(65 ILCS 5/4-3-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-20)
Sec. 4-3-20.
Any municipality which has adopted the provisions of
Section 4-3-19 may by referendum elect to require candidates for the
office of commissioner to run without designation as provided under
Sections 4-3-10 and 4-3-16.
The question of requiring candidates to run for the office of
commissioner without designation rather than for a specific office may
be submitted to the electors of the municipality by the council or upon
a petition signed by electors of the
municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of votes cast
for candidates for mayor at the last preceding general quadrennial
municipal election. Such question shall be
certified by the municipal clerk to the proper election authorities who
shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general
election law. The question shall be in substantially the following form:
--------------------------------------------------------------Shall candidates for commissioner YESin the city (or village) of..... ---------------------------no longer be required to run fora specific office? NO--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting upon the
question vote in the affirmative, candidates for commissioner shall
thereafter run for the office of commissioner without designation and
not for any specific office in the manner as provided in Sections 4-3-10
and 4-3-16.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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