Rep. Maurice A. West, II

Filed: 5/30/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 825

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 825 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2A-1.1, 7-8, 7-10, 7-10.2, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-16,
67-17, 7-43, 7-59, 7-60, 7-61, 8-5, 8-8, 8-8.1, 8-10, 8-17,
79-8.10, 9-13, 10-4, 10-5.1, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-14, 16-3,
816-5.01, 17-13, 17-16.1, 18-9.1, 19-2, 19-3, 19A-15, 19A-20,
925-6, and 29-15 and by adding Sections 1-18, 1A-60, 1A-65,
102A-1.1b, 2A-1.1c, 11-8, 17-13.5, 19-2.4, and 19-2.5 as
11follows:
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/1-18 new)
13    Sec. 1-18. Cybersecurity.
14    (a) Each election authority maintaining a website shall
15begin utilizing a ".gov" website address and a ".gov"
16electronic mail address for each employee within one year of

 

 

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1the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
2Assembly. The integrity of election authorities' websites and
3electronic mail addresses shall be protected using electronic
4mail security products provided by the Illinois Department of
5Innovation and Technology or a third-party vendor.
6    (b) Each election authority shall perform an
7organizational risk assessment through the Cyber Navigator
8Program on a biennial basis.
9    (c) Each election authority shall begin performing monthly
10vulnerability scans to defend against cyber breaches within 6
11months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
12102nd General Assembly.
13    (d) Each election authority shall begin using endpoint
14detection and response security tools on all computers
15utilized by employees within one year of the effective date of
16this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/1A-60 new)
18    Sec. 1A-60. High school voter registration.
19    (a) The State Board of Election shall prepare a one page
20document explaining the process to register to vote to be
21disseminated to high school age students. Every high school
22must provide students with that document, which may be
23disseminated electronically.
24    (b) No high school may prohibit nonpartisan voter
25registration activities on its premises. A high school may

 

 

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1adopt reasonable regulations restricting nonpartisan voter
2registration activities.
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/1A-65 new)
4    Sec. 1A-65. Election authority guidance. 90 days before
5any election, the State Board of Elections shall provide
6written guidance to election authorities on: (1) ballot
7tracking procedures and the proper terminology to be used as
8part of those procedures; and (2) summarizing requirements for
9voting, curbside voting, early voting, and vote by mail.
 
10    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
11    Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule.
12    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, in In
13even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on the
14first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
15election to be known as the general primary election shall be
16held on the third Tuesday in March;
17    (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as the
18consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday in
19April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act; and an
20election to be known as the consolidated primary election
21shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.
22(Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-886, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 2A-1.1b. 2022 general primary election and general
2election dates.
3    (a) In addition to the provisions of this Code and
4notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions
5in this Section shall govern the dates for the conduct of the
62022 general primary election and for preparing for the 2022
7general election. The provisions of this Code shall control
8any aspect of the administration or conduct of the 2022
9general primary election and 2022 general election that is not
10provided for in this Section, provided that in the event of
11conflict between this Section and any other provision of this
12Code or any other law, the provisions of this Section shall
13control. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all
14election authorities, including, but not limited to, those
15under the jurisdiction of a Board of Election Commissioners.
16The provisions of this Section shall apply for the dates for
17the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general
18election only and the provisions of this amendatory Act of the
19102nd General Assembly shall be in effect through December 31,
202022.
21    (b) Petitions for nomination for the general primary
22election may begin circulation on January 13, 2022. All
23petitions for nomination of an established party candidate for
24statewide office shall be signed by at least 3,250 but not more
25than 6,500 of the qualified primary electors of the
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1established party candidate for the office of Representative
2in the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 400 but not
3more than 1,000 of the qualified primary electors of the
4candidate's party in the candidate's representative district.
5All petitions for nomination of an established party candidate
6for the office of State Senator shall be signed by at least 650
7but not more than 2,000 of the qualified primary electors of
8the candidate's party in the candidate's legislative district.
9The signature requirement for an established party candidate
10for all other offices shall be reduced by one-third and any
11provision of this Code limiting the maximum number of
12signatures that may be submitted for those offices shall be
13reduced by one-third.
14    (c) Petitions for nomination for congressional, or
15judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is
16made for a territorial division or district which comprises
17more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in
18another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water
19Reclamation District) for the general primary election may be
20filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections
21beginning on March 7, 2022 but no later than March 14, 2022; a
22petition for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election
23in the office of representative in Congress from this State
24(for vacancies occurring between February 21, 2022 and March
2514, 2022) for the general primary election may be filed in the
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1March 28, 2022 but no later than April 4, 2022.
2    (d) Objections to certificates of nomination and
3nomination papers and petitions to submit public questions to
4a referendum for the general primary election shall be filed
5no later than March 21, 2022.
6    (e) Electors may request vote by mail ballots for the
7general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 but no
8later than June 23, 2022.
9    (f) Petitions for nomination for independent candidates
10and new political party candidates for the general election
11may begin circulation on April 13, 2022.
12    (g) The State Board of Elections shall certify the names
13of candidates who filed nomination papers or certificates of
14nomination for the general primary election with the Board no
15later than April 21, 2022.
16    (h) A notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in
17candidate for the general primary election shall be filed with
18the proper election authority or authorities no later than
19April 28, 2022.
20    (i) Each election authority shall mail ballots to each
21person who has filed an application for a ballot for the
22general primary election under Article 20 no later than May
2314, 2022, and any application received after May 12, 2022
24shall be mailed within 2 business days after receipt of the
25application.
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1the general primary election shall begin on May 19, 2022.
2    (k) The general primary election shall be held on June 28,
32022.
4    (l) The last day for an established party managing
5committee to appoint someone to fill a vacancy for the general
6election when no candidate was nominated at the general
7primary election and for the appointee to file the required
8documentation is August 13, 2022.
9    (m) Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for
10the nomination of new political parties and independent
11candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire
12State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for
13congressional, State legislative or judicial offices shall be
14presented to the principal office of the State Board of
15Elections beginning July 5, 2022 but no later than July 11,
162022.
17    (n) Objections to certificates of nomination and
18nomination papers for new political parties and independent
19candidates for the general election shall be filed no later
20than July 18, 2022.
21    (o) A person for whom a petition for nomination has been
22filed for the general election may withdraw his or her
23petition with the appropriate election authority no later than
24August 13, 2022.
25    (p) The State Board of Elections shall certify to the
26county clerks the names of each of the candidates to appear on

 

 

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1the ballot for the general election no later than September 6,
22022.
3    (q) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1c new)
5    Sec. 2A-1.1c. 2022 Election Day State holiday.
6Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
7contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as
82022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
9State. November 8, 2022 shall be deemed a legal school holiday
10for purposes of the School Code and State Universities Civil
11Service Act. Any school closed under this amendatory Act of
12the 102nd General Assembly and Section 24-2 of the School Code
13shall be made available to an election authority as a polling
14place for 2022 General Election Day.
15    This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
 
16    (10 ILCS 5/7-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
17    Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
18one or two members from each congressional district in the
19State and shall be elected as follows:
20
State Central Committee
21    (a) Within 30 days after January 1, 1984 (the effective
22date of Public Act 83-33), the State central committee of each
23political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
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1State central committee of that party.
2    Alternative A. At the primary in 1970 and at the general
3primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
4elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of
5the State central committee for the congressional district in
6which he resides. The candidate receiving the highest number
7of votes shall be declared elected State central
8committeeperson from the district. A political party may, in
9lieu of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any
10State convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect
11the State central committeepersons in the manner following:
12    At the county convention held by such political party,
13State central committeepersons shall be elected in the same
14manner as provided in this Article for the election of
15officers of the county central committee, and such election
16shall follow the election of officers of the county central
17committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
18committeeperson shall cast as his vote one vote for each
19ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or
20precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
21political party. In the case of a county lying partially
22within one congressional district and partially within another
23congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
24committeeperson shall vote only with respect to the
25congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
26township or precinct is located. In the case of a

 

 

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1congressional district which encompasses more than one county,
2each ward, township or precinct committeeperson residing
3within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
4vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
5township or precinct in the last preceding primary election of
6his political party for one candidate of his party for member
7of the State central committee for the congressional district
8in which he resides and the Chair of the county central
9committee shall report the results of the election to the
10State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall
11certify the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
12elected State central committeeperson for that congressional
13district.
14    The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
15for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
16members of the State central committee.
17    After August 6, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
1891-426), whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair of a
19State central committee, or at the end of the term of office of
20Chair, the State central committee of each political party
21that has selected Alternative A shall elect a Chair who shall
22not be required to be a member of the State Central Committee.
23The Chair shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
24same political party as the State central committee.
25    Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
2630 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a

 

 

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1person of a different gender than the sex opposite that of the
2incumbent member for that congressional district to serve as
3an additional member of the State central committee until the
4member's his or her successor is elected at the general
5primary election in 1986. Each congressional committee shall
6make this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
7paragraph (e) of this Section. In each congressional district
8at the general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
9thereafter, the person male candidate receiving the highest
10number of votes of the party's male candidates for State
11central committeeperson committeeman, and the person of a
12different gender female candidate receiving the highest number
13of votes of the party's female candidates for State central
14committeewoman, shall be declared elected State central
15committeepersons committeeman and State central committeewoman
16from the district. At the general primary election held in
171986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates
18for State central committeeperson committeemen or State
19central committeewomen from a congressional district are of
20the same gender are of the same sex, the candidate receiving
21the highest number of votes shall be declared elected a State
22central committeeperson committeeman or State central
23committeewoman from the district, and, because of a failure to
24elect 2 persons from different genders one male and one female
25to the committee, a vacancy shall be declared to exist in the
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1from the district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment
2by the congressional committee of the political party, and the
3person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
4congressional district and of a different gender than the
5committeeperson the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
6committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
7congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
8on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
9    The Chair of a State central committee composed as
10provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
11committee's members.
12    Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to
13the selection of the Chair of the State central committee,
14under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central
15committee of each political party shall be composed of members
16elected or appointed from the several congressional districts
17of the State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The
18members of the State central committee shall, within 41 days
19after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in
20the city of Springfield and organize by electing a Chair, and
21may at such time elect such officers from among their own
22number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or
23expedient. The outgoing chair of the State central committee
24of the party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each
25member of the State central committee elected at the primary
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1proceedings of the State central committee, the 2
2committeepersons each State central committeeman and State
3central committeewoman shall each have one vote for each
4ballot voted in their his or her congressional district by the
5primary electors of the committeepersons' his or her party at
6the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
7State central committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the
8State central committee of any political party, the vacancy
9shall be filled by appointment of the chairmen of the county
10central committees of the political party of the counties
11located within the congressional district in which the vacancy
12occurs and, if applicable, the ward and township
13committeepersons of the political party in counties of
142,000,000 or more inhabitants located within the congressional
15district. If the congressional district in which the vacancy
16occurs lies wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more
17inhabitants, the ward and township committeepersons of the
18political party in that congressional district shall vote to
19fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each chair of
20a county central committee and each ward and township
21committeeperson in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
22shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of
23the congressional district in which the vacancy exists of the
24chair's or committeeperson's his or her county, township, or
25ward cast by the primary electors of the chair's or
26committeeperson's his or her party at the primary election

 

 

