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ELECTIONS (10 ILCS 5/) Election Code. 10 ILCS 5/14-3.1
(10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall, during the
month of July of each even-numbered year,
select
for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the board 5
persons to be judges of election who shall possess the qualifications
required by this Act for such judges. The selection shall be made by a
county board of election commissioners in the following manner: the county
board of election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as judges of
election in each election precinct from a certified list
furnished by the chair of the county central committee of the first leading
political party in that precinct; the county board of election commissioners
also shall select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in each election
precinct from a certified list furnished by the chair of the county central
committee of the second leading political party in that precinct. The
selection by a municipal board of election commissioners shall be made in the
following manner: for each precinct, 3 judges shall be selected from one of
the 2 leading political parties and the other 2 judges shall be selected from
the other leading political party; the parties entitled to 3 and 2
judges, respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as provided
in Section 14-4. However, a Board of Election Commissioners may
appoint
three judges of election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
required by this Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
odd-year regular election or in any special primary or special election called
for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
United States Congress or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
If only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no more than
2 persons of the same political party shall be judges of election in the
same election precinct, and which political party is entitled to 2 judges
of election and which political party is entitled to one judge of election
shall be determined as set forth in this Section for a county board of
election commissioners' selection of 5 election judges in each precinct or in
Section 14-4 for a municipal board of election commissioners' selection of
election judges in each precinct, whichever is appropriate. In addition to
such precinct judges, the board of election commissioners shall appoint special
panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner and with the
same division between political parties as is provided for other judges of
election. The number of such panels of judges required shall be determined by
regulation of the State Board of Elections, which shall base the required
number of special panels on the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction
or the number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
of such factors. A municipal board of election
commissioners shall make the
selections of persons qualified under Section 14-1 from certified lists
furnished by the chair of the respective county central committees, or each ward committeeperson in a municipality of 500,000 or more inhabitants, of the 2
leading political parties. Lists furnished by chairmen of county central
committees or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, under this Section shall be arranged
according to precincts. The chair of each county central committee or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, shall,
insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the precinct in which they
are to serve as judges.
However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who
reside outside the precinct but within the county embracing the precinct
in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit the names of at
least 2 residents of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
is to have 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges.
The board of election commissioners shall no later than March 1 of each
even-numbered year notify the chairmen
of the respective county central committees or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, of their responsibility to
furnish such lists, and each such chair shall furnish the board of
election commissioners with the list for his party on or before May 1 of each
even-numbered year. The
board of election commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each
county chair or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, the names of all persons submitted on such certified
list and the total number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is
furnished or if no names or an insufficient number of names are
furnished for certain precincts, the board of election commissioners
shall make or complete such list from the names contained in the
supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of election
shall hold their office for 2 years from their appointment and until
their successors are duly appointed in the manner herein provided. The
board of election commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 14-3.2, fill all vacancies in the office of judges of election
at any time in the manner herein provided.
Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by the court as
provided in Section 14-5.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/14-3.2
(10 ILCS 5/14-3.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.2)
Sec. 14-3.2.
In addition to the list provided for in Section 14-3.1, the chair of
the county central committee, or each ward committeeperson in a municipality of 500,000 or more inhabitants, of each of the 2 leading political parties
shall furnish to the board of election commissioners a supplemental list,
arranged according to precinct in which they are to serve, of persons
available as judges of election, the names and number of all persons listed
thereon to be acknowledged in writing to the county chair or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, submitting
such list by the board of election commissioners. The board of election
commissioners shall select from this supplemental list persons qualified
under Section 14-1, to fill vacancies among the judges of election. If the
list provided for in Section 14-3.1 for any precinct is exhausted, then
selection shall be made from the supplemental list furnished by the chair
of the county central committee or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, of the party. If such supplemental
list is exhausted for any precinct, then selection shall be made from any
of the persons on the supplemental list without regard to the precincts in
which they are listed to serve. No selection or appointment from the
supplemental list shall be made more than 21 days prior to the date of
precinct registration for those judges needed as precinct registrars, and
more than 60 days prior to the date of an election for those
additional
persons needed as election judges. In any case where selection cannot be
made from the supplemental list without violating Section 14-1, selection
shall be made from outside the supplemental list of some person qualified
under Section 14-1.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/14-4
(10 ILCS 5/14-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-4)
Sec. 14-4.
The leading political party represented by a minority
of all the commissioners in the board shall be entitled to 2 of
the judges in each precinct with an even number, and 3 of the
judges in each precinct with an odd number, and the other
leading political party shall be entitled to 3 judges in the
even and 2 judges in the odd number precincts; and if only 3
judges of election serve in each precinct, the leading political
party represented by the minority of all the commissioners in
the board shall be entitled to one of the judges of election in
each precinct with an even number, and 2 of the judges of
election in each precinct with an odd number, and the other
leading political party shall be entitled to 2 judges of election
in the even and one judge of election in the odd number precincts;
and it shall be the duty of such commissioners to observe this
division in all respects in making such appointments; except that this
Section does not apply to appointments by county boards of election
commissioners under Section 14-3.1.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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10 ILCS 5/14-4.1
(10 ILCS 5/14-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-4.1)
Sec. 14-4.1.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall establish a training
course for judges of election. The curriculum of such course shall be
approved by the Board. A suitable certificate shall be issued by the Board
to each student upon his satisfactory completion of the course.
Such course may be established jointly with a course in the county
established as provided in Section 13-2.1 of this Act.
Such course shall be conducted in the manner provided by Section 13-2.2
of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3399 .)
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10 ILCS 5/14-4.5 (10 ILCS 5/14-4.5)
Sec. 14-4.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.
Any person
who
is
appointed as an election judge under Section 13-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his
or her
employer at least 20 days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of
work for the
purpose of serving as an election judge. An employer may not penalize an
employee for
that absence other than a deduction in salary for the time the employee was
absent from
his or her place of employment. An employer may not require an employee to use earned vacation time or any form of paid leave time to serve as an election judge.
