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ELECTIONS (10 ILCS 5/) Election Code. 10 ILCS 5/6-62
(10 ILCS 5/6-62) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-62)
Sec. 6-62.
It shall be the duty of the person or officer having charge of
the vital records of a city, village or incorporated town to furnish to the
board of election commissioners, monthly, a report of the names and
previous residences of all persons over 18 years of age that have died
during the preceding month.
(Source: P.A. 96-1484, eff. 1-1-11.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-63
(10 ILCS 5/6-63) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-63)
Sec. 6-63.
It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners to
strike the names of all such criminals and of all such deceased persons
from the registers of the precinct in which any such person is registered,
noting opposite such name the cause for which it was stricken.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-64
(10 ILCS 5/6-64) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-64)
Sec. 6-64.
If either the original or duplicate registration card or both,
of any elector, shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated in whole or in part,
the board of election commissioners shall prepare two new registration
cards, an original and a duplicate, and shall require the execution of a
new registration affidavit by such elector, and if any such elector shall
refuse to execute such affidavit within thirty days after the mailing of a
notice to such elector at the last address from which he has registered,
then the registration of such elector shall be cancelled. If either the
original or duplicate registration cards, or both, of all registered voters
of any city, village or incorporated town or any ward or precinct thereof
shall be lost or destroyed, the board of election commissioners shall
require a re-registration of electors of such city, ward or precinct.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-65
(10 ILCS 5/6-65) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-65)
Sec. 6-65.
The duplicate registration record cards shall remain permanently in the
office of the Board of Election Commissioners; shall be filed
alphabetically without regard to wards or precincts; and shall be known as
the master file. The master file may be kept in a computer-based voter registration file or paper format, provided a secondary digital back-up is kept off site. The digital file shall be searchable and remain current with all registration activity conducted by the Board of Election Commissioners. The original registration record cards shall constitute
the official precinct registry of voters; shall be filed by wards and
precincts; and shall be known as the precinct file. The original cards
shall be delivered to the judges of election by the Board of Election
Commissioners in a suitable binder or other device, which shall be locked
and sealed in accordance with directions to be given by the Board of
Election Commissioners and shall also be suitably indexed for convenient
use by the precinct officers. The precinct files shall be delivered to the
precinct officers for use at the polls, on the day of election and shall be
returned to the Board of Election Commissioners immediately after the close
of the polls. The board shall determine by rules the manner of delivery and
return to such file. At all other times the precinct file shall be retained
at the office of the Board of Election Commissioners except for such use of
it as may be made under this Article with respect to registration not at
the office of the Board of Election Commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-66
(10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
Sec. 6-66.
Upon application to vote each registered elector shall
sign his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a certificate
substantially as follows:
"CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
City of ................. Ward .... Precinct .... Election
...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year) Registration Record
....... Checked by ...............
Voter's number ....
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officers in charge.
After the registration record has been checked, the officer will hand it
back to you. Whereupon you shall present it to the officer in charge of
the ballots.
I hereby certify that I am registered from the address below and am
qualified to vote.
Signature of voter ................
Residence address ................"
An individual shall not be required to provide his social
security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be denied a
ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely because of his refusal
to provide his social security number.
Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being requested
to provide his social security number when the individual applies for a
ballot.
If, however, the certificate contains a space for the individual's
social security number, the following notice shall appear on the
certificate, immediately above such space,
in bold-face capital letters, in type the size of which
equals the largest type on the certificate:
"THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT REQUIRED
TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED
A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS
OR HER REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER."
The applications of each State-wide political party
at a primary election
shall be separately printed
upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of
no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or tint. If
the election authority provides computer generated applications with the
precinct, ballot style, and voter's name and address preprinted on the
application, a single application may be used for State-wide political
parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to indicate the political
party. Such applications may contain
spaces or check-off boxes
permitting the voter to also request a primary ballot of any political
party which is established only within a political subdivision and for
which a primary is conducted on the same election day.
Such applications shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the
primary of a State-wide political party and the primary of
a local political party with respect to the offices of the same
political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more
than one State-wide political party on the same day.
The judges in charge of the precinct registration files shall compare
the signature upon such certificate with the signature on the
registration record card as a means of identifying the voter. Unless
satisfied by such comparison that the applicant to vote is the identical
person who is registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
applicant the questions for identification which appear on the
registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to the
satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election precinct that
he is the identical person registered under the name in question then
the vote of such applicant shall be challenged by a judge of election,
and the same procedure followed as provided in this Article and Act for
challenged voters.
In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge of election
shall check the data on the registration card and shall check the
address given, with the registered address, in order to determine
whether he is entitled to vote.
One of the judges of election shall check the certificate of such
applicant for a ballot after the registration record has been examined,
and shall sign his initials on the certificate in the space provided
therefor, and shall enter upon such certificate the number of the voter
in the place provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not the
applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such certificate back to the
applicant in case he is permitted to vote, and such applicant shall hand
it to the judge of election in charge of the ballots. The certificates
of the voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received and
shall constitute an official poll record. The terms "poll lists" and
"poll books", where used in this Article and Act, shall be construed to
apply to such official poll record.
After each general primary election the board of election commissioners
shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name of each registrant
on the list of registered voters in each precinct the primary ballot of
a political party that the registrant requested at the general primary
election. The board of election commissioners, within 60 days after that
general primary election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
chairman of the county central committee of each established political
party or to the chair's duly authorized representative.
Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983,
the board of election commissioners shall provide to the chairman of the
county central committee of each established political party or to the chair's
duly authorized representative the list of registered voters in
each precinct at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
indicate on such list by color code or
other means next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
party that the registrant requested at the general primary election of 1982.
The board of election commissioners may charge a fee to
reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and presenting
the certificate provided by this Section, and his registration card is
not found in the precinct registry of voters, but his name appears as
that of a registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the
consolidated list, if any provided by this Article and whose name has
not been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed precinct
register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie evidence of the
elector's right to vote upon compliance with the provisions hereinafter
set forth in this Section. In such event it shall be the duty of one of
the judges of election to require an affidavit by such person and 2
voters residing in the precinct before the judges of election that he is
the same person whose name appears upon the printed precinct register as
corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or consolidated list, if
any, and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street and number
of his residence, and upon the presentation of such affidavits, a
certificate shall be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation
of such certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any
elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on the printed
precinct register or supplemental list but who has a certificate issued
by the board of election commissioners as provided in Section 6-43 of
this Article, shall be entitled to vote upon the presentation of such
certificate accompanied by the affidavits of 2 voters residing in the
precinct that the elector is the same person described in such
certificate and that he resides in the precinct, stating the street and
number of his residence. Forms for all affidavits required hereunder
shall be supplied by the board of election commissioners. All affidavits
made under this paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the board
of election commissioners in the manner provided by this Article and
Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty of the board of election
commissioners, within 30 days after such election, to take the steps
provided by Section 6-64 of this Article for the execution of new
registration affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions
of this paragraph.
When the board of election commissioners delivers to the judges of election
for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of the printed
precinct register, it shall give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated
list to the chair of a county central committee of an established political
party or to the chair's duly authorized representative.
Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the election
official or officials charged with the duty of providing application
certificates may prescribe the form thereof so that a voter is required
to execute only one, indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
After the signature has been verified, the judges shall determine in which
political subdivisions the voter resides by use of the information contained
on the voter registration cards or the separate registration lists or other
means approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and supplied
by the election authority. The voter's certificate shall be so marked by
the judges as to show the respective ballots which the voter is given.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/6-67
(10 ILCS 5/6-67) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-67)
Sec. 6-67.
Upon application to vote at a primary election each registered
elector shall sign his name or mark and write his address on a certificate
substantially the same as that used in the general election except that it
shall have a place for party affiliation which is to be filled in by the
elector, or by the officer in charge if the elector is unable to write.
Such certificates when checked and initialed by the judge in charge, shall
constitute the primary poll record. Such certificates at the close of the
primary election shall be placed in an envelope, sealed and returned with
the ballots. Nothing herein shall be construed to conflict with sections
7-44 and 7-45 of Article 7 of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450 .)
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10 ILCS 5/6-67.01
(10 ILCS 5/6-67.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-67.01)
Sec. 6-67.01.
The provisions of this Article 6, so far as they require
the registration of voters as a condition to their being allowed to vote
shall not apply to persons otherwise entitled to vote, who are, at the
time of the election, or at any time within 60 days prior to such
election have been engaged in the military or naval service of the
United States, and who appear personally at the polling place on
election day and produce to the judges of election satisfactory evidence
thereof, but such persons, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be
permitted to vote at such election without previous registration.
All such persons shall also make an affidavit which shall be in
substantially the following form:
"State of Illinois) )ss. County of ........)
............ Precinct ........ Ward
I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a citizen of the
United States, of the age of 18 years or over, and that within the past
60 days prior to the date of this election at which I am applying to
vote, I have been engaged in the .... (military or naval) service of the
United States; and I am qualified to vote under and by virtue of the
Constitution and laws of the State of Illinois, and that I am a legally
qualified voter of this precinct and ward except that I have, because of
such service, been unable to register as a voter; that I now reside at
.... (insert street and number, if any) in this precinct and ward, and
that I have maintained a legal residence in this precinct and ward for
30 days and in the State 30 days next preceding this election.
...................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
...................
Judge of Election."
The affidavit of any such person shall be supported by the affidavit
of a resident and qualified voter of such precinct and ward, which
affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
"State of Illinois) )ss. County of ........)
............ Precinct ........ Ward
I, ..., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I am a resident of this
precinct and ward and entitled to vote at this election; that I am
acquainted with .... (name of the applicant); that I verily believe him
to be an actual bona fide resident of this precinct and ward and that I
verily believe that he has maintained a legal residence therein 30 days
and in this State 30 days next preceding this election.
...................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
...................
Judge of Election."
The provisions of this Article 6, so far as they require the registration
of voters as a condition to their being allowed to vote shall not apply
to persons otherwise entitled to vote who have made and subscribed to the
affidavit provided in paragraph (b) of Section 17-10 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99 .)
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10 ILCS 5/6-68
(10 ILCS 5/6-68) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-68)
Sec. 6-68.
All affidavits made before judges of election under the
provisions of this Article or of Article 14 of this Act shall be
immediately returned to the office of the board of election commissioners.
Such affidavits, before being so returned, shall be enclosed in an envelope
provided for that purpose, which shall then be securely sealed with sealing
wax or other adhesive material, and each of the judges shall write his name
across the seal. No judge of election shall break the seal of, or open any
envelope containing affidavits, or shall permit any person to open any such
envelope or break the seal thereof while the same is in his custody.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-69
(10 ILCS 5/6-69) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-69)
Sec. 6-69.
In the conduct of registrations subsequent to that first
provided for under this Article, the board of election commissioners
shall have authority to designate its officers and employees to take
registrations at its office or at such other places as may be specified
by such board under Section 6-51 of this Article. For registration at
other places than the office of the board of election commissioners, the
board may select 3 officers of registration, one of whom may be an
officer or employee of the board of election commissioners, and of the
other 2, one shall be a member of the political party represented by a
majority of the commissioners and one a member of the political party
represented by a minority of such commissioners. To the extent that the
third officer is not a permanent officer or employee of the board of
election commissioners, the appointment of such officer of registration
shall be equally divided between the 2 leading political parties. Judges
of election for any precinct within the area served by one place of
registration shall be eligible for appointment as officers of
registration, but application shall in all cases be made to the
circuit court for the appointment and confirmation of such officers of
registration, in the manner provided for judges of election by Section
14-5 of Article 14 of this Act.
All officers of registration appointed in the manner provided above
and all officers and employees of the board of election commissioners
designated to take registrations either at the office of the board of
election commissioners, or elsewhere, shall be deemed officers of
registration; shall take the oath prescribed by Section 6-33 of this
Article; shall be considered officers of the circuit court; and shall be
subject to the control provided for judges of election by Section 14-5
of Article 14 of this Act. The appointment of such registration officers
shall be made for the same terms as Judges of election. All penalties
imposed by this Act or Article upon judges of election or boards of
registry with respect to the registration of voters or revision thereof
or with respect to registration records, shall equally apply to deputy
registrars, judges of registration and registration officers provided
for by this Article.
(Source: P.A. 80-704 .)
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10 ILCS 5/6-70
(10 ILCS 5/6-70) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-70)
Sec. 6-70.
Such election commissioners and the executive director of the
Board of Election Commissioners shall be paid by the county. In
counties having a population of 500,000 or more, the city first adopting
the provisions of this Act shall pay the salary of the assistant executive
director. In all other counties such salary shall be paid by the county.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a population less than
25,000 as determined by the last federal census, the election commissioners
shall receive a salary of not less than $1,800 per annum. If the population is
25,000 or more but less than 40,000 the election commissioners shall receive a
salary of not less than $2,400 per annum, to be determined by the county board.
