Full Text of SB0248 99th General Assembly
SB0248ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie Filed: 5/27/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 248
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 248 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 1-12, 1A-45, 7-12, 7-43, 9-3, 9-10, 10-6, 10-10.1, | 6 | | 19-3, 19-4, 20-2, 20-2.1, 20-2.2, 20-2.3, 20-3, 20-6, 20-8, | 7 | | 25-7, 29-5, and 29B-10 as follows:
| 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-12) | 9 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 10 | | Sec. 1-12. Public university voting. | 11 | | (a) Each appropriate election authority shall, in addition | 12 | | to the early voting conducted at locations otherwise required | 13 | | by law, conduct early voting in a high traffic location on the | 14 | | campus of a public university within the election authority's | 15 | | jurisdiction. The voting required by this subsection (a) to be | 16 | | conducted on campus must be conducted as otherwise required by |
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| 1 | | Article 19A of this Code. If an election authority has voting | 2 | | equipment that can accommodate a ballot in every form required | 3 | | in the election authority's jurisdiction, then the election | 4 | | authority shall extend early voting under this Section to any | 5 | | registered voter in the election authority's jurisdiction. | 6 | | However, if the election authority does not have voting | 7 | | equipment that can accommodate a ballot in every form required | 8 | | in the election authority's jurisdiction, then the election | 9 | | authority may limit early voting under this Section to | 10 | | registered voters in precincts where the public university is | 11 | | located and precincts bordering the university. Each public | 12 | | university shall make the space available in a high traffic | 13 | | area for, and cooperate and coordinate with the appropriate | 14 | | election authority in, the implementation of this subsection | 15 | | (a).
| 16 | | (b) Each appropriate election authority shall, in addition | 17 | | to the voting conducted at locations otherwise required by law, | 18 | | conduct in-person absentee voting on election day in a | 19 | | high-traffic location on the campus of a public university | 20 | | within the election authority's jurisdiction. The procedures | 21 | | for conducting in-person absentee voting at a site established | 22 | | pursuant to this subsection (b) shall, to the extent | 23 | | practicable, be the same procedures required by Article 19 of | 24 | | this Code for in-person absentee ballots. The election | 25 | | authority may limit in-person absentee voting under this | 26 | | subsection (b) to registered voters in precincts where the |
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| 1 | | public university is located and precincts bordering the | 2 | | university. The election authority shall have voting equipment | 3 | | and ballots necessary to accommodate registered voters who may | 4 | | cast an in-person absentee ballot at a site established | 5 | | pursuant to this subsection (b). Each public university shall | 6 | | make the space available in a high-traffic area for, and | 7 | | cooperate and coordinate with the appropriate election | 8 | | authority in, the implementation of this subsection (b). | 9 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "public university" | 10 | | means the University of Illinois at its campuses in | 11 | | Urbana-Champaign and Springfield, Southern Illinois University | 12 | | at its campuses in Carbondale and Edwardsville, Eastern | 13 | | Illinois University, Illinois State University, Northern | 14 | | Illinois University, and Western Illinois University at its | 15 | | campuses in Macomb and Moline. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.) | 17 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 18 | | Sec. 1-12. Public university voting. | 19 | | (a) Each appropriate election authority shall, in addition | 20 | | to the early voting conducted at locations otherwise required | 21 | | by law, conduct early voting, grace period registration, and | 22 | | grace period voting at the student union on the campus of a | 23 | | public university within the election authority's | 24 | | jurisdiction. The voting required by this subsection (a) to be | 25 | | conducted on campus must be conducted from the 6th day before a |
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| 1 | | general primary or general election until and including the 4th | 2 | | day before a general primary or general election from 10:00 | 3 | | a.m. to 5 p.m. and as otherwise required by Article 19A of this | 4 | | Code, except that the voting required by this subsection (a) | 5 | | need not be conducted during a consolidated primary or | 6 | | consolidated election. If an election authority has voting | 7 | | equipment that can accommodate a ballot in every form required | 8 | | in the election authority's jurisdiction, then the election | 9 | | authority shall extend early voting and grace period | 10 | | registration and voting under this Section to any registered | 11 | | voter in the election authority's jurisdiction. However, if the | 12 | | election authority does not have voting equipment that can | 13 | | accommodate a ballot in every form required in the election | 14 | | authority's jurisdiction, then the election authority may | 15 | | limit early voting and grace period registration and voting | 16 | | under this Section to voters in precincts where the public | 17 | | university is located and precincts bordering the university. | 18 | | Each public university shall make the space available at the | 19 | | student union for, and cooperate and coordinate with the | 20 | | appropriate election authority in, the implementation of this | 21 | | subsection (a).
| 22 | | (b) (Blank). | 23 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section, "public university" | 24 | | means the University of Illinois, Illinois State University, | 25 | | Chicago State University, Governors State University, Southern | 26 | | Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Eastern |
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| 1 | | Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and | 2 | | Northeastern Illinois University. | 3 | | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "student union" means | 4 | | the Student Center at 750 S. Halsted on the University of | 5 | | Illinois-Chicago campus; the Public Affairs Center at the | 6 | | University of Illinois at Springfield or a new building | 7 | | completed after the effective date of this Act housing student | 8 | | government at the University of Illinois at Springfield; the | 9 | | Illini Union at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; | 10 | | the SIUC Student Center at the Southern Illinois University at | 11 | | Carbondale campus; the Morris University Center at the Southern | 12 | | Illinois University at Edwardsville campus; the University | 13 | | Union at the Western Illinois University at the Macomb campus; | 14 | | the Holmes Student Center at the Northern Illinois University | 15 | | campus; the University Union at the Eastern Illinois University | 16 | | campus; NEIU Student Union at the Northeastern Illinois | 17 | | University campus; the Bone Student Center at the Illinois | 18 | | State University campus; the Cordell Reed Student Union at the | 19 | | Chicago State University campus; and the Hall of Governors in | 20 | | Building D at the Governors State University campus. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; | 22 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.) | 23 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-45) | 24 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 25 | | delayed effective date ) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 1A-45. Electronic Registration Information Center. | 2 | | (a) The State Board of Elections shall enter into an | 3 | | agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center | 4 | | effective no later than January 1, 2016, for the purpose of | 5 | | maintaining a statewide voter registration database. The State | 6 | | Board of Elections shall comply with the requirements of the | 7 | | Electronic Registration Information Center Membership | 8 | | Agreement. The State Board of Elections shall require a term in | 9 | | the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership | 10 | | Agreement that requires the State to share identification | 11 | | records contained in the Secretary of State's Driver Services | 12 | | Department and Vehicle Services Department, the Department of | 13 | | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | 14 | | Services, the Department of Aging, and the Department of | 15 | | Employment Security databases (excluding those fields | 16 | | unrelated to voter eligibility, such as income or health | 17 | | information). | 18 | | (b) The Secretary of State and the Board of Elections shall | 19 | | enter into an agreement to permit the Secretary of State to | 20 | | provide the State Board of Elections with any information | 21 | | required for compliance with the Electronic Registration | 22 | | Information Center Membership Agreement. The Secretary of | 23 | | State shall deliver this information as frequently as necessary | 24 | | for the State Board of Elections to comply with the Electronic | 25 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement if the | 26 | | agreement between the State Board of Elections and the |
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| 1 | | Electronic Registration Information Center provides that the | 2 | | Electronic Registration Information Center shall accept | 3 | | responsibility for any violations of the Federal Drivers | 4 | | Privacy Protection Act (18 U.S. Code Sec. 2721, et seq.) by the | 5 | | Electronic Registration Information Center or its employees or | 6 | | agents, and shall hold the State of Illinois harmless from any | 7 | | damages imposed as a result of violations of the Federal | 8 | | Drivers Privacy Protection Act by the Electronic Registration | 9 | | Information Center or its employees or agents . | 10 | | (b-5) The State Board of Elections and the Department of | 11 | | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | 12 | | Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of | 13 | | Employment Security shall enter into an agreement to require | 14 | | each department to provide the State Board of Elections with | 15 | | any information necessary to transmit member data under the | 16 | | Electronic Registration Information Center Membership | 17 | | Agreement. The director or secretary, as applicable, of each | 18 | | agency shall deliver this information on an annual basis to the | 19 | | State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement between the | 20 | | entities. | 21 | | (c) Any communication required to be delivered to a | 22 | | registrant or potential registrant pursuant to the Electronic | 23 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement shall | 24 | | include at least the following message: | 25 | | "Our records show people at this address may not be | 26 | | registered to vote at this address, but you may be eligible |
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| 1 | | to register to vote or re-register to vote at this address. | 2 | | If you are a U.S. Citizen, a resident of Illinois, and will | 3 | | be 18 years old or older before the next general election | 4 | | in November, you are qualified to vote. | 5 | | We invite you to check your registration online at | 6 | | (enter URL) or register to vote online at (enter URL), by | 7 | | requesting a mail-in voter registration form by (enter | 8 | | instructions for requesting a mail-in voter registration | 9 | | form), or visiting the (name of election authority) office | 10 | | at (address of election authority)." | 11 | | The words "register to vote online at (enter URL)" shall be | 12 | | bolded and of a distinct nature from the other words in the | 13 | | message required by this subsection (c). | 14 | | (d) Any communication required to be delivered to a | 15 | | potential registrant that has been identified by the Electronic | 16 | | Registration Information Center as eligible to vote but who is | 17 | | not registered to vote in Illinois shall be prepared and | 18 | | disseminated at the direction of the State Board of Elections. | 19 | | All other communications with potential registrants or | 20 | | re-registrants pursuant to the Electronic Registration | 21 | | Information Center Membership Agreement shall be prepared and | 22 | | disseminated at the direction of the appropriate election | 23 | | authority. | 24 | | (e) The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections | 25 | | or his or her designee shall serve as the Member Representative | 26 | | to the Electronic Registration Information Center. |
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| 1 | | (f) The State Board of Elections may adopt any rules | 2 | | necessary to enforce this Section or comply with the Electronic | 3 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
| 6 | | Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by | 7 | | mail or
in person as follows: | 8 | | (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State, | 9 | | congressional, or
judicial office, or for any office a | 10 | | nomination for which is made for a
territorial division or | 11 | | district which comprises more than one county or
is partly | 12 | | in one county and partly in another county or counties, | 13 | | then,
except as otherwise provided in this Section, such | 14 | | petition for nomination
shall be filed in the principal | 15 | | office of the State Board of Elections not
more than 113 | 16 | | and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the | 17 | | primary,
but, in the case of petitions for nomination to | 18 | | fill a vacancy by special
election in the office of | 19 | | representative in Congress from this State, such
petition | 20 | | for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of | 21 | | the State
Board of Elections not more than 85 57 days and | 22 | | not less than 82 50 days prior to
the date of the primary.
| 23 | | Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, | 24 | | Appellate or Circuit
Court Judge within the 3-week period | 25 | | preceding the 106th day before a
general primary election, |
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| 1 | | petitions for nomination for the office in which
the | 2 | | vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office | 3 | | of the
State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less | 4 | | than 85 days prior to
the date of the general primary | 5 | | election.
| 6 | | Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or | 7 | | alternate
delegates to a national nominating convention, | 8 | | then such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the | 9 | | principal office of the State Board of
Elections not more | 10 | | than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
| 11 | | the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or | 12 | | policies of a national
political party conflict with such | 13 | | requirements for filing petitions for
nomination for | 14 | | delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
| 15 | | convention, the chairman of the State central committee of | 16 | | such national
political party shall notify the Board in | 17 | | writing, citing by reference the
rules or policies of the | 18 | | national political party in conflict, and in such
case the | 19 | | Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance | 20 | | with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state | 21 | | central committee of such national political party.
| 22 | | (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county | 23 | | office or trustee
of a sanitary district then such petition | 24 | | shall be filed in the office
of the county clerk not more | 25 | | than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the
date of the | 26 | | primary.