This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than 25 employees.
An employer with more than 25 employees
shall not be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be absent
under this Section on the same election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.) |
10 ILCS 5/14-5
(10 ILCS 5/14-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-5)
Sec. 14-5.
After the judges are selected and have agreed to serve as
provided in Sections 14-1 to 14-4, inclusive, then a report of such
selections shall be made and filed in the court, and application shall then
be made by the board to the circuit court for their confirmation and
appointment, whereupon the court shall enter an order that cause be shown,
if any exists, against the confirmation and appointment of such persons so
named, on or before the opening of the court on a day to be fixed by the
court. And the board of commissioners shall immediately give notice of such
order and the names of all such judges so reported to such court for
confirmation, and their residence and the precinct for which they were
selected, by causing a notice to be published in one or more
newspapers in
such city, village or incorporated town, and if no newspaper be published
in such city, village or incorporated town, then by posting such notice in
3 of the most public places in such city, village or town. The notice shall
state that a list of judges of election is available for public inspection in
the office of the election authority. If no cause
to the contrary is shown prior to the day fixed, and if, in each precinct,
at least one judge representing each of the two major political parties has
been certified by the board of commissioners as having satisfactorily
completed within the preceding 6 months the training course and examination
for judges of election, as provided in Section 14-4.1 of this Act such
appointments shall be confirmed by order entered by that court.
If in any precinct the requisite 2 judges have not been so certified by
the board of commissioners as having satisfactorily completed such course
and examination, the board of commissioners shall immediately notify all
judges in that precinct, to whose appointment there is no other objection,
that all such judges shall attend the next such course. The board of
commissioners shall then certify to the court that all such judges have
been so notified (and such certification need contain no detail other than
a mere recital). The appointment of such judges shall then be confirmed by
order entered by the court. If any judge so notified and so confirmed fails
to attend the next such course, such failure shall subject such judge to
possible removal from office at the option of the election authority.
If objections to the appointment of any such judge is filed prior to the
day fixed by the court for confirmation of judges, the court shall hear
such objections and the evidence introduced in support thereof, and shall
confirm or refuse to confirm such nominations, as the interests of the
public may require. No reasons may be given for the refusal to confirm. If
any vacancies exist by reason of the action of such board or otherwise, at
any time, the board of commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 14-3.2, further report and nominate persons to fill such vacancies
so existing in the manner aforesaid, and a court in the same way shall
consider such nominations and shall confirm or refuse to confirm the same
in the manner aforesaid. Upon the confirmation of such judges, at any time,
a commission shall issue to each of such judges, under the seal of such
court, and appropriate forms shall be prepared by the board of
commissioners for such purpose. After such confirmation and acceptance of
such commission, such judges shall thereupon become officers of such court.
If a vacancy occurs so late that application to and confirmation by the
court cannot be had before the election, then the board of commissioners
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 14-3.2, make an appointment and
issue a commission to such officer or officers, and when thus appointed
such officer shall be considered an officer of the court and subject to the
same rules and punishment, in case of misbehavior, as if confirmed by the
court, and any judge, however appointed, and at whatever time, shall be
considered an officer of court, and be subject to the same control and
punishment in case of misbehavior. Not more than 10 business days after the
day of election, the board of election commissioners shall compile a list
containing the name, address and party affiliation of each judge of
election who served on the day of election, and shall preserve such list
and make it available for public inspection and copying for a period of not
more than one year from the date of receipt of such list. Copies of such
list shall be available for purchase at a cost not to exceed the cost of
duplication. The board of commissioners has the right
at any time, in case of misbehavior or neglect of duty, to remove any judge
of election, and shall cause such vacancy to be filled in accordance with
this Act. Except for judges appointed under subsection (c) of Section 14-1,
the board has the right, at any time, to remove any judge of
election for failing to vote the primary ballot of the political party he
represents at a primary election at which he served as such judge, and
shall cause such vacancy to be filled in accordance with this Act.
The board shall remove any judge of election who, twice during the same
term of office, fails to provide for the opening of the polling place at
the time prescribed in Section 17-1 or Section 18-2, whichever is
applicable, unless such delay can be demonstrated
by the judge of election to be beyond his or her control. In the
event that any judge of election is removed for cause, the board shall
specify such cause in writing and make such writing a matter of public
record, with a copy to be sent to the appropriate county chair who made
the initial recommendation of the election judges. The judges of election
must be appointed and confirmed at least 35 days prior to the next
election.
If any vacancy shall occur or exist, more than 5 days before election
the judges appointed to such places must be confirmed by such court. Such
commissioners shall not voluntarily remove any judge within 5 days of such
election, except for flagrant misbehavior, incapacity or dishonesty, and
the reasons therefor must afterwards be reported in writing to such court
and made a matter of public record, with a copy to be sent to the
appropriate county chair who made the initial recommendation of the
election judge. If such removal be wilful and without cause, the
commissioners shall be punished for contempt of court and subject to
removal. The board of election commissioners shall have the power on
election day to remove without cause any judge of election appointed by the
other judges of election pursuant to Section 14-6 and to appoint another
judge of election to serve for that election. Such substitute judge of
election must be selected, where possible, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 14-3.2 and must be qualified in accordance with Section 14-1.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/14-5.1 (10 ILCS 5/14-5.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-5.1) Sec. 14-5.1. Each judge of election shall be identified as such by a suitable badge or label authorized and issued by the board of election commissioners that: (1) clearly states it is authorized by the board of election commissioners; (2) identifies the individual as an election judge; and (3) contains a unique identifier that consists of the precinct number and assigns the judge of election a single letter. In accordance with this Section, the badge shall follow the form of "Precinct number, Judge letter". (Source: P.A. 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.) |
10 ILCS 5/14-5.2
(10 ILCS 5/14-5.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-5.2)
Sec. 14-5.2.
For each precinct in which there are 2 teams of judges, the board of
election commissioners shall designate 2 of the judges of election, one
from each political party, as holdover judges. The holdover judges shall be
on duty during the entire time from the opening of the polls until the
conclusion of the counting of the vote.