If the population is 40,000 or more but less than 70,000 the election
commissioners shall receive a salary of not less than $2,100 per annum, to be
determined by the county board. If the population is 70,000 or more but less
than 100,000 the election commissioners shall receive a salary of not less than
$2,700 per annum, to be determined by the county board. If the population is
100,000 or more but less than 2,000,000 the election commissioners shall
receive a salary of not less than $3,200 per annum, to be determined by the
county board. The chair of a board of election commissioners, in counties
with a population of less than 2,000,000, shall be paid by the county an
additional amount equal to 10% of his salary as an election commissioner. If
the population is less than 25,000 the executive director shall receive a
salary of not less than $4,500 per annum. If the population is 25,000 or more
but less than 40,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not less
than $8,000 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated towns
there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive a
salary of not less than $6,000 per annum. If the population is 40,000 or more
but less than 70,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not less
than $9,500 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated towns
there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive a
salary of not less than $7,500 per annum. If the population is 70,000 or more
but less than 100,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not less
than $11,000 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated towns
there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive a
salary of not less than $8,000 per annum. If the population is 100,000 or more
but less than 2,000,000 the executive director shall receive a salary of not
less than $12,000 per annum, and in such cities, villages and incorporated
towns there may be employed one assistant executive director who shall receive
a salary of not less than $8,000 per annum. It shall be the duty of the Board
of Election Commissioners in such cities, villages and incorporated towns to
fix the salary of the executive director and assistant executive
director at the time of appointment of the clerk. In cities, villages and
incorporated towns with a population greater than 2,000,000 the election
commissioners shall receive a salary of not less than $21,000, provided,
however, that the chair of the Board of Election Commissioners shall receive
a salary, as set by and from time to time changed by the Board of County
Commissioners, of not less than $35,000 per annum and shall hold no other
office. In cities, villages and incorporated towns with a population greater
than 2,000,000, such other election commissioners shall hold no other office.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns with a population greater than
2,000,000 the executive director and employees of the Board of Election
Commissioners shall serve on a full-time basis and shall hold no other office.
In cities, villages and incorporated towns with a population of greater than
2,000,000, no election commissioner, executive director nor employee shall
participate in any manner, in any activity or interests of any political party
or of any candidate for public office or for nomination thereof, nor
participate in any political campaign for the nomination or election of
candidates for public office. Violation of any provision hereof
shall be cause for removal from office or dismissal, as the case may be;
provided, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to interfere
with the right of any person to vote for any candidate or upon any issue
as his reason and conscience may dictate nor interfere with the duties
of his office. All expenses incurred by such Board of Election
Commissioners shall be paid by such city.
The salaries and expenditures are to be audited by the chief circuit
judge, who may designate an independent external auditor to perform the
task, and the salaries and expenditures shall be paid by the county or city
treasurer, as the case may be, upon the warrant of the chief circuit judge of
any money in the county or city treasury, as the case may be, not otherwise
appropriated. It shall also be the duty of the governing authority of those
counties and cities, respectively, to make provisions for the prompt payment of
the salaries and expenditures.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/6-71
(10 ILCS 5/6-71) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-71)
Sec. 6-71.
In the cities, villages and incorporated towns in counties
having a population of 500,000 or more, which are operating under this
Article, the compensation of deputy registrars and judges of
registration provided for the first registration under this Article and
officers of registration appointed in conformity with Section 6-69 of
this Article for subsequent registration shall be not less than $20 nor
more than $30 per day. In cities, villages and incorporated towns in
counties having a population of less than 500,000, and operating under
this Article, the compensation of the deputy registrars and judges of
registration provided for the first registration under this Article, and
officers of registration appointed in conformity with Section 6-69 of
this Article for subsequent registrations shall be $17.50 per day. The
compensation of such deputy registrars, judges of registration and
officers of registration, shall be apportioned and paid in the manner
provided by Article 14 of this Act for judges of election.
Each judge of registration who has performed all the duties and
services required for the first registration under this Article shall be
credited with 2 days' service for the 2 days of general registration
provided for by this Article. Each deputy registrar who has performed
all the duties and services required for the first registration under
this Article shall be credited with 4 days' service for the 2 days of
general registration and the 2 days of canvass as provided for by this
Article.
Officers of registration authorized by Section 6-69 of this Article
for registration subsequent to the first registration under this Article
shall be credited with one day's service for each registration, and,
with the approval of the circuit court, may be credited with an
additional day for such other services as the Board of Election
Commissioners may require of them, an order of the circuit court in such
cases to recite such additional services and to designate the officers
of registration from whom such additional services are to be received,
provided that in cities, villages and incorporated towns in counties
having a population of 500,000 or more, which are operating under this
Article, any such officer selected to conduct canvass shall be credited
with not less than 2 days' service for each canvass.
The State Board of Elections shall reimburse each board of election
commissioners for the amount of the increase in compensation under this
Section provided by this amendatory Act from funds appropriated for that
purpose.
(Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-72
(10 ILCS 5/6-72) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-72)
Sec. 6-72.
Whenever this article (together with articles 14 and 18 of this
Act) is adopted by any village or incorporated town, all its and their
provisions shall be applicable and operative, except as in this article or
in articles 14 and 18 of this Act modified.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-73
(10 ILCS 5/6-73) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-73)
Sec. 6-73.
Whenever any city, village or incorporated town may adopt this
Article (together with Articles 14 and 18 of this Act), and which city,
village or incorporated town shall lie within any county in which another
city shall have previously thereto adopted said Articles of this Act, then
in such case the commissioners of election, appointed or which may be
appointed for such last mentioned city, shall also be ex-officio
commissioners of election for such first mentioned city, village or
incorporated town, and shall have and exercise the same powers as if
specially appointed for such city, village or town.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-74
(10 ILCS 5/6-74) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-74)
Sec. 6-74. The returns of the judges of election of such village
or incorporated town, mentioned in the last section, in case of a village
or town election for any officer of such village or town, shall be made to
the same officer as otherwise required by law, who shall receipt therefor;
and all such returns shall be canvassed by the election authority of such
village or incorporated town, as established by law, with the same powers
of investigation and examination by the election authority as is authorized by this act
to the canvassing board of any such city.
(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-75
(10 ILCS 5/6-75) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-75)
Sec. 6-75.
The returns of the judges of election of such village or
incorporated towns, in case of all other elections therein, shall be made
to the same officers, as required by this Article or by Articles 14 or 18
of this Act, of returns of elections held in a city, and such returns
shall be canvassed and the result declared by the same canvassing board.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-76
(10 ILCS 5/6-76) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-76)
Sec. 6-76.
All oaths in writing provided for in this Article or in Articles
14 or 18 of this Act, must have a jurat, or certificate of the officer
taking the same, attached and signed by him, and said election
commissioners and said judges of election are hereby empowered to
administer all oaths and affirmations required in the administration of the
affairs of their several offices.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-77
(10 ILCS 5/6-77) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-77)
Sec. 6-77.
For the purpose of this Article the term "election" shall also
include primary elections held in such city, village or incorporated town.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 2373.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-78
(10 ILCS 5/6-78) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-78)
Sec. 6-78.
During the hours of registration or revision of registration no person
shall bring, take, order or send into, or shall attempt to bring, take or
send into any place of registration or revision of registration, any
distilled or spirituous liquors whatever; or shall, at any such time and
place drink or partake of such liquor.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-79
(10 ILCS 5/6-79)
Sec. 6-79. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a registration record card
that, except as otherwise provided in this Section, shall be used in duplicate
by all election authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
registration file as provided in this Section. The Board shall prescribe the
form
and specifications, including but not limited to the weight of paper, color,
and print of the cards. The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
information required under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35; provided
that
the cards shall also contain: (i) A space for the person to fill in his or
her Illinois driver's license number if the person has a driver's license; (ii)
A space for a person without a driver's license to fill in the last four digits
of his or her social security number if the person has a social security
number.
(b) The election authority may develop and implement a system to
prepare,
use, and maintain a computer-based voter registration file that includes a
computer-stored image of the signature of each voter. The computer-based voter
registration file may be used for all purposes for which the original
registration cards are to be used.
In the case of voter registration forms received via an online voter registration system, the original registration cards will include the signature received from the Secretary of State database. The electronic file shall be the master file.
(b-2) The election authority may develop and implement a system to maintain registration cards in digital form using digitized signatures, which may be stored in a computer-based voter registration file under subsection (b) of this Section. The making and signing of any form, including an application to register and a certificate authorizing cancellation of a registration or authorizing a transfer of registration may be by a signature written in ink or by a digitized signature. (c) Any system created, used, and maintained under subsection
(b) of this
Section shall meet the following standards:
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(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any
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(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
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(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based
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(d) Before the first election in which the election authority
elects to use
a voter list produced from the computer-stored images of the signatures of
registered voters in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections shall certify that
the system used by the election authority complies with the standards set forth
in this Section. The State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy of the list and the
adequacy of the computer-stored images of the signatures of the registered
voters.
(e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all of its
voter
signatures into a computer-based registration file, all references in this Act
or any other Act to the use, other than storage, of paper-based voter
registration records shall be deemed to refer to their computer-based
equivalents.
(f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election authority from
submitting to the State Board of Elections a duplicate copy of some, as the
State Board of Elections shall determine, or all of the data contained in each
voter registration record that is part of the electronic master file. The
duplicate copy of the registration record shall be maintained by the State
Board of Elections under the same terms and limitations applicable to the
election authority and shall be of equal legal dignity with the original
registration record maintained by the election authority as proof of any fact
contained in the voter registration record.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
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10 ILCS 5/6-100 (10 ILCS 5/6-100) Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and for change of address during the period from the close of
registration for an election until and including the day of the election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of the election
authority, at a permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election day, or at a voter registration location specifically designated for this
purpose by the election authority. Grace period registration and changes of address shall also be conducted for eligible residents in connection with voting at facilities under Section 19-12.2 of this Code. The election authority shall
register that individual, or change a registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this Article for registration and change of address. If a voter who registers or changes address during this grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary occurring during the grace period. The election authority shall offer in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election day, where grace period registration is required by this Section; and may offer in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting by the election authority. The election authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19A. Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, or within one day after the ballot is received by the election authority if the election authority allows grace period voting by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those names and that information in an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local political committees. The name of each person issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5. A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons who register or change address during the grace period at a location other than their designated polling place on election day must be transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which the ballots were opened. In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt out of registration in the polling place if the election authority establishes grace period registration and voting at other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents reside if the election authority's main office is not located in that municipality. The election authority may establish other grace period registration and voting sites on election day provided that the election authority has met the notice requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary early voting sites.
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10 ILCS 5/6-105 (10 ILCS 5/6-105) Sec. 6-105. First time voting. A person must vote for the first time in person and not a vote by mail ballot if the person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license number or State identification card number or, if the person does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or other federal, State, or local government document that shows the person's name and address. A person may also demonstrate sufficient proof of identity by submission of a photo identification issued by a college or university accompanied by either a copy of the applicant's contract or lease for a residence or any postmarked mail delivered to the applicant at his or her current residence address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the election authority that the registration has not been fully completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such proof is presented.
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 6A
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 6A heading)
ARTICLE 6A.
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
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10 ILCS 5/6A-1
(10 ILCS 5/6A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)
Sec. 6A-1.
(a) Any county in which there is no city, village or incorporated town
with a board of election commissioners may establish a county board of
election commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or
(2) by vote of the electors of the county in accordance with subsection (a) of Section
6A-2.
The fact that some territory in a county is within the corporate
limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a board of election
commissioners does not prevent that county from establishing a county
board of election commissioners in accordance with this Article if no
portion of such city, village or incorporated town was within the county
at the time of the establishment of the board of election commissioners
for such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county
establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant to this
Article, the county board of election commissioners shall, with respect
to the territory in the county within the corporate limits of the city,
village or incorporated town, supersede the board of election
commissioners of that city, village or incorporated town.
(b) Any county with a population of more than 700,000 persons as of the 2010 federal decennial census that borders another state and borders no more than 2 other Illinois counties, shall be subject to a county board of election commissioners beginning 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. (c) Any county with a population of less than 200,000 but more than 175,000 persons as of the 2010 federal decennial census in which a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners is located may establish a county board of election commissioners by vote of the electors of the county in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 6A-2. If such a county establishes a county board of election commissioners, the county board of election commissioners, with respect to the territory in the county within the corporate limits of the city, village, or incorporated town, shall supersede the board of election commissioners of that city, village, or incorporated town. (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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10 ILCS 5/6A-2
(10 ILCS 5/6A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)
Sec. 6A-2. Submission to voters. (a) Whenever registered voters in a county described in subsection (a) of Section 6A-1, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
of the number voting at the last preceding general election in the county,
whichever is less, petition the circuit court to submit to the electors of
the county a proposition to establish a county board of election
commissioners, the circuit court shall cause such proposition to be
submitted to the electors of the county at the next succeeding general
election. (b) If the county board of a county described in subsection (c) of Section 6A-1 passes an ordinance or resolution establishing a county board of election commissioners, then the proposition to establish a county board of election commissioners shall be submitted to the electors of that county at the next possible general election. The board shall certify the ordinance or resolution and the proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at the next general election in accordance with the general election law. (c) The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner as provided
in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 18 by cities, villages
and incorporated towns, except that the question shall be stated: "Shall a
board of election commissioners be established for .... County?"