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| 1 | | (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal | 2 | | or township
office, such petitions for nomination shall be | 3 | | filed in the office of
the local election official, not | 4 | | more than 99 nor less than 92 days
prior to the date of the | 5 | | primary; provided, where a municipality's or
township's | 6 | | boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
| 7 | | jurisdiction of a municipal board of election | 8 | | commissioners, the petitions
shall be filed in the office | 9 | | of such board; and provided, that petitions
for the office | 10 | | of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
| 11 | | authority.
| 12 | | (4) The petitions of candidates for State central | 13 | | committeeman shall
be filed in the principal office of the | 14 | | State Board of Elections not
more than 113 nor less than | 15 | | 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
| 16 | | (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or | 17 | | ward
committeemen shall be filed in the office of the | 18 | | county clerk not more
than 113 nor less than 106 days prior | 19 | | to the date of the primary.
| 20 | | (6) The State Board of Elections and the various | 21 | | election authorities
and local election officials with | 22 | | whom such petitions for nominations
are filed shall specify | 23 | | the place where filings shall be made and upon
receipt | 24 | | shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each | 25 | | petition
was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting | 26 | | in line as of 8:00
a.m. on the first day for filing, or as |
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| 1 | | of the normal opening hour of
the office involved on such | 2 | | day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
or the normal | 3 | | opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
| 4 | | and received after midnight of the first day for filing and | 5 | | in the first
mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be | 6 | | deemed as filed as of 8:00
a.m. of that day or as of the | 7 | | normal opening hour of such day, as the
case may be. All | 8 | | petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
in | 9 | | the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions | 10 | | filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be | 11 | | deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are | 12 | | received
simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or | 13 | | the various election
authorities or local election | 14 | | officials with whom such petitions are
filed shall break | 15 | | ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
| 16 | | lottery or other fair and impartial method of random | 17 | | selection approved
by the State Board of Elections. Such | 18 | | lottery shall be conducted within
9 days following the last | 19 | | day for petition filing and shall be open to the
public. | 20 | | Seven days written notice of the time and place of | 21 | | conducting such
random selection shall be given by the | 22 | | State Board of Elections to the
chairman of the State | 23 | | central committee of each established political
party, and | 24 | | by each election authority or local election official, to | 25 | | the
County Chairman of each established political party, | 26 | | and to each
organization of citizens within the election |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction which was
entitled, under this Article, at the | 2 | | next preceding election, to have
pollwatchers present on | 3 | | the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
election | 4 | | authority or local election official shall post in a | 5 | | conspicuous,
open and public place, at the entrance of the | 6 | | office, notice of the time
and place of such lottery. The | 7 | | State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
and regulations | 8 | | governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
| 9 | | All candidates shall be certified in the order in which | 10 | | their petitions
have been filed. Where candidates have | 11 | | filed simultaneously, they shall be
certified in the order | 12 | | determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed
for the | 13 | | same office at a later time.
| 14 | | (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate | 15 | | election
authority or local election official with whom | 16 | | such a petition for
nomination is filed shall notify the | 17 | | person for whom a petition for
nomination has been filed of | 18 | | the obligation to file statements of
organization, reports | 19 | | of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
campaign | 20 | | contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act.
| 21 | | Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by | 22 | | paragraph (7) of
Section 9-16 of this Code.
| 23 | | (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not | 24 | | valid if the
candidate named therein fails to file a | 25 | | statement of economic interests
as required by the Illinois | 26 | | Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with |
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| 1 | | the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
| 2 | | filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement | 3 | | of economic
interests in relation to the same governmental | 4 | | unit with that officer
within a year preceding the date on | 5 | | which such nomination papers were
filed. If the nomination | 6 | | papers of any candidate and the statement of
economic | 7 | | interest of that candidate are not required to be filed | 8 | | with
the same officer, the candidate must file with the | 9 | | officer with whom the
nomination papers are filed a receipt | 10 | | from the officer with whom the
statement of economic | 11 | | interests is filed showing the date on which such
statement | 12 | | was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than | 13 | | the
last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
| 14 | | (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or | 15 | | for committeeman or
for delegate or alternate delegate to a | 16 | | national nominating convention has
been filed may cause his | 17 | | name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed
by him | 18 | | and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
| 19 | | acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or | 20 | | permanent branch
office of the State Board of Elections or | 21 | | with the appropriate election
authority or local election | 22 | | official, not later than the date of
certification of | 23 | | candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary
| 24 | | ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed | 25 | | on the
primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have | 26 | | been filed for the
same person with respect to more than |
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| 1 | | one political party, his name
shall not be certified nor | 2 | | printed on the primary ballot of any party.
If petitions | 3 | | for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or
| 4 | | more offices which are incompatible so that the same person | 5 | | could not
serve in more than one of such offices if | 6 | | elected, that person must
withdraw as a candidate for all | 7 | | but one of such offices within the
5 business days | 8 | | following the last day for petition filing. A candidate in | 9 | | a judicial election may file petitions for nomination for | 10 | | only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only one vacancy in a | 11 | | circuit in any one filing period, and if petitions for | 12 | | nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or | 13 | | more vacancies in the same circuit or subcircuit in the | 14 | | same filing period, his or her name shall be certified only | 15 | | for the first vacancy for which the petitions for | 16 | | nomination were filed. If he fails to
withdraw as a | 17 | | candidate for all but one of such offices within such time
| 18 | | his name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary | 19 | | ballot, for any
office. For the purpose of the foregoing | 20 | | provisions, an office in a
political party is not | 21 | | incompatible with any other office.
| 22 | | (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | 23 | | statute, no primary
shall be held for an established | 24 | | political party in any township,
municipality, or ward | 25 | | thereof, where the nomination of such
party for every | 26 | | office to be voted upon by the electors of such
township, |
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| 1 | | municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
| 2 | | political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested | 3 | | as to one or
more, but not all, of the offices to be voted | 4 | | upon by the electors of a
township, municipality, or ward | 5 | | thereof, then a primary shall
be held for that party in | 6 | | such township, municipality, or ward thereof;
provided | 7 | | that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
| 8 | | within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for | 9 | | which the
nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this | 10 | | Article, the nomination
of an established political party | 11 | | of a candidate for election to an office
shall be deemed to | 12 | | be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to | 13 | | be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers | 14 | | seeking the
nomination of such party for election to such | 15 | | office.
| 16 | | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | 17 | | statute, no primary
election shall be held for an | 18 | | established political party for any special
primary | 19 | | election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the | 20 | | office
of representative in the United States Congress | 21 | | where the nomination of
such political party for said | 22 | | office is uncontested. For the purposes of
this Article, | 23 | | the nomination of an established political party of a
| 24 | | candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be | 25 | | uncontested
where not more than the number of persons to be | 26 | | nominated have timely filed
valid nomination papers |
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| 1 | | seeking the nomination of such established party
for | 2 | | election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not | 3 | | apply if such
primary election is conducted on a regularly | 4 | | scheduled election day.
| 5 | | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) | 6 | | and (b) of this
paragraph (10), whenever a person who has | 7 | | not timely filed valid nomination
papers and who intends to | 8 | | become a write-in candidate for a political
party's | 9 | | nomination for any office for which the nomination is | 10 | | uncontested
files a written statement or notice of that | 11 | | intent with the State Board of
Elections or the local | 12 | | election official with whom nomination papers for
such | 13 | | office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a | 14 | | primary
shall be held for that office. Such statement or | 15 | | notice shall be filed on
or before the date established in | 16 | | this Article for certifying candidates
for the primary | 17 | | ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
name | 18 | | and address of the person intending to become a write-in | 19 | | candidate,
(ii) a statement that the person is a qualified | 20 | | primary elector of the
political party from whom the | 21 | | nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that
the person | 22 | | intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
| 23 | | nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a | 24 | | write-in
candidate. An election authority shall have no | 25 | | duty to conduct a primary
and prepare a primary ballot for | 26 | | any office for which the nomination is
uncontested unless a |
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| 1 | | statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
| 2 | | Section is filed in a timely manner.
| 3 | | (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed | 4 | | for a candidate to
the same office, the State Board of | 5 | | Elections, appropriate election
authority or local | 6 | | election official where the petitions are filed shall
| 7 | | within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her | 8 | | multiple petition
filings and that the candidate has 3 | 9 | | business days after receipt of the
notice to notify the | 10 | | State Board of Elections, appropriate election
authority | 11 | | or local election official that he or she may cancel prior | 12 | | sets
of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State | 13 | | Board of Elections,
appropriate election authority or | 14 | | local election official, the last set of
petitions filed | 15 | | shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
| 16 | | State Board of Elections, election authority or local | 17 | | election official. If
the candidate fails to notify the | 18 | | State Board of Elections, election authority
or local
| 19 | | election official then only the first set of petitions | 20 | | filed shall be valid
and all subsequent petitions shall be | 21 | | void.
| 22 | | (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for | 23 | | public inspection
and shall be preserved for a period of | 24 | | not less than 6 months.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10; 97-81, eff. 7-5-11; | 26 | | 97-1044, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
| 2 | | Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6 | 3 | | months and
in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary | 4 | | therein who shall be
a citizen of the United States of the age | 5 | | of 18 or more
years shall be
entitled to vote at such primary.
| 6 | | The following regulations shall be applicable to | 7 | | primaries:
| 8 | | No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
| 9 | | (a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as | 10 | | required by this
Article.
| 11 | | (b) (Blank).
| 12 | | (c) (Blank).
| 13 | | (c.5) If that person has participated in the town | 14 | | political party caucus,
under Section 45-50 of the | 15 | | Township Code, of another political party by
signing an | 16 | | affidavit of voters attending the caucus within 87 45 | 17 | | days before the
first day of the calendar month in | 18 | | which the primary is held.
| 19 | | (d) (Blank).
| 20 | | In cities, villages and incorporated towns having a | 21 | | board of
election commissioners only voters registered as | 22 | | provided by Article 6
of this Act shall be entitled to vote | 23 | | at such primary.
| 24 | | No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary unless | 25 | | he is
registered under the provisions of Articles 4, 5 or 6 |
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| 1 | | of this Act, when
his registration is required by any of | 2 | | said Articles to entitle him to
vote at the election with | 3 | | reference to which the primary is held.
| 4 | | A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a | 5 | | partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established | 6 | | political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established | 7 | | political party at a general primary election may not file a | 8 | | statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different | 9 | | established political party or as an independent candidate for | 10 | | a partisan office to be filled at the general election | 11 | | immediately following the general primary for which the person | 12 | | filed the statement or voted the ballot. A person may file a | 13 | | statement of candidacy for a partisan office as a qualified | 14 | | primary voter of an established political party regardless of | 15 | | any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan office or voting | 16 | | the ballot of an established political party at any prior | 17 | | election. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-681, eff. 3-30-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
| 19 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-3) | 20 | | Sec. 9-3. Political committee statement of organization. | 21 | | (a) Every political committee shall file with the State | 22 | | Board of Elections a
statement of organization within 10 | 23 | | business days of the creation of
such
committee, except any | 24 | | political committee created within the 30 days before
an
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| 1 | | business days in person, by facsimile transmission, or by | 2 | | electronic mail. Any change in information previously | 3 | | submitted in a statement of organization shall be reported, as | 4 | | required for the original statement of organization by this | 5 | | Section, within 10 days following that change. A
political | 6 | | committee that acts as both a state political
committee and a | 7 | | local political committee shall file a copy of each
statement | 8 | | of organization with the State Board of Elections and the
| 9 | | county clerk.
The Board shall impose a civil penalty of $50 per | 10 | | business day upon political
committees for failing to file or | 11 | | late filing of a statement of organization. Such penalties | 12 | | shall not
exceed $5,000, and shall not exceed $10,000 for | 13 | | statewide office political
committees.
There shall be no fine | 14 | | if the statement is mailed and postmarked at least 72
hours | 15 | | prior to the filing deadline.
| 16 | | In addition to the civil penalties authorized by this | 17 | | Section, the State
Board of Elections or any other political | 18 | | committee may apply to the
circuit court for a temporary | 19 | | restraining
order or a preliminary or permanent injunction | 20 | | against the political committee
to cease the expenditure of | 21 | | funds and to cease operations until the statement
of | 22 | | organization is filed.
| 23 | | For the purpose of this Section,
"statewide office" means | 24 | | the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
| 25 | | Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller.
| 26 | | (b) The statement of organization shall include:
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| 1 | | (1) the name
and address of the political committee and | 2 | | the designation required by Section 9-2;
| 3 | | (2) the scope, area of activity, party affiliation, and | 4 | | purposes of the political
committee;
| 5 | | (3) the name, address, and position of each custodian | 6 | | of the
committee's books and accounts;
| 7 | | (4) the name, address, and position of the committee's | 8 | | principal
officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and | 9 | | officers and members of
its finance committee, if any;
| 10 | | (5) the name and address of any sponsoring entity;
| 11 | | (6) a statement of what specific disposition of | 12 | | residual fund will
be made in the event of the dissolution | 13 | | or
termination of the committee;
| 14 | | (7) a listing of all banks or other financial | 15 | | institutions, safety
deposit boxes, and any other | 16 | | repositories or custodians of funds used by
the committee; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | (8) the amount of funds available for campaign | 19 | | expenditures as of
the filing date of the committee's | 20 | | statement of organization.
| 21 | | For purposes of this Section, a "sponsoring entity" is (i) | 22 | | any person,
organization, corporation, or association that | 23 | | contributes
at least 33% of the total funding of the political | 24 | | committee or (ii) any person
or other entity that is registered | 25 | | or is required to register under the
Lobbyist Registration Act | 26 | | and contributes at least 33% of the total funding of
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| 1 | | political committee.
| 2 | | (c) Each statement of organization required to be
filed in | 3 | | accordance with this Section shall be verified, dated, and | 4 | | signed
by either the treasurer of the political committee | 5 | | making the statement or
the candidate on whose behalf the | 6 | | statement is made and shall contain
substantially the following | 7 | | verification: | 8 | | "VERIFICATION: | 9 | | I declare that this statement of organization (including | 10 | | any
accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined by | 11 | | me and, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, is a true, | 12 | | correct, and complete statement
of organization as required by | 13 | | Article 9 of the Election Code. I understand
that willfully | 14 | | filing a false or incomplete statement is
subject to a civil | 15 | | penalty of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000. | 16 | | ................ ..........................................
| 17 | | (date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)". | 18 | | (d) The statement of organization for a ballot initiative | 19 | | committee also shall include a verification signed by the | 20 | | chairperson of the committee that (i) the committee is formed | 21 | | for the purpose of supporting or opposing a question of public | 22 | | policy, (ii) all contributions and expenditures of the | 23 | | committee will be used for the purpose described in the | 24 | | statement of organization, (iii) the committee may accept | 25 | | unlimited contributions from any source, provided that the | 26 | | ballot initiative committee does not make contributions or |
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| 1 | | expenditures in support of or opposition to a candidate or | 2 | | candidates for nomination for election, election, or | 3 | | retention, and (iv) failure to abide by these requirements | 4 | | shall deem the committee in violation of this Article. | 5 | | (d-5) The statement of organization for an independent | 6 | | expenditure committee also shall include a verification signed | 7 | | by the chairperson of the committee that (i) the committee is | 8 | | formed for the exclusive purpose of making independent | 9 | | expenditures, (ii) all contributions and expenditures of the | 10 | | committee will be used for the purpose described in the | 11 | | statement of organization, (iii) the committee may accept | 12 | | unlimited contributions from any source, provided that the | 13 | | independent expenditure committee does not make contributions | 14 | | to any candidate political committee, political party | 15 | | committee, or political action committee, and (iv) failure to | 16 | | abide by these requirements shall deem the committee in | 17 | | violation of this Article. | 18 | | (e) For purposes of implementing the changes made by this | 19 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, every political | 20 | | committee in existence on the effective date of this amendatory | 21 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly shall file the statement | 22 | | required by this Section with the Board by December 31, 2010. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
| 24 | | (10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
| 25 | | Sec. 9-10. Disclosure of contributions and expenditures.