(Source: P.A. 76-1224.)
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10 ILCS 5/14-6
(10 ILCS 5/14-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-6)
Sec. 14-6.
If, in any municipality operating under Article 6 of this
Act, any judge shall not be present after the expiration of 15 minutes
from the time to open the polls, or within 15 minutes from the time of
closing the polls in the case of a judge appointed to count the vote or
if any judge becomes ill or if any member of his immediate family
becomes ill such judge may be excused from further attendance, and the
judge or judges present shall fill the place of such absent judge,
always selecting a person of the same political party as the party absent.
One of the judges shall administer to such substitute the oath as
required of the judge originally appointed, and blank forms shall be
sent out by the commissioners for such purpose, which oath shall be
preserved and returned to the commissioners, and such appointee shall be
considered an officer of the circuit court, and subject to the same
punishment and penalties as any other judge. Whenever such regular judge
shall be present such substitute shall cease to act. No judge shall
knowingly absent himself from the polls on election day, without good
cause. No judge shall knowingly detain any register or poll book or
cause it not to be produced at the polling place at the opening of the
polls, or for not more than 15 minutes thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 80-704.)
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10 ILCS 5/14-7
(10 ILCS 5/14-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-7)
Sec. 14-7.
Immediately after the confirmation of such judges by the
circuit court, the Board of Election Commissioners shall notify each
judge of election of his appointment and shall immediately mail to the
judge of election his commission.
Previous to any vote being taken, judges of election shall severally
subscribe and take an oath or affirmation in the following form:
"I, ...., residing at .... in the city (village or town) of .... in
the State of Illinois, do solemnly swear (or affirm) (in the case of a
registered voter, that I am a legal
voter in the .... ward of the city (village or town), of .... in the
State of Illinois); that I will support the laws and constitution of the
United States, and of the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully
and honestly discharge the duties of the office of judge of election for
the .... precinct of the .... ward of the city (village or town) of
...., in the county of ...., in the State of Illinois, according to the
best of my ability."
(Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00 .)
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10 ILCS 5/14-8
(10 ILCS 5/14-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-8)
Sec. 14-8.
At least 60 days prior to the next election occurring
immediately after the expiration of the term of office of the judges, the
election commissioners shall cause judges of election again to be selected,
who shall be selected, appointed and commissioned in the same way,
according to the same forms and subject to the same qualifications and
limitations as required for the selection and appointment of such officers
in the first instance hereunder.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
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10 ILCS 5/14-9
(10 ILCS 5/14-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-9)
Sec. 14-9.
In all municipalities operating under Article VI of this Act,
judges of election shall receive the compensation specified in Section 13-10
in accordance with the population of the county as in said Section specified.
When any judge of election, deputy registrar, judge of registration or
officer of registration does not perform all the services required by this
Act, then the board of election commissioners shall audit his time and
allow his pro rata compensation.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 15
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 15 heading)
ARTICLE 15.
BALLOT BOXES AND POLL BOOKS
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10 ILCS 5/15-1
(10 ILCS 5/15-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 15-1)
Sec. 15-1.
(a) Except in municipalities operating under Article 6 of this Act, the
county board shall provide a sufficient number of ballot boxes, with secure
locks and keys, at the expense of the county, for the several precincts and
districts. There shall be an opening in the top of each box not larger than
is sufficient to admit a single closed ballot to be inserted therein at one
time, through which each ballot voted shall be put into the box.
(b) The county board may provide ballot boxes not of a permanent type,
not of wooden or metal construction, not requiring locks or keys, nor
having doors or windows, if (1) such ballot boxes are so constructed as to
be completely sealed and empty units upon delivery to the polling place,
(2) they can be prepared for the inserting and depositing of ballots by the
removal of a perforated section in the top of each such ballot box, which
removal creates an open slot not larger than is sufficient to admit a
single closed ballot to be inserted therein at one time and through which
each ballot voted shall be put into the boxes, and (3) such ballot boxes
contain a perforated door or flap on one side which can be unsealed and
opened for removal of the ballots when voting has been completed. No ballot
box authorized by this paragraph shall be used on more than one election day.
(Source: P.A. 77-6.)
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10 ILCS 5/15-2
(10 ILCS 5/15-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 15-2)
Sec. 15-2.
The said ballot boxes shall be delivered to and kept by the
judges of election, and by them kept and delivered over to their
successors.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/15-3
(10 ILCS 5/15-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 15-3)
Sec. 15-3.
The county clerk shall provide, at the expense of the county,
proper blanks, poll books and other necessary election blanks for each
precinct and district in his county, and cause a suitable number thereof to
be delivered to the judges of election, at least ten (10) days before any
election is to be held. The provision for poll books in this section shall
not apply where Articles 4, 5 or 6 make provision for the use of an
official poll record in lieu of poll books.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/15-4
(10 ILCS 5/15-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 15-4)
Sec. 15-4.
(a) In municipalities operating under Article 6 of this Act the
Board of Election Commissioners shall provide all necessary ballot boxes
and all registration record cards, forms of affidavits, forms of
notices, certificates of registered voters, tally sheets, blanks and
stationery of every description, with printed headings and certificates,
necessary and proper for the registry of voters and the conduct of such
elections and for every incidental purpose, connected therewith.
(b) The Board of Election Commissioners may provide ballot boxes not
of a permanent type, not of wooden or metal construction, not requiring
locks or keys, nor having doors or windows, if (1) such ballot boxes are
so constructed as to be completely sealed and empty units upon delivery
to the polling place, (2) they can be prepared for the inserting and
depositing of ballots by the removal of a perforated section in the top
of each such ballot box, which removal creates an open slot not larger
than is sufficient to admit a single closed ballot to be inserted
therein at one time and through which each ballot voted shall be put
into the boxes, and (3) such ballot boxes contain a perforated door or
flap on one side which can be unsealed and opened for removal of the
ballots when voting has been completed. No ballot box authorized by this
paragraph shall be used on more than one election day.
