Full Text of HB4174 95th General Assembly
HB4174 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4174
Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Holbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35 |
65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-50 |
from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-50 |
65 ILCS 5/4-3-10 |
from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-10 |
65 ILCS 5/4-3-16 |
from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-12 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-13 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-13 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.4 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.4 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.6 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.6 |
65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.7 |
from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.7 |
65 ILCS 5/7-2-24 |
from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. When more than one person may be elected to a municipal office, changes the ballot instructions to "vote for not more than" the maximum number to be elected (now, "vote for" the maximum number to be elected). Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 3.1-25-35, 3.1-25-50, 4-3-10, 4-3-16, | 6 |
| 5-2-12, 5-2-13, 5-2-18.4, 5-2-18.6, 5-2-18.7, and 7-2-24 as | 7 |
| follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35)
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| Sec. 3.1-25-35. Primary ballots. The proper election | 10 |
| authority, in
accordance with the general
election law, shall | 11 |
| have the primary ballots printed in the same manner, in
the | 12 |
| same number, and within the same time as ballots are printed | 13 |
| under the
general election law, except as otherwise provided in | 14 |
| this Code. If the office
of president is to be filled in the | 15 |
| succeeding general municipal election,
the names of the | 16 |
| candidates for president shall be placed first on the primary
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| ballots, in substantially the form specified in this Section. | 18 |
| Following these
names
shall appear the names of the candidates | 19 |
| for trustees in substantially the
form specified in this | 20 |
| Section. The primary ballots shall comply with the
general | 21 |
| election law, except as otherwise provided in this Code. The | 22 |
| ballots
shall designate no party, platform, political | 23 |
| principle, appellation, or
mark, nor shall any circle be |
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| printed at the head of the primary ballots.
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| The primary ballots shall be in substantially the following | 3 |
| form:
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| OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT
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| CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION
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| FOR (PRESIDENT AND)
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| TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF VILLAGE)
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| AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
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| FOR PRESIDENT
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| (VOTE FOR ONE)
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| HENRY WHITE
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| JAMES SMITH
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| LARRY FRANG
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| RALPH WILSON
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| FOR TRUSTEES
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| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN (NUMBER))
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| THOMAS WILLIAMS
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| WILLIAM BURKE
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| ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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| EDWARD STUART
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| MARY KURTIS
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| G.E. HAUSMANN
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| ARTHUR ROBBINS
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| MARK TANDY
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| HARRY BROWN
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| JOSEPH TROUT
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| IMMANUEL KANT
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| ROBERT BUCK
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| GEORGE MILLER
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| SARAH TOLLER
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
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| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-50) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-50)
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| Sec. 3.1-25-50. General election; ballot positions. On the | 8 |
| ballots
for the general municipal election, if the
office of | 9 |
| president is to be filled, the names of the nominees for | 10 |
| president
shall be placed first, in substantially the form | 11 |
| specified in this Section.
Following
these names, the names of | 12 |
| the nominees for trustees shall appear under each
office, in | 13 |
| substantially the form specified in this Section.