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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10 ILCS 5/6A-3
(10 ILCS 5/6A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-3)
Sec. 6A-3. Commissioners; filling vacancies. (a) If the county board adopts an ordinance providing for the
establishment of a county board of election commissioners, or if a
majority of the votes cast on a proposition submitted in accordance with
Section 6A-2(a) are in favor of a county board of election commissioners, a
county board of election commissioners shall be appointed in the same
manner as is provided in Article 6 for boards of election commissioners
in cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the county board of
election commissioners shall be appointed by the chair of the county board
rather than the circuit court. However, before any
appointments are made, the appointing authority shall ascertain whether
the county clerk desires to be a member of the county board of election
commissioners. If the county clerk so
desires, he shall be one of the
members of the county board of election commissioners, and the
appointing authority shall appoint only 2 other members.
(b) For any county board of election commissioners established under subsection (b) of Section 6A-1, within 30 days after July 29, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-115), the chief judge of the circuit court of the county shall appoint 5 commissioners. At least 4 of those commissioners shall be selected from the 2 major established political parties of the State, with at least 2 from each of those parties. Such appointment shall be entered of record in the office of the County Clerk and the State Board of Elections. Those first appointed shall hold their offices for the period of one, 2, and 3 years respectively, and the judge appointing them shall designate the term for which each commissioner shall hold his or her office, whether for one, 2 or 3 years except that no more than one commissioner from each major established political party may be designated the same term. After the initial term, each commissioner or his or her successor shall be appointed to a 3-year term. No elected official or former elected official who has been out of elected office for less than 2 years may be appointed to the board. Vacancies shall be filled by the chief judge of the circuit court within 30 days of the vacancy in a manner that maintains the foregoing political party representation. (c) For any county board of election commissioners established under subsection (c) of Section 6A-1, within 30 days after the conclusion of the election at which the proposition to establish a county board of election commissioners is approved by the voters, the municipal board shall apply to the circuit court of the county for the chief judge of the circuit court to appoint 2 additional commissioners, one of whom shall be from each major established political party and neither of whom shall reside within the limits of the municipal board, so that 3 commissioners shall reside within the limits of the municipal board and 2 shall reside within the county but not within the municipality, as it may exist from time to time. Not more than 3 of the commissioners shall be members of the same major established political party. Vacancies shall be filled by the chief judge of the circuit court upon application of the remaining commissioners in a manner that maintains the foregoing geographical and political party representation. (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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10 ILCS 5/6A-4
(10 ILCS 5/6A-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4)
Sec. 6A-4. Transfer of records. Upon the opening of an office of a county board of election
commissioners, the county clerk and any municipal board of election commissioners in the county shall turn over to such county board all registry
books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and ballot boxes
and all other books, forms, blanks and stationery of every description in the clerk's or municipal board's possession
in any way relating to elections or the holding of elections in
the county and any unused appropriations related to elections or the holding of elections in the county. Thereupon, all functions, powers and duties of the county clerk,
the county board, or the municipal board relating to elections in that county are transferred to the county
board of election commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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10 ILCS 5/6A-5
(10 ILCS 5/6A-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-5)
Sec. 6A-5.
The provisions of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act relating to
boards of election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated
towns shall, insofar as they can be made applicable, apply to and govern
county boards of election commissioners established pursuant to this
Article. A deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal clerk, of a
municipality the territory of which lies in more than one county, where one
such county is governed by a county board of election commissioners
established pursuant to this Article, may accept the registration of any
qualified resident of the municipality, regardless of which county the
resident, municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of the municipal
clerk lives in. However, the
county board, in fixing the compensation of the members of the county
board of election commissioners and of the executive director and assistant
executive director, is not subject to the limitations of Section 6-70 and may
provide for either an annual salary or a per diem compensation.
(Source: P.A. 85-958.)
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10 ILCS 5/6A-6
(10 ILCS 5/6A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6)
Sec. 6A-6.
Any references in this Act to the county clerk or the county board with
respect to the registration of voters, filing of petitions, certification
of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of election precincts,
designation of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the
conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county having a county board
of election commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of
election commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 78-465.)
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10 ILCS 5/6A-7
(10 ILCS 5/6A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7)
Sec. 6A-7. Dissolution. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any county which has established a board of election
commissioners may subsequently vote to dissolve such board in the same
manner as provided in Article 6 for cities, villages, and incorporated
towns, except that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the
vote of the electors of the county the proposition to dissolve the board
of election commissioners shall be signed by at least 10% of the
registered voters of the county.
(b) A county board in a county that has established a county board of election commissioners in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 6A-1 of this Code may, by ordinance or resolution, dissolve the county board of election commissioners and transfer its functions to the county clerk. (Source: P.A. 100-628, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 7
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 7 heading)
ARTICLE 7.
THE MAKING OF NOMINATIONS BY POLITICAL PARTIES
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10 ILCS 5/7-1
(10 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1)
Sec. 7-1. Application of Article.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the nomination of all
candidates for all elective State, congressional, judicial, and county
officers, State's Attorneys (whether elected from a single county or from more
than one county), city, village, and incorporated town and municipal officers,
trustees of sanitary districts, township officers in townships of over 5,000
population coextensive with or included wholly within cities or villages not
under the commission form of government, precinct, township, ward, and
State central committeepersons, and delegates and alternate delegates to
national nominating conventions by all political parties, as defined in
Section 7-2 of this Article 7, shall be made in the manner provided in
this Article 7 and not otherwise. The nomination of candidates for
electors of President and Vice President of the United States shall be made
only in the manner provided for in Section 7-9 of this Article.
(b) This Article 7 shall not
apply to (i) the nomination of candidates for school elections and township
elections, except in those townships specifically mentioned
in subsection (a) and except in those cases in which a township central
committee determines under Section 6A-2 of the Township Law of 1874 or Section
45-55 of the Township Code that its candidates for township offices shall be
nominated by primary in accordance with this Article, (ii) the nomination of
park commissioners in park districts organized under the Park District Code,
(iii) the nomination of officers of cities and villages organized under
special charters, or (iv) the nomination of municipal officers for cities,
villages, and incorporated towns with a population of 5,000 or less,
except where a city, village, or incorporated town with a population of
5,000 or less has by ordinance determined that political parties shall nominate
candidates for municipal office in the city, village, or
incorporated town by primary in accordance with this Article. In that event,
the municipal clerk shall certify the ordinance to the proper election
officials no later than November 15 in the year preceding the consolidated
primary election.
(c) The words "township officers" or "township offices" shall be
construed, when used in this Article, to include supervisors.
(d) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of the Illinois
Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of nonpartisan primary and general
elections for the election of village officers.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-2
(10 ILCS 5/7-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-2)
Sec. 7-2.
A political party, which at the general election for State and
county officers then next preceding a primary, polled more than 5 per cent
of the entire vote cast in the State, is hereby declared to be a political
party within the State, and shall nominate all candidates provided for in
this Article 7 under the provisions hereof, and shall elect precinct,
township, ward, and State central committeepersons as herein provided.
A political party, which at the general election for State and county
officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the
entire vote cast within any congressional district, is hereby declared to
be a political party within the meaning of this Article, within such
congressional district, and shall nominate its candidate for Representative
in Congress, under the provisions hereof. A political party, which at the
general election for State and county officers then next preceding a
primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in any county,
is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
Article, within said county, and shall nominate all county officers in said
county under the provisions hereof, and shall elect precinct, township, and
ward committeepersons, as herein provided.
A political party, which at the municipal election for city, village, or
incorporated town officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5
per cent of the entire vote cast in any city, village, or incorporated
town is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
Article, within said city, village, or incorporated town, and shall nominate
all city, village, or incorporated town officers in said city, village, or
incorporated town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
cases provided in Section 7-1.
A political party, which at the municipal election for town officers
then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote
cast in said town, is hereby declared to be a political party within the
meaning of this Article, within said town, and shall nominate all town
officers in said town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
cases provided in Section 7-1.
A political party, which at the municipal election in any other
municipality or political subdivision, (except townships and school
districts), for municipal or other officers therein then next preceding a
primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in such
municipality or political subdivision, is hereby declared to be a political
party within the meaning of this Article, within said municipality or
political subdivision, and shall nominate all municipal or other officers
therein under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the cases provided
in Section 7-1.
Provided, that no political organization or group shall be qualified as
a political party hereunder, or given a place on a ballot, which
organization or group is associated, directly or indirectly, with
Communist, Fascist, Nazi, or other un-American principles and engages in
activities or propaganda designed to teach subservience to the political
principles and ideals of foreign nations or the overthrow by violence of
the established constitutional form of government of the United States and
the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-3
(10 ILCS 5/7-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-3)
Sec. 7-3.
In determining the total vote of a political party, whenever
required by this Article 7, the test shall be the total vote cast by such
political party for its candidate who received the greatest number of
votes; provided however, that in applying this section to the vote cast for
any candidate for an office for which cumulative voting is permitted, the
total vote cast for such candidate shall be divided by that number which
equals the greatest number of votes that could lawfully be cast for such
candidate by one elector.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-4
(10 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-4)
Sec. 7-4.
The following words and phrases in this Article 7 shall,
unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be construed as
follows:
1. The word "primary", the primary elections provided for in this
Article, which are the general primary, the consolidated primary, and for
those municipalities which have annual partisan elections for any officer,
the municipal primary held 6 weeks prior to the general primary election
date in even numbered years.
2. The definitions of terms in Section 1-3 of this Code shall apply to
this Article.
3. The word "precinct", a voting district heretofore or hereafter
established by law within which all qualified electors vote at one
polling place.
4. The words "state office" or "state officer", an office to be
filled, or an officer to be voted for, by qualified electors of the
entire state, including United States Senator and Congressperson at large.
5. The words "congressional office" or "congressional officer",
representatives in Congress.
6. The words "county office" or "county officer," include an office
to be filled or an officer to be voted for, by the qualified electors of
the entire county. "County office" or "county officer" also include the
assessor and board of appeals and county commissioners and president of
county board of Cook County, and county board members and the chair
of the county board in counties subject to Division 2-3 of the Counties Code.
7. The words "city office" and "village office," and "incorporated
town office" or "city officer" and "village officer", and "incorporated
town officer", an office to be filled or an officer to be voted for by
the qualified electors of the entire municipality, including alderpersons.
8. The words "town office" or "town officer", an office to be filled
or an officer to be voted for by the qualified electors of an entire
town.
9. The words "town" and "incorporated town" shall respectively be
defined as in Section 1-3 of this Code.
10. The words "delegates and alternate delegates to National
nominating conventions" include all delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions whether they be elected from the state
at large or from congressional districts or selected by State convention
unless contrary and non-inclusive language specifically limits the term
to one class.
11. "Judicial office" means a post held by a judge of the Supreme,
Appellate, or Circuit Court. "State Central Committeeperson" includes "committeeman" or "committeewoman" for those persons elected or appointed under State Central Committee Alternative B under Section 7-8.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-5 (10 ILCS 5/7-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-5) Sec. 7-5. (a) Primary elections shall be held on the dates prescribed in Article 2A. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no primary shall be held for an established political party in any township, municipality, or ward thereof, where the nomination of such party for every office to be voted upon by the electors of such township, municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided that the primary ballot shall not include those offices within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this Article, the nomination of an established political party of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the nomination of such party for election to such office. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no primary election shall be held for an established political party for any special primary election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the United States Congress where the nomination of such political party for said office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article, the nomination of an established political party of a candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the nomination of such established party for election to said office. This subsection (c) shall not apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions in subsection (b) and (c) of this Section, whenever a person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's nomination for any office for which the nomination is uncontested files a written statement or notice of that intent with the local election official where the candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or notice shall be filed on or before the date established in this Article for certifying candidates for the primary ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name and address of the person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified primary elector of the political party from whom the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is uncontested, unless a statement or notice meeting the requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner. (e) The polls shall be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Source: P.A. 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.) |
10 ILCS 5/7-6
(10 ILCS 5/7-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-6)
Sec. 7-6.
