Full Text of HB2631 101st General Assembly
HB2631 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2631 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 | from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2 | 10 ILCS 5/7-1 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-1 | 10 ILCS 5/7-2 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-2 | 10 ILCS 5/7-7 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-7 | 10 ILCS 5/7-8 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-8 | 10 ILCS 5/7-9 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-9 | 10 ILCS 5/7-10 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 | 10 ILCS 5/7-12 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-12 | 10 ILCS 5/7-13 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-13 | 10 ILCS 5/7-19 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-19 | 10 ILCS 5/7-51 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-51 | 10 ILCS 5/7-53 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-53 | 10 ILCS 5/7-56 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-56 | 10 ILCS 5/7-58 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-58 | 10 ILCS 5/7-59 | from Ch. 46, par. 7-59 | 10 ILCS 5/8-5 | from Ch. 46, par. 8-5 |
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Amends the Election Code. Removes ward committeepersons for each ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more and township committeepersons for each township or part of a township that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 2A-1.2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-10, 7-12, 7-13, | 6 | | 7-19, 7-51, 7-53, 7-56, 7-58, 7-59, and 8-5 as follows:
| 7 | | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
| 8 | | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections - offices | 9 | | designated.
| 10 | | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | 11 | | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | 12 | | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
| 13 | | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | 14 | | United States;
| 15 | | (2) United States Senator and United States | 16 | | Representative;
| 17 | | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
| 18 | | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
| 19 | | (5) County elected officers, including State's | 20 | | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | 21 | | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | 22 | | Executive;
| 23 | | (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
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| 1 | | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in | 2 | | counties or
educational service regions in which that | 3 | | office has been abolished;
| 4 | | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | 5 | | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | 6 | | newly created judicial offices;
| 7 | | (9) (Blank);
| 8 | | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | 9 | | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
| 10 | | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | 11 | | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | 12 | | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | 13 | | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | 14 | | political parties.
| 15 | | (b) At the general primary election:
| 16 | | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | 17 | | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | 18 | | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | 19 | | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | 20 | | made by caucus.
| 21 | | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | 22 | | political party offices of
State central committeeperson , | 23 | | township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
| 24 | | precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and | 25 | | alternate delegates
to the National nominating conventions | 26 | | shall be elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. |
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| 1 | | In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election | 2 | | is to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference | 3 | | primary
shall also be on the ballot.
| 4 | | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | 5 | | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | 6 | | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | 7 | | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | 8 | | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | 9 | | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | 10 | | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | 11 | | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | 12 | | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | 13 | | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | 14 | | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | 15 | | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | 16 | | weeks preceding that election.
| 17 | | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | 18 | | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | 19 | | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | 20 | | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | 21 | | elected.
| 22 | | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | 23 | | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
| 24 | | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | 25 | | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | 26 | | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates |
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| 1 | | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | 2 | | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | 3 | | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | 4 | | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | 5 | | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
| 6 | | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | 7 | | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | 8 | | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | 9 | | by such ordinance;
| 10 | | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
| 11 | | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
| 12 | | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
| 13 | | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
| 14 | | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | 15 | | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | 16 | | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | 17 | | requires election of candidates of political parties;
| 18 | | (7) Township officers, including township park | 19 | | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | 20 | | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | 21 | | Assessors;
| 22 | | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
| 23 | | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | 24 | | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
| 25 | | (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox | 26 | | River Waterway
Management Agency;
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| 1 | | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | 2 | | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | 3 | | Act;
| 4 | | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | 5 | | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | 6 | | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | 7 | | counties or educational service regions having a | 8 | | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | 9 | | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
| 10 | | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
| 11 | | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
| 12 | | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
| 13 | | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | 14 | | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
| 15 | | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | 16 | | Districts;
| 17 | | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | 18 | | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | 19 | | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | 20 | | political parties.
| 21 | | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | 22 | | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | 23 | | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | 24 | | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | 25 | | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
| 26 | | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of |
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| 1 | | subsection
(c).
| 2 | | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | 3 | | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | 4 | | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | 5 | | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | 6 | | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | 7 | | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | 8 | | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | 9 | | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | 10 | | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | 11 | | of political parties.
| 12 | | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | 13 | | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | 14 | | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | 15 | | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | 16 | | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
| 17 | | (e) (Blank).
