Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Filed: 5/30/2021
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 825
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 825 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2A-1.1, 7-8, 7-10, 7-10.2, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-16, | ||||||
6 | 7-17, 7-43, 7-59, 7-60, 7-61, 8-5, 8-8, 8-8.1, 8-10, 8-17, | ||||||
7 | 9-8.10, 9-13, 10-4, 10-5.1, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-14, 16-3, | ||||||
8 | 16-5.01, 17-13, 17-16.1, 18-9.1, 19-2, 19-3, 19A-15, 19A-20, | ||||||
9 | 25-6, and 29-15 and by adding Sections 1-18, 1A-60, 1A-65, | ||||||
10 | 2A-1.1b, 2A-1.1c, 11-8, 17-13.5, 19-2.4, and 19-2.5 as | ||||||
11 | follows: | ||||||
12 | (10 ILCS 5/1-18 new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 1-18. Cybersecurity. | ||||||
14 | (a) Each election authority maintaining a website shall | ||||||
15 | begin utilizing a ".gov" website address and a ".gov" | ||||||
16 | electronic mail address for each employee within one year of |
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1 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | ||||||
2 | Assembly. The integrity of election authorities' websites and | ||||||
3 | electronic mail addresses shall be protected using electronic | ||||||
4 | mail security products provided by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
5 | Innovation and Technology or a third-party vendor. | ||||||
6 | (b) Each election authority shall perform an | ||||||
7 | organizational risk assessment through the Cyber Navigator | ||||||
8 | Program on a biennial basis. | ||||||
9 | (c) Each election authority shall begin performing monthly | ||||||
10 | vulnerability scans to defend against cyber breaches within 6 | ||||||
11 | months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
12 | 102nd General Assembly. | ||||||
13 | (d) Each election authority shall begin using endpoint | ||||||
14 | detection and response security tools on all computers | ||||||
15 | utilized by employees within one year of the effective date of | ||||||
16 | this 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 | ||||||
20 | document explaining the process to register to vote to be | ||||||
21 | disseminated to high school age students. Every high school | ||||||
22 | must provide students with that document, which may be | ||||||
23 | disseminated electronically. | ||||||
24 | (b) No high school may prohibit nonpartisan voter | ||||||
25 | registration activities on its premises. A high school may |
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1 | adopt reasonable regulations restricting nonpartisan voter | ||||||
2 | registration activities. | ||||||
3 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-65 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 1A-65. Election authority guidance. 90 days before | ||||||
5 | any election, the State Board of Elections shall provide | ||||||
6 | written guidance to election authorities on: (1) ballot | ||||||
7 | tracking procedures and the proper terminology to be used as | ||||||
8 | part of those procedures; and (2) summarizing requirements for | ||||||
9 | voting, curbside voting, early voting, and vote by mail.
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10 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
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11 | Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. | ||||||
12 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, in In
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13 | even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on the | ||||||
14 | first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an | ||||||
15 | election to be known
as the general primary election shall be | ||||||
16 | held on the third Tuesday in March;
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17 | (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as the
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18 | consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday in | ||||||
19 | April except
as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act; and
an | ||||||
20 | election to be known as the consolidated primary election | ||||||
21 | shall be
held on the last Tuesday in February.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-886, eff. 1-1-11 .)
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23 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b new) |
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1 | Sec. 2A-1.1b. 2022 general primary election and general | ||||||
2 | election dates. | ||||||
3 | (a) In addition to the provisions of this Code and
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4 | notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions
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5 | in this Section shall govern the dates for the conduct of the
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6 | 2022 general primary election and for preparing for the 2022 | ||||||
7 | general election. The provisions of this Code shall
control | ||||||
8 | any aspect of the administration or conduct of the 2022
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9 | general primary election and 2022 general election that is not | ||||||
10 | provided for in this Section,
provided that in the event of | ||||||
11 | conflict between this Section and
any other provision of this | ||||||
12 | Code or any other law, the
provisions of this Section shall | ||||||
13 | control. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all
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14 | election authorities, including, but not limited to, those
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15 | under the jurisdiction of a Board of Election Commissioners. | ||||||
16 | The provisions of this Section shall apply for the
dates for | ||||||
17 | the 2022 general primary election and the 2022 general | ||||||
18 | election only
and the provisions of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
19 | 102nd General
Assembly shall be in effect through December 31, | ||||||
20 | 2022. | ||||||
21 | (b) Petitions for nomination for the general primary | ||||||
22 | election may begin circulation on January 13, 2022. All | ||||||
23 | petitions for nomination of an established party candidate for | ||||||
24 | statewide office shall be signed by at least 3,250 but not more | ||||||
25 | than 6,500 of the qualified primary electors of the | ||||||
26 | candidate's party. All petitions for nomination of an |
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1 | established party candidate for the office of Representative | ||||||
2 | in the General Assembly shall be signed by at least 400 but not | ||||||
3 | more than 1,000 of the qualified primary electors of the | ||||||
4 | candidate's party in the candidate's representative district. | ||||||
5 | All petitions for nomination of an established party candidate | ||||||
6 | for the office of State Senator shall be signed by at least 650 | ||||||
7 | but not more than 2,000 of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
8 | the candidate's party in the candidate's legislative district. | ||||||
9 | The signature requirement for an established party candidate | ||||||
10 | for all other offices shall be reduced by one-third and any | ||||||
11 | provision of this Code limiting the maximum number of | ||||||
12 | signatures that may be submitted for those offices shall be | ||||||
13 | reduced by one-third. | ||||||
14 | (c) Petitions for nomination for congressional, or | ||||||
15 | judicial office, or for any office a nomination for which is | ||||||
16 | made for a territorial division or district which comprises | ||||||
17 | more than one county or is partly in one county and partly in | ||||||
18 | another county or counties (including the Fox Metro Water | ||||||
19 | Reclamation District) for the general primary election may be | ||||||
20 | filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections | ||||||
21 | beginning on March 7, 2022 but no later than March 14, 2022; a | ||||||
22 | petition for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election | ||||||
23 | in the office of representative in Congress from this State | ||||||
24 | (for vacancies occurring between February 21, 2022 and March | ||||||
25 | 14, 2022) for the general primary election may be filed in the | ||||||
26 | principal office of the State Board of Elections beginning |
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1 | March 28, 2022 but no later than April 4, 2022. | ||||||
2 | (d) Objections to certificates of nomination and | ||||||
3 | nomination papers and petitions to submit public questions to | ||||||
4 | a referendum for the general primary election shall be filed | ||||||
5 | no later than March 21, 2022. | ||||||
6 | (e) Electors may request vote by mail ballots for the | ||||||
7 | general primary election beginning on March 30, 2022 but no | ||||||
8 | later than June 23, 2022. | ||||||
9 | (f) Petitions for nomination for independent candidates | ||||||
10 | and new political party candidates for the general election | ||||||
11 | may begin circulation on April 13, 2022. | ||||||
12 | (g) The State Board of Elections shall certify the names | ||||||
13 | of candidates who filed nomination papers or certificates of | ||||||
14 | nomination for the general primary election with the Board no | ||||||
15 | later than April 21, 2022. | ||||||
16 | (h) A notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
17 | candidate for the general primary election shall be filed with | ||||||
18 | the proper election authority or authorities no later than | ||||||
19 | April 28, 2022. | ||||||
20 | (i) Each election authority shall mail ballots to each | ||||||
21 | person who has filed an application for a ballot for the | ||||||
22 | general primary election under Article 20 no later than May | ||||||
23 | 14, 2022, and any application received after May 12, 2022 | ||||||
24 | shall be mailed within 2 business days after receipt of the | ||||||
25 | application. | ||||||
26 | (j) The period for early voting by personal appearance for |
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1 | the general primary election shall begin on May 19, 2022. | ||||||
2 | (k) The general primary election shall be held on June 28, | ||||||
3 | 2022. | ||||||
4 | (l) The last day for an established party managing | ||||||
5 | committee to appoint someone to fill a vacancy for the general | ||||||
6 | election when no candidate was nominated at the general | ||||||
7 | primary election and for the appointee to file the required | ||||||
8 | documentation is August 13, 2022. | ||||||
9 | (m) Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for | ||||||
10 | the nomination of new political parties and independent | ||||||
11 | candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire | ||||||
12 | State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for | ||||||
13 | congressional, State legislative or judicial offices shall be | ||||||
14 | presented to the principal office of the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Elections beginning July 5, 2022 but no later than July 11, | ||||||
16 | 2022. | ||||||
17 | (n) Objections to certificates of nomination and | ||||||
18 | nomination papers for new political parties and independent | ||||||
19 | candidates for the general election shall be filed no later | ||||||
20 | than July 18, 2022. | ||||||
21 | (o) A person for whom a petition for nomination has been | ||||||
22 | filed for the general election may withdraw his or her | ||||||
23 | petition with the appropriate election authority no later than | ||||||
24 | August 13, 2022. | ||||||
25 | (p) The State Board of Elections shall certify to the | ||||||
26 | county clerks
the names of each of the candidates to appear on |
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1 | the ballot for the general election no later than September 6, | ||||||
2 | 2022. | ||||||
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. | ||||||
6 | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | ||||||
7 | contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as | ||||||
8 | 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | ||||||
9 | State. November 8, 2022 shall be deemed a legal school holiday | ||||||
10 | for purposes of the School Code and State Universities Civil | ||||||
11 | Service Act. Any school closed under this amendatory Act of | ||||||
12 | the 102nd General Assembly and Section 24-2 of the School Code | ||||||
13 | shall be made available to an election authority as a polling | ||||||
14 | place for 2022 General Election Day. | ||||||
15 | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
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16 | (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
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17 | Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of | ||||||
18 | one or two
members from each congressional district in the | ||||||
19 | State and shall be elected as
follows:
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20 | State Central Committee
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21 | (a) Within 30 days after January 1, 1984 (the effective | ||||||
22 | date of Public Act 83-33), the State central committee of each | ||||||
23 | political party shall certify to
the State Board of Elections | ||||||
24 | which of the following alternatives it wishes
to apply to the |
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1 | State central committee of that party.
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2 | Alternative A. At the primary in
1970 and at the general | ||||||
3 | primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
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4 | elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of | ||||||
5 | the State
central committee for the congressional district in | ||||||
6 | which he resides.
The candidate receiving the highest number | ||||||
7 | of votes shall be declared
elected State central | ||||||
8 | committeeperson from the district. A political party
may, in | ||||||
9 | lieu of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any | ||||||
10 | State
convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect | ||||||
11 | the State central committeepersons
in the manner following:
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12 | At the county convention held by such political party, | ||||||
13 | State central committeepersons
shall be elected in the same | ||||||
14 | manner as provided in this
Article for the election of | ||||||
15 | officers of the county central committee, and
such election | ||||||
16 | shall follow the election of officers of the county central
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17 | committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct | ||||||
18 | committeeperson shall cast
as his vote one vote for each | ||||||
19 | ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or | ||||||
20 | precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
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21 | political party. In the case of a county lying partially | ||||||
22 | within one
congressional district and partially within another | ||||||
23 | congressional district,
each ward, township or precinct | ||||||
24 | committeeperson shall vote only with respect
to the | ||||||
25 | congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
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26 | township or precinct is located. In the case of a |
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1 | congressional district
which encompasses more than one county, | ||||||
2 | each ward, township or precinct committeeperson
residing | ||||||
3 | within the congressional district shall cast as his
vote one | ||||||
4 | vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
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5 | township or precinct in the last preceding primary election of | ||||||
6 | his
political party for one candidate of his party for member | ||||||
7 | of the State
central committee for the congressional district | ||||||
8 | in which he resides and
the Chair of the county central | ||||||
9 | committee shall report the results of
the election to the | ||||||
10 | State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall | ||||||
11 | certify the candidate receiving the highest number of votes | ||||||
12 | elected
State central committeeperson for that congressional | ||||||
13 | district.
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14 | The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | ||||||
15 | for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | ||||||
16 | members of the State central
committee.
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17 | After August 6, 1999 (the
effective date of Public Act | ||||||
18 | 91-426), whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair of a | ||||||
19 | State
central committee, or at the end of the term of office of | ||||||
20 | Chair, the State
central committee of each political party | ||||||
21 | that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a Chair who shall | ||||||
22 | not be required to be a member of the State Central
Committee. | ||||||
23 | The Chair shall be a
registered voter in this State and of the | ||||||
24 | same political party as the State
central committee.
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25 | Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | ||||||
26 | 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a |
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1 | person of a different gender than the sex opposite that
of the | ||||||
2 | incumbent member for that congressional district to serve as | ||||||
3 | an
additional member of the State central committee until the | ||||||
4 | member's his or her successor
is elected at the general | ||||||
5 | primary election in 1986. Each congressional
committee shall | ||||||
6 | make this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
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7 | paragraph (e) of this Section. In each congressional district | ||||||
8 | at the
general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years | ||||||
9 | thereafter, the person
male candidate receiving the highest | ||||||
10 | number of votes of the party's male
candidates for State | ||||||
11 | central committeeperson committeeman , and the person of a | ||||||
12 | different gender female candidate
receiving the highest number | ||||||
13 | of votes of the party's female candidates for
State central | ||||||
14 | committeewoman , shall be declared elected State central
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15 | committeepersons committeeman and State central committeewoman | ||||||
16 | from the district. At the
general primary election held in | ||||||
17 | 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
party's candidates | ||||||
18 | for State central committeeperson committeemen or State | ||||||
19 | central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of | ||||||
20 | the same gender are of the same sex , the candidate
receiving | ||||||
21 | the highest number of votes shall be declared elected a State | ||||||
22 | central committeeperson
committeeman or State central | ||||||
23 | committeewoman from the district, and, because of
a failure to | ||||||
24 | elect 2 persons from different genders one male and one female | ||||||
25 | to the committee, a vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the | ||||||
26 | office of the second member of the State central
committee |
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1 | from the district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment | ||||||
2 | by
the congressional committee of the political party, and the | ||||||
3 | person appointed to
fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the | ||||||
4 | congressional district and of a different gender than the | ||||||
5 | committeeperson the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | ||||||
6 | committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | ||||||
7 | congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | ||||||
8 | on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
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9 | The Chair of a State central committee composed as | ||||||
10 | provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the | ||||||
11 | committee's members.
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12 | Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to | ||||||
13 | the selection of
the Chair of the State central committee, | ||||||
14 | under both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
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15 | committee of each political party shall be composed of members | ||||||
16 | elected
or appointed from the several congressional districts | ||||||
17 | of the State,
and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The | ||||||
18 | members of the State
central committee shall, within 41 days | ||||||
19 | after each quadrennial election of
the full committee, meet in | ||||||
20 | the city of Springfield and organize
by electing a Chair, and | ||||||
21 | may at such time
elect such officers from among their own | ||||||
22 | number (or otherwise), as they
may deem necessary or | ||||||
23 | expedient. The outgoing chair of the State
central committee | ||||||
24 | of the party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify
each | ||||||
25 | member of the State central committee elected at the primary | ||||||
26 | of the
time and place of such meeting. In the organization and |
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1 | proceedings of
the State central committee, the 2 | ||||||
2 | committeepersons each State central committeeman and State
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3 | central committeewoman shall each have one vote for each | ||||||
4 | ballot voted in their his or her
congressional district by the | ||||||
5 | primary electors of the committeepersons' his or her party at | ||||||
6 | the
primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
7 | State central
committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the | ||||||
8 | State central committee of any
political party, the vacancy | ||||||
9 | shall be filled by appointment of
the chairmen of the county | ||||||
10 | central committees of the
political party
of the counties | ||||||
11 | located within the congressional district in which the vacancy
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12 | occurs and,
if applicable, the ward and township | ||||||
13 | committeepersons of the
political
party in counties of | ||||||
14 | 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located within the
congressional
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15 | district. If the congressional district in which the vacancy | ||||||
16 | occurs lies
wholly within a
county of 2,000,000 or more | ||||||
17 | inhabitants, the ward and township committeepersons
of the | ||||||
18 | political party in that congressional district shall vote to | ||||||
19 | fill the
vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each chair of | ||||||
20 | a county central
committee and
each ward and township | ||||||
21 | committeeperson in counties of 2,000,000
or
more inhabitants | ||||||
22 | shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of
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23 | the congressional district in which the vacancy exists of the | ||||||
24 | chair's or committeeperson's
his or her
county, township, or | ||||||
25 | ward cast by the primary electors of the chair's or | ||||||
26 | committeeperson's his or her party
at the
primary election |
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1 | immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
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2 | State
central committee. The person appointed to fill the | ||||||
3 | vacancy shall be a
resident of the
congressional district in | ||||||
4 | which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter,
and, in a | ||||||
5 | committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of | ||||||
6 | the same gender be of the
same
sex as the appointee's his or | ||||||
7 | her
predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of | ||||||
8 | the
delegates of any State convention of such party, determine | ||||||
9 | to return
to the election of State central committeepersons | ||||||
10 | committeeman and State central
committeewoman by the vote of | ||||||
11 | primary electors.
Any action taken by a political party at a | ||||||
12 | State convention in accordance
with this Section shall be | ||||||
13 | reported to the State Board of Elections by the chair
and | ||||||
14 | secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
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15 | Ward, Township and Precinct Committeepersons
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16 | (b) At the primary in 1972 and
at the general primary | ||||||
17 | election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in | ||||||
18 | cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one | ||||||
19 | candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeperson. | ||||||
20 | Each candidate for ward committeeperson
must be a resident of | ||||||
21 | and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward | ||||||
22 | committeeperson. The one having the highest number of votes | ||||||
23 | shall be such
ward committeeperson of such party for such | ||||||
24 | ward. At the primary election
in 1970 and at the general | ||||||
25 | primary election every 4 years thereafter,
each primary | ||||||
26 | elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
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1 | more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or | ||||||
2 | more, may
vote for one candidate of his party for township | ||||||
3 | committeeperson. Each
candidate for township committeeperson | ||||||
4 | must 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 | ||||||
6 | more, in counties containing a population of
2,000,000 or | ||||||
7 | more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
to | ||||||
8 | be elected township committeeperson. The one having the | ||||||
9 | highest number
of votes shall be such township committeeperson | ||||||
10 | of such party for such
township or part of a township. At the | ||||||
11 | primary
in 1970 and at the general primary election every 2 | ||||||
12 | years thereafter, each primary elector,
except in counties | ||||||
13 | having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
for one | ||||||
14 | candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct | ||||||
15 | committeeperson. Each candidate for precinct committeeperson | ||||||
16 | must be a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to | ||||||
17 | be elected precinct committeeperson. The one having the | ||||||
18 | highest number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeperson | ||||||
19 | of such party for such precinct. The official
returns of the | ||||||
20 | primary shall show the name of the committeeperson of each
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21 | political party.
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22 | Terms of Committeepersons. All precinct committeepersons | ||||||
23 | elected under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as | ||||||
24 | such committeepersons until the
date of the primary to be held | ||||||
25 | in the second year after their election.
Except as otherwise | ||||||
26 | provided in this Section for certain State central |
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1 | committeepersons
who have 2 year terms, all State central | ||||||
2 | committeepersons, township committeepersons
and ward | ||||||
3 | committeepersons shall continue as such committeepersons
until | ||||||
4 | the date of primary to be held in the fourth year after their
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5 | election. However, a vacancy exists in the office of precinct | ||||||
6 | committeeperson
when a precinct committeeperson ceases to | ||||||
7 | reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and such | ||||||
8 | precinct committeeperson shall thereafter neither have
nor | ||||||
9 | exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeperson in | ||||||
10 | that precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | ||||||
11 | appointed.
| ||||||
12 | (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | ||||||
13 | the precinct committeepersons
of such party, in the | ||||||
14 | multi-township assessing district formed
pursuant to Section | ||||||
15 | 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the | ||||||
16 | purposes set forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In | ||||||
17 | the organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | ||||||
18 | Committee each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote
| ||||||
19 | for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors | ||||||
20 | of his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
| ||||||
21 | County Central Committee
| ||||||
22 | (d) The county central committee of each political party | ||||||
23 | in each
county shall consist of the various township | ||||||
24 | committeepersons, precinct committeepersons
and ward | ||||||
25 | committeepersons, if any, of such party in the county.