(Source: P.A. 77-6.)
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10 ILCS 5/15-6
(10 ILCS 5/15-6)
Sec. 15-6.
Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
voting equipment.
If the election authority has adopted the use of Precinct
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting equipment pursuant to
Article 24B of this Code, and the provisions of the Article are
in conflict with the provisions of this Article 15, the
provisions of Article 24B shall govern the procedures followed by
the election authority, its judges of elections, and all
employees and agents. In following the provisions of
Article 24B, the election authority is authorized to develop and
implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation Optical
Scan Technology voting equipment authorized by the State Board of
Elections as long as the procedure is not in conflict with
either Article 24B or the administrative rules of the State Board
of Elections.
(Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 16
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 16 heading)
ARTICLE 16.
BALLOTS
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10 ILCS 5/16-1
(10 ILCS 5/16-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-1)
Sec. 16-1.
In all elections hereafter to be held in this state for
public officers, the voting shall be by ballots
printed and distributed at public expense as provided in this article
and no other ballots shall be used.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-3
(10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
Sec. 16-3. (a) The names of all candidates to be voted for in each
election district or precinct shall be printed on one ballot, except as
is provided in Sections 16-6, 16-6.1, and 21-1.01 of this Code and except as otherwise
provided in this Code with respect to the odd year regular elections and
the emergency referenda. The lettering of candidate names on a ballot shall be in both capital and lowercase letters in conformance with standard English language guidelines, unless compliance is not feasible due to the election system utilized by the election authority. All nominations
of any political party shall be placed under the party appellation or title
of such party as designated in the certificates of nomination or
petitions. The names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
the ballot in a column or columns under the heading "independent"
arranged under the names or titles of the respective offices for which
such independent candidates shall have been nominated and so far as
practicable, the name or names of any independent candidate or
candidates for any office shall be printed upon the ballot opposite the
name or names of any candidate or candidates for the same office
contained in any party column or columns upon said ballot. The ballot
shall contain no other names, except that in cases of electors for
President and Vice-President of the United States, the names of the
candidates for President and Vice-President may be added to the party
designation and words calculated to aid the voter in his choice of candidates
may be added, such as "Vote for one," "Vote for not more than three." If no candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then below the title of that office the election authority instead shall print "No Candidate". When an electronic
voting system is used which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the candidates
and questions shall appear on the pages of such booklet in the order
provided by this Code; and, in any case where candidates for an office
appear on a page which does not contain the name of any candidate for
another office, and where less than 50% of the page is utilized, the name of
no candidate shall be printed on the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or
outside of the ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
"Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling place for
which the ballot is prepared, the date of the election and a facsimile
of the signature of the election authority who has caused the ballots to
be printed. The ballots shall be of plain white paper, through which the
printing or writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use at the
nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed on different color
paper, except blue paper, whenever necessary or desirable to facilitate
distinguishing between ballots for different political subdivisions. In
the case of nonpartisan elections for officers of a political
subdivision, unless the statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to
Article VII of the Constitution providing the form of government
therefor requires otherwise, the column listing such nonpartisan
candidates shall be printed with no appellation or circle at its head.
The party appellation or title, or the word "independent" at the head of
any column provided for independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height
and a
circle one-half inch in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of
the line in which such appellation or title is printed, provided,
however, that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names of
candidates shall be printed in letters not less than one-eighth
nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and at the beginning of
each line in which a name of a candidate is printed a square shall be
printed, the sides of which shall be not less than one-fourth of an inch
in length. However, the names of the candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket
and a single square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The list
of candidates of the several parties and any such list of independent
candidates shall be placed in separate columns on the ballot in such
order as the election authorities charged with the printing of the
ballots shall decide; provided, that the names of the candidates of the
several political parties, certified by the State Board of Elections to
the several county clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
proper county on the official ballot in the order certified by the State
Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing, neglecting or failing to
print on the official ballot the names of candidates of the several
political parties in the order certified by the State Board of
Elections, and any county clerk who prints or causes to be printed upon
the official ballot the name of a candidate, for an office to be filled
by the Electors of the entire State, whose name has not been duly
certified to him upon a certificate signed by the State Board of
Elections shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes a ballot
card,
on the inside flap of each ballot card envelope there shall be printed
a form for write-in voting which shall be substantially as follows:
WRITE-IN VOTES
(See card of instructions for specific information. Duplicate form below
by hand for additional write-in votes.)
............................. Title of Office ( ) ............................. Name of Candidate
Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING".
(c) When an electronic voting system is used which uses a ballot sheet,
the
instructions to voters on the ballot sheet shall refer the voter to the
card of instructions for specific information on write-in voting. Below
each office appearing on such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
the casting of a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING".
(d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be printed on the
back of each ballot card, each ballot card envelope, and
the first page of the ballot label when a ballot label is used, the
words "Official Ballot," followed by the number of the
precinct or other precinct identification, which may be stamped, in lieu
thereof and, as applicable, the number and name of the township, ward
or other election district for which the ballot card, ballot card
envelope, and ballot label are prepared, the date of the election and a
facsimile of the signature of the election authority who has caused the
ballots to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include
a method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a listing of the
political subdivisions and districts for which votes may be cast on that
ballot, or a number code identifying the ballot configuration or color coded
ballots, except that where there is only one ballot configuration in a
precinct, the precinct identification, and any applicable ward
identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes used in punch
card systems shall be of paper through which no writing or punches may be
discerned and shall be of sufficient length to enclose all voting
positions. However, the election authority may provide
ballot card envelopes on which no precinct number or township, ward or
other election district designation, or election date are preprinted, if
space and a preprinted form are provided below the space provided for
the names of write-in candidates where such information may be entered
by the judges of election. Whenever an election authority utilizes
ballot card envelopes on which the election date and precinct is not
preprinted, a judge of election shall mark such information for the
particular precinct and election on the envelope in ink before tallying
and counting any write-in vote written thereon.