The expense of conducting each primary, including the per
diem of judges, furnishing, warming, lighting and maintaining the
polling place, and all other expenses necessarily incurred in the
preparation for or conducting such primary shall be paid in the same
manner, and by the same authorities or officers as provided in Sections
17-30 through 17-32 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-7
(10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in certain instances as
provided in this Article and this Act, the following committees are authorized
and shall constitute the central or managing committees of each political
party, viz: A State central committee, whose responsibilities include, but are not limited to, filling by appointment vacancies in nomination for statewide offices, including but not limited to the office of United States Senator, a congressional committee for each
congressional district, a county central committee for each county, a
municipal central committee for each city, incorporated town or village, a
ward committeeperson for each ward in cities containing a population of
500,000 or more; a township committeeperson for each township or part of a
township that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more; a precinct committeeperson
for each precinct in counties having a population of less than
2,000,000; a county board district committee for each county board district
created under Division 2-3 of the Counties Code; a State's Attorney committee
for each group of 2 or more counties which jointly elect a State's Attorney; a
Superintendent of Multi-County Educational Service Region committee for each
group of 2 or more counties which jointly elect a Superintendent of a
Multi-County Educational Service Region; a judicial subcircuit
committee in
a judicial circuit divided into subcircuits for each judicial subcircuit in
that circuit; and
a board of review election district committee
for each Cook County Board of Review election district.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-8
(10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of one or two
members from each congressional district in the State and shall be elected as
follows:
State Central Committee
(a) Within 30 days after January 1, 1984 (the effective date of Public Act 83-33), the State central committee of each political party shall certify to
the State Board of Elections which of the following alternatives it wishes
to apply to the State central committee of that party.
Alternative A. At the primary in
1970 and at the general primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of the State
central committee for the congressional district in which he resides.
The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared
elected State central committeeperson from the district. A political party
may, in lieu of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the State central committeepersons
in the manner following:
At the county convention held by such political party, State central committeepersons
shall be elected in the same manner as provided in this
Article for the election of officers of the county central committee, and
such election shall follow the election of officers of the county central
committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct committeeperson shall cast
as his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
political party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
congressional district and partially within another congressional district,
each ward, township or precinct committeeperson shall vote only with respect
to the congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional district
which encompasses more than one county, each ward, township or precinct committeeperson
residing within the congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
political party for one candidate of his party for member of the State
central committee for the congressional district in which he resides and
the Chair of the county central committee shall report the results of
the election to the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
State central committeeperson for that congressional district.
The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of members of the State central
committee.
After August 6, 1999 (the
effective date of Public Act 91-426), whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair of a State
central committee, or at the end of the term of office of Chair, the State
central committee of each political party that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a Chair who shall not be required to be a member of the State Central
Committee. The Chair shall be a
registered voter in this State and of the same political party as the State
central committee.
Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a person of a different gender than that
of the incumbent member for that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of the State central committee until the member's successor
is elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In each congressional district at the
general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the person
receiving the highest number of votes for State central committeeperson, and the person of a different gender
receiving the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected State central
committeepersons from the district. At the
general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
party's candidates for State central committeeperson from a congressional district are of the same gender, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected a State central committeeperson
from the district, and, because of
a failure to elect 2 persons from different genders to the committee, a vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second member of the State central
committee from the district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district and of a different gender than the committeeperson elected at the general
primary election. Each congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
The Chair of a State central committee composed as provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the committee's members. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, a State central committee organized under Alternative B shall include as an honorary member any person affiliated with the same political party and serving as the Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the selection of
the Chair of the State central committee and for in Alternative B with respect to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, under both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
committee of each political party shall be composed of members elected
or appointed from the several congressional districts of the State,
and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The members of the State
central committee shall, within 41 days after each quadrennial election of
the full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize
by electing a Chair, and may at such time
elect such officers from among their own number (or otherwise), as they
may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing chair of the State
central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify
each member of the State central committee elected at the primary of the
time and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings of
the State central committee, the 2 elected or appointed committeepersons shall each have one vote for each ballot voted in their
congressional district by the primary electors of the committeepersons' party at the
primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of any
political party, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of
the chairmen of the county central committees of the
political party
of the counties located within the congressional district in which the vacancy
occurs and,
if applicable, the ward and township committeepersons of the
political
party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located within the
congressional
district. If the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
wholly within a
county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township committeepersons
of the political party in that congressional district shall vote to fill the
vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each chair of a county central
committee and
each ward and township committeeperson in counties of 2,000,000
or
more inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of
the congressional district in which the vacancy exists of the chair's or committeeperson's
county, township, or ward cast by the primary electors of the chair's or committeeperson's party
at the
primary election immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
State
central committee. The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a
resident of the
congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter,
and, in a committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of the same gender as the appointee's
predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to return
to the election of State central committeepersons by the vote of primary electors.
Any action taken by a political party at a State convention in accordance
with this Section shall be reported to the State Board of Elections by the chair
and secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
Ward, Township and Precinct Committeepersons
(b) At the primary in 1972 and
at the general primary election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeperson. Each candidate for ward committeeperson
must be a resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward committeeperson. The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
ward committeeperson of such party for such ward. At the primary election
in 1970 and at the general primary election every 4 years thereafter,
each primary elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more, may
vote for one candidate of his party for township committeeperson. Each
candidate for township committeeperson must be a resident of and in the
township or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a population of
2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
to be elected township committeeperson. The one having the highest number
of votes shall be such township committeeperson of such party for such
township or part of a township. At the primary
in 1970 and at the general primary election every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct committeeperson. Each candidate for precinct committeeperson must be a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeperson. The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeperson of such party for such precinct. The official
returns of the primary shall show the name of the committeeperson of each
political party.
Terms of Committeepersons. All precinct committeepersons elected under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as such committeepersons until the
date of the primary to be held in the second year after their election.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section for certain State central committeepersons
who have 2 year terms, all State central committeepersons, township committeepersons
and ward committeepersons shall continue as such committeepersons
until the date of primary to be held in the fourth year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeperson
when a precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and such precinct committeeperson shall thereafter neither have
nor exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeperson in that precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or appointed.
(c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of the precinct committeepersons
of such party, in the multi-township assessing district formed
pursuant to Section 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In the organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central Committee each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote
for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
County Central Committee
(d) The county central committee of each political party in each
county shall consist of the various township committeepersons, precinct committeepersons
and ward committeepersons, if any, of such party in the county.
In the organization and proceedings of the county central committee,
each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
his precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary at
which he was elected; each township committeeperson shall have one vote for
each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
be by the primary electors of his party at the primary election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and
in the organization and proceedings of the county central committee,
each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
(d-1) Each board of review election district committee of each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
various township committeepersons and ward committeepersons, if any, of that party in
the portions of the county composing the board of review election district. In
the organization and proceedings of each of the 3 election
district committees, each township committeeperson shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in the committeeperson's township or part of a township, as the case may be,
by
the primary electors of the committeeperson's party at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of review election district committee; and
in the organization and proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in the committeeperson's
ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the primary
electors of the committeeperson's party at the primary election immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review election district committee.
Congressional Committee
(e) The congressional committee of each party in each congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the county central
committees of the counties composing the congressional district, except
that in congressional districts wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, the precinct committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward committeepersons, if any, of
the party representing the precincts within the limits of the
congressional district, shall compose the congressional committee. A
State central committeeperson in each district shall be a member and the chair
or, when a district has 2 State central committeepersons, a co-chairperson
of the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
vote except in case of a tie.
In the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
composed of precinct committeepersons or township committeepersons or ward committeepersons, or any combination thereof, each precinct committeeperson
shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
township committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a township as the case may be by the primary
electors of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward committeeperson shall
have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his ward located
in such congressional district by the primary electors of his party at
the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
congressional committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
committees of the counties within such district, each chair of such
county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
his county by the primary electors of his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional committee.
Judicial District Committee
(f) The judicial district committee of each political party in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chair of the county
central committees of the counties composing the judicial district.
In the organization and proceedings of judicial district committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of the
counties within such district, each chair of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial district committee.
Circuit Court Committee
(g) The circuit court committee of each political party in each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties composing the judicial
circuit.
In the organization and proceedings of circuit court committees, each chair
of a county central committee shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at the
primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
committee.
Judicial Subcircuit Committee
(g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township committeepersons
of the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct committeepersons of the precincts
composing the judicial subcircuit in any county other than Cook County.
In the organization and proceedings of each judicial subcircuit committee,
each township committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary electors of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
and
each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
Municipal Central Committee
(h) The municipal central committee of each political party shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward committeepersons, as the case may
be, of such party representing the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, incorporated town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township or ward committeeperson on the municipal central
committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the county central
committee.
For political parties, other than a statewide political party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of the party officers of the local established party. The party officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the chair and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities and townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's officers.
Powers
(i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
(j) The State central committee of a political party which elects its
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by a national political party.
(k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State central committeeperson at meetings of the
State central committee of a political party which elects its members by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township committeepersons, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from which the absent State central committeeperson was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially within
that Congressional District and in which there are no ward or township committeepersons. When voting for such proxy, the county chair, ward committeeperson
or township committeeperson, as the case may be, shall have one
vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the Congressional District, by the primary electors of his
party at the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
central committeeperson may designate a proxy when permitted
by the rules of a political party which elects its members by Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this Section.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall automatically become vacant.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 7-1-23; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-8.01
(10 ILCS 5/7-8.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8.01)
Sec. 7-8.01.
The county board district committee of each political party in each
county board district created pursuant to "An Act relating to the
composition and election of county boards in certain counties", enacted by
the 76th General Assembly, shall consist of the precinct committeepersons of
the precincts included in the county board district.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-8.02
(10 ILCS 5/7-8.02) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8.02)
Sec. 7-8.02.
The State's Attorney committee for each group of counties
which jointly elect a State's Attorney and the Superintendent of Multi-County
Educational Service Region committee for each group of counties
which jointly elect a Superintendent of a Multi-County Educational
Service Region shall consist of the chairmen of the county
central committees of the counties composing such group of counties. In the
organization and proceedings of a State's Attorney or Superintendent of
Multi-County Educational Service Region committee, each chair
of a county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
his or her county by the primary electors of his or her party at
the last primary of an even-numbered year.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-8.03 (10 ILCS 5/7-8.03) Sec. 7-8.03. State central committees; discrimination and harassment policies. No later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, each State central committee of an established statewide political party shall establish and maintain a policy that includes, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on discrimination and harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can report an allegation of discrimination or harassment; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting discrimination or harassment allegations; and (iv) the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false report. A State central committee, or its appropriate designee, shall notify the Board of the adoption of the required policies. The requirements of this Section shall not prohibit a political committee from considering political affiliation, as permitted by law and the United States Constitution, when hiring or retaining a person as an employee, consultant, independent contractor, or volunteer.
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10 ILCS 5/7-9
(10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State conventions.
(a) For a State central committee organized under Alternative A, on the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which committeepersons
are elected, the county central committee of each political
party shall meet within the county and proceed to
organize by electing from its own number a chair and either from its
own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such committee may deem
necessary or expedient. For a State central committee organized under Alternative B, on a date that is not earlier than the 29th day after, nor later than the 50th day after, the date of the primary at which committeepersons
are elected, the county central committee of each political
party shall meet within the county and proceed to
organize by electing from its own number a chair and either from its
own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such committee may deem
necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county central committee
shall be known as the county convention.
The chair of each county committee shall, within 10 days after the
organization, forward to the State Board of Elections, the names and
post office addresses of the officers, precinct committeepersons and
representative committeepersons elected by his political party.
The county convention of each political party shall choose delegates
to the State convention of its party, if the party chooses to hold a State convention; but in any county having within
its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or over the
delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the ward committeepersons
from the respective wards choosing the number of delegates to which such
ward is entitled on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
convention from such county. In all counties containing a population of
2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
more, the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships as
the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of townships as
the case may be, the township committeepersons from the respective townships
or parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of
delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the case may
be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
convention from such county.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8
shall be a delegate to the State Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 may
appoint 2 delegates to the State Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, who must be residents of the
member's Congressional District.
(b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after the
general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,
the chair of a State central committee may issue a call for a State
convention within 180 days after the general primary.
The State
convention of each political party, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
nominations of candidates of its political party for the electors of
President and Vice President of the United States, and to adopt any party
platform, and, to the
extent determined by the State central committee as provided in Section
7-14, to choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee may adopt
rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the State convention.
(c) The chair and secretary of each State convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall,
within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses of all
persons nominated by such State convention for electors of President and
Vice President of the United States, and of any persons selected by the State
convention for
delegates and alternate delegates at large to national nominating
conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such State
convention for electors of President and Vice President of the United
States, shall be caused by
the State Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at
the general election, in the manner required by law, and shall be
certified to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the
manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the certifying
of the names of persons nominated by any party for State offices. If and
as long as this Act prescribes that the names of such electors be not
printed on the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be
certified in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act
applicable thereto.
(d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chair of the State central committee of each political
party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of
Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall state, among
other things, the time and place (designating the building or hall) for
holding the State convention. Such call shall be signed by the chair
and attested by the secretary of the committee. In such convention each
county shall be entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by
the primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to be
held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such county, less
than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted is
not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate for such
group which is less than 500, or for such group representing the number
of votes over the multiple of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of
one vote for each primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and
shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen be calculated in
compliance herewith and that such number of delegates be chosen.