| 18 | | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | 19 | | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | 20 | | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | 21 | | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
| 22 | | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | 23 | | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | 24 | | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are | 25 | | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | 26 | | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so |
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| 1 | | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | 2 | | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
| 3 | | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | 4 | | officials established
in this Article, any community college | 5 | | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | 6 | | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | 7 | | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
| 8 | | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | 9 | | effective
date of the new district.
| 10 | | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | 11 | | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | 12 | | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | 13 | | held in the precinct on that date.
| 14 | | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | 15 | | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 17 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1)
| 18 | | Sec. 7-1. Application of Article.
| 19 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the | 20 | | nomination of all
candidates for all elective State, | 21 | | congressional, judicial, and county
officers, State's | 22 | | Attorneys (whether elected from a single county or from more
| 23 | | than one county), city, village, and incorporated town and | 24 | | municipal officers,
trustees of sanitary districts, township | 25 | | officers in townships of over 5,000
population coextensive with |
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| 1 | | or included wholly within cities or villages not
under the | 2 | | commission form of government, precinct , township, ward , and
| 3 | | State central committeepersons, and delegates and alternate | 4 | | delegates to
national nominating conventions by all political | 5 | | parties, as defined in
Section 7-2 of this Article 7, shall be | 6 | | made in the manner provided in
this Article 7 and not | 7 | | otherwise. The nomination of candidates for
electors of | 8 | | President and Vice President of the United States shall be made
| 9 | | only in the manner provided for in Section 7-9 of this Article.
| 10 | | (b) This Article 7 shall not
apply to (i) the nomination of | 11 | | candidates for school elections and township
elections, except | 12 | | in those townships specifically mentioned
in subsection (a) and | 13 | | except in those cases in which a township central
committee | 14 | | determines under Section 6A-2 of the Township Law of 1874 or | 15 | | Section
45-55 of the Township Code that its candidates for | 16 | | township offices shall be
nominated by primary in accordance | 17 | | with this Article, (ii) the nomination of
park commissioners in | 18 | | park districts organized under the Park District Code,
(iii) | 19 | | the nomination of officers of cities and villages organized | 20 | | under
special charters, or (iv) the nomination of municipal | 21 | | officers for cities,
villages, and incorporated towns with a | 22 | | population of 5,000 or less,
except where a city, village, or | 23 | | incorporated town with a population of
5,000 or less has by | 24 | | ordinance determined that political parties shall nominate
| 25 | | candidates for municipal office in the city, village, or
| 26 | | incorporated town by primary in accordance with this Article. |
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| 1 | | In that event,
the municipal clerk shall certify the ordinance | 2 | | to the proper election
officials no later than November 15 in | 3 | | the year preceding the consolidated
primary election.
| 4 | | (c) The words "township officers" or "township offices" | 5 | | shall be
construed, when used in this Article, to include | 6 | | supervisors.
| 7 | | (d) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of | 8 | | the Illinois
Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of | 9 | | nonpartisan primary and general
elections for the election of | 10 | | village officers.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 12 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-2)
| 13 | | Sec. 7-2.
A political party, which at the general election | 14 | | for State and
county officers then next preceding a primary, | 15 | | polled more than 5 per cent
of the entire vote cast in the | 16 | | State, is hereby declared to be a political
party within the | 17 | | State, and shall nominate all candidates provided for in
this | 18 | | Article 7 under the provisions hereof, and shall elect | 19 | | precinct ,
township, ward and State central committeepersons as | 20 | | herein provided.
| 21 | | A political party, which at the general election for State | 22 | | and county
officers then next preceding a primary, cast more | 23 | | than 5 per cent of the
entire vote cast within any | 24 | | congressional district, is hereby declared to
be a political | 25 | | party within the meaning of this Article, within such
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| 1 | | congressional district, and shall nominate its candidate for | 2 | | Representative
in Congress, under the provisions hereof. A | 3 | | political party, which at the
general election for State and | 4 | | county officers then next preceding a
primary, cast more than 5 | 5 | | per cent of the entire vote cast in any county,
is hereby | 6 | | declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
| 7 | | Article, within said county, and shall nominate all county | 8 | | officers in said
county under the provisions hereof, and shall | 9 | | elect precinct , township, and
ward committeepersons, as herein | 10 | | provided . ;
| 11 | | A political party, which at the municipal election for | 12 | | city, village , or
incorporated town officers then next | 13 | | preceding a primary, cast more than 5
per cent of the entire | 14 | | vote cast in any city , or village, or incorporated
town is | 15 | | hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of | 16 | | this
Article, within said city, village , or incorporated town, | 17 | | and shall nominate
all city, village , or incorporated town | 18 | | officers in said city , or village , or
incorporated town under | 19 | | the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
cases provided | 20 | | in Section 7-1.