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1immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
2State central committee. The person appointed to fill the
3vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district in
4which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter, and, in a
5committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of
6the same gender be of the same sex as the appointee's his or
7her predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of
8the delegates of any State convention of such party, determine
9to return to the election of State central committeepersons
10committeeman and State central committeewoman by the vote of
11primary electors. Any action taken by a political party at a
12State convention in accordance with this Section shall be
13reported to the State Board of Elections by the chair and
14secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
15
Ward, Township and Precinct Committeepersons
16    (b) At the primary in 1972 and at the general primary
17election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
18cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
19candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeperson.
20Each candidate for ward committeeperson must be a resident of
21and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
22committeeperson. The one having the highest number of votes
23shall be such ward committeeperson of such party for such
24ward. At the primary election in 1970 and at the general
25primary election every 4 years thereafter, each primary
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1more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
2more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
3committeeperson. Each candidate for township committeeperson
4must be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
5(which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000 or
6more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
7more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks to
8be elected township committeeperson. The one having the
9highest number of votes shall be such township committeeperson
10of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
11primary in 1970 and at the general primary election every 2
12years thereafter, each primary elector, except in counties
13having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote for one
14candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
15committeeperson. Each candidate for precinct committeeperson
16must be a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to
17be elected precinct committeeperson. The one having the
18highest number of votes shall be such precinct committeeperson
19of such party for such precinct. The official returns of the
20primary shall show the name of the committeeperson of each
21political party.
22    Terms of Committeepersons. All precinct committeepersons
23elected under the provisions of this Article shall continue as
24such committeepersons until the date of the primary to be held
25in the second year after their election. Except as otherwise
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1committeepersons who have 2 year terms, all State central
2committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward
3committeepersons shall continue as such committeepersons until
4the date of primary to be held in the fourth year after their
5election. However, a vacancy exists in the office of precinct
6committeeperson when a precinct committeeperson ceases to
7reside in the precinct in which he was elected and such
8precinct committeeperson shall thereafter neither have nor
9exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeperson in
10that precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
11appointed.
12    (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
13the precinct committeepersons of such party, in the
14multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
152-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
16purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
17the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
18Committee each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote
19for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors
20of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
21
County Central Committee
22    (d) The county central committee of each political party
23in each county shall consist of the various township
24committeepersons, precinct committeepersons and ward
25committeepersons, if any, of such party in the county. In the
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1each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for each
2ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his
3party at the primary at which he was elected; each township
4committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
5his township or part of a township as the case may be by the
6primary electors of his party at the primary election for the
7nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
8immediately preceding the meeting of the county central
9committee; and in the organization and proceedings of the
10county central committee, each ward committeeperson shall have
11one vote for each ballot voted in his ward by the primary
12electors of his party at the primary election for the
13nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
14immediately preceding the meeting of the county central
15committee.
16
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
17    (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
18each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
19various township committeepersons and ward committeepersons,
20if any, of that party in the portions of the county composing
21the board of review election district. In the organization and
22proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees,
23each township committeeperson shall have one vote for each
24ballot voted in the committeeperson's his or her township or
25part of a township, as the case may be, by the primary electors
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1election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
2review election district committee; and in the organization
3and proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees,
4each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot
5voted in the committeeperson's his or her ward or part of that
6ward, as the case may be, by the primary electors of the
7committeeperson's his or her party at the primary election
8immediately preceding the meeting of the board of review
9election district committee.
10
Congressional Committee
11    (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
12congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
13the county central committees of the counties composing the
14congressional district, except that in congressional districts
15wholly within the territorial limits of one county, the
16precinct committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward
17committeepersons, if any, of the party representing the
18precincts within the limits of the congressional district,
19shall compose the congressional committee. A State central
20committeeperson in each district shall be a member and the
21chair or, when a district has 2 State central
22committeepersons, a co-chairperson of the congressional
23committee, but shall not have the right to vote except in case
24of a tie.
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1committeepersons or ward committeepersons, or any combination
2thereof, each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for
3each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
4his party at the primary at which he was elected, each township
5committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
6his township or part of a township as the case may be by the
7primary electors of his party at the primary election
8immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
9committee, and each ward committeeperson shall have one vote
10for each ballot voted in each precinct of his ward located in
11such congressional district by the primary electors of his
12party at the primary election immediately preceding the
13meeting of the congressional committee; and in the
14organization and proceedings of congressional committees
15composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
16the counties within such district, each chair of such county
17central committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
18his county by the primary electors of his party at the primary
19election immediately preceding the meeting of the
20congressional committee.
21
Judicial District Committee
22    (f) The judicial district committee of each political
23party in each judicial district shall be composed of the chair
24of the county central committees of the counties composing the
25judicial district.
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1committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
2committees of the counties within such district, each chair of
3such county central committee shall have one vote for each
4ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
5at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
6the judicial district committee.
7
Circuit Court Committee
8    (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
9each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
10the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
11composing the judicial circuit.
12    In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
13committees, each chair of a county central committee shall
14have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
15primary electors of his party at the primary election
16immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
17committee.
18
Judicial Subcircuit Committee
19    (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political
20party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit
21divided into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and
22township committeepersons of the townships and wards composing
23the judicial subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct
24committeepersons of the precincts composing the judicial
25subcircuit in any county other than Cook County.
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1subcircuit committee, each township committeeperson shall have
2one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
3township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the
4primary electors of his party at the primary election
5immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
6committee; each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote
7for each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as
8the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary
9electors of his party at the primary election immediately
10preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
11and each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each
12ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case may be,
13in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of his
14party at the primary election immediately preceding the
15meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
16
Municipal Central Committee
17    (h) The municipal central committee of each political
18party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
19committeepersons, as the case may be, of such party
20representing the precincts or wards, embraced in such city,
21incorporated town or village. The voting strength of each
22precinct, township or ward committeeperson on the municipal
23central committee shall be the same as his voting strength on
24the county central committee.
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1municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
2the party officers of the local established party. The party
3officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the
4chair and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities and
5townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
6caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of
7filling vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for
8municipalities and townships authorized by statute or
9ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and primary
10election, the party officers shall be the party's candidates
11who are nominated at the primary. If no party primary was held
12because of the provisions of Section 7-5, vacancies in
13nomination shall be filled by the party's remaining candidates
14who shall serve as the party's officers.
15
Powers
16    (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
17usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
18thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
19The several committees herein provided for shall not have
20power to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any
21other person, officer or committee, but this shall not be
22construed to prevent a committee from appointing from its own
23membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
24    (j) The State central committee of a political party which
25elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
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1selection rules of the national political party and file a
2copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
3approved by a national political party.
4    (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
5Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
6central committeeperson committeeman or committeewoman at
7meetings of the State central committee of a political party
8which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
9of this Section, the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of
10the ward and township committeepersons, if any, of the wards
11and townships which lie entirely or partially within the
12Congressional District from which the absent State central
13committeeperson committeeman or committeewoman was elected and
14the vote of the chairmen of the county central committees of
15those counties which lie entirely or partially within that
16Congressional District and in which there are no ward or
17township committeepersons. When voting for such proxy, the
18county chair, ward committeeperson or township
19committeeperson, as the case may be, shall have one vote for
20each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, or portion
21thereof within the Congressional District, by the primary
22electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
23However, the absent State central committeeperson committeeman
24or committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
25rules of a political party which elects its members by
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1    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
2ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
3committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
4statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because
5of conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted
6of a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson
7shall automatically become vacant.
8(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
9    (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
10    Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
11candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
12township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
13committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
14delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
15upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
16been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
17substantially the following form:
18    We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
19.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
20in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
21Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
22or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
23for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
24election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
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1date).
2    NameOfficeAddress
3John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
4Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
5Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
6Name..................         Address.......................
 
7State of Illinois)
8                 ) ss.
9County of........)
10    I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
11street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
12....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
13of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
14were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
15best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
16the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
17party, and that their respective residences are correctly
18stated, as above set forth.
19
.........................
20    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
21
.........................

 
22    Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
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1and shall contain above the space for signatures an
2appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
3candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
4signed; the office, the political party represented and place
5of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
6    Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
7electors residing in the political division for which the
8nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
9opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
10shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
11be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
12elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
13number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
14signer's county, and city, village or town, and state. However
15the county or city, village or town, and state of residence of
16the electors may be printed on the petition forms where all of
17the electors signing the petition reside in the same county or
18city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may
19be used in writing the residence address, including street
20number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition
21shall be added a circulator statement signed by a person 18
22years of age or older who is a citizen of the United States,
23stating the street address or rural route number, as the case
24may be, as well as the county, city, village or town, and
25state; and certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the
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1that the signatures are genuine; and either (1) indicating the
2dates on which that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating
3the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or
4(3) certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were
5signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
6of the petition and certifying that to the best of his or her
7knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of
8signing the petitions qualified voters of the political party
9for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall be
10sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in
11this State.
12    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no No petition
13sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
14day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
15    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
16whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
17signature from the petition, provided that:
18        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
19    the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
20    and
21        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
22    certification listing the page number and line number of
23    each signature struck from the petition. Such
24    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
25    Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
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1fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
2manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
3The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
4to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
5sheets which are filed with the proper local election
6officials, election authorities or the State Board of
7Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
8by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
9photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
10include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
11the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
12filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
13candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
14that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
15which the petition relates and is qualified for the office
16specified (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it
17shall state that the candidate is at the time of filing such
18statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall
19state that he has filed (or will file before the close of the
20petition filing period) a statement of economic interests as
21required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall
22request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
23ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate
24before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds
25in the State and shall be in substantially the following form:
26
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1NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
2John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
3Belvidere,
4Illinois
5State of Illinois)
6                 ) ss.
7County of .......)
8    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
9Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
10State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
11qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
12candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
13committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
14office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
15held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
16being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
17requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
18such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
19close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
20interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
21and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
22primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
23of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)
24such office.
25
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1    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
2who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
3
Signed ....................
4
(Official Character)
5(Seal, if officer has one.)
 
