(65 ILCS 5/7-7-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-7-11)
Sec. 7-7-11.
Elections of Initial Officers of Consolidated
Municipalities. (a) The day of the first election of officers of the
consolidated municipality shall be the next consolidated election
established pursuant to Section 2A-1.1 of The Election Code, as now or
hereafter amended, following the consolidation referendum. The day of the
first primary election of officers of the consolidated municipality shall
be the next consolidated primary election pursuant to Section 2A-1.1 of The
Election Code, as now or hereafter amended, following the consolidation referendum.
(b) The first election of officers of the consolidated municipality
shall be conducted in accordance with The Election Code, as now or
hereafter amended, except that the duties of the local election official
and boards set forth in The Election Code shall be performed by the
officers designated in subsection (c) of this Section and the nominating
petitions shall meet the requirements of subsection (d) of this Section.
All elections after such first election of officers shall be conducted in
accordance with The Election Code, as now or hereafter amended.
(c) For the first election of officers of the consolidated municipality,
the municipal clerk of one of the consolidating municipalities in which the
consolidation ordinance was approved by referendum, who shall be designated
by the consolidation ordinance, shall perform the duties required of the
local election official by The Election Code. For such first election of
officers, the municipal clerks of all of the municipalities in which the
consolidation ordinance was approved by referendum shall constitute an
electoral board to perform the duties required of the municipal officers
electoral board by The Election Code and shall also constitute a canvassing
board to perform the duties required of officers charged by The Election
Code with the duties of canvassing returns.
(d) For the first election of officers of the consolidated municipality,
with respect to the number of signatures required by The Election Code for
nominating petitions for partisan candidates, the number of qualified
primary electors in each consolidating municipality in which the
consolidation ordinance was approved by referendum shall be added together
to derive a sum which shall be deemed the number of qualified primary
electors of the consolidated municipality. For such first election of
officers, with respect to the number of signatures required by The Election
Code for nominating petitions for independent candidates and candidates of
newly formed political parties, the number of voters in each consolidating
municipality in which the consolidation ordinance was approved by
referendum who voted at the next preceding regular election in each
consolidating municipality shall be added together to derive a sum which
shall be deemed the number of persons voting in the next preceding election
in which the consolidated municipality voted as a unit.
(e) The earliest date for circulation of nominating petitions for the
first election of officers of the consolidated municipality and the filing
date for such petitions shall be as established by The Election Code, as
now or hereafter amended; provided, however, that nothing in The Election
Code or in this Code shall be construed as preventing the circulation of
nominating petitions for such first election prior to the date of the
consolidation referendum, so long as the requirements of The Election Code,
as now or hereafter amended, relating to the earliest date for such
circulation are otherwise met.
(Source: P.A. 85-1159.)
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