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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4173
Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Holbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35 |
65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-50 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-50 |
65 ILCS 5/4-3-10 |
from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-10 |
65 ILCS 5/4-3-16 |
from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-12 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-13 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-13 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.4 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.4 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.6 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.6 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.7 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.7 |
65 ILCS 5/7-2-24 |
from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. When more than one person may be elected to a municipal office, changes the ballot instructions to "vote for none, one, or...", using consecutive numbers through the maximum number to be elected (now, "vote for" the maximum number to be elected). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| changing Sections 3.1-25-35, 3.1-25-50, 4-3-10, 4-3-16, |
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| 5-2-12, 5-2-13, 5-2-18.4, 5-2-18.6, 5-2-18.7, and 7-2-24 as |
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| follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35)
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| Sec. 3.1-25-35. Primary ballots. The proper election |
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| authority, in
accordance with the general
election law, shall |
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| have the primary ballots printed in the same manner, in
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| same number, and within the same time as ballots are printed |
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| under the
general election law, except as otherwise provided in |
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| this Code. If the office
of president is to be filled in the |
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| succeeding general municipal election,
the names of the |
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| candidates for president shall be placed first on the primary
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| ballots, in substantially the form specified in this Section. |
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| Following these
names
shall appear the names of the candidates |
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| for trustees in substantially the
form specified in this |
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| Section. The primary ballots shall comply with the
general |
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| election law, except as otherwise provided in this Code. The |
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| ballots
shall designate no party, platform, political |
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| principle, appellation, or
mark, nor shall any circle be |
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| JOSEPH TROUT
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| IMMANUEL KANT
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| ROBERT BUCK
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| GEORGE MILLER
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| SARAH TOLLER
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-50) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-50)
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| Sec. 3.1-25-50. General election; ballot positions. On the |
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| ballots
for the general municipal election, if the
office of |
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| president is to be filled, the names of the nominees for |
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| president
shall be placed first, in substantially the form |
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| specified in this Section.
Following
these names, the names of |
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| the nominees for trustees shall appear under each
office, in |
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| substantially the form specified in this Section.
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| The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general |
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| election law,
except as otherwise provided in this Code, but |
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| they shall designate no party,
platform, political principle, |
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| appellation, or mark, nor shall
any circle be printed at the |
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| head of the ballots. The ballots shall be in
substantially the |
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| following form:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
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| NOMINEES FOR (PRESIDENT AND) TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF
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| VILLAGE) AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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| FOR PRESIDENT
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| (VOTE FOR ONE)
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| JAMES SMITH
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| LARRY FRANG
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| FOR TRUSTEES
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| (VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, TWO, ..., OR... ( CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS |
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| THROUGH THE MAXIMUM NUMBER))
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| EDWARD STUART
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| ROBERT BUCK
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| GEORGE MILLER
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| WILLIAM BURKE
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| ARTHUR ROBBINS
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| HARRY BROWN
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
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| (65 ILCS 5/4-3-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-10)
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| Sec. 4-3-10. The proper election authority, in accordance |
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| with the general
election law shall have the primary ballots |
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| printed in the same manner,
in the same number and within the |
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| same time as ballots are printed under
the general election |
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| law, except as herein otherwise provided. The names
of the |
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| candidates for mayor,
shall be placed first on the primary |
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| ballots, in substantially the form
specified in this section. |
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| Following these names shall appear the names
of the candidates |
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| for commissioners in substantially the form specified
in this |
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| section; provided that if the municipality has voted, as |
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| provided
in Section 4-3-19, to require candidates for |
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| commissioner to run for a specific
office, the names of the |
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| candidates for commissioner of public accounts
and finances, |
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| commissioner of public health and safety, commissioner of
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| streets and public improvements, and commissioner of public
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| property, respectively, shall appear
under the designation of |
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| the applicable office, in substantially the form
specified in |
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| Section 4-3-10.1. The primary
ballots shall comply with the |
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| general election law, except as herein otherwise
provided. Such |
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| ballots shall
designate no party, platform, political |
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| principle, appellation, or mark
whatever. Nor shall any circle |
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| be printed at the head of the primary
ballots.
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| Except where candidates for commissioner are required to |
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| run for a specific
office, the primary ballots shall be in |
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| substantially the following form:
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| OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.