6    The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
7to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
8filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
9authority or local election official with whom the petition is
10required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
11Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
12by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
13thereof shall be punished accordingly.
14    A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
15obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
16his or her petition for nomination.
17    (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
18convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if If a
19candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
20alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
21from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
22nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
2310,000 signatures.
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1in this Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for United States
2Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
3congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
4elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
5petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
6signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
7his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
8first primary election following a redistricting of
9congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
10must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
11electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
12congressional district.
13    (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
14Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
15including but not limited to county board chairperson or
16county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
17other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
18nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
19equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
20cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
21county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
22elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
23petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
24signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
25his or her party in the county board district. In the first
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1districts or the initial establishment of county board
2districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
3at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
4qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
5cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
6the total number of county board districts comprising the
7county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
8signatures be less than 25.
9    (d) County office; Cook County only.
10        (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
11    in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
12    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
13    equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
14    who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
15    Cook County.
16        (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
17    Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
18    must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
19    0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
20    in his or her county board district. In the first primary
21    election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
22    Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
23    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
24    equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
25    in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
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1    board districts comprising the county board; provided that
2    in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
3        (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if If a
4    candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
5    Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
6    subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
7    then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
8    at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
9    total number of registered voters in his or her board of
10    review district in the last general election at which a
11    commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
12    that board of review district. In no event shall the
13    number of signatures required be greater than the
14    requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
15    office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
16    Section. In the first primary election following a
17    redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
18    candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
19    4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
20    required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
21    whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
22    party in the district.
23    (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
24run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
25petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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1his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
2candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then
3the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
4the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
5primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
6primary election following redistricting of aldermanic wards
7or trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
8establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition
9for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
10at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the
11candidate of that political party who received the highest
12number of votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
13election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be
14elected from the entire municipality, divided by the number of
15wards or districts. In no event shall the number of signatures
16be less than 25.
17    (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
18run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
19petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
20of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
21congressional district.
22    (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
23provided in this Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for
24trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
25elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
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1equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from
2the sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
3of a sanitary district in which trustees are elected from
4wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
5contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
6primary electors of his or her party in the ward of that
7sanitary district. In the first primary election following
8redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
9candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
10signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her
11ward of that sanitary district.
12    (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
13Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
14district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
15contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
16votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
17political party for the office of Governor at the last general
18election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
19than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
20office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
21petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
22equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
23candidate of his or her political party who received the
24highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
25judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
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11,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
2First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
3Judicial District.
4    (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
5as otherwise provided in this Code, if If a candidate seeks to
6run for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's
7petition for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of
8the primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
9candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
10candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
11the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
12of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
13same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
14may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
15If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
16the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
17than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
18electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
198% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
20signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
21is greater.
22    (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
23for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
24attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
25than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
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1the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
2comprising the counties.
3    (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
4office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
5contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
6registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
7division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
8whichever is greater.
9    For purposes of this Section the number of primary
10electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
11the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
12party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
13the last general election in the State at which electors for
14President of the United States were elected. For political
15subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
16determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
17that political party who received the highest number of votes
18in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
19which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
20that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
21subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
22determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
23that political party who received the highest number of votes
24in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
25an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
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1    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
2petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
3party.
4    The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
5the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
6except for item (3) of subsection (d).
7    Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
8specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
9names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
10the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
11Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
12one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
13(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
14    (10 ILCS 5/7-10.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2)
15    Sec. 7-10.2. In the designation of the name of a candidate
16on a petition for nomination or certificate of nomination the
17candidate's given name or names, initial or initials, a
18nickname by which the candidate is commonly known, or a
19combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
20candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
21name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
22Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
23last day for filing the petition or certificate for that
24office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name
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1known as (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until
2name changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii)
3the petition or certificate must be accompanied by the
4candidate's affidavit stating the candidate's previous names
5during the period specified in (i) and the date or dates each
6of those names was changed; failure to meet these requirements
7shall be grounds for denying certification of the candidate's
8name for the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the
9ballot, as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to
10name changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive
11parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to
12assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil
13union or declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union
14to assume a former surname or a name change that conforms the
15candidate's name to his or her gender identity. No other
16designation such as a political slogan, as defined by Section
177-17, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or implying
18possession of a title, degree or professional status, or
19similar information may be used in connection with the
20candidate's surname.
21(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
23    Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
24mail or in person as follows:
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1    Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
2    congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
3    nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
4    district which comprises more than one county or is partly
5    in one county and partly in another county or counties
6    (including the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District),
7    then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such
8    petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
9    office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113
10    and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the
11    primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to
12    fill a vacancy by special election in the office of
13    representative in Congress from this State, such petition
14    for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of
15    the State Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not
16    less than 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
17        Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
18    Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
19    preceding the 106th day before a general primary election,
20    petitions for nomination for the office in which the
21    vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
22    office of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor
23    less than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary
24    election.
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1    then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
2    principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
3    than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
4    the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
5    policies of a national political party conflict with such
6    requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
7    delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
8    convention, the chair of the State central committee of
9    such national political party shall notify the Board in
10    writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
11    national political party in conflict, and in such case the
12    Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
13    accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
14    state central committee of such national political party.
15        (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
16    office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
17    petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
18    not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date
19    of the primary.
20        (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
21    or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
22    filed in the office of the local election official, not
23    more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
24    primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's
25    boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
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1    commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
2    of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
3    of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
4    election authority.
5        (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
6    committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
7    the State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less
8    than 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
9        (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
10    ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
11    county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior
12    to the date of the primary.
13        (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
14    election authorities and local election officials with
15    whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
16    specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
17    receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
18    each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
19    waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
20    filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
21    involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
22    or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
23    filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
24    for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that
25    day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
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1    be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as
2    filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
3    petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
4    deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
5    more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
6    Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
7    local election officials with whom such petitions are
8    filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
9    by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
10    random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
11    Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
12    the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the
13    public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of
14    conducting such random selection shall be given by the
15    State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
16    committee of each established political party, and by each
17    election authority or local election official, to the
18    County Chair of each established political party, and to
19    each organization of citizens within the election
20    jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
21    the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
22    on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
23    election authority or local election official shall post
24    in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance
25    of the office, notice of the time and place of such
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1    and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
2    of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
3    order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
4    candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
5    certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
6    candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
7        (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
8    election authority or local election official with whom
9    such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
10    person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
11    of the obligation to file statements of organization,
12    reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
13    campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of
14    this Act. Such notice shall be given in the manner
15    prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
16        (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
17    valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
18    statement of economic interests as required by the
19    Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
20    candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
21    period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
22    filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
23    same governmental unit with that officer within a year
24    preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
25    filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
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1    required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate
2    must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers
3    are filed a receipt from the officer with whom the
4    statement of economic interests is filed showing the date
5    on which such statement was filed. Such receipt shall be
6    so filed not later than the last day on which nomination
7    papers may be filed.
8        (9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any Any
9    person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
10    committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
11    national nominating convention has been filed may cause
12    his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
13    him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
14    take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
15    or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
16    or with the appropriate election authority or local
17    election official, not later than the date of
18    certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
19    or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
20    certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
21    for nomination have been filed for the same person with
22    respect to more than one political party, his name shall
23    not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
24    party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
25    same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
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1    such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
2    candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
3    business days following the last day for petition filing.
4    A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
5    nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
6    one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
7    petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
8    person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
9    subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
10    shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
11    the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
12    withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
13    within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
14    printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
15    purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
16    political party is not incompatible with any other office.
17        (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
18    statute, no primary shall be held for an established
19    political party in any township, municipality, or ward
20    thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
21    office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
22    municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
23    political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
24    as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
25    upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
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1    such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
2    that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
3    within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
4    which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
5    Article, the nomination of an established political party
6    of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
7    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
8    to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
9    seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
10    office.
11        (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
12    statute, no primary election shall be held for an
13    established political party for any special primary
14    election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
15    the office of representative in the United States Congress
16    where the nomination of such political party for said
17    office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
18    the nomination of an established political party of a
19    candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
20    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
21    to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
22    seeking the nomination of such established party for
23    election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
24    apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
25    scheduled election day.
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1    and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
2    not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
3    to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
4    nomination for any office for which the nomination is
5    uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
6    intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
7    election official with whom nomination papers for such
8    office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
9    primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
10    notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
11    this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
12    ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
13    name and address of the person intending to become a
14    write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a
15    qualified primary elector of the political party from whom
16    the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the
17    person intends to become a write-in candidate for the
18    party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is
19    seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority
20    shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
21    primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
22    uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the
23    requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
24        (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
25    for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
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1    election official where the petitions are filed shall
2    within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
3    multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
4    business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
5    State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
6    or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
7    sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
8    Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
9    local election official, the last set of petitions filed
10    shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
11    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
12    election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
13    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
14    election official then only the first set of petitions
15    filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
16    void.
17        (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
18    public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
19    not less than 6 months.
20(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-523, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/7-13)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
22    Sec. 7-13. The board of election commissioners in cities
23of 500,000 or more population having such board, shall
24constitute an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon
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1    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, such Such
2objections shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
3within 5 business days after the last day for filing
4nomination papers. The objection shall state the name and
5address of the objector, who may be any qualified elector in
6the ward, the specific grounds of objection and the relief
7requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of the
8objection, the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
9objection and the petition of the candidate to the board of
10election commissioners. The board of election commissioners
11shall forthwith notify the objector and candidate objected to
12of the time and place for hearing hereon. After a hearing upon
13the validity of such objections, the board shall certify to
14the county clerk its decision stating whether or not the name
15of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the county
16clerk in his or her certificate to the board of election
17commissioners shall leave off of the certificate the name of
18the candidate for ward committeeperson that the election
19commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However,
20the decision of the board of election commissioners is subject
21to judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
22    The county electoral board composed as provided in Section
2310-9 shall constitute an electoral board for the hearing and
24passing upon objections to nomination petitions for precinct
25and township committeepersons. Such objections shall be filed
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1the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall
2state the name and address of the objector who may be any
3qualified elector in the precinct or in the township or part of
4a township that lies outside of a city having a population of
5500,000 or more, the specific grounds of objection and the
6relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of
7the objection the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
8objection and the petition of the candidate to the chair of the
9county electoral board. The chair of the county electoral
10board shall forthwith notify the objector, the candidate whose
11petition is objected to and the other members of the electoral
12board of the time and place for hearing thereon. After hearing
13upon the validity of such objections the board shall certify
14its decision to the county clerk stating whether or not the
15name of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot, and the
16county clerk, in his or her certificate to the board of
17election commissioners, shall leave off of the certificate the
18name of the candidate ordered by the board not to be printed on
19the ballot, and the county clerk shall also refrain from
20printing on the official primary ballot, the name of any
21candidate whose name has been ordered by the electoral board
22not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of the
23board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section
2410-10.1.
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1Section 10-10 of this Act and their decisions are subject to
2judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
3(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/7-14)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
5    Sec. 7-14. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not
6Not less than 68 days before the date of the general primary
7the State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all
8petitions filed under this Article 7, in the office of the
9State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall
10then certify to the county clerk of each county, the names of
11all candidates whose nomination papers or certificates of
12nomination have been filed with the Board and direct the
13county clerk to place upon the official ballot for the general
14primary election the names of such candidates in the same
15manner and in the same order as shown upon the certification.
16    The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to
17the county clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the
18names of the candidates in the order in which the offices and
19names shall appear upon the primary ballot; such names to
20appear in the order in which petitions have been filed in the
21office of the State Board of Elections except as otherwise
22provided in this Article.
23    Not less than 62 days before the date of the general
24primary, each county clerk shall certify the names of all
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1clerk and declare that the names of such candidates for the
2respective offices shall be placed upon the official ballot
3for the general primary in the order in which such nomination
4papers were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or
5as otherwise specified by statute. Each county clerk shall
6place a copy of the certification on file in his or her office
7and at the same time issue to the board of election
8commissioners a copy of the certification that has been filed
9in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
10certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
11Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
12commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the
13general primary in that election jurisdiction the names of all
14candidates that are listed on such certification in the same
15manner and in the same order as shown upon such
16certifications.
17    The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
18following:
19        (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
20    for the respective offices;
21        (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
22    or nominated to an office from the State, political
23    subdivision or district;
24        (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
25    one candidate for an office;
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1    for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
2    a political subdivision or district are for different
3    terms.
4    The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
5case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
6is discovered that the original certification is in error.
7    Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose
8nomination papers have been held invalid by the appropriate
9electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall
10not be certified.
11(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/7-16)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-16)
13    Sec. 7-16. Each election authority in each county shall
14prepare and cause to be printed the primary ballot of each
15political party for each precinct in his respective
16jurisdiction.
17    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the The
18election authority shall, at least 45 days prior to the date of
19the primary election, have a sufficient number of ballots
20printed so that such ballots will be available for mailing 45
21days prior to the primary election to persons who have filed
22application for a ballot under the provisions of Article 20 of
23this Act.
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1    (10 ILCS 5/7-17)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-17)
2    Sec. 7-17. Candidate ballot name procedures.
3    (a) Each election authority in each county shall cause to
4be printed upon the general primary ballot of each party for
5each precinct in his jurisdiction the name of each candidate
6whose petition for nomination or for committeeperson has been
7filed in the office of the county clerk, as herein provided;
8and also the name of each candidate whose name has been
9certified to his office by the State Board of Elections, and in
10the order so certified, except as hereinafter provided.
11    It shall be the duty of the election authority to cause to
12be printed upon the consolidated primary ballot of each
13political party for each precinct in his jurisdiction the name
14of each candidate whose name has been certified to him, as
15herein provided and which is to be voted for in such precinct.
16    (b) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the
17primary ballot the candidate's given name or names, initial or
18initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known,
19or a combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
20candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
21name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
22Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
23last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination
24papers, or certificate of nomination for that office,
25whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the
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1all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed
2on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition,
3papers, or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's
4affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the
5period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those
6names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be
7grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for
8the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot,
9as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name
10changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's
11or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to assume a
12spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil union or
13declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume
14a former surname or a name change that conforms the
15candidate's name to his or her gender identity. No other
16designation such as a political slogan, title, or degree, or
17nickname suggesting or implying possession of a title, degree
18or professional status, or similar information may be used in
19connection with the candidate's surname. For purposes of this
20Section, a "political slogan" is defined as any word or words
21expressing or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that
22the candidate may espouse, including but not limited to, any
23word or words conveying any meaning other than that of the
24personal identity of the candidate. A candidate may not use a
25political slogan as part of his or her name on the ballot,
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1candidate's name.
2    (c) The State Board of Elections, a local election
3official, or an election authority shall remove any
4candidate's name designation from a ballot that is
5inconsistent with subsection (b) of this Section. In addition,
6the State Board of Elections, a local election official, or an
7election authority shall not certify to any election authority
8any candidate name designation that is inconsistent with
9subsection (b) of this Section.
10    (d) If the State Board of Elections, a local election
11official, or an election authority removes a candidate's name
12designation from a ballot under subsection (c) of this
13Section, then the aggrieved candidate may seek appropriate
14relief in circuit court.
15(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
16    (10 ILCS 5/7-43)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
17    Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6
18months and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary
19therein who shall be a citizen of the United States of the age
20of 18 or more years shall be entitled to vote at such primary.
21    The following regulations shall be applicable to
22primaries:
23        No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
24            (a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as
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1            (b) (Blank).
2            (c) (Blank).
3            (c.5) If that person has participated in the town
4        political party caucus, under Section 45-50 of the
5        Township Code, of another political party by signing
6        an affidavit of voters attending the caucus within 45
7        days before the first day of the calendar month in
8        which the primary is held.
9            (d) (Blank).
10        In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a
11    board of election commissioners only voters registered as
12    provided by Article 6 of this Act shall be entitled to vote
13    at such primary.
14        No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary
15    unless he is registered under the provisions of Articles
16    4, 5 or 6 of this Act, when his registration is required by
17    any of said Articles to entitle him to vote at the election
18    with reference to which the primary is held.
19    A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a
20partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established
21political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established
22political party at a general primary election may not file a
23statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different
24established political party, a new political party, or as an
25independent candidate for a partisan office to be filled at
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1for which the person filed the statement or voted the ballot. A
2person may file a statement of candidacy for a partisan office
3as a qualified primary voter of an established political party
4regardless of any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan
5office or voting the ballot of an established political party
6at any prior election.
7(Source: P.A. 97-681, eff. 3-30-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
8    (10 ILCS 5/7-59)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)
9    Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of
10votes at a primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination
11for an office shall be the candidate of that party for such
12office, and his name as such candidate shall be placed on the
13official ballot at the election then next ensuing; provided,
14that where there are two or more persons to be nominated for
15the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
16receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and
17their names shall be placed on the official ballot at the
18following election.
19    Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act,
