97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2923

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/7-13.1  from Ch. 46, par. 7-13.1
10 ILCS 5/7-60.1  from Ch. 46, par. 7-60.1
10 ILCS 5/10-6  from Ch. 46, par. 10-6
10 ILCS 5/10-15  from Ch. 46, par. 10-15

    Amends the Election Code. With respect to consolidated elections, returns the timeline for certain certifications and filings to what it was before the enactment of Public Act 96-1008. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 7-13.1, 7-60.1, 10-6, and 10-15 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/7-13.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13.1)
7    Sec. 7-13.1. Certification of Candidates-Consolidated
8primary. Not less than 61 68 days before the date of the
9consolidated primary, each local election official of each
10political subdivision required to nominate candidates for the
11respective offices by primary shall certify to each election
12authority whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for
13the consolidated primary in such political subdivision the
14names of all candidates in whose behalf nomination papers have
15been filed in the office of such local election official and
16direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot
17for the consolidated primary election the names of such
18candidates in the same manner and in the same order as shown
19upon the certification. However, subject to appeal, the names
20of candidates whose nomination papers have been held invalid by
21the appropriate electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of
22this Code shall not be so certified. The certification shall be
23modified as necessary to comply with the requirements of any

 

 

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1other statute or any ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII
2of the Constitution prescribing specific provisions for
3nonpartisan elections, including without limitation Articles
43, 4 and 5 of "The Municipal Code".
5    The names of candidates shall be listed on the
6certification for the respective offices in the order in which
7the candidates have filed their nomination papers, or as
8determined by lot, or as otherwise specified by statute.
9    In every instance where applicable, the following shall
10also be indicated in the certification:
11        (1) Where there is to be more than one candidate
12    elected to an office from a political subdivision or
13    district;
14        (2) Where a voter has the right to vote for more than
15    one candidate for an office;
16        (3) The terms of the office to be on the ballot, when a
17    vacancy is to be filled for less than a full term, or when
18    offices of a particular subdivision to be on the ballot at
19    the same election are to be filled for different terms;
20        (4) The territory in which a candidate is required by
21    law to reside, when such residency requirement is not
22    identical to the territory of the political subdivision
23    from which the candidate is to be elected or nominated;
24        (5) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
25    have been objected to and the objection has been sustained
26    by the electoral board established in Section 10-10, the

 

 

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1    words "OBJECTION SUSTAINED" shall be placed under the title
2    of the office being sought by the candidate and the name of
3    the aggrieved candidate shall not appear; and
4        (6) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
5    have been objected to and the decision of the electoral
6    board established in Section 10-10 is either unknown or
7    known to be in judicial review, the words "OBJECTION
8    PENDING" shall be placed under the title of the office
9    being sought by the candidate and next to the name of the
10    candidate.
11    The local election official shall issue an amended
12certification whenever it is discovered that the original
13certification is in error.
14(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
15    (10 ILCS 5/7-60.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60.1)
16    Sec. 7-60.1. Certification of Candidates - Consolidated
17Election. Each local election official of a political
18subdivision in which candidates for the respective local
19offices are nominated at the consolidated primary shall, no
20later than 5 days following the canvass and proclamation of the
21results of the consolidated primary, certify to each election
22authority whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for
23the consolidated election in that political subdivision the
24names of each of the candidates who have been nominated as
25shown by the proclamation of the appropriate election authority

 

 

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1or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and
2direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot
3for the consolidated election the names of such candidates in
4the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
5certification, except as otherwise provided by this Section.
6    Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
7same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
8name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
9number of votes in the consolidated primary election as a
10candidate for such consolidated primary, shall be certified
11first under the name of such office, and the names of the
12remaining candidates of such party for such offices shall
13follow in the order of the number of votes received by them
14respectively at the consolidated primary election as shown by
15the official election results.
16    No person who is shown by the election authority's
17proclamation to have been nominated at the consolidated primary
18as a write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified
19unless such person shall have filed with the certifying office
20or board within 5 days after the election authority's
21proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10
22and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
23    Each board of election commissioners of the cities in which
24established political party candidates for city offices are
25nominated at the consolidated primary shall determine by a fair
26and impartial method of random selection the order of placement

 

 

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1of the established political party candidates for the
2consolidated ballot. Such determination shall be made within 5
3days following the canvass and proclamation of the results of
4the consolidated primary and shall be open to the public. Three
5days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
6random selection shall be given, by each such election
7authority, to the County Chairman of each established political
8party, and to each organization of citizens within the election
9jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
10next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on the
11day of election. Each election authority shall post in a
12conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
13election authority office, notice of the time and place of such
14lottery.
15    Each local election official of a political subdivision in
16which established political party candidates for the
17respective local offices are nominated by primary shall
18determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
19the order of placement of the established political party
20candidates for the consolidated election ballot and, in the
21case of certain municipalities having annual elections, on the
22general primary ballot for election. Such determination shall
23be made prior to the canvass and proclamation of results of the
24consolidated primary or special municipal primary, as the case
25may be, in the office of the local election official and shall
26be open to the public. Three days written notice of the time

 

 