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| CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
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| AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY (OR
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| VILLAGE) OF.... AT THE
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| PRIMARY ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| (VOTE FOR ONE.)
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) HENRY WHITE.
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| ( ) RALPH WILSON.
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| FOR COMMISSIONERS
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| (VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, TWO, THREE, OR FOUR)
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/4-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16)
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| Sec. 4-3-16. Upon the ballots for the general municipal |
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| election the names
of the nominees for mayor shall be placed |
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| first, in substantially the form
specified in this section. |
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| Following these names, the names of the nominees
for |
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| commissioners shall appear under each office, in substantially |
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| the form
specified in this section; provided that if the |
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| municipality has voted,
as provided in Section 4-3-19, to |
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| require candidates for commissioner to
run for a specific |
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| office, the names of the candidates for commissioner
of public |
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| accounts and finances, commissioner of public health and |
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| safety,
commissioner of streets and public improvements, and |
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| commissioner of public
property, respectively, shall appear
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| under the designation of the applicable office, in |
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| substantially the form
specified in Section 4-3-16.1.
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| The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general |
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| election law, except
as herein otherwise provided, but they |
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| shall designate no party, platform,
political principle, |
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| appellation, or mark whatever. Nor shall any circle
be printed |
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| at the head of the ballots. Except where candidates for |
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| commissioner
are required to run for a specific office, the |
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| ballots shall be in substantially
the following form:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
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| NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS
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| OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF....
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| AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| (VOTE FOR ONE)
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| FOR COMMISSIONERS
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| (VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, TWO, THREE, OR FOUR)
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12)
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| Sec. 5-2-12. Aldermen or trustees elected at large; |
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| vacancies;
mayor or president to preside.
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| (a) If a city or village adopts the managerial
form of |
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| municipal
government but does not elect to choose aldermen or |
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| trustees from wards
or districts, then the following provisions |
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| of this Section shall be
applicable.
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| (b) The city council shall be elected at large. In cities |
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| of less than
50,000
population, the council shall consist of |
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| (i) the mayor and 4 councilmen or (ii) the mayor and 6 |
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| councilmen if the size of the city council is increased under |
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| subsection (k). In
cities
of at least 50,000 but less than |
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| 100,000 population,
the council shall consist of
the mayor and |
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| 6 councilmen. In cities of at least 100,000 but not more than |
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| 500,000
population, the council shall consist of the mayor and |
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| 8 councilmen.
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| (c) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
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| immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of |
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| municipal government, the village
board shall be elected at |
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| large and shall consist of a president and the number
of |
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| trustees provided for in Section 5-2-15 or 5-2-17,
whichever is |
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| applicable.
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| (d) The term of office of the mayor and councilmen shall be |
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| 4 years, provided
that in cities of less than 50,000, the 2 |
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| councilmen receiving the lowest
vote at the first election |
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| shall serve for 2 years only; in cities of at
least 50,000 but |
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| less than 100,000, the 3 councilmen receiving the lowest vote |
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| at the
first election shall serve for 2 years only; and in |
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| cities of at least
100,000 but
not more than 500,000, the 4 |
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| councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the
first election |
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| shall serve for 2 years only.
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| (e) The election of councilmen shall be every 2 years. |
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| After the first election,
only 2 councilmen in cities of less |
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| than
50,000, 3 councilmen in cities
of at least 50,000 but less |
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| than 100,000, or 4
councilmen in cities of at least 100,000 but
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| not more than 500,000, shall be voted for by each elector at |
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| the primary
elections, and only 2, 3, or 4 councilmen, as the |
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| case may be, shall be voted
for by each elector at each |
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| biennial general municipal election,
to serve for 4 years.
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| (f) In addition to the requirements of the general election |
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| law, the ballots
shall be in the form set out in Section |
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| 5-2-13. In cities with less than
50,000, the form of ballot |
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| prescribed in Section 5-2-13 shall be further
modified by |
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| printing in the place relating to councilmen the words "Vote
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| for None, One, or Two", or "Vote for None, One, Two, or Three" |
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| if the size of the city council is increased under subsection |
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| (k), instead of the words "Vote for None, One, Two, Three, or |
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| Four". In cities of
at least 50,000 but
less than 100,000, the |
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| ballot shall be modified in that place by printing
the words |
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| "Vote for None, One, Two, or Three" instead of the words "Vote |
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| for None, One, Two, Three, or Four". Sections 4-3-5 through |
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| 4-3-18, insofar as they may be applicable, shall
govern the |
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| election of a mayor and councilmen under this Section.