20the person receiving the highest number of votes of his party
21for State central committeeperson of his congressional
22district shall be declared elected State central
23committeeperson from said congressional district.
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1allocated by proportional selection representation according
2to the results of a Presidential preference primary, the
3requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
4votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
5National nominating conventions from the State at large, and
6the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number
7of votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates
8to National nominating conventions in their respective
9congressional districts shall be declared elected delegates
10and alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
11of their party.
12    A political party which elects the members to its State
13Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
14Section 7-8 shall select its congressional district delegates
15and alternate delegates to its national nominating convention
16by proportional selection representation according to the
17results of a Presidential preference primary in each
18congressional district in the manner provided by the rules of
19the national political party and the State Central Committee,
20when the rules and policies of the national political party so
21require.
22    A political party which elects the members to its State
23Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
24Section 7-8 shall select its at large delegates and alternate
25delegates to its national nominating convention by
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1of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
2manner provided by the rules of the national political party
3and the State Central Committee, when the rules and policies
4of the national political party so require.
5    The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
6party for precinct committeeperson of his precinct shall be
7declared elected precinct committeeperson from said precinct.
8    The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
9party for township committeeperson of his township or part of
10a township as the case may be, shall be declared elected
11township committeeperson from said township or part of a
12township as the case may be. In cities where ward
13committeepersons are elected, the person receiving the highest
14number of votes of his party for ward committeeperson of his
15ward shall be declared elected ward committeeperson from said
16ward.
17    When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest
18number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
19committeeperson of the same political party, or where more
20than one person of the same political party is to be nominated
21as a candidate for office or committeeperson, if it appears
22that more than the number of persons to be nominated for an
23office or elected committeeperson have the highest and an
24equal number of votes for the nomination for the same office or
25for election as committeeperson, the election authority by
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1lot which of said persons shall be nominated or elected, as the
2case may be. In such case the election authority shall issue
3notice in writing to such persons of such tie vote stating
4therein the place, the day (which shall not be more than 5 days
5thereafter) and the hour when such nomination or election
6shall be so determined.
7    (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, write-in
8Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who have
9filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
10candidates with the proper election authority or authorities
11not later than 61 days prior to the primary. However, whenever
12an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
13for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st
14day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted
15for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized
16declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that
17office with the proper election authority or authorities not
18later than 7 days prior to the election.
19    Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
20candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. Such
21declaration shall specify the office for which the person
22seeks nomination or election as a write-in candidate.
23    The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
24of all persons who have filed such declarations to the
25election judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the
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1    (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
2Section, where the number of candidates whose names have been
3printed on a party's ballot for nomination for or election to
4an office at a primary is less than the number of persons the
5party is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
6primary, a person whose name was not printed on the party's
7primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election
8to the office, is not nominated for or elected to that office
9as a result of a write-in vote at the primary unless the number
10of votes he received equals or exceeds the number of
11signatures required on a petition for nomination for that
12office; or unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the
13number of votes received by at least one of the candidates
14whose names were printed on the primary ballot for nomination
15for or election to the same office.
16    (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where
17the number of candidates whose names have been printed on the
18party's ballot for nomination for or election to the office at
19the primary equals or exceeds the number of persons the party
20is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
21primary.
22(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
23    (10 ILCS 5/7-60)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
24    Sec. 7-60. Not less than 74 days before the date of the
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1to the county clerks the names of each of the candidates who
2have been nominated as shown by the proclamation of the State
3Board of Elections as a canvassing board or who have been
4nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the
5election authority to place upon the official ballot for the
6general election the names of such candidates in the same
7manner and in the same order as shown upon the certification,
8except as otherwise provided in this Code Section.
9    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not Not less
10than 68 days before the date of the general election, each
11county clerk shall certify the names of each of the candidates
12for county offices who have been nominated as shown by the
13proclamation of the county election authority or who have been
14nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and declare that the
15names of such candidates for the respective offices shall be
16placed upon the official ballot for the general election in
17the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
18certification, except as otherwise provided by this Section.
19Each county clerk shall place a copy of the certification on
20file in his or her office and at the same time issue to the
21State Board of Elections a copy of such certification. In
22addition, each county clerk in whose county there is a board of
23election commissioners shall, not less than 68 days before the
24date of the general election, issue to such board a copy of the
25certification that has been filed in the county clerk's
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1been issued to the clerk by the State Board of Elections, with
2directions to the board of election commissioners to place
3upon the official ballot for the general election in that
4election jurisdiction the names of all candidates that are
5listed on such certifications, in the same manner and in the
6same order as shown upon such certifications, except as
7otherwise provided in this Section.
8    Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
9same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
10name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
11number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for such
12office, as shown by the official election returns of the
13primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
14offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
15party for such offices shall follow in the order of the number
16of votes received by them respectively at the primary election
17as shown by the official election results.
18    No person who is shown by the final proclamation to have
19been nominated or elected at the primary as a write-in
20candidate shall have his or her name certified unless such
21person shall have filed with the certifying office or board
22within 10 days after the election authority's proclamation a
23statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10, a statement
24pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for the filing of a
25statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of
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1    Each county clerk and board of election commissioners
2shall determine by a fair and impartial method of random
3selection the order of placement of established political
4party candidates for the general election ballot. Such
5determination shall be made within 30 days following the
6canvass and proclamation of the results of the general primary
7in the office of the county clerk or board of election
8commissioners and shall be open to the public. Seven days
9written notice of the time and place of conducting such random
10selection shall be given, by each such election authority, to
11the County Chair of each established political party, and to
12each organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction
13which was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding
14election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of election.
15Each election authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and
16public place, at the entrance of the election authority
17office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. However,
18a board of election commissioners may elect to place
19established political party candidates on the general election
20ballot in the same order determined by the county clerk of the
21county in which the city under the jurisdiction of such board
22is located.
23    Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
24following:
25        (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
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1        (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
2    to an office from the State, political subdivision or
3    district;
4        (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
5    one candidate for an office;
6        (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
7    for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
8    a political subdivision are for different terms.
9    The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
10case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
11is discovered that the original certification is in error.
12(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
13    (10 ILCS 5/7-61)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
14    Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
15provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
16candidates to be voted for at such special election.
17    In cases where a primary election is required the officer
18or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
19this Act relating to general elections to call an election,
20shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
21candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of
22such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
23maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
24primary as provided in Section 7-12.
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1Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
2certification of candidates by the certifying board or
3officer, must be filled prior to the date of certification.
4Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification but
5prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled
6within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy. The
7resolution filling the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or
8personal delivery to the certifying officer or board within 3
9days of the action by which the vacancy was filled; provided,
10if such resolution is sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on
11the envelope containing such resolution is dated prior to the
12expiration of such 3 day limit, the resolution shall be deemed
13filed within such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit the
14resolution within the time specified in this Section shall
15authorize the certifying officer or board to certify the
16original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled by the officers
17of a local municipal or township political party as specified
18in subsection (h) of Section 7-8, other than a statewide
19political party, that is established only within a
20municipality or township and the managing committee (or
21legislative committee in case of a candidate for State Senator
22or representative committee in the case of a candidate for
23State Representative in the General Assembly or State central
24committee in the case of a candidate for statewide office,
25including but not limited to the office of United States
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1area in which such vacancy occurs.
2    The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
3duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
4acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
5the following information:
6    (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
7vacated;
8    (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
9    (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
10the vacancy and the date of selection.
11    The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
12accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
13Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
14indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
15interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
16    The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
17objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
18papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
19apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
20vacancy in nomination.
21    Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
22the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
23filled. In this event, the certification of the original
24candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the
25official ballot to be voted at the general election.
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1been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
2before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
3after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
4provided that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
5    If the name of no established political party candidate
6was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
7particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
8candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
9created which may be filled in accordance with the
10requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in
11this Code, if If the name of no established political party
12candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for a
13particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
14candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
15filled only by a person designated by the appropriate
16committee of the political party and only if that designated
17person files nominating petitions with the number of
18signatures required for an established party candidate for
19that office within 75 days after the day of the general
20primary. The circulation period for those petitions begins on
21the day the appropriate committee designates that person. The
22person shall file his or her nominating petitions, statements
23of candidacy, notice of appointment by the appropriate
24committee, and receipt of filing his or her statement of
25economic interests together. These documents shall be filed at
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1boards having jurisdiction under Section 10-9 to hear and pass
2upon objections to nominating petitions also shall hear and
3pass upon objections to nomination petitions filed by
4candidates under this paragraph.
5    A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
6partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
7for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
8ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
9consolidated election as a candidate of another political
10party.
11    A candidate seeking election to an office for which
12candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
13a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
14nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the
15ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
16of another political party.
17    In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
18vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct,
19township, ward, county or congressional district, as the case
20may be, shall through its representative on such central or
21managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
22voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
23congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
24electors of its party at the primary election immediately
25preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
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1"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
2the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
3official ballot at an election and directing election
4authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
5official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
6the local election official, election authority or the State
7Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination
8papers, including certificates of nomination and resolutions
9to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and whose duty it is
10to "certify" candidates.
11(Source: P.A. 96-809, eff. 1-1-10; 96-848, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/8-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
13    Sec. 8-5. Legislative committees; representative
14committees. There shall be constituted one legislative
15committee for each political party in each legislative
16district and one representative committee for each political
17party in each representative district. Legislative and
18representative committees shall be composed as follows:
19    In legislative or representative districts within or
20including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or more
21inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee of a
22political party shall consist of the committeepersons of such
23party representing each township or ward of such county any
24portion of which township or ward is included within such
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1county central committee of such party of any county
2containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of
3which county is included within such legislative or
4representative district.
5    In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
6representative committee of a political party shall consist of
7the chair of each county central committee of such party, any
8portion of which county is included within such legislative or
9representative district; but if a legislative or
10representative district comprises only one county, or part of
11a county, its legislative or representative committee shall
12consist of the chair of the county central committee and 2
13members of the county central committee who reside in the
14legislative or representative district, as the case may be,
15elected by the chair of the county central committee.
16    Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered
17year immediately following the decennial redistricting
18required by Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois
19Constitution of 1970, the ward committeepersons, township
20committeepersons or chairmen of county central committees
21within each of the redistricted legislative and representative
22districts shall meet and proceed to organize by electing from
23among their own number a chair and, either from among their own
24number or otherwise, such other officers as they may deem
25necessary or expedient. The ward committeepersons, township
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1shall determine the time and place (which shall be in the
2limits of such district) of such meeting. Immediately upon
3completion of organization, the chair shall forward to the
4State Board of Elections the names and addresses of the chair
5and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall occur when a
6member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the county,
7township or ward which he represented.
8    Within 180 days after the primary of each other
9even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
10representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize by
11electing from among its own number a chair, and either from its
12own number or otherwise, such other officers as each committee
13may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion
14of organization, the chair shall forward to the State Board of
15Elections, the names and addresses of the chair and secretary
16of the committee. The outgoing chair of such committee shall
17notify the members of the time and place (which shall be in the
18limits of such district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall
19occur when a member dies, resigns, or ceases to reside in the
20county, township or ward, which he represented.
21    If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
22township or ward, the committeeperson previously elected
23therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary change
24had occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
25legislative or representative committee until his successor is
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1(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
2    (10 ILCS 5/8-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
3    Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
4candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
5ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
6in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
7petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
8Section 7-10.1 of this Act and a statement of candidacy by the
9candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed.
10This statement shall set out the address of such candidate,
11the office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
12candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
13the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified
14and has filed a statement of economic interests as required by
15the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
16candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot and shall
17be subscribed and sworn by such candidate before some officer
18authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this State and
19may be in substantially the following form:
20State of Illinois)
21                 ) ss.
22County ..........)
23    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
24street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
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1qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate
2for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
3primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
4qualified to hold such office and that I have filed a statement
5of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
6Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be printed upon
7the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
8
Signed ....................
9    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
10who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
11
Signed .... (Official Character)
12
(Seal if officer has one.)
13    The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
14that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
15interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
16must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
17subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
18    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all All
19petitions for nomination for the office of State Senator shall
20be signed by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the
21qualified primary electors of the candidate's party in his
22legislative district.
23    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all All
24petitions for nomination for the office of Representative in
25the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not
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1candidate's party in his or her representative district.
2    Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
3who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
4Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
5address shall be written or printed. The residence address
6required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
7primary elector's name shall include the street address or
8rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
9as the signer's county and city, village or town.
10    For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
11electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
12the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
13party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
14the last general election in the State at which electors for
15President of the United States were elected.
16    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
17petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
18party.
19    In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
20circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
21is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
22street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
23well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
24and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
25petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
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1best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing
2were at the time of signing the petition qualified primary
3voters for which the nomination is sought.
4    In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
5petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
6which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
7first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
8certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed
9more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
10petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90
11days preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the
12filing of such petition.
13    All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board
14of Elections shall be the original sheets which have been
15signed by the voters and by the circulator, and not
16photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
17    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
18whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
19signature from the petition, provided that:
20        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
21    the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
22    and
23        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
24    certification listing the page number and line number of
25    each signature struck from the petition. Such
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1(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
2    (10 ILCS 5/8-8.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8.1)
3    Sec. 8-8.1. In the designation of the name of a candidate
4on a petition for nomination, the candidate's given name or
5names, initial or initials, a nickname by which the candidate
6is commonly known, or a combination thereof, may be used in
7addition to the candidate's surname. If a candidate has
8changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common law
9procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3
10years before the last day for filing the petition for that
11office, then (i) the candidate's name on the petition must be
12followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names during
13the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of each
14such name change)" and (ii) the petition must be accompanied
15by the candidate's affidavit stating the candidate's previous
16names during the period specified in (i) and the date or dates
17each of those names was changed; failure to meet these
18requirements shall be grounds for denying certification of the
19candidate's name for the ballot or removing the candidate's
20name from the ballot, as appropriate, but these requirements
21do not apply to name changes resulting from adoption to assume
22an adoptive parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil
23union to assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage
24or civil union or declaration of invalidity of marriage or
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1conforms the candidate's name to his or her gender identity.
2No other designation such as a political slogan, title, or
3degree, or nickname suggesting or implying possession of a
4title, degree or professional status, or similar information
5may be used in connection with the candidate's surname.
6(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07.)
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/8-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-10)
8    Sec. 8-10. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not
9Not less than 68 days prior to the date of the primary, the
10State Board of Elections shall certify to the county clerk for
11each county, the names of all candidates for legislative
12offices, as specified in the petitions for nominations on file
13in its office, which are to be voted for in such county,
14stating in such certificates the political affiliation of each
15candidate for nomination, as specified in the petitions. The
16State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to the
17county clerk, certify to the county clerk the names of the
18candidates in the order in which the names shall appear upon
19the primary ballot, the names to appear in the order in which
20petitions have been filed.
21    Not less than 62 days prior to the date of the primary, the
22county clerk shall certify to the board of election
23commissioners if there be any such board in his county, the
24names of all candidates so certified to him by the State Board
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1jurisdiction of said board and in the order in which such names
2are certified to him.
3(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
4    (10 ILCS 5/8-17)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17)
5    Sec. 8-17. The death of any candidate prior to, or on, the
6date of the primary shall not affect the canvass of the
7ballots. If the result of such canvass discloses that such
8candidate, if he had lived, would have been nominated, such
9candidate shall be declared nominated.
10    In the event that a candidate of a party who has been
11nominated under the provisions of this Article shall die
12before election (whether death occurs prior to, or on, or
13after, the date of the primary) or decline the nomination or
14should the nomination for any other reason become vacant, the
15legislative or representative committee of such party for such
16district shall nominate a candidate of such party to fill such
17vacancy. However, if there was no candidate for the nomination
18of the party in the primary, except as otherwise provided in
19this Code, no candidate of that party for that office may be
20listed on the ballot at the general election, unless the
21legislative or representative committee of the party nominates
22a candidate to fill the vacancy in nomination within 75 days
23after the date of the general primary election. Vacancies in
24nomination occurring under this Article shall be filled by the
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1accordance with the provisions of Section 7-61 of this Code.
2In proceedings to fill the vacancy in nomination, the voting
3strength of the members of the legislative or representative
4committee shall be as provided in Section 8-6.
5(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/9-8.10)
7    Sec. 9-8.10. Use of political committee and other
8reporting organization funds.
9    (a) A political committee shall not make expenditures:
10        (1) In violation of any law of the United States or of
11    this State.
12        (2) Clearly in excess of the fair market value of the
13    services, materials, facilities, or other things of value
14    received in exchange.
15        (3) For satisfaction or repayment of any debts other
16    than loans made to the committee or to the public official
17    or candidate on behalf of the committee or repayment of
18    goods and services purchased by the committee under a
19    credit agreement. Nothing in this Section authorizes the
20    use of campaign funds to repay personal loans. The
21    repayments shall be made by check written to the person
22    who made the loan or credit agreement. The terms and
23    conditions of any loan or credit agreement to a committee
24    shall be set forth in a written agreement, including but
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1    shall be executed by the chair or treasurer of the
2    committee at the time of the loan or credit agreement. The
3    loan or agreement shall also set forth the rate of
4    interest for the loan, if any, which may not substantially
5    exceed the prevailing market interest rate at the time the
6    agreement is executed.
7        (4) For the satisfaction or repayment of any debts or
8    for the payment of any expenses relating to a personal
9    residence. Campaign funds may not be used as collateral
10    for home mortgages.
11        (5) For clothing or personal laundry expenses, except
12    clothing items rented by the public official or candidate
13    for his or her own use exclusively for a specific
14    campaign-related event, provided that committees may
15    purchase costumes, novelty items, or other accessories
16    worn primarily to advertise the candidacy.
17        (6) For the travel expenses of any person unless the
18    travel is necessary for fulfillment of political,
19    governmental, or public policy duties, activities, or
20    purposes.
21        (7) For membership or club dues charged by
22    organizations, clubs, or facilities that are primarily
23    engaged in providing health, exercise, or recreational
24    services; provided, however, that funds received under
25    this Article may be used to rent the clubs or facilities
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1        (8) In payment for anything of value or for
2    reimbursement of any expenditure for which any person has
3    been reimbursed by the State or any person. For purposes
4    of this item (8), a per diem allowance is not a
5    reimbursement.
6        (9) For the lease or purchase of or installment
7    payment for a motor vehicle unless the political committee
8    can demonstrate that purchase of a motor vehicle is more
9    cost-effective than leasing a motor vehicle as permitted
10    under this item (9). A political committee may lease or
11    purchase and insure, maintain, and repair a motor vehicle
12    if the vehicle will be used primarily for campaign
13    purposes or for the performance of governmental duties.
14    Nothing in this paragraph prohibits a political committee
15    from using political funds to make expenditures related to
16    vehicles not purchased or leased by a political committee,
17    provided the expenditure relates to the use of the vehicle
18    for primarily campaign purposes or the performance of
19    governmental duties. A committee shall not make
20    expenditures for use of the vehicle for non-campaign or
21    non-governmental purposes. Persons using vehicles not
22    purchased or leased by a political committee may be
23    reimbursed for actual mileage for the use of the vehicle
24    for campaign purposes or for the performance of
25    governmental duties. The mileage reimbursements shall be
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1    method for computation of business expenses under the
2    Internal Revenue Code.
3        (10) Directly for an individual's tuition or other
4    educational expenses, except for governmental or political
5    purposes directly related to a candidate's or public
6    official's duties and responsibilities.
7        (11) For payments to a public official or candidate or
8    his or her family member unless for compensation for
9    services actually rendered by that person. The provisions
10    of this item (11) do not apply to expenditures by a
11    political committee in an aggregate amount not exceeding
12    the amount of funds reported to and certified by the State
13    Board or county clerk as available as of June 30, 1998, in
14    the semi-annual report of contributions and expenditures
15    filed by the political committee for the period concluding
16    June 30, 1998.
17    (b) The Board shall have the authority to investigate,
18upon receipt of a verified complaint, violations of the
19provisions of this Section. The Board may levy a fine on any
20person who knowingly makes expenditures in violation of this
21Section and on any person who knowingly makes a malicious and
22false accusation of a violation of this Section. The Board may
23act under this subsection only upon the affirmative vote of at
24least 5 of its members. The fine shall not exceed $500 for each
25expenditure of $500 or less and shall not exceed the amount of
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1$500. The Board shall also have the authority to render
2rulings and issue opinions relating to compliance with this
3Section.
4    (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of
5funds of a political committee controlled by an officeholder
6or by a candidate to defray the customary and reasonable
7expenses of an officeholder in connection with the performance
8of governmental and public service functions.
9    (d) Nothing in this Section prohibits the funds of a
10political committee which is controlled by a person convicted
11of a violation of any of the offenses listed in subsection (a)
12of Section 10 of the Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act
13from being forfeited to the State under Section 15 of the
14Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act.
15(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
16    (10 ILCS 5/9-13)  (from Ch. 46, par. 9-13)
17    Sec. 9-13. Audits of political committees.
18    (a) The Board shall have the authority to order a
19political committee to conduct an audit of the financial
20records required to be maintained by the committee to ensure
21compliance with Sections 9-8.5 and 9-10. Audits ordered by the
22Board shall be conducted as provided in this Section and as
23provided by Board rule.
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1reasons: (i) a discrepancy between the ending balance of a
2reporting period and the beginning balance of the next
3reporting period, (ii) failure to account for previously
4reported investments or loans, or (iii) a discrepancy between
5reporting contributions received by or expenditures made for a
6political committee that are reported by another political
7committee, except the Board shall not order an audit pursuant
8to this item (iii) unless there is a willful pattern of
9inaccurate reporting or there is a pattern of similar
10inaccurate reporting involving similar contributions by the
11same contributor. Prior to ordering an audit, the Board shall
12afford the political committee due notice and an opportunity
13for a closed preliminary hearing. A political committee shall
14hire an entity qualified to perform an audit; except, a
15political committee shall not hire a person that has
16contributed to the political committee during the previous 4
17years.
18    (c) In each calendar year, the Board shall randomly select
19order no more than 3% of registered political committees to
20conduct an audit. The Board shall establish a standard,
21scientific method of selecting the political committees that
22are to be audited so that every political committee has an
23equal mathematical chance of being selected. A political
24committee selected to conduct an audit through the random
25selection process shall only be required to conduct the audit
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1the period to be covered by the audit and has: (i) a fund
2balance of $10,000 or more as of the close of the most recent
3reporting period; (ii) an average closing fund balance of
4$10,000 or more on quarterly reports occurring during the
52-year period to be covered by the audit; or (iii) average
6total receipts of $10,000 or more on quarterly reports
7occurring during the 2-year period to be covered by the audit.
8Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a
9political committee owing unpaid fines at the time of its
10random selection shall be ordered to conduct an audit. The
11Board shall not select additional registered political
12committees to conduct an audit to replace any of the
13originally selected political committees.
14    (d) Upon receipt of notification from the Board ordering
15an audit, a political committee shall conduct an audit of the
16financial records required to be maintained by the committee
17to ensure compliance with the contribution limitations
18established in Section 9-8.5 and the reporting requirements
19established in Section 9-3 and Section 9-10 for a period of 2
20years from the close of the most recent reporting period or the
21period since the committee was previously ordered to conduct
22an audit, whichever is shorter. The entity performing the
23audit shall review the amount of funds and investments
24maintained by the political committee and ensure the financial
25records accurately account for any contributions and
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1of the audit shall be delivered to the Board within 60 calendar
2days after receipt of notice from the Board, unless the Board
3grants an extension to complete the audit. A political
4committee ordered to conduct an audit through the random
5selection process shall not be required to conduct another
6audit for a minimum of 5 years unless the Board has reason to
7believe the political committee is in violation of Section
89-3, 9-8.5, or 9-10.
9    (e) The Board shall not disclose the name of any political
10committee ordered to conduct an audit or any documents in
11possession of the Board related to an audit unless, after
12review of the audit findings, the Board has reason to believe
13the political committee is in violation of Section 9-3, 9-8.5,
14or 9-10 and the Board imposed a fine.
15    (f) Failure to deliver a certified audit in a timely
16manner is a business offense punishable by a fine of $250 per
17day that the audit is late, up to a maximum of $5,000.
18(Source: P.A. 100-784, eff. 8-10-18.)
 
