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65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-60

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-60) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-60)

Sec. 3.1-25-60.

Referendum to require primary elections.

Any village
incorporated under this Code that has not
adopted the provisions of Section 3.1-25-45 or Articles 4, 5, or 6 of this Code
may,
by a vote of the electors of the village as provided in this Section, elect to
require
candidates for president and trustees to run in primary elections as provided
in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-55.

The question of requiring candidates for president and trustees to run
in primary elections as provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-55 shall
be certified by the village clerk to the proper election authority, who shall
submit the proposition to the electors of the village upon a resolution
adopted by the council or upon petition filed with the village clerk and
signed by electors of the village equal in number to at least 10% of the
number of votes cast for the candidates for president at the last preceding
general municipal election.  The proposition shall be in substantially the
following form:

Shall candidates for president and trustees of (name

of village) be elected in nonpartisan primary and general elections?

If a majority of the electors in the village voting on the question
vote in the affirmative, candidates for president and trustees of the village
shall be elected as provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-55.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)