(10 ILCS 5/22-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-9)
Sec. 22-9. It shall be the duty of the election authority to canvass and add up
and declare the result of every election hereafter held within the
boundaries of such city, village or incorporated town operating under
Article 6 of this Act. The election authority shall file a certified copy of the
record with the County Clerk of the county; and
such abstracts or results shall be treated, by the County Clerk in all
respects, as if made by the election authority now provided by the foregoing
sections of this law, and he shall transmit the same, by facsimile, e-mail, or other electronic means, to the State Board of
Elections, or other proper officer, as required hereinabove.
The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may be,
shall also send the
abstract by precinct or ward and result in a sealed envelope addressed to the State Board of
Elections via
overnight mail so it arrives at the address the following calendar day.
And such
abstracts or results so declared, and a certified
copy thereof, shall be treated everywhere within the state, and by all
public officers, with the same binding force and effect as the abstract of
votes now authorized by the foregoing provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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