If some method of insuring ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used,
such information must be provided on the ballot itself.
(e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the ballot, the
candidate's given name or names, initial or initials, a nickname by
which the candidate is commonly known, or a combination thereof, may be
used in addition to the candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the ballot must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil union or declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume a former surname or a name change that conforms the candidate's name to his or her gender identity. No other designation such
as a political slogan, title, or degree or nickname suggesting or
implying possession of a
title, degree or professional status, or similar information may be used
in connection with the candidate's surname.
For purposes of this Section, a "political slogan" is defined as any
word or words expressing or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the
candidate may espouse, including, but not limited to, any word or words
conveying any meaning other than that of the personal identity of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a political slogan as part of his or her name on the
ballot, notwithstanding that the political slogan may be part of the
candidate's name.
(f) The State Board of Elections, a local election official, or an
election
authority shall remove any candidate's name designation from a ballot that is
inconsistent with subsection (e) of this Section. In addition, the State Board
of Elections, a local election official, or an election authority shall not
certify to any election authority any candidate name designation that is
inconsistent with subsection (e) of this Section.
(g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election official, or an
election
authority removes a candidate's name designation from a ballot under
subsection (f) of this Section, then the aggrieved candidate may seek
appropriate relief in circuit court.
Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever is applicable.
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election authorities from using
or reusing ballot card envelopes which were printed before January 1, 1986 (the effective
date of Public Act 84-820).
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-4.1
(10 ILCS 5/16-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-4.1)
Sec. 16-4.1.
Ballots; Form; Consolidated Elections.
This Section shall
apply only to the consolidated primary election, and the consolidated election,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein.
The ballot for the nomination or election of officers of each political
subdivision shall be considered a separate ballot, and candidates for such
offices shall be grouped together. Where paper ballots are used, the names
of candidates for nomination or election to more than one political subdivision
may be contained on a common ballot, provided that such ballot clearly
indicates and separates each political subdivision from which such officers
are to be nominated or elected.
At the consolidated election, the ballot for school
district offices shall
precede the ballot for community college district offices, and thereafter
the ballot order of the political subdivision officers to be elected shall
be as determined by the election authority. In the case of school districts
other than community consolidated school districts, the ballot for non-high
school district offices shall precede the ballot for high school district
offices.
At the consolidated primary and at the consolidated election, the ballot
for nomination or election of municipal officers shall precede the ballot
for township officers. At the consolidated election, following the ballot
for municipal and township offices shall be the ballots for park district
and library district offices, following which shall be the ballots for other
political subdivision offices in the order determined by the election authority.
The election authority, in determining the order of ballot placement for
offices of political subdivisions whose ballot placement is not specified
in this Section, shall give due regard to the clarity of the ballot presentation
to the voters, cost and administrative ease, and the requirement to provide
separate ballot formats within precincts in which the electors are not entitled
to vote for the same offices or propositions. At the request of a political
subdivision which extends into more than one election jurisdiction, the
election authority shall endeavor to coordinate placement and color of the
ballot for such subdivision with the other election authorities responsible
for preparing ballots for such subdivision election. The election authority
may conduct a lottery to determine the order of ballot placement of political
subdivision ballots where such order is not specified in this Section.
Such lottery may be conducted jointly by two or more
election authorities.
(Source: P.A. 89-700, eff. 1-17-97; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98;
90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-5
(10 ILCS 5/16-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5)
Sec. 16-5.
For all elections to which this article applies, the
county clerks, in their respective counties, shall have charge of the
printing of the ballots for all elections, including referenda,
and shall furnish
them to the judges of election.
In municipalities and counties having a board of election commissioners, such board
shall have charge
of the printing of the ballots and furnish them to the judges of
election within the territory under their jurisdiction. Ballots shall be
printed and in possession of the respective election authorities
at least two days before each election and subject to the inspection of
candidates and their agents; if any mistakes be discovered they shall be
corrected without delay. The election authority shall cause to be delivered
to the judges of election at the
polling place of each precinct or district, not less than twelve hours
before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls therein, at
least 10% more ballots of the kind to be voted in such precinct or
district than the number of voters registered therein for the purposes
of such election, such ballots shall be put up in separate sealed
packages, with marks on the outside clearly designating the polling
place for which they are intended and the number of ballots enclosed,
and receipt therefor shall be given by the judges of election to whom
they are delivered, which receipt shall be preserved by the election authority.
The election authority shall provide
and retain at its office an ample supply of ballots, in
addition to those distributed to the several voting precincts or
districts, and if at any time on or before the day of election the
ballots furnished to any precinct shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted
before the polls are closed, on written application signed by a majority
of the judges he or they shall immediately cause to be delivered to such
judges at the polling place, such additional supply of ballots as may be
required and sufficient to comply with the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-5.01
(10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
Sec. 16-5.01. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the election authority shall, at least 46
days prior to the date of any election at which federal officers
are elected and 45 days prior to any other regular election, have a
sufficient number of ballots printed so that such ballots will be available
for mailing 45 days prior to the date of the election to persons who have
filed application for a ballot under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
(b) If at any election at which federal offices are elected
or nominated the election authority is unable to comply with the provisions
of subsection (a), the election authority shall mail to each such person, in
lieu of the ballot, a Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot.
The Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot shall be used at
all elections at which federal officers are elected or nominated and shall be
prepared by the election authority in substantially the following form:
Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot
(To vote for a person, write the title of the office and his or her name
on the lines provided. Place to the left of and opposite the title of
office a square and place a cross (X) in the square.)
Title of Office Name of Candidate
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
The election authority shall send with the Special Write-in Vote by Mail
Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all referenda for which the voter is qualified
to vote and all candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and
for whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be entitled to
write in the name of any candidate seeking
election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to vote.
On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall
be printed the words "Official Ballot", the date of the election and a
facsimile of the signature of the election authority who has caused the
ballot to be printed.