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| 1 | | (a) The treasurer of every political committee shall file | 2 | | with the
Board reports of campaign contributions and | 3 | | expenditures as required by this Section on forms to be
| 4 | | prescribed or approved by the Board.
| 5 | | (b) Every political committee shall file quarterly reports | 6 | | of campaign contributions, expenditures, and independent | 7 | | expenditures. The reports shall cover the period January 1 | 8 | | through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through | 9 | | September 30, and October 1 through December 31 of each year. A | 10 | | political committee shall file quarterly reports no later than | 11 | | the 15th day of the month following each period. Reports of | 12 | | contributions and expenditures must be filed to cover the | 13 | | prescribed time periods even though no contributions or | 14 | | expenditures may have been received or made during the period. | 15 | | The Board shall assess a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for | 16 | | failure to file a report required by this subsection. The fine, | 17 | | however, shall not exceed $1,000 for a first violation if the | 18 | | committee files less than 10 days after the deadline. There | 19 | | shall be no fine if the report is mailed and postmarked at | 20 | | least 72 hours prior to the filing deadline. When considering | 21 | | the amount of the fine to be imposed, the Board shall consider | 22 | | whether the violation was committed inadvertently, | 23 | | negligently, knowingly, or intentionally and any past | 24 | | violations of this Section. | 25 | | (c) A political committee shall file a report of any | 26 | | contribution of $1,000 or more electronically with the Board |
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| 1 | | within 5 business days after receipt of the contribution, | 2 | | except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days | 3 | | after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer | 4 | | days before the date of an election and (ii) the political | 5 | | committee supports or opposes a candidate or public question on | 6 | | the ballot at that election or makes expenditures in excess of | 7 | | $500 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, candidates, | 8 | | a public question, or public questions on the ballot at that | 9 | | election.
The State Board shall allow filings of reports of | 10 | | contributions of $1,000 or more by political committees that | 11 | | are not required to file electronically to be made by facsimile | 12 | | transmission. The Board shall assess a civil penalty for | 13 | | failure to file a report required by this subsection. Failure | 14 | | to report each contribution is a separate violation of this | 15 | | subsection. The Board shall impose fines for willful or wanton | 16 | | violations of this subsection (c) not to exceed 150% of the | 17 | | total amount of the contributions that were untimely reported, | 18 | | but in no case shall it be less than 10% of the total amount of | 19 | | the contributions that were untimely reported. When | 20 | | considering the amount of the fine to be imposed for willful or | 21 | | wanton violations, the Board shall consider the number of days | 22 | | the contribution was reported late and past violations of this | 23 | | Section and Section 9-3. The Board may impose a fine for | 24 | | negligent or inadvertent violations of this subsection not to | 25 | | exceed 50% of the total amount of the contributions that were | 26 | | untimely reported, or the Board may waive the fine. When |
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| 1 | | considering whether to impose a fine and the amount of the | 2 | | fine, the Board shall consider the following factors: (1) | 3 | | whether the political committee made an attempt to disclose the | 4 | | contribution and any attempts made to correct the violation, | 5 | | (2) whether the violation is attributed to a clerical or | 6 | | computer error, (3) the amount of the contribution, (4) whether | 7 | | the violation arose from a discrepancy between the date the | 8 | | contribution was reported transferred by a political committee | 9 | | and the date the contribution was received by a political | 10 | | committee, (5) the number of days the contribution was reported | 11 | | late, and (6) past violations of this Section and Section 9-3 | 12 | | by the political committee. | 13 | | (d) For the purpose of this Section, a contribution is | 14 | | considered received on the date (i) a monetary contribution was | 15 | | deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository | 16 | | of funds for the committee, (ii) the date a committee receives | 17 | | notice a monetary contribution was deposited by an entity used | 18 | | to process financial transactions by credit card or other | 19 | | entity used for processing a monetary contribution that was | 20 | | deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository | 21 | | of funds for the committee, or (iii) the public official, | 22 | | candidate, or political committee receives the notification of | 23 | | contribution of goods or services as required under subsection | 24 | | (b) of Section 9-6. | 25 | | (e) A political committee that makes independent | 26 | | expenditures of $1,000 or more shall file a report |
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| 1 | | electronically with the Board within 5 business days after | 2 | | making the independent expenditure, except that the report | 3 | | shall be filed within 2 business days after making the | 4 | | independent expenditure during the 60-day period before an | 5 | | election. The Board shall assess a civil penalty for failure to | 6 | | file a report required by this subsection. Failure to report | 7 | | each expenditure is a separate violation of this subsection. | 8 | | The Board shall impose fines for willful or wanton violations | 9 | | of this subsection (e) not to exceed 150% of the total amount | 10 | | of the expenditures that were untimely reported, but in no case | 11 | | shall it be less than 10% of the total amount of the | 12 | | expenditures that were untimely reported. When considering the | 13 | | amount of the fine to be imposed for willful or wanton | 14 | | violations, the Board shall consider the number of days the | 15 | | expenditure was reported late and past violations of this | 16 | | Section and Section 9-3. The Board may impose a fine for | 17 | | negligent or inadvertent violations of this subsection not to | 18 | | exceed 50% of the total amount of the expenditures that were | 19 | | untimely reported, or the Board may waive the fine. When | 20 | | considering whether to impose a fine and the amount of the | 21 | | fine, the Board shall consider the following factors: (1) | 22 | | whether the political committee made an attempt to disclose the | 23 | | expenditure and any attempts made to correct the violation, (2) | 24 | | whether the violation is attributed to a clerical or computer | 25 | | error, (3) the amount of the expenditure, (4) whether the | 26 | | violation arose from a discrepancy between the date the |
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| 1 | | expenditure was reported transferred by a political committee | 2 | | and the date the expenditure was received by a political | 3 | | committee, (5) the number of days the expenditure was reported | 4 | | late, and (6) past violations of this Section and Section 9-3 | 5 | | by the political committee during the period 30 days or fewer | 6 | | before an election shall electronically file a report with the | 7 | | Board within 5 business days after making the independent | 8 | | expenditure. The report shall contain the information required | 9 | | in Section 9-11(c) of this Article .
| 10 | | (e-5) An independent expenditure committee that makes an | 11 | | independent expenditure supporting or opposing a public | 12 | | official or candidate that, alone or in combination with any | 13 | | other independent expenditure made by that independent | 14 | | expenditure committee supporting or opposing that public | 15 | | official or candidate during the election cycle, equals an | 16 | | aggregate value of more than (i) $250,000 for statewide office | 17 | | or (ii) $100,000 for all other elective offices must file a | 18 | | written disclosure with the State Board of Elections within 2 | 19 | | business days after making any expenditure that results in the | 20 | | independent expenditure committee exceeding the applicable | 21 | | threshold. The Board shall assess a civil penalty against an | 22 | | independent expenditure committee for failure to file the | 23 | | disclosure required by this subsection not to exceed (i) $500 | 24 | | for an initial failure to file the required disclosure and (ii) | 25 | | $1,000 for each subsequent failure to file the required | 26 | | disclosure.
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| 1 | | (f) A copy of each report or statement filed under this | 2 | | Article
shall be
preserved by the person filing it for a period | 3 | | of two years from the
date of filing.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 1-1-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
| 6 | | Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Certificates
of
| 7 | | nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of | 8 | | candidates for
offices to be filled by electors of the entire | 9 | | State, or any district
not entirely within a county, or for | 10 | | congressional, state legislative or
judicial offices, shall be | 11 | | presented to the principal office of the
State Board of | 12 | | Elections not more than 141 nor less than 134
days previous
to | 13 | | the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. The
| 14 | | State Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of | 15 | | nomination or
nomination papers, as the case may be, and the | 16 | | date and hour of
presentment to it. Except as otherwise | 17 | | provided in this section, all
other certificates for the | 18 | | nomination of candidates shall be filed with
the county clerk | 19 | | of the respective counties not more than 141 but at
least 134 | 20 | | days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of | 21 | | nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of | 22 | | candidates for school district offices to be filled at | 23 | | consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or | 24 | | county board of election commissioners of the county election | 25 | | authority in which the principal office of the school district |
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| 1 | | is located not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the | 2 | | consolidated election. Certificates
of
nomination and | 3 | | nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for
the | 4 | | other offices of political subdivisions to be filled at regular | 5 | | elections
other than the general election shall be filed with | 6 | | the local election
official of such subdivision:
| 7 | | (1) (Blank);
| 8 | | (2) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to | 9 | | 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 ( except | 16 | | including without limitation, those municipal
offices | 17 | | subject to Article Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); | 18 | | or
| 19 | | (5) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the | 20 | | municipal
primary in even numbered years for such | 21 | | nonpartisan municipal offices
where annual elections are | 22 | | provided; or
| 23 | | (6) in the case of petitions for the office of | 24 | | multi-township assessor,
such petitions shall be filed | 25 | | with the election authority not more than
113 nor less than | 26 | | 106 days before the consolidated election.
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| 1 | | However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are | 2 | | co-extensive
with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a | 3 | | municipal board of
election commissioners, the certificates of | 4 | | nomination and nomination
papers for candidates for such | 5 | | political subdivision offices shall be filed
in the office of | 6 | | such Board.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
| 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/10-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10.1)
| 9 | | Sec. 10-10.1.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this | 10 | | Section, a
candidate or objector aggrieved by the decision of | 11 | | an
electoral board may secure judicial review of such decision | 12 | | in the circuit
court of the county in which the hearing of the | 13 | | electoral board was held.
The party seeking judicial review | 14 | | must file a petition with the clerk of
the court and must name | 15 | | and serve a copy of the petition upon the electoral board , its | 16 | | members, and other parties to the proceeding by registered or | 17 | | certified mail within 5 days after service of the decision of | 18 | | the electoral board as provided in Section 10-10. The party | 19 | | seeking judicial review must serve a copy of the petition by | 20 | | registered or certified mail upon each affected election | 21 | | authority within 5 days after service of the decision of the | 22 | | electoral board. The
petition shall contain a brief statement | 23 | | of the reasons why the decision of
the board should be | 24 | | reversed. The petitioner shall file proof of service with the | 25 | | clerk
of the court within 5 days after service of the decision |
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| 1 | | of the electoral board, as provided in Section 10-10 . No answer | 2 | | to the petition need be filed, but the electoral board shall | 3 | | cause the record of proceedings before the electoral board to | 4 | | be filed with the clerk of the court on or before the date of | 5 | | the hearing on the petition or as ordered by the court.
| 6 | | The court shall set the matter for hearing to be held | 7 | | within 30 days
after the filing of the petition and shall make | 8 | | its decision promptly after
such hearing.