(f) All precinct, township and ward committeepersons when elected as
provided in this Section shall serve as though elected at large
irrespective of any changes that may be made in precinct, township or
ward boundaries and the voting strength of each committeeperson shall
remain as provided in this Section for the entire time for which he is
elected.
(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in this
Section shall serve until their successors are elected as provided in
this Act.
(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be called by the chair, or by not less than 25% of the members of such committee, by
giving 5 days notice to members of such committee in writing designating
the time and place at which such special meeting is to be held and the
business which it is proposed to present at such special meeting.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a vacancy
exists in the office of precinct committeeperson because no one was elected
to that office or because the precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in
the precinct or for any other reason, the chair of the county
central committee of the appropriate political party may fill the
vacancy in such office by appointment of a qualified resident of the
county and the appointed precinct committeeperson shall serve as though
elected; however, for a State central committee organized under Alternative A, no such appointment may be made between the general
primary election and the 30th day after the general primary election and for a State central committee organized under Alternative B, no such appointment may be made between the general
primary election and the county convention following the general primary election.
(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State of Illinois
is reduced as a result of reapportionment of Congressional Districts
following a federal decennial census, the State Central Committeemen and
Committeewomen of a political
party which elects its State Central
Committee by either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
of Section 7-8 who were
previously elected shall continue to serve as if no reapportionment had
occurred until the expiration of their terms.
(Source: P.A. 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-9.1
(10 ILCS 5/7-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9.1)
Sec. 7-9.1.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever
a vacancy exists in
the office of delegate to a State or national nominating convention by
reason of death or for any other reason, then the alternate receiving the
highest vote shall succeed to the vacated office and exercise all the
rights and prerogatives and discharge all the duties of the office. The
vacated office of alternate shall be filled by the congressional committee
of the district.
(b) Vacancies, whether temporary or permanent, in the office of delegate
to the national nominating convention of a political party whose State Central
Committee uses Alternative B of Section 7-14.1 shall be filled by alternate
delegates in the following order:
1. Alternates from the same District with same | |
2. Alternates from other Districts with same
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3. Alternate at-large delegates with same
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4. Alternates from the same District with different
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5. Alternates from other Districts with different
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6. Alternate at-large delegates with different
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Unpledged delegates shall be replaced by unpledged alternates.
Each delegate shall certify in writing the order of his succession of alternates
to the chair of the State's delegation.
The delegation shall, as soon as practicable, fill a vacancy in the position
of alternate delegate by choosing, in accord with its rules, a person of
the same Presidential preference and from the same political subdivision.
The alternate succeeding to the vacated office shall exercise all the rights
and prerogatives of the office and discharge all the duties of the office.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-10
(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the following form:
We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of Illinois, do hereby petition that
the following named person or persons shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at the primary election to be held on (insert date).
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Address |
John Jones |
Governor |
Belvidere, Ill. |
Jane James
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Thomas Smith |
Attorney General |
Oakland, Ill. |
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Name..................
Address.......................
State of Illinois) ) ss. County of........)
I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... party, and that their respective
residences are correctly stated, as above set forth.
.........................
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................
Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the office, the political party represented and place of
residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors residing
in the political division for which the nomination is sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to be written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
name shall include the street address or rural route number of the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, and city, village or
town, and state.
However, the county or city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
for elections where the petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was sworn or affirmed to and certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any signature from the petition,
provided that:
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(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
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Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition sheets which are filed with the proper local election officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
substantially the following form:
Statement of Candidacy
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Name |
Address |
Office |
District |
Party |
John Jones |
102 Main St. |
Governor |
Statewide |
Republican |
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Belvidere, |
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State of Illinois) ) ss. County of .......)
I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a candidate for nomination (for election in the case of committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) such
office.
Signed ......................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
Signed ....................
(Official Character)
(Seal, if officer has one.)
The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election authority or local election
official with whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly.
A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on his or her petition for nomination.
(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating convention elected from the State at-large,
then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating convention elected from a congressional district, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional district. In the first primary election following a
redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party in his or her congressional district.
(c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member elected from a county board district, then
the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
in the
county board district. In the first primary election following a redistricting
of county board districts or the initial establishment of county board
districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by the
total number of county board districts comprising the county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
(d) County office; Cook County only.
(1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | | in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election in Cook County.
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(2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
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(e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of his or her party in the municipality or township. If a candidate
seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate of
that political party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
(f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her congressional district.
(g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In
the
first primary election following redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that
sanitary district.
(h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her political party for the office of Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other Judicial District.
(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum number, whichever is greater.
(j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory comprising the counties.
(k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
whichever is greater.
For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the last general election in the State at which electors for
President of the United States were elected. For political subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for that political party who received the highest number
of votes in the political subdivision at the last regular election at which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for that political
party who received the highest number of votes in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward or district.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one party.
The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-10.1
(10 ILCS 5/7-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1)
Sec. 7-10.1.
Each petition or certificate of nomination shall include as a
part thereof, a statement for each of the candidates filing, or in whose
behalf the petition or certificate of nomination is filed, said statement
shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate or nominee before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this State and shall
be in substantially the following form:
United States of America ) ) ss State of Illinois )
I, .... do swear that I am a citizen of the United States and the State
of Illinois, that I am not affiliated directly or indirectly with any
communist organization or any communist front organization, or any foreign
political agency, party, organization or government which advocates the
overthrow of constitutional government by force or other means not
permitted under the Constitution of the United States or the constitution
of this State; that I do not directly or indirectly teach or advocate the
overthrow of the government of the United States or of this State or any
unlawful change in the form of the governments thereof by force or any
unlawful means.
.......................
Subscribed and sworn to by me on (insert date).
.......................
(Notary Public)
My commission expires: .....
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-10.2
(10 ILCS 5/7-10.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2)
Sec. 7-10.2. In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition for
nomination or certificate of nomination 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 or certificate for that office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the petition or certificate 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 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, as
defined by Section 7-17, 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.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-10.3
(10 ILCS 5/7-10.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.3)
Sec. 7-10.3.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (C)
of this Section, a candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to a national
nominating convention shall file with the State Board of Elections at the
time of filing the statement of candidacy described in Section 7-10, a
statement declaring the name of his preference for President of the United
States or that he is uncommitted.
(B) If more candidates for delegate or alternate delegate in a
congressional district than have been allocated to that district file
statements designating the same presidential candidate as their preference
for President of the United States, the presidential candidate so
designated or his authorized representative may, within 10 days after the
last day for filing such statements, file an affidavit designating which of
such candidates he wants to be listed on
the ballot as being committed to the presidential candidate. Candidates
for delegate or alternate delegate not designated on an affidavit by the
presidential candidate shall be listed on the ballot as uncommitted. In no
event may the designated person's filing of the affidavit leave fewer
candidates listed on the ballot as being committed to him than the number
of delegates or alternate delegates allocated to the district.
(C) The State central committee of a political party may
choose to file a statement with the State Board of Elections not less than
30 days prior to the first day for filing the statement of candidacy described
in Section 7-10, specifying that a candidate for delegate or alternate delegate
shall not be required to file an official declaration statement pursuant
to this Section.
If the State central committee of a political party specifies that any
such official declaration statement is not required to be filed by the
candidates for delegates and alternate delegates to the national nominating
convention of any such political party, then no such declaration statement
shall be required to be made.
(Source: P.A. 85-903.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-11 (10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11) Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of his political party by filing in the office of the State Board of Elections not more than 141 and not less than 134 days prior to the date of the general primary, in any year in which a Presidential election is to be held, a petition signed by not less than 3000 or more than 5000 primary electors, members of and affiliated with the party of which he is a candidate, and no candidate for President of the United States, who fails to comply with the provisions of this Article shall have his name printed upon any primary ballot; provided, however, that if the rules or policies of a national political party conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for President of the United States in a presidential preference primary, the Chair of the State central committee of such national political party shall notify the State Board of Elections in writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the national political party in conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state central committee of such national political party. Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a national political party otherwise provide, the vote for President of the United States, as herein provided for, shall be for the sole purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and will of the party voters with respect to candidates for nomination for said office, and the vote of the state at large shall be taken and considered as advisory to the delegates and alternates at large to the national conventions of respective political parties; and the vote of the respective congressional districts shall be taken and considered as advisory to the delegates and alternates of said congressional districts to the national conventions of the respective political parties. (Source: P.A. 103-586, eff. 5-3-24.) |
10 ILCS 5/7-11.1
(10 ILCS 5/7-11.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11.1)
Sec. 7-11.1.
Whenever a vacancy in any elective county office is to be
filled by election pursuant to Section 25-11 of this Code or Section 2-6003 of the Counties Code, nominations shall be
made and any vacancy in nomination for a county office shall be filled pursuant
to this Section:
(1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first date provided in
Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for the primary in the next even
numbered year following the commencement of the term, nominations for the
election for filling such vacancy shall be made pursuant to this Article 7
as provided for other county offices.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3.5), if the vacancy in office occurs during the time provided in Section
7-12 for filing nomination papers for county offices for the primary in the
next even-numbered year following commencement of the term of office in
which such vacancy occurs, the time for filing nomination papers for such
office for the primary shall not be more than 91 days and not less than 85
days prior to the date of the primary election.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3.5), if the vacancy in office occurs after the last day provided in
Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for any elective county office a
vacancy in nomination shall be deemed to have occurred and the county
central committee or the appropriate county board district committee of
each established political party shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate
to fill such vacancy in nomination for election to such office at such
general election. In the nomination proceedings to fill such vacancy in
nomination, each member of the county central committee, or the county
board district committee, as the case may be, shall have the voting
strength as set forth in Sections 7-8 and 7-8.01, respectively. The name
of the candidate so nominated shall not appear on the ballot at the general
primary election. Such vacancy in nomination shall be filled prior to the
date of certification of candidates for the general election. (3.5) If the vacancy in the Office of President of the Cook County Board occurs on or after the first day provided in Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for the primary in the next even-numbered year following the commencement of the term, a vacancy in nomination shall be deemed to have occurred and the county central committee of each established political party shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate to fill such vacancy in nomination for the election to such office at such general election. In the nomination proceedings to fill such vacancy in nomination, each member of the county central committee shall have the voting strength as set forth in Section 7-8. The office shall not appear on the ballot at the general primary election. Any vacancy in nomination occurring on or after the primary and prior to certification must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy in nomination.
(4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly acknowledged before
an officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall include,
upon its face, the following information:
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(b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
(c) the name and address of the nominee selected to
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The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be accompanied by a Statement of
Candidacy, as prescribed in Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee
and a receipt indicating that such nominee has filed a Statement of
Economic Interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to objections to
nomination papers, hearings on objections and judicial review, shall also
apply to and govern objections to nomination papers and resolutions for
filling vacancies in nomination filed pursuant to this Section.
Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and election provided
for in this Section shall be governed by this Code.
(Source: P.A. 101-188, eff. 8-2-19.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-12 (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12) Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by mail or in person as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where | | the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is made for a territorial division or district which comprises more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 141 and not less than 134 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election in the office of representative in Congress from this State, such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not less than 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
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| Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
| | Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period preceding the 134th day before a general primary election, petitions for nomination for the office in which the vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120 nor less than 113 days prior to the date of the general primary election.
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| Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
| | alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 141 and not less than 134 days prior to the date of the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or policies of a national political party conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for nomination for delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, the chair of the State central committee of such national political party shall notify the Board in writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the national political party in conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state central committee of such national political party.
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| (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
| | office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to the date of the primary.
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| (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a
| | municipal or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be filed in the office of the local election official, not more than 127 nor less than 120 days prior to the date of the primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election authority.
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| (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
| | committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to the date of the primary.
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| (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
| | ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 141 nor less than 134 days prior to the date of the primary.
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| (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
| | election authorities and local election officials with whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or the various election authorities or local election officials with whom such petitions are filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of random selection approved by the State Board of Elections. Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of conducting such random selection shall be given by the State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central committee of each established political party, and by each election authority or local election official, to the County Chair of each established political party, and to each organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of election. The State Board of Elections, election authority or local election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the order in which their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
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| (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
| | election authority or local election official with whom such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of the obligation to file statements of organization, reports of campaign contributions, and quarterly reports of campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
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| (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are
| | not valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the same governmental unit with that officer within a year preceding the date on which such nomination papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the statement of economic interests of that candidate are not required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer with whom the statement of economic interests is filed showing the date on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
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| (9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
| | person for whom a petition for nomination, or for committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating convention has been filed may cause his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or with the appropriate election authority or local election official, not later than the date of certification of candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person with respect to more than one political party, his name shall not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so that the same person could not serve in more than one of such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5 business days following the last day for petition filing. A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices within such time his name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a political party is not incompatible with any other office.