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| (g) If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor or |
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| councilman, the remaining
members of the council, within 60 |
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| days after the
vacancy occurs, shall fill the vacancy by |
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| appointment of some person to
the office for
the balance of the |
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| unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled by interim
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| election under Section 3.1-10-50, and
until the successor is |
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| elected and
has qualified.
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| (h) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
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| immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of |
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| municipal government, in villages
that have adopted this |
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| Article 5 the term of office of the
president, the
number of |
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| trustees to be elected, their terms of office, and the manner |
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| of
filling vacancies shall be governed by Sections
5-2-14 |
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| (i) Any village that adopts the managerial form of
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| municipal government under
this Article 5 and that, immediately |
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| before that
adoption, was governed by the
provisions of Article |
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| 4, shall continue to elect a mayor and
4 commissioners in |
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| accordance with Sections 4-3-5 through
4-3-18, insofar as they |
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| may be applicable, except that the 2 commissioners
receiving |
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| the lowest vote among those elected at the first election after
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| this Article 5 becomes effective in the village shall serve for |
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| 2
years
only. After that first election, the election of
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| commissioners shall be every 2 years, and
2 commissioners shall |
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| be elected at each election to serve for 4
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| (j) The mayor or president shall preside at all meetings of |
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| (k) In cities of less than 50,000 population, the city |
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| council may, by ordinance, provide that the city council shall, |
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| after the next biennial general municipal election, consist of |
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| 6 instead of 4 councilmen. If the size of the council is |
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| increased to 6 councilmen, then at the next biennial general |
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| municipal election, the electors shall vote for 4 instead of 2 |
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| councilmen. Of the 4 councilmen elected at that next election, |
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| the one receiving the lowest
vote at that election shall serve |
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| a 2-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 4 years.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1007, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-13)
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| Sec. 5-2-13. In addition to the requirements of the general |
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| election law,
the ballots for the municipal primary
election |
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| provided for in Section 5-2-12 shall be in substantially the |
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| following form:
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| OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.
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| CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
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| AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY (OR
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| VILLAGE) OF.... AT THE PRIMARY
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| ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| VOTE FOR ONE
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) HENRY WHITE.
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| ( ) RALPH WILSON.
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| ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
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| VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, OR ....(insert proper consecutive |
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| numbers number as provided in Section 5-2-12).
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| In addition to the requirements of the general election |
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| law, the general
municipal election ballots for the election |
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| provided for in Section 5-2-12
shall be substantially in the |
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| following form:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
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| NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF
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| THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF.... AT
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| THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| VOTE FOR ONE
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
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| VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, OR ....(insert proper consecutive |
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| numbers number as provided in Section 5-2-12).
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.4) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.4)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.4. In addition to the requirements of the |
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| general election law, a distinct
ballot shall be printed for |
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| each district for the primary election. At the
top of the |
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| ballot shall be the following: CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR
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| MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY |
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| ELECTION. Under
the sub-title FOR MAYOR shall be placed the |
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| following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be placed below the |
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| names of the candidates for mayor another sub-title
as follows: |
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| FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following this sub-title there shall
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| be an instruction in this form, to be altered, however, to |
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| conform to the
facts: VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, OR .... (Insert proper |
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| consecutive numbers number as provided in Section 5-2-12).
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| Following the names of the candidates for councilmen at large, |
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| there shall
be another sub-title in the following form: FOR |
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| DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following
this sub-title there shall be |
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| the following direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In
other respects the |
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| form of the ballot shall be controlled by Section 4-3-10.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.6) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.6)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.6. In addition to the requirements of the |
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| general election law, the ballots
for the general municipal |
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| election shall
be prepared in accordance with Section 4-3-16, |
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| with the
following changes:
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| (1) Following the names of the candidates for mayor there |
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| shall be printed
a sub-title: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE; |
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| following this sub-title shall be
an instruction in this form: |
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| VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, OR ....(Insert proper consecutive numbers |
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| number as provided
in Section 5-2-12). The names of the |
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| candidates for councilmen at large
shall follow this |
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| instruction.