| 9 | | (b) An objector or proponent aggrieved by the decision of | 10 | | an electoral board
regarding a petition filed pursuant to | 11 | | Section 18-120 of the Property Tax
Code
may secure a review of | 12 | | such decision by the State Board of Elections. The
party | 13 | | seeking such review must file a petition therefor with the | 14 | | State Board of
Elections within 10 days after the decision of | 15 | | the electoral board. Any such
objector or proponent may apply | 16 | | for and obtain judicial review of a decision of
the State Board | 17 | | of Elections entered under this amendatory Act of 1985, in
| 18 | | accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Review | 19 | | Law, as amended.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
| 21 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3) | 22 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 23 | | Sec. 19-3. The
application for absentee ballot shall be | 24 | | substantially in the
following form: | 25 | | APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT |
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| 1 | | To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 2 | | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 3 | | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | 4 | | I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 5 | | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 6 | | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | 7 | | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | 8 | | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | 9 | | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | 10 | | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by absentee | 11 | | ballot. | 12 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 13 | | to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | 14 | | return such ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same | 15 | | prior to the closing of the polls on the date
of the election | 16 | | or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight | 17 | | preceding election day, for counting no later than during the | 18 | | period for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which | 19 | | is the 14th day following election day. | 20 | | I understand that this application is made for an official | 21 | | absentee ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the election | 22 | | specified in this application and that I must submit a separate | 23 | | application for an official absentee ballot or ballots to be | 24 | | voted by me at any subsequent election. | 25 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | 26 | | 29-10 of 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 | | *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). | 4 | | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | 5 | | ............... | 6 | | However, if application is made for a primary election | 7 | | ballot, such
application shall require the applicant to | 8 | | designate the name of the political party with which
the | 9 | | applicant is affiliated. | 10 | | If application is made electronically, the applicant shall | 11 | | mark the box associated with the above described statement | 12 | | included as part of the online application certifying that the | 13 | | statements set forth in this application are true and correct, | 14 | | and a signature is not required. | 15 | | Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return to | 16 | | an election authority the application for absentee ballot. Upon | 17 | | receipt, the appropriate election authority shall accept and | 18 | | promptly process any application for absentee ballot submitted | 19 | | in a form substantially similar to that required by this | 20 | | Section, including any substantially similar production or | 21 | | reproduction generated by the applicant. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.) | 23 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 24 | | Sec. 19-3. The
application for vote by mail ballot shall be | 25 | | substantially in the
following form: |
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| 1 | | APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT | 2 | | To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | 3 | | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | 4 | | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | 5 | | I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | 6 | | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | 7 | | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | 8 | | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such | 9 | | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | 10 | | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | 11 | | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail | 12 | | ballot. | 13 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 14 | | to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | 15 | | return such ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same | 16 | | prior to the closing of the polls on the date
of the election | 17 | | or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight | 18 | | preceding election day, for counting no later than during the | 19 | | period for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which | 20 | | is the 14th day following election day. | 21 | | I understand that this application is made for an official | 22 | | vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the | 23 | | election specified in this application and that I must submit a | 24 | | separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or | 25 | | ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election. | 26 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section |
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| 1 | | 29-10 of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 2 | | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | 3 | | .... | 4 | | *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). | 5 | | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | 6 | | ............... | 7 | | However, if application is made for a primary election | 8 | | ballot, such
application shall require the applicant to | 9 | | designate the name of the political party with which
the | 10 | | applicant is affiliated. | 11 | | If application is made electronically, the applicant shall | 12 | | mark the box associated with the above described statement | 13 | | included as part of the online application certifying that the | 14 | | statements set forth in this application are true and correct, | 15 | | and a signature is not required. | 16 | | Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return to | 17 | | an election authority the application for vote by mail ballot. | 18 | | Upon receipt, the appropriate election authority shall accept | 19 | | and promptly process any application for vote by mail ballot | 20 | | submitted in a form substantially similar to that required by | 21 | | this Section, including any substantially similar production | 22 | | or reproduction generated by the applicant. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 24 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 25 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-4)
(from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
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| 1 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 2 | | Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots; time. | 3 | | Immediately upon
the receipt of such application either by mail | 4 | | or electronic means, not more than 40 days
nor less than 5 days | 5 | | prior to such election, or by personal delivery not
more than | 6 | | 40 days nor less than one day prior to such election, at the
| 7 | | office of such election authority, it shall be the duty of such | 8 | | election
authority to examine the records to ascertain whether | 9 | | or not such
applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as
| 10 | | requested, including a verification of the applicant's | 11 | | signature by comparison with the signature on the official | 12 | | registration record card, and if found so to be entitled to | 13 | | vote, to post within one business day thereafter
the name, | 14 | | street address,
ward and precinct number or township and | 15 | | district number, as the case may be,
of such applicant given on | 16 | | a list, the pages of which are to be numbered
consecutively to | 17 | | be kept by such election authority for such purpose in a
| 18 | | conspicuous, open and public place accessible to the public at | 19 | | the entrance of
the office of such election authority, and in | 20 | | such a manner that such list may
be viewed without necessity of | 21 | | requesting permission therefor. Within one
day after posting | 22 | | the name and other information of an applicant for
an absentee | 23 | | ballot, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 24 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 25 | | Elections that name and other
posted information to the State | 26 | | Board of Elections, which shall maintain those
names and other |
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| 1 | | information in an electronic format on its website, arranged by
| 2 | | county and accessible to State and local political committees. | 3 | | Within 2
business days after posting a name and other | 4 | | information on the list within
its
office, the election | 5 | | authority shall mail,
postage prepaid, or deliver in person in | 6 | | such office an official ballot
or ballots if more than one are | 7 | | to be voted at said election. Mail delivery
of Temporarily | 8 | | Absent Student ballot applications pursuant to Section
19-12.3 | 9 | | shall be by nonforwardable mail. However,
for the consolidated | 10 | | election, absentee ballots for certain precincts may
be | 11 | | delivered to applicants not less than 25 days before the | 12 | | election if
so much time is required to have prepared and | 13 | | printed the ballots containing
the names of persons nominated | 14 | | for offices at the consolidated primary.
The election authority | 15 | | shall enclose with each absentee ballot or
application written | 16 | | instructions on how voting assistance shall be provided
| 17 | | pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document, written and approved | 18 | | by the State
Board of Elections,
enumerating
the circumstances | 19 | | under which a person is authorized to vote by absentee
ballot | 20 | | pursuant to this Article; such document shall also include a
| 21 | | statement informing the applicant that if he or she falsifies | 22 | | or is
solicited by another to falsify his or her
eligibility to | 23 | | cast an absentee ballot, such applicant or other is subject
to
| 24 | | penalties pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the | 25 | | Election Code.
Each election authority shall maintain a list of | 26 | | the name, street address,
ward and
precinct, or township and |
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| 1 | | district number, as the case may be, of all
applicants who have | 2 | | returned absentee ballots to such authority, and the name of | 3 | | such absent voter shall be added to such list
within one | 4 | | business day from receipt of such ballot.
If the absentee | 5 | | ballot envelope indicates that the voter was assisted in
| 6 | | casting the ballot, the name of the person so assisting shall | 7 | | be included on
the list. The list, the pages of which are to be | 8 | | numbered consecutively,
shall be kept by each election | 9 | | authority in a conspicuous, open, and public
place accessible | 10 | | to the public at the entrance of the office of the election
| 11 | | authority and in a manner that the list may be viewed without | 12 | | necessity of
requesting permission for viewing.
| 13 | | Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 14 | | election
of the
voters to whom it has issued absentee ballots. | 15 | | The list shall be
maintained for each precinct within the | 16 | | jurisdiction of the election
authority. Prior to the opening of | 17 | | the polls on election day, the
election authority shall deliver | 18 | | to the judges of election in each
precinct the list of | 19 | | registered voters in that precinct to whom absentee
ballots | 20 | | have been issued by mail.
| 21 | | Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 22 | | election of
voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent | 23 | | student ballots. The list
shall be maintained for each election | 24 | | jurisdiction within which such voters
temporarily abide. | 25 | | Immediately after the close of the period during which
| 26 | | application may be made by mail or electronic means for |
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| 1 | | absentee ballots, each election
authority shall mail to each | 2 | | other election authority within the State a
certified list of | 3 | | all such voters temporarily abiding within the
jurisdiction of | 4 | | the other election authority.
| 5 | | In the event that the return address of an
application for | 6 | | ballot by a physically incapacitated elector
is that of a | 7 | | facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care
Act, | 8 | | the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or | 9 | | the ID/DD Community Care Act, within the jurisdiction of the | 10 | | election authority, and the applicant
is a registered voter in | 11 | | the precinct in which such facility is located,
the ballots | 12 | | shall be prepared and transmitted to a responsible judge of
| 13 | | election no later than 9 a.m. on the Saturday, Sunday or Monday | 14 | | immediately
preceding the election as designated by the | 15 | | election authority under
Section 19-12.2. Such judge shall | 16 | | deliver in person on the designated day
the ballot to the | 17 | | applicant on the premises of the facility from which
| 18 | | application was made. The election authority shall by mail | 19 | | notify the
applicant in such facility that the ballot will be | 20 | | delivered by a judge of
election on the designated day.
| 21 | | All applications for absentee ballots shall be available at | 22 | | the office
of the election authority for public inspection upon | 23 | | request from the
time of receipt thereof by the election | 24 | | authority until 30 days after the
election, except during the | 25 | | time such applications are kept in the
office of the election | 26 | | authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and except during
the time |
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| 1 | | such applications are in the possession of the judges of | 2 | | election.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, | 4 | | eff. 7-13-12; 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 5 | | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
| 6 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 7 | | Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots; time. | 8 | | Immediately upon
the receipt of such application either by mail | 9 | | or electronic means, not more than 90 days
nor less than 5 days | 10 | | prior to such election, or by personal delivery not
more than | 11 | | 90 days nor less than one day prior to such election, at the
| 12 | | office of such election authority, it shall be the duty of such | 13 | | election
authority to examine the records to ascertain whether | 14 | | or not such
applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as
| 15 | | requested, including a verification of the applicant's | 16 | | signature by comparison with the signature on the official | 17 | | registration record card, and if found so to be entitled to | 18 | | vote, to post within one business day thereafter
the name, | 19 | | street address,
ward and precinct number or township and | 20 | | district number, as the case may be,
of such applicant given on | 21 | | a list, the pages of which are to be numbered
consecutively to | 22 | | be kept by such election authority for such purpose in a
| 23 | | conspicuous, open and public place accessible to the public at | 24 | | the entrance of
the office of such election authority, and in | 25 | | such a manner that such list may
be viewed without necessity of |
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| 1 | | requesting permission therefor. Within one
day after posting | 2 | | the name and other information of an applicant for a vote by | 3 | | mail
ballot, the election authority shall transmit by | 4 | | electronic means pursuant to a process established by the State | 5 | | Board of Elections that name and other
posted information to | 6 | | the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those
names | 7 | | and other information in an electronic format on its website, | 8 | | arranged by
county and accessible to State and local political | 9 | | committees. Within 2
business days after posting a name and | 10 | | other information on the list within
its
office, but no sooner | 11 | | than 40 days before an election, the election authority shall | 12 | | mail,
postage prepaid, or deliver in person in such office an | 13 | | official ballot
or ballots if more than one are to be voted at | 14 | | said election. Mail delivery
of Temporarily Absent Student | 15 | | ballot applications pursuant to Section
19-12.3 shall be by | 16 | | nonforwardable mail. However,
for the consolidated election, | 17 | | vote by mail ballots for certain precincts may
be delivered to | 18 | | applicants not less than 25 days before the election if
so much | 19 | | time is required to have prepared and printed the ballots | 20 | | containing
the names of persons nominated for offices at the | 21 | | consolidated primary.
The election authority shall enclose | 22 | | with each vote by mail ballot or
application written | 23 | | instructions on how voting assistance shall be provided
| 24 | | pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document, written and approved | 25 | | by the State
Board of Elections, informing the vote by mail | 26 | | voter of the required postage for returning the application and |
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| 1 | | ballot, and
enumerating
the circumstances under which a person | 2 | | is authorized to vote by vote by mail
ballot pursuant to this | 3 | | Article; such document shall also include a
statement informing | 4 | | the applicant that if he or she falsifies or is
solicited by | 5 | | another to falsify his or her
eligibility to cast a vote by | 6 | | mail ballot, such applicant or other is subject
to
penalties | 7 | | pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the Election | 8 | | Code.
Each election authority shall maintain a list of the | 9 | | name, street address,
ward and
precinct, or township and | 10 | | district number, as the case may be, of all
applicants who have | 11 | | returned vote by mail ballots to such authority, and the name | 12 | | of such vote by mail voter shall be added to such list
within | 13 | | one business day from receipt of such ballot.
