and correctly mark upon separate
3 tally sheets the votes which each candidate of the party whose
4 name is written or printed on the primary ballot has received,
5 in a separate column for that purpose, with the name of such
6 candidate, the name of his political party and the name of the
7 office for which he is a candidate for nomination at the head
8 of such column. The same column, however, shall be used for
9 both names of the same team of candidates for Governor and
10 Lieutenant Governor.
11     Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
12 used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
13 required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
14 is applicable.
15 (Source: P.A. 80-484.)
 
16     (10 ILCS 5/7-53)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
17     Sec. 7-53. As soon as the ballots of a political party
18 shall have been read and the votes of the political party
19 counted, as provided in the last above section, the 3 judges in
20 charge of the tally sheets shall foot up the tally sheets so as
21 to show the total number of votes cast for each candidate of
22 the political party and for each candidate for State Central
23 committeeman and precinct committeeman, township committeeman
24 or ward committeeman, and delegate and alternate delegate to
25 National nominating conventions, and certify the same to be

 

 

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1 correct. Thereupon, the primary judges shall set down in a
2 certificate of results on the tally sheet, under the name of
3 the political party, the name of each candidate voted for upon
4 the primary ballot, written at full length, the name of the
5 office for which he is a candidate for nomination or for
6 committeeman, or delegate or alternate delegate to National
7 nominating conventions, the total number of votes which the
8 candidate received, and they shall also set down the total
9 number of ballots voted by the primary electors of the
10 political party in the precinct. The certificate of results
11 shall be made substantially in the following form:
12
................ Party
13     At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the
14 (1) *township of ...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward
15 in the city of .... on (insert date), the primary electors of
16 the .... party voted .... ballots, and the respective
17 candidates whose names were written or printed on the primary
18 ballot of the .... party, received respectively the following
19 votes:
20Name ofNo. of
21Candidate,Title of Office,Votes
22John JonesGovernor100
23Jane James Lieutenant Governor 100
24Sam SmithGovernor70
25Samantha Smythe Lieutenant Governor 70
26Frank MartinAttorney General150

 

 

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1William PrestonRep. in Congress200
2Frederick JohnCircuit Judge50
3     *Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
4     And so on for each candidate.
5     We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and
6 correct.
7     Dated (insert date).
8
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9
Name
                       
Address
10
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11
Name
                       
Address
12
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13
Name
                       
Address
14
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15
Name
                       
Address
16
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17
Name
                       
Address
18
Judges of Primary
          
 
19
20     Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
21 used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
22 required or authorized by Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever
23 is applicable.
24 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 

 

 

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1     (10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
2     Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic
3 Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System;
4 Absentee Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information,
5 shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement
6 provided for paper ballots, except that the information may be
7 in vertical or horizontal rows, or on a number of separate
8 pages or displays on the marking device. Ballots for all
9 questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided in
10 a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or
11 marking device in the places provided for such purposes.
12 Ballots shall be of white paper unless provided otherwise by
13 administrative rule of the State Board of Elections or
14 otherwise specified.
15     All propositions, including but not limited to
16 propositions calling for a constitutional convention,
17 constitutional amendment, judicial retention, and public
18 measures to be voted upon shall be placed on separate portions
19 of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
20 grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on a separate portion
21 of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
22 grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of
23 intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections
24 17-16.1 and 18-9.1, a line or lines on which the voter may
25 select a write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of
26 the last candidate nominated for such office. Such line or

 

 

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1 lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking votes
2 for the write-in candidate or candidates. The number of
3 write-in lines for an office shall equal the number of persons
4 who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates
5 plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who
6 qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under
7 Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot
8 contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that
9 candidate, up to the number of candidates for which a voter may
10 vote. In the case of write-in lines for the offices of Governor
11 and Lieutenant Governor, 2 lines shall be printed within a
12 bracket and a single square shall be printed in front of the
13 bracket. More than one amendment to the constitution may be
14 placed on the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking
15 device. Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
16 propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate
17 portion of the ballot sheet or marking device and designated by
18 borders or grey screens, unless otherwise provided by
19 administrative rule of the State Board of Elections. More than
20 one public measure or proposition may be placed on the same
21 portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. More than one
22 proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed on
23 the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. Names
24 of candidates shall be printed in black. The party affiliation
25 of each candidate or the word "independent" shall appear near
26 or under the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for

 

 

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1 the same office shall be listed vertically under the title of
2 that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as
3 otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no
4 candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or
5 persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that
6 office, then below the title of that office the election
7 authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of
8 nonpartisan elections for officers of political subdivisions,
9 unless the statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article
10 VII of the Constitution requires otherwise, the listing of
11 nonpartisan candidates shall not include any party or
12 "independent" designation. Judicial retention questions and
13 ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions
14 shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or
15 marking device. In primary elections, a separate ballot, or
16 displays on the marking device, shall be used for each
17 political party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking
18 device arranged to include names of the candidates of the party
19 and public measures and other propositions to be voted upon on
20 the day of the primary election.
21     If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
22 public measures or propositions to be voted on, the election
23 official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot or
24 displays on the marking device in sections for "Candidates" and
25 "Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
26     Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or

 

 

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1 ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
2 official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
3 Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
4 voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
5     Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
6 has a ballot returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may
7 return the ballot to the judges of election and get another
8 ballot.
9 (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)".