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| (2) Following the names of the candidates at large shall be |
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| printed another
sub-title: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following |
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| this sub-title shall be an
instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR |
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| ONE) and following this instruction
shall be printed the names |
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| of the 2 nominees.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.7) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.7)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.7. In any city which has adopted this Article, |
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| and is electing the city
council at large or has elected to |
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| choose aldermen from wards, a
proposition to elect part of the |
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| city council at large and part from
districts with staggered |
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| four year terms and biennial elections for
councilmen shall be |
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| submitted to the electors upon initiation in the manner
herein |
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| provided.
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| Electors of such city, equal in number to not less than 10% |
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| of the
total vote cast for all candidates for mayor in the last |
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municipal election for such office, may petition for |
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| submission, or, in
the alternative, the city council may by
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| ordinance without a petition cause to be submitted, to a vote |
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| of the
electors of that city the proposition whether part of |
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| the city council
shall be elected at large and part from |
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| districts with staggered four
year terms and biennial elections |
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| for councilmen. The petition shall be
in the same form as |
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| prescribed in Section 5-1-6, except that the
petition shall be |
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| modified as to the wording of the proposition to be
voted upon, |
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| to conform to the wording of the proposition as hereinafter
set |
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| forth, and shall be filed with the city clerk in accordance |
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| with the
general election law. The city clerk shall certify the |
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| proposition to the
proper election authorities who shall submit |
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| the proposition at an election
in accordance with the general |
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| election law.
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| However, such proposition shall not be submitted at
the |
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| The proposition shall be substantially in the
following |
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| form:
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| Shall the city of....
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| elect part of the councilmen at large YES
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| and part of the councilmen from ----------------------
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| districts with staggered four year NO
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| terms and biennial elections?
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| If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote |
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| "yes", then at
the next general municipal election at which a |
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| mayor is to be elected, a
mayor and councilmen shall be elected |
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| as hereinafter provided.
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| In cities of less than 50,000 population, the council shall |
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| consist
of the mayor and 6 councilmen, 2 councilmen being |
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| elected at large and 4
councilmen being elected from districts. |
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| In cities of 50,000 and not
more than 500,000 population, the |
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| council shall consist of the mayor and
8 councilmen, 3 |
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| councilmen being elected at large and 5 councilmen being
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| elected from districts.
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| The city council shall divide the city, whenever necessary
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| thereafter, into districts which shall be of as compact and |
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| contiguous
territory as practicable and of approximately equal |
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| population. The
number of such districts shall be the same as |
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| the number of councilmen
to be elected from districts.
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| One councilman who is an actual resident of the district, |
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| shall be
elected from each district. Only the electors of a |
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| district shall elect
a councilman from that district. The rest |
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| of the number of councilmen
authorized shall be elected at |
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| large.
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| The term of office of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be 4 |
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| years,
provided that at the first election the Councilmen |
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| elected at large
shall serve for 2 years only. Thereafter the |
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| election of Councilmen
shall be biennial, and after the first |
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| election the Mayor and all
Councilmen shall be elected for 4 |
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| year terms to fill expiring terms of
incumbents.
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| The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their respective |
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| offices for the
term of 4 years as herein provided, and until |
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| their successors are
elected and qualified. Upon the election |
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| and qualification of the
Councilmen, the terms of all sitting |
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| aldermen or councilmen elected at
large pursuant to the |
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| provisions of Section 5-2-12 shall expire.
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| For the first primary election a distinct ballot shall be |
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| printed for each
district. At the top of the ballot shall be |
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| the following:
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor |
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| is to be elected) AND
COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE |
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| PRIMARY ELECTION. Under the
subtitle of FOR MAYOR (when |
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| applicable) shall be placed the following:
(VOTE FOR ONE). |
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| There shall be placed below the names of the candidates
for |
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| Mayor, if any, another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT
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| LARGE. Following this subtitle there shall be an instruction in |
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| (VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, OR ....)