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| The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general | 15 |
| election law,
except as otherwise provided in this Code, but | 16 |
| they shall designate no party,
platform, political principle, | 17 |
| appellation, or mark, nor shall
any circle be printed at the | 18 |
| head of the ballots. The ballots shall be in
substantially the | 19 |
| following form:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
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| NOMINEES FOR (PRESIDENT AND) TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF
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| VILLAGE) AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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| FOR PRESIDENT
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| (VOTE FOR ONE)
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| JAMES SMITH
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| LARRY FRANG
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| FOR TRUSTEES
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| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN (NUMBER))
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| EDWARD STUART
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| ROBERT BUCK
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| GEORGE MILLER
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| WILLIAM BURKE
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| ARTHUR ROBBINS
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| HARRY BROWN
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
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| (65 ILCS 5/4-3-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-10)
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| Sec. 4-3-10. The proper election authority, in accordance | 13 |
| with the general
election law shall have the primary ballots | 14 |
| printed in the same manner,
in the same number and within the | 15 |
| same time as ballots are printed under
the general election | 16 |
| law, except as herein otherwise provided. The names
of the | 17 |
| candidates for mayor,
shall be placed first on the primary | 18 |
| ballots, in substantially the form
specified in this section. | 19 |
| Following these names shall appear the names
of the candidates | 20 |
| for commissioners in substantially the form specified
in this | 21 |
| section; provided that if the municipality has voted, as | 22 |
| provided
in Section 4-3-19, to require candidates for | 23 |
| commissioner to run for a specific
office, the names of the | 24 |
| candidates for commissioner of public accounts
and finances, | 25 |
| commissioner of public health and safety, commissioner of
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| streets and public improvements, and commissioner of public
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| property, respectively, shall appear
under the designation of | 3 |
| the applicable office, in substantially the form
specified in | 4 |
| Section 4-3-10.1. The primary
ballots shall comply with the | 5 |
| general election law, except as herein otherwise
provided. Such | 6 |
| ballots shall
designate no party, platform, political | 7 |
| principle, appellation, or mark
whatever. Nor shall any circle | 8 |
| be printed at the head of the primary
ballots.
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| Except where candidates for commissioner are required to | 10 |
| run for a specific
office, the primary ballots shall be in | 11 |
| substantially the following form:
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| OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.
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| CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
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| AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY (OR
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| VILLAGE) OF.... AT THE
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| PRIMARY ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| (VOTE FOR ONE.)
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) HENRY WHITE.
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| ( ) RALPH WILSON.
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| FOR COMMISSIONERS
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| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR)
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/4-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16)
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| Sec. 4-3-16. Upon the ballots for the general municipal | 10 |
| election the names
of the nominees for mayor shall be placed | 11 |
| first, in substantially the form
specified in this section. | 12 |
| Following these names, the names of the nominees
for | 13 |
| commissioners shall appear under each office, in substantially | 14 |
| the form
specified in this section; provided that if the | 15 |
| municipality has voted,
as provided in Section 4-3-19, to | 16 |
| require candidates for commissioner to
run for a specific | 17 |
| office, the names of the candidates for commissioner
of public | 18 |
| accounts and finances, commissioner of public health and | 19 |
| safety,
commissioner of streets and public improvements, and | 20 |
| commissioner of public
property, respectively, shall appear
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| under the designation of the applicable office, in | 22 |
| substantially the form
specified in Section 4-3-16.1.
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| The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general | 24 |
| election law, except
as herein otherwise provided, but they | 25 |
| shall designate no party, platform,
political principle, |
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| appellation, or mark whatever. Nor shall any circle
be printed | 2 |
| at the head of the ballots. Except where candidates for | 3 |
| commissioner
are required to run for a specific office, the | 4 |
| ballots shall be in substantially
the following form:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
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| NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS
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| OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF....
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| AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| (VOTE FOR ONE)
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| FOR COMMISSIONERS
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| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR)
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12)
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| Sec. 5-2-12. Aldermen or trustees elected at large; |
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| vacancies;
mayor or president to preside.
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| (a) If a city or village adopts the managerial
form of | 3 |
| municipal
government but does not elect to choose aldermen or | 4 |
| trustees from wards
or districts, then the following provisions | 5 |
| of this Section shall be
applicable.
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| (b) The city council shall be elected at large. In cities | 7 |
| of less than
50,000
population, the council shall consist of | 8 |
| (i) the mayor and 4 councilmen or (ii) the mayor and 6 | 9 |
| councilmen if the size of the city council is increased under | 10 |
| subsection (k). In
cities
of at least 50,000 but less than | 11 |
| 100,000 population,
the council shall consist of
the mayor and | 12 |
| 6 councilmen. In cities of at least 100,000 but not more than | 13 |
| 500,000
population, the council shall consist of the mayor and | 14 |
| 8 councilmen.
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| (c) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
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| immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | 17 |
| municipal government, the village
board shall be elected at | 18 |
| large and shall consist of a president and the number
of | 19 |
| trustees provided for in Section 5-2-15 or 5-2-17,
whichever is | 20 |
| applicable.