| 21 | | A political party, which at the municipal election for town | 22 | | officers
then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per | 23 | | cent of the entire vote
cast in said town, is hereby declared | 24 | | to be a political party within the
meaning of this Article, | 25 | | within said town, and shall nominate all town
officers in said | 26 | | town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
cases |
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| 1 | | provided in Section 7-1.
| 2 | | A political party, which at the municipal election in any | 3 | | other
municipality or political subdivision, (except townships | 4 | | and school
districts), for municipal or other officers therein | 5 | | then next preceding a
primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the | 6 | | entire vote cast in such
municipality or political subdivision, | 7 | | is hereby declared to be a political
party within the meaning | 8 | | of this Article, within said municipality or
political | 9 | | subdivision, and shall nominate all municipal or other officers
| 10 | | therein under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the | 11 | | cases provided
in Section 7-1.
| 12 | | Provided, that no political organization or group shall be | 13 | | qualified as
a political party hereunder, or given a place on a | 14 | | ballot, which
organization or group is associated, directly or | 15 | | indirectly, with
Communist, Fascist, Nazi , or other | 16 | | un-American principles and engages in
activities or propaganda | 17 | | designed to teach subservience to the political
principles and | 18 | | ideals of foreign nations or the overthrow by violence of
the | 19 | | established constitutional form of government of the United | 20 | | States and
the State of Illinois.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-18-18.)
| 22 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
| 23 | | Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in certain | 24 | | instances as
provided in this Article and this Act, the | 25 | | following committees are authorized
and shall constitute the |
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| 1 | | central or managing committees of each political
party, viz: A | 2 | | State central committee, whose responsibilities include, but | 3 | | are not limited to, filling by appointment vacancies in | 4 | | nomination for statewide offices, including but not limited to | 5 | | the office of United States Senator, a congressional committee | 6 | | for each
congressional district, a county central committee for | 7 | | each county, a
municipal central committee for each city, | 8 | | incorporated town or village , a
ward committeeperson for each | 9 | | ward in cities containing a population of
500,000 or more; a | 10 | | township committeeperson for each township or part of a
| 11 | | township that lies outside of cities having a population of | 12 | | 200,000 or
more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 | 13 | | or more; a precinct committeeperson
for each precinct in a | 14 | | county counties having a population of less than
2,000,000 ; a | 15 | | county board district committee for each county board district
| 16 | | created under Division 2-3 of the Counties Code; a State's | 17 | | Attorney committee
for each group of 2 or more counties which | 18 | | jointly elect a State's Attorney; a
Superintendent of | 19 | | Multi-County Educational Service Region committee for each
| 20 | | group of 2 or more counties which jointly elect a | 21 | | Superintendent of a
Multi-County Educational Service Region; a | 22 | | judicial subcircuit
committee in
a judicial circuit divided | 23 | | into subcircuits for each judicial subcircuit in
that circuit . | 24 | | ; and
a board of review election district committee
for each | 25 | | Cook County Board of Review election district.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
| 2 | | Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of | 3 | | one or two
members from each congressional district in the | 4 | | State and shall be elected as
follows:
| 5 | | State Central Committee
| 6 | | (a) Within 30 days after January 1, 1984 (the effective | 7 | | date of Public Act 83-33), the State central committee of each | 8 | | political party shall certify to
the State Board of Elections | 9 | | which of the following alternatives it wishes
to apply to the | 10 | | State central committee of that party.
| 11 | | Alternative A. At the primary in
1970 and at the general | 12 | | primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
| 13 | | elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of | 14 | | the State
central committee for the congressional district in | 15 | | which he resides.