In the | ||||||
26 | organization and proceedings of the county central committee,
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| |||||||
1 | each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for each | ||||||
2 | ballot voted in
his precinct by the primary electors of his | ||||||
3 | party at the primary at
which he was elected; each township | ||||||
4 | committeeperson shall have one vote for
each ballot voted in | ||||||
5 | his township or part of a township as the case may
be by the | ||||||
6 | primary electors of his party at the primary election
for the | ||||||
7 | nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
| ||||||
8 | immediately preceding the meeting of the county central | ||||||
9 | committee; and
in the organization and proceedings of the | ||||||
10 | county central committee,
each ward committeeperson shall have | ||||||
11 | one vote for each ballot voted in his
ward by the primary | ||||||
12 | electors of his party at the primary election
for the | ||||||
13 | nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
| ||||||
14 | immediately preceding the meeting of the county central | ||||||
15 | committee.
| ||||||
16 | Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
| ||||||
17 | (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | ||||||
18 | each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
| ||||||
19 | various township committeepersons and ward committeepersons, | ||||||
20 | if any, of that party in
the portions of the county composing | ||||||
21 | the board of review election district. In
the organization and | ||||||
22 | proceedings of each of the 3 election
district committees, | ||||||
23 | each township committeeperson shall have one vote for each
| ||||||
24 | ballot voted in the committeeperson's his or her township or | ||||||
25 | part of a township, as the case may be,
by
the primary electors | ||||||
26 | of the committeeperson's his or her party at the primary |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of | ||||||
2 | review election district committee; and
in the organization | ||||||
3 | and proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, | ||||||
4 | each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each
ballot | ||||||
5 | voted in the committeeperson's
his or her ward or part of that | ||||||
6 | ward, as the case may be, by the primary
electors of the | ||||||
7 | committeeperson's his or her party at the primary election | ||||||
8 | immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review | ||||||
9 | election district committee.
| ||||||
10 | Congressional Committee
| ||||||
11 | (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | ||||||
12 | congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of | ||||||
13 | the county central
committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
14 | congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | ||||||
15 | wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, the | ||||||
16 | precinct committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward | ||||||
17 | committeepersons, if any, of
the party representing the | ||||||
18 | precincts within the limits of the
congressional district, | ||||||
19 | shall compose the congressional committee. A
State central | ||||||
20 | committeeperson in each district shall be a member and the | ||||||
21 | chair
or, when a district has 2 State central | ||||||
22 | committeepersons, a co-chairperson
of the congressional | ||||||
23 | committee, but shall not have the right to
vote except in case | ||||||
24 | of a tie.
| ||||||
25 | In the organization and proceedings of congressional | ||||||
26 | committees
composed of precinct committeepersons or township |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committeepersons or ward committeepersons, or any combination | ||||||
2 | thereof, each precinct committeeperson
shall have one vote for | ||||||
3 | each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of | ||||||
4 | his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
township | ||||||
5 | committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in | ||||||
6 | his
township or part of a township as the case may be by the | ||||||
7 | primary
electors of his party at the primary election | ||||||
8 | immediately preceding the
meeting of the congressional | ||||||
9 | committee, and each ward committeeperson shall
have one vote | ||||||
10 | for each ballot voted in each precinct of his ward located
in | ||||||
11 | such congressional district by the primary electors of his | ||||||
12 | party at
the primary election immediately preceding the | ||||||
13 | meeting of the
congressional committee; and in the | ||||||
14 | organization and proceedings of
congressional committees | ||||||
15 | composed of the chairmen of the county central
committees of | ||||||
16 | the counties within such district, each chair of such
county | ||||||
17 | central committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
| ||||||
18 | his county by the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
19 | election
immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
20 | congressional committee.
| ||||||
21 | Judicial District Committee
| ||||||
22 | (f) The judicial district committee of each political | ||||||
23 | party in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chair | ||||||
24 | of the county
central committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
25 | judicial district.
| ||||||
26 | In the organization and proceedings of judicial district |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | ||||||
2 | committees of the
counties within such district, each chair of | ||||||
3 | such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | ||||||
4 | ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party | ||||||
5 | at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | ||||||
6 | the judicial district committee.
| ||||||
7 | Circuit Court Committee
| ||||||
8 | (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | ||||||
9 | each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | ||||||
10 | the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | ||||||
11 | composing the judicial
circuit.
| ||||||
12 | In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | ||||||
13 | committees, each chair
of a county central committee shall | ||||||
14 | have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the | ||||||
15 | primary electors of his party at the
primary election | ||||||
16 | immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
| ||||||
17 | committee.
| ||||||
18 | Judicial Subcircuit Committee
| ||||||
19 | (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | ||||||
20 | party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit | ||||||
21 | divided into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and | ||||||
22 | township committeepersons
of the townships and wards composing | ||||||
23 | the judicial subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct | ||||||
24 | committeepersons of the precincts
composing the judicial | ||||||
25 | subcircuit in any county other than Cook County.
| ||||||
26 | In the organization and proceedings of each judicial |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subcircuit committee,
each township committeeperson shall have | ||||||
2 | one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a | ||||||
3 | township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the | ||||||
4 | primary electors of his party at the primary election
| ||||||
5 | immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | ||||||
6 | committee;
each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote | ||||||
7 | for each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as | ||||||
8 | the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary | ||||||
9 | electors of his party at the primary election immediately
| ||||||
10 | preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
| ||||||
11 | and
each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each | ||||||
12 | ballot voted in his
ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, | ||||||
13 | in the judicial subcircuit by
the primary electors of his | ||||||
14 | party at the primary election immediately
preceding the | ||||||
15 | meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
| ||||||
16 | Municipal Central Committee
| ||||||
17 | (h) The municipal central committee of each political | ||||||
18 | party shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward | ||||||
19 | committeepersons, as the case may
be, of such party | ||||||
20 | representing the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, | ||||||
21 | incorporated town or village. The voting strength of each
| ||||||
22 | precinct, township or ward committeeperson on the municipal | ||||||
23 | central
committee shall be the same as his voting strength on | ||||||
24 | the county central
committee.
| ||||||
25 | For political parties, other than a statewide political | ||||||
26 | party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | ||||||
2 | the party officers of the local established party. The party | ||||||
3 | officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the | ||||||
4 | chair and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities and | ||||||
5 | townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | ||||||
6 | caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of | ||||||
7 | filling vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for | ||||||
8 | municipalities and townships authorized by statute or | ||||||
9 | ordinance
to nominate candidates by petition and primary | ||||||
10 | election, the party officers
shall be the party's candidates | ||||||
11 | who are nominated at the primary. If no party
primary was held | ||||||
12 | because of the provisions of Section 7-5, vacancies in
| ||||||
13 | nomination shall be filled by the party's remaining candidates | ||||||
14 | who shall
serve as the party's officers.
| ||||||
15 | Powers
| ||||||
16 | (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | ||||||
17 | usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | ||||||
18 | thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. | ||||||
19 | The several committees
herein provided for shall not have | ||||||
20 | power to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any | ||||||
21 | other person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be | ||||||
22 | construed to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own | ||||||
23 | membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
| ||||||
24 | (j) The State central committee of a political party which | ||||||
25 | elects its
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of | ||||||
26 | this Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | selection rules of the national political
party and file a | ||||||
2 | copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
| ||||||
3 | approved by a national political party.
| ||||||
4 | (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | ||||||
5 | Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | ||||||
6 | central committeeperson committeeman or committeewoman at | ||||||
7 | meetings of the
State central committee of a political party | ||||||
8 | which elects its members by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) | ||||||
9 | of this Section, the proxy shall be
appointed by the vote of | ||||||
10 | the ward and township committeepersons, if any, of the
wards | ||||||
11 | and townships which lie entirely or partially within the
| ||||||
12 | Congressional District from which the absent State central | ||||||
13 | committeeperson committeeman or
committeewoman was elected and | ||||||
14 | the vote of the chairmen of the county
central committees of | ||||||
15 | those counties which lie entirely or partially within
that | ||||||
16 | Congressional District and in which there are no ward or | ||||||
17 | township committeepersons. When voting for such proxy, the | ||||||
18 | county chair, ward committeeperson
or township | ||||||
19 | committeeperson, as the case may be, shall have one
vote for | ||||||
20 | each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, or portion
| ||||||
21 | thereof within the Congressional District, by the primary | ||||||
22 | electors of his
party at the primary at which he was elected. | ||||||
23 | However, the absent State
central committeeperson committeeman | ||||||
24 | or committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted
by the | ||||||
25 | rules of a political party which elects its members by | ||||||
26 | Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this Section.
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1 | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | ||||||
2 | ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | ||||||
3 | committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | ||||||
4 | statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because | ||||||
5 | of conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted | ||||||
6 | of a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson | ||||||
7 | shall 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 | ||||||
11 | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or | ||||||
12 | township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward | ||||||
13 | committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate | ||||||
14 | delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
| ||||||
15 | upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has | ||||||
16 | been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in | ||||||
17 | substantially the following form:
| ||||||
18 | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | ||||||
19 | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, | ||||||
20 | in the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of | ||||||
21 | Illinois, do hereby petition that
the following named person | ||||||
22 | or persons shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party | ||||||
23 | for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
| ||||||
24 | election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to | ||||||
25 | be voted
for at the primary election to be held on (insert |
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1 | date).
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6 | Name.................. Address.......................
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7 | State of Illinois)
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8 | ) ss.
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9 | County of........)
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10 | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
| |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | stated, as above set forth.
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19 | .........................
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20 | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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21 | .........................
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22 | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an | ||||||
2 | appropriate heading giving the information
as to name of | ||||||
3 | candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
| ||||||
4 | signed; the office, the political party represented and place | ||||||
5 | of
residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
| ||||||
6 | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary | ||||||
7 | electors residing
in the political division for which the | ||||||
8 | nomination is sought in their
own proper persons only and | ||||||
9 | opposite the signature of each signer, his
residence address | ||||||
10 | shall be written or printed. The residence address
required to | ||||||
11 | be written or printed opposite each qualified primary | ||||||
12 | elector's
name shall include the street address or rural route | ||||||
13 | number of the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the | ||||||
14 | signer's county, and city, village or
town, and state.
However | ||||||
15 | the county or city, village or town, and state of residence of
| ||||||
16 | the electors may be printed on the petition forms where all of | ||||||
17 | the
electors signing the petition reside in the same county or | ||||||
18 | city, village
or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may | ||||||
19 | be used in writing the
residence address, including street | ||||||
20 | number, if any. At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition | ||||||
21 | shall be added a circulator statement signed by
a person 18 | ||||||
22 | years of age or older who is a citizen of the United States,
| ||||||
23 | stating the street address or rural route number, as the case | ||||||
24 | may be, as well
as the county, city, village or town, and | ||||||
25 | state;
and certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the | ||||||
26 | petition were signed in
his or her presence and certifying |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that the signatures are genuine; and
either (1) indicating the | ||||||
2 | dates on which that sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating | ||||||
3 | the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or | ||||||
4 | (3)
certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were | ||||||
5 | signed more than 90
days preceding the last day for the filing | ||||||
6 | of the petition and certifying that
to the best of his or her | ||||||
7 | knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
the time of | ||||||
8 | signing the petitions qualified voters of the political party | ||||||
9 | for
which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall be | ||||||
10 | sworn to before some
officer authorized to administer oaths in | ||||||
11 | this State.
| ||||||
12 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no No petition | ||||||
13 | sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the
last | ||||||
14 | day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
| ||||||
15 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
16 | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
17 | signature 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 | ||||||
26 | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
2 | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
3 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
4 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | ||||||
5 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election | ||||||
6 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of | ||||||
7 | Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed | ||||||
8 | by the voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not | ||||||
9 | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must | ||||||
10 | include
as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of | ||||||
11 | the candidates filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is | ||||||
12 | filed. This statement shall set out the
address of such | ||||||
13 | candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
| ||||||
14 | that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to | ||||||
15 | which the
petition relates and is qualified for the office | ||||||
16 | specified (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it | ||||||
17 | shall state that the candidate is at the time
of filing such | ||||||
18 | statement a licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall | ||||||
19 | state
that he has filed (or will file before the close of the | ||||||
20 | petition filing period)
a statement of economic interests as | ||||||
21 | required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall | ||||||
22 | request that the candidate's name be placed upon the official
| ||||||
23 | ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate | ||||||
24 | before some
officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds | ||||||
25 | in the State and shall be in
substantially the following form:
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26 | Statement of Candidacy
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5 | State of Illinois)
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6 | ) ss.
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7 | County of .......)
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8 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
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16 | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | such
office.
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25 | Signed ......................
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1 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
2 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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3 | Signed ....................
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4 | (Official Character)
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5 | (Seal, if officer has one.)
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6 | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | ||||||
7 | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | ||||||
8 | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | ||||||
9 | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | ||||||
10 | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | ||||||
11 | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | ||||||
12 | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | ||||||
13 | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
| ||||||
14 | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | ||||||
15 | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | ||||||
16 | his or her petition for nomination.
| ||||||
17 | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | ||||||
18 | convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if If a
| ||||||
19 | candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or | ||||||
20 | alternate
delegate to a national nominating convention elected | ||||||
21 | from the State at-large,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
22 | nomination must contain at least 5,000 but
not more than | ||||||
23 | 10,000 signatures.
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24 | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | ||||||
25 | national nominating
convention. Except as otherwise provided |
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1 | in this Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for United States | ||||||
2 | Congress or as a
congressional delegate or alternate | ||||||
3 | congressional delegate to a national
nominating convention | ||||||
4 | elected from a congressional district, then the
candidate's | ||||||
5 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
| ||||||
6 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
7 | his or her party
in his or her congressional district. In the | ||||||
8 | first primary election following a
redistricting of | ||||||
9 | congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
| ||||||
10 | must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary | ||||||
11 | electors of the
candidate's political party in his or her | ||||||
12 | congressional district.
| ||||||
13 | (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
14 | Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
| ||||||
15 | including but not limited to county board chairperson or | ||||||
16 | county board
member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county | ||||||
17 | other than Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | ||||||
18 | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | ||||||
19 | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
| ||||||
20 | cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her | ||||||
21 | county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county board member | ||||||
22 | elected from a county board district, then
the candidate's | ||||||
23 | petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
| ||||||
24 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of | ||||||
25 | his or her party
in the
county board district. In the first | ||||||
26 | primary election following a redistricting
of county board |
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1 | districts or the initial establishment of county board
| ||||||
2 | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | ||||||
3 | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
4 | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | ||||||
5 | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | ||||||
6 | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | ||||||
7 | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of | ||||||
8 | signatures be less than 25.
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9 | (d) County office; Cook County only.
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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 | ||||||
26 | general election divided by the total number of county |
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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 | ||||||
24 | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | ||||||
25 | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | ||||||
26 | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of |
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| |||||||
1 | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | ||||||
2 | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then | ||||||
3 | the candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least | ||||||
4 | the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified | ||||||
5 | primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
| ||||||
6 | primary election following redistricting of aldermanic wards | ||||||
7 | or trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | ||||||
8 | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition | ||||||
9 | for nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to | ||||||
10 | at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the | ||||||
11 | candidate of
that political party who received the highest | ||||||
12 | number of votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular | ||||||
13 | election at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be | ||||||
14 | elected from
the entire municipality, divided by the number of | ||||||
15 | wards or districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures | ||||||
16 | be less than 25.
| ||||||
17 | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | ||||||
18 | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
19 | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures | ||||||
20 | of the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | ||||||
21 | congressional district.
| ||||||
22 | (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise | ||||||
23 | provided in this Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for | ||||||
24 | trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | ||||||
25 | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | ||||||
26 | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures |
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| |||||||
1 | equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from | ||||||
2 | the
sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
| ||||||
3 | of a sanitary district in which trustees are elected from | ||||||
4 | wards, then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must | ||||||
5 | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
| ||||||
6 | primary electors of his or her party in the ward of that | ||||||
7 | sanitary district. In
the
first primary election following | ||||||
8 | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | ||||||
9 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
| ||||||
10 | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her | ||||||
11 | ward of that
sanitary district.
| ||||||
12 | (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
13 | Code, if If a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a | ||||||
14 | district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
15 | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of | ||||||
16 | votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her | ||||||
17 | political party for the office of Governor at the last general | ||||||
18 | election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less | ||||||
19 | than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial | ||||||
20 | office in a
circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's | ||||||
21 | petition for nomination
must contain the number of signatures | ||||||
22 | equal to 0.25% of the number of votes
cast for the judicial | ||||||
23 | candidate of his or her political party who received the
| ||||||
24 | highest number of votes
at the last general election at which a | ||||||
25 | judicial
officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was | ||||||
26 | regularly scheduled
to be elected, but in no event less than |
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| |||||||
1 | 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the | ||||||
2 | First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other | ||||||
3 | Judicial District.
| ||||||
4 | (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except | ||||||
5 | as otherwise provided in this Code, if If a candidate seeks to
| ||||||
6 | run for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's | ||||||
7 | petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 signatures of | ||||||
8 | the primary electors of his or her
party for the precinct. If a | ||||||
9 | candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
then the | ||||||
10 | candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than | ||||||
11 | the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors | ||||||
12 | of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% of those | ||||||
13 | same electors; provided that the
maximum number of signatures | ||||||
14 | may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is greater. | ||||||
15 | If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then | ||||||
16 | the
candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less | ||||||
17 | than the number of
signatures equal to 5% of the primary | ||||||
18 | electors of his or her party of the
township, but no more than | ||||||
19 | 8% of those same electors;
provided that the maximum number of | ||||||
20 | signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum number, whichever | ||||||
21 | is greater.
| ||||||
22 | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
23 | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | ||||||
24 | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | ||||||
25 | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | ||||||
26 | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of |
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1 | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | ||||||
2 | comprising the counties.
| ||||||
3 | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other | ||||||
4 | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | ||||||
5 | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | ||||||
6 | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | ||||||
7 | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
| ||||||
8 | whichever is greater.
| ||||||
9 | For purposes of this Section the number of primary | ||||||
10 | electors shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
11 | the applicable district, for the
candidate for that political | ||||||
12 | party who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at | ||||||
13 | the last general election in the State at which electors for
| ||||||
14 | President of the United States were elected. For political | ||||||
15 | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | ||||||
16 | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | ||||||
17 | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | ||||||
18 | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | ||||||
19 | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | ||||||
20 | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | ||||||
21 | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
| ||||||
22 | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | ||||||
23 | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | ||||||
24 | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | ||||||
25 | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that | ||||||
26 | ward or district.
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1 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | ||||||
2 | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | ||||||
3 | party.
| ||||||
4 | The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
5 | the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | ||||||
6 | except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
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7 | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | ||||||
8 | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | ||||||
9 | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | ||||||
10 | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | ||||||
11 | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | ||||||
12 | one 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 | ||||||
16 | on a petition for
nomination or certificate of nomination the | ||||||
17 | candidate's given name or
names, initial or initials, a | ||||||
18 | nickname by which the candidate is
commonly known, or a | ||||||
19 | combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
| ||||||
20 | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | ||||||
21 | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | ||||||
22 | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | ||||||
23 | last day for filing the petition or certificate for that | ||||||
24 | office, whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name | ||||||
25 | on the petition or certificate must be followed by "formerly |
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1 | known as (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until | ||||||
2 | name changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) | ||||||
3 | the petition or certificate must be accompanied by the | ||||||
4 | candidate's affidavit stating the candidate's previous names | ||||||
5 | during the period specified in (i) and the date or dates each | ||||||
6 | of those names was changed; failure to meet these requirements | ||||||
7 | shall be grounds for denying certification of the candidate's | ||||||
8 | name for the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the | ||||||
9 | ballot, as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to | ||||||
10 | name changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive | ||||||
11 | parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to | ||||||
12 | assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil | ||||||
13 | union or declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union | ||||||
14 | to assume a former surname or a name change that conforms the | ||||||
15 | candidate's name to his or her gender identity . No other | ||||||
16 | designation such as a political slogan, as
defined by Section | ||||||
17 | 7-17, title or degree, or
nickname suggesting or implying | ||||||
18 | possession of a title, degree or professional
status, or | ||||||
19 | similar information may be used in connection with the | ||||||
20 | candidate'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 | ||||||
24 | mail or
in person as follows: | ||||||
25 | (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where |
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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.
| ||||||
25 | Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or | ||||||
26 | alternate
delegates to a national nominating convention, |
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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
| ||||||
26 | jurisdiction of a municipal board of election |
| |||||||
| |||||||
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 | ||||||
26 | as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the
case may |
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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 | ||||||
26 | lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
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 | ||||||
26 | statement of
economic interest of that candidate are not |
| |||||||
| |||||||
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 | ||||||
26 | so that the same person could not
serve in more than one of |
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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
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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
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16 | political party is not incompatible with any other office.
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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
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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 | ||||||
26 | thereof, then a primary shall
be held for that party in |
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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.
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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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26 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) |
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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
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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 | ||||||
26 | Elections, appropriate election
authority or local |
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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.
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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 | ||||||
23 | of 500,000 or more
population having such board, shall | ||||||
24 | constitute an electoral board for the
hearing and passing upon | ||||||
25 | objections to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons.