The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be applicable to the
Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or other law
to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality may adopt, upon submission of a written statement by the municipality's election authority attesting to the administrative ability of the election authority to administer an election using a ranked ballot to the municipality's governing body,
an ordinance requiring, and that municipality's election
authority shall prepare, a ranked vote by mail ballot for
municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated
election.
This ranked ballot shall be for use only by
a qualified voter who either is a member of the United States
military or will be outside of the United States on the
consolidated primary election day and the consolidated
election day. The ranked ballot shall contain a list of the
titles of all municipal and township offices potentially contested at both the consolidated
primary election and the consolidated election and the candidates for each office and shall
permit the elector to vote in the consolidated election by
indicating his or her order of preference for each candidate
for each office. To indicate his or her order of preference for
each candidate for each office, the voter shall put the number
one next to the name of the candidate who is the voter's first
choice, the number 2 for his or her second choice, and so forth
so that, in consecutive numerical order, a number indicating
the voter's preference is written by the voter next to each
candidate's name on the ranked ballot. The voter shall not be required
to indicate his or her preference for more than one candidate
on the ranked ballot. The voter may not cast a write-in vote using the ranked ballot for the consolidated election. The election authority shall, if using the
ranked vote by mail ballot authorized by this subsection, also
prepare instructions for use of the ranked ballot. The ranked ballot for the consolidated election shall be mailed to the voter at the same time that the ballot for the consolidated primary election is mailed to the voter and the election authority shall accept the completed ranked ballot for the consolidated election when the authority accepts the completed ballot for the consolidated primary election.
The voter shall also be sent a vote by mail ballot for the consolidated election for those races that are not related to the results of the consolidated primary election as soon as the consolidated election ballot is certified.
The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules for election
authorities for the implementation of this subsection,
including, but not limited to, the application for and counting
of ranked ballots.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-6
(10 ILCS 5/16-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6)
Sec. 16-6.
Whenever one or more proposals for amendment of the
constitution or the calling of a constitutional convention or any
combination thereof is or are to be voted upon by the people, the
proposition or propositions for the adoption or rejection of such
amendment or amendments or convention shall be submitted upon the same "Official Ballot" containing the names of candidates
for State and other offices to be voted at such election. Such proposition or propositions shall be printed at the top of the "Official Ballot" preceding the names of candidates for State and other offices to be voted at such election. Such proposition or propositions shall be printed upon plain white paper with no shading, highlighting, or other distinct markings and shall include the official title of the section so named to be added or amended in the Constitution. Preceding
each proposal to amend the constitution shall be printed the brief
explanation of the amendment, prepared by the General Assembly, or in the
case of a proposed amendment initiated by petition pursuant to Section
3 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Illinois by the principal
proponents of the amendment as approved by the Attorney General, and
immediately below the explanation, the proposition shall be printed in
substantially the following form:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
YES For the proposed amendment ----------- to Article ______ (or Section NO _______ of Article ______) of the Constitution. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
In the case of a proposition for the calling of a constitutional
convention, such proposition shall be printed in substantially the
following form:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
YES For the calling ----------- of a Constitutional NO Convention. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Included with the ballot there
shall be a printed notice with the words "CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT", followed by the
designation of the polling place for which the ballot is prepared, the
date of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the clerk or
other officer who has caused the ballots to be printed. Immediately
above the words "CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT" in the case of a proposition for
the calling of a constitutional convention or a proposition to amend the Constitution the following legend shall be
printed in bold face type:
"NOTICE
THE FAILURE TO VOTE THIS BALLOT MAY BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A NEGATIVE VOTE, BECAUSE A CONVENTION SHALL BE CALLED OR THE AMENDMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IF APPROVED BY EITHER THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE VOTING ON THE QUESTION OR A MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTING IN THE ELECTION.
(THIS IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DIRECTION THAT YOUR VOTE IS REQUIRED
TO BE CAST EITHER IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSITION HEREIN
CONTAINED.)
WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR NOT YOU MUST RETURN IT TO THE
ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH".
If a proposition for the calling of a constitutional convention is
submitted at the same election as one or more propositions to amend the
constitution, the proposition for the calling of a constitutional
convention shall be printed at the top of the ballot. In such case, the constitution amendment notice shall be printed the same as if it were a
proposal solely to amend the constitution.
Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever is applicable.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-6.1
(10 ILCS 5/16-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6.1)
Sec. 16-6.1.
In elections held pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of
Article VI of the Constitution relating to retention of judges in office,
the form of the proposition to be submitted for each candidate shall be
as provided in paragraph (1) or (2), as the election authority may choose.
(1) The names of all persons seeking retention in the | | same office shall be listed, in the order provided in this Section, with one proposition that reads substantially as follows: "Shall each of the persons listed be retained in office as (insert name of office and court)?". To the right of each candidate's name must be places for the voter to mark "Yes" or "No". If the list of candidates for retention in the same office exceeds one page of the ballot, the proposition must appear on each page upon which the list of candidates continues.
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Shall ....... (insert name YES
of candidate) be retained in - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
office as ..... (insert name NO
of office and Court)?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The names of all candidates thus submitting their names for retention in
office in any particular judicial district or circuit shall appear on the
same ballot which shall be separate from all other ballots voted on at the
general election.
Propositions on Supreme Court judges, if any are seeking retention,
shall appear on the ballot in the first group, for judges of the Appellate
Court in the second group immediately under the first, and for circuit
judges in the last group. The grouping of candidates for the same office
shall be preceded by a heading describing the office and the court. If
there are two or more candidates for each office, the names of such
candidates in each group shall be listed in the order determined as
follows: The name of the person with the greatest length of time served in
the specified office of the specified court shall be listed first in each
group. The rest of the names shall be listed in the appropriate order based
on the same seniority standard. If two or more candidates for each office
have served identical periods of time in the specified office, such
candidates shall be listed alphabetically at the appropriate place in the
order of names based on seniority in the office as described. Circuit
judges shall be credited for the purposes of this section with service as
associate judges prior to July 1, 1971 and with service on any court the
judges of which were made associate judges on January 1, 1964 by virtue of
Paragraph 4, subparagraphs (c) and (d) of the Schedule to Article VI of the
former Illinois Constitution.