19    (10 ILCS 5/10-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-4)
20    Sec. 10-4. Form of petition for nomination. All petitions
21for nomination under this Article 10 for candidates for public
22office in this State, shall in addition to other requirements
23provided by law, be as follows: Such petitions shall consist
24of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain, above
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1information as to name of candidate or candidates in whose
2behalf such petition is signed; the office; the party; place
3of residence; and such other information or wording as
4required to make same valid, and the heading of each sheet
5shall be the same. Such petition shall be signed by the
6qualified voters in their own proper persons only, and
7opposite the signature of each signer his residence address
8shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
9be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
10elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
11number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
12signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
13However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
14residence of such electors may be printed on the petition
15forms where all of the electors signing the petition reside in
16the same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
17abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
18including street number, if any. Except as otherwise provided
19in this Code, no No signature shall be valid or be counted in
20considering the validity or sufficiency of such petition
21unless the requirements of this Section are complied with. At
22the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
23circulator's statement, signed by a person 18 years of age or
24older who is a citizen of the United States; stating the street
25address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
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1the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in his
2or her presence; certifying that the signatures are genuine;
3and either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
4circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
5which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that none of
6the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
7preceding the last day for the filing of the petition; and
8certifying that to the best of his knowledge and belief the
9persons so signing were at the time of signing the petition
10duly registered voters under Articles 4, 5 or 6 of the Code of
11the political subdivision or district for which the candidate
12or candidates shall be nominated, and certifying that their
13respective residences are correctly stated therein. Such
14statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
15administer oaths in this State. Except as otherwise provided
16in this Code, no No petition sheet shall be circulated more
17than 90 days preceding the last day provided in Section 10-6
18for the filing of such petition. Such sheets, before being
19presented to the electoral board or filed with the proper
20officer of the electoral district or division of the state or
21municipality, as the case may be, shall be neatly fastened
22together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
23fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
24manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
25The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
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1sheets which are filed with the proper local election
2officials, election authorities or the State Board of
3Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
4by the voters and by the circulator, and not photocopies or
5duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when presented or
6filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added to, and no
7signature shall be revoked except by revocation in writing
8presented or filed with the officers or officer with whom the
9petition is required to be presented or filed, and before the
10presentment or filing of such petition. Whoever forges any
11name of a signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a
12forgery, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished
13accordingly. The word "petition" or "petition for nomination",
14as used herein, shall mean what is sometimes known as
15nomination papers, in distinction to what is known as a
16certificate of nomination. The words "political division for
17which the candidate is nominated", or its equivalent, shall
18mean the largest political division in which all qualified
19voters may vote upon such candidate or candidates, as the
20state in the case of state officers; the township in the case
21of township officers et cetera. Provided, further, that no
22person shall circulate or certify petitions for candidates of
23more than one political party, or for an independent candidate
24or candidates in addition to one political party, to be voted
25upon at the next primary or general election, or for such
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1subdivision at the next consolidated election.
2(Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/10-5.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5.1)
4    Sec. 10-5.1. In the designation of the name of a candidate
5on a certificate of nomination or nomination papers the
6candidate's given name or names, initial or initials, a
7nickname by which the candidate is commonly known, or a
8combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
9candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
10name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
11Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
12last day for filing the certificate of nomination or
13nomination papers for that office, whichever is applicable,
14then (i) the candidate's name on the certificate or papers
15must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names
16during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of
17each such name change)" and (ii) the certificate or paper must
18be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the
19candidate's previous names during the period specified in (i)
20and the date or dates each of those names was changed; failure
21to meet these requirements shall be grounds for denying
22certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or
23removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as appropriate,
24but these requirements do not apply to name changes resulting
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1surname, marriage or civil union to assume a spouse's surname,
2or dissolution of marriage or civil union or declaration of
3invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume a former
4surname or a name change that conforms the candidate's name to
5his or her gender identity. No other designation such as a
6political slogan, title, or degree, or nickname suggesting or
7implying possession of a title, degree or professional status,
8or similar information may be used in connection with the
9candidate's surname.
10(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/10-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
12    Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Except as otherwise
13provided in this Code, certificates Certificates of nomination
14and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for
15offices to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any
16district not entirely within a county, or for congressional,
17state legislative or judicial offices, shall be presented to
18the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
19than 141 nor less than 134 days previous to the day of election
20for which the candidates are nominated. The State Board of
21Elections shall endorse the certificates of nomination or
22nomination papers, as the case may be, and the date and hour of
23presentment to it. Except as otherwise provided in this Code
24section, all other certificates for the nomination of
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1respective counties not more than 141 but at least 134 days
2previous to the day of such election. Certificates of
3nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
4candidates for school district offices to be filled at
5consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or
6county board of election commissioners of the county in which
7the principal office of the school district is located not
8more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the consolidated
9election. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
10certificates Certificates of nomination and nomination papers
11for the nomination of candidates for the other offices of
12political subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other
13than the general election shall be filed with the local
14election official of such subdivision:
15        (1) (Blank);
16        (2) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
17    the consolidated election; or
18        (3) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
19    the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be
20    filled at the general primary election; or
21        (4) not more than 99 nor less than 92 days before the
22    consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to
23    be elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law
24    (including without limitation, those municipal offices
25    subject to Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
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1    municipal primary in even numbered years for such
2    nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are
3    provided; or
4        (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
5    multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
6    with the election authority not more than 113 nor less
7    than 106 days before the consolidated election.
8    However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
9co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
10municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
11nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
12political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
13such Board.
14(Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
15    (10 ILCS 5/10-7)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-7)
16    Sec. 10-7. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
17Any person whose name has been presented as a candidate,
18including nonpartisan and independent candidates, may cause
19his name to be withdrawn from any such nomination by his
20request in writing, signed by him and duly acknowledged before
21an officer qualified to take acknowledgment of deeds, and
22presented to the principal office or permanent branch office
23of the Board, the election authority, or the local election
24official, as the case may be, not later than the date for
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1withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballots under the party
2appellation or title from which the candidate has withdrawn
3his name. If such a request for withdrawal is received after
4the date for certification of the candidates for the ballot,
5then the votes cast for the withdrawn candidate are invalid
6and shall not be reported by the election authority. If the
7name of the same person has been presented as a candidate for 2
8or more offices which are incompatible so that the same person
9could not serve in more than one of such offices if elected,
10that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but one of
11such offices within the 5 business days following the last day
12for petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a candidate for
13all but one of such offices within such time, his name shall
14not be certified, nor printed on the ballot, for any office.
15However, nothing in this section shall be construed as
16precluding a judge who is seeking retention in office from
17also being a candidate for another judicial office. Except as
18otherwise herein provided, in case the certificate of
19nomination or petition as provided for in this Article shall
20contain or exhibit the name of any candidate for any office
21upon more than one of said certificates or petitions (for the
22same office), then and in that case the Board or election
23authority or local election official, as the case may be,
24shall immediately notify said candidate of said fact and that
25his name appears unlawfully upon more than one of said
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1receipt of said notification, said candidate must elect as to
2which of said political party appellations or groups he
3desires his name to appear and remain under upon said ballot,
4and if said candidate refuses, fails or neglects to make such
5election, then and in that case the Board or election
6authority or local election official, as the case may be,
7shall permit the name of said candidate to appear or be printed
8or placed upon said ballot only under the political party
9appellation or group appearing on the certificate of
10nomination or petition, as the case may be, first filed, and
11shall strike or cause to be stricken the name of said candidate
12from all certificates of nomination and petitions filed after
13the first such certificate of nomination or petition.
14    Whenever the name of a candidate for an office is
15withdrawn from a new political party petition, it shall
16constitute a vacancy in nomination for that office which may
17be filled in accordance with Section 10-11 of this Article;
18provided, that if the names of all candidates for all offices
19on a new political party petition are withdrawn or such
20petition is declared invalid by an electoral board or upon
21judicial review, no vacancies in nomination for those offices
22shall exist and the filing of any notice or resolution
23purporting to fill vacancies in nomination shall have no legal
24effect.
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1declared invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial
2review, no vacancy in nomination for that office shall exist
3and the filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill a
4vacancy in nomination shall have no legal effect.
5    All certificates of nomination and nomination papers when
6presented or filed shall be open, under proper regulation, to
7public inspection, and the State Board of Elections and the
8several election authorities and local election officials
9having charge of nomination papers shall preserve the same in
10their respective offices not less than 6 months.
11(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
13    Sec. 10-8. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
14certificates Certificates of nomination and nomination papers,
15and petitions to submit public questions to a referendum,
16being filed as required by this Code, and being in apparent
17conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to
18be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing
19within 5 business days after the last day for filing the
20certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition for
21a public question, with the following exceptions:
22        A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
23    Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
24    period of 35 business days after the last day for the
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1        B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
2    public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
3    State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
4    the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
5    objections can be filed.
6    Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district
7in which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
8any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
9amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
10public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
11State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
12nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's
13petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal
14office or the permanent branch office of the State Board of
15Elections, or in the office of the election authority or local
16election official with whom the certificate of nomination,
17nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection
18petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be
19accepted. In the case of nomination papers or certificates of
20nomination, the State Board of Elections, election authority
21or local election official shall note the day and hour upon
22which such objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later
23than 12:00 noon on the second business day after receipt of the
24petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted personal
25delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination papers
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1proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or
2his authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered
3mail or receipted personal delivery of the objector's
4petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or
5nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of
6residence designated in said certificate of nomination or
7nomination papers. In the case of objections to a petition for
8a proposed amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or for
9an advisory public question to be submitted to the voters of
10the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the
11day and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and
12shall transmit a copy of the objector's petition by registered
13mail or receipted personal delivery to the person designated
14on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
15proponent of such proposed amendment or public question, or as
16the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice
17of objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a
18public question, to be submitted to the voters of a political
19subdivision, or district thereof, the election authority or
20local election official with whom such petition is filed shall
21note the day and hour upon which such objector's petition was
22filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the second
23business day after receipt of the petition, transmit by
24registered mail or receipted personal delivery the petition
25for the public question and the original objector's petition
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1Section 10-9 hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall
2transmit a copy by registered mail or receipted personal
3delivery, of the objector's petition to the person designated
4on a certificate attached to the petition as the principal
5proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's
6attorney, for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
7    The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
8residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
9objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
10papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
11of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
12electoral board.
13    The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
14and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
15petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
16except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to
17which it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions
18for the submission of public questions under Article 28.
19(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
20    (10 ILCS 5/10-14)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
21    Sec. 10-14. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not
22Not less than 74 days before the date of the general election
23the State Board of Elections shall certify to the county clerk
24of each county the name of each candidate whose nomination
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1vacancy in nomination has been filed with the State Board of
2Elections and direct the county clerk to place upon the
3official ballot for the general election the names of such
4candidates in the same manner and in the same order as shown
5upon the certification. The name of no candidate for an office
6to be filled by the electors of the entire state shall be
7placed upon the official ballot unless his name is duly
8certified to the county clerk upon a certificate signed by the
9members of the State Board of Elections. The names of group
10candidates on petitions shall be certified to the several
11county clerks in the order in which such names appear on such
12petitions filed with the State Board of Elections.
13    Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not Not less
14than 68 days before the date of the general election, each
15county clerk shall certify the names of each of the candidates
16for county offices whose nomination papers, certificates of
17nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy in nomination have
18been filed with such clerk and declare that the names of such
19candidates for the respective offices shall be placed upon the
20official ballot for the general election in the same manner
21and in the same order as shown upon the certification. Each
22county clerk shall place a copy of the certification on file in
23his or her office and at the same time issue to the State Board
24of Elections a copy of such certification. In addition, each
25county clerk in whose county there is a board of election
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1election, certify to the board of election commissioners the
2name of the person or persons nominated for such office as
3shown by the certificate of the State Board of Elections,
4together with the names of all other candidates as shown by the
5certification of county officers on file in the clerk's
6office, and in the order so certified. The county clerk or
7board of election commissioners shall print the names of the
8nominees on the ballot for each office in the order in which
9they are certified to or filed with the county clerk;
10provided, that in printing the name of nominees for any
11office, if any of such nominees have also been nominated by one
12or more political parties pursuant to this Act, the location
13of the name of such candidate on the ballot for nominations
14made under this Article shall be precisely in the same order in
15which it appears on the certification of the State Board of
16Elections to the county clerk.
17    For the general election, the candidates of new political
18parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
19the established political party candidates and in the order of
20new political party petition filings.
21    Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
22following:
23        (1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
24    candidates for the respective offices;
25        (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
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1    district;
2        (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
3    one candidate for an office;
4        (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
5    for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
6    a political subdivision are for different terms.
7    The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
8case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
9is discovered that the original certification is in error.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/11-8 new)
12    Sec. 11-8. Vote centers.
13    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, election
14authorities shall establish one location to be located at an
15office of the election authority or in the largest
16municipality within its jurisdiction where all voters in its
17jurisdiction are allowed to vote on election day during
18polling place hours, regardless of the precinct in which they
19are registered. An election authority establishing such a
20location under this Section shall identify the location, hours
21of operation, and health and safety requirements by the 40th
22day preceding the 2022 general primary election and certify
23such to the State Board of Election.
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1    (10 ILCS 5/16-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
2    Sec. 16-3. (a) The names of all candidates to be voted for
3in each election district or precinct shall be printed on one
4ballot, except as is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01
5of this Act and except as otherwise provided in this Act with
6respect to the odd year regular elections and the emergency
7referenda; all nominations of any political party being placed
8under the party appellation or title of such party as
9designated in the certificates of nomination or petitions. The
10names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon the
11ballot in a column or columns under the heading "independent"
12arranged under the names or titles of the respective offices
13for which such independent candidates shall have been
14nominated and so far as practicable, the name or names of any
15independent candidate or candidates for any office shall be
16printed upon the ballot opposite the name or names of any
17candidate or candidates for the same office contained in any
18party column or columns upon said ballot. The ballot shall
19contain no other names, except that in cases of electors for
20President and Vice-President of the United States, the names
21of the candidates for President and Vice-President may be
22added to the party designation and words calculated to aid the
23voter in his choice of candidates may be added, such as "Vote
24for one," "Vote for not more than three." If no candidate or
25candidates file for an office and if no person or persons file
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1below the title of that office the election authority instead
2shall print "No Candidate". When an electronic voting system
3is used which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the candidates
4and questions shall appear on the pages of such booklet in the
5order provided by this Code; and, in any case where candidates
6for an office appear on a page which does not contain the name
7of any candidate for another office, and where less than 50% of
8the page is utilized, the name of no candidate shall be printed
9on the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or outside of the
10ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
11"Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling
12place for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the
13election and a facsimile of the signature of the election
14authority who has caused the ballots to be printed. The
15ballots shall be of plain white paper, through which the
16printing or writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use
17at the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed
18on different color paper, except blue paper, whenever
19necessary or desirable to facilitate distinguishing between
20ballots for different political subdivisions. In the case of
21nonpartisan elections for officers of a political subdivision,
22unless the statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article
23VII of the Constitution providing the form of government
24therefor requires otherwise, the column listing such
25nonpartisan candidates shall be printed with no appellation or
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1"independent" at the head of any column provided for
2independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less
3than one-fourth of an inch in height and a circle one-half inch
4in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of the line in
5which such appellation or title is printed, provided, however,
6that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
7or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names
8of candidates shall be printed in letters not less than
9one-eighth nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and
10at the beginning of each line in which a name of a candidate is
11printed a square shall be printed, the sides of which shall be
12not less than one-fourth of an inch in length. However, the
13names of the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
14on the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket and a
15single square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The
16list of candidates of the several parties and any such list of
17independent candidates shall be placed in separate columns on
18the ballot in such order as the election authorities charged
19with the printing of the ballots shall decide; provided, that
20the names of the candidates of the several political parties,
21certified by the State Board of Elections to the several
22county clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
23proper county on the official ballot in the order certified by
24the State Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing,
25neglecting or failing to print on the official ballot the
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1order certified by the State Board of Elections, and any
2county clerk who prints or causes to be printed upon the
3official ballot the name of a candidate, for an office to be
4filled by the Electors of the entire State, whose name has not
5been duly certified to him upon a certificate signed by the
6State Board of Elections shall be guilty of a Class C
7misdemeanor.
8    (b) When an electronic voting system is used which
9utilizes a ballot card, on the inside flap of each ballot card
10envelope there shall be printed a form for write-in voting
11which shall be substantially as follows:
12
WRITE-IN VOTES
13    (See card of instructions for specific information.
14Duplicate form below by hand for additional write-in votes.)  
15     _____________________________  
16     Title of Office
17(   )  ____________________________  
18     Name of Candidate
19    Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which
20a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or
21more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in
22candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in
23candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the
24certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION
25PENDING".
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1ballot sheet, the instructions to voters on the ballot sheet
2shall refer the voter to the card of instructions for specific
3information on write-in voting. Below each office appearing on
4such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for the casting of
5a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of
6candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an
7office only if one or more persons filed declarations of
8intent to be write-in candidates or qualify to file
9declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1
10and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the words
11"OBJECTION PENDING".
12    (d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be
13printed on the back of each ballot card, each ballot card
14envelope, and the first page of the ballot label when a ballot
15label is used, the words "Official Ballot," followed by the
16number of the precinct or other precinct identification, which
17may be stamped, in lieu thereof and, as applicable, the number
18and name of the township, ward or other election district for
19which the ballot card, ballot card envelope, and ballot label
20are prepared, the date of the election and a facsimile of the
21signature of the election authority who has caused the ballots
22to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include a
23method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a
24listing of the political subdivisions and districts for which
25votes may be cast on that ballot, or a number code identifying
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1where there is only one ballot configuration in a precinct,
2the precinct identification, and any applicable ward
3identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes
4used in punch card systems shall be of paper through which no
5writing or punches may be discerned and shall be of sufficient
6length to enclose all voting positions. However, the election
7authority may provide ballot card envelopes on which no
8precinct number or township, ward or other election district
9designation, or election date are preprinted, if space and a
10preprinted form are provided below the space provided for the
11names of write-in candidates where such information may be
12entered by the judges of election. Whenever an election
13authority utilizes ballot card envelopes on which the election
14date and precinct is not preprinted, a judge of election shall
15mark such information for the particular precinct and election
16on the envelope in ink before tallying and counting any
17write-in vote written thereon. If some method of insuring
18ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used, such
19information must be provided on the ballot itself.
20    (e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the
21ballot, the candidate's given name or names, initial or
22initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known,
23or a combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
24candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
25name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
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1last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination
2papers, or certificate of nomination for that office,
3whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the
4ballot must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior
5names during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list
6date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers,
7or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's
8affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the
9period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those
10names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be
11grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for
12the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot,
13as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name
14changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's
15or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to assume a
16spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil union or
17declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume
18a former surname or a name change that conforms the
19candidate's name to his or her gender identity. No other
20designation such as a political slogan, title, or degree or
21nickname suggesting or implying possession of a title, degree
22or professional status, or similar information may be used in
23connection with the candidate's surname. For purposes of this
24Section, a "political slogan" is defined as any word or words
25expressing or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that
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1word or words conveying any meaning other than that of the
2personal identity of the candidate. A candidate may not use a
3political slogan as part of his or her name on the ballot,
4notwithstanding that the political slogan may be part of the
5candidate's name.
6    (f) The State Board of Elections, a local election
7official, or an election authority shall remove any
8candidate's name designation from a ballot that is
9inconsistent with subsection (e) of this Section. In addition,
10the State Board of Elections, a local election official, or an
11election authority shall not certify to any election authority
12any candidate name designation that is inconsistent with
13subsection (e) of this Section.
14    (g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election
15official, or an election authority removes a candidate's name
16designation from a ballot under subsection (f) of this
17Section, then the aggrieved candidate may seek appropriate
18relief in circuit court.
19    Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
20used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
21required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
22is applicable.
23    Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election
24authorities from using or reusing ballot card envelopes which
25were printed before the effective date of this amendatory Act
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1(Source: P.A. 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07;
295-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01)  (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
4    Sec. 16-5.01. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
5Code, the The election authority shall, at least 46 days prior
6to the date of any election at which federal officers are
7elected and 45 days prior to any other regular election, have a
8sufficient number of ballots printed so that such ballots will
9be available for mailing 45 days prior to the date of the
10election to persons who have filed application for a ballot
11under the provisions of Article 20 of this Act.
12    (b) If at any election at which federal offices are
13elected or nominated the election authority is unable to
14comply with the provisions of subsection (a), the election
15authority shall mail to each such person, in lieu of the
16ballot, a Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot.
17The Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot shall
18be used at all elections at which federal officers are elected
19or nominated and shall be prepared by the election authority
20in substantially the following form:
21
Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot
22    (To vote for a person, write the title of the office and
23his or her name on the lines provided. Place to the left of and
24opposite the title of office a square and place a cross (X) in
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1        Title of Office                 Name of Candidate
2(    )                                                       
3(    )                                                       
4(    )                                                       
5(    )                                                       
6(    )                                                       
7(    )                                                       
8    The election authority shall send with the Special
9Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all
10referenda for which the voter is qualified to vote and all
11candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and for
12whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be
13entitled to write in the name of any candidate seeking
14election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to
15vote.
16    On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear when
17folded, shall be printed the words "Official Ballot", the date
18of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the
19election authority who has caused the ballot to be printed.
20    The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be
21applicable to the Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank
22Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
23    (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or other
24law to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality may
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1administrative ability of the election authority to administer
2an election using a ranked ballot to the municipality's
3governing body, an ordinance requiring, and that
4municipality's election authority shall prepare, a ranked vote
5by mail ballot for municipal and township office candidates to
6be voted on in the consolidated election. This ranked ballot
7shall be for use only by a qualified voter who either is a
8member of the United States military or will be outside of the
9United States on the consolidated primary election day and the
10consolidated election day. The ranked ballot shall contain a
11list of the titles of all municipal and township offices
12potentially contested at both the consolidated primary
13election and the consolidated election and the candidates for
14each office and shall permit the elector to vote in the
15consolidated election by indicating his or her order of
16preference for each candidate for each office. To indicate his
17or her order of preference for each candidate for each office,
18the voter shall put the number one next to the name of the
19candidate who is the voter's first choice, the number 2 for his
20or her second choice, and so forth so that, in consecutive
21numerical order, a number indicating the voter's preference is
22written by the voter next to each candidate's name on the
23ranked ballot. The voter shall not be required to indicate his
24or her preference for more than one candidate on the ranked
25ballot. The voter may not cast a write-in vote using the ranked
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1shall, if using the ranked vote by mail ballot authorized by
2this subsection, also prepare instructions for use of the
3ranked ballot. The ranked ballot for the consolidated election
4shall be mailed to the voter at the same time that the ballot
5for the consolidated primary election is mailed to the voter
6and the election authority shall accept the completed ranked
7ballot for the consolidated election when the authority
8accepts the completed ballot for the consolidated primary
9election.
10    The voter shall also be sent a vote by mail ballot for the
11consolidated election for those races that are not related to
12the results of the consolidated primary election as soon as
13the consolidated election ballot is certified.
14    The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules for
15election authorities for the implementation of this
16subsection, including but not limited to the application for
17and counting of ranked ballots.
18(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
19    (10 ILCS 5/17-13)  (from Ch. 46, par. 17-13)
20    Sec. 17-13. (a) In the case of an emergency, as determined
21by the State Board of Elections, or if the Board determines
22that all potential polling places have been surveyed by the
23election authority and that no accessible polling place, as
24defined by rule of the State Board of Elections, is available
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1polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible, the
2Board, upon written application by the election authority, is
3authorized to grant an exemption from the accessibility
4requirements of the Federal Voting Accessibility for the
5Elderly and Handicapped Act (Public Law 98-435). Such
6exemption shall be valid for a period of 2 years.
7    (b) Any voter with a temporary or permanent disability
8who, because of structural features of the building in which
9the polling place is located, is unable to access or enter the
10polling place, may request that 2 judges of election of
11opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to him or her at
12the point where he or she is unable to continue forward motion
13toward the polling place; but, in no case, shall a ballot be
14delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the
15building in which the polling place is located. Such request
16shall be made to the election authority not later than the
17close of business at the election authority's office on the
18day before the election and on a form prescribed by the State
19Board of Elections. The election authority shall notify the
20judges of election for the appropriate precinct polling places
21of such requests.
22    Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to
23the voter with a disability the ballot which he or she is
24entitled to vote, a portable voting booth or other enclosure
25that will allow such voter to mark his or her ballot in
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1    (c) The voter must complete the entire voting process,
2including the application for ballot from which the judges of
3election shall compare the voter's signature with the
4signature on his or her registration record card in the
5precinct binder.
6    (d) Election authorities may establish curb-side voting
7for individuals to cast a ballot during early voting or on
8election day. An election authority's curb-side voting program
9shall designate at least 2 election judges from opposite
10parties per vehicle and the individual must have the option to
11mark the ballot without interference from the election judges.
12    After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed it
13in the ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner prescribed
14for paper ballots), the 2 judges of election shall return the
15ballot to the polling place and give it to the judge in charge
16of the ballot box who shall deposit it therein.
17    Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of
18this Code shall be permitted to accompany the judges and
19observe the above procedure.
20    No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his or
21her ballot, unless the voter requests assistance and completes
22the affidavit required by Section 17-14 of this Code.
23(Source: P.A. 102-1, eff. 4-2-21.)
 