If the vote by | 14 | | mail ballot envelope indicates that the voter was assisted in
| 15 | | casting the ballot, the name of the person so assisting shall | 16 | | be included on
the list. The list, the pages of which are to be | 17 | | numbered consecutively,
shall be kept by each election | 18 | | authority in a conspicuous, open, and public
place accessible | 19 | | to the public at the entrance of the office of the election
| 20 | | authority and in a manner that the list may be viewed without | 21 | | necessity of
requesting permission for viewing.
| 22 | | Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 23 | | election
of the
voters to whom it has issued vote by mail | 24 | | ballots. The list shall be
maintained for each precinct within | 25 | | the jurisdiction of the election
authority. Prior to the | 26 | | opening of the polls on election day, the
election authority |
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| 1 | | shall deliver to the judges of election in each
precinct the | 2 | | list of registered voters in that precinct to whom vote by mail
| 3 | | ballots have been issued by mail.
| 4 | | Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 5 | | election of
voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent | 6 | | student ballots. The list
shall be maintained for each election | 7 | | jurisdiction within which such voters
temporarily abide. | 8 | | Immediately after the close of the period during which
| 9 | | application may be made by mail or electronic means for vote by | 10 | | mail ballots, each election
authority shall mail to each other | 11 | | election authority within the State a
certified list of all | 12 | | such voters temporarily abiding within the
jurisdiction of the | 13 | | other election authority.
| 14 | | In the event that the return address of an
application for | 15 | | ballot by a physically incapacitated elector
is that of a | 16 | | facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care
Act, | 17 | | the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or | 18 | | the ID/DD Community Care Act, within the jurisdiction of the | 19 | | election authority, and the applicant
is a registered voter in | 20 | | the precinct in which such facility is located,
the ballots | 21 | | shall be prepared and transmitted to a responsible judge of
| 22 | | election no later than 9 a.m. on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday , | 23 | | or Monday immediately
preceding the election as designated by | 24 | | the election authority under
Section 19-12.2. Such judge shall | 25 | | deliver in person on the designated day
the ballot to the | 26 | | applicant on the premises of the facility from which
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| 1 | | application was made. The election authority shall by mail | 2 | | notify the
applicant in such facility that the ballot will be | 3 | | delivered by a judge of
election on the designated day.
| 4 | | All applications for vote by mail ballots shall be | 5 | | available at the office
of the election authority for public | 6 | | inspection upon request from the
time of receipt thereof by the | 7 | | election authority until 30 days after the
election, except | 8 | | during the time such applications are kept in the
office of the | 9 | | election authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and except during
| 10 | | the time such applications are in the possession of the judges | 11 | | of election.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, | 13 | | eff. 7-13-12; 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 14 | | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 15 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2)
| 16 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 17 | | Sec. 20-2. Any member of the United States Service, | 18 | | otherwise qualified
to vote, who expects in the course of his | 19 | | duties to be absent from the
county in which he resides on the | 20 | | day of holding any election may make
application for an | 21 | | absentee ballot to the election authority having
jurisdiction | 22 | | over his precinct of residence on the official postcard or on
a | 23 | | form furnished by the election authority as prescribed by | 24 | | Section 20-3 of
this Article not less than 10 days before the | 25 | | election. A request pursuant
to this Section shall entitle the |
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| 1 | | applicant to an absentee ballot for every
election in one | 2 | | calendar year. The original application for ballot shall be
| 3 | | kept in the office of the election authority for one year as | 4 | | authorization
to send a ballot to the voter for each election | 5 | | to be held within that
calendar year. A certified copy of such | 6 | | application for ballot shall be
sent each election with the | 7 | | absentee ballot to the election authority's central ballot | 8 | | counting location to be used
in lieu of the original | 9 | | application for ballot. No registration shall be
required in | 10 | | order to vote pursuant to this Section.
| 11 | | Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election | 12 | | authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this | 13 | | Article and not otherwise.
Ballots voted under this Section | 14 | | must be returned postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 15 | | election day and received for counting at the central ballot | 16 | | counting location of the election authority during the period | 17 | | for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | 18 | | 14th day following election day.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 96-312, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 20 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 21 | | Sec. 20-2. Any member of the United States Service, | 22 | | otherwise qualified
to vote, who expects in the course of his | 23 | | duties to be absent from the
county in which he resides on the | 24 | | day of holding any election may make
application for a vote by | 25 | | mail ballot to the election authority having
jurisdiction over |
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| 1 | | his precinct of residence on the official postcard or on
a form | 2 | | furnished by the election authority as prescribed by Section | 3 | | 20-3 of
this Article not less than 10 days before the election. | 4 | | A request pursuant
to this Section shall entitle the applicant | 5 | | to a vote by mail ballot for every
election in one calendar | 6 | | year. The original application for ballot shall be
kept in the | 7 | | office of the election authority for one year as authorization
| 8 | | to send a ballot to the voter for each election to be held | 9 | | within that
calendar year. A certified copy of such application | 10 | | for ballot shall be
sent each election with the vote by mail | 11 | | ballot to the election authority's central ballot counting | 12 | | location to be used
in lieu of the original application for | 13 | | ballot. No registration shall be
required in order to vote | 14 | | pursuant to this Section.
| 15 | | Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election | 16 | | authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this | 17 | | Article and not otherwise.
Ballots voted under this Section | 18 | | must be returned postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 19 | | election day and received for counting at the central ballot | 20 | | counting location of the election authority during the period | 21 | | for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | 22 | | 14th day following election day.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 24 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.1)
| 25 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
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| 1 | | Sec. 20-2.1. Citizens of the United States temporarily | 2 | | residing outside
the territorial limits of the United States | 3 | | who are not registered but
otherwise qualified to vote and who | 4 | | expect to be absent from their county
of residence during the | 5 | | periods of voter registration provided for in
Articles 4, 5 or | 6 | | 6 of this Code and on the day of holding any election, may
make | 7 | | simultaneous application to the election authority having | 8 | | jurisdiction
over their precinct of residence for an absentee | 9 | | registration and absentee
ballot not less than 30 days before | 10 | | the election. Such application may be
made on the official | 11 | | postcard or on a form furnished by the election
authority as | 12 | | prescribed by Section 20-3 of this Article or by facsimile or | 13 | | electronic transmission. A request pursuant
to this Section | 14 | | shall entitle the applicant to an absentee ballot for every
| 15 | | election in one calendar year. The original application for | 16 | | ballot shall be
kept in the office of the election authority | 17 | | for one year as authorization
to send a ballot to the voter for | 18 | | each election to be held within that
calendar year. A certified | 19 | | copy of such application for ballot shall be
sent each election | 20 | | with the absentee ballot to the election authority's central | 21 | | ballot counting location to be used
in lieu of the original | 22 | | application for ballot.
| 23 | | Registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant to | 24 | | this Section.
However, if the election authority receives one | 25 | | of such applications after
30 days but not less than 10 days | 26 | | before a Federal election, said applicant
shall be sent a |
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| 1 | | ballot containing the Federal offices only and registration
for | 2 | | that election shall be waived.
| 3 | | Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the | 4 | | election authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of | 5 | | this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the | 6 | | applicant and the election authority has the capability, by | 7 | | facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
| 8 | | Ballots voted under this Section must be returned | 9 | | postmarked no later than midnight preceding election day and | 10 | | received for counting at the central ballot counting location | 11 | | of the election authority during the period for counting | 12 | | provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | 13 | | following election day.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 96-312, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1004, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 15 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 16 | | Sec. 20-2.1. Citizens of the United States temporarily | 17 | | residing outside
the territorial limits of the United States | 18 | | who are not registered but
otherwise qualified to vote and who | 19 | | expect to be absent from their county
of residence during the | 20 | | periods of voter registration provided for in
Articles 4, 5 or | 21 | | 6 of this Code and on the day of holding any election, may
make | 22 | | simultaneous application to the election authority having | 23 | | jurisdiction
over their precinct of residence for registration | 24 | | by mail and vote by mail
ballot not less than 30 days before | 25 | | the election. Such application may be
made on the official |
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| 1 | | postcard or on a form furnished by the election
authority as | 2 | | prescribed by Section 20-3 of this Article or by facsimile or | 3 | | electronic transmission. A request pursuant
to this Section | 4 | | shall entitle the applicant to a vote by mail ballot for every
| 5 | | election in one calendar year. The original application for | 6 | | ballot shall be
kept in the office of the election authority | 7 | | for one year as authorization
to send a ballot to the voter for | 8 | | each election to be held within that
calendar year. A certified | 9 | | copy of such application for ballot shall be
sent each election | 10 | | with the vote by mail ballot to the election authority's | 11 | | central ballot counting location to be used
in lieu of the | 12 | | original application for ballot.
| 13 | | Registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant to | 14 | | this Section.
However, if the election authority receives one | 15 | | of such applications after
30 days but not less than 10 days | 16 | | before a Federal election, said applicant
shall be sent a | 17 | | ballot containing the Federal offices only and registration
for | 18 | | that election shall be waived.
| 19 | | Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the | 20 | | election authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of | 21 | | this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the | 22 | | applicant and the election authority has the capability, by | 23 | | facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
| 24 | | Ballots voted under this Section must be returned | 25 | | postmarked no later than midnight preceding election day and | 26 | | received for counting at the central ballot counting location |
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| 1 | | of the election authority during the period for counting | 2 | | provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | 3 | | following election day.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.2)
| 6 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 7 | | Sec. 20-2.2. Any non-resident civilian citizen, otherwise | 8 | | qualified to
vote, may make application to the election | 9 | | authority having jurisdiction
over his precinct of former | 10 | | residence for an absentee ballot containing
the Federal offices | 11 | | only not less than 10 days before a Federal election.
Such | 12 | | application may be made on the official postcard or by | 13 | | facsimile or electronic transmission. A request
pursuant to | 14 | | this Section shall entitle the applicant to an absentee ballot
| 15 | | for every election in one calendar year at which Federal | 16 | | offices are
filled. The original application for ballot shall | 17 | | be kept in the office of
the election authority for one year as | 18 | | authorization to send a ballot to
the voter for each election | 19 | | to be held within that calendar year at which
Federal offices | 20 | | are filled. A certified copy of such application for
ballot | 21 | | shall be sent each election with the absentee ballot to the | 22 | | election authority's central ballot counting location to be | 23 | | used in lieu of the original application for ballot.
No | 24 | | registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant to | 25 | | this Section.
Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by |
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| 1 | | the election authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 | 2 | | of this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the | 3 | | applicant and the election authority has the capability, by | 4 | | facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
Ballots | 5 | | voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no later | 6 | | than midnight preceding election day and received for counting | 7 | | at the central ballot counting location of the election | 8 | | authority during the period for counting provisional ballots, | 9 | | the last day of which is the 14th day following election day.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-312, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1004, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 11 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 12 | | Sec. 20-2.2. Any non-resident civilian citizen, otherwise | 13 | | qualified to
vote, may make application to the election | 14 | | authority having jurisdiction
over his precinct of former | 15 | | residence for a vote by mail ballot containing
the Federal | 16 | | offices only not less than 10 days before a Federal election.
| 17 | | Such application may be made on the official postcard or by | 18 | | facsimile or electronic transmission. A request
pursuant to | 19 | | this Section shall entitle the applicant to a vote by mail | 20 | | ballot
for every election in one calendar year at which Federal | 21 | | offices are
filled. The original application for ballot shall | 22 | | be kept in the office of
the election authority for one year as | 23 | | authorization to send a ballot to
the voter for each election | 24 | | to be held within that calendar year at which
Federal offices | 25 | | are filled. A certified copy of such application for
ballot |
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| 1 | | shall be sent each election with the vote by mail ballot to the | 2 | | election authority's central ballot counting location to be | 3 | | used in lieu of the original application for ballot.
No | 4 | | registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant to | 5 | | this Section.
Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by | 6 | | the election authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 | 7 | | of this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the | 8 | | applicant and the election authority has the capability, by | 9 | | facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
Ballots | 10 | | voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no later | 11 | | than midnight preceding election day and received for counting | 12 | | at the central ballot counting location of the election | 13 | | authority during the period for counting provisional ballots, | 14 | | the last day of which is the 14th day following election day.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 16 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-2.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.3)
| 17 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 18 | | Sec. 20-2.3. Members of the Armed Forces and their spouses | 19 | | and dependents. Any member of the United
States Armed Forces | 20 | | while on active duty, and his or her spouse and dependents, | 21 | | otherwise qualified to vote, who
expects in the course of his | 22 | | or her duties to be absent from the county in
which he or she | 23 | | resides on the day of holding any election, in addition to any
| 24 | | other method of making application for an absentee ballot under | 25 | | this
Article, may make application for an absentee ballot to |
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| 1 | | the election
authority having jurisdiction over his or her | 2 | | precinct of residence by a
facsimile machine or electronic | 3 | | transmission not less than 10 days before
the election.
| 4 | | Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the | 5 | | election authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of | 6 | | this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the | 7 | | applicant and the election authority has the capability, by | 8 | | facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
Ballots | 9 | | voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no later | 10 | | than midnight preceding election day and received for counting | 11 | | at the central ballot counting location of the election | 12 | | authority during the period for counting provisional ballots, | 13 | | the last day of which is the 14th day following election day.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 96-312, eff. 1-1-10; 96-512, eff. 1-1-10; | 15 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1004, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 16 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 17 | | Sec. 20-2.3. Members of the Armed Forces and their spouses | 18 | | and dependents. Any member of the United
States Armed Forces | 19 | | while on active duty, and his or her spouse and dependents, | 20 | | otherwise qualified to vote, who
expects in the course of his | 21 | | or her duties to be absent from the county in
which he or she | 22 | | resides on the day of holding any election, in addition to any
| 23 | | other method of making application for vote by mail ballot | 24 | | under this
Article, may make application for a vote by mail | 25 | | ballot to the election
authority having jurisdiction over his |
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| 1 | | or her precinct of residence by a
facsimile machine or | 2 | | electronic transmission not less than 10 days before
the | 3 | | election.
| 4 | | Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the | 5 | | election authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of | 6 | | this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the | 7 | | applicant and the election authority has the capability, by | 8 | | facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
Ballots | 9 | | voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no later | 10 | | than midnight preceding election day and received for counting | 11 | | at the central ballot counting location of the election | 12 | | authority during the period for counting provisional ballots, | 13 | | the last day of which is the 14th day following election day.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 15 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-3)
| 16 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 17 | | Sec. 20-3.