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| (d) The term of office of the mayor and councilmen shall be | 22 |
| 4 years, provided
that in cities of less than 50,000, the 2 | 23 |
| councilmen receiving the lowest
vote at the first election | 24 |
| shall serve for 2 years only; in cities of at
least 50,000 but | 25 |
| less than 100,000, the 3 councilmen receiving the lowest vote | 26 |
| at the
first election shall serve for 2 years only; and in |
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| cities of at least
100,000 but
not more than 500,000, the 4 | 2 |
| councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the
first election | 3 |
| shall serve for 2 years only.
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| (e) The election of councilmen shall be every 2 years. | 5 |
| After the first election,
only 2 councilmen in cities of less | 6 |
| than
50,000, 3 councilmen in cities
of at least 50,000 but less | 7 |
| than 100,000, or 4
councilmen in cities of at least 100,000 but
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| not more than 500,000, shall be voted for by each elector at | 9 |
| the primary
elections, and only 2, 3, or 4 councilmen, as the | 10 |
| case may be, shall be voted
for by each elector at each | 11 |
| biennial general municipal election,
to serve for 4 years.
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| (f) In addition to the requirements of the general election | 13 |
| law, the ballots
shall be in the form set out in Section | 14 |
| 5-2-13. In cities with less than
50,000, the form of ballot | 15 |
| prescribed in Section 5-2-13 shall be further
modified by | 16 |
| printing in the place relating to councilmen the words "Vote
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| for not more than Two", or "Vote for not more than Three" if | 18 |
| the size of the city council is increased under subsection (k), | 19 |
| instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". In cities | 20 |
| of
at least 50,000 but
less than 100,000, the ballot shall be | 21 |
| modified in that place by printing
the words "Vote for not more | 22 |
| than Three" instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". | 23 |
| Sections 4-3-5 through 4-3-18, insofar as they may be | 24 |
| applicable, shall
govern the election of a mayor and councilmen | 25 |
| under this Section.
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| (g) If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor or |
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| councilman, the remaining
members of the council, within 60 | 2 |
| days after the
vacancy occurs, shall fill the vacancy by | 3 |
| appointment of some person to
the office for
the balance of the | 4 |
| unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled by interim
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| election under Section 3.1-10-50, and
until the successor is | 6 |
| elected and
has qualified.
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| (h) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
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| immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | 9 |
| municipal government, in villages
that have adopted this | 10 |
| Article 5 the term of office of the
president, the
number of | 11 |
| trustees to be elected, their terms of office, and the manner | 12 |
| of
filling vacancies shall be governed by Sections
5-2-14 | 13 |
| through 5-2-17.
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| (i) Any village that adopts the managerial form of
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| municipal government under
this Article 5 and that, immediately | 16 |
| before that
adoption, was governed by the
provisions of Article | 17 |
| 4, shall continue to elect a mayor and
4 commissioners in | 18 |
| accordance with Sections 4-3-5 through
4-3-18, insofar as they | 19 |
| may be applicable, except that the 2 commissioners
receiving | 20 |
| the lowest vote among those elected at the first election after
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| this Article 5 becomes effective in the village shall serve for | 22 |
| 2
years
only. After that first election, the election of
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| commissioners shall be every 2 years, and
2 commissioners shall | 24 |
| be elected at each election to serve for 4
years. | 25 |
| (j) The mayor or president shall preside at all meetings of | 26 |
| the council
or
board and on all ceremonial occasions. |
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| (k) In cities of less than 50,000 population, the city | 2 |
| council may, by ordinance, provide that the city council shall, | 3 |
| after the next biennial general municipal election, consist of | 4 |
| 6 instead of 4 councilmen. If the size of the council is | 5 |
| increased to 6 councilmen, then at the next biennial general | 6 |
| municipal election, the electors shall vote for 4 instead of 2 | 7 |
| councilmen. Of the 4 councilmen elected at that next election, | 8 |
| the one receiving the lowest
vote at that election shall serve | 9 |
| a 2-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 4 years.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1007, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-13)
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| Sec. 5-2-13. In addition to the requirements of the general | 13 |
| election law,
the ballots for the municipal primary
election | 14 |
| provided for in Section 5-2-12 shall be in substantially the | 15 |
| following form:
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| OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.