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1establish curbside voting for individuals to cast a ballot
2during early voting or on election day. An election
3authority's curbside voting program shall designate at least 2
4election judges from opposite parties per vehicle and the
5individual must have the option to mark the ballot without
6interference from the election judges.
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/17-16.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1)
8    Sec. 17-16.1. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
9write-in Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who
10have filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
11candidates with the proper election authority or authorities
12not later than 61 days prior to the election. However,
13whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or
14petitions for any office is sustained under Section 10-10
15after the 61st day before the election, then write-in votes
16shall be counted for that candidate if he or she has filed a
17notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for
18that office with the proper election authority or authorities
19not later than 7 days prior to the election.
20    Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
21candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. Such
22declaration shall specify the office for which the person
23seeks election as a write-in candidate.
24    The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
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1election judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the
2election.
3    A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
4partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
5for his or her nomination at the primary election is
6ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in
7candidate for election in that general or consolidated
8election.
9    A candidate seeking election to an office for which
10candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
11a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
12nomination at such caucus is ineligible to file a declaration
13of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that
14general or consolidated election.
15    A candidate seeking election to an office for which
16candidates are nominated at a primary election on a
17nonpartisan basis and who is defeated for his or her
18nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a
19declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election
20in that general or consolidated election.
21    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to
22votes cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section
2316-5.01.
24(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
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1    Sec. 18-9.1. Except as otherwise provided in this Code,
2write-in Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who
3have filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
4candidates with the proper election authority or authorities
5not later than 61 days prior to the election. However,
6whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or
7petitions is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st day
8before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted for
9that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized declaration
10of intent to be a write-in candidate for that office with the
11proper election authority or authorities not later than 7 days
12prior to the election.
13    Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
14candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. Such
15declaration shall specify the office for which the person
16seeks election as a write-in candidate.
17    The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
18of all persons who have filed such declarations to the
19election judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the
20election.
21    A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
22partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
23for his or her nomination at the primary election, is
24ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in
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1    A candidate seeking election to an office for which
2candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
3a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
4nomination at such caucus is ineligible to file a declaration
5of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that
6general or consolidated election.
7    A candidate seeking election to an office for which
8candidates are nominated at a primary election on a
9nonpartisan basis and who is defeated for his or her
10nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a
11declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election
12in that general or consolidated election.
13    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to
14votes cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section
1516-5.01.
16(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/19-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2)
18    Sec. 19-2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
19Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by mail or
20electronically on the website of the appropriate election
21authority, not more than 90 nor less than 5 days prior to the
22date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 90
23nor less than one day prior to the date of such election, make
24application to the county clerk or to the Board of Election
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1to be voted at such election, or be added to a list of
2permanent vote by mail status voters who receive an official
3vote by mail ballot for subsequent elections. Voters who make
4an application for permanent vote by mail ballot status shall
5follow the procedures specified in Section 19-3. Voters whose
6application for permanent vote by mail status is accepted by
7the election authority shall remain on the permanent vote by
8mail list until the voter requests to be removed from
9permanent vote by mail status, the voter provides notice to
10the election authority of a change in registration, or the
11election authority receives confirmation that the voter has
12subsequently registered to vote in another county. The URL
13address at which voters may electronically request a vote by
14mail ballot shall be fixed no later than 90 calendar days
15before an election and shall not be changed until after the
16election. Such a ballot shall be delivered to the elector only
17upon separate application by the elector for each election.
18(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13;
1998-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
20    (10 ILCS 5/19-2.4 new)
21    Sec. 19-2.4. Vote by mail; accommodation for voters with a
22disability. By December 31, 2021, the State Board of Elections
23shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly proposed
24legislation establishing a procedure to send vote by mail
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1disability to independently and privately mark a ballot using
2assistive technology in order for the voter to vote by mail.
3Prior to submission, the State Board of Elections shall
4solicit public commentary and conduct at least 2 public
5hearings on its proposed legislation.
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/19-2.5 new)
7    Sec. 19-2.5. Notice for vote by mail ballot. An election
8authority shall notify all qualified voters, not more than 90
9days nor less than 45 days before a general election, of the
10option for permanent vote by mail status using the following
11notice and including the application for permanent vote by
12mail status in subsection (b) of Section 19-3:
13    "You may apply to permanently be placed on vote by mail
14status using the attached application.".
 