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1 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, such Such | ||||||
2 | objections shall be filed in the office of the county clerk | ||||||
3 | within 5 business days after the last day for filing | ||||||
4 | nomination papers. The objection shall state the name
and | ||||||
5 | address of the objector, who may be any qualified elector in | ||||||
6 | the ward,
the specific grounds of objection and the relief | ||||||
7 | requested of the electoral
board. Upon the receipt of the | ||||||
8 | objection, the county clerk shall forthwith
transmit such | ||||||
9 | objection and the petition of the candidate to the board of
| ||||||
10 | election commissioners. The board of election commissioners | ||||||
11 | shall forthwith
notify the objector and candidate objected to | ||||||
12 | of the time and place for
hearing hereon. After a hearing upon | ||||||
13 | the validity of such objections, the
board shall
certify to | ||||||
14 | the county clerk its decision stating whether or not the name
| ||||||
15 | of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the county | ||||||
16 | clerk in his
or her certificate to the board of election | ||||||
17 | commissioners shall leave off
of the certificate the name of | ||||||
18 | the candidate for ward committeeperson that the
election | ||||||
19 | commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However, | ||||||
20 | the
decision of the board of election commissioners is subject | ||||||
21 | to judicial
review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
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22 | The county electoral board composed as provided in Section | ||||||
23 | 10-9 shall
constitute an electoral board for the hearing and | ||||||
24 | passing upon objections
to nomination petitions for precinct | ||||||
25 | and township committeepersons. Such
objections shall be filed | ||||||
26 | in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after |
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1 | the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall | ||||||
2 | state the name and
address of the objector who may be any | ||||||
3 | qualified elector in the precinct or
in the township or part of | ||||||
4 | a township that lies outside of a city having a
population of | ||||||
5 | 500,000 or more, the specific grounds of objection and the
| ||||||
6 | relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of | ||||||
7 | the objection
the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such | ||||||
8 | objection and the petition
of the candidate to the chair of the | ||||||
9 | county electoral board. The chair
of the county electoral | ||||||
10 | board shall forthwith notify the objector,
the candidate whose | ||||||
11 | petition is objected to and the other members of the
electoral | ||||||
12 | board of the time and place for hearing thereon. After hearing
| ||||||
13 | upon the validity of such objections the board shall certify | ||||||
14 | its decision to the county clerk
stating whether or not the | ||||||
15 | name of the candidate shall be printed on the
ballot, and the | ||||||
16 | county clerk, in his or her certificate to the board of
| ||||||
17 | election commissioners, shall leave off of the certificate the | ||||||
18 | name of the
candidate ordered by the board not to be printed on | ||||||
19 | the ballot, and the
county clerk shall also refrain from | ||||||
20 | printing on the official primary
ballot, the name of any | ||||||
21 | candidate whose name has been ordered by the
electoral board | ||||||
22 | not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of
the | ||||||
23 | board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section | ||||||
24 | 10-10.1.
| ||||||
25 | In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same | ||||||
26 | powers as other
electoral boards under the provisions of |
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| |||||||
1 | Section 10-10 of this Act and
their decisions are subject to | ||||||
2 | judicial 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 | ||||||
6 | Not less than 68 days before the date of the general primary | ||||||
7 | the
State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all | ||||||
8 | petitions
filed under this Article 7, in the office of the | ||||||
9 | State Board of
Elections. The State Board of Elections shall | ||||||
10 | then certify to the county
clerk of each county, the names of | ||||||
11 | all candidates whose nomination papers
or certificates of | ||||||
12 | nomination have been filed with the Board and direct the
| ||||||
13 | county clerk to place upon the official ballot for the general | ||||||
14 | primary
election the names of such candidates in the same | ||||||
15 | manner and in the same
order as shown upon the certification.
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16 | The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to | ||||||
17 | the county
clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the | ||||||
18 | names of the candidates
in the order in which the offices and | ||||||
19 | names
shall appear upon the primary ballot;
such names
to | ||||||
20 | appear
in the order in which petitions have been filed in the | ||||||
21 | office of the
State Board of Elections except as otherwise | ||||||
22 | provided in this Article.
| ||||||
23 | Not less than 62 days before the date of the general | ||||||
24 | primary, each
county clerk shall certify the names of all | ||||||
25 | candidates whose nomination
papers have been filed with such |
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| |||||||
1 | clerk and declare that the names of such
candidates for the | ||||||
2 | respective offices shall be placed upon the official
ballot | ||||||
3 | for the general primary in the order in which such nomination | ||||||
4 | papers
were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or | ||||||
5 | as otherwise
specified by statute. Each county clerk shall | ||||||
6 | place a copy of the
certification on file in his or her office | ||||||
7 | and at the same time issue to
the board of election | ||||||
8 | commissioners a copy of the certification that has been
filed | ||||||
9 | in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
| ||||||
10 | certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State | ||||||
11 | Board of
Elections, with directions to the board of election | ||||||
12 | commissioners to place
upon the official ballot for the | ||||||
13 | general primary in that election
jurisdiction the names of all | ||||||
14 | candidates that are listed on such
certification in the same | ||||||
15 | manner and in the same order as shown upon such
| ||||||
16 | certifications.
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17 | The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the | ||||||
18 | following:
| ||||||
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;
| ||||||
26 | (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled |
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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 | ||||||
5 | case may be,
shall issue an amended certification whenever it | ||||||
6 | is discovered that the
original certification is in error.
| ||||||
7 | Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose | ||||||
8 | nomination papers have
been held invalid by the appropriate | ||||||
9 | electoral board provided in Section
10-9 of this Code shall | ||||||
10 | not 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 | ||||||
14 | prepare and cause to be printed the primary ballot of each
| ||||||
15 | political party for each precinct in his respective | ||||||
16 | jurisdiction.
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17 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the The | ||||||
18 | election authority shall, at least 45 days prior to the date of | ||||||
19 | the primary
election, have a sufficient number of ballots | ||||||
20 | printed so that such
ballots will be available for mailing 45 | ||||||
21 | days prior to the
primary election to persons who have filed | ||||||
22 | application for a ballot
under the provisions of Article 20 of | ||||||
23 | this Act.
| ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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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 | ||||||
4 | be
printed upon the general primary ballot of each party for | ||||||
5 | each precinct
in his jurisdiction the name of each candidate | ||||||
6 | whose petition for
nomination or for committeeperson has been | ||||||
7 | filed in the office of the
county clerk, as herein provided; | ||||||
8 | and also the name of each candidate
whose name has been | ||||||
9 | certified to his office by the State Board of
Elections, and in | ||||||
10 | the order so certified, except as hereinafter
provided.
| ||||||
11 | It shall be the duty of the election authority to cause to | ||||||
12 | be printed
upon the consolidated primary ballot of each | ||||||
13 | political party for each
precinct in his jurisdiction the name | ||||||
14 | of each candidate whose name has
been certified to him, as | ||||||
15 | herein provided and which is to be voted for
in such precinct.
| ||||||
16 | (b) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the | ||||||
17 | primary ballot
the candidate's given name or names, initial or | ||||||
18 | initials, a nickname by
which the candidate is commonly known, | ||||||
19 | or a combination thereof, may be
used in addition to the | ||||||
20 | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | ||||||
21 | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | ||||||
22 | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | ||||||
23 | last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination | ||||||
24 | papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, | ||||||
25 | whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the | ||||||
26 | primary ballot must be followed by "formerly known as (list |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed | ||||||
2 | on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition, | ||||||
3 | papers, or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's | ||||||
4 | affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the | ||||||
5 | period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those | ||||||
6 | names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be | ||||||
7 | grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for | ||||||
8 | the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, | ||||||
9 | as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name | ||||||
10 | changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's | ||||||
11 | or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to assume a | ||||||
12 | spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil union or | ||||||
13 | declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume | ||||||
14 | a former surname or a name change that conforms the | ||||||
15 | candidate's name to his or her gender identity . No other | ||||||
16 | designation such
as a political slogan, title, or degree, or | ||||||
17 | nickname suggesting or
implying possession of
a title, degree | ||||||
18 | or professional status, or similar information may be
used in | ||||||
19 | connection
with the candidate's surname.
For purposes of this | ||||||
20 | Section, a "political slogan" is defined as any
word
or words | ||||||
21 | expressing or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that | ||||||
22 | the
candidate may espouse, including but not limited to, any | ||||||
23 | word or words
conveying any meaning other than that of the | ||||||
24 | personal identity of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a | ||||||
25 | political slogan as part of his or her name on the
ballot, | ||||||
26 | notwithstanding that the political slogan may be part of the
|
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| |||||||
1 | candidate's name.
| ||||||
2 | (c) The State Board of Elections, a local election | ||||||
3 | official, or an election
authority shall remove any | ||||||
4 | candidate's name designation from a ballot that is
| ||||||
5 | inconsistent with subsection (b) of this Section. In addition, | ||||||
6 | the State Board
of Elections, a local election official, or an | ||||||
7 | election authority shall not
certify to any election authority | ||||||
8 | any candidate name designation that is
inconsistent with | ||||||
9 | subsection (b) of this Section.
| ||||||
10 | (d) If the State Board of Elections, a local election | ||||||
11 | official, or an
election authority removes a candidate's name | ||||||
12 | designation from a ballot
under subsection (c) of this | ||||||
13 | Section, then the aggrieved candidate may
seek appropriate | ||||||
14 | relief 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 | ||||||
18 | months and
in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary | ||||||
19 | therein who shall be
a citizen of the United States of the age | ||||||
20 | of 18 or more
years shall be
entitled to vote at such primary.
| ||||||
21 | The following regulations shall be applicable to | ||||||
22 | primaries:
| ||||||
23 | No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
| ||||||
24 | (a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as | ||||||
25 | required by this
Article.
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| |||||||
1 | (b) (Blank).
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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 | ||||||
20 | partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established | ||||||
21 | political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established | ||||||
22 | political party at a general primary election may not file a | ||||||
23 | statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different | ||||||
24 | established political party , a new political party, or as an | ||||||
25 | independent candidate for a partisan office to be filled at | ||||||
26 | the general election immediately following the general primary |
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| |||||||
1 | for which the person filed the statement or voted the ballot. A | ||||||
2 | person may file a statement of candidacy for a partisan office | ||||||
3 | as a qualified primary voter of an established political party | ||||||
4 | regardless of any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan | ||||||
5 | office or voting the ballot of an established political party | ||||||
6 | at 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 | ||||||
10 | votes at a
primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination | ||||||
11 | for an office shall
be the candidate of that party for such | ||||||
12 | office, and his name as such
candidate shall be placed on the | ||||||
13 | official ballot at the election then
next ensuing; provided, | ||||||
14 | that where there are two or more persons to be
nominated for | ||||||
15 | the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
| ||||||
16 | receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and | ||||||
17 | their names
shall be placed on the official ballot at the | ||||||
18 | following election.
| ||||||
19 | Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act, | ||||||
20 | the
person receiving the highest number of votes of his party | ||||||
21 | for
State central committeeperson of his congressional | ||||||
22 | district shall be
declared elected State central | ||||||
23 | committeeperson from said congressional
district.
| ||||||
24 | Unless a national political party specifies that delegates | ||||||
25 | and
alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | allocated by
proportional selection representation according | ||||||
2 | to the results of a
Presidential preference primary, the | ||||||
3 | requisite number of persons
receiving the highest number of | ||||||
4 | votes of their party for delegates and
alternate delegates to | ||||||
5 | National nominating conventions from the State at
large, and | ||||||
6 | the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number | ||||||
7 | of
votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates | ||||||
8 | to National
nominating conventions in their respective | ||||||
9 | congressional districts shall be
declared elected delegates | ||||||
10 | and alternate delegates to the National
nominating conventions | ||||||
11 | of their party.
| ||||||
12 | A political party which elects the members to its State | ||||||
13 | Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of | ||||||
14 | Section 7-8 shall select its
congressional district delegates | ||||||
15 | and alternate delegates to its national
nominating convention | ||||||
16 | by proportional selection representation according to
the | ||||||
17 | results of a Presidential preference primary in each | ||||||
18 | congressional
district in the manner provided by the rules of | ||||||
19 | the national political
party and the State Central Committee, | ||||||
20 | when the rules and policies of the
national political party so | ||||||
21 | require.
| ||||||
22 | A political party which elects the members to its State | ||||||
23 | Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of | ||||||
24 | Section 7-8 shall select its
at large delegates and alternate | ||||||
25 | delegates to its national
nominating convention by | ||||||
26 | proportional selection representation according to
the results |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
| ||||||
2 | manner provided by the rules of the national political party | ||||||
3 | and the State
Central Committee, when the rules and policies | ||||||
4 | of the national political
party so require.
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5 | The person receiving the highest number of votes of his | ||||||
6 | party for
precinct committeeperson of his precinct shall be | ||||||
7 | declared elected precinct committeeperson
from said precinct.
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8 | The person receiving the highest number of votes of his | ||||||
9 | party for
township committeeperson of his township or part of | ||||||
10 | a township as the case
may be, shall be declared elected | ||||||
11 | township committeeperson from said
township or part of a | ||||||
12 | township as the case may be. In cities where ward | ||||||
13 | committeepersons
are elected, the person receiving the highest | ||||||
14 | number of
votes of his party for ward committeeperson of his | ||||||
15 | ward shall be declared
elected ward committeeperson from said | ||||||
16 | ward.
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17 | When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest | ||||||
18 | number of
votes for the nomination for the same office or for | ||||||
19 | committeeperson of the
same political party, or where more | ||||||
20 | than one person of the same
political party is to be nominated | ||||||
21 | as a candidate for office or committeeperson, if it appears | ||||||
22 | that more than the number of persons to be
nominated for an | ||||||
23 | office or elected committeeperson have the highest and an
| ||||||
24 | equal number of votes for the nomination for the same office or | ||||||
25 | for
election as committeeperson, the election authority by | ||||||
26 | which the returns of the primary
are canvassed shall decide by |
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1 | lot which of said persons shall be
nominated or elected, as the | ||||||
2 | case may be. In such case the election authority shall issue | ||||||
3 | notice in writing to such persons of such tie vote
stating | ||||||
4 | therein the place, the day (which shall not be more than 5 days | ||||||
5 | thereafter) and the hour when such nomination or election | ||||||
6 | shall
be so determined.
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7 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, write-in | ||||||
8 | Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who have | ||||||
9 | filed
notarized declarations of intent to be write-in | ||||||
10 | candidates with the proper
election authority or authorities | ||||||
11 | not later than 61 days prior to
the primary. However, whenever | ||||||
12 | an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions | ||||||
13 | for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st | ||||||
14 | day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted | ||||||
15 | for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized | ||||||
16 | declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that | ||||||
17 | office with the proper election authority or authorities not | ||||||
18 | later than 7 days prior to the election.
| ||||||
19 | Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
20 | candidate shall be
supplied by the election authorities. Such | ||||||
21 | declaration shall specify the
office for which the person | ||||||
22 | seeks nomination or election as a write-in
candidate.
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23 | The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list | ||||||
24 | of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the | ||||||
25 | election judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the | ||||||
26 | primary.
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1 | (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | ||||||
2 | Section, where
the number of candidates whose names have been | ||||||
3 | printed on a party's
ballot for nomination for or election to | ||||||
4 | an office at a primary is less
than the number of persons the | ||||||
5 | party is entitled to nominate for or elect
to the office at the | ||||||
6 | primary, a person whose name was not printed on the
party's | ||||||
7 | primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election | ||||||
8 | to the
office, is not nominated for or elected to that office | ||||||
9 | as a result of a
write-in vote at the primary unless the number | ||||||
10 | of votes he received equals
or exceeds the number of | ||||||
11 | signatures required on a petition for nomination
for that | ||||||
12 | office; or unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the
| ||||||
13 | number of votes received by at least one of the candidates | ||||||
14 | whose names were
printed on the primary ballot for nomination | ||||||
15 | for or election to the same
office.
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16 | (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where | ||||||
17 | the number
of candidates whose names have been printed on the | ||||||
18 | party's ballot for
nomination for or election to the office at | ||||||
19 | the primary equals or exceeds
the number of persons the party | ||||||
20 | is entitled to nominate for or elect to the
office at the | ||||||
21 | primary.
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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 | ||||||
25 | general
election, the State Board of Elections shall certify |
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1 | to the county clerks
the names of each of the candidates who | ||||||
2 | have been nominated as shown by the
proclamation of the State | ||||||
3 | Board of Elections as a canvassing board or who
have been | ||||||
4 | nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the | ||||||
5 | election
authority to place upon the official ballot for the | ||||||
6 | general election the
names of such candidates in the same | ||||||
7 | manner and in the same order as shown
upon the certification, | ||||||
8 | except as otherwise provided in this Code Section .
| ||||||
9 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not Not less | ||||||
10 | than 68 days before the date of the general election, each
| ||||||
11 | county clerk shall certify the names of each of the candidates | ||||||
12 | for county
offices who have been nominated as shown by the | ||||||
13 | proclamation of the county
election authority or who have been | ||||||
14 | nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination
and declare that the | ||||||
15 | names of such candidates for the respective offices
shall be | ||||||
16 | placed upon the official ballot for the general election in | ||||||
17 | the
same manner and in the same order as shown upon the | ||||||
18 | certification, except
as otherwise provided by this Section. | ||||||
19 | Each county clerk shall place a
copy of the certification on | ||||||
20 | file in his or her office and at the same
time issue to the | ||||||
21 | State Board of Elections a copy of such certification.
In | ||||||
22 | addition, each county clerk in whose county there is a board of | ||||||
23 | election
commissioners shall, not less than 68 days before the | ||||||
24 | date of the general
election, issue to such board a copy of the | ||||||
25 | certification that has been
filed in the county clerk's | ||||||
26 | office, together with a copy of the
certification that has |
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| |||||||
1 | been issued to the clerk by the State Board of
Elections, with | ||||||
2 | directions to the board of election commissioners to place
| ||||||
3 | upon the official ballot for the general election in that | ||||||
4 | election
jurisdiction the names of all candidates that are | ||||||
5 | listed on such
certifications, in the same manner and in the | ||||||
6 | same order as shown upon such
certifications, except as | ||||||
7 | otherwise provided in this Section.
| ||||||
8 | Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the | ||||||
9 | same political
party for multiple offices for any board, the | ||||||
10 | name of the candidate of such
party receiving the highest | ||||||
11 | number of votes in the primary election as a
candidate for such | ||||||
12 | office, as shown by the official election returns of the
| ||||||
13 | primary, shall be certified first under the name of such | ||||||
14 | offices, and the
names of the remaining candidates of such | ||||||
15 | party for such offices shall
follow in the order of the number | ||||||
16 | of votes received by them respectively at
the primary election | ||||||
17 | as shown by the official election results.
| ||||||
18 | No person who is shown by the final
proclamation to have
| ||||||
19 | been nominated or elected at the primary as a write-in | ||||||
20 | candidate shall have his or her
name certified unless such | ||||||
21 | person shall have filed with the certifying
office or board | ||||||
22 | within 10 days after the election authority's proclamation
a | ||||||
23 | statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10, a statement | ||||||
24 | pursuant
to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for the filing of a | ||||||
25 | statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of | ||||||
26 | government to which he or she has been elected or nominated.
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1 | Each county clerk and board of election commissioners | ||||||
2 | shall determine
by a fair and impartial method of random | ||||||
3 | selection the order of placement
of established political | ||||||
4 | party candidates for the general election ballot.
Such | ||||||
5 | determination shall be made within 30 days following the | ||||||
6 | canvass and proclamation
of the results of the general primary
| ||||||
7 | in the office of the county clerk or board of election | ||||||
8 | commissioners and
shall be open to the public. Seven days | ||||||
9 | written notice of the time and place
of conducting such random | ||||||
10 | selection shall be given, by each such election
authority, to | ||||||
11 | the County Chair of each established political party, and
to | ||||||
12 | each organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction | ||||||
13 | which
was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding | ||||||
14 | election, to have
pollwatchers present on the day of election. | ||||||
15 | Each election authority shall
post in a conspicuous, open and | ||||||
16 | public place, at the entrance of the election
authority | ||||||
17 | office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. However,
| ||||||
18 | a board of election commissioners may elect to place | ||||||
19 | established political
party candidates on the general election | ||||||
20 | ballot in the same order determined
by the county clerk of the | ||||||
21 | county in which the city under the jurisdiction
of such board | ||||||
22 | is located.
| ||||||
23 | Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the | ||||||
24 | following:
| ||||||
25 | (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates | ||||||
26 | for the respective offices;
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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 | ||||||
10 | case may be,
shall issue an amended certification whenever it | ||||||
11 | is 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 | ||||||
15 | provisions of
this Article are applicable to the nomination of | ||||||
16 | candidates to be voted
for at such special election.
| ||||||
17 | In cases where a primary election is required the officer | ||||||
18 | or board or
commission whose duty it is under the provisions of | ||||||
19 | this Act relating to
general elections to call an election, | ||||||
20 | shall fix a date for the primary
for the nomination of | ||||||
21 | candidates to be voted for at such special
election. Notice of | ||||||
22 | such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior
to the | ||||||
23 | maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
| ||||||
24 | primary as provided in Section 7-12.
| ||||||
25 | Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this |
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| |||||||
1 | Article 7
occurring on or after the primary and prior to | ||||||
2 | certification of
candidates by the certifying board or | ||||||
3 | officer, must be filled prior to the
date of certification. | ||||||
4 | Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification
but | ||||||
5 | prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled | ||||||
6 | within 8 days
after the event creating the vacancy. The | ||||||
7 | resolution filling the vacancy shall
be sent by U. S. mail or | ||||||
8 | personal delivery to the certifying officer or board
within 3 | ||||||
9 | days of the action by which the vacancy was filled; provided, | ||||||
10 | if such
resolution is sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on | ||||||
11 | the envelope containing
such resolution is dated prior to the | ||||||
12 | expiration of such 3 day limit, the
resolution shall be deemed | ||||||
13 | filed within such 3 day limit. Failure to so
transmit the | ||||||
14 | resolution within the time specified in this Section shall
| ||||||
15 | authorize the certifying officer or board to certify the | ||||||
16 | original candidate.