The election authority shall furnish the | 18 | | following
applications for absentee registration or absentee | 19 | | ballot which shall be
considered a method of application in | 20 | | lieu of the official postcard.
| 21 | | 1. Members of the United States Service, citizens of the | 22 | | United
States temporarily residing outside the territorial | 23 | | limits of the United
States, and certified program participants | 24 | | under the Address Confidentiality
for Victims of Domestic | 25 | | Violence Act may make application within the periods
prescribed |
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| 1 | | in Sections
20-2 or 20-2.1, as the case may be. Such | 2 | | application shall be
substantially in the following form:
| 3 | | "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
| 4 | | To be voted at the............ election in the precinct in | 5 | | which is
located my residence at..............., in the | 6 | | city/village/township of
............(insert home address) | 7 | | County of........... and State of
Illinois.
| 8 | | I state that I am a citizen of the United States; that on | 9 | | (insert
date of election) I shall have resided in the State of | 10 | | Illinois and in
the election precinct for 30 days; that on the | 11 | | above date I shall be the
age of 18 years or above; that I am | 12 | | lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct at that election; | 13 | | that I am (check category 1, 2, or 3
below):
| 14 | | 1. ( ) a member of the United States Service,
| 15 | | 2. ( ) a citizen of the United States temporarily residing | 16 | | outside
the territorial limits of the United States and that I | 17 | | expect to be
absent from the said county of my residence on the | 18 | | date of holding such
election, and that I will have no | 19 | | opportunity to vote in person on that
day.
| 20 | | 3. ( ) a certified program participant under the Address
| 21 | | Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Act.
| 22 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 23 | | to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the said | 24 | | county of my
residence, and I agree that I shall return said | 25 | | ballot or ballots to the
election authority postmarked no later | 26 | | than midnight preceding election day, for counting no later |
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| 1 | | than during the period for counting provisional ballots, the | 2 | | last day of which is the 14th day following election day or | 3 | | shall destroy said ballot or ballots.
| 4 | | (Check below only if category 2 or 3 and not previously | 5 | | registered)
| 6 | | ( ) I hereby make application to become registered as a | 7 | | voter and
agree to return the forms and affidavits for | 8 | | registration to the
election authority not later than 30 days | 9 | | before the election.
| 10 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 11 | | of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 12 | | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| 13 | | .........................
| 14 | | Post office address or service address to which | 15 | | registration
materials or ballot should be mailed
| 16 | | .........................
| 17 | | .........................
| 18 | | .........................
| 19 | | ........................"
| 20 | | If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
| 21 | | application shall designate the name of the political party | 22 | | with which
the applicant is affiliated.
| 23 | | Such applications may be obtained from the election | 24 | | authority having
jurisdiction over the person's precinct of | 25 | | residence.
| 26 | | 2. A spouse or dependent of a member of the United States |
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| 1 | | Service,
said spouse or dependent being a registered voter in | 2 | | the county, may
make application on behalf of said person in | 3 | | the office of the election
authority within the periods | 4 | | prescribed in Section 20-2 which shall be
substantially in the | 5 | | following form:
| 6 | | "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT to be voted at the........... election | 7 | | in
the precinct in which is located the residence of the person | 8 | | for whom
this application is made at.............(insert | 9 | | residence address) in
the city/village/township of......... | 10 | | County of.......... and State
of Illinois.
| 11 | | I certify that the following named person................ | 12 | | (insert
name of person) is a member of the United States | 13 | | Service.
| 14 | | I state that said person is a citizen of the United States; | 15 | | that on
(insert date of election) said person shall have | 16 | | resided in the State of
Illinois and in the election precinct | 17 | | for which this application is made
for 30 days; that on the | 18 | | above date said person shall be the age of 18
years or above; | 19 | | that said person is lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct | 20 | | at that election; that said person is a member of the United
| 21 | | States Service, and that in the course of his duties said | 22 | | person expects
to be absent from his county of residence on the | 23 | | date of holding such
election, and that said person will have | 24 | | no opportunity to vote in
person on that day.
| 25 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 26 | | to be
voted by said person at such election and said person |
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| 1 | | agrees that he
shall return said ballot or ballots to the | 2 | | election authority postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 3 | | election day, for counting no later than during the period for | 4 | | counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th | 5 | | day following election day, or shall destroy
said ballot or | 6 | | ballots.
| 7 | | I hereby certify that I am the (mother, father, sister, | 8 | | brother,
husband or wife) of the said elector, and that I am a | 9 | | registered voter
in the election precinct for which this | 10 | | application is made. (Strike all
but one that is applicable.)
| 11 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 12 | | of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 13 | | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| 14 | | Name of applicant ......................
| 15 | | Residence address ........................
| 16 | | City/village/township........................
| 17 | | Service address to which ballot should be mailed:
| 18 | | .........................
| 19 | | .........................
| 20 | | .........................
| 21 | | ........................"
| 22 | | If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
| 23 | | application shall designate the name of the political party | 24 | | with which
the person for whom application is made is | 25 | | affiliated.
| 26 | | Such applications may be obtained from the election |
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| 1 | | authority having
jurisdiction over the voting precinct in which | 2 | | the person for whom
application is made is entitled to vote.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-312, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 4 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 5 | | Sec. 20-3.
The election authority shall furnish the | 6 | | following
applications for registration by mail or vote by mail | 7 | | ballot which shall be
considered a method of application in | 8 | | lieu of the official postcard.
| 9 | | 1. Members of the United States Service, citizens of the | 10 | | United
States temporarily residing outside the territorial | 11 | | limits of the United
States, and certified program participants | 12 | | under the Address Confidentiality
for Victims of Domestic | 13 | | Violence Act may make application within the periods
prescribed | 14 | | in Sections
20-2 or 20-2.1, as the case may be. Such | 15 | | application shall be
substantially in the following form:
| 16 | | "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
| 17 | | To be voted at the............ election in the precinct in | 18 | | which is
located my residence at..............., in the | 19 | | city/village/township of
............(insert home address) | 20 | | County of........... and State of
Illinois.
| 21 | | I state that I am a citizen of the United States; that on | 22 | | (insert
date of election) I shall have resided in the State of | 23 | | Illinois and in
the election precinct for 30 days; that on the | 24 | | above date I shall be the
age of 18 years or above; that I am | 25 | | lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct at that election; |
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| 1 | | that I am (check category 1, 2, or 3
below):
| 2 | | 1. ( ) a member of the United States Service,
| 3 | | 2. ( ) a citizen of the United States temporarily residing | 4 | | outside
the territorial limits of the United States and that I | 5 | | expect to be
absent from the said county of my residence on the | 6 | | date of holding such
election, and that I will have no | 7 | | opportunity to vote in person on that
day.
| 8 | | 3. ( ) a certified program participant under the Address
| 9 | | Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Act.
| 10 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 11 | | to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the said | 12 | | county of my
residence, and I agree that I shall return said | 13 | | ballot or ballots to the
election authority postmarked no later | 14 | | than midnight preceding election day, for counting no later | 15 | | than during the period for counting provisional ballots, the | 16 | | last day of which is the 14th day following election day or | 17 | | shall destroy said ballot or ballots.
| 18 | | (Check below only if category 2 or 3 and not previously | 19 | | registered)
| 20 | | ( ) I hereby make application to become registered as a | 21 | | voter and
agree to return the forms and affidavits for | 22 | | registration to the
election authority not later than 30 days | 23 | | before the election.
| 24 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 25 | | of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 26 | | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
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| 1 | | .........................
| 2 | | Post office address or service address to which | 3 | | registration
materials or ballot should be mailed
| 4 | | .........................
| 5 | | .........................
| 6 | | .........................
| 7 | | ........................"
| 8 | | If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
| 9 | | application shall designate the name of the political party | 10 | | with which
the applicant is affiliated.
| 11 | | Such applications may be obtained from the election | 12 | | authority having
jurisdiction over the person's precinct of | 13 | | residence.
| 14 | | 2. A spouse or dependent of a member of the United States | 15 | | Service,
said spouse or dependent being a registered voter in | 16 | | the county, may
make application on behalf of said person in | 17 | | the office of the election
authority within the periods | 18 | | prescribed in Section 20-2 which shall be
substantially in the | 19 | | following form:
| 20 | | "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT to be voted at the........... election | 21 | | in
the precinct in which is located the residence of the person | 22 | | for whom
this application is made at.............(insert | 23 | | residence address) in
the city/village/township of......... | 24 | | County of.......... and State
of Illinois.
| 25 | | I certify that the following named person................ | 26 | | (insert
name of person) is a member of the United States |
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| 1 | | Service.
| 2 | | I state that said person is a citizen of the United States; | 3 | | that on
(insert date of election) said person shall have | 4 | | resided in the State of
Illinois and in the election precinct | 5 | | for which this application is made
for 30 days; that on the | 6 | | above date said person shall be the age of 18
years or above; | 7 | | that said person is lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct | 8 | | at that election; that said person is a member of the United
| 9 | | States Service, and that in the course of his duties said | 10 | | person expects
to be absent from his county of residence on the | 11 | | date of holding such
election, and that said person will have | 12 | | no opportunity to vote in
person on that day.
| 13 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 14 | | to be
voted by said person at such election and said person | 15 | | agrees that he
shall return said ballot or ballots to the | 16 | | election authority postmarked no later than midnight preceding | 17 | | election day, for counting no later than during the period for | 18 | | counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th | 19 | | day following election day, or shall destroy
said ballot or | 20 | | ballots.
| 21 | | I hereby certify that I am the (mother, father, sister, | 22 | | brother,
husband or wife) of the said elector, and that I am a | 23 | | registered voter
in the election precinct for which this | 24 | | application is made. (Strike all
but one that is applicable.)
| 25 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 26 | | of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the |
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| 1 | | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| 2 | | Name of applicant ......................
| 3 | | Residence address ........................
| 4 | | City/village/township........................
| 5 | | Service address to which ballot should be mailed:
| 6 | | .........................
| 7 | | .........................
| 8 | | .........................
| 9 | | ........................"
| 10 | | If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
| 11 | | application shall designate the name of the political party | 12 | | with which
the person for whom application is made is | 13 | | affiliated.
| 14 | | Such applications may be obtained from the election | 15 | | authority having
jurisdiction over the voting precinct in which | 16 | | the person for whom
application is made is entitled to vote.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 18 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-6)
| 19 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 20 | | Sec. 20-6.
Such absent voter shall make and subscribe to | 21 | | the certifications
provided for in the application and on the | 22 | | return envelope for the
ballot, and such ballot or ballots | 23 | | shall then be folded by such voter in
the manner required to be | 24 | | folded before depositing the same in the
ballot box, and be | 25 | | deposited in such envelope and the envelope securely
sealed. |
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| 1 | | The envelope in which the ballot is returned to the election | 2 | | authority may be delivered (i) by mail, postage paid, (ii) in | 3 | | person, by the spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister of the | 4 | | voter, or (iii) by a company engaged in the business of making | 5 | | deliveries of property and licensed as a motor carrier of | 6 | | property by the Illinois Commerce Commission under the Illinois | 7 | | Commercial Transportation Law.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-512, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 9 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 10 | | Sec. 20-6.
Such vote by mail voter shall make and subscribe | 11 | | to the certifications
provided for in the application and on | 12 | | the return envelope for the
ballot, and such ballot or ballots | 13 | | shall then be folded by such voter in
the manner required to be | 14 | | folded before depositing the same in the
ballot box, and be | 15 | | deposited in such envelope and the envelope securely
sealed. | 16 | | The envelope in which the ballot is returned to the election | 17 | | authority may be delivered (i) by mail, postage paid, (ii) by | 18 | | any person authorized by the voter in person, by the spouse, | 19 | | parent, child, brother, or sister of the voter , or (iii) by a | 20 | | company engaged in the business of making deliveries of | 21 | | property and licensed as a motor carrier of property by the | 22 | | Illinois Commerce Commission under the Illinois Commercial | 23 | | Transportation Law.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-8)
| 2 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 3 | | Sec. 20-8. Time and place of counting ballots. | 4 | | (a) (Blank.) | 5 | | (b) Each absent voter's ballot returned to an election | 6 | | authority, by any means authorized by this Article, and | 7 | | received by that election authority before the closing of the | 8 | | polls on election day shall be endorsed by the receiving | 9 | | election authority with the day and hour of receipt and shall | 10 | | be counted in the central ballot counting location of the | 11 | | election authority on the day of the election after 7:00 p.m., | 12 | | except as provided in subsections (g) and (g-5).
| 13 | | (c) Each absent voter's ballot that is mailed to an | 14 | | election authority and postmarked by the midnight preceding the | 15 | | opening of the polls on election day, but that is received by | 16 | | the election authority after the polls close on election day | 17 | | and before the close of the period for counting provisional | 18 | | ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by the | 19 | | receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt and shall | 20 | | be counted at the central ballot counting location of the | 21 | | election authority during the period for counting provisional | 22 | | ballots. | 23 | | Each absent voter's ballot that is mailed to an election | 24 | | authority absent a postmark, but that is received by the | 25 | | election authority after the polls close on election day and | 26 | | before the close of the period for counting provisional ballots |
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| 1 | | cast at that election, shall be endorsed by the receiving | 2 | | authority with the day and hour of receipt, opened to inspect | 3 | | the date inserted on the certification, and, if the | 4 | | certification date is a date preceding the election day and the | 5 | | ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements of | 6 | | this Section, counted at the central ballot counting location | 7 | | of the election authority during the period for counting | 8 | | provisional ballots. Absent a date on the certification, the | 9 | | ballot shall not be counted.