15    (10 ILCS 5/19-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
16    Sec. 19-3. Application for a vote by mail ballot.
17    (a) The application for a vote by mail ballot for a single
18election shall be substantially in the following form:
19
APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT
20    To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
21State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
22.... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
23    I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
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1the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
2county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
3address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
4entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
5held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail
6ballot.
7    I hereby make application for an official ballot or
8ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
9shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
10the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
11election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
12election day, for counting no later than during the period for
13counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
1414th day following election day.
15    I understand that this application is made for an official
16vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the
17election specified in this application and that I must submit
18a separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or
19ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election.
20    Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
2129-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
22statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
23
....
24
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
25
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1    (b) The application for permanent vote by mail status
2shall be substantially in the following form:
3
APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL STATUS
4    I am currently a registered voter and wish to apply for
5permanent vote by mail status.
6    I state that I am a resident of the City of .... residing
7at .... in such city in the county of .... and State of
8Illinois; that I have lived at such address for .... month(s)
9last past; that I am lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct
10at the .... election to be held therein on ....; and that I
11wish to vote by vote by mail ballot in:
12    ..... all subsequent elections that do not require a party
13        designation.
14    ..... all subsequent elections, and I wish to receive a
15        ................... Party vote by mail ballot in
16        elections that require a party designation.
17    I hereby make application for an official ballot or
18ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
19shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
20the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
21election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
22election day, for counting no later than during the period for
23counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
2414th day following election day.
25    Under penalties as provided by law under Section 29-10 of
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1statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
2
....
3
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
4.............................................................
5    (c) However, if application is made for a primary election
6ballot, such application shall require the applicant to
7designate the name of the political party with which the
8applicant is affiliated. The election authority shall allow
9any voter on permanent vote by mail status to change his or her
10party affiliation for a primary election ballot by a method
11and deadline published and selected by the election authority.
12    (d) If application is made electronically, the applicant
13shall mark the box associated with the above described
14statement included as part of the online application
15certifying that the statements set forth in the this
16application under subsection (a) or (b) are true and correct,
17and a signature is not required.
18    (e) Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or
19return to an election authority an the application under this
20Section for vote by mail ballot. If applications are sent to a
21post office box controlled by any individual or organization
22that is not an election authority, those applications shall
23(i) include a valid and current phone number for the
24individual or organization controlling the post office box and
25(ii) be turned over to the appropriate election authority
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1election in which an applicant intends to vote, within 2 days
2of receipt. Failure to turn over the applications in
3compliance with this paragraph shall constitute a violation of
4this Code and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a
5fine of $100 per application. Removing, tampering with, or
6otherwise knowingly making the postmark on the application
7unreadable by the election authority shall establish a
8rebuttable presumption of a violation of this paragraph. Upon
9receipt, the appropriate election authority shall accept and
10promptly process any application under this Section for vote
11by mail ballot submitted in a form substantially similar to
12that required by this Section, including any substantially
13similar production or reproduction generated by the applicant.
14    (f) An election authority may combine the applications in
15subsections (a) and (b) onto one form, but the distinction
16between the applications must be clear and the form must
17provide check boxes for an applicant to indicate whether he or
18she is applying for a single election vote by mail ballot or
19for permanent vote by mail status.
20(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-623, eff. 7-20-18.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/19A-15)
22    Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
23    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the The
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1consolidated, or general election and extends through the end
2of the day before election day.
3    (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a
4permanent polling place for early voting must remain open
5beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of
6the day before election day during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to
74:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that
8beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling
9place for early voting must remain open during the hours of
108:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and 9:00
11a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to
124 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours
13required by this subsection, a permanent polling place
14designated by an election authority under subsections (c),
15(d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total of
16at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting period
17and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during
18the early voting period.
19    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority
20may close an early voting polling place if the building in
21which the polling place is located has been closed by the State
22or unit of local government in response to a severe weather
23emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall
24notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall
25make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an
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1    (d) (Blank).
2(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-4,
3eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14;
498-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/19A-20)
6    Sec. 19A-20. Temporary branch polling places.
7    (a) In addition to permanent polling places for early
8voting, the election authority may establish temporary branch
9polling places for early voting.
10    (b) The provisions of subsection (b) of Section 19A-15 do
11not apply to a temporary polling place. Voting at a temporary
12branch polling place may be conducted on any one or more days
13and during any hours within the period for early voting by
14personal appearance that are determined by the election
15authority.
16    (c) The schedules for conducting voting do not need to be
17uniform among the temporary branch polling places.
18    (d) The legal rights and remedies which inure to the owner
19or lessor of private property are not impaired or otherwise
20affected by the leasing of the property for use as a temporary
21branch polling place for early voting, except to the extent
22necessary to conduct early voting at that location.
23    (e) In a county with a population of:
24         (1) 3,000,000 or more, the election authority in the
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1    under this Section in the county jail. Only a resident of a
2    county who is in custody at the county jail and who has not
3    been convicted of the offense for which the resident is in
4    custody is eligible to vote at a temporary branch polling
5    place established under this paragraph (1) subsection. The
6    temporary branch polling place established under this
7    paragraph (1) subsection shall allow a voter to vote in
8    the same elections that the voter would be entitled to
9    vote in where the voter resides. To the maximum extent
10    feasible, voting booths or screens shall be provided to
11    ensure the privacy of the voter.
12        (2) less than 3,000,000, the sheriff may establish a
13    temporary branch polling place at the county jail. Only a
14    resident of a county who is in custody at the county jail
15    and who has not been convicted of the offense for which the
16    resident is in custody is eligible to vote at a temporary
17    branch polling place established under this paragraph (2).
18    A temporary branch polling place established under this
19    paragraph (2) shall allow a voter to vote in the same
20    elections that the voter would be entitled to vote in
21    where the voter resides. To the maximum extent feasible,
22    voting booths or screens shall be provided to ensure the
23    privacy of the voter.
24    All provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers
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1authority and the county jail, except that nonpartisan
2pollwatchers shall be limited to one per division within the
3jail instead of one per precinct. A county that establishes a
4temporary branch polling place inside a county jail in
5accordance with this subsection (e) shall adhere to all
6requirements of this subsection (e). All requirements of the
7federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Sections 203 and 208 of
8the federal Americans with Disabilities Act shall apply to
9this subsection (e).
10(Source: P.A. 101-442, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/25-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6)
12    Sec. 25-6. General Assembly vacancies.     (a) When a
13vacancy occurs in the office of State Senator or
14Representative in the General Assembly, the vacancy shall be
15filled within 30 days by appointment of the legislative or
16representative committee of that legislative or representative
17district of the political party of which the incumbent was a
18candidate at the time of his election. Prior to holding a
19meeting to fill the vacancy, the committee shall make public
20(i) the names of the committeeperson on the appropriate
21legislative or representative committee, (ii) the date, time,
22and location of the meeting to fill the vacancy, and (iii) any
23information on how to apply or submit a name for consideration
24as the appointee. A meeting to fill a vacancy in office shall
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1accessible to the public. The appointee shall be a member of
2the same political party as the person he succeeds was at the
3time of his election, and shall be otherwise eligible to serve
4as a member of the General Assembly.
5    (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a legislator
6elected other than as a candidate of a political party, the
7vacancy shall be filled within 30 days of such occurrence by
8appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall not be a
9member of a political party, and shall be otherwise eligible
10to serve as a member of the General Assembly. Provided,
11however, the appropriate body of the General Assembly may, by
12resolution, allow a legislator elected other than as a
13candidate of a political party to affiliate with a political
14party for his term of office in the General Assembly. A vacancy
15occurring in the office of any such legislator who affiliates
16with a political party pursuant to resolution shall be filled
17within 30 days of such occurrence by appointment of the
18appropriate legislative or representative committee of that
19legislative or representative district of the political party
20with which the legislator so affiliates. The appointee shall
21be a member of the political party with which the incumbent
22affiliated.
23    (c) For purposes of this Section, a person is a member of a
24political party for 23 months after (i) signing a candidate
25petition, as to the political party whose nomination is
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1political party where nomination or election is sought; (iii)
2signing a Petition of Political Party Formation, as to the
3proposed political party; (iv) applying for and receiving a
4primary ballot, as to the political party whose ballot is
5received; or (v) becoming a candidate for election to or
6accepting appointment to the office of ward, township,
7precinct or state central committeeperson.
8    (d) In making appointments under this Section, each
9committeeperson of the appropriate legislative or
10representative committee shall be entitled to one vote for
11each vote that was received, in that portion of the
12legislative or representative district which he represents on
13the committee, by the Senator or Representative whose seat is
14vacant at the general election at which that legislator was
15elected to the seat which has been vacated and a majority of
16the total number of votes received in such election by the
17Senator or Representative whose seat is vacant is required for
18the appointment of his successor; provided, however, that in
19making appointments in legislative or representative districts
20comprising only one county or part of a county other than a
21county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each
22committeeperson shall be entitled to cast only one vote.
23    (e) Appointments made under this Section shall be in
24writing and shall be signed by members of the legislative or
25representative committee whose total votes are sufficient to
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1Such appointments shall be filed with the Secretary of State
2and with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
3Secretary of the Senate, whichever is appropriate.
4    (f) An appointment made under this Section shall be for
5the remainder of the term, except that, if the appointment is
6to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator and the
7vacancy occurs with more than 28 months remaining in the term,
8the term of the appointment shall expire at the time of the
9next general election at which time a Senator shall be elected
10for a new term commencing on the determination of the results
11of the election and ending on the second Wednesday of January
12in the second odd-numbered year next occurring. Whenever a
13Senator has been appointed to fill a vacancy and was
14thereafter elected to that office, the term of service under
15the authority of the election shall be considered a new term of
16service, separate from the term of service rendered under the
17authority of the appointment.
18(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
19    (10 ILCS 5/29-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29-15)
20    Sec. 29-15. Conviction deemed infamous. Any person
21convicted of an infamous crime as such term is defined in
22Section 124-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as
23amended, shall thereafter be prohibited from holding any
24office of honor, trust, or profit, unless such person is again
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1offense, has received a restoration of rights by the Governor,
2or otherwise according to law. Any time after a judgment of
3conviction is rendered, a person convicted of an infamous
4crime may petition the Governor for a restoration of rights.
5    The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
6the 102nd General Assembly are declarative of existing law.
7(Source: P.A. 83-1097.)
 