Vacancies shall be filled by the officers | ||||||
17 | of a local municipal or township
political party as specified | ||||||
18 | in subsection (h) of Section 7-8, other than a
statewide | ||||||
19 | political party, that is established only within a | ||||||
20 | municipality or
township and the managing committee (or | ||||||
21 | legislative committee in case of a
candidate for State Senator | ||||||
22 | or representative committee in the case of a
candidate for | ||||||
23 | State Representative in the General Assembly or State central | ||||||
24 | committee in the case of a candidate for statewide office, | ||||||
25 | including but not limited to the office of United States | ||||||
26 | Senator) of the respective
political party for the territorial |
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1 | area in which such vacancy occurs.
| ||||||
2 | The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | ||||||
3 | duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take | ||||||
4 | acknowledgements of deeds
and shall include, upon its face, | ||||||
5 | the following information:
| ||||||
6 | (a) the name of the original nominee and the office | ||||||
7 | vacated;
| ||||||
8 | (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
| ||||||
9 | (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill | ||||||
10 | the vacancy and
the date of selection.
| ||||||
11 | The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | ||||||
12 | accompanied by a
Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in | ||||||
13 | Section 7-10, completed by the
selected nominee and a receipt | ||||||
14 | indicating that such nominee has filed a
statement of economic | ||||||
15 | interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act.
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16 | The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to | ||||||
17 | objections to
certificates of nomination and nomination | ||||||
18 | papers, hearings on objections,
and judicial review, shall | ||||||
19 | apply to and govern objections to resolutions
for filling a | ||||||
20 | vacancy in nomination.
| ||||||
21 | Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before | ||||||
22 | the consolidated
election or the general election shall not be | ||||||
23 | filled. In this event, the
certification of the original | ||||||
24 | candidate shall stand and his name shall
appear on the | ||||||
25 | official ballot to be voted at the general election.
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26 | A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has |
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| |||||||
1 | been
nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies | ||||||
2 | before the
election (whether death occurs prior to, on or | ||||||
3 | after the day of the
primary), or declines the nomination; | ||||||
4 | provided that nominations may
become vacant for other reasons.
| ||||||
5 | If the name of no established political party candidate | ||||||
6 | was printed on
the consolidated primary ballot for a | ||||||
7 | particular office
and if no person was nominated as a write-in | ||||||
8 | candidate for such office,
a vacancy in nomination shall be | ||||||
9 | created which may be filled in accordance
with the | ||||||
10 | requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
11 | this Code, if If the name of no established political
party | ||||||
12 | candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for a | ||||||
13 | particular
office and if no person was nominated as a write-in | ||||||
14 | candidate for such office,
a vacancy in nomination shall be | ||||||
15 | filled only by a person designated by the appropriate | ||||||
16 | committee of the political party and only if that designated | ||||||
17 | person files nominating petitions with the number of | ||||||
18 | signatures required for an established party candidate for | ||||||
19 | that office within 75 days after the day of the general | ||||||
20 | primary. The circulation period for those petitions begins on | ||||||
21 | the day the appropriate committee designates that person. The | ||||||
22 | person shall file his or her nominating petitions, statements | ||||||
23 | of candidacy, notice of appointment by the appropriate | ||||||
24 | committee, and receipt of filing his or her statement of | ||||||
25 | economic interests together. These documents shall be filed at | ||||||
26 | the same location as provided in Section 7-12. The electoral |
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1 | boards having jurisdiction under Section 10-9 to hear and pass | ||||||
2 | upon objections to nominating petitions also shall hear and | ||||||
3 | pass upon objections to nomination petitions filed by | ||||||
4 | candidates under this paragraph.
| ||||||
5 | A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a | ||||||
6 | partisan
candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated | ||||||
7 | for his or her
nomination at such primary election, is | ||||||
8 | ineligible to be listed on the
ballot at that general or | ||||||
9 | consolidated election as a candidate of another
political | ||||||
10 | party.
| ||||||
11 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
12 | candidates of
political parties are nominated by caucus who is | ||||||
13 | a participant in the
caucus and who is defeated for his or her | ||||||
14 | nomination at such caucus, is
ineligible to be listed on the | ||||||
15 | ballot at that general or consolidated
election as a candidate | ||||||
16 | of another political party.
| ||||||
17 | In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a | ||||||
18 | vacancy or to
fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct, | ||||||
19 | township, ward, county
or congressional district, as the case | ||||||
20 | may be, shall through its
representative on such central or | ||||||
21 | managing committee, be entitled to one
vote for each ballot | ||||||
22 | voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
| ||||||
23 | congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary | ||||||
24 | electors of
its party at the primary election immediately | ||||||
25 | preceding the meeting at
which such vacancy is to be filled.
| ||||||
26 | For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "certification"
shall refer to the act of officially declaring | ||||||
2 | the names of candidates
entitled to be printed upon the | ||||||
3 | official ballot at an election and
directing election | ||||||
4 | authorities to place the names of such candidates upon
the | ||||||
5 | official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to | ||||||
6 | the
local election official, election authority or the State | ||||||
7 | Board of
Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination | ||||||
8 | papers, including
certificates of nomination and resolutions | ||||||
9 | to fill vacancies in nomination,
are filed and whose duty it is | ||||||
10 | to "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 | ||||||
14 | committees. There shall be constituted one legislative | ||||||
15 | committee for each
political party in each legislative | ||||||
16 | district and one representative committee
for each political | ||||||
17 | party in each representative district. Legislative and
| ||||||
18 | representative committees shall be composed as follows:
| ||||||
19 | In legislative or representative districts within or | ||||||
20 | including a portion
of any county containing 2,000,000 or more | ||||||
21 | inhabitants, the legislative
or representative committee of a
| ||||||
22 | political party shall consist of the committeepersons of such | ||||||
23 | party
representing each township or ward of such county any | ||||||
24 | portion of which
township or ward is included within such | ||||||
25 | legislative or representative
district and the chair
of each |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | county central committee of such party of any county
| ||||||
2 | containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of | ||||||
3 | which county
is included within such legislative or | ||||||
4 | representative district.
| ||||||
5 | In the remainder of the State, the legislative or | ||||||
6 | representative committee
of a political
party shall consist of | ||||||
7 | the chair of each county central committee of
such party, any | ||||||
8 | portion of which county is included within such
legislative or | ||||||
9 | representative district; but if a legislative or | ||||||
10 | representative
district comprises only one
county, or part of | ||||||
11 | a county, its legislative or representative committee
shall | ||||||
12 | consist of
the chair of the county central committee and 2 | ||||||
13 | members of the county
central committee who reside in the | ||||||
14 | legislative or representative district,
as the case may be, | ||||||
15 | elected by the chair of the county central committee.
| ||||||
16 | Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered | ||||||
17 | year immediately
following the decennial redistricting | ||||||
18 | required by Section 3 of Article IV
of the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Constitution of 1970, the ward committeepersons, township | ||||||
20 | committeepersons
or chairmen of county central committees | ||||||
21 | within each of the
redistricted legislative and representative | ||||||
22 | districts shall meet and
proceed to organize by electing from | ||||||
23 | among their own number a chair and,
either from among their own | ||||||
24 | number or otherwise, such other officers as
they may deem | ||||||
25 | necessary or expedient. The ward committeepersons, township | ||||||
26 | committeepersons
or chairmen of county central committees |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall determine the
time and place (which shall be in the | ||||||
2 | limits of such district) of such
meeting. Immediately upon | ||||||
3 | completion of organization, the chair shall
forward to the | ||||||
4 | State Board of Elections the names and addresses of the chair
| ||||||
5 | and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall occur when a
| ||||||
6 | member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the county, | ||||||
7 | township or ward
which he represented.
| ||||||
8 | Within 180 days after the primary of each other | ||||||
9 | even-numbered year, each
legislative committee and | ||||||
10 | representative committee shall meet and proceed
to organize by | ||||||
11 | electing from among its own number a chair, and either
from its | ||||||
12 | own number or otherwise, such other officers as each committee
| ||||||
13 | may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion | ||||||
14 | of
organization, the chair shall forward to the State Board of
| ||||||
15 | Elections, the names and addresses of the chair and secretary | ||||||
16 | of the
committee. The outgoing chair of such committee shall | ||||||
17 | notify the
members of the time and place (which shall be in the | ||||||
18 | limits of such
district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall | ||||||
19 | occur when a member dies,
resigns, or ceases to reside in the | ||||||
20 | county, township or ward, which he
represented.
| ||||||
21 | If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct, | ||||||
22 | township or
ward, the committeeperson previously elected | ||||||
23 | therefrom shall continue to
serve, as if no boundary change | ||||||
24 | had occurred, for the purpose of acting
as a member of a | ||||||
25 | legislative or representative committee until his successor
is | ||||||
26 | elected or appointed.
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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 | ||||||
4 | candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary | ||||||
5 | ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed | ||||||
6 | in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such | ||||||
7 | petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by | ||||||
8 | Section 7-10.1 of
this Act and a statement of candidacy by the | ||||||
9 | candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. | ||||||
10 | This statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, | ||||||
11 | the office for which he is a candidate, shall
state that the | ||||||
12 | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which | ||||||
13 | the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified | ||||||
14 | and
has filed a statement of economic interests as required by | ||||||
15 | the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the | ||||||
16 | candidate's name be
placed upon the official ballot and shall | ||||||
17 | be subscribed and sworn by
such candidate before some officer | ||||||
18 | authorized to take acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and | ||||||
19 | may be in substantially the following form:
| ||||||
20 | State of Illinois)
| ||||||
21 | ) ss.
| ||||||
22 | County ..........)
| ||||||
23 | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | ||||||
24 | street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... | ||||||
25 | State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a |
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| |||||||
1 | qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate | ||||||
2 | for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the | ||||||
3 | primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally | ||||||
4 | qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement | ||||||
5 | of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental | ||||||
6 | Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon | ||||||
7 | the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
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8 | Signed ....................
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9 | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | ||||||
10 | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
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11 | Signed .... (Official Character)
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12 | (Seal if officer has one.)
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13 | The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating | ||||||
14 | that the candidate has filed the statement of economic | ||||||
15 | interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act | ||||||
16 | must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in | ||||||
17 | subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
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18 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all All | ||||||
19 | petitions for nomination for the office of State Senator shall | ||||||
20 | be signed
by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the | ||||||
21 | qualified primary electors of
the candidate's party in his | ||||||
22 | legislative district.
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23 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all All | ||||||
24 | petitions for nomination for the office of Representative in | ||||||
25 | the General
Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not | ||||||
26 | more than 1,500 of
the qualified primary electors of the |
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1 | candidate's party in his or her
representative district.
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2 | Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector | ||||||
3 | who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State | ||||||
4 | Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence | ||||||
5 | address shall be written or printed. The
residence address | ||||||
6 | required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
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7 | primary elector's name shall include the street address or | ||||||
8 | rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well | ||||||
9 | as the signer's county
and city, village or town.
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10 | For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary | ||||||
11 | electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in | ||||||
12 | the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political | ||||||
13 | party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at | ||||||
14 | the last general election in the State at which
electors for | ||||||
15 | President of the United States were elected.
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16 | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign | ||||||
17 | petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one | ||||||
18 | party.
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19 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition | ||||||
20 | circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who | ||||||
21 | is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her | ||||||
22 | street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as | ||||||
23 | well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; | ||||||
24 | and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the | ||||||
25 | petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify | ||||||
26 | that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that to the |
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1 | best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing | ||||||
2 | were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary | ||||||
3 | voters for which the
nomination is sought.
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4 | In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the | ||||||
5 | petition
circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on | ||||||
6 | which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the | ||||||
7 | first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) | ||||||
8 | certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were signed | ||||||
9 | more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
of the | ||||||
10 | petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 | ||||||
11 | days
preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the | ||||||
12 | filing of such petition.
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13 | All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board | ||||||
14 | of Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been | ||||||
15 | signed by the voters and by the
circulator, and not | ||||||
16 | photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
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17 | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | ||||||
18 | whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any | ||||||
19 | signature from the petition,
provided that:
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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 | ||||||
26 | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
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2 | (10 ILCS 5/8-8.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8.1)
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3 | Sec. 8-8.1. In the designation of the name of a candidate | ||||||
4 | on a petition for
nomination, the candidate's given name or | ||||||
5 | names, initial or initials, a
nickname by which the candidate | ||||||
6 | is commonly known, or a combination
thereof, may be used in | ||||||
7 | addition to the candidate's surname. If a candidate has | ||||||
8 | changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common law | ||||||
9 | procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 | ||||||
10 | years before the last day for filing the petition for that | ||||||
11 | office, then (i) the candidate's name on the petition must be | ||||||
12 | followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names during | ||||||
13 | the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of each | ||||||
14 | such name change)" and (ii) the petition must be accompanied | ||||||
15 | by the candidate's affidavit stating the candidate's previous | ||||||
16 | names during the period specified in (i) and the date or dates | ||||||
17 | each of those names was changed; failure to meet these | ||||||
18 | requirements shall be grounds for denying certification of the | ||||||
19 | candidate's name for the ballot or removing the candidate's | ||||||
20 | name from the ballot, as appropriate, but these requirements | ||||||
21 | do not apply to name changes resulting from adoption to assume | ||||||
22 | an adoptive parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil | ||||||
23 | union to assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage | ||||||
24 | or civil union or declaration of invalidity of marriage or | ||||||
25 | civil union to assume a former surname or a name change that |
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1 | conforms the candidate's name to his or her gender identity . | ||||||
2 | No other
designation such as a political slogan, title, or | ||||||
3 | degree, or nickname
suggesting or implying
possession of a | ||||||
4 | title, degree or professional status, or similar information
| ||||||
5 | may 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 | ||||||
9 | Not less than 68 days prior to the date of the primary, the | ||||||
10 | State Board
of Elections shall certify to the county clerk for | ||||||
11 | each county, the names
of all candidates for legislative | ||||||
12 | offices, as specified
in the petitions for
nominations on file | ||||||
13 | in its office, which are to be voted for in such
county, | ||||||
14 | stating in such certificates the political affiliation of each
| ||||||
15 | candidate for nomination, as specified in the petitions. The | ||||||
16 | State Board
of Elections shall, in its
certificate to the | ||||||
17 | county clerk, certify to the county clerk the names of
the | ||||||
18 | candidates in the order in which the names shall appear upon | ||||||
19 | the
primary ballot, the names to appear in the order in which | ||||||
20 | petitions have
been filed.
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21 | Not less than 62 days prior to the date of the primary, the | ||||||
22 | county clerk
shall certify to the board of election | ||||||
23 | commissioners if there be any such
board in his county, the | ||||||
24 | names of all candidates so certified to him by the
State Board | ||||||
25 | of Elections in the districts wholly or partly within the
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1 | jurisdiction of said board and in the order in which such names | ||||||
2 | are
certified to him.
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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 | ||||||
6 | date of the primary
shall not affect the canvass of the | ||||||
7 | ballots. If the result of such
canvass discloses that such | ||||||
8 | candidate, if he had lived, would have been
nominated, such | ||||||
9 | candidate shall be declared nominated. | ||||||
10 | In the event that a candidate of a party who has been | ||||||
11 | nominated under
the provisions of this Article shall die | ||||||
12 | before election (whether death
occurs prior to, or on, or | ||||||
13 | after, the date of the primary) or decline
the nomination or | ||||||
14 | should the nomination for any other reason become
vacant, the | ||||||
15 | legislative or representative committee of such party for
such | ||||||
16 | district shall
nominate a candidate of such party to fill such | ||||||
17 | vacancy.
However, if there
was no candidate for the nomination | ||||||
18 | of the party in the primary, except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
19 | this Code,
no candidate of that party for that
office may be | ||||||
20 | listed on the ballot at the general election, unless the
| ||||||
21 | legislative or representative committee of the party nominates | ||||||
22 | a candidate
to fill the vacancy in nomination within 75 days | ||||||
23 | after the date of the
general primary election.
Vacancies in
| ||||||
24 | nomination occurring under this Article shall be filled by the | ||||||
25 | appropriate
legislative or representative committee in |
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1 | accordance with the provisions
of Section 7-61 of this Code. | ||||||
2 | In proceedings to fill the vacancy in
nomination, the voting | ||||||
3 | strength of the members of the legislative or
representative | ||||||
4 | committee 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)
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7 | Sec. 9-8.10. Use of political committee and other | ||||||
8 | reporting organization
funds.
| ||||||
9 | (a) A political committee shall
not
make
expenditures:
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10 | (1) In violation of any law of the United States or of | ||||||
11 | this State.
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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.
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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 | ||||||
25 | not limited
to the
method and
amount of repayment, that |
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1 | shall be executed by the chair or treasurer of the
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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.
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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.
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11 | (5) For clothing or personal laundry expenses, except | ||||||
12 | clothing items
rented by
the public official or candidate
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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.
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17 | (6) For the travel expenses of
any person unless the | ||||||
18 | travel is necessary for fulfillment of political,
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19 | governmental, or public policy duties, activities, or | ||||||
20 | purposes.
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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
| ||||||
26 | for a specific campaign-related event.
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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.
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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
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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 | ||||||
26 | made at a rate not to exceed the standard
mileage rate |
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1 | method for computation of business expenses under the | ||||||
2 | Internal
Revenue Code.
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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.
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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.
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17 | (b) The Board shall have the authority to investigate, | ||||||
18 | upon
receipt of a verified complaint, violations of the | ||||||
19 | provisions of this Section.
The Board may levy a fine
on any | ||||||
20 | person who knowingly makes expenditures in violation of this | ||||||
21 | Section and
on any person who knowingly makes a malicious and | ||||||
22 | false accusation of a
violation of this Section.
The Board may | ||||||
23 | act under this subsection only upon the affirmative vote of at
| ||||||
24 | least 5 of its members. The fine shall not
exceed $500 for each | ||||||
25 | expenditure of $500 or less and shall not exceed the
amount of | ||||||
26 | the
expenditure plus $500 for each expenditure greater than |
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1 | $500. The Board shall
also
have the authority
to render | ||||||
2 | rulings and issue opinions relating to compliance with this
| ||||||
3 | Section.
| ||||||
4 | (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of | ||||||
5 | funds of a
political
committee controlled by an officeholder | ||||||
6 | or by a candidate to defray the customary and reasonable | ||||||
7 | expenses of an
officeholder in
connection with the performance | ||||||
8 | of governmental and public service functions.
| ||||||
9 | (d) Nothing in this Section prohibits the funds of a | ||||||
10 | political committee which is controlled by a person convicted | ||||||
11 | of a violation of any of the offenses listed in subsection (a) | ||||||
12 | of Section 10 of the Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act | ||||||
13 | from being forfeited to the State under Section 15 of the | ||||||
14 | Public 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 | ||||||
19 | political committee to conduct an audit of the financial | ||||||
20 | records required to be maintained by the committee to ensure | ||||||
21 | compliance with Sections 9-8.5 and 9-10. Audits ordered by the | ||||||
22 | Board shall be conducted as provided in this Section and as | ||||||
23 | provided by Board rule. | ||||||
24 | (b) The Board may order a political committee to conduct | ||||||
25 | an audit of its financial records for any of the following |
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| |||||||
1 | reasons: (i) a discrepancy between the ending balance of a | ||||||
2 | reporting period and the beginning balance of the next | ||||||
3 | reporting period, (ii) failure to account for previously | ||||||
4 | reported investments or loans, or (iii) a discrepancy between | ||||||
5 | reporting contributions received by or expenditures made for a | ||||||
6 | political committee that are reported by another political | ||||||
7 | committee, except the Board shall not order an audit pursuant | ||||||
8 | to this item (iii) unless there is a willful pattern of | ||||||
9 | inaccurate reporting or there is a pattern of similar | ||||||
10 | inaccurate reporting involving similar contributions by the | ||||||
11 | same contributor. Prior to ordering an audit, the Board shall | ||||||
12 | afford the political committee due notice and an opportunity | ||||||
13 | for a closed preliminary hearing. A political committee shall | ||||||
14 | hire an entity qualified to perform an audit; except, a | ||||||
15 | political committee shall not hire a person that has | ||||||
16 | contributed to the political committee during the previous 4 | ||||||
17 | years. | ||||||
18 | (c) In each calendar year, the Board shall randomly select | ||||||
19 | order no more than 3% of registered political committees to | ||||||
20 | conduct an audit. The Board shall establish a standard, | ||||||
21 | scientific method of selecting the political committees that | ||||||
22 | are to be audited so that every political committee has an | ||||||
23 | equal mathematical chance of being selected. A political | ||||||
24 | committee selected to conduct an audit through the random | ||||||
25 | selection process shall only be required to conduct the audit | ||||||
26 | if it was required to file at least one quarterly report during |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the period to be covered by the audit and has: (i) a fund | ||||||
2 | balance of $10,000 or more as of the close of the most recent | ||||||
3 | reporting period; (ii) an average closing fund balance of | ||||||
4 | $10,000 or more on quarterly reports occurring during the | ||||||
5 | 2-year period to be covered by the audit; or (iii) average | ||||||
6 | total receipts of $10,000 or more on quarterly reports | ||||||
7 | occurring during the 2-year period to be covered by the audit. | ||||||
8 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a | ||||||
9 | political committee owing unpaid fines at the time of its | ||||||
10 | random selection shall be ordered to conduct an audit. The | ||||||
11 | Board shall not select additional registered political | ||||||
12 | committees to conduct an audit to replace any of the | ||||||
13 | originally selected political committees. | ||||||
14 | (d) Upon receipt of notification from the Board ordering | ||||||
15 | an audit, a political committee shall conduct an audit of the | ||||||
16 | financial records required to be maintained by the committee | ||||||
17 | to ensure compliance with the contribution limitations | ||||||
18 | established in Section 9-8.5 and the reporting requirements | ||||||
19 | established in Section 9-3 and Section 9-10 for a period of 2 | ||||||
20 | years from the close of the most recent reporting period or the | ||||||
21 | period since the committee was previously ordered to conduct | ||||||
22 | an audit, whichever is shorter. The entity performing the | ||||||
23 | audit shall review the amount of funds and investments | ||||||
24 | maintained by the political committee and ensure the financial | ||||||
25 | records accurately account for any contributions and | ||||||
26 | expenditures made by the political committee.