| 10 | | (d) Special write-in absentee voter's blank ballots | 11 | | returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by | 12 | | this Article, and received by the election authority at any | 13 | | time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be | 14 | | endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and | 15 | | hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot | 16 | | counting location of the election authority during the same | 17 | | period provided for counting absent voters' ballots under | 18 | | subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in absentee | 19 | | voter's blank ballot that are mailed to an election authority | 20 | | and postmarked by midnight preceding the opening of the polls | 21 | | on election day, but that are received by the election | 22 | | authority after the polls close on election day and before the | 23 | | closing of the period for counting provisional ballots cast at | 24 | | that election, shall be endorsed by the receiving authority | 25 | | with the day and hour of receipt and shall be counted at the | 26 | | central ballot counting location of the election authority |
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| 1 | | during the same periods provided for counting absent voters' | 2 | | ballots under subsection (c).
| 3 | | (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, absent | 4 | | voters' ballots and special write-in absentee voter's blank | 5 | | ballots received by the election authority after the closing of | 6 | | the polls on the day of election shall be
endorsed by the | 7 | | person receiving the ballots with the day and hour of
receipt | 8 | | and shall be safely kept unopened by the election authority for
| 9 | | the period of time required for the preservation of ballots | 10 | | used at the
election, and shall then, without being opened, be | 11 | | destroyed in like
manner as the used ballots of that election.
| 12 | | (f) Counting required under this Section to begin on | 13 | | election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no | 14 | | later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted
by a panel or | 15 | | panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided
by | 16 | | law. The counting shall continue until all absent voters' | 17 | | ballots and special write-in absentee voter's blank ballots | 18 | | required to be counted on election day have been counted.
| 19 | | (g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and
18 of this | 20 | | Code shall apply to all ballots counted under
this Section. In | 21 | | addition, within 2 days after a ballot subject to this Article | 22 | | is received, but in all cases before the close of the period | 23 | | for counting provisional ballots, the election judge or | 24 | | official shall compare the voter's signature on the | 25 | | certification envelope of that ballot with the signature of the | 26 | | voter on file in the office of the election authority. If the |
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| 1 | | election judge or official determines that the 2 signatures | 2 | | match, and that the voter is otherwise qualified to cast a | 3 | | ballot under this Article, the election authority shall cast | 4 | | and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot is | 5 | | determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the results | 6 | | to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If the | 7 | | election judge or official determines that the signatures do | 8 | | not match, or that the voter is not qualified to cast a ballot | 9 | | under this Article, then without opening the certification | 10 | | envelope, the judge or official shall mark across the face of | 11 | | the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and shall not | 12 | | cast or count the ballot. | 13 | | In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a | 14 | | ballot subject to this Article may be rejected by the election | 15 | | judge or official: | 16 | | (1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened | 17 | | and resealed; | 18 | | (2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace | 19 | | period ballot; | 20 | | (3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the | 21 | | voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or | 22 | | (4) on any other basis set forth in this Code. | 23 | | If the election judge or official determines that any of | 24 | | these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across | 25 | | the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and | 26 | | shall not cast or count the ballot. |
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| 1 | | (g-5) If a ballot subject to this Article is rejected by | 2 | | the election judge or official for any reason, the election | 3 | | authority shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all | 4 | | cases before the close of the period for counting provisional | 5 | | ballots, notify the voter that his or her ballot was rejected. | 6 | | The notice shall inform the voter of the reason or reasons the | 7 | | ballot was rejected and shall state that the voter may appear | 8 | | before the election authority, on or before the 14th day after | 9 | | the election, to show cause as to why the ballot should not be | 10 | | rejected. The voter may present evidence to the election | 11 | | authority supporting his or her contention that the ballot | 12 | | should be counted. The election authority shall appoint a panel | 13 | | of 3 election judges to review the contested ballot, | 14 | | application, and certification envelope, as well as any | 15 | | evidence submitted by the absentee voter. No more than 2 | 16 | | election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same | 17 | | political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall | 18 | | make a final determination as to the validity of the contested | 19 | | ballot. The judges' determination shall not be reviewable | 20 | | either administratively or judicially. | 21 | | A ballot subject to this subsection that is determined to | 22 | | be valid shall be counted before the close of the period for | 23 | | counting provisional ballots. | 24 | | (g-10) All ballots determined to be valid shall be added to | 25 | | the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in | 26 | | the order in which the ballots were opened.
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| 1 | | (h) Each political party,
candidate, and qualified civic | 2 | | organization shall be entitled to have
present one pollwatcher | 3 | | for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 94-557, eff. 8-12-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06; | 5 | | 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
| 6 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 7 | | Sec. 20-8. Time and place of counting ballots. | 8 | | (a) (Blank.) | 9 | | (b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an | 10 | | election authority, by any means authorized by this Article, | 11 | | and received by that election authority may be processed by the | 12 | | election authority beginning on the 15th day before election | 13 | | day in the central ballot counting location of the election | 14 | | authority, but the results of the processing may not be counted | 15 | | until the day of the election after 7:00 p.m., except as | 16 | | provided in subsections (g) and (g-5).
| 17 | | (c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an | 18 | | election authority and postmarked no later than election day, | 19 | | but that is received by the election authority after the polls | 20 | | close on election day and before the close of the period for | 21 | | counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be | 22 | | endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of | 23 | | receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting | 24 | | location of the election authority during the period for | 25 | | counting provisional ballots. |
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| 1 | | Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an | 2 | | election authority absent a postmark, but that is received by | 3 | | the election authority after the polls close on election day | 4 | | and before the close of the period for counting provisional | 5 | | ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by the | 6 | | receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt, opened to | 7 | | inspect the date inserted on the certification, and, if the | 8 | | certification date is a date preceding the election day and the | 9 | | ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements of | 10 | | this Section, counted at the central ballot counting location | 11 | | of the election authority during the period for counting | 12 | | provisional ballots. Absent a date on the certification, the | 13 | | ballot shall not be counted.
| 14 | | (d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots | 15 | | returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by | 16 | | this Article, and received by the election authority at any | 17 | | time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be | 18 | | endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and | 19 | | hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot | 20 | | counting location of the election authority during the same | 21 | | period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under | 22 | | subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote by mail | 23 | | voter's blank ballot that are mailed to an election authority | 24 | | and postmarked no later than by midnight preceding the opening | 25 | | of the polls on election day, but that are received by the | 26 | | election authority after the polls close on election day and |
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| 1 | | before the closing of the period for counting provisional | 2 | | ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by the | 3 | | receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt and shall | 4 | | be counted at the central ballot counting location of the | 5 | | election authority during the same periods provided for | 6 | | counting vote by mail voters' ballots under subsection (c).
| 7 | | (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by | 8 | | mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's | 9 | | blank ballots received by the election authority after the | 10 | | closing of the polls on the day of election shall be
endorsed | 11 | | by the person receiving the ballots with the day and hour of
| 12 | | receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election | 13 | | authority for
the period of time required for the preservation | 14 | | of ballots used at the
election, and shall then, without being | 15 | | opened, be destroyed in like
manner as the used ballots of that | 16 | | election.
| 17 | | (f) Counting required under this Section to begin on | 18 | | election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no | 19 | | later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted
by a panel or | 20 | | panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided
by | 21 | | law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail voters' | 22 | | ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots | 23 | | required to be counted on election day have been counted.
| 24 | | (g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and
18 of this | 25 | | Code shall apply to all ballots counted under
this Section. In | 26 | | addition, within 2 days after a ballot subject to this Article |
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| 1 | | is received, but in all cases before the close of the period | 2 | | for counting provisional ballots, the election judge or | 3 | | official shall compare the voter's signature on the | 4 | | certification envelope of that ballot with the signature of the | 5 | | voter on file in the office of the election authority. If the | 6 | | election judge or official determines that the 2 signatures | 7 | | match, and that the voter is otherwise qualified to cast a | 8 | | ballot under this Article, the election authority shall cast | 9 | | and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot is | 10 | | determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the results | 11 | | to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If the | 12 | | election judge or official determines that the signatures do | 13 | | not match, or that the voter is not qualified to cast a ballot | 14 | | under this Article, then without opening the certification | 15 | | envelope, the judge or official shall mark across the face of | 16 | | the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and shall not | 17 | | cast or count the ballot. | 18 | | In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a | 19 | | ballot subject to this Article may be rejected by the election | 20 | | judge or official: | 21 | | (1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened | 22 | | and resealed; | 23 | | (2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace | 24 | | period ballot; | 25 | | (3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the | 26 | | voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or |
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| 1 | | (4) on any other basis set forth in this Code. | 2 | | If the election judge or official determines that any of | 3 | | these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across | 4 | | the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and | 5 | | shall not cast or count the ballot. | 6 | | (g-5) If a ballot subject to this Article is rejected by | 7 | | the election judge or official for any reason, the election | 8 | | authority shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all | 9 | | cases before the close of the period for counting provisional | 10 | | ballots, notify the voter that his or her ballot was rejected. | 11 | | The notice shall inform the voter of the reason or reasons the | 12 | | ballot was rejected and shall state that the voter may appear | 13 | | before the election authority, on or before the 14th day after | 14 | | the election, to show cause as to why the ballot should not be | 15 | | rejected. The voter may present evidence to the election | 16 | | authority supporting his or her contention that the ballot | 17 | | should be counted. The election authority shall appoint a panel | 18 | | of 3 election judges to review the contested ballot, | 19 | | application, and certification envelope, as well as any | 20 | | evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No more than 2 | 21 | | election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same | 22 | | political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall | 23 | | make a final determination as to the validity of the contested | 24 | | ballot. The judges' determination shall not be reviewable | 25 | | either administratively or judicially. | 26 | | A ballot subject to this subsection that is determined to |
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| 1 | | be valid shall be counted before the close of the period for | 2 | | counting provisional ballots. | 3 | | (g-10) All ballots determined to be valid shall be added to | 4 | | the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in | 5 | | the order in which the ballots were opened.
| 6 | | (h) Each political party,
candidate, and qualified civic | 7 | | organization shall be entitled to have
present one pollwatcher | 8 | | for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 10 | | (10 ILCS 5/25-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-7)
| 11 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 12 | | Sec. 25-7.
(a) When any vacancy shall occur in the office | 13 | | of representative in congress
from this state more than 240 180 | 14 | | days before the next general election, the
Governor shall issue | 15 | | a writ of election within 5 days after the occurrence
of that | 16 | | vacancy to the county clerks of the several counties in the
| 17 | | district where the vacancy exists, appointing a day within 180 | 18 | | 115 days of issuance of the writ to hold
a special election to | 19 | | fill such vacancy.
| 20 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section or any | 21 | | other law to the contrary, a special election to fill a vacancy | 22 | | in the office of representative in congress occurring less than | 23 | | 60 days following the 2012 general election shall be held as | 24 | | provided in this subsection (b). A special primary election | 25 | | shall be held on February 26, 2013, and a special election |
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| 1 | | shall be held on April 9, 2013. | 2 | | Except as provided in this subsection (b), the provisions | 3 | | of Article 7 of this Code are applicable to petitions for the | 4 | | special primary election and special election. Petitions for | 5 | | nomination in accordance with Article 7 shall be filed in the | 6 | | principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than | 7 | | 85 54 and not less than 82 50 days prior to the date of the | 8 | | special primary election, excluding Saturday and Sunday. | 9 | | Petitions for the nomination of independent candidates and | 10 | | candidates of new political parties shall be filed in the | 11 | | principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than | 12 | | 93 68 and not less than 90 64 days prior to the date of the | 13 | | special election, excluding Saturday and Sunday. | 14 | | Except as provided in this subsection, the State Board of | 15 | | Elections shall have authority to establish, in conjunction | 16 | | with the impacted election authorities, an election calendar | 17 | | for the special election and special primary. | 18 | | If an election authority is unable to have a sufficient | 19 | | number of ballots printed so that ballots will be available for | 20 | | mailing at least 46 days prior to the special primary election | 21 | | or special election to persons who have filed an application | 22 | | for a ballot under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code, | 23 | | the election authority shall, no later than 45 days prior to | 24 | | each election, mail to each of those persons a Special Write-in | 25 | | Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot in accordance with Section | 26 | | 16-5.01 of this Code. The election authority shall advise those |
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| 1 | | persons that the names of candidates to be nominated or elected | 2 | | shall be available on the election authority's website and | 3 | | shall provide a phone number the person may call to request the | 4 | | names of the candidates for nomination or election. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1134, eff. 12-3-12.)
| 6 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 7 | | Sec. 25-7.