8    Section 10. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is
9amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 5 as
10follows:
 
11    (50 ILCS 110/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)
12    Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose). The General
13Assembly finds and declares that questions raised regarding
14the legality of simultaneously holding the office of county
15board member and township supervisor are unwarranted, and in
16counties of less than 100,000 population such questions
17regarding the legality of simultaneously holding the office of
18county board member and township trustee are unwarranted; that
19the General Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor,
20and in counties of less than 100,000 population the office of
21township trustee, and the office of county board member as
22compatible; and that to settle the question of legality and
23avoid confusion among such counties and townships as may be
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1county board member simultaneously with the office of township
2supervisor, and in counties of less than 100,000 population
3with the office of township trustee, in accordance with
4Sections 2 and 3 this Act.
5(Source: P.A. 82-554.)
 
6    (50 ILCS 110/5 new)
7    Sec. 5. Members of the General Assembly; elected officers
8of units of local government. Notwithstanding any other
9provision of law, a unit of local government may not adopt an
10ordinance, referendum, or resolution that requires a member of
11the General Assembly to resign his or her office in order to be
12eligible to seek elected office in the unit of local
13government. Any ordinance, referendum, or resolution that
14contains such a provision is void.
15    A home rule unit may not regulate the eligibility
16requirements for those seeking elected office in the unit of
17local government in a manner inconsistent with this Section.
18This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6
19of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
20exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
21by the State.
22    This Section applies to ordinances, referenda, or
23resolutions adopted on or after November 8, 2016.
 
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1Sections 2-3001, 2-3002, 2-3003, and 3-6002 as follows:
 
2    (55 ILCS 5/2-3001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001)
3    Sec. 2-3001. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless
4the context otherwise requires:
5    a. "District" means a county board district established as
6provided in this Division.
7    b. "County apportionment commission" or "commission" means
8the county clerk, the State's Attorney, the Attorney General
9or his designated representative and the chairmen of the
10county central committees of the first leading political party
11and the second leading political party as defined in Section
121-3 of The Election Code.
13    c. "Population" means the number of inhabitants as
14determined by the last preceding federal decennial census. For
15the reapportionment of 2021, "population" means the number of
16inhabitants as determined by the county board by any
17reasonable method, including, but not limited to, the most
18recent American Community Survey 5-year data.
19    d. "Member" or "board member" means a person elected to
20serve on the county board.
21(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
22    (55 ILCS 5/2-3002)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3002)
23    Sec. 2-3002. Counties with population of less than
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1    (a) Reapportionment required. By July 1, 1971, and each 10
2years thereafter, the county board of each county having a
3population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and the township
4form of government shall reapportion its county so that each
5member of the county board represents the same number of
6inhabitants, except that, for the reapportionment of 2021, the
7county board shall reapportion its county by December 31,
82021. In reapportioning its county, the county board shall
9first determine the size of the county board to be elected,
10which may consist of not less than 5 nor more than 29 members
11and may not exceed the size of the county board in that county
12on October 2, 1969. The county board shall also determine
13whether board members shall be elected at large from the
14county or by county board districts.
15    If the chairman of the county board is to be elected by the
16voters in a county of less than 450,000 population as provided
17in Section 2-3007, such chairman shall not be counted as a
18member of the county board for the purpose of the limitations
19on the size of a county board provided in this Section.
20    (b) Advisory referenda. The voters of a county may advise
21the county board, through an advisory referendum, on questions
22concerning (i) the number of members of the county board to be
23elected, (ii) whether the board members should be elected from
24single-member districts, multi-member districts, or at-large,
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1the preceding 3 questions. The advisory referendum may be
2initiated either by petition or by ordinance of the county
3board. A written petition for an advisory referendum
4authorized by this Section must contain the signatures of at
5least 8% of the votes cast for candidates for Governor in the
6preceding gubernatorial election by the registered voters of
7the county and must be filed with the appropriate election
8authority. An ordinance initiating an advisory referendum
9authorized by this Section must be approved by a majority of
10the members of the county board and must be filed with the
11appropriate election authority. An advisory referendum
12initiated under this Section shall be placed on the ballot at
13the general election designated in the petition or ordinance.
14(Source: P.A. 93-308, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
15    (55 ILCS 5/2-3003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
16    Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
17    (1) If the county board determines that members shall be
18elected by districts, it shall develop an apportionment plan
19and specify the number of districts and the number of county
20board members to be elected from each district and whether
21voters will have cumulative voting rights in multi-member
22districts. Each such district:
23        a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each
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1    nearly compact as practicable; and
2        c. May divide townships or municipalities only when
3    necessary to conform to the population requirement of
4    paragraph a. of this Section.
5        d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no
6    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
7    insofar as is practicable.
8    (2) The county board of each county having a population of
9less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide,
10provide within that county for single member districts outside
11the corporate limits and multi-member districts within the
12corporate limits of any municipality with a population in
13excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection (1) of
14this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single
15and multi-member districts within a county to the extent that
16compliance with paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the
17establishment of such districts, except that the population of
18any multi-member district shall be equal to the population of
19any single member district, times the number of members found
20within that multi-member district.
21    (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is
22elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section
232-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and
24present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year
25after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
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1Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the
2third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
3public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
4apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
5but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was
6presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
7the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman
8presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is
9prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
10hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman
11shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
12the Board.
13    (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the
14voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the
15Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to
16the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a
17federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
18accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
19Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the
20third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
21public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
22apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
23but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was
24presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
25the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive
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1prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
2hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive
3shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
4the Board.
5    (5) For the reapportionment of 2021, the Chairman of the
6County Board or County Executive may develop and present (or
7redevelop and represent) to the Board by the third Wednesday
8in November in the year after a federal decennial census year
9an apportionment plan and the Board shall conduct its public
10hearing as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) following
11receipt of the apportionment plan.
12(Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11; 97-986, eff. 8-17-12.)
 
13    (55 ILCS 5/3-6002)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6002)
14    Sec. 3-6002. Commencement of duties. The sheriff shall
15enter upon the duties of his or her office on the first day in
16the month of December 1 following his or her election on which
17the office of the sheriff is required, by statute or by action
18of the county board, to be open.
19(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
20    Section 20. The Township Code is amended by changing
21Section 45-10 as follows:
 
22    (60 ILCS 1/45-10)
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1    (a) On the first Tuesday in December preceding the date of
2the regular township election, a caucus shall be held by the
3voters of each established political party in a township to
4nominate its candidates for the various offices to be filled
5at the election. Notice of the caucus shall be given at least
610 days before it is held by publication in some newspaper
7having a general circulation in the township. Not less than 30
8days before the caucus, the township clerk shall notify the
9chairman or membership of each township central committee by
10first-class mail of the chairman's or membership's obligation
11to report the time and location of the political party's
12caucus. Not less than 20 days before the caucus, each chairman
13of the township central committee shall notify the township
14clerk by first-class mail of the time and location of the
15political party's caucus. If the time and location of 2 or more
16political party caucuses conflict, the township clerk shall
17establish, by a fair and impartial public lottery, the time
18and location for each caucus.
19    If the chairperson of the township central committee fails
20to meet within the township or to meet any of the other
21requirements of this Section, the chairperson's political
22party shall not be permitted to nominate a candidate, either
23by caucus as provided for in this Section or as otherwise
24authorized by the Election Code, in the next upcoming
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1the township central committee have met the requirements of
2this Section.
3    (b) Except as provided in this Section, the township board
4shall cause notices of the caucuses to be published. The
5notice shall state the time and place where the caucus for each
6political party will be held. The board shall fix a place
7within the township for holding the caucus for each
8established political party. When a new township has been
9established under Section 10-25, the county board shall cause
10notice of the caucuses to be published as required by this
11Section and shall fix the place within the new township for
12holding the caucuses.
13(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 98-443, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
14    Section 25. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
15changing Sections 3.1-10-5 and 3.1-20-45 as follows:
 
16    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
17    Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
18    (a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
19office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
20municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
21year next preceding the election or appointment, except as
22provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section
233.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.
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1a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for
2taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax
3or other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
4convicted in any court located in the United States of any
5infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony, unless such
6person is again restored to his or her rights of citizenship
7that may have been forfeited under Illinois law as a result of
8a conviction, which includes eligibility to hold elected
9municipal office, by the terms of a pardon for the offense, has
10received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or otherwise
11according to law. Any time after a judgment of conviction is
12rendered, a person convicted of an infamous crime, bribery,
13perjury, or other felony may petition the Governor for a
14restoration of rights.
15    The changes made to this subsection by this amendatory Act
16of the 102nd General Assembly are declarative of existing law
17and apply to all persons elected at the April 4, 2017
18consolidated election and to persons elected or appointed
19thereafter.
20    (b-5) (Blank).
21    (c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman of
22a ward unless that person has resided in the ward that the
23person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the
24office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided
25in the municipality, at least one year next preceding the
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13.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2,
2or Section 5-2-11.
3    (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality
4immediately prior to the active duty military service of that
5person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside
6of the municipality during that active duty military service,
7and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty
8military service is again a resident of the municipality, then
9the time during which the person resides outside the
10municipality during the active duty military service is deemed
11to be time during which the person is a resident of the
12municipality for purposes of determining the residency
13requirement under subsection (a).
14(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 99-449, eff. 8-24-15.)
 
15    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-45)
16    Sec. 3.1-20-45. Nonpartisan primary elections; uncontested
17office. A city incorporated under this Code that elects
18municipal officers at nonpartisan primary and general
19elections shall conduct the elections as provided in the
20Election Code, except that no office for which nomination is
21uncontested shall be included on the primary ballot and no
22primary shall be held for that office. For the purposes of this
23Section, an office is uncontested when not more than 4 persons
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1office.
2    Notwithstanding any other provision of law the preceding
3paragraph, when a person (i) who has not timely filed valid
4nomination papers and (ii) who intends to become a write-in
5candidate for nomination for any office for which nomination
6is uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
7intent with the proper election official with whom the
8nomination papers for that office are filed, no primary ballot
9shall be printed. Where no primary is held, a person intending
10to become a write-in candidate at the general primary election
11shall refile a declaration of intent to be a write-in
12candidate for the general election with the appropriate
13election authority or authorities if the write-in candidate
14becomes the fifth candidate filed, a primary ballot must be
15prepared and a primary must be held for the office. The
16statement or notice must be filed on or before the 61st day
17before the consolidated primary election. The statement must
18contain (i) the name and address of the person intending to
19become a write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person
20intends to become a write-in candidate, and (iii) the office
21the person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election
22authority has no duty to conduct a primary election or prepare
23a primary ballot unless a statement meeting the requirements
24of this paragraph is filed in a timely manner.
25    If there is a primary election, then candidates shall be
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1election in the following manner:
2        (1) If one officer is to be elected, then the 2
3    candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall
4    be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general
5    municipal election.
6        (2) If 2 aldermen are to be elected at large, then the
7    4 candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall
8    be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general
9    municipal election.
10        (3) If 3 aldermen are to be elected at large, then the
11    6 candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall
12    be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general
13    municipal election.
14    The name of a write-in candidate may not be placed on the
15ballot for the next succeeding general municipal election
16unless he or she receives a number of votes in the primary
17election that equals or exceeds the number of signatures
18required on a petition for nomination for that office or that
19exceeds the number of votes received by at least one of the
20candidates whose names were printed on the primary ballot for
21nomination for or election to the same office.
22(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
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1    (65 ILCS 20/21-12)  (from Ch. 24, par. 21-12)
2    Sec. 21-12. City clerk and city treasurer; election;
3tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be
4elected also in a nonpartisan election a city clerk and a city
5treasurer. The candidates receiving a majority of the votes
6cast for clerk and treasurer at the consolidated primary
7election shall be declared the clerk and treasurer. If no
8candidate receives a majority of the votes for one of the
9offices, a runoff election shall be held at the consolidated
10election, when only the names of the candidates receiving the
11highest and second highest number of votes for that office at
12the consolidated primary election shall appear on the ballot.
13If more than one candidate received the highest or second
14highest number of votes for one of the offices at the
15consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
16receiving the highest and second highest number of votes for
17that office shall appear on the ballot at the consolidated
18election. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes
19at the consolidated election shall be declared elected.
20    The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a term
21of 4 years beginning at noon on the third Monday in May
22following the election and until a successor is elected and
23qualified. No person, however, shall be elected to the office
24of city treasurer for 2 terms in succession unless the city, by
25ordinance, establishes different succession terms.
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1    Section 35. The School Code is amended by changing Section
224-2 as follows:
 
3    (105 ILCS 5/24-2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
4    Sec. 24-2. Holidays.
5    (a) Teachers shall not be required to teach on Saturdays,
6nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section,
7shall teachers or other school employees, other than
8noncertificated school employees whose presence is necessary
9because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
10maintenance of school facilities or property, be required to
11work on legal school holidays, which are January 1, New Year's
12Day; the third Monday in January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin
13Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the Birthday of President
14Abraham Lincoln; the first Monday in March (to be known as
15Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good Friday; the day designated
16as Memorial Day by federal law; July 4, Independence Day; the
17first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday in
18October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the
19Thursday in November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and
20December 25, Christmas Day. School boards may grant special
21holidays whenever in their judgment such action is advisable.
22No deduction shall be made from the time or compensation of a
23school employee on account of any legal or special holiday.
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1waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code
2is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes,
3parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third
4Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
5Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln);
6the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's
7birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and
8November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that:
9        (1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are
10    recognized through instructional activities conducted on
11    that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance,
12    on the first school day preceding or following that day;
13    and
14        (2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority
15    first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The
16    entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing
17    to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth
18    the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the
19    proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony
20    from educators and parents about the proposal.
21    (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified
22patriotic, civic, cultural or historical persons, activities,
23or events, are regular school days. Commemorative holidays
24are: January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
25observed as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15
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1Veterans' Day), September 11 (September 11th Day of
2Remembrance), the school day immediately preceding Veterans'
3Day (Korean War Veterans' Day), October 1 (Recycling Day),
4October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day),
5December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and any day so
6appointed by the President or Governor. School boards may
7establish commemorative holidays whenever in their judgment
8such action is advisable. School boards shall include
9instruction relative to commemorated persons, activities, or
10events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time
11during the school year and at any point in the curriculum when
12such instruction may be deemed appropriate. The State Board of
13Education shall prepare and make available to school boards
14instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
15activities, or events which may be used by school boards in
16conjunction with any instruction provided pursuant to this
17paragraph.
18    (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe
19March 4 of each year as a commemorative holiday. This holiday
20shall be known as Mayors' Day which shall be a day to
21commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
22Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late
23Mayor Richard J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington.
24If March 4 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be
25observed on the following Monday.
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1the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known
2as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout
3the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General
4Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of
5election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be
6used as a location for election day services or as a polling
7place.
8    Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
9contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as
102022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
11State under this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
12(Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
 
13    Section 40. The State Universities Civil Service Act is
14amended by changing Section 45a as follows:
 
15    (110 ILCS 70/45a)  (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1)
16    Sec. 45a. Except as provided in the second sentence of
17this Section, all officers and employees subject to this Act,
18shall have the following days as holidays, for which they
19shall receive their usual compensation: New Year's Day,
20January 1, Memorial Day, as determined by the law of the State
21of Illinois, Independence Day, July 4, Labor Day, the first
22Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of
23November, Christmas Day, December 25, and five holidays to be
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1college subject to this Act. Craft and trade employees subject
2to this Act shall be paid for all paid holidays included in
3their area agreement, and will be paid for all five holidays
4designated by their employer pursuant to this section.
5    Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
6contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as
72020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
8State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General
9Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of
10election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be
11used as a location for election day services or as a polling
12place.
13    Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
14contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as
152022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
16State under this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
17(Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.".