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| (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
| | statute, no primary shall be held for an established political party in any township, municipality, or ward thereof, where the nomination of such party for every office to be voted upon by the electors of such township, municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided that the primary ballot shall not include those offices within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this Article, the nomination of an established political party of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the nomination of such party for election to such office.
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| (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
| | statute, no primary election shall be held for an established political party for any special primary election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the United States Congress where the nomination of such political party for said office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article, the nomination of an established political party of a candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the nomination of such established party for election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day.
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| (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph
| | (a) and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's nomination for any office for which the nomination is uncontested files a written statement or notice of that intent with the local election official where the candidate is seeking to appear on the ballot, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or notice shall be filed on or before the date established in this Article for certifying candidates for the primary ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name and address of the person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified primary elector of the political party from whom the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
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| (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
| | for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official that he or she may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or local election official, the last set of petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board of Elections, election authority or local election official. If the candidate fails to notify the State Board of Elections, election authority or local election official then only the first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be void.
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| | public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of not less than 6 months.
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| (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 103-586, eff. 5-3-24; 103-600, eff. 7-1-24.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-12.1
(10 ILCS 5/7-12.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12.1)
Sec. 7-12.1.
The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
objections to certificates of nomination and nomination papers, hearings on
objections, and judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections
to petitions for nomination filed under this Article, except as otherwise
provided in Section 7-13 for cases to which it is applicable.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 597 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-13
(10 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
Sec. 7-13.
The board of election commissioners in cities of 500,000 or more
population having such board, shall constitute an electoral board for the
hearing and passing upon objections to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, such objections shall be filed in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall state the name
and address of the objector, who may be any qualified elector in the ward,
the specific grounds of objection and the relief requested of the electoral
board. Upon the receipt of the objection, the county clerk shall forthwith
transmit such objection and the petition of the candidate to the board of
election commissioners. The board of election commissioners shall forthwith
notify the objector and candidate objected to of the time and place for
hearing hereon. After a hearing upon the validity of such objections, the
board shall
certify to the county clerk its decision stating whether or not the name
of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the county clerk in his
or her certificate to the board of election commissioners shall leave off
of the certificate the name of the candidate for ward committeeperson that the
election commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However, the
decision of the board of election commissioners is subject to judicial
review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
The county electoral board composed as provided in Section 10-9 shall
constitute an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon objections
to nomination petitions for precinct and township committeepersons. Such
objections shall be filed in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall state the name and
address of the objector who may be any qualified elector in the precinct or
in the township or part of a township that lies outside of a city having a
population of 500,000 or more, the specific grounds of objection and the
relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of the objection
the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such objection and the petition
of the candidate to the chair of the county electoral board. The chair
of the county electoral board shall forthwith notify the objector,
the candidate whose petition is objected to and the other members of the
electoral board of the time and place for hearing thereon. After hearing
upon the validity of such objections the board shall certify its decision to the county clerk
stating whether or not the name of the candidate shall be printed on the
ballot, and the county clerk, in his or her certificate to the board of
election commissioners, shall leave off of the certificate the name of the
candidate ordered by the board not to be printed on the ballot, and the
county clerk shall also refrain from printing on the official primary
ballot, the name of any candidate whose name has been ordered by the
electoral board not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of
the board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same powers as other
electoral boards under the provisions of Section 10-10 of this Code and
their decisions are subject to judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-13.1
(10 ILCS 5/7-13.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13.1)
Sec. 7-13.1. Certification of Candidates-Consolidated
primary. Not less than 68 days
before the date of the consolidated primary, each local election
official of each political subdivision required to nominate candidates
for the respective offices by primary shall certify to each election
authority whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for the
consolidated primary in such political subdivision the names of all
candidates in whose behalf nomination papers have been filed in the
office of such local election official
and direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot for
the consolidated primary election the names of such candidates in the same
manner and in the same order as shown upon the certification. However,
subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose
nomination papers have been held invalid by the appropriate electoral board
provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall not be so
certified. The certification
shall be modified as necessary to comply with the requirements of any other
statute or any ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
prescribing specific provisions for nonpartisan elections, including without
limitation Articles 3, 4 and 5 of "The Municipal Code".
The names of candidates shall be listed on the certification for the
respective offices in the order in which the candidates have filed their
nomination papers, or as determined by lot, or as otherwise specified by statute.
In every instance where applicable, the following shall also be indicated
in the certification:
(1) Where there is to be more than one candidate | | elected to an office from a political subdivision or district;
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(2) Where a voter has the right to vote for more than
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(3) The terms of the office to be on the ballot, when
| | a vacancy is to be filled for less than a full term, or when offices of a particular subdivision to be on the ballot at the same election are to be filled for different terms;
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(4) The territory in which a candidate is required by
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(5) Where a candidate's nominating papers or
| | petitions have been objected to and the objection has been sustained by the electoral board established in Section 10-10, the words "OBJECTION SUSTAINED" shall be placed under the title of the office being sought by the candidate and the name of the aggrieved candidate shall not appear; and
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| (6) Where a candidate's nominating papers or
| | petitions have been objected to and the decision of the electoral board established in Section 10-10 is either unknown or known to be in judicial review, the words "OBJECTION PENDING" shall be placed under the title of the office being sought by the candidate and next to the name of the candidate.
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| The local election official shall issue an amended certification
whenever it is discovered that the original certification is in error.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-14
(10 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
Sec. 7-14.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not less than 68 days before the date of the general primary the
State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all petitions
filed under this Article 7, in the office of the State Board of
Elections. The State Board of Elections shall then certify to the county
clerk of each county, the names of all candidates whose nomination papers
or certificates of nomination have been filed with the Board and direct the
county clerk to place upon the official ballot for the general primary
election the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the same
order as shown upon the certification.
The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to the county
clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the names of the candidates
in the order in which the offices and names
shall appear upon the primary ballot;
such names
to appear
in the order in which petitions have been filed in the office of the
State Board of Elections except as otherwise provided in this Article.
Not less than 62 days before the date of the general primary, each
county clerk shall certify the names of all candidates whose nomination
papers have been filed with such clerk and declare that the names of such
candidates for the respective offices shall be placed upon the official
ballot for the general primary in the order in which such nomination papers
were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or as otherwise
specified by statute. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the
certification on file in his or her office and at the same time issue to
the board of election commissioners a copy of the certification that has been
filed in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State Board of
Elections, with directions to the board of election commissioners to place
upon the official ballot for the general primary in that election
jurisdiction the names of all candidates that are listed on such
certification in the same manner and in the same order as shown upon such
certifications.
The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the following:
(1) The political party affiliation of the candidates | | for the respective offices;
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(2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
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(3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
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(4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
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The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the case may be,
shall issue an amended certification whenever it is discovered that the
original certification is in error.
Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose nomination papers have
been held invalid by the appropriate electoral board provided in Section
10-9 of this Code shall not be certified.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-14.1
(10 ILCS 5/7-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14.1)
Sec. 7-14.1.
Delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating
conventions shall be chosen according to one of the following alternative
methods of allocating delegates for election. The State central committee
of each political party established pursuant to this Article 7 shall certify
to the State Board of Elections, not less than 30 days prior to the first
date for filing of petitions for election as delegate or alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention, which of the following alternatives
it wishes to be utilized in allocating the delegates and alternate delegates
to which Illinois will be entitled at its national nominating convention.
The State Board of Elections shall meet promptly and, not less than 20 days
prior to the first date for filing of such petitions, shall publish and
certify to the county clerk in each county the number of delegates or alternate
delegates to be elected from each congressional district or from the State
at large or State convention of a political party, as the case may be,
according to the method chosen by each State central committee. If
a State central committee fails to certify to the State Board of
Elections its choice of one of the following methods prior to the
aforementioned meeting of the State Board of Elections, the State Board
of Elections shall certify delegates for that political party pursuant
to whichever of the alternatives below was used by that political party
pursuant to whichever of the alternatives below was used by that
political party in the most recent year in which delegates were
selected, subject to any subsequent amendments.
Prior to the aforementioned meeting of the State Board of Elections at
which the Board shall publish and certify to the county clerk the number
of delegates or alternate delegates to be elected from each congressional
district or the State at large or State convention, the Secretary of State
shall ascertain from the call of the national convention of each political
party the number of delegates and alternate delegates to which Illinois
will be entitled at the respective national nominating conventions. The
Secretary of State shall report the number
of delegates and alternate delegates to which Illinois will be entitled
at the respective national nominating conventions to the State Board of
Elections convened as aforesaid to be utilized by the State Board of
Elections in calculating the number of delegates and alternates to be
elected from each congressional district in the State at large or State
convention, as the case may be.
Alternative A: The State Board of Elections shall allocate the number of
delegates and alternate delegates to which the State is entitled among the
congressional districts in the State.
1. Of the number of delegates to which the State is entitled, 10, plus
those remaining unallocated under paragraph 2, shall be delegates at large.
The State central committee of the appropriate political party shall determine
whether the delegates at large shall be (a) elected in the primary from
the State at large, (b) selected by the State convention, or (c) chosen
by a combination of these 2 methods. If the State central committee determines
that all or a specified number of the delegates at large shall be elected
in the primary, the committee shall file with the Board a report of such
determination at the same time it certifies the alternative it wishes to
use in allocating its delegates.
2. All delegates other than the delegates at large shall be elected from
the congressional districts. Two delegates shall be allocated from this
number to each district. After reserving 10 delegates to be delegates at
large and allocating 2 delegates to each district, the Board shall allocate
the remaining delegates to the congressional districts pursuant to the
following formula:
(a) For each district, the number of remaining | | delegates shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the vote cast in the congressional district for the party's nominee in the last Presidential election, and the denominator of which is the vote cast in the State for the party's nominee in the last Presidential election.
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(b) The Board shall first allocate to each district a
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(c) The Board shall then allocate any remaining
| | delegates, one to each district, in the order of the largest fractional remainder in the product resulting from the multiplication procedure in subparagraph (a), omitting those districts for which that product is less than 1.875.
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(d) The Board shall then allocate any remaining
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(e) Any delegates remaining unallocated shall be
| | delegates at large and shall be selected as determined by the State central committee under paragraph 1 of this Alternative A.
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3. The alternate delegates at large shall be allocated in the same manner
as the delegates at large. The alternate delegates other than the alternate
delegates at large shall be allocated in the same manner as the delegates
other than the delegates at large.
Alternative B: the chair of the State central committee shall file
with the State Board of Elections a statement of the number of delegates
and alternate delegates to which the State is entitled and the number of
such delegates and alternate delegates to be elected from congressional
districts. The State Board of Elections shall allocate such number of
delegates and alternate delegates, as the case may be, among the
congressional districts in the State for election from the congressional districts.
The Board shall utilize the sum of 1/3 of each of the following formulae
to determine the number of delegates and alternate delegates, as the case
may be, to be elected from each congressional district:
(1) Formula 1 shall be determined by multiplying paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
together as follows:
(a) The fraction derived by dividing the population
| | of the district by the population of the State and adding to that fraction the following: 1/2 of the fraction calculated by dividing the total district vote for the party's candidate in the most recent presidential election by the total statewide vote for that candidate in that election, plus 1/2 of the fraction calculated by dividing the total district vote for the party's candidate in the second most recent Presidential election by the total statewide vote for that candidate in that election;
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(b) 1/2;
(c) The number of delegates or alternate delegates,
| | as the case may be, to which the State is entitled at the party's national nominating convention.
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(2) Formula 2 shall be determined by multiplying paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
together as follows:
(a) The fraction calculated by dividing the total
| | numbers of votes in the district for the party's candidate in the most recent Gubernatorial election by the total statewide vote for that candidate in that election, plus, the fraction calculated by dividing the total district vote for the party's candidate in the most recent presidential election by the total statewide vote for that candidate in that election;
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(b) 1/2;
(c) The number of delegates or alternate delegates,
| | as the case may be, to which the State is entitled at the party's national nominating convention.
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(3) Formula 3 shall be determined by multiplying paragraphs (a), (b), and (c)
together as follows:
(a) 1/2 of the fraction calculated by dividing the
| | total district vote for the party's candidate in the most recent presidential election by the total statewide vote for that candidate in that election, plus 1/2 of the fraction calculated by dividing the total district vote for the party's candidate in the second most recent presidential election by the total statewide vote for that candidate in that election. This sum shall be added to the fraction calculated by dividing the total voter registration of the party in the district by the total voter registration of the party in the State as of January 1 of the year prior to the year in which the national nominating convention is held;
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(b) 1/2;
(c) The number of delegates or alternate delegates,
| | as the case may be, to which the State is entitled at the party's national nominating convention.
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Fractional numbers of delegates and alternate delegates shall be rounded
upward in rank order to the next whole number, largest fraction first, until
the total number of delegates and alternate delegates, respectively, to
be so chosen have been allocated.