A certified copy |
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| |||||||
1 | of the audit shall be delivered to the Board within 60 calendar | ||||||
2 | days after receipt of notice from the Board, unless the Board | ||||||
3 | grants an extension to complete the audit. A political | ||||||
4 | committee ordered to conduct an audit through the random | ||||||
5 | selection process shall not be required to conduct another | ||||||
6 | audit for a minimum of 5 years unless the Board has reason to | ||||||
7 | believe the political committee is in violation of Section | ||||||
8 | 9-3, 9-8.5, or 9-10. | ||||||
9 | (e) The Board shall not disclose the name of any political | ||||||
10 | committee ordered to conduct an audit or any documents in | ||||||
11 | possession of the Board related to an audit unless, after | ||||||
12 | review of the audit findings, the Board has reason to believe | ||||||
13 | the political committee is in violation of Section 9-3, 9-8.5, | ||||||
14 | or 9-10 and the Board imposed a fine. | ||||||
15 | (f) Failure to deliver a certified audit in a timely | ||||||
16 | manner is a business offense punishable by a fine of $250 per | ||||||
17 | day 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 | ||||||
21 | for nomination
under this Article 10 for
candidates for public | ||||||
22 | office in this State, shall in addition to other
requirements | ||||||
23 | provided by law, be as follows: Such petitions shall
consist | ||||||
24 | of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain, above
| ||||||
25 | the space for signature, an appropriate heading, giving the |
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| |||||||
1 | information
as to name of candidate or candidates in whose | ||||||
2 | behalf such petition is
signed; the office; the party; place | ||||||
3 | of residence; and such other
information or wording as | ||||||
4 | required to make same valid, and the heading
of each sheet | ||||||
5 | shall be the same. Such petition shall be signed by the
| ||||||
6 | qualified voters in their own proper persons only, and | ||||||
7 | opposite the
signature of each signer his residence address | ||||||
8 | shall be written or
printed. The residence address required to | ||||||
9 | be written or printed
opposite each qualified primary | ||||||
10 | elector's name shall include the street
address or rural route | ||||||
11 | number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as
the | ||||||
12 | signer's county, and city, village or town, and state. | ||||||
13 | However,
the county or city, village or
town, and state of | ||||||
14 | residence of such electors may be printed on the
petition | ||||||
15 | forms where all of the electors signing the petition
reside in | ||||||
16 | the same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
| ||||||
17 | abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address, | ||||||
18 | including
street number, if any. Except as otherwise provided | ||||||
19 | in this Code, no No signature shall be valid or be counted in
| ||||||
20 | considering the validity or sufficiency of such petition | ||||||
21 | unless the
requirements of this Section are complied with. At | ||||||
22 | the bottom of each
sheet of such petition shall be added a | ||||||
23 | circulator's statement, signed by a
person 18
years of age or | ||||||
24 | older who is a citizen of the United States; stating the street | ||||||
25 | address or rural route
number, as the case may be, as well as | ||||||
26 | the county,
city,
village or town, and state; certifying that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the signatures on that sheet of
the petition
were signed in his | ||||||
2 | or her presence; certifying that the signatures are
genuine;
| ||||||
3 | and either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was | ||||||
4 | circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last dates on | ||||||
5 | which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that none of | ||||||
6 | the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
days | ||||||
7 | preceding the last day for the filing of the petition; and
| ||||||
8 | certifying
that to the best of his knowledge and belief the | ||||||
9 | persons so signing were at the
time of signing the petition | ||||||
10 | duly registered voters under Articles 4, 5 or 6 of
the Code of | ||||||
11 | the political subdivision or district for which the candidate | ||||||
12 | or
candidates shall be nominated, and certifying that their | ||||||
13 | respective residences
are correctly stated therein. Such | ||||||
14 | statement shall be sworn to before some
officer authorized to | ||||||
15 | administer oaths in this State. Except as otherwise provided | ||||||
16 | in this Code, no No petition sheet shall
be circulated more | ||||||
17 | than 90 days preceding the last day provided in Section 10-6
| ||||||
18 | for the filing of such petition. Such sheets, before being | ||||||
19 | presented to the
electoral board or filed with the proper | ||||||
20 | officer of the electoral district or
division of the state or | ||||||
21 | municipality, as the case may be, shall be neatly
fastened | ||||||
22 | together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | ||||||
23 | fastening
them together at one edge in a secure and suitable | ||||||
24 | manner, and the sheets shall
then be numbered consecutively. | ||||||
25 | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | ||||||
26 | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition |
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1 | sheets which are filed with the proper local election | ||||||
2 | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of | ||||||
3 | Elections shall be the original
sheets which have been signed | ||||||
4 | by the voters and by the circulator, and not
photocopies or | ||||||
5 | duplicates of such sheets. A petition, when presented or
| ||||||
6 | filed, shall not be withdrawn, altered, or added to, and no | ||||||
7 | signature shall be
revoked except by revocation in writing | ||||||
8 | presented or filed with the officers or
officer with whom the | ||||||
9 | petition is required to be presented or filed, and before
the | ||||||
10 | presentment or filing of such petition. Whoever forges any | ||||||
11 | name of a
signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty of a | ||||||
12 | forgery, and on conviction
thereof, shall be punished | ||||||
13 | accordingly. The word "petition" or "petition for
nomination", | ||||||
14 | as used herein, shall mean what is sometimes known as | ||||||
15 | nomination
papers, in distinction to what is known as a | ||||||
16 | certificate of nomination. The
words "political division for | ||||||
17 | which the candidate is nominated", or its
equivalent, shall | ||||||
18 | mean the largest political division in which all qualified
| ||||||
19 | voters may vote upon such candidate or candidates, as the | ||||||
20 | state in the case of
state officers; the township in the case | ||||||
21 | of township officers et cetera.
Provided, further, that no | ||||||
22 | person shall circulate or certify petitions for
candidates of | ||||||
23 | more than one political party, or for an independent candidate | ||||||
24 | or
candidates in addition to one political party, to be voted | ||||||
25 | upon at the next
primary or general election, or for such | ||||||
26 | candidates and parties with respect to
the same political |
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1 | subdivision at the next consolidated election.
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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 | ||||||
5 | on a certificate of
nomination or nomination papers the | ||||||
6 | candidate's given name or names,
initial or initials, a | ||||||
7 | nickname by which the candidate is commonly
known, or a | ||||||
8 | combination thereof, may be used in addition to the
| ||||||
9 | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | ||||||
10 | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | ||||||
11 | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | ||||||
12 | last day for filing the certificate of nomination or | ||||||
13 | nomination papers for that office, whichever is applicable, | ||||||
14 | then (i) the candidate's name on the certificate or papers | ||||||
15 | must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names | ||||||
16 | during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of | ||||||
17 | each such name change)" and (ii) the certificate or paper must | ||||||
18 | be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the | ||||||
19 | candidate's previous names during the period specified in (i) | ||||||
20 | and the date or dates each of those names was changed; failure | ||||||
21 | to meet these requirements shall be grounds for denying | ||||||
22 | certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or | ||||||
23 | removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as appropriate, | ||||||
24 | but these requirements do not apply to name changes resulting | ||||||
25 | from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or parents' |
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1 | surname, marriage or civil union to assume a spouse's surname, | ||||||
2 | or dissolution of marriage or civil union or declaration of | ||||||
3 | invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume a former | ||||||
4 | surname or a name change that conforms the candidate's name to | ||||||
5 | his or her gender identity . No other designation such as a | ||||||
6 | political slogan,
title, or
degree, or
nickname suggesting or | ||||||
7 | implying possession of a title, degree or professional
status, | ||||||
8 | or
similar information may be used in connection with the | ||||||
9 | candidate'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 | ||||||
13 | provided in this Code, certificates Certificates
of
nomination | ||||||
14 | and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for
| ||||||
15 | offices to be filled by electors of the entire State, or any | ||||||
16 | district
not entirely within a county, or for congressional, | ||||||
17 | state legislative or
judicial offices, shall be presented to | ||||||
18 | the principal office of the
State Board of Elections not more | ||||||
19 | than 141 nor less than 134
days previous
to the day of election | ||||||
20 | for which the candidates are nominated. The
State Board of | ||||||
21 | Elections shall endorse the certificates of nomination or
| ||||||
22 | nomination papers, as the case may be, and the date and hour of
| ||||||
23 | presentment to it. Except as otherwise provided in this Code | ||||||
24 | section , all
other certificates for the nomination of | ||||||
25 | candidates shall be filed with
the county clerk of the |
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| |||||||
1 | respective counties not more than 141 but at
least 134 days | ||||||
2 | previous to the day of such election. Certificates of | ||||||
3 | nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of | ||||||
4 | candidates for school district offices to be filled at | ||||||
5 | consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or | ||||||
6 | county board of election commissioners of the county in which | ||||||
7 | the principal office of the school district is located not | ||||||
8 | more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the consolidated | ||||||
9 | election. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, | ||||||
10 | certificates Certificates
of
nomination and nomination papers | ||||||
11 | for the nomination of candidates for
the other offices of | ||||||
12 | political subdivisions to be filled at regular elections
other | ||||||
13 | than the general election shall be filed with the local | ||||||
14 | election
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
| ||||||
26 | (5) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the |
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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 | ||||||
9 | co-extensive
with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a | ||||||
10 | municipal board of
election commissioners, the certificates of | ||||||
11 | nomination and nomination
papers for candidates for such | ||||||
12 | political subdivision offices shall be filed
in the office of | ||||||
13 | such 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 | ||||||
17 | Any person whose name has been presented as a candidate, | ||||||
18 | including nonpartisan and independent candidates,
may cause | ||||||
19 | his name to be withdrawn from any such nomination by his
| ||||||
20 | request in writing, signed by him and duly acknowledged before | ||||||
21 | an
officer qualified to take acknowledgment of deeds, and | ||||||
22 | presented to the
principal office or permanent branch office | ||||||
23 | of the Board, the election
authority, or the local election | ||||||
24 | official, as the case may be, not later
than the date for | ||||||
25 | certification of candidates for the ballot. No name so
|
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| |||||||
1 | withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballots under the party | ||||||
2 | appellation or
title from which the candidate has withdrawn | ||||||
3 | his name. If such a request for withdrawal is received after | ||||||
4 | the date for certification of the candidates for the ballot, | ||||||
5 | then the votes cast for the withdrawn candidate are invalid | ||||||
6 | and shall not be reported by the election authority. If the | ||||||
7 | name of the
same person has been presented as a candidate for 2 | ||||||
8 | or more offices which
are incompatible so that the same person | ||||||
9 | could not serve in more than one
of such offices if elected, | ||||||
10 | that person must withdraw as a candidate for
all but one of | ||||||
11 | such offices within the 5 business days following the last
day | ||||||
12 | for petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a candidate for | ||||||
13 | all
but one of such offices within such time, his name shall | ||||||
14 | not be certified,
nor printed on the ballot, for any office. | ||||||
15 | However, nothing in this section
shall be construed as | ||||||
16 | precluding a judge who is seeking retention in office
from | ||||||
17 | also being a candidate for another judicial office. Except as
| ||||||
18 | otherwise herein provided, in case the certificate of | ||||||
19 | nomination or
petition as provided for in this Article shall | ||||||
20 | contain or exhibit the name
of any candidate for any office | ||||||
21 | upon more than one of said certificates or
petitions (for the | ||||||
22 | same office), then and in that case the Board or
election | ||||||
23 | authority or local election official, as the case may be, | ||||||
24 | shall
immediately notify said candidate of said fact and that | ||||||
25 | his name appears
unlawfully upon more than one of said | ||||||
26 | certificates or petitions and that
within 3 days from the |
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| |||||||
1 | receipt of said notification, said candidate must
elect as to | ||||||
2 | which of said political party appellations or groups he | ||||||
3 | desires
his name to appear and remain under upon said ballot, | ||||||
4 | and if said candidate
refuses, fails or neglects to make such | ||||||
5 | election, then and in that case the
Board or election | ||||||
6 | authority or local election official, as the case may be,
| ||||||
7 | shall permit the name of said candidate to appear or be printed | ||||||
8 | or placed
upon said ballot only under the political party | ||||||
9 | appellation or group
appearing on the certificate of | ||||||
10 | nomination or petition, as the case may be,
first filed, and | ||||||
11 | shall strike or cause to be stricken the name of said
candidate | ||||||
12 | from all certificates of nomination and petitions
filed after | ||||||
13 | the first such certificate of nomination or petition.
| ||||||
14 | Whenever the name of a candidate for an office is | ||||||
15 | withdrawn from a new
political party petition, it shall | ||||||
16 | constitute a vacancy in nomination for
that office which may | ||||||
17 | be filled in accordance with Section 10-11 of this
Article; | ||||||
18 | provided, that if the names of all candidates for all offices | ||||||
19 | on
a new political party petition are withdrawn or such | ||||||
20 | petition is declared
invalid by an electoral board or upon | ||||||
21 | judicial review, no vacancies in
nomination for those offices | ||||||
22 | shall exist and the filing of any notice or
resolution | ||||||
23 | purporting to fill vacancies in nomination shall have no legal | ||||||
24 | effect.
| ||||||
25 | Whenever the name of an independent candidate for an | ||||||
26 | office is withdrawn
or an independent candidate's petition is |
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| |||||||
1 | declared invalid by an electoral
board or upon judicial | ||||||
2 | review, no vacancy in nomination for that office
shall exist | ||||||
3 | and the filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill
a | ||||||
4 | vacancy in nomination shall have no legal effect.
| ||||||
5 | All certificates of nomination and nomination papers when | ||||||
6 | presented or
filed shall be open, under proper regulation, to | ||||||
7 | public inspection, and the
State Board of Elections and the | ||||||
8 | several election authorities and local
election officials | ||||||
9 | having charge of nomination papers shall preserve the
same in | ||||||
10 | their 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, | ||||||
14 | certificates Certificates of nomination and nomination papers, | ||||||
15 | and
petitions to submit public questions to a referendum, | ||||||
16 | being filed as
required by this Code, and being in apparent | ||||||
17 | conformity with the
provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to | ||||||
18 | be valid unless objection
thereto is duly made in writing | ||||||
19 | within 5 business days after the last day for
filing the | ||||||
20 | certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
for | ||||||
21 | a 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 | ||||||
25 | filing of such
petitions in which objections can be filed.
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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 | ||||||
7 | in which the
candidate or public question is to be voted on, or | ||||||
8 | any legal voter in
the State in the case of a proposed | ||||||
9 | amendment to Article IV of the
Constitution or an advisory | ||||||
10 | public question to be submitted to the
voters of the entire | ||||||
11 | State, having objections to any certificate of nomination
or | ||||||
12 | nomination papers or petitions filed, shall file an objector's | ||||||
13 | petition
together with 2 copies thereof in the principal | ||||||
14 | office or the permanent branch
office of the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Elections, or in the office of the election
authority or local | ||||||
16 | election official with whom the certificate of
nomination, | ||||||
17 | nomination papers or petitions are on file. Objection | ||||||
18 | petitions that do not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be | ||||||
19 | accepted.
In the case of nomination papers or certificates of | ||||||
20 | nomination,
the State Board of Elections, election authority | ||||||
21 | or local election official
shall note the day and hour upon | ||||||
22 | which such objector's
petition is filed, and shall, not later | ||||||
23 | than 12:00
noon on the second business day after receipt of the
| ||||||
24 | petition, transmit by registered mail or receipted
personal | ||||||
25 | delivery the certificate of nomination or nomination papers | ||||||
26 | and
the original objector's petition to the chair of the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | proper electoral
board designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or | ||||||
2 | his authorized agent, and
shall transmit a copy by registered | ||||||
3 | mail or receipted personal delivery
of the objector's | ||||||
4 | petition, to the candidate whose certificate of nomination
or | ||||||
5 | nomination papers are objected to, addressed to the place of | ||||||
6 | residence
designated in said certificate of nomination or | ||||||
7 | nomination papers. In the
case of objections to a petition for | ||||||
8 | a proposed amendment to Article IV of
the Constitution or for | ||||||
9 | an advisory public question to be submitted to the
voters of | ||||||
10 | the entire State, the State Board of Elections shall note the | ||||||
11 | day
and hour upon which such objector's petition is filed and | ||||||
12 | shall transmit a
copy of the objector's petition by registered | ||||||
13 | mail or receipted personal
delivery to the person designated | ||||||
14 | on a certificate attached to the petition
as the principal | ||||||
15 | proponent of such proposed amendment or public question,
or as | ||||||
16 | the proponents' attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice | ||||||
17 | of
objections. In the case of objections to a petition for a | ||||||
18 | public question,
to be submitted to the voters of a political | ||||||
19 | subdivision, or district
thereof, the election authority or | ||||||
20 | local election official with whom such
petition is filed shall | ||||||
21 | note the day and hour upon which such
objector's petition was | ||||||
22 | filed, and shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the
second | ||||||
23 | business day after receipt of the petition,
transmit by | ||||||
24 | registered mail or receipted personal delivery
the petition | ||||||
25 | for the public question and the original objector's petition
| ||||||
26 | to the chair of the proper electoral board designated in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Section 10-9
hereof, or his authorized agent, and shall | ||||||
2 | transmit a copy by
registered mail or receipted personal | ||||||
3 | delivery, of the objector's petition
to the person designated | ||||||
4 | on a certificate attached to the petition as the
principal | ||||||
5 | proponent of the public question, or as the proponent's | ||||||
6 | attorney,
for the purposes of receiving notice of objections.
| ||||||
7 | The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and | ||||||
8 | residence
address, and shall state fully the nature of the | ||||||
9 | objections to the
certificate of nomination or nomination | ||||||
10 | papers or petitions in question,
and shall state the interest | ||||||
11 | of the objector and shall state what relief
is requested of the | ||||||
12 | electoral board.
| ||||||
13 | The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10 | ||||||
14 | and
10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to | ||||||
15 | petitions for
nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8, | ||||||
16 | except as otherwise
provided in Section 7-13 for cases to | ||||||
17 | which it is applicable, and also
apply to and govern petitions | ||||||
18 | for 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 | ||||||
22 | Not less than 74 days before the date of the general election
| ||||||
23 | the State Board of Elections shall certify to the county clerk | ||||||
24 | of each
county the name of each candidate whose nomination | ||||||
25 | papers,
certificate of nomination or resolution to fill a |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | vacancy in nomination
has been filed with
the State Board of | ||||||
2 | Elections and direct the county clerk to place upon
the | ||||||
3 | official ballot for the general election the names of such | ||||||
4 | candidates
in the same manner and in the same order as shown | ||||||
5 | upon the certification. The name of no
candidate for an office | ||||||
6 | to
be filled by the electors of the entire state shall be | ||||||
7 | placed upon the
official ballot unless his name is duly | ||||||
8 | certified to the county clerk
upon a certificate signed by the | ||||||
9 | members of the State Board of
Elections. The names of group | ||||||
10 | candidates on petitions shall be certified
to the several | ||||||
11 | county clerks in the order
in which such names appear on such | ||||||
12 | petitions filed with
the State Board of Elections.
| ||||||
13 | Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not Not less | ||||||
14 | than 68 days before the date of the general election, each
| ||||||
15 | county clerk shall certify the names of each of the candidates | ||||||
16 | for county
offices whose nomination papers, certificates of | ||||||
17 | nomination or resolutions
to fill a vacancy in nomination have | ||||||
18 | been filed with such clerk and declare
that the names of such | ||||||
19 | candidates for the respective offices shall be
placed upon the | ||||||
20 | official ballot for the general election in the same manner
| ||||||
21 | and in the same order as shown upon the certification. Each | ||||||
22 | county clerk
shall place a copy of the certification on file in | ||||||
23 | his or her office and at
the same time issue to the State Board | ||||||
24 | of Elections a copy of such
certification. In addition, each | ||||||
25 | county clerk in whose county there is a
board of election | ||||||
26 | commissioners
shall, not
less than 69 days before the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | election, certify to the board of election
commissioners the | ||||||
2 | name of the person or persons nominated for such
office as | ||||||
3 | shown by the certificate of the State Board of Elections,
| ||||||
4 | together with the names of all other candidates as shown
by the | ||||||
5 | certification of county officers on file in the clerk's | ||||||
6 | office, and
in the order so certified. The county clerk or | ||||||
7 | board of election commissioners
shall print
the names of the | ||||||
8 | nominees on the ballot for each office in the order in
which | ||||||
9 | they are certified to or filed with the county clerk; | ||||||
10 | provided,
that in printing the name of nominees for any | ||||||
11 | office, if any of such
nominees have also been nominated by one | ||||||
12 | or more political parties
pursuant to this Act, the location | ||||||
13 | of the name of such candidate on the
ballot for nominations | ||||||
14 | made under this Article shall be precisely in the
same order in | ||||||
15 | which it appears on the certification of the State Board
of | ||||||
16 | Elections to the county clerk.
| ||||||
17 | For the general election,
the candidates of new political | ||||||
18 | parties shall be placed on the ballot for
said election after | ||||||
19 | the established political party candidates
and in the order of | ||||||
20 | new political party petition filings.
| ||||||
21 | Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the | ||||||
22 | following:
| ||||||
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 | ||||||
26 | to an office from
the State, political subdivision or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
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 | ||||||
8 | case may be,
shall issue an amended certification whenever it | ||||||
9 | is 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
| ||||||
14 | authorities shall establish one location to be located at an
| ||||||
15 | office of the election authority or in the largest | ||||||
16 | municipality
within its jurisdiction where all voters in its | ||||||
17 | jurisdiction
are allowed to vote on election day during | ||||||
18 | polling place hours,
regardless of the precinct in which they | ||||||
19 | are registered. An
election authority establishing such a | ||||||
20 | location under this Section shall identify the location, hours | ||||||
21 | of
operation, and health and safety requirements by the 40th | ||||||
22 | day
preceding the 2022 general primary election and certify | ||||||
23 | such to the
State Board of Election. | ||||||
24 | (b) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.
