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 1        AN ACT concerning elections.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Election  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Sections 7-10.2, 7-17, 8-8.1, 10-5.1, and 16-3 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/7-10.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2)
 7        Sec.  7-10.2.   In  the  designation  of  the  name  of a
 8    candidate on a petition  for  nomination  or  certificate  of
 9    nomination  the  candidate's  given name or names, initial or
10    initials, a nickname  by  which  the  candidate  is  commonly
11    known,  or  a combination thereof, may be used in addition to
12    the candidate's surname.  No  other  designation  such  as  a
13    political slogan, title, or degree, or nickname suggesting or
14    implying  possession  of  a  title,  degree  or  professional
15    status,  similar  information  may be used in connection with
16    the candidate's surname, except that the title "Mrs." may  be
17    used in the case of a married woman.
18    (Source: P.A. 81-135.)

19        (10 ILCS 5/7-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-17)
20        Sec.  7-17.  Each election authority in each county shall
21    cause to be printed upon the general primary ballot  of  each
22    party  for each precinct in his jurisdiction the name of each
23    candidate whose petition for nomination or  for  committeeman
24    has  been  filed in the office of the county clerk, as herein
25    provided; and also the name of each candidate whose name  has
26    been certified to his office by the State Board of Elections,
27    and   in  the  order  so  certified,  except  as  hereinafter
28    provided.
29        It shall be the duty of the election authority  to  cause
30    to  be  printed  upon the consolidated primary ballot of each
 
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 1    political party for each precinct  in  his  jurisdiction  the
 2    name  of each candidate whose name has been certified to him,
 3    as herein provided and which is  to  be  voted  for  in  such
 4    precinct.
 5        In  the  designation  of  the  name of a candidate on the
 6    primary ballot the candidate's given name or  names,  initial
 7    or  initials,  a  nickname by which the candidate is commonly
 8    known, or a combination thereof, may be used in  addition  to
 9    the  candidate's  surname.   No  other  designation such as a
10    political slogan, title, or degree, or nickname suggesting or
11    implying  possession  of  a  title,  degree  or  professional
12    status, or similar information may be used in connection with
13    the candidate's surname, except that the title "Mrs." may  be
14    used  in the case of a married woman.  The election authority
15    charged  with  preparing  the  ballot  shall  not  print  any
16    designation  such  as  a  political  slogan,  title,  degree,
17    nickname  suggesting  or  implying  possession  of  a  title,
18    degree, or professional status,  or  similar  information  in
19    connection with a candidate's surname.
20    (Source: P.A. 81-135.)

21        (10 ILCS 5/8-8.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8.1)
22        Sec. 8-8.1. In the designation of the name of a candidate
23    on  a  petition for nomination, the candidate's given name or
24    names, initial or initials, a nickname by which the candidate
25    is commonly known, or a combination thereof, may be  used  in
26    addition  to  the  candidate's  surname. No other designation
27    such as a political slogan, title,  or  degree,  or  nickname
28    suggesting  or  implying  possession  of  a  title, degree or
29    professional status, or similar information may  be  used  in
30    connection  with  the  candidate's  surname,  except that the
31    title "Mrs." may be used in the case of a married woman.
32    (Source: P.A. 81-135.)
 
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/10-5.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5.1)
 2        Sec.  10-5.1.  In  the  designation  of  the  name  of  a
 3    candidate on a certificate of nomination or nomination papers
 4    the candidate's given name or names, initial or  initials,  a
 5    nickname  by  which  the  candidate  is  commonly known, or a
 6    combination  thereof,  may  be  used  in  addition   to   the
 7    candidate's surname. No other designation such as a political
 8    slogan,  title, or degree, or nickname suggesting or implying
 9    possession of a title,  degree  or  professional  status,  or
10    similar  information  may  be  used  in  connection  with the
11    candidate's surname, except that the title "Mrs." may be used
12    in the case of a married woman.
13    (Source: P.A. 81-135.)