The remainder of the delegates and alternate delegates shall be selected
as determined by the State central committee of the party and shall be
certified to the State Board of Elections by the chair of the State central
committee.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with
respect to all aspects of the selection of delegates and alternate delegates
to a national nominating convention under Alternative B, this Code shall be superseded
by the delegate selection rules and policies of the
national political party including, but not limited to, the development of
an affirmative action plan.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-14.2
(10 ILCS 5/7-14.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14.2)
Sec. 7-14.2.
Delegates and alternate delegates to national conventions
other than national nominating conventions shall be chosen according to
procedures established by the appropriate State central committee of a political
party established pursuant to this Article 7, which may include the procedure
prescribed by Section 7-14.1 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 80-1122.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-14a
(10 ILCS 5/7-14a) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14a)
Sec. 7-14a.
Where there are 2 or more additional judgeships created in
any judicial district or circuit, to be filled at the same general
election and to be elected from the same district, circuit or county, each
such additional judgeship shall be designated by the State Board
of Elections by a letter of the alphabet beginning with the letter "A". Such
designation shall be made no later than one day prior to the first day for
filing of nominating petitions for such additional judgeships.
Each candidate for such additional judgeship shall specify to the State
Board of Elections upon the filing of his nominating petitions the
judgeship for which he seeks nomination. Such candidates shall be
nominated and elected for the judgeships which they have designated.
(Source: P.A. 85-903.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-15 (10 ILCS 5/7-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-15)
Sec. 7-15. At least 60 days prior to each general and consolidated primary,
the election authority shall provide public notice, calculated to reach
elderly voters and voters with disabilities, of the availability of registration and
voting aids under the Federal Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and
Handicapped Act, of the availability of assistance in marking the ballot,
procedures for voting by a vote by mail ballot, and procedures for early
voting
by personal appearance.
At least 20 days before the general primary the county
clerk of each county, and not more than 30 nor less than 10 days before
the consolidated primary the election authority, shall prepare in the
manner provided in this Act, a notice of such primary which notice shall
state the time and place of holding the primary, the hours during which
the polls will be open, the offices for which candidates will be
nominated at such primary and the political parties entitled to
participate therein, notwithstanding that no candidate of any such
political party may be entitled to have his name printed on the primary
ballot. Such notice shall also include the list of addresses of
precinct polling places for the consolidated primary unless such list is
separately published by the election authority not less than 10 days
before the consolidated primary.
In counties, municipalities, or towns having fewer than 500,000
inhabitants notice of the general primary shall be published once in two
or more newspapers published in the county, municipality or town, as the
case may be, or if there is no such newspaper, then in any two or more
newspapers published in the county and having a general circulation
throughout the community.
In counties, municipalities, or towns having 500,000 or more
inhabitants notice of the general primary shall be published at least 15
days prior to the primary by the same authorities and in the same manner
as notice of election for general elections are required to be published
in counties, municipalities or towns of 500,000 or more inhabitants
under this Act.
Notice of the consolidated primary shall be published once in one or
more newspapers published in each political subdivision having such
primary, and if there is no such newspaper, then published once in a
local, community newspaper having general circulation in the
subdivision, and also once in a newspaper published in the county
wherein the political subdivisions, or portions thereof, having such
primary are situated.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-16
(10 ILCS 5/7-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-16)
Sec. 7-16.
Each election authority in each county
shall prepare and cause to be printed the primary ballot of each
political party for each precinct in his respective jurisdiction.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the election authority shall, at least 45 days prior to the date of the primary
election, have a sufficient number of ballots printed so that such
ballots will be available for mailing 45 days prior to the
primary election to persons who have filed application for a ballot
under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-17
(10 ILCS 5/7-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-17)
Sec. 7-17. Candidate ballot name procedures.
(a) Each election authority in each county shall cause to be
printed upon the general primary ballot of each party for each precinct
in his jurisdiction the name of each candidate whose petition for
nomination or for committeeperson has been filed in the office of the
county clerk, as herein provided; and also the name of each candidate
whose name has been certified to his office by the State Board of
Elections, and in the order so certified, except as hereinafter
provided.
It shall be the duty of the election authority to cause to be printed
upon the consolidated primary ballot of each political party for each
precinct in his jurisdiction the name of each candidate whose name has
been certified to him, as herein provided and which is to be voted for
in such precinct.
(b) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the primary 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 primary 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.
(c) 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 (b) 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 (b) of this Section.
(d) 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 (c) of this Section, then the aggrieved candidate may
seek appropriate relief in circuit court.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-18
(10 ILCS 5/7-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-18)
Sec. 7-18.
The primary ballot of each political party shall be
separately printed upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but
the primary ballot of no two political parties shall be of the same
color or tint.
The election authority shall, at least 15 days prior to the date of
the primary, post in a conspicuous place in his office an announcement
of the color of the primary ballots of the respective parties, and, in
the case of the general primary, shall also publish such announcement
for at least 1 week in at least 2 newspapers of general circulation
published in the county. In the case of the consolidated primary, the election
authority shall publish
such announcement at the same time and in the manner provided for notice
of the consolidated primary in Section 7-15 of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 81-963.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-19
(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for each precinct shall be
arranged and printed substantially in the manner following:
1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be printed in
large capital letters, words designating the ballot, if a Republican
ballot, the designating words shall be: "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if
a Democratic ballot the designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT"; and in like manner for each political party.
2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not less
than one inch below designating words, the name of each office to be
filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such names may be printed on
the ballot either in a single column or in 2 or more columns and in the
following order, to-wit:
President of the United States, State offices, congressional offices,
delegates and alternate delegates to be elected from the State at large
to National nominating conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to
be elected from congressional districts to National nominating
conventions, member or members of the State central committee, trustees of sanitary
districts, county offices, judicial officers, city, village and
incorporated town offices, town offices, or of such of the said offices
as candidates are to be nominated for at such primary, and precinct,
township or ward committeepersons. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing offices to and including member of the State central committee
shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices, as
defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in the second column.
Below the name of each office shall be printed in small letters the
directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not more than two"; "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".
Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention shall appear either (a)
the name of the
candidate's preference for President of the United States or the word
"uncommitted" or (b) no official designation, depending upon the action
taken by the State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital letters the
names of all candidates, arranged in the order in which their petitions
for nominations were filed, except as otherwise provided in Sections
7-14 and 7-17 of this Article. Opposite and in front of the name of each
candidate shall be printed a square and all squares upon the primary
ballot shall be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates
under each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall separate
the names of candidates for one office from the names of candidates for
another office, to avoid confusion and to permit the writing in of the
names of other candidates.
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. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-20
(10 ILCS 5/7-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-20)
Sec. 7-20.
On the back or outside of the primary ballot of each
precinct, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
"Primary Ballot," followed by designation of said precinct, the date of
the primary and a facsimile of the signature of the election authority who
furnished the ballots.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-21
(10 ILCS 5/7-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-21)
Sec. 7-21.
The election authority shall transmit or cause to be delivered to the
primary judges, and to the respective local election officials prior to
the consolidated primary, specimen ballots of each political party, substantially
in the form of the official primary ballots, to be used at such primary,
which specimen ballot shall be printed upon paper of a different texture
and color from the official primary ballot. In units of local government
having fewer than 500,000
inhabitants the election authority shall have published in two or more newspapers
published in the county, municipality or
town, as the case may be, or if there is no such newspaper, then in any
two or more newspapers published in the county and having
general circulation throughout the community, at least 5 days prior to
the general primary, a true copy of the specimen ballot, and the primary judges
shall post one of each such specimen ballots at the polling place. In
counties, municipalities or towns having 500,000
or more inhabitants the primary judges shall post not less than 5 of
each such specimen ballots in the precinct, and one of each such
specimen ballots at the polling place. For the consolidated primary, the
local election official shall have the duty to make such publication with
respect to the ballots for his unit of local government, and may make his
publication as part of the announcement heretofore required.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-22
(10 ILCS 5/7-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-22)
Sec. 7-22.
Primary ballot boxes shall be furnished by the same authorities
and in the same manner and shall be of the same style and description as
ballot boxes furnished for the purpose of general elections, under the
provisions of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-23
(10 ILCS 5/7-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-23)
Sec. 7-23.
All necessary primary poll books, official poll records, tally
sheets, return blanks, stationery and other necessary primary supplies
shall be furnished by the same authorities upon whom is imposed the duty of
furnishing such supplies at general elections, by this Act.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-24
(10 ILCS 5/7-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-24)
Sec. 7-24.
The primary poll books shall be substantially in the following
form:
Primary poll books of the primary held in the .... precinct of the county
of .... on (insert date).
| Party Affiliation | | | . . . . .
| | Residence | Repub- | Demo- | Prohibi- | Social- | | Street and | lican | crat | tionist | ist | Name of Voter | number | | | | | . . . . .
| 1 John Jones | | x | | | | 2 Richard Smith | | | x | | | 3 John Doe | | | | x | | 4 Richard Roe | | | | | x | 5 Charles Lee | | | | | x | . . . . .
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This is to certify that the above and foregoing is a correct list of primary
voters at a primary held on (insert date) in the .... precinct, in .... county,
and State of Illinois. That at the primary the undersigned judges served as
required by law and are entitled to pay therefor.
Dated (insert date).
............................ ............................
............................ ............................
............................ ............................
Judges of primary
The primary poll books shall otherwise be in form and shall contain the
same certificates as nearly as may be as the poll books used in the general
election and shall be signed and attested in the same manner, as nearly as
may be, as the poll books used for the purpose of general elections. If
Article 4, 5 or 6 of this Act applies to any such primary the official
poll record provided for in such applicable Article shall be used in lieu
of poll books.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-25
(10 ILCS 5/7-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-25)
Sec. 7-25.
The tally sheets for each political party participating in the
primary election shall be substantially in the following form:
"Tally sheet for ....(name of political party) for the .... precinct, in
the county of .... for a primary held on the .... day of .... A.D. ....."
The names of candidates for nomination and for State central committeepersons, township, and precinct and ward committeepersons, and delegates
and alternate delegates to National nominating conventions, shall be placed
on the tally sheets of each political party by the primary judges, in the
order in which they appear on the ballot.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-26
(10 ILCS 5/7-26) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-26)
Sec. 7-26.
The judges of general elections for state and county
officers are hereby constituted the
judges of primary elections in their respective precincts, under the
provisions of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-27
(10 ILCS 5/7-27) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-27)
Sec. 7-27.
It is hereby made the duty of the respective judges of general
elections to act as judges of primary elections in their respective
precincts until their successors, as judges of general elections, are duly
appointed and qualified.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-28
(10 ILCS 5/7-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-28)
Sec. 7-28.
If, at the time for opening of a primary, one of the primary
judges be absent, or refuse to act, the judges present shall appoint some
qualified primary elector of the precinct to act in his place. If two of
the primary judges be absent or refuse to act, the judge present shall fill
the vacancies in the same manner, as above provided. If all of the primary
judges be absent, or refuse to act, the primary electors present, who
reside in the precinct, shall select the appropriate number of themselves
to act as primary judges. The judges so selected and appointed shall take
the same oath, have the same powers, and perform the same duties and be
subject to the same penalties as regularly constituted election judges.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-30
(10 ILCS 5/7-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-30)
Sec. 7-30.
Previous to any vote being taken, the primary judges shall
severally subscribe and take an oath or affirmation in the following
form, to-wit:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I will
support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of
the State of Illinois, and will faithfully and honestly discharge the
duties of primary judge, according to the best of my ability, and that I
have resided in this State for 30 days, (and only in the case of a primary
judge in counties of less than 500,000 inhabitants, have resided in this precinct for the 30 days next preceding this
primary), (and in the case of a registered voter, am entitled to vote at
this primary)."
All persons subscribing the oath and all persons
actually serving as primary judges, whether sworn or not, shall be
deemed to be and are hereby declared to be officers of the circuit court
of their respective counties.
(Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-31
(10 ILCS 5/7-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-31)
Sec. 7-31.
In case there is no notary public present at the opening of a
primary, or in case such notary public is appointed one of the primary
judges, the primary judges may administer the oath or affirmation to each
other.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 1135.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-32
(10 ILCS 5/7-32) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-32)
Sec. 7-32.
The primary judges, except as otherwise provided in this
article, shall perform the same duties, have the same powers, and be
subject to the same penalties as judges of general elections under this
Act.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-33
(10 ILCS 5/7-33) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-33)
Sec. 7-33.
Primary judges shall receive the same pay, and shall be paid by
the same authorities and in the same manner as judges of general elections
under this Act.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1450.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-34
(10 ILCS 5/7-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-34)
Sec. 7-34. Pollwatchers in a primary election shall be authorized in
the following manner:
(1) Each established political party shall be | | entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. Such pollwatchers must be affiliated with the political party for which they are pollwatching and must be a registered voter in Illinois.
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(2) Each candidate shall be entitled to appoint two
| | pollwatchers per precinct. For Federal, State, county, township, and municipal primary elections, the pollwatchers must be registered to vote in Illinois.