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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 | ||||||
3 | in each
election district or precinct shall be printed on one | ||||||
4 | ballot, except as
is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01 | ||||||
5 | of this Act and except as otherwise
provided in this Act with | ||||||
6 | respect to the odd year regular elections and
the emergency | ||||||
7 | referenda; all nominations
of any political party being placed | ||||||
8 | under the party appellation or title
of such party as | ||||||
9 | designated in the certificates of nomination or
petitions. The | ||||||
10 | names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
the | ||||||
11 | ballot in a column or columns under the heading "independent"
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12 | arranged under the names or titles of the respective offices | ||||||
13 | for which
such independent candidates shall have been | ||||||
14 | nominated and so far as
practicable, the name or names of any | ||||||
15 | independent candidate or
candidates for any office shall be | ||||||
16 | printed upon the ballot opposite the
name or names of any | ||||||
17 | candidate or candidates for the same office
contained in any | ||||||
18 | party column or columns upon said ballot. The ballot
shall | ||||||
19 | contain no other names, except that in cases of electors for
| ||||||
20 | President and Vice-President of the United States, the names | ||||||
21 | of the
candidates for President and Vice-President may be | ||||||
22 | added to the party
designation and words calculated to aid the | ||||||
23 | voter in his choice of candidates
may be added, such as "Vote | ||||||
24 | for one," "Vote for not more than three." If no candidate or | ||||||
25 | candidates file for an office and if no person or persons file | ||||||
26 | a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then |
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1 | below the title of that office the election authority instead | ||||||
2 | shall print "No Candidate". When an electronic
voting system | ||||||
3 | is used which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the candidates
| ||||||
4 | and questions shall appear on the pages of such booklet in the | ||||||
5 | order
provided by this Code; and, in any case where candidates | ||||||
6 | for an office
appear on a page which does not contain the name | ||||||
7 | of any candidate for
another office, and where less than 50% of | ||||||
8 | the page is utilized, the name of
no candidate shall be printed | ||||||
9 | on the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or
outside of the | ||||||
10 | ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
| ||||||
11 | "Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling | ||||||
12 | place for
which the ballot is prepared, the date of the | ||||||
13 | election and a facsimile
of the signature of the election | ||||||
14 | authority who has caused the ballots to
be printed. The | ||||||
15 | ballots shall be of plain white paper, through which the
| ||||||
16 | printing or writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use | ||||||
17 | at the
nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed | ||||||
18 | on different color
paper, except blue paper, whenever | ||||||
19 | necessary or desirable to facilitate
distinguishing between | ||||||
20 | ballots for different political subdivisions. In
the case of | ||||||
21 | nonpartisan elections for officers of a political
subdivision, | ||||||
22 | unless the statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to
Article | ||||||
23 | VII of the Constitution providing the form of government
| ||||||
24 | therefor requires otherwise, the column listing such | ||||||
25 | nonpartisan
candidates shall be printed with no appellation or | ||||||
26 | circle at its head.
The party appellation or title, or the word |
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1 | "independent" at the head of
any column provided for | ||||||
2 | independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less | ||||||
3 | than one-fourth of an inch in height
and a
circle one-half inch | ||||||
4 | in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of
the line in | ||||||
5 | which such appellation or title is printed, provided,
however, | ||||||
6 | that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
| ||||||
7 | or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names | ||||||
8 | of
candidates shall be printed in letters not less than | ||||||
9 | one-eighth
nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and | ||||||
10 | at the beginning of
each line in which a name of a candidate is | ||||||
11 | printed a square shall be
printed, the sides of which shall be | ||||||
12 | not less than one-fourth of an inch
in length. However, the | ||||||
13 | names of the candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor | ||||||
14 | on the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket
and a | ||||||
15 | single square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The | ||||||
16 | list
of candidates of the several parties and any such list of | ||||||
17 | independent
candidates shall be placed in separate columns on | ||||||
18 | the ballot in such
order as the election authorities charged | ||||||
19 | with the printing of the
ballots shall decide; provided, that | ||||||
20 | the names of the candidates of the
several political parties, | ||||||
21 | certified by the State Board of Elections to
the several | ||||||
22 | county clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
| ||||||
23 | proper county on the official ballot in the order certified by | ||||||
24 | the State
Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing, | ||||||
25 | neglecting or failing to
print on the official ballot the | ||||||
26 | names of candidates of the several
political parties in the |
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1 | order certified by the State Board of
Elections, and any | ||||||
2 | county clerk who prints or causes to be printed upon
the | ||||||
3 | official ballot the name of a candidate, for an office to be | ||||||
4 | filled
by the Electors of the entire State, whose name has not | ||||||
5 | been duly
certified to him upon a certificate signed by the | ||||||
6 | State Board of
Elections shall be guilty of a Class C | ||||||
7 | misdemeanor.
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8 | (b) When an electronic voting system is used which | ||||||
9 | utilizes a ballot
card,
on the inside flap of each ballot card | ||||||
10 | envelope there shall be printed
a form for write-in voting | ||||||
11 | which shall be substantially as follows:
| ||||||
12 | WRITE-IN VOTES
| ||||||
13 | (See card of instructions for specific information. | ||||||
14 | Duplicate 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 | ||||||
20 | a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or | ||||||
21 | more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in | ||||||
22 | candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in | ||||||
23 | candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the | ||||||
24 | certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION | ||||||
25 | PENDING".
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26 | (c) When an electronic voting system is used which uses a |
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1 | ballot sheet,
the
instructions to voters on the ballot sheet | ||||||
2 | shall refer the voter to the
card of instructions for specific | ||||||
3 | information on write-in voting. Below
each office appearing on | ||||||
4 | such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
the casting of | ||||||
5 | a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of | ||||||
6 | candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an | ||||||
7 | office only if one or more persons filed declarations of | ||||||
8 | intent to be write-in candidates or qualify to file | ||||||
9 | declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 | ||||||
10 | and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the words | ||||||
11 | "OBJECTION PENDING".
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12 | (d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be | ||||||
13 | printed on the
back of each ballot card, each ballot card | ||||||
14 | envelope, and
the first page of the ballot label when a ballot | ||||||
15 | label is used, the
words "Official Ballot," followed by the | ||||||
16 | number of the
precinct or other precinct identification, which | ||||||
17 | may be stamped, in lieu
thereof and, as applicable, the number | ||||||
18 | and name of the township, ward
or other election district for | ||||||
19 | which the ballot card, ballot card
envelope, and ballot label | ||||||
20 | are prepared, the date of the election and a
facsimile of the | ||||||
21 | signature of the election authority who has caused the
ballots | ||||||
22 | to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include
a | ||||||
23 | method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a | ||||||
24 | listing of the
political subdivisions and districts for which | ||||||
25 | votes may be cast on that
ballot, or a number code identifying | ||||||
26 | the ballot configuration or color coded
ballots, except that |
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1 | where there is only one ballot configuration in a
precinct, | ||||||
2 | the precinct identification, and any applicable ward
| ||||||
3 | identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes | ||||||
4 | used in punch
card systems shall be of paper through which no | ||||||
5 | writing or punches may be
discerned and shall be of sufficient | ||||||
6 | length to enclose all voting
positions. However, the election | ||||||
7 | authority may provide
ballot card envelopes on which no | ||||||
8 | precinct number or township, ward or
other election district | ||||||
9 | designation, or election date are preprinted, if
space and a | ||||||
10 | preprinted form are provided below the space provided for
the | ||||||
11 | names of write-in candidates where such information may be | ||||||
12 | entered
by the judges of election. Whenever an election | ||||||
13 | authority utilizes
ballot card envelopes on which the election | ||||||
14 | date and precinct is not
preprinted, a judge of election shall | ||||||
15 | mark such information for the
particular precinct and election | ||||||
16 | on the envelope in ink before tallying
and counting any | ||||||
17 | write-in vote written thereon.
If some method of insuring | ||||||
18 | ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used,
such | ||||||
19 | information must be provided on the ballot itself.
| ||||||
20 | (e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the | ||||||
21 | ballot, the
candidate's given name or names, initial or | ||||||
22 | initials, a nickname by
which the candidate is commonly known, | ||||||
23 | or a combination thereof, may be
used in addition to the | ||||||
24 | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | ||||||
25 | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | ||||||
26 | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the |
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1 | last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination | ||||||
2 | papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, | ||||||
3 | whichever is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the | ||||||
4 | ballot must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior | ||||||
5 | names during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list | ||||||
6 | date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, | ||||||
7 | or certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's | ||||||
8 | affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the | ||||||
9 | period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those | ||||||
10 | names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be | ||||||
11 | grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for | ||||||
12 | the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, | ||||||
13 | as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name | ||||||
14 | changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's | ||||||
15 | or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to assume a | ||||||
16 | spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil union or | ||||||
17 | declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume | ||||||
18 | a former surname or a name change that conforms the | ||||||
19 | candidate's name to his or her gender identity . No other | ||||||
20 | designation such
as a political slogan, title, or degree or | ||||||
21 | nickname suggesting or
implying possession of a
title, degree | ||||||
22 | or professional status, or similar information may be used
in | ||||||
23 | connection with the candidate's surname.
For purposes of this | ||||||
24 | Section, a "political slogan" is defined as any
word or words | ||||||
25 | expressing or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that | ||||||
26 | the
candidate may espouse, including but not limited to, any |
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1 | word or words
conveying any meaning other than that of the | ||||||
2 | personal identity of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a | ||||||
3 | political slogan as part of his or her name on the
ballot, | ||||||
4 | notwithstanding that the political slogan may be part of the
| ||||||
5 | candidate's name.
| ||||||
6 | (f) The State Board of Elections, a local election | ||||||
7 | official, or an
election
authority shall remove any | ||||||
8 | candidate's name designation from a ballot that is
| ||||||
9 | inconsistent with subsection (e) of this Section. In addition, | ||||||
10 | the State Board
of Elections, a local election official, or an | ||||||
11 | election authority shall not
certify to any election authority | ||||||
12 | any candidate name designation that is
inconsistent with | ||||||
13 | subsection (e) of this Section.
| ||||||
14 | (g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election | ||||||
15 | official, or an
election
authority removes a candidate's name | ||||||
16 | designation from a ballot under
subsection (f) of this | ||||||
17 | Section, then the aggrieved candidate may seek
appropriate | ||||||
18 | relief in circuit court.
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19 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
20 | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||||||
21 | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
22 | is applicable.
| ||||||
23 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election | ||||||
24 | authorities from using
or reusing ballot card envelopes which | ||||||
25 | were printed before the effective
date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
26 | of 1985.
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| |||||||
1 | (Source: P.A. 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; | ||||||
2 | 95-862, 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 | ||||||
5 | Code, the The election authority shall, at least 46
days prior | ||||||
6 | to the date of any election at which federal officers
are | ||||||
7 | elected and 45 days prior to any other regular election, have a
| ||||||
8 | sufficient number of ballots printed so that such ballots will | ||||||
9 | be available
for mailing 45 days prior to the date of the | ||||||
10 | election to persons who have
filed application for a ballot | ||||||
11 | under the provisions of Article 20 of this Act.
| ||||||
12 | (b) If at any election at which federal offices are | ||||||
13 | elected
or nominated the election authority is unable to | ||||||
14 | comply with the provisions
of subsection (a), the election | ||||||
15 | authority shall mail to each such person, in
lieu of the | ||||||
16 | ballot, a Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot.
| ||||||
17 | The Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot shall | ||||||
18 | be used at
all elections at which federal officers are elected | ||||||
19 | or nominated and shall be
prepared by the election authority | ||||||
20 | in 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 | ||||||
23 | his or her name
on the lines provided. Place to the left of and | ||||||
24 | opposite the title of
office a square and place a cross (X) in | ||||||
25 | the square.)
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1 | Title of Office Name of Candidate
| ||||||
2 | ( )
| ||||||
3 | ( )
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4 | ( )
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5 | ( )
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6 | ( )
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7 | ( )
| ||||||
8 | The election authority shall send with the Special | ||||||
9 | Write-in Vote by Mail
Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all | ||||||
10 | referenda for which the voter is qualified
to vote and all | ||||||
11 | candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and
for | ||||||
12 | whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be | ||||||
13 | entitled to
write in the name of any candidate seeking
| ||||||
14 | election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to | ||||||
15 | vote.
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16 | On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear when | ||||||
17 | folded, shall
be printed the words "Official Ballot", the date | ||||||
18 | of the election and a
facsimile of the signature of the | ||||||
19 | election authority who has caused the
ballot to be printed.
| ||||||
20 | The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be | ||||||
21 | applicable to the
Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank | ||||||
22 | Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
| ||||||
23 | (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or other | ||||||
24 | law
to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality may | ||||||
25 | adopt, upon submission of a written statement by the | ||||||
26 | municipality's election authority attesting to the |
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1 | administrative ability of the election authority to administer | ||||||
2 | an election using a ranked ballot to the municipality's | ||||||
3 | governing body,
an ordinance requiring, and that | ||||||
4 | municipality's election
authority shall prepare, a ranked vote | ||||||
5 | by mail ballot for
municipal and township office candidates to | ||||||
6 | be voted on in the consolidated
election.
This ranked ballot | ||||||
7 | shall be for use only by
a qualified voter who either is a | ||||||
8 | member of the United States
military or will be outside of the | ||||||
9 | United States on the
consolidated primary election day and the | ||||||
10 | consolidated
election day. The ranked ballot shall contain a | ||||||
11 | list of the
titles of all municipal and township offices | ||||||
12 | potentially contested at both the consolidated
primary | ||||||
13 | election and the consolidated election and the candidates for | ||||||
14 | each office and shall
permit the elector to vote in the | ||||||
15 | consolidated election by
indicating his or her order of | ||||||
16 | preference for each candidate
for each office. To indicate his | ||||||
17 | or her order of preference for
each candidate for each office, | ||||||
18 | the voter shall put the number
one next to the name of the | ||||||
19 | candidate who is the voter's first
choice, the number 2 for his | ||||||
20 | or her second choice, and so forth
so that, in consecutive | ||||||
21 | numerical order, a number indicating
the voter's preference is | ||||||
22 | written by the voter next to each
candidate's name on the | ||||||
23 | ranked ballot. The voter shall not be required
to indicate his | ||||||
24 | or her preference for more than one candidate
on the ranked | ||||||
25 | ballot. The voter may not cast a write-in vote using the ranked | ||||||
26 | ballot for the consolidated election. The election authority |
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1 | shall, if using the
ranked vote by mail ballot authorized by | ||||||
2 | this subsection, also
prepare instructions for use of the | ||||||
3 | ranked ballot. The ranked ballot for the consolidated election | ||||||
4 | shall be mailed to the voter at the same time that the ballot | ||||||
5 | for the consolidated primary election is mailed to the voter | ||||||
6 | and the election authority shall accept the completed ranked | ||||||
7 | ballot for the consolidated election when the authority | ||||||
8 | accepts the completed ballot for the consolidated primary | ||||||
9 | election.
| ||||||
10 | The voter shall also be sent a vote by mail ballot for the | ||||||
11 | consolidated election for those races that are not related to | ||||||
12 | the results of the consolidated primary election as soon as | ||||||
13 | the consolidated election ballot is certified.
| ||||||
14 | The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules for | ||||||
15 | election
authorities for the implementation of this | ||||||
16 | subsection,
including but not limited to the application for | ||||||
17 | and 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 | ||||||
21 | by the
State Board of Elections, or if the Board determines | ||||||
22 | that all potential
polling places have been surveyed by the | ||||||
23 | election authority and that no
accessible polling place, as | ||||||
24 | defined by rule of the State Board of
Elections, is available | ||||||
25 | within a precinct nor is the election authority
able to make a |
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| |||||||
1 | polling place within the precinct temporarily accessible,
the | ||||||
2 | Board, upon written application by the election authority, is
| ||||||
3 | authorized to grant an exemption from the accessibility | ||||||
4 | requirements of the
Federal Voting Accessibility for the | ||||||
5 | Elderly and Handicapped Act (Public
Law 98-435). Such | ||||||
6 | exemption shall be valid for a period of 2 years.
| ||||||
7 | (b) Any voter with a temporary or permanent disability | ||||||
8 | who,
because of structural features of the building in which | ||||||
9 | the polling place
is located, is unable to access or enter the | ||||||
10 | polling place, may request
that 2 judges of election of | ||||||
11 | opposite party affiliation deliver a ballot to
him or her at | ||||||
12 | the point where he or she is unable to continue forward
motion | ||||||
13 | toward the polling place; but, in no case, shall a ballot be
| ||||||
14 | delivered to the voter beyond 50 feet of the entrance to the | ||||||
15 | building in
which the polling place is located. Such request | ||||||
16 | shall be made to the
election authority not later than the | ||||||
17 | close of business at the election
authority's office on the | ||||||
18 | day before the election and on a form prescribed
by the State | ||||||
19 | Board of Elections. The election authority shall notify the
| ||||||
20 | judges of election for the appropriate precinct polling places | ||||||
21 | of such requests.
| ||||||
22 | Weather permitting, 2 judges of election shall deliver to | ||||||
23 | the
voter with a disability the ballot which he or she is | ||||||
24 | entitled to vote, a portable
voting booth or other enclosure | ||||||
25 | that will allow such voter to mark his or
her ballot in | ||||||
26 | secrecy, and a marking device.