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1and place of conducting such random selection shall be given,
2by each such local election official, to the County Chairman of
3each established political party, and to each organization of
4citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
5under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
6pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each local
7election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
8place notice of such lottery. Immediately thereafter, the local
9election official shall certify the ballot placement order so
10determined to the proper election authorities charged with the
11preparation of the consolidated election, or general primary,
12ballot for that political subdivision.
13    Not less than 61 68 days before the date of the
14consolidated election, each local election official of a
15political subdivision in which established political party
16candidates for the respective local offices have been nominated
17by caucus or have been nominated because no primary was
18required to be held shall certify to each election authority
19whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for the
20consolidated election in that political subdivision the names
21of each of the candidates whose certificates of nomination or
22nomination papers have been filed in his or her office and
23direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot
24for the consolidated election the names of such candidates in
25the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
26certification. Such local election official shall, prior to

 

 

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1certification, determine by a fair and impartial method of
2random selection the order of placement of the established
3political party candidates for the consolidated election
4ballot. Such determination shall be made in the office of the
5local election official and shall be open to the public. Three
6days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
7random selection shall be given by each such local election
8official to the county chairman of each established political
9party, and to each organization of citizens within the election
10jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
11next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on the
12day of election. Each local election official shall post in a
13conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
14office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The local
15election official shall certify the ballot placement order so
16determined as part of his official certification of candidates
17to the election authorities whose duty it is to prepare the
18official ballot for the consolidated election in that political
19subdivision.
20    The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
21following:
22        (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
23    for the respective offices;
24        (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
25    or nominated to an office from the State, political
26    subdivision or district;

 

 

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1        (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
2    one candidate for an office;
3        (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
4    for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
5    a political subdivision or district are for different
6    terms.
7    The local election official shall issue an amended
8certification whenever it is discovered that the original
9certification is in error.
10(Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/10-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
12    Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Certificates of
13nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
14candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire
15State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for
16congressional, state legislative or judicial offices, shall be
17presented to the principal office of the State Board of
18Elections not more than 141 nor less than 134 days previous to
19the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. The
20State Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of
21nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and the
22date and hour of presentment to it. Except as otherwise
23provided in this section, all other certificates for the
24nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk
25of the respective counties not more than 141 but at least 134

 

 

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1days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of
2nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
3candidates for the offices of political subdivisions to be
4filled at regular elections other than the general election
5shall be filed with the local election official of such
6subdivision:
7        (1) (Blank);
8        (2) not more than 78 113 nor less than 71 106 days
9    prior to the consolidated election; or
10        (3) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
11    the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be
12    filled at the general primary election; or
13        (4) not more than 99 nor less than 92 days before the
14    consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be
15    elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including
16    without limitation, those municipal offices subject to
17    Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
18        (5) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the
19    municipal primary in even numbered years for such
20    nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are
21    provided; or
22        (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
23    multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
24    with the election authority not more than 113 nor less than
25    106 days before the consolidated election.
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1co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
2municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
3nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
4political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
5such Board.
6(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/10-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-15)
8    Sec. 10-15. Not less than 61 68 days before the date of the
9consolidated and nonpartisan elections, each local election
10official with whom certificates of nomination or nominating
11petitions have been filed shall certify to each election
12authority having jurisdiction over any of the territory of his
13political subdivision the names of all candidates entitled to
14be printed on the ballot for offices of that political
15subdivision to be voted upon at such election and direct the
16election authority to place upon the official ballot for such
17election the names of such candidates in the same manner and in
18the same order as shown upon the certification.
19    The local election officials shall certify such candidates
20for each office in the order in which such candidates'
21certificates of nomination or nominating petitions were filed
22in his office. However, subject to appeal, the names of
23candidates whose petitions have been held invalid by the
24appropriate electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of this
25Act shall not be so certified. The certification shall be

 

 

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1modified as necessary to comply with the requirements of any
2other statute or any ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII
3of the Constitution prescribing specific provisions for
4nonpartisan elections, including without limitation Articles 4
5and 5 of "The Municipal Code" or Article 9 of The School Code.
6    In every instance where applicable, the following shall
7also be indicated in the certification:
8        (1) The political party affiliation, if any, of the
9    candidates for the respective offices;
10        (2) Where there is to be more than one candidate
11    elected to an office from a political subdivision or
12    district;
13        (3) Where a voter has the right to vote for more than
14    one candidate for an office;
15        (4) The terms of the office to be on the ballot, when a
16    vacancy is to be filled for less than a full term, or when
17    offices of a particular subdivision to be on the ballot at
18    the same election are to be filled for different terms;
19        (5) The territory in which a candidate is required by
20    law to reside, when such residency requirement is not
21    identical to the territory of the political subdivision
22    from which the candidate is to be elected or nominated;
23        (6) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
24    have been objected to and the objection has been sustained
25    by the electoral board established in Section 10-10, the
26    words "OBJECTION SUSTAINED" shall be placed under the title

 

 

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1    of the office being sought by the candidate and the name of
2    the aggrieved candidate shall not appear; and
3        (7) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
4    have been objected to and the decision of the electoral
5    board established in Section 10-10 is either unknown or
6    known to be in judicial review, the words "OBJECTION
7    PENDING" shall be placed under the title of the office
8    being sought by the candidate and next to the name of the
9    candidate.
10    For the consolidated election, and for the general primary
11in the case of certain municipalities having annual elections,
12the candidates of new political parties shall be placed on the
13ballot for such elections after the established political party
14candidates and in the order of new political party petition
15filings.
16    The local election official shall issue an amended
17certification whenever it is discovered that the original
18certification is in error.
19(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.