(a) When any vacancy shall occur in the office | 8 | | of representative in congress
from this state more than 240 180 | 9 | | days before the next general election, the
Governor shall issue | 10 | | a writ of election within 5 days after the occurrence
of that | 11 | | vacancy to the county clerks of the several counties in the
| 12 | | district where the vacancy exists, appointing a day within 180 | 13 | | 115 days of issuance of the writ to hold
a special election to | 14 | | fill such vacancy.
| 15 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section or any | 16 | | other law to the contrary, a special election to fill a vacancy | 17 | | in the office of representative in congress occurring less than | 18 | | 60 days following the 2012 general election shall be held as | 19 | | provided in this subsection (b). A special primary election | 20 | | shall be held on February 26, 2013, and a special election | 21 | | shall be held on April 9, 2013. | 22 | | Except as provided in this subsection (b), the provisions | 23 | | of Article 7 of this Code are applicable to petitions for the | 24 | | special primary election and special election. Petitions for | 25 | | nomination in accordance with Article 7 shall be filed in the |
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| 1 | | principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than | 2 | | 85 54 and not less than 82 50 days prior to the date of the | 3 | | special primary election, excluding Saturday and Sunday. | 4 | | Petitions for the nomination of independent candidates and | 5 | | candidates of new political parties shall be filed in the | 6 | | principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than | 7 | | 93 68 and not less than 90 64 days prior to the date of the | 8 | | special election, excluding Saturday and Sunday. | 9 | | Except as provided in this subsection, the State Board of | 10 | | Elections shall have authority to establish, in conjunction | 11 | | with the impacted election authorities, an election calendar | 12 | | for the special election and special primary. | 13 | | If an election authority is unable to have a sufficient | 14 | | number of ballots printed so that ballots will be available for | 15 | | mailing at least 46 days prior to the special primary election | 16 | | or special election to persons who have filed an application | 17 | | for a ballot under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code, | 18 | | the election authority shall, no later than 45 days prior to | 19 | | each election, mail to each of those persons a Special Write-in | 20 | | Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot in accordance with Section | 21 | | 16-5.01 of this Code. The election authority shall advise those | 22 | | persons that the names of candidates to be nominated or elected | 23 | | shall be available on the election authority's website and | 24 | | shall provide a phone number the person may call to request the | 25 | | names of the candidates for nomination or election. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1134, eff. 12-3-12; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-5)
| 2 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 3 | | Sec. 29-5. Voting more than once. Any person who, having | 4 | | voted once, knowingly on the same election day
where the ballot | 5 | | or machine lists any of the same candidates and issues
listed | 6 | | on the ballot or machine previously used for voting by that | 7 | | person,
(a) files an application to vote in the same or another | 8 | | polling place, or
(b) accepts a ballot or enters a voting | 9 | | machine (except to legally give
assistance pursuant to the | 10 | | provisions of this Code), shall be guilty of a
Class 3 felony; | 11 | | however, if a person has delivered a ballot or ballots to
an | 12 | | election authority as an absentee voter and due to a change of
| 13 | | circumstances is able to and does vote in the precinct of his | 14 | | residence on
election day, shall not be deemed to be in | 15 | | violation of this Code.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 83-755.)
| 17 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 18 | | Sec. 29-5. Voting more than once. Any person who, having | 19 | | voted once, knowingly during the same election on the same | 20 | | election day
where the ballot or machine lists any of the same | 21 | | candidates and issues
listed on the ballot or machine | 22 | | previously used for voting by that person,
(a) files an | 23 | | application to vote in the same or another polling place, or
| 24 | | (b) accepts a ballot or enters a voting machine (except to |
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| 1 | | legally give
assistance pursuant to the provisions of this | 2 | | Code), shall be guilty of a
Class 3 felony; however, if a | 3 | | person has delivered a ballot or ballots to
an election | 4 | | authority as a vote by mail voter and due to a change of
| 5 | | circumstances is able to and does vote in the precinct of his | 6 | | residence on
election day, shall not be deemed to be in | 7 | | violation of this Code.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 9 | | (10 ILCS 5/29B-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 29B-10; formerly Ch. | 10 | | 46, par. 1103)
| 11 | | Sec. 29B-10. Code of Fair Campaign Practices. At the time a
| 12 | | political committee, as defined in Article 9, files its
| 13 | | statements of organization, the State Board of Elections , in | 14 | | the case of a
state political committee or a political | 15 | | committee acting as both a state
political committee and a | 16 | | local political committee, or the county clerk,
in the case of | 17 | | a local political committee, shall give the political
committee | 18 | | a blank form of the Code of Fair Campaign Practices and a copy | 19 | | of
the provisions of this Article. The State Board of Elections | 20 | | or county clerk
shall inform each political committee that | 21 | | subscription to the Code is
voluntary. The text of the Code | 22 | | shall read as follows:
| 23 | | CODE OF FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
| 24 | | There are basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair | 25 | | play that every
candidate for public office in the State of |
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| 1 | | Illinois has a moral obligation
to observe and uphold, in order | 2 | | that, after vigorously contested but fairly
conducted | 3 | | campaigns, our citizens may exercise their constitutional | 4 | | right
to a free and untrammeled choice and the will of the | 5 | | people may be fully
and clearly expressed on the issues.
| 6 | | THEREFORE:
| 7 | | (1) I will conduct my campaign openly and publicly, and | 8 | | limit attacks on
my opponent to legitimate challenges to his | 9 | | record.
| 10 | | (2) I will not use or permit the use of character | 11 | | defamation, whispering
campaigns, libel, slander, or | 12 | | scurrilous attacks on any candidate or his
personal or family | 13 | | life.
| 14 | | (3) I will not use or permit any appeal to negative | 15 | | prejudice based on
race, sex, sexual orientation, religion or | 16 | | national origin.
| 17 | | (4) I will not use campaign material of any sort that | 18 | | misrepresents,
distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts, nor | 19 | | will I use
malicious or unfounded accusations that aim at | 20 | | creating or exploiting
doubts, without justification, as to the | 21 | | personal integrity or patriotism
of my opposition.
| 22 | | (5) I will not undertake or condone any dishonest or | 23 | | unethical practice
that tends to corrupt or undermine our | 24 | | American system of free elections
or that hampers or prevents | 25 | | the full and free expression of the will of
the voters.
| 26 | | (6) I will defend and uphold the right of every qualified |
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| 1 | | American voter
to full and equal participation in the electoral | 2 | | process.
| 3 | | (7) I will immediately and publicly repudiate methods and | 4 | | tactics that
may come from others that I have pledged not to | 5 | | use or condone. I shall
take firm action against any | 6 | | subordinate who violates any provision of this
Code or the laws | 7 | | governing elections.
| 8 | | I, the undersigned, candidate for election to public office | 9 | | in the State
of Illinois or chairman of a political committee | 10 | | in support of or
opposition to a question of public policy, | 11 | | hereby voluntarily endorse,
subscribe to, and solemnly pledge | 12 | | myself to conduct my campaign
in accordance with the above | 13 | | principles and practices.
| 14 | | ______________ _______________________________
| 15 | | Date Signature
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 86-873; 87-1052.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | 18 | | Section 45-20 as follows:
| 19 | | (60 ILCS 1/45-20)
| 20 | | Sec. 45-20. Caucus result; filing nomination papers; | 21 | | certifying candidates.
| 22 | | (a) The township central committee shall canvass and | 23 | | declare the result of
the caucus.
| 24 | | (b) The chairman of the township central committee shall, |
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| 1 | | not more than 113
nor less than 106 days before the township | 2 | | election, file nomination papers as
provided in this Section. | 3 | | The nomination papers shall consist of (i) a
certification by | 4 | | the chairman of the names of all candidates for office in the
| 5 | | township nominated at the caucus and (ii) a statement of | 6 | | candidacy by each
candidate in the form prescribed in the | 7 | | general election law. The nomination
papers shall be filed in | 8 | | the office of the township clerk, except that if the
township | 9 | | is entirely within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
| 10 | | incorporated town under the jurisdiction of a board of election | 11 | | commissioners,
the nomination papers shall be filed in the | 12 | | office of the board of election
commissioners instead of the | 13 | | township clerk.
| 14 | | (c) The township clerk shall certify the candidates so | 15 | | nominated to the
proper election authorities not less than 68 | 16 | | 61 days before the township election.
The election shall be | 17 | | conducted in accordance with the general election law.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
| 19 | | Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 20 | | 9-10 as follows:
| 21 | | (105 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-10)
| 22 | | Sec. 9-10. Candidates for office - Nominating petitions. | 23 | | Candidates for
the office of school director shall be nominated | 24 | | by petition signed by at
least 25 voters or 5% of the voters, |
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| 1 | | whichever is less, residing within
the district and filed with | 2 | | the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, | 3 | | as the case may be, of the county in which the principal office | 4 | | of the school district is located.
| 5 | | Nominations for members of boards of education, including | 6 | | non-high school
boards of education shall be made by a petition | 7 | | signed by at least 50 voters
or 10% of the voters, whichever is | 8 | | less, residing within the district and
shall be filed with the | 9 | | county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, as | 10 | | the case may be, of the county in which the principal office of | 11 | | the school district is located. In addition
to the requirements | 12 | | of the general election law, the form of such petitions
shall | 13 | | be substantially as follows:
| 14 | | NOMINATING PETITIONS
| 15 | | (LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
| 16 | | To the (County Clerk or County Board of Election | 17 | | Commissioners) .... of .... County:
| 18 | | We the undersigned, being (.... or more) (or 10% or more) | 19 | | (or 5% or more)
of the voters residing within said district, | 20 | | hereby petition that .... who
resides at .... in the (city or | 21 | | village) of .... in Township .... (or who
resides outside any | 22 | | city, village or incorporated town and in Township ....) in
| 23 | | said district shall be a candidate for the office of .... of | 24 | | the board of
education (or board of directors) (full term) | 25 | | (vacancy) to be voted for at the
election to be held on (insert | 26 | | date).
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| 1 | | Name: .................. Address: ...................
| 2 | | In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition | 3 | | for
nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial or | 4 | | initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known, | 5 | | or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the | 6 | | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | 7 | | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | 8 | | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | 9 | | last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's name | 10 | | on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as (list | 11 | | all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on | 12 | | (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition | 13 | | must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the | 14 | | candidate's previous names during the period specified in | 15 | | clause (i) and the date or dates each of those names was | 16 | | changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds | 17 | | for denying certification of the candidate's name for the | 18 | | ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name changes | 19 | | resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or | 20 | | parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | 21 | | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | 22 | | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, such | 23 | | as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the | 24 | | Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or | 25 | | implying possession of a title, degree or professional status, |
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| 1 | | or similar information may be used in connection with the | 2 | | candidate's surname.
| 3 | | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid | 4 | | unless the candidate
named therein files with the county clerk | 5 | | or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may | 6 | | be, of the county in which the principal office of the school | 7 | | district is located a receipt
from the county clerk showing | 8 | | that the candidate has filed a statement of
economic interests | 9 | | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
Such | 10 | | receipt shall be so filed either previously during the calendar | 11 | | year
in which his nomination papers were filed or within the | 12 | | period for the filing
of nomination papers in accordance with | 13 | | the general election law.
| 14 | | All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of | 15 | | education shall
be filed with the county clerk or the county | 16 | | board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the | 17 | | county in which the principal office of the school district is | 18 | | located within the time provided for
by the general election | 19 | | law. The county clerk or the county board of election | 20 | | commissioners shall receive and file only
those petitions which | 21 | | include a statement of candidacy, the required number
of voter | 22 | | signatures, the notarized signature of the petition circulator
| 23 | | and a receipt from the County Clerk showing that the candidate | 24 | | has filed
a statement of economic interest on or before the | 25 | | last day to file as required
by the Illinois Governmental | 26 | | Ethics Act. The county clerk or the county board of election |
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| 1 | | commissioners may have petition
forms available
for issuance to | 2 | | potential candidates, and may give notice of the petition
| 3 | | filing period by publication in a newspaper of general | 4 | | circulation within
the school district not less than 10 days | 5 | | prior to the first day of filing.
The county clerk or the | 6 | | county board of election commissioners shall make | 7 | | certification to the proper election authorities
in accordance | 8 | | with the general election law.
| 9 | | The county clerk or the county board of election | 10 | | commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which the | 11 | | principal office of the school district is located shall notify | 12 | | the candidates
for whom a petition for nomination is filed or | 13 | | the appropriate committee
of the obligations under the Campaign | 14 | | Financing Act as provided in the general
election law. Such | 15 | | notice
shall be given on a form prescribed by the State Board | 16 | | of Elections and
in accordance with the requirements of the | 17 | | general election law. The county clerk or county board of | 18 | | election commissioners
shall within 7 days of filing or on the | 19 | | last day for filing, whichever is
earlier, acknowledge to the | 20 | | petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the
petition.
| 21 | | A candidate for membership on the board of education or for | 22 | | office as a
school director, who has petitioned for nomination | 23 | | to fill a full term and
to fill a vacant term to be voted upon | 24 | | at the same election, must withdraw
his or her petition for | 25 | | nomination from either the full term or the vacant
term by | 26 | | written declaration.
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| 1 | | In all newly organized districts the petition for the | 2 | | nomination of
candidates
for members of the board of education | 3 | | at the first election shall be addressed
to and filed with the | 4 | | regional superintendent of schools in the manner herein
| 5 | | specified for the petitions for
members of a board of | 6 | | education. For such election the regional superintendent
shall | 7 | | fulfill all duties otherwise assigned to the secretary of the | 8 | | board
of education.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
| 10 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 11 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 12 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 13 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 14 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 15 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 16 | | Public Act. | 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.".
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