The candidate receiving the highest number of | 16 | | votes shall be declared
elected State central committeeperson | 17 | | from the district. A political party
may, in lieu of the | 18 | | foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
| 19 | | convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the | 20 | | State central committeepersons
in the manner following:
| 21 | | At the county convention held by such political party, | 22 | | State central committeepersons
shall be elected in the same | 23 | | manner as provided in this
Article for the election of officers | 24 | | of the county central committee, and
such election shall follow | 25 | | the election of officers of the county central
committee. Each |
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| 1 | | elected ward, township or precinct committeeperson shall cast
| 2 | | as his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, | 3 | | township, part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding | 4 | | primary election of his
political party. In the case of a | 5 | | county lying partially within one
congressional district and | 6 | | partially within another congressional district,
each ward, | 7 | | township or precinct committeeperson shall vote only with | 8 | | respect
to the congressional district in which his ward, | 9 | | township, part of a
township or precinct is located. In the | 10 | | case of a congressional district
which encompasses more than | 11 | | one county, each ward, township or precinct committeeperson
| 12 | | residing within the congressional district shall cast as his
| 13 | | vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part | 14 | | of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary | 15 | | election of his
political party for one candidate of his party | 16 | | for member of the State
central committee for the congressional | 17 | | district in which he resides and
the Chair of the county | 18 | | central committee shall report the results of
the election to | 19 | | the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
| 20 | | shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of | 21 | | votes elected
State central committeeperson for that | 22 | | congressional district.
| 23 | | The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | 24 | | for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | 25 | | members of the State central
committee.
| 26 | | After August 6, 1999 (the
effective date of Public Act |
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| 1 | | 91-426), whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair of a | 2 | | State
central committee, or at the end of the term of office of | 3 | | Chair, the State
central committee of each political party that | 4 | | has selected Alternative A shall
elect a Chair who shall not be | 5 | | required to be a member of the State Central
Committee. The | 6 | | Chair shall be a
registered voter in this State and of the same | 7 | | political party as the State
central committee.
| 8 | | Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | 9 | | 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a | 10 | | person of the sex opposite that
of the incumbent member for | 11 | | that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of | 12 | | the State central committee until his or her successor
is | 13 | | elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each | 14 | | congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting | 15 | | on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In | 16 | | each congressional district at the
general primary election | 17 | | held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the
male candidate | 18 | | receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
| 19 | | candidates for State central committeeman, and the female | 20 | | candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's | 21 | | female candidates for
State central committeewoman, shall be | 22 | | declared elected State central
committeeman and State central | 23 | | committeewoman from the district. At the
general primary | 24 | | election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
| 25 | | party's candidates for State central committeemen or State | 26 | | central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of the |
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| 1 | | same sex, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | 2 | | shall be declared elected a State central
committeeman or State | 3 | | central committeewoman from the district, and, because of
a | 4 | | failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a | 5 | | vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second | 6 | | member of the State central
committee from the district. This | 7 | | vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional | 8 | | committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
| 9 | | fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional | 10 | | district and of the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | 11 | | committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | 12 | | congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | 13 | | on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
| 14 | | The Chair of a State central committee composed as provided | 15 | | in this
Alternative B must be selected from the committee's | 16 | | members.
| 17 | | Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the | 18 | | selection of
the Chair of the State central committee, under | 19 | | both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
committee | 20 | | of each political party shall be composed of members elected
or | 21 | | appointed from the several congressional districts of the | 22 | | State,
and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The | 23 | | members of the State
central committee shall, within 41 days | 24 | | after each quadrennial election of
the full committee, meet in | 25 | | the city of Springfield and organize
by electing a Chair, and | 26 | | may at such time
elect such officers from among their own |
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| 1 | | number (or otherwise), as they
may deem necessary or expedient. | 2 | | The outgoing chair of the State
central committee of the party | 3 | | shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify
each member of the | 4 | | State central committee elected at the primary of the
time and | 5 | | place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings of
| 6 | | the State central committee, each State central committeeman | 7 | | and State
central committeewoman shall have one vote for each | 8 | | ballot voted in his or her
congressional district by the | 9 | | primary electors of his or her party at the
primary election | 10 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
| 11 | | committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central | 12 | | committee of any
political party, the vacancy shall be filled | 13 | | by appointment of
the chairmen of the county central committees | 14 | | of the
political party
of the counties located within the | 15 | | congressional district in which the vacancy
occurs . and,
if | 16 | | applicable, the ward and township committeepersons of the
| 17 | | political
party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants | 18 | | located within the
congressional
district. If the | 19 | | congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
wholly | 20 | | within a
county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and | 21 | | township committeepersons
of the political party in that | 22 | | congressional district shall vote to fill the
vacancy. In | 23 | | voting to fill the vacancy, each chair of a county central
| 24 | | committee and
each ward and township committeeperson in | 25 | | counties of 2,000,000
or
more inhabitants shall have one vote | 26 | | for each ballot voted in each precinct of
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| 1 | | district in which the vacancy exists of
his or her
county , | 2 | | township, or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her | 3 | | party
at the
primary election immediately preceding the meeting | 4 | | to fill the vacancy in the
State
central committee. The person | 5 | | appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a
resident of the
| 6 | | congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be a | 7 | | qualified voter,
and, in a committee composed as provided in | 8 | | Alternative B, shall be of the
same
sex as his or her
| 9 | | predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
| 10 | | delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to | 11 | | return
to the election of State central committeeman and State | 12 | | central
committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
Any | 13 | | action taken by a political party at a State convention in | 14 | | accordance
with this Section shall be reported to the State | 15 | | Board of Elections by the chair
and secretary of such | 16 | | convention within 10 days after such action.