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| CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
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| AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY (OR
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| VILLAGE) OF.... AT THE PRIMARY
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| ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| VOTE FOR ONE
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) HENRY WHITE.
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| ( ) RALPH WILSON.
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| ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
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| VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(insert proper number as provided | 4 |
| in Section 5-2-12).
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| In addition to the requirements of the general election | 14 |
| law, the general
municipal election ballots for the election | 15 |
| provided for in Section 5-2-12
shall be substantially in the | 16 |
| following form:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
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| NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF
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| THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF.... AT
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| THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
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| VOTE FOR ONE
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
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| VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(insert proper number as provided |
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| in Section 5-2-12).
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.4) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.4)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.4. In addition to the requirements of the | 13 |
| general election law, a distinct
ballot shall be printed for | 14 |
| each district for the primary election. At the
top of the | 15 |
| ballot shall be the following: CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR
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| MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY | 17 |
| ELECTION. Under
the sub-title FOR MAYOR shall be placed the | 18 |
| following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be placed below the | 19 |
| names of the candidates for mayor another sub-title
as follows: | 20 |
| FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following this sub-title there shall
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| be an instruction in this form, to be altered, however, to | 22 |
| conform to the
facts: VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN .... (Insert proper | 23 |
| number as provided in Section 5-2-12).
Following the names of | 24 |
| the candidates for councilmen at large, there shall
be another | 25 |
| sub-title in the following form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. |
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| Following
this sub-title there shall be the following | 2 |
| direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In
other respects the form of the | 3 |
| ballot shall be controlled by Section 4-3-10.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.6) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.6)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.6. In addition to the requirements of the | 7 |
| general election law, the ballots
for the general municipal | 8 |
| election shall
be prepared in accordance with Section 4-3-16, | 9 |
| with the
following changes:
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| (1) Following the names of the candidates for mayor there | 11 |
| shall be printed
a sub-title: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE; | 12 |
| following this sub-title shall be
an instruction in this form: | 13 |
| VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(Insert proper number as provided
in | 14 |
| Section 5-2-12). The names of the candidates for councilmen at | 15 |
| large
shall follow this instruction.
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| (2) Following the names of the candidates at large shall be | 17 |
| printed another
sub-title: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following | 18 |
| this sub-title shall be an
instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR | 19 |
| ONE) and following this instruction
shall be printed the names | 20 |
| of the 2 nominees.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.7) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.7)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.7. In any city which has adopted this Article, | 24 |
| and is electing the city
council at large or has elected to |
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| choose aldermen from wards, a
proposition to elect part of the | 2 |
| city council at large and part from
districts with staggered | 3 |
| four year terms and biennial elections for
councilmen shall be | 4 |
| submitted to the electors upon initiation in the manner
herein | 5 |
| provided.
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| Electors of such city, equal in number to not less than 10% | 7 |
| of the
total vote cast for all candidates for mayor in the last | 8 |
| preceding
municipal election for such office, may petition for | 9 |
| submission, or, in
the alternative, the city council may by
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| ordinance without a petition cause to be submitted, to a vote | 11 |
| of the
electors of that city the proposition whether part of | 12 |
| the city council
shall be elected at large and part from | 13 |
| districts with staggered four
year terms and biennial elections | 14 |
| for councilmen. The petition shall be
in the same form as | 15 |
| prescribed in Section 5-1-6, except that the
petition shall be | 16 |
| modified as to the wording of the proposition to be
voted upon, | 17 |
| to conform to the wording of the proposition as hereinafter
set | 18 |
| forth, and shall be filed with the city clerk in accordance | 19 |
| with the
general election law. The city clerk shall certify the | 20 |
| proposition to the
proper election authorities who shall submit | 21 |
| the proposition at an election
in accordance with the general | 22 |
| election law.