14        (10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
15        Sec. 16-3.  The names of all candidates to be  voted  for
16    in each election district or precinct shall be printed on one
17    ballot,  except as is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01
18    of this Act and except as otherwise provided in this Act with
19    respect to the odd year regular elections and  the  emergency
20    referenda;  all  nominations  of  any  political  party being
21    placed under the party appellation or title of such party  as
22    designated  in  the  certificates of nomination or petitions.
23    The names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
24    the  ballot  in  a  column  or  columns  under  the   heading
25    "independent"  arranged  under  the  names  or  titles of the
26    respective offices  for  which  such  independent  candidates
27    shall have been nominated and so far as practicable, the name
28    or  names  of any independent candidate or candidates for any
29    office shall be printed upon the ballot opposite the name  or
30    names  of  any  candidate  or  candidates for the same office
31    contained in any party column or columns  upon  said  ballot.
32    The ballot shall contain no other names, except that in cases
33    of  electors  for  President and Vice-President of the United
 
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 1    States,  the  names  of  the  candidates  for  President  and
 2    Vice-President may be added  to  the  party  designation  and
 3    words calculated to aid the voter in his choice of candidates
 4    may  be added, such as "Vote for one," "Vote for three." When
 5    an electronic voting system is used which utilizes  a  ballot
 6    label  booklet,  the candidates and questions shall appear on
 7    the pages of such booklet in the order provided by this Code;
 8    and, in any case where candidates for an office appear  on  a
 9    page  which  does  not  contain the name of any candidate for
10    another office, and where  less  than  50%  of  the  page  is
11    utilized,  the  name  of no candidate shall be printed on the
12    lowest 25% of such page.  On  the  back  or  outside  of  the
13    ballot,  so  as  to  appear when folded, shall be printed the
14    words "Official Ballot", followed by the designation  of  the
15    polling  place  for which the ballot is prepared, the date of
16    the election and a facsimile of the signature of the election
17    authority who has caused  the  ballots  to  be  printed.  The
18    ballots  shall  be  of  plain  white paper, through which the
19    printing or writing cannot be read. However, ballots for  use
20    at  the nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed
21    on  different  color  paper,  except  blue  paper,   whenever
22    necessary  or  desirable to facilitate distinguishing between
23    ballots for different political subdivisions. In the case  of
24    nonpartisan   elections   for   officers   of   a   political
25    subdivision,  unless  the  statute  or  an  ordinance adopted
26    pursuant to Article VII of  the  Constitution  providing  the
27    form  of  government  therefor requires otherwise, the column
28    listing such nonpartisan candidates shall be printed with  no
29    appellation  or  circle at its head. The party appellation or
30    title, or the word "independent" at the head  of  any  column
31    provided  for  independent  candidates,  shall  be printed in
32    letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height  and  a
33    circle  one-half  inch  in  diameter  shall be printed at the
34    beginning of the line in which such appellation or  title  is
 
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 1    printed,  provided,  however,  that  no  such circle shall be
 2    printed at the head of any column  or  columns  provided  for
 3    such independent candidates. The names of candidates shall be
 4    printed  in  letters  not  less than one-eighth nor more than
 5    one-fourth of an inch in height, and at the beginning of each
 6    line in which a name of a candidate is printed a square shall
 7    be printed, the  sides  of  which  shall  be  not  less  than
 8    one-fourth  of  an  inch in length. However, the names of the
 9    candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on  the  same
10    ticket  shall be printed within a bracket and a single square
11    shall be printed  in  front  of  the  bracket.  The  list  of
12    candidates  of  the  several  parties  and  any  such list of
13    independent candidates shall be placed in separate columns on
14    the ballot in such order as the election authorities  charged
15    with the printing of the ballots shall decide; provided, that
16    the names of the candidates of the several political parties,
17    certified  by  the  State  Board  of Elections to the several
18    county clerks shall be printed by the  county  clerk  of  the
19    proper  county  on the official ballot in the order certified
20    by the State Board of Elections. Any county  clerk  refusing,
21    neglecting  or  failing  to  print on the official ballot the
22    names of candidates of the several political parties  in  the
23    order  certified  by  the  State  Board of Elections, and any
24    county clerk who prints or causes  to  be  printed  upon  the
25    official  ballot the name of a candidate, for an office to be
26    filled by the Electors of the entire State,  whose  name  has
27    not  been  duly certified to him upon a certificate signed by
28    the State Board of Elections shall be guilty  of  a  Class  C
29    misdemeanor.
30        When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes a
31    ballot card,  on the inside flap of each ballot card envelope
32    there shall be printed a form for write-in voting which shall
33    be substantially as follows:
34                           WRITE-IN VOTES
 