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1 | (c) The voter must complete the entire voting process, | ||||||
2 | including the
application for ballot from which the judges of | ||||||
3 | election shall compare the
voter's signature with the | ||||||
4 | signature on his or her registration record card
in the | ||||||
5 | precinct binder.
| ||||||
6 | (d) Election authorities may establish curb-side voting | ||||||
7 | for individuals to cast a ballot during early voting or on | ||||||
8 | election day. An election authority's curb-side voting program | ||||||
9 | shall designate at least 2 election judges from opposite | ||||||
10 | parties per vehicle and the individual must have the option to | ||||||
11 | mark the ballot without interference from the election judges. | ||||||
12 | After the voter has marked his or her ballot and placed it | ||||||
13 | in the
ballot envelope (or folded it in the manner prescribed | ||||||
14 | for paper ballots),
the 2 judges of election shall return the | ||||||
15 | ballot to the polling place and
give it to the judge in charge | ||||||
16 | of the ballot box who shall deposit it therein.
| ||||||
17 | Pollwatchers as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of | ||||||
18 | this Code shall
be permitted to accompany the judges and | ||||||
19 | observe the above procedure.
| ||||||
20 | No assistance may be given to such voter in marking his or | ||||||
21 | her ballot,
unless the voter requests assistance and completes | ||||||
22 | the affidavit required
by Section 17-14 of this Code.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 102-1, eff. 4-2-21.)
| ||||||
24 | (10 ILCS 5/17-13.5 new) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 17-13.5. Curbside voting. Election authorities may |
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| |||||||
1 | establish curbside voting for individuals to cast a ballot | ||||||
2 | during early voting or on election day. An election | ||||||
3 | authority's curbside voting program shall designate at least 2 | ||||||
4 | election judges from opposite parties per vehicle and the | ||||||
5 | individual must have the option to mark the ballot without | ||||||
6 | interference 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, | ||||||
9 | write-in Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who | ||||||
10 | have
filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in | ||||||
11 | candidates with
the proper election authority or authorities | ||||||
12 | not later than 61 days prior to
the election. However, | ||||||
13 | whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or | ||||||
14 | petitions for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 | ||||||
15 | after the 61st day before the election, then write-in votes | ||||||
16 | shall be counted for that candidate if he or she has filed a | ||||||
17 | notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for | ||||||
18 | that office with the proper election authority or authorities | ||||||
19 | not later than 7 days prior to the election.
| ||||||
20 | Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
21 | candidate shall
be supplied by the election authorities. Such | ||||||
22 | declaration shall specify
the office for which the person | ||||||
23 | seeks election as a write-in candidate.
| ||||||
24 | The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list | ||||||
25 | of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the |
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| |||||||
1 | election judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the | ||||||
2 | election.
| ||||||
3 | A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a | ||||||
4 | partisan
candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated | ||||||
5 | for his or her
nomination at the primary election is | ||||||
6 | ineligible to file a declaration of
intent to be a write-in | ||||||
7 | candidate for election in that general or consolidated
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8 | election.
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9 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
10 | candidates of
political parties are nominated by caucus who is | ||||||
11 | a participant in the
caucus and who is defeated for his or her | ||||||
12 | nomination at such caucus is
ineligible to file a declaration | ||||||
13 | of intent to be a write-in candidate for
election in that | ||||||
14 | general or consolidated election.
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15 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
16 | candidates are
nominated at a primary election on a | ||||||
17 | nonpartisan basis and who is defeated
for his or her | ||||||
18 | nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a
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19 | declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election | ||||||
20 | in that
general or consolidated election.
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21 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to | ||||||
22 | votes
cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
23 | 16-5.01.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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25 | (10 ILCS 5/18-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-9.1)
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1 | Sec. 18-9.1. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, | ||||||
2 | write-in Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who | ||||||
3 | have
filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in | ||||||
4 | candidates with
the proper election authority or authorities | ||||||
5 | not later than 61 days prior to
the election. However, | ||||||
6 | whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or | ||||||
7 | petitions is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st day | ||||||
8 | before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted for | ||||||
9 | that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized declaration | ||||||
10 | of intent to be a write-in candidate for that office with the | ||||||
11 | proper election authority or authorities not later than 7 days | ||||||
12 | prior to the election.
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13 | Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
14 | candidate shall
be supplied by the election authorities. Such | ||||||
15 | declaration shall specify
the office for which the person | ||||||
16 | seeks election as a write-in candidate.
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17 | The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list | ||||||
18 | of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the | ||||||
19 | election judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the | ||||||
20 | election.
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21 | A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a | ||||||
22 | partisan
candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated | ||||||
23 | for his or her
nomination at the primary election, is | ||||||
24 | ineligible to file a declaration of
intent to be a write-in | ||||||
25 | candidate for election in that general or
consolidated | ||||||
26 | election.
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1 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
2 | candidates of
political parties are nominated by caucus who is | ||||||
3 | a participant in the
caucus and who is defeated for his or her | ||||||
4 | nomination at such caucus is
ineligible to file a declaration | ||||||
5 | of intent to be a write-in candidate for
election in that | ||||||
6 | general or consolidated election.
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7 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
8 | candidates are
nominated at a primary election on a | ||||||
9 | nonpartisan basis and who is defeated
for his or her | ||||||
10 | nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a
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11 | declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election | ||||||
12 | in that
general or consolidated election.
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13 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to | ||||||
14 | votes
cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
15 | 16-5.01.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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17 | (10 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 19-2. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any | ||||||
19 | Any elector as defined in Section 19-1 may by mail or | ||||||
20 | electronically on the website of the appropriate election | ||||||
21 | authority, not more than 90 nor less than 5 days prior to the
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22 | date of such election, or by personal delivery not more than 90 | ||||||
23 | nor less
than one day prior to the date of such election, make | ||||||
24 | application to the
county clerk or to the Board of Election | ||||||
25 | Commissioners for an official
ballot for the voter's precinct |
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1 | to be voted at such election , or be added to a list of | ||||||
2 | permanent vote by mail status voters who receive an official | ||||||
3 | vote by mail ballot for subsequent elections. Voters who make | ||||||
4 | an application for permanent vote by mail ballot status shall | ||||||
5 | follow the procedures specified in Section 19-3. Voters whose | ||||||
6 | application for permanent vote by mail status is accepted by | ||||||
7 | the election authority shall remain on the permanent vote by | ||||||
8 | mail list until the voter requests to be removed from | ||||||
9 | permanent vote by mail status, the voter provides notice to | ||||||
10 | the election authority of a change in registration, or the | ||||||
11 | election authority receives confirmation that the voter has | ||||||
12 | subsequently registered to vote in another county . The URL | ||||||
13 | address at which voters may electronically request a vote by | ||||||
14 | mail ballot shall be fixed no later than 90 calendar days | ||||||
15 | before an election and shall not be changed until after the | ||||||
16 | election.
Such a ballot shall be delivered to the elector only | ||||||
17 | upon separate application by the elector for each election.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | ||||||
19 | 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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20 | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.4 new) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 19-2.4. Vote by mail; accommodation for voters with a | ||||||
22 | disability. By December 31, 2021, the State Board of Elections | ||||||
23 | shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly proposed | ||||||
24 | legislation establishing a procedure to send vote by mail | ||||||
25 | ballots via electronic transmission and enable a voter with a |
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1 | disability to independently and privately mark a ballot using | ||||||
2 | assistive technology in order for the voter to vote by mail. | ||||||
3 | Prior to submission, the State Board of Elections shall | ||||||
4 | solicit public commentary and conduct at least 2 public | ||||||
5 | hearings 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 | ||||||
8 | authority shall notify all qualified voters, not more than 90 | ||||||
9 | days nor less than 45 days before a general election, of the | ||||||
10 | option for permanent vote by mail status using the following | ||||||
11 | notice and including the application for permanent vote by | ||||||
12 | mail status in subsection (b) of Section 19-3: | ||||||
13 | "You may apply to permanently be placed on vote by mail | ||||||
14 | status 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 | ||||||
18 | election 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 | ||||||
21 | State 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 | ||||||
24 | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in |
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1 | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | ||||||
2 | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | ||||||
3 | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | ||||||
4 | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | ||||||
5 | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail | ||||||
6 | ballot. | ||||||
7 | I hereby make application for an official ballot or | ||||||
8 | ballots to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I | ||||||
9 | shall return such ballot or ballots to the
official issuing | ||||||
10 | the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date
of the | ||||||
11 | election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than | ||||||
12 | election day, for counting no later than during the period for | ||||||
13 | counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | ||||||
14 | 14th day following election day. | ||||||
15 | I understand that this application is made for an official | ||||||
16 | vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the | ||||||
17 | election specified in this application and that I must submit | ||||||
18 | a separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or | ||||||
19 | ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election. | ||||||
20 | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | ||||||
21 | 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | ||||||
22 | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | ||||||
23 | .... | ||||||
24 | *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). | ||||||
25 | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | ||||||
26 | ............... |
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1 | (b) The application for permanent vote by mail status | ||||||
2 | shall 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 | ||||||
5 | permanent vote by mail status. | ||||||
6 | I state that I am a resident of the City of .... residing | ||||||
7 | at .... in such city in the county of .... and State of | ||||||
8 | Illinois; that I have lived at such address for .... month(s) | ||||||
9 | last past; that I am lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct | ||||||
10 | at the .... election to be held therein on ....; and that I | ||||||
11 | wish 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 | ||||||
18 | ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I | ||||||
19 | shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing | ||||||
20 | the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the | ||||||
21 | election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than | ||||||
22 | election day, for counting no later than during the period for | ||||||
23 | counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | ||||||
24 | 14th day following election day. | ||||||
25 | Under penalties as provided by law under Section 29-10 of | ||||||
26 | the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the |
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1 | statements 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 | ||||||
6 | ballot, such
application shall require the applicant to | ||||||
7 | designate the name of the political party with which
the | ||||||
8 | applicant is affiliated. The election authority shall allow | ||||||
9 | any voter on permanent vote by mail status to change his or her | ||||||
10 | party affiliation for a primary election ballot by a method | ||||||
11 | and deadline published and selected by the election authority. | ||||||
12 | (d) If application is made electronically, the applicant | ||||||
13 | shall mark the box associated with the above described | ||||||
14 | statement included as part of the online application | ||||||
15 | certifying that the statements set forth in the this | ||||||
16 | application under subsection (a) or (b) are true and correct, | ||||||
17 | and a signature is not required. | ||||||
18 | (e) Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or | ||||||
19 | return to an election authority an the application under this | ||||||
20 | Section for vote by mail ballot . If applications are sent to a | ||||||
21 | post office box controlled by any individual or organization | ||||||
22 | that is not an election authority, those applications shall | ||||||
23 | (i) include a valid and current phone number for the | ||||||
24 | individual or organization controlling the post office box and | ||||||
25 | (ii) be turned over to the appropriate election authority | ||||||
26 | within 7 days of receipt or, if received within 2 weeks of the |
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1 | election in which an applicant intends to vote, within 2 days | ||||||
2 | of receipt. Failure to turn over the applications in | ||||||
3 | compliance with this paragraph shall constitute a violation of | ||||||
4 | this Code and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a | ||||||
5 | fine of $100 per application. Removing, tampering with, or | ||||||
6 | otherwise knowingly making the postmark on the application | ||||||
7 | unreadable by the election authority shall establish a | ||||||
8 | rebuttable presumption of a violation of this paragraph. Upon | ||||||
9 | receipt, the appropriate election authority shall accept and | ||||||
10 | promptly process any application under this Section for vote | ||||||
11 | by mail ballot submitted in a form substantially similar to | ||||||
12 | that required by this Section, including any substantially | ||||||
13 | similar production or reproduction generated by the applicant. | ||||||
14 | (f) An election authority may combine the applications in | ||||||
15 | subsections (a) and (b) onto one form, but the distinction | ||||||
16 | between the applications must be clear and the form must | ||||||
17 | provide check boxes for an applicant to indicate whether he or | ||||||
18 | she is applying for a single election vote by mail ballot or | ||||||
19 | for 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)
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22 | Sec. 19A-15. Period for early voting; hours.
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23 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the The | ||||||
24 | period for early voting by personal appearance begins the 40th | ||||||
25 | day preceding a general primary, consolidated primary, |
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1 | consolidated, or
general election and extends through the end | ||||||
2 | of the day before election day.
| ||||||
3 | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this Section, a | ||||||
4 | permanent polling place for early voting must remain open | ||||||
5 | beginning the 15th day before an election through the end of | ||||||
6 | the day before election day during the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to | ||||||
7 | 4:30 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on weekdays, except that | ||||||
8 | beginning 8 days before election day, a permanent polling | ||||||
9 | place for early voting must remain open during the hours of | ||||||
10 | 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and
9:00 | ||||||
11 | a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. to | ||||||
12 | 4 p.m. on Sundays; except that, in addition to the hours | ||||||
13 | required by this subsection, a permanent polling place | ||||||
14 | designated by an election authority under subsections (c), | ||||||
15 | (d), and (e) of Section 19A-10 must remain open for a total of | ||||||
16 | at least 8 hours on any holiday during the early voting period | ||||||
17 | and a total of at least 14 hours on the final weekend during | ||||||
18 | the early voting period.
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19 | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an election authority | ||||||
20 | may close an early voting polling place if the building in | ||||||
21 | which the polling place is located has been closed by the State | ||||||
22 | or unit of local government in response to a severe weather | ||||||
23 | emergency or other force majeure. The election authority shall | ||||||
24 | notify the State Board of Elections of any closure and shall | ||||||
25 | make reasonable efforts to provide notice to the public of an | ||||||
26 | alternative location for early voting. |
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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, | ||||||
3 | eff. 3-12-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; | ||||||
4 | 98-1171, 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 | ||||||
8 | voting, the election
authority may establish temporary branch | ||||||
9 | polling places for early voting.
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10 | (b) The provisions of subsection (b) of Section 19A-15 do | ||||||
11 | not apply to a
temporary polling place. Voting at a temporary | ||||||
12 | branch polling place may be
conducted on any one or more days | ||||||
13 | and during any hours within the period for
early voting by | ||||||
14 | personal appearance that are determined by the election
| ||||||
15 | authority.
| ||||||
16 | (c) The schedules for conducting voting do not need to be | ||||||
17 | uniform among the
temporary branch polling places.
| ||||||
18 | (d) The legal rights and remedies which inure to the owner | ||||||
19 | or lessor of
private property are not impaired or otherwise | ||||||
20 | affected by the leasing of the
property for use as a temporary | ||||||
21 | branch polling place for early voting, except
to the extent | ||||||
22 | necessary to conduct early voting at that location.
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23 | (e) In a county with a population of : | ||||||
24 | (1) 3,000,000 or more, the election authority in the | ||||||
25 | county shall establish a temporary branch polling place |
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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 | ||||||
25 | shall apply to a temporary branch polling place under this | ||||||
26 | subsection (e), subject to approval from the election |
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1 | authority and the county jail, except that nonpartisan | ||||||
2 | pollwatchers shall be limited to one per division within the | ||||||
3 | jail instead of one per precinct. A county that establishes a | ||||||
4 | temporary branch polling place inside a county jail in | ||||||
5 | accordance with this subsection (e) shall adhere to all | ||||||
6 | requirements of this subsection (e). All requirements of the | ||||||
7 | federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Sections 203 and 208 of | ||||||
8 | the federal Americans with Disabilities Act shall apply to | ||||||
9 | this subsection (e). | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 101-442, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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11 | (10 ILCS 5/25-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6)
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12 | Sec. 25-6. General Assembly vacancies. (a) When a | ||||||
13 | vacancy occurs in the office of State Senator or
| ||||||
14 | Representative in the General Assembly, the vacancy shall be | ||||||
15 | filled within
30 days by appointment of the legislative or | ||||||
16 | representative committee of
that legislative or representative | ||||||
17 | district of the political
party of which the incumbent was a | ||||||
18 | candidate at the time of his
election. Prior to holding a | ||||||
19 | meeting to fill the vacancy, the committee shall make public | ||||||
20 | (i) the names of the committeeperson on the appropriate | ||||||
21 | legislative or representative committee, (ii) the date, time, | ||||||
22 | and location of the meeting to fill the vacancy, and (iii) any | ||||||
23 | information on how to apply or submit a name for consideration | ||||||
24 | as the appointee. A meeting to fill a vacancy in office shall | ||||||
25 | be held in the district or virtually, and any meeting shall be |
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1 | accessible to the public. The appointee shall be a member of | ||||||
2 | the same political party as
the person he succeeds was at the | ||||||
3 | time of his election, and shall be
otherwise eligible to serve | ||||||
4 | as a member of the General Assembly.
| ||||||
5 | (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a legislator | ||||||
6 | elected
other than as a candidate of a political party, the | ||||||
7 | vacancy shall be
filled within 30 days of such occurrence by | ||||||
8 | appointment of the Governor.
The appointee shall not be a | ||||||
9 | member of a political party, and shall be
otherwise eligible | ||||||
10 | to serve as a member of the General Assembly.
Provided, | ||||||
11 | however, the appropriate body of the General Assembly may, by
| ||||||
12 | resolution, allow a legislator elected other than as a | ||||||
13 | candidate of a
political party to affiliate with a political | ||||||
14 | party for his term of
office in the General Assembly. A vacancy | ||||||
15 | occurring in the office of any
such legislator who affiliates | ||||||
16 | with a political party pursuant to
resolution shall be filled | ||||||
17 | within 30 days of such occurrence by
appointment of the | ||||||
18 | appropriate legislative or representative
committee of that | ||||||
19 | legislative or representative district of the political
party | ||||||
20 | with which the legislator so affiliates. The appointee shall | ||||||
21 | be a
member of the political party with which the incumbent | ||||||
22 | affiliated.
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23 | (c) For purposes of this Section, a person is a member of a
| ||||||
24 | political party for 23 months after (i) signing a candidate | ||||||
25 | petition, as
to the political party whose nomination is | ||||||
26 | sought; (ii) signing a
statement of candidacy, as to the |
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1 | political party where nomination or
election is sought; (iii) | ||||||
2 | signing a Petition of Political Party
Formation, as to the | ||||||
3 | proposed political party; (iv) applying for and
receiving a | ||||||
4 | primary ballot, as to the political party whose ballot is
| ||||||
5 | received; or (v) becoming a candidate for election to or | ||||||
6 | accepting
appointment to the office of ward, township, | ||||||
7 | precinct or state central committeeperson.
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8 | (d) In making appointments under this Section, each | ||||||
9 | committeeperson of
the appropriate legislative or | ||||||
10 | representative committee
shall be entitled to one vote for | ||||||
11 | each vote that was received, in that
portion of the | ||||||
12 | legislative or representative district which he represents
on | ||||||
13 | the committee, by the Senator or Representative whose seat is | ||||||
14 | vacant at the
general election at which that legislator was | ||||||
15 | elected to the seat which
has been vacated and a majority of | ||||||
16 | the total number of votes received in
such election by the | ||||||
17 | Senator or Representative whose seat is vacant is
required for | ||||||
18 | the appointment of his successor; provided,
however, that in | ||||||
19 | making appointments in legislative or representative
districts | ||||||
20 | comprising only one county or part of a county
other than a | ||||||
21 | county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each | ||||||
22 | committeeperson
shall be entitled to cast only one vote.
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23 | (e) Appointments made under this Section shall be in | ||||||
24 | writing
and shall be signed by members of the legislative or | ||||||
25 | representative committee
whose total votes are sufficient to | ||||||
26 | make the appointments or by the
Governor, as the case may be. |
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1 | Such appointments shall be filed with the
Secretary of State | ||||||
2 | and with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or
the | ||||||
3 | Secretary of the Senate, whichever is appropriate.
| ||||||
4 | (f) An appointment made under this Section shall be for | ||||||
5 | the
remainder of the term, except that, if the appointment is | ||||||
6 | to fill a
vacancy in the office of State Senator and the | ||||||
7 | vacancy occurs with more
than 28 months remaining in the term, | ||||||
8 | the term of the
appointment shall expire at the time of
the | ||||||
9 | next general election at which time a
Senator shall be elected | ||||||
10 | for a new term commencing on the determination
of the results | ||||||
11 | of the election and ending on the second Wednesday of
January | ||||||
12 | in the second odd-numbered year next occurring. Whenever a
| ||||||
13 | Senator has been appointed to fill a vacancy and
was | ||||||
14 | thereafter elected to that office, the term of service under | ||||||
15 | the
authority of the election shall
be considered a new term of | ||||||
16 | service, separate from the term of service
rendered under the | ||||||
17 | authority 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)
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20 | Sec. 29-15. Conviction deemed infamous. Any person | ||||||
21 | convicted of an infamous crime as such term is defined in
| ||||||
22 | Section 124-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as | ||||||
23 | amended, shall
thereafter be prohibited from holding any | ||||||
24 | office of honor, trust, or
profit, unless such person is again | ||||||
25 | restored to such rights by the terms of
a pardon for the |
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| |||||||
1 | offense , has received a restoration of rights by the Governor, | ||||||
2 | or otherwise according to law. Any time after a judgment of | ||||||
3 | conviction is rendered, a person convicted of an infamous | ||||||
4 | crime may petition the Governor for a restoration of rights. | ||||||
5 | The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
6 | the 102nd General Assembly are declarative of existing law.
| ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 83-1097.)
| ||||||
8 | Section 10. The Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act is | ||||||
9 | amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 5 as | ||||||
10 | follows:
| ||||||
11 | (50 ILCS 110/1) (from Ch. 102, par. 4.10)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 1. Legislative findings; purpose ) . The General | ||||||
13 | Assembly finds and
declares that questions raised regarding | ||||||
14 | the legality of simultaneously
holding the office of county | ||||||
15 | board member and township supervisor are
unwarranted, and in | ||||||
16 | counties of less than 100,000 population such questions
| ||||||
17 | regarding the legality of simultaneously holding the office of | ||||||
18 | county board
member and township trustee are unwarranted;
that | ||||||
19 | the General Assembly viewed the office of township supervisor, | ||||||
20 | and
in counties of less than 100,000 population the office of | ||||||
21 | township trustee,
and the office of county board member as | ||||||
22 | compatible; and that to settle
the question
of legality and | ||||||
23 | avoid confusion among such counties and townships as may
be | ||||||
24 | affected by such questions it is lawful to hold the office of |
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1 | county
board member simultaneously with the office of township | ||||||
2 | supervisor, and
in counties of less than 100,000 population | ||||||
3 | with the office of township
trustee, in accordance with | ||||||
4 | Sections 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 | ||||||
8 | of units of local government. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
9 | provision of law, a unit of local government may not adopt an | ||||||
10 | ordinance, referendum, or resolution that requires a member of | ||||||
11 | the General Assembly to resign his or her office in order to be | ||||||
12 | eligible to seek elected office in the unit of local | ||||||
13 | government. Any ordinance, referendum, or resolution that | ||||||
14 | contains such a provision is void. | ||||||
15 | A home rule unit may not regulate the eligibility | ||||||
16 | requirements for those seeking elected office in the unit of | ||||||
17 | local government in a manner inconsistent with this Section. | ||||||
18 | This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 | ||||||
19 | of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent | ||||||
20 | exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised | ||||||
21 | by the State. | ||||||
22 | This Section applies to ordinances, referenda, or | ||||||
23 | resolutions adopted on or after November 8, 2016. | ||||||
24 | Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sections 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 | ||||||
4 | the context otherwise requires:
| ||||||
5 | a. "District" means a county board district established as | ||||||
6 | provided in
this Division.
| ||||||
7 | b. "County apportionment commission" or "commission" means | ||||||
8 | the county
clerk, the State's Attorney, the Attorney General | ||||||
9 | or his designated
representative and the chairmen of the | ||||||
10 | county central committees of the
first leading political party | ||||||
11 | and the second leading political party as
defined in Section | ||||||
12 | 1-3 of The Election Code.
| ||||||
13 | c. "Population" means the number of inhabitants as | ||||||
14 | determined by the
last preceding federal decennial census. For | ||||||
15 | the reapportionment of 2021, "population" means the number of | ||||||
16 | inhabitants as determined by the county board by any | ||||||
17 | reasonable method, including, but not limited to, the most | ||||||
18 | recent American Community Survey 5-year data.
| ||||||
19 | d. "Member" or "board member" means a person elected to | ||||||
20 | serve 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 | ||||||
24 | 3,000,000 and
with township form of government.