(Insert consecutive numbers |
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| through the maximum number of Councilmen being elected). |
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| Following the names of the
candidates for councilmen at large, |
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| there shall be another subtitle in
the following form: FOR |
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| DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this subtitle
there shall be the |
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| following direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In other
respects the |
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| ballots shall conform to the applicable provisions of
Sections |
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| 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
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| To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on |
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| the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal |
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| election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each |
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| subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the |
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| primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the |
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| general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be |
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| elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes |
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| shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
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| municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
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| candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be |
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| placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, |
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| the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of |
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| votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
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| The ballots for the election of officers at the first |
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| general
municipal election shall be prepared in compliance with |
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| Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes:
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| (1) Following the names of the candidates for Mayor (when
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following this subtitle shall be an instruction in |
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| this form: (VOTE FOR
NONE, ONE, OR ....) (Insert consecutive |
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| numbers through the maximum number of councilmen to be |
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| elected). The names of the
nominees for councilmen at large |
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| shall follow the instruction.
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| (2) Following the names of the nominees for councilmen at |
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| large
shall be printed another subtitle: FOR DISTRICT |
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| COUNCILMAN. Following
this subtitle shall be an instruction in |
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| this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this instruction shall |
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| be printed the names of the 2 nominees.
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| Thereafter, the ballots for the biennial election shall be |
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| prepared
as hereinafter provided.
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| For the primary election at which Councilmen at large are |
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| to be
elected the form of the ballot shall be as follows:
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| At the top of the ballot shall be the following: |
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| CANDIDATES FOR
NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor is to be |
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| elected) AND COUNCILMEN OF THE
CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY |
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| ELECTION. Under the subtitle of FOR MAYOR
(when applicable) |
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| shall be placed the following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be |
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| placed below the names of the candidates for Mayor, if any,
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| another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following |
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| this
subtitle there shall be an instruction in this form, to be |
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| altered,
however, to conform to the facts: (VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, |
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| OR ....) (Insert consecutive numbers through the maximum number |
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| of
Councilmen being elected).
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| For the primary election at which District Councilmen are |
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| to be
elected, a distinct ballot shall be printed for each |
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| District. There
shall be placed below the names of the |
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| candidates for Mayor (when
applicable) another subtitle as |
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| follows: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN.
Following this subtitle |
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| there shall be an instruction in this form:
VOTE FOR ONE. In |
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| all other respects the ballot shall conform to the
applicable |
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| provisions of Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
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| To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on |
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| the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal |
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| election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each |
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| subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the |
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| primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the |
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| general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be |
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| elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes |
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| shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
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| municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
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| candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be |
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| placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, |
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| the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of |
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| votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
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| The ballots for the election of officers at the general |
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| municipal
election shall be prepared in compliance with Section |
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| 4-3-16, with the
following changes:
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| (1) For elections where candidates for Councilmen at large |
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elected, following the names of candidates for Mayor |
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| (when applicable)
there shall be printed a subtitle as follows: |
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| FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE.
Following this subtitle there shall be |
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| an instruction in this form:
(VOTE FOR NONE, ONE, OR ....) |
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| (Insert consecutive numbers through the maximum number of |
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| Councilmen to be elected). The names
of the nominees for |
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| Councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
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| (2) For elections where district Councilmen are to be |
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| elected, a
distinct ballot shall be printed for each district, |
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| and following the
names of the candidates for Mayor (when |
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| applicable) there shall be
printed a subtitle as follows: FOR |
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| DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this
subtitle there shall be an |
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| instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this |
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| instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 nominees
for |
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| district Councilman.
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| Vacancies shall be filled as prescribed in Section 5-2-12, |
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| provided
that a vacancy in the office of a District Councilman |
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| shall be filled by
a person who is an actual resident of the |
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| district in which the vacancy
occurs.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
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| (65 ILCS 5/7-2-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24)
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| Sec. 7-2-24. The ballots for the election of officers at |
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| the general city
election in a united city shall be prepared in |
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| accordance with the general
election law, and in accordance |
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| with Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes: (1) Following |
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| the names of the candidates for
mayor there shall be printed a |
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| sub-title: FOR COMMISSIONER (or COMMISSIONERS)
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| (Vote for one) or (Vote for none, one, or 2), as the case may |
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| be. The names
of the candidates for commissioner at large shall |
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| follow this instruction.
(2) Following the names of the |
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| candidates at large shall be printed another
sub-title: FOR |
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| COMMISSIONER FROM THE BOROUGH OF..... Following this sub-title
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| shall be an instruction in this form: (Vote for one) and |
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| following this
instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 |
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| nominees. Sections 7-2-20
through 7-2-24 are applicable only to |
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| united cities under a commission form
of government.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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