At the top of the ballot on the same side as the propositions on the
candidates are listed shall be printed an explanation to read substantially
as follows: "Vote on the proposition with respect to all or any of the
judges listed on this ballot. No judge listed is running against any other
judge. The sole question is whether each judge shall be retained in his or her
present office".
Such separate ballot shall be printed on paper of sufficient size so
that when folded once it shall be large enough to contain the following
words, which shall be printed on the back, "Ballot for judicial candidates
seeking retention in office". Such ballot shall be handed to the elector at
the same time as the ballot containing the names of other candidates for
the general election and shall be returned therewith by the elector to the
proper officer in the manner designated by this Act. All provisions of this
Act relating to ballots shall apply to such separate ballot, except as
otherwise specifically provided in this section. Such separate ballot shall
be printed upon paper of a green color. No other ballot at the same
election shall be green in color.
In precincts in which voting machines are used, the special ballot
containing the propositions on the retention of judges may be placed on the
voting machines if such voting machines permit the casting of votes on such
propositions.
An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may be used in
voting and tabulating the judicial retention ballots. When an electronic
voting system is used which utilizes a ballot label booklet and ballot
card, there shall be used in the label booklet a separate ballot label page
or pages as required for such proposition, which page or pages for such
proposition shall be of a green color separate and distinct from the ballot
label page or pages used for any other proposition or candidates.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-7
(10 ILCS 5/16-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-7)
Sec. 16-7.
Whenever a public question is to be submitted to be voted
upon and has been initiated and certified in accordance with Article 28
of this Code, the election authorities to whom the question is certified
shall print the question on the ballot for the proper election, and
shall cause it to be submitted in the proper precincts to those electors
entitled by reason of their residency to vote on such question.
The substance of such public measure shall be clearly indicated on a
separate ballot, and two spaces shall be left upon the right-hand margin
thereof, one for the votes favoring the public measure, to be designated
by the word, "Yes", and one for the votes opposing the measure, to be
designated by the word, "No", as in the form herein given:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Shall (here print YES the substance of the - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
public measure). NO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The elector shall designate his vote by a cross mark, thus: (X). Any
such separate ballot shall be printed on paper of sufficient size so
that when folded once it shall be large enough to contain the following
words, which shall be printed on the back, "Ballot for (name of public
measure to be voted on)." Such ballot shall be handed to the elector at
the same time as the ballot containing the names of the candidates, and
returned therewith by the elector to the proper office in the manner
designated by this Act. All provisions of this Act relating to ballots
shall apply to such separate ballot, except as herein otherwise
provided. Such separate ballot or ballots shall be printed upon paper
of a distinctly different color from any other ballot for candidates
used at such election and from those for the question of retention in
office of judges and of constitutional amendments and as near as may be
practicable, be of uniform size. Any variation in the size of such
ballots shall not impair their validity.
In the case of a public question described in subsection (b) of Section
28-6, the election authority shall include on the ballot the description of
the territory concerning which the question is to be submitted, as set
forth in the certification of the public question or, where the question is
initiated by petition filed with the authority, as set forth in such
petition. If the election authority determines the description
cannot be included within the space limitations of the ballot, the election
authority shall prepare large printed copies of a notice
of the public question, which shall include the description. The notice
shall be prominently displayed in the polling
place of each precinct in which the question is to be submitted.
In precincts in which voting machines are used, separate ballots
shall not be required if such voting machines permit the casting of
votes on such proposition.
An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may be used in
voting and tabulating the ballots on a public measure. When an
electronic voting system is used, which utilizes a ballot label booklet
and ballot card, there shall be used in the ballot label booklet a
separate ballot label page or pages as required for such public measures
or propositions. The page or pages for such public measures or
propositions shall be of a color separate and distinct from the ballot
label page or pages used for candidates and from those used for the
propositions of retention in office of judges and of constitutional
amendments. The ballot card provided for recording the voter's vote or
choice on public measures or propositions may be the same card as is
used for recording his vote for candidates. More than one public measure
or proposition may be placed on the same ballot label page or series of
pages and may be voted or recorded on the same column or series of
columns on the same ballot card, and all columns on the ballot card may
be of the same color.
However, at the nonpartisan, consolidated primary, and consolidated
elections, the proposition for a public question relating to a political
subdivision shall be placed on the ballot together with the ballot for the
nomination or election of officers of such political subdivision to be
voted upon at the same election, unless such placement is not feasible.
(Source: P.A. 84-1467.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-9
(10 ILCS 5/16-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-9)
Sec. 16-9.
The election authorities shall prepare full instructions
for the guidance of voters at each election as to obtaining ballots, as
to the manner of marking them and the method of gaining assistance and
as to obtaining new ballots in place of those accidentally spoiled; and
they shall respectively cause the same to be
printed in large, clear type, on separate cards, to be called cards of
instruction; and the election authorities shall furnish to the judges of
election a sufficient number of such cards of instruction to enable the
judges of election to comply with the provisions of this article.
(Source: P.A. 81-1194.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-10
(10 ILCS 5/16-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-10)
Sec. 16-10. The judges of election shall cause not less than one of
such cards to be posted in each voting booth provided for the
preparation of ballots, and not less than four of such cards to be
posted in and about the polling places upon the day of election. In
every county of not more than 500,000
inhabitants, each election authority shall cause to be published, prior to the
day of any election, in at least two newspapers, if there be so many
published in such county, a list of all the nominations made as in this Act provided and
to be voted for at such election, as near as may be, in the form in
which they shall appear upon the general ballot; provided that this requirement shall not apply with respect to any consolidated primary for which the local election official is required to make the publication under Section 7-21.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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10 ILCS 5/16-11
(10 ILCS 5/16-11)
Sec. 16-11.
Precinct tabulation optical scan technology
voting equipment.
