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92_HB2162
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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 10-14 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
7 Sec. 10-14. Not less than 67 61 days before the date of
8 the general election the State Board of Elections shall
9 certify to the county clerk of each county the name of each
10 candidate whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination
11 or resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed
12 with the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk
13 to place upon the official ballot for the general election
14 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
15 same order as shown upon the certification. The name of no
16 candidate for an office to be filled by the electors of the
17 entire state shall be placed upon the official ballot unless
18 his name is duly certified to the county clerk upon a
19 certificate signed by the members of the State Board of
20 Elections. The names of group candidates on petitions shall
21 be certified to the several county clerks in the order in
22 which such names appear on such petitions filed with the
23 State Board of Elections.
24 Not less than 61 55 days before the date of the general
25 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
26 of the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
27 certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy
28 in nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare
29 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
30 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general
31 election in the same manner and in the same order as shown
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1 upon the certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy
2 of the certification on file in his or her office and at the
3 same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
4 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
5 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
6 less than 61 55 days before the election, certify to the
7 board of election commissioners the name of the person or
8 persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate
9 of the State Board of Elections, together with the names of
10 all other candidates as shown by the certification of county
11 officers on file in the clerk's office, and in the order so
12 certified. The county clerk or board of election
13 commissioners shall print the names of the nominees on the
14 ballot for each office in the order in which they are
15 certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided, that
16 in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of
17 such nominees have also been nominated by one or more
18 political parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the
19 name of such candidate on the ballot for nominations made
20 under this Article shall be precisely in the same order in
21 which it appears on the certification of the State Board of
22 Elections to the county clerk.
23 For the general election, the candidates of new political
24 parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
25 the established political party candidates and in the order
26 of new political party petition filings.
27 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
28 following:
29 (1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
30 candidates for the respective offices;
31 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
32 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
33 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
34 candidate for an office;
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1 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
2 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
3 political subdivision are for different terms.
4 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
5 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
6 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.