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| However, such proposition shall not be submitted at
the | 24 |
| general primary election for the municipality.
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| The proposition shall be substantially in the
following | 26 |
| form:
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| Shall the city of....
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| elect part of the councilmen at large YES
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| and part of the councilmen from ----------------------
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| districts with staggered four year NO
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| terms and biennial elections?
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| If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote | 9 |
| "yes", then at
the next general municipal election at which a | 10 |
| mayor is to be elected, a
mayor and councilmen shall be elected | 11 |
| as hereinafter provided.
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| In cities of less than 50,000 population, the council shall | 13 |
| consist
of the mayor and 6 councilmen, 2 councilmen being | 14 |
| elected at large and 4
councilmen being elected from districts. | 15 |
| In cities of 50,000 and not
more than 500,000 population, the | 16 |
| council shall consist of the mayor and
8 councilmen, 3 | 17 |
| councilmen being elected at large and 5 councilmen being
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| elected from districts.
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| The city council shall divide the city, whenever necessary
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| thereafter, into districts which shall be of as compact and | 21 |
| contiguous
territory as practicable and of approximately equal | 22 |
| population. The
number of such districts shall be the same as | 23 |
| the number of councilmen
to be elected from districts.
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| One councilman who is an actual resident of the district, | 25 |
| shall be
elected from each district. Only the electors of a | 26 |
| district shall elect
a councilman from that district. The rest |
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| of the number of councilmen
authorized shall be elected at | 2 |
| large.
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| The term of office of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be 4 | 4 |
| years,
provided that at the first election the Councilmen | 5 |
| elected at large
shall serve for 2 years only. Thereafter the | 6 |
| election of Councilmen
shall be biennial, and after the first | 7 |
| election the Mayor and all
Councilmen shall be elected for 4 | 8 |
| year terms to fill expiring terms of
incumbents.
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| The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their respective | 10 |
| offices for the
term of 4 years as herein provided, and until | 11 |
| their successors are
elected and qualified. Upon the election | 12 |
| and qualification of the
Councilmen, the terms of all sitting | 13 |
| aldermen or councilmen elected at
large pursuant to the | 14 |
| provisions of Section 5-2-12 shall expire.
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| For the first primary election a distinct ballot shall be | 16 |
| printed for each
district. At the top of the ballot shall be | 17 |
| the following:
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor | 18 |
| is to be elected) AND
COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE | 19 |
| PRIMARY ELECTION. Under the
subtitle of FOR MAYOR (when | 20 |
| applicable) shall be placed the following:
(VOTE FOR ONE). | 21 |
| There shall be placed below the names of the candidates
for | 22 |
| Mayor, if any, another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT
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| LARGE. Following this subtitle there shall be an instruction in | 24 |
| this
form, to be altered, however, to conform to the facts: | 25 |
| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....)
(Insert number of Councilmen being | 26 |
| elected). Following the names of the
candidates for councilmen |
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| at large, there shall be another subtitle in
the following | 2 |
| form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this subtitle
there | 3 |
| shall be the following direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In other
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| respects the ballots shall conform to the applicable provisions | 5 |
| of
Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
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| To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on | 7 |
| the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal | 8 |
| election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each | 9 |
| subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the | 10 |
| primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the | 11 |
| general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be | 12 |
| elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes | 13 |
| shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
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| municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
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| candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be | 16 |
| placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, | 17 |
| the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of | 18 |
| votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
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| The ballots for the election of officers at the first | 20 |
| general
municipal election shall be prepared in compliance with | 21 |
| Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes:
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| (1) Following the names of the candidates for Mayor (when
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| applicable) there shall be printed a subtitle: FOR COUNCILMAN | 24 |
| AT LARGE:
following this subtitle shall be an instruction in | 25 |
| this form: (VOTE FOR
NOT MORE THAN ....) (Insert number of | 26 |
| councilmen to be elected). The names of the
nominees for |
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| councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
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| (2) Following the names of the nominees for councilmen at | 3 |
| large
shall be printed another subtitle: FOR DISTRICT | 4 |
| COUNCILMAN. Following
this subtitle shall be an instruction in | 5 |
| this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this instruction shall | 6 |
| be printed the names of the 2 nominees.