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| |||||||
1 | (a) Reapportionment required. By July 1, 1971, and each 10 | ||||||
2 | years
thereafter, the county board of
each county having a | ||||||
3 | population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and
the township | ||||||
4 | form of government shall reapportion its county so that
each | ||||||
5 | member of the county board represents the same number of
| ||||||
6 | inhabitants , except that, for the reapportionment of 2021, the | ||||||
7 | county board shall reapportion its county by December 31, | ||||||
8 | 2021 . In reapportioning its county, the county board shall | ||||||
9 | first
determine the size of the county board to be elected, | ||||||
10 | which may consist
of not less than 5 nor more than 29 members | ||||||
11 | and may not exceed the size
of the county board in that county | ||||||
12 | on October 2, 1969.
The county board shall also determine
| ||||||
13 | whether board members shall be
elected at large from the | ||||||
14 | county or by county board districts.
| ||||||
15 | If the chairman of the county board is to be elected by the | ||||||
16 | voters in a
county of less than 450,000 population as provided | ||||||
17 | in Section 2-3007,
such chairman shall not be counted as a | ||||||
18 | member of the county board
for the purpose of the limitations | ||||||
19 | on the size of a county board provided
in this Section.
| ||||||
20 | (b) Advisory referenda. The voters of a county may advise | ||||||
21 | the county
board,
through an advisory referendum, on questions | ||||||
22 | concerning (i) the number of
members of the
county board
to be | ||||||
23 | elected, (ii) whether the board members should be elected from
| ||||||
24 | single-member
districts, multi-member districts, or at-large, | ||||||
25 | (iii)
whether voters will have cumulative voting rights in the | ||||||
26 | election of county
board members, or (iv) any combination of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the preceding 3 questions.
The advisory
referendum may be
| ||||||
2 | initiated either by petition or by ordinance of the county | ||||||
3 | board. A written
petition for an
advisory referendum | ||||||
4 | authorized by this Section must contain the signatures of
at | ||||||
5 | least 8% of the
votes cast for candidates for Governor in the | ||||||
6 | preceding gubernatorial election
by the registered voters of | ||||||
7 | the county and must be filed with the appropriate
election
| ||||||
8 | authority. An ordinance
initiating
an advisory referendum | ||||||
9 | authorized by this Section must be approved by a
majority of | ||||||
10 | the
members of the county board and must be filed with the | ||||||
11 | appropriate election
authority. An advisory
referendum | ||||||
12 | initiated under this Section shall be placed on the ballot at | ||||||
13 | the
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 | ||||||
18 | elected by districts, it shall develop an
apportionment plan | ||||||
19 | and specify the number of districts and the number of
county | ||||||
20 | board members to be elected from each district and whether | ||||||
21 | voters will
have cumulative voting rights in multi-member | ||||||
22 | districts. Each such district:
| ||||||
23 | a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each | ||||||
24 | other district;
| ||||||
25 | b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as |
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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 | ||||||
9 | less than
3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide, | ||||||
10 | provide within that
county for single member districts outside | ||||||
11 | the corporate limits and
multi-member districts within the | ||||||
12 | corporate limits of any municipality with
a population in | ||||||
13 | excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection
(1) of | ||||||
14 | this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single | ||||||
15 | and
multi-member districts within a county to the extent that | ||||||
16 | compliance with
paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the | ||||||
17 | establishment of such districts,
except that the population of | ||||||
18 | any multi-member district shall be equal to
the population of | ||||||
19 | any single member district, times the number of members
found | ||||||
20 | within that multi-member district. | ||||||
21 | (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is | ||||||
22 | elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section | ||||||
23 | 2-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and | ||||||
24 | present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year | ||||||
25 | after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | ||||||
26 | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the | ||||||
2 | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | ||||||
3 | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | ||||||
4 | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | ||||||
5 | but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was | ||||||
6 | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | ||||||
7 | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman | ||||||
8 | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is | ||||||
9 | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | ||||||
10 | hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman | ||||||
11 | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | ||||||
12 | the Board. | ||||||
13 | (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the | ||||||
14 | voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the | ||||||
15 | Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to | ||||||
16 | the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a | ||||||
17 | federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in | ||||||
18 | accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this | ||||||
19 | Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the | ||||||
20 | third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one | ||||||
21 | public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the | ||||||
22 | apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days | ||||||
23 | but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was | ||||||
24 | presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of | ||||||
25 | the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive | ||||||
26 | presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is |
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| |||||||
1 | prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a | ||||||
2 | hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive | ||||||
3 | shall have access to the federal decennial census available to | ||||||
4 | the Board.
| ||||||
5 | (5) For the reapportionment of 2021, the Chairman of the | ||||||
6 | County Board or County Executive may develop and present (or | ||||||
7 | redevelop and represent) to the Board by the third Wednesday | ||||||
8 | in November in the year after a federal decennial census year | ||||||
9 | an apportionment plan and the Board shall conduct its public | ||||||
10 | hearing as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) following | ||||||
11 | receipt 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 | ||||||
15 | enter upon
the duties of his or her office on the first day in | ||||||
16 | the month of December 1
following his or her election on which | ||||||
17 | the office of the sheriff is
required, by statute or by action | ||||||
18 | of the county board, to be open .
| ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
| ||||||
20 | Section 20. The Township Code is amended by changing | ||||||
21 | Section 45-10 as follows:
| ||||||
22 | (60 ILCS 1/45-10)
| ||||||
23 | Sec. 45-10. Political party caucus in township; notice.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (a) On the first Tuesday in December preceding the date of | ||||||
2 | the regular
township election, a caucus shall be held by the | ||||||
3 | voters of each established
political party in a township to | ||||||
4 | nominate its candidates for the various
offices to be filled | ||||||
5 | at the election. Notice of the caucus shall be given at
least | ||||||
6 | 10 days before it is held by publication in some newspaper | ||||||
7 | having a
general circulation in the township. Not less than 30 | ||||||
8 | days before the caucus,
the township clerk shall notify the | ||||||
9 | chairman or membership of each township
central committee by | ||||||
10 | first-class mail of the chairman's or membership's
obligation | ||||||
11 | to report the time and location of the political party's | ||||||
12 | caucus.
Not less than 20 days before the caucus, each chairman | ||||||
13 | of the township central
committee shall notify the township | ||||||
14 | clerk by first-class mail of the time and
location of the | ||||||
15 | political party's caucus. If the time and location of 2 or
more | ||||||
16 | political party caucuses conflict, the township clerk shall | ||||||
17 | establish, by
a fair and impartial public lottery, the time | ||||||
18 | and location for each caucus. | ||||||
19 | If the chairperson of the township central committee fails | ||||||
20 | to meet within the township or to meet any of the other | ||||||
21 | requirements of this Section, the chairperson's political | ||||||
22 | party shall not be permitted to nominate a candidate, either | ||||||
23 | by caucus as provided for in this Section or as otherwise | ||||||
24 | authorized by the Election Code, in the next upcoming | ||||||
25 | consolidated election for any office for which a nomination | ||||||
26 | could have been made at the caucus should the chairperson of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the township central committee have met the requirements of | ||||||
2 | this Section.
| ||||||
3 | (b) Except as provided in this Section, the township board | ||||||
4 | shall cause
notices of the caucuses to be published. The | ||||||
5 | notice shall state the time and
place where the caucus for each | ||||||
6 | political party will be held. The board shall
fix a place | ||||||
7 | within the township for holding the caucus for each | ||||||
8 | established
political party. When a new township has been | ||||||
9 | established under Section 10-25,
the county board shall cause | ||||||
10 | notice of the caucuses to be published as required
by this | ||||||
11 | Section and shall fix the place within the new township for | ||||||
12 | holding 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 | ||||||
15 | changing 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 | ||||||
19 | office unless that
person is a qualified elector of the | ||||||
20 | municipality and has resided in the
municipality at least
one | ||||||
21 | year next preceding the election or appointment, except as | ||||||
22 | provided in Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
23 | 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.
| ||||||
24 | (b) A person is not eligible to take the oath of office for |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | a municipal office if that person is, at the time required for | ||||||
2 | taking the oath of office, in arrears in the payment of a tax | ||||||
3 | or other indebtedness due to the municipality or
has been | ||||||
4 | convicted in any court located in the United States of any | ||||||
5 | infamous
crime,
bribery, perjury, or other felony , unless such | ||||||
6 | person is again restored to his or her rights of citizenship | ||||||
7 | that may have been forfeited under Illinois law as a result of | ||||||
8 | a conviction, which includes eligibility to hold elected | ||||||
9 | municipal office, by the terms of a pardon for the offense, has | ||||||
10 | received a restoration of rights by the Governor, or otherwise | ||||||
11 | according to law. Any time after a judgment of conviction is | ||||||
12 | rendered, a person convicted of an infamous crime, bribery, | ||||||
13 | perjury, or other felony may petition the Governor for a | ||||||
14 | restoration of rights. | ||||||
15 | The changes made to this subsection by this amendatory Act | ||||||
16 | of the 102nd General Assembly are declarative of existing law | ||||||
17 | and apply to all persons elected at the April 4, 2017 | ||||||
18 | consolidated election and to persons elected or appointed | ||||||
19 | thereafter .
| ||||||
20 | (b-5) (Blank). | ||||||
21 | (c) A person is not eligible for the office of
alderman of | ||||||
22 | a ward unless that person has resided
in the ward that the | ||||||
23 | person seeks to represent, and a person is not eligible for the | ||||||
24 | office of trustee of a district unless that person has resided | ||||||
25 | in the
municipality, at least one year next
preceding the | ||||||
26 | election or appointment, except
as provided in Section |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, | ||||||
2 | or Section 5-2-11.
| ||||||
3 | (d) If a person (i) is a resident of a municipality | ||||||
4 | immediately prior to the active duty military service of that | ||||||
5 | person or that person's spouse, (ii) resides anywhere outside | ||||||
6 | of the municipality during that active duty military service, | ||||||
7 | and (iii) immediately upon completion of that active duty | ||||||
8 | military service is again a resident of the municipality, then | ||||||
9 | the time during which the person resides outside the | ||||||
10 | municipality during the active duty military service is deemed | ||||||
11 | to be time during which the person is a resident of the | ||||||
12 | municipality for purposes of determining the residency | ||||||
13 | requirement 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 | ||||||
17 | office. A city
incorporated under this Code that elects | ||||||
18 | municipal officers at nonpartisan
primary and
general | ||||||
19 | elections shall conduct the elections as provided in the | ||||||
20 | Election Code,
except that
no office for which nomination is | ||||||
21 | uncontested shall be included on the primary
ballot and
no | ||||||
22 | primary shall be held for that office. For the purposes of this | ||||||
23 | Section, an
office is
uncontested when not more than 4
persons | ||||||
24 | to be nominated for each
office
have timely filed valid | ||||||
25 | nominating papers seeking nomination for the election
to that
|
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1 | office.
| ||||||
2 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law the preceding | ||||||
3 | paragraph , when a person (i) who has not timely
filed valid | ||||||
4 | nomination papers and (ii) who intends to become a write-in
| ||||||
5 | candidate for
nomination for any office for which nomination | ||||||
6 | is uncontested files a written
statement
or notice of that | ||||||
7 | intent with the proper election official with whom the
| ||||||
8 | nomination papers
for that office are filed, no primary ballot | ||||||
9 | shall be printed. Where no primary is held, a person intending | ||||||
10 | to become a write-in candidate at the general primary election | ||||||
11 | shall refile a declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
12 | candidate for the general election with the appropriate | ||||||
13 | election authority or authorities if the write-in candidate | ||||||
14 | becomes the fifth candidate filed, a primary ballot must be | ||||||
15 | prepared and a primary must
be held for
the office. The | ||||||
16 | statement or notice must be filed on or before the 61st day
| ||||||
17 | before the consolidated primary election.
The statement
must
| ||||||
18 | contain (i) the name and address of the person intending to | ||||||
19 | become a write-in
candidate,
(ii) a statement that the person | ||||||
20 | intends to become a write-in candidate, and
(iii) the office
| ||||||
21 | the person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election | ||||||
22 | authority has no
duty to
conduct a primary election or prepare | ||||||
23 | a primary ballot unless a statement
meeting the
requirements | ||||||
24 | of this paragraph is filed in a timely manner . | ||||||
25 | If there is a primary election, then candidates shall be | ||||||
26 | placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general municipal |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | election 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 | ||||||
15 | ballot for the next succeeding general municipal election | ||||||
16 | unless he or she receives a number of votes in the primary | ||||||
17 | election that equals or exceeds the number of signatures | ||||||
18 | required on a petition for nomination for that office or that | ||||||
19 | exceeds the number of votes received by at least one of the | ||||||
20 | candidates whose names were printed on the primary ballot for | ||||||
21 | nomination for or election to the same office.
| ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
| ||||||
23 | Section 30. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is | ||||||
24 | amended by changing Section 21-12 as follows:
|
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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; | ||||||
3 | tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be | ||||||
4 | elected also in a nonpartisan election a city
clerk and a city | ||||||
5 | treasurer. The candidates receiving a majority of the votes
| ||||||
6 | cast for clerk and treasurer at the consolidated primary | ||||||
7 | election shall be
declared the clerk and treasurer. If no | ||||||
8 | candidate receives a majority of the
votes for one of the | ||||||
9 | offices, a runoff election shall be held at the
consolidated | ||||||
10 | election, when only the names of the candidates receiving the
| ||||||
11 | highest and second highest number of votes for that office at | ||||||
12 | the consolidated
primary election shall appear on the ballot. | ||||||
13 | If more than one candidate
received the highest or second | ||||||
14 | highest number of votes for one of the offices
at the | ||||||
15 | consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates | ||||||
16 | receiving the
highest and second highest number of votes for | ||||||
17 | that office shall appear on the
ballot at the consolidated | ||||||
18 | election. The candidate receiving the highest
number of votes | ||||||
19 | at the consolidated election shall be declared elected.
| ||||||
20 | The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a
term | ||||||
21 | of 4 years beginning at noon on the third Monday in May
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22 | following the election and until a successor is elected and | ||||||
23 | qualified. No
person, however, shall be elected to the office | ||||||
24 | of city treasurer for 2
terms in succession unless the city, by | ||||||
25 | ordinance, establishes different succession terms .
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26 | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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1 | Section 35. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
2 | 24-2 as follows:
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3 | (105 ILCS 5/24-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-2)
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4 | Sec. 24-2. Holidays. | ||||||
5 | (a) Teachers shall not be required
to teach on Saturdays, | ||||||
6 | nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, | ||||||
7 | shall teachers or other school
employees, other than | ||||||
8 | noncertificated school employees whose presence is
necessary | ||||||
9 | because of an emergency or for the continued operation and
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10 | maintenance of school facilities or property, be
required to | ||||||
11 | work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's | ||||||
12 | Day; the third Monday in
January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin | ||||||
13 | Luther King, Jr.; February 12, the
Birthday of President | ||||||
14 | Abraham Lincoln; the
first Monday in March (to be known as | ||||||
15 | Casimir Pulaski's birthday); Good
Friday; the day designated | ||||||
16 | as Memorial Day by federal law; July 4,
Independence Day; the | ||||||
17 | first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday
in | ||||||
18 | October, Columbus Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the | ||||||
19 | Thursday in
November commonly called Thanksgiving Day; and | ||||||
20 | December 25, Christmas Day.
School boards may grant special | ||||||
21 | holidays whenever in their judgment such
action is advisable. | ||||||
22 | No deduction shall
be made from the time or
compensation of a | ||||||
23 | school employee on account of any legal
or special holiday.
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24 | (b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for |
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1 | waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code | ||||||
2 | is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes, | ||||||
3 | parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third | ||||||
4 | Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, | ||||||
5 | Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln); | ||||||
6 | the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's | ||||||
7 | birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and | ||||||
8 | November 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.
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21 | (c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified | ||||||
22 | patriotic, civic,
cultural or historical persons, activities, | ||||||
23 | or events, are regular school
days. Commemorative
holidays | ||||||
24 | are: January 28 (to be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and
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25 | observed as a commemoration of space exploration), February 15 | ||||||
26 | (the
birthday of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War |
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1 | Veterans' Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of | ||||||
2 | Remembrance), the school day
immediately preceding Veterans' | ||||||
3 | Day (Korean War Veterans'
Day), October 1 (Recycling Day), | ||||||
4 | October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance Day), | ||||||
5 | December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and
any day so | ||||||
6 | appointed by the President or
Governor. School boards may | ||||||
7 | establish commemorative holidays whenever in
their judgment | ||||||
8 | such action is advisable.
School boards shall include | ||||||
9 | instruction relative to commemorated persons,
activities, or
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10 | events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time | ||||||
11 | during the school
year and at any point in the curriculum when | ||||||
12 | such instruction may be deemed
appropriate. The State Board of | ||||||
13 | Education shall prepare and make available
to school boards | ||||||
14 | instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
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15 | activities,
or events which may be used by school boards in | ||||||
16 | conjunction with any
instruction provided pursuant to this | ||||||
17 | paragraph.
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18 | (d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe | ||||||
19 | March 4 of each year as
a commemorative holiday. This holiday | ||||||
20 | shall be known as Mayors' Day which
shall be a day to | ||||||
21 | commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
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22 | Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late | ||||||
23 | Mayor Richard
J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington. | ||||||
24 | If March 4 falls on a
Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be | ||||||
25 | observed on the following Monday. | ||||||
26 | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to |
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1 | the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known | ||||||
2 | as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout | ||||||
3 | the State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
4 | Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of | ||||||
5 | election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | ||||||
6 | used as a location for election day services or as a polling | ||||||
7 | place. | ||||||
8 | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | ||||||
9 | contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as | ||||||
10 | 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | ||||||
11 | State under this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
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13 | Section 40. The State Universities Civil Service Act is | ||||||
14 | amended by changing Section 45a as follows:
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15 | (110 ILCS 70/45a) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 38l.1)
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16 | Sec. 45a.
Except as provided in the second sentence of | ||||||
17 | this Section,
all officers and employees subject to this Act, | ||||||
18 | shall have the
following days as holidays, for which they | ||||||
19 | shall receive their usual
compensation: New Year's Day, | ||||||
20 | January 1, Memorial Day, as determined by
the law of the State | ||||||
21 | of Illinois, Independence Day, July 4, Labor Day,
the first | ||||||
22 | Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of
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23 | November, Christmas Day, December 25, and five holidays to be | ||||||
24 | designated
by each college, university, agency and community |
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1 | college subject to
this Act. Craft and trade employees subject | ||||||
2 | to this Act shall be paid
for all paid holidays included in | ||||||
3 | their area agreement, and will be paid
for all five holidays | ||||||
4 | designated by their employer pursuant to this
section. | ||||||
5 | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | ||||||
6 | contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known as | ||||||
7 | 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | ||||||
8 | State pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
9 | Assembly. All government offices, with the exception of | ||||||
10 | election authorities, shall be closed unless authorized to be | ||||||
11 | used as a location for election day services or as a polling | ||||||
12 | place. | ||||||
13 | Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the | ||||||
14 | contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as | ||||||
15 | 2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the | ||||||
16 | State under this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 101-642, eff. 6-16-20.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.".
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