If the election authority has adopted the use of Precinct
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting equipment pursuant to
Article 24B of this Code, and the provisions of the Article are
in conflict with the provisions of this Article 16, the
provisions of Article 24B shall govern the procedures followed by
the election authority, its judges of elections, and all
employees and agents. In following the provisions of
Article 24B, the election authority is authorized to develop and
implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation Optical
Scan Technology voting equipment authorized by the State Board of
Elections as long as the procedure is not in conflict with
either Article 24B or the administrative rules of the State Board
of Elections.
(Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 17
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 17 heading)
ARTICLE 17.
CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS AND MAKING RETURNS
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10 ILCS 5/17-1
(10 ILCS 5/17-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-1)
Sec. 17-1.
The polls shall be opened at the hour of 6:00 a.m.
and continued
open until 7:00 p.m. of the same day, at which time the polls shall be closed;
but if the judges shall not attend at the hour of six o'clock in the morning,
or if it shall be necessary for the electors present to appoint judges to
conduct the election, as herein prescribed, the polls may, in that case,
be opened at any hour before the time for closing the same shall arrive,
as the case may require.
(Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.)
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10 ILCS 5/17-2
(10 ILCS 5/17-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-2)
Sec. 17-2.
Upon opening the polls one of the judges of election shall make
proclamation of the same, and at least 30 minutes before the closing of the
polls proclamation shall be made in like manner that the polls will be
closed in half an hour.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
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10 ILCS 5/17-3
(10 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-3)
Sec. 17-3.
(a) Before voting begins, the ballot box shall be publicly opened and
exhibited, and the judges shall see that no ballot is in such box; after
which the box shall be locked and the key delivered to one of the judges,
and shall not be again opened until the close of the polls. This paragraph
(a) applies whenever permanent type ballot boxes are used, and does not
apply when non-permanent type ballot boxes are used in accordance with
section 15-1, paragraph (b).
(b) When non-permanent type ballot boxes are used in accordance with
section 15-1, paragraph (b), prior to the commencement of voting and before
any ballots are deposited therein, the judges shall examine each sealed
ballot box, show it to those present and insure that it is in fact sealed
and empty; the sealed slot shall be broken open before those present and
the box inspected to insure that it is empty and such ballot box shall not
be removed from public view from the time it is so inspected until after
the close of the polls. The sealed opening on the side of the box shall not
be unsealed or opened until after the close of the polls.
(Source: P.A. 77-6.)
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10 ILCS 5/17-4
(10 ILCS 5/17-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-4)
Sec. 17-4.
Each of 2 judges of the election shall keep a poll list, which
shall contain a column headed "number", and another headed "names of
voters". The name of each elector voting shall be entered upon each of the
poll books by such judges, in regular succession, under the proper
headings, and the number of such voter placed opposite his name in the
column headed "number". This section shall not apply where Articles 4, 5 or
6 of this Act make provision for the use of an official poll record in
lieu of poll books.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1452.)
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10 ILCS 5/17-5
(10 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-5)
Sec. 17-5.
The manner of voting shall be by ballot.
The ballot shall be
printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, and shall be,
except as otherwise provided in Article 8A, in form as prescribed in
Article 16 of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1964, 1st S.S., p. 711.)
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10 ILCS 5/17-6
(10 ILCS 5/17-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-6)
Sec. 17-6.
The names of all candidates for which the elector intends to
vote shall be written or printed upon the same ballot, and the office to
which he or she desires each to be elected shall be designated upon the ballot in
the manner prescribed in Article 16 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-333.)
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10 ILCS 5/17-7
(10 ILCS 5/17-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-7)
Sec. 17-7.
The judges of election of their respective election precincts or
election districts shall have charge of the ballots and furnish them to the
voter as herein set forth.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/17-8
(10 ILCS 5/17-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-8)
Sec. 17-8. The county clerk shall provide in each polling
place, so designated or provided a sufficient number of booths, which
shall be provided with such supplies and conveniences, including
shelves, pens, penholders, ink, blotters and pencils, as will enable the
voter to prepare his ballot for voting, and in which voters may prepare
their ballots screened from all observation as to the manner in which
they do so. They shall be within plain view of election officers, and both
they and the ballot boxes shall be within plain view of those within the
proximity of the voting booths. Each of said booths shall have 3 sides
enclosed, one
side in front, to be closed with a curtain. Each side of each booth
shall be 6 feet 4 inches and the curtain shall extend within 2 feet of
the floor, which shall be closed while the voter is preparing his
ballot. Each booth shall be at least 32 inches square and shall contain
a shelf at least one foot wide, at a convenient height for writing. No
person other than the election officers and the challengers allowed by
law, and those admitted for the purpose of voting as herein provided,
shall be permitted within the proximity of the voting booths, (i)
except by authority of the
election officers to keep order and enforce the law and (ii) except that one or more children under the age of 18 may accompany their parent or guardian into the voting booth as long as a request to do so is made to the election officers and, in the sole discretion of the election officers, the child or children are not likely to disrupt or interfere with the voting process or influence the casting of a vote. The number of such
voting booths shall not be less than one to every 75 voters or fraction
thereof who voted at the last preceding election in the precinct. The
expense of providing booths and other things required in
this Act shall be paid in the same manner as other election expenses.
Where electronic voting systems are used, a booth with a
self-contained electronic voting device may be used. Each such booth
shall have 3 sides enclosed and shall be equipped with a curtain for
closing the front of the booth. The curtain must extend to within 2
feet of the floor. Each side shall be of such a height, in no event
less than 5 feet, one inch, as to insure the secrecy of the voter. Each
booth shall be at least 32 inches square, provided, however, that where
a booth is no more than 23 inches wide and the sides of such booth
extend from a point below the device to a height of 5 feet, one inch, at
the front of the booth, and such booth insures that voters may prepare
their ballots in secrecy, such booth may be used. If an election authority provides each polling place with stickers or emblems to be given to voters indicating that the person has voted, no person who has voted shall be denied such sticker or emblem.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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