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| Thereafter, the ballots for the biennial election shall be | 8 |
| prepared
as hereinafter provided.
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| For the primary election at which Councilmen at large are | 10 |
| to be
elected the form of the ballot shall be as follows:
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| At the top of the ballot shall be the following: | 12 |
| CANDIDATES FOR
NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor is to be | 13 |
| elected) AND COUNCILMEN OF THE
CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY | 14 |
| ELECTION. Under the subtitle of FOR MAYOR
(when applicable) | 15 |
| shall be placed the following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be | 16 |
| placed below the names of the candidates for Mayor, if any,
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| another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following | 18 |
| this
subtitle there shall be an instruction in this form, to be | 19 |
| altered,
however, to conform to the facts: (VOTE FOR NOT MORE | 20 |
| THAN ....) (Insert number of
Councilmen being elected).
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| For the primary election at which District Councilmen are | 22 |
| to be
elected, a distinct ballot shall be printed for each | 23 |
| District. There
shall be placed below the names of the | 24 |
| candidates for Mayor (when
applicable) another subtitle as | 25 |
| follows: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN.
Following this subtitle | 26 |
| there shall be an instruction in this form:
VOTE FOR ONE. In |
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| all other respects the ballot shall conform to the
applicable | 2 |
| provisions of Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
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| To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on | 4 |
| the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal | 5 |
| election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each | 6 |
| subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the | 7 |
| primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the | 8 |
| general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be | 9 |
| elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes | 10 |
| shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
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| municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
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| candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be | 13 |
| placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, | 14 |
| the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of | 15 |
| votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
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| The ballots for the election of officers at the general | 17 |
| municipal
election shall be prepared in compliance with Section | 18 |
| 4-3-16, with the
following changes:
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| (1) For elections where candidates for Councilmen at large | 20 |
| are being
elected, following the names of candidates for Mayor | 21 |
| (when applicable)
there shall be printed a subtitle as follows: | 22 |
| FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE.
Following this subtitle there shall be | 23 |
| an instruction in this form:
(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....) | 24 |
| (Insert number of Councilmen to be elected). The names
of the | 25 |
| nominees for Councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
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| (2) For elections where district Councilmen are to be |
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| elected, a
distinct ballot shall be printed for each district, | 2 |
| and following the
names of the candidates for Mayor (when | 3 |
| applicable) there shall be
printed a subtitle as follows: FOR | 4 |
| DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this
subtitle there shall be an | 5 |
| instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this | 6 |
| instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 nominees
for | 7 |
| district Councilman.
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| Vacancies shall be filled as prescribed in Section 5-2-12, | 9 |
| provided
that a vacancy in the office of a District Councilman | 10 |
| shall be filled by
a person who is an actual resident of the | 11 |
| district in which the vacancy
occurs.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
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| (65 ILCS 5/7-2-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24)
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| Sec. 7-2-24. The ballots for the election of officers at | 15 |
| the general city
election in a united city shall be prepared in | 16 |
| accordance with the general
election law, and in accordance | 17 |
| with Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes: (1) Following | 18 |
| the names of the candidates for
mayor there shall be printed a | 19 |
| sub-title: FOR COMMISSIONER (or COMMISSIONERS)
AT LARGE. | 20 |
| Following this sub-title shall be an instruction in this form:
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| (Vote for one) or (Vote for not more than 2), as the case may | 22 |
| be. The names
of the candidates for commissioner at large shall | 23 |
| follow this instruction.
(2) Following the names of the | 24 |
| candidates at large shall be printed another
sub-title: FOR | 25 |
| COMMISSIONER FROM THE BOROUGH OF..... Following this sub-title
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| shall be an instruction in this form: (Vote for one) and | 2 |
| following this
instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 | 3 |
| nominees. Sections 7-2-20
through 7-2-24 are applicable only to | 4 |
| united cities under a commission form
of government.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law.
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