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 1        (See  card  of  instructions  for  specific  information.
 2    Duplicate form below by hand for additional write-in votes.)
 3          _____________________________
 4          Title of Office
 5    (   )  ____________________________
 6          Name of Candidate
 7        When  an  electronic  voting  system is used which uses a
 8    ballot sheet, the instructions to voters on the ballot  sheet
 9    shall  refer  the  voter  to  the  card  of  instructions for
10    specific information on write-in voting.  Below  each  office
11    appearing on such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
12    the casting of a write-in vote.
13        When  such  electronic  system  is  used,  there shall be
14    printed on the back of each ballot  card,  each  ballot  card
15    envelope,  and  the  first  page  of  the ballot label when a
16    ballot label is used, the words "Official  Ballot,"  followed
17    by   the   number   of   the   precinct   or  other  precinct
18    identification, which may be stamped, in lieu thereof and, as
19    applicable, the number and name  of  the  township,  ward  or
20    other  election  district  for  which the ballot card, ballot
21    card envelope, and ballot label are prepared, the date of the
22    election and a facsimile of the  signature  of  the  election
23    authority who has caused the ballots to be printed.  The back
24    of the ballot card shall also include a method of identifying
25    the  ballot  configuration such as a listing of the political
26    subdivisions and districts for which votes  may  be  cast  on
27    that   ballot,  or  a  number  code  identifying  the  ballot
28    configuration or color coded ballots, except that where there
29    is only one ballot configuration in a precinct, the  precinct
30    identification, and any applicable ward identification, shall
31    be  sufficient.   Ballot  card  envelopes  used in punch card
32    systems shall be of paper through which no writing or punches
33    may be discerned and shall be of sufficient length to enclose
34    all voting positions.  However, the  election  authority  may
 
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 1    provide  ballot card envelopes on which no precinct number or
 2    township, ward or other  election  district  designation,  or
 3    election  date are preprinted, if space and a preprinted form
 4    are provided below  the  space  provided  for  the  names  of
 5    write-in  candidates where such information may be entered by
 6    the judges  of  election.   Whenever  an  election  authority
 7    utilizes ballot card envelopes on which the election date and
 8    precinct  is  not  preprinted, a judge of election shall mark
 9    such information for the particular precinct and election  on
10    the envelope in ink before tallying and counting any write-in
11    vote  written  thereon.  If  some  method  of insuring ballot
12    secrecy other than an envelope is used, such information must
13    be provided on the ballot itself.
14        In the designation of the name  of  a  candidate  on  the
15    ballot,  the  candidate's  given  name  or  names, initial or
16    initials, a nickname  by  which  the  candidate  is  commonly
17    known,  or  a combination thereof, may be used in addition to
18    the candidate's surname.  No  other  designation  such  as  a
19    political  slogan, title, or degree or nickname suggesting or
20    implying  possession  of  a  title,  degree  or  professional
21    status, or similar information may be used in connection with
22    the candidate's surname, except that the title "Mrs." may  be
23    used  in  the case of a married woman. The election authority
24    charged  with  preparing  the  ballot  shall  not  print  any
25    designation  such  as  a  political  slogan,  title,  degree,
26    nickname  suggesting  or  implying  possession  of  a  title,
27    degree, or professional status,  or  similar  information  in
28    connection with a candidate's surname.
29        Where  voting  machines  or electronic voting systems are
30    used, the provisions of  this  Section  may  be  modified  as
31    required   or  authorized  by  Article  24  or  Article  24A,
32    whichever is applicable.
33        Nothing  in  this   Section   shall   prohibit   election
34    authorities from using or reusing ballot card envelopes which
 
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 1    were printed before the effective date of this amendatory Act
 2    of 1985.
 3    (Source: P.A. 92-178, eff. 1-1-02.)