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(3) Each organization of citizens within the county
| | or political subdivision, which has among its purposes or interests the investigation or prosecution of election frauds, and which shall have registered its name and address and the names and addresses of its principal officers with the proper election authority at least 40 days before the primary election, shall be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. For all primary elections, the pollwatcher must be registered to vote in Illinois.
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(3.5) Each State nonpartisan civic organization
| | within the county or political subdivision shall be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct, provided that no more than 2 pollwatchers appointed by State nonpartisan civic organizations shall be present in a precinct polling place at the same time. Each organization shall have registered the names and addresses of its principal officers with the proper election authority at least 40 days before the primary election. The pollwatchers must be registered to vote in Illinois. For the purpose of this paragraph, a "State nonpartisan civic organization" means any corporation, unincorporated association, or organization that:
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| | incorporation, bylaws, or charter or by separate written declaration, has among its stated purposes the provision of voter information and education, the protection of individual voters' rights, and the promotion of free and equal elections;
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| (ii) is organized or primarily conducts its
| | activities within the State of Illinois; and
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| (iii) continuously maintains an office or
| | business location within the State of Illinois, together with a current listed telephone number (a post office box number without a current listed telephone number is not sufficient).
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| | of a ballot proposition, which shall have registered the name and address of its organization or committee and the name and address of its chair with the proper election authority at least 40 days before the primary election, shall be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. The pollwatcher must be registered to vote in Illinois.
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(5) In any primary election held to nominate
| | candidates for the offices of a municipality of less than 3,000,000 population that is situated in 2 or more counties, a pollwatcher who is a resident of a county in which any part of the municipality is situated shall be eligible to serve as a pollwatcher in any polling place located within such municipality, provided that such pollwatcher otherwise complies with the respective requirements of subsections (1) through (4) of this Section and is a registered voter whose residence is within Illinois.
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All pollwatchers shall be required to have proper credentials. Such
credentials shall be printed in sufficient quantities, shall be issued
by and under the facsimile signature(s) of the election authority and
shall be available for distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the
election. Such credentials shall be authorized by the real or facsimile
signature of the State or local party official or the candidate or the
presiding officer of the civic organization or the chair of the
proponent or opponent group, as the case may be.
Pollwatcher credentials shall be in substantially the following form:
POLLWATCHER CREDENTIALS
TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code,
the undersigned hereby appoints ........... (name of pollwatcher)
at .......... (address) in the county of ...........,
.......... (township or municipality) of ........... (name), State of Illinois
and who is duly registered to vote from this address,
to act as a pollwatcher in the ........... precinct of the
.......... ward (if applicable) of the ...........
(township or municipality) of ........... at the
........... election to be held on (insert date).
........................ (Signature of Appointing Authority)
........................ TITLE (party official, candidate,
civic organization president,
proponent or opponent group chair)
Under penalties provided by law pursuant to Section 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned pollwatcher certifies that he or she resides
at .............. (address) in the county of ........., ......... (township
or municipality) of .......... (name), State of Illinois, and is duly
registered to vote in Illinois.
...........................
..........................
(Precinct and/or Ward in
(Signature of Pollwatcher)
Which Pollwatcher Resides)
Pollwatchers must present their credentials to the Judges of Election
upon entering the polling place. Pollwatcher credentials properly
executed and signed shall be proof of the qualifications of the
pollwatcher authorized thereby. Such credentials are retained by the
Judges and returned to the Election Authority at the end of the day of election
with the other election materials. Once a pollwatcher has surrendered a
valid credential, he may leave and reenter the polling place provided
that such continuing action does not disrupt the conduct of the election.
Pollwatchers may be substituted during the course of the day, but established
political parties, candidates, qualified civic organizations and proponents
and opponents of a ballot proposition can have only as many pollwatchers
at any given time as are authorized in this Article. A substitute must
present his signed credential to the judges of election upon entering the
polling place. Election authorities must provide a sufficient number of
credentials to allow for substitution of pollwatchers.
After the polls have closed, pollwatchers shall be allowed to
remain until the canvass of votes is completed; but may leave and
reenter only in cases of necessity, provided that such action is not so
continuous as to disrupt the canvass of votes.
Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality encompassing 2
or more counties shall be admitted to any and all polling places throughout
such district or municipality without regard to the counties in which such
candidates are registered to vote. Actions of such candidates shall be
governed in each polling place by the same privileges and limitations that
apply to pollwatchers as provided in this Section. Any such candidate who
engages in an activity in a polling place which could reasonably be
construed by a majority of the judges of election as campaign activity
shall be removed forthwith from such polling place.
Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality encompassing 2 or
more counties who desire to be admitted to polling places on election day
in such district or municipality shall be required to have proper
credentials. Such credentials shall be printed in sufficient quantities,
shall be issued by and under the facsimile signature of the
election authority of the election jurisdiction where the polling place in
which the candidate seeks admittance is located, and shall be available for
distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the election. Such credentials shall
be signed by the candidate.
Candidate credentials shall be in substantially the following form:
CANDIDATE CREDENTIALS
TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, I ...... (name of
candidate) hereby certify that I am a candidate for ....... (name of
office) and seek admittance to ....... precinct of the ....... ward (if
applicable) of the ....... (township or municipality) of ....... at the
....... election to be held on (insert date).
......................... .......................
(Signature of Candidate) OFFICE FOR WHICH
CANDIDATE SEEKS
NOMINATION OR
ELECTION
Pollwatchers shall be permitted to observe all proceedings and view all reasonably requested records relating
to the conduct of the election, provided the secrecy of the ballot is not impinged, and to station themselves in a position
in the voting room as will enable them to observe the judges making the
signature comparison between the voter application and the voter
registration record card; provided, however, that such pollwatchers
shall not be permitted to station themselves in such close proximity to
the judges of election so as to interfere with the orderly conduct of
the election and shall not, in any event, be permitted to handle
election materials. Pollwatchers may challenge for cause the voting
qualifications of a person offering to vote and may call to the
attention of the judges of election any incorrect procedure or apparent
violations of this Code.
If a majority of the judges of election determine that the polling
place has become too overcrowded with pollwatchers so as to interfere
with the orderly conduct of the election, the judges shall, by lot,
limit such pollwatchers to a reasonable number, except that each
candidate and each established or new political party shall be permitted
to have at least one pollwatcher present.
Representatives of an election authority, with regard to an election
under its jurisdiction, the State Board of Elections, and law
enforcement agencies, including but not limited to a United States
Attorney, a State's attorney, the Attorney General, and a State, county,
or local police department, in the performance of their official
election duties, shall be permitted at all times to enter and remain in
the polling place. Upon entering the polling place, such
representatives shall display their official credentials or other
identification to the judges of election.
Uniformed police officers assigned to polling place duty shall follow
all lawful instructions of the judges of election.
The provisions of this Section shall also apply to supervised casting of vote by mail
ballots as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/7-35
(10 ILCS 5/7-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-35)
Sec. 7-35.
The election authority
shall cause to be delivered to the primary judges of each precinct not
less than 12 hours before the time fixed for the opening of the
polls, the official primary ballot of each political party, and the
number thereof for each political party in each precinct shall be 100
for each 50 votes cast in said precinct by said
political party at the last preceding general primary election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-36
(10 ILCS 5/7-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-36)
Sec. 7-36.
The official primary ballots shall be put in separate
sealed packages with marks on the outside thereof clearly designating
the precinct for which they are intended, and the number of ballots
enclosed for each political party and a receipt therefor shall be given
by the primary judge to whom such ballots are delivered, which receipt
shall be filed by the proper election authority in his office.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-37
(10 ILCS 5/7-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-37)
Sec. 7-37.
The election authority shall provide and retain in his office
until after the primary,
an ample supply of extra primary ballots for each political party in
each precinct, and if, at any time before or during the primary, ballots
of any precinct shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted, on written
application, signed by the primary judges of said precinct, or any of
them, he shall immediately cause to be delivered to said primary judges
such supply of extra ballots as may be required to comply with the
provision of this article.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-38
(10 ILCS 5/7-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-38)
Sec. 7-38.
The primaries herein provided for shall be held at the
regular polling places now established, or which may hereafter be
established, for the purposes of a general election.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-39
(10 ILCS 5/7-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-39)
Sec. 7-39.
Upon the opening of the polls one of the primary judges shall
make proclamation of the same. And at least thirty (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 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-40
(10 ILCS 5/7-40) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-40)
Sec. 7-40.
(a) Before voting begins, the ballot box shall be emptied and shall be
opened and shown to those present to be empty, after which it shall be
locked and the key delivered to one of the primary judges, and such ballot
box shall not be removed from public view from the time it is shown to be
empty until after the close of the polls. This paragraph (a) applies
whenever permanent type ballot boxes are used, and does not apply when
ballot boxes are used in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b) The election authority charged with providing ballot boxes for the
conduct of an election under this Article may provide non-permanent type
ballot boxes as authorized under Section 15-1, paragraph (b), and Section
15-4, paragraph (b). When such ballot boxes are used, prior to the
commencement of voting and before any ballots are deposited therein, the
judges shall examine each such 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 5/7-41
(10 ILCS 5/7-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-41)
Sec. 7-41. (a) All officers upon whom is imposed by law the duty of
designating and providing polling places for general elections, shall provide
in each such polling place so designated and provided, a sufficient number of
booths for such primary election, which booths shall be provided with
shelves, such supplies 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. Such booths shall be
within plain view of the election officers and both they and the ballot boxes
shall be within plain view of those within the proximity of the voting booths.
No person other than election officers and the challengers allowed by law and
those admitted for the purpose of voting, as hereinafter provided, shall be
permitted within the proximity of the voting booths, except
by authority of the primary officers to keep order and enforce the law.
(b) The number of such voting booths shall not be less than one to every
seventy-five voters or fraction thereof, who voted at the last preceding
election in the precinct or election district.
(c) No person shall do any electioneering or soliciting of votes on
primary day within any polling place or within one hundred feet of any polling
place, or, at the option of a church or private school, on any of the property of that church or private school that is a polling place. Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small United States
national flags, or some other marker a distance of 100 horizontal feet from
each entrance to the room used by voters to engage in voting, which shall be
known as the polling room. If
the polling room is located within a building that is a private business, a public or private
school, or a church or other organization founded for the purpose of religious
worship and the
distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the interior of the
building, then the markers shall be placed outside of the
building at each entrance used by voters to enter that
building on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare or walkway. If the polling
room is located within a public or private building with 2 or more floors and
the polling room is located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be
placed 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room used by
voters to engage in voting. If the polling room is located in a public or
private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is located on a
floor above or below the ground floor,
then the markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet from the nearest
elevator or staircase used by voters on the ground floor to access the floor
where the polling room is located. The area within where the markers are placed
shall be known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited
pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a church or private school may choose to apply the campaign free zone to its entire property, and, if so, the markers shall be placed near the boundaries on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading to the entrances used by the voters.
At or near the door of each polling place, the election judges shall place signage indicating the proper entrance to the polling place. In addition, the election judges shall ensure that a sign identifying the location of the polling place is placed on a nearby public roadway. The State Board of Elections shall establish guidelines for the placement of polling place signage.
The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free zone, whether
publicly or privately owned, is a public forum for the time that the polls are
open on an election day. At the request of election officers any publicly owned
building must be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall have
the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on any polling place
property while the polls are open beyond the campaign free zone, including but
not limited to, the placement of temporary signs.
This subsection shall be construed liberally in favor of persons engaging in
electioneering
on all polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the time that
the polls are
open on an election day.
(d) The regulation of electioneering on polling place property on an
election
day, including but not limited to the placement of temporary signs, is an
exclusive power and function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to subsection (c) is
declared void. This is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and
functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-42
(10 ILCS 5/7-42) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-42)
Sec. 7-42.
(a) Any person entitled to vote at such primary shall, on the day of
such primary, with the consent of his employer, be entitled to absent
himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or
employed for a period of 2 hours between the time of opening and closing
the polls. The employer may specify the hours during which said employee may
absent himself.
(b) Beginning the 15th day before the primary election or on the day of the primary election, any student entitled to vote at such primary shall be entitled to be absent from school for a period of 2 hours during the school day in order to vote. The school may specify the hours during which the eligible student may be absent. A student who is absent from school under this subsection (b) is not considered absent for the purpose of calculating enrollment under Section 18-8.15 of the School Code. (Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-43
(10 ILCS 5/7-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6 months and
in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary therein who shall be
a citizen of the United States of the age of 18 or more
years shall be
entitled to vote at such primary.
The following regulations shall be applicable to primaries:
No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
(a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as | | required by this Article.
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(c) (Blank).
(c.5) If that person has participated in the town
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In cities, villages, and incorporated towns having a
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No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary
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A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established political party at a general primary election may not file a statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different established political party, a new political party, or as an independent candidate for a partisan office to be filled at the general election immediately following the general primary for which the person filed the statement or voted the ballot. A person may file a statement of candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established political party regardless of any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan office or voting the ballot of an established political party at any prior election.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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