| 17 | | Ward, Township and Precinct Committeepersons
| 18 | | (b) At the primary in 1972 and
at the general primary | 19 | | election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in | 20 | | cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one | 21 | | candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeperson. | 22 | | Each candidate for ward committeeperson
must be a resident of | 23 | | and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward | 24 | | committeeperson. The one having the highest number of votes | 25 | | shall be such
ward committeeperson of such party for such ward. | 26 | | At the primary election
in 1970 and at the general primary |
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| 1 | | election every 4 years thereafter,
each primary elector in | 2 | | counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside | 3 | | of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more, may
vote | 4 | | for one candidate of his party for township committeeperson. | 5 | | Each
candidate for township committeeperson must be a resident | 6 | | of and in the
township or part of a township (which lies | 7 | | outside of a city having a
population of 200,000 or more, in | 8 | | counties containing a population of
2,000,000 or more), and in | 9 | | which township or part of a township he seeks
to be elected | 10 | | township committeeperson. The one having the highest number
of | 11 | | votes shall be such township committeeperson of such party for | 12 | | such
township or part of a township. At the primary
in 1970 and | 13 | | at the general primary election every 2 years thereafter, each | 14 | | primary elector ,
except in counties having a population of | 15 | | 2,000,000 or over, may vote
for one candidate of his party in | 16 | | his precinct for precinct committeeperson. Each candidate for | 17 | | precinct committeeperson must be a bona
fide resident of the | 18 | | precinct where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeperson. | 19 | | The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
| 20 | | precinct committeeperson of such party for such precinct. The | 21 | | official
returns of the primary shall show the name of the | 22 | | committeeperson of each
political party.
| 23 | | Terms of Committeepersons. All precinct committeepersons | 24 | | elected under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as | 25 | | such committeepersons until the
date of the primary to be held | 26 | | in the second year after their election.
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| 1 | | provided in this Section for certain State central | 2 | | committeepersons
who have 2 year terms, all State central | 3 | | committeepersons, township committeepersons
and ward | 4 | | committeepersons shall continue as such committeepersons
until | 5 | | the date of primary to be held in the fourth year after their
| 6 | | election. However, a vacancy exists in the office of precinct | 7 | | committeeperson
when a precinct committeeperson ceases to | 8 | | reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and such | 9 | | precinct committeeperson shall thereafter neither have
nor | 10 | | exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeperson in | 11 | | that precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | 12 | | appointed.
| 13 | | (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | 14 | | the precinct committeepersons
of such party, in the | 15 | | multi-township assessing district formed
pursuant to Section | 16 | | 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the | 17 | | purposes set forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In | 18 | | the organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | 19 | | Committee each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote
for | 20 | | each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of | 21 | | his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
| 22 | | County Central Committee
| 23 | | (d) The county central committee of each political party in | 24 | | each
county shall consist of the various township | 25 | | committeepersons, precinct committeepersons
and ward | 26 | | committeepersons, if any, of such party in the county.
In the |
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| 1 | | organization and proceedings of the county central committee,
| 2 | | each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for each | 3 | | ballot voted in
his precinct by the primary electors of his | 4 | | party at the primary at
which he was elected . ; each township | 5 | | committeeperson shall have one vote for
each ballot voted in | 6 | | his township or part of a township as the case may
be by the | 7 | | primary electors of his party at the primary election
for the | 8 | | nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
| 9 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the county central | 10 | | committee; and
in the organization and proceedings of the | 11 | | county central committee,
each ward committeeperson shall have | 12 | | one vote for each ballot voted in his
ward by the primary | 13 | | electors of his party at the primary election
for the | 14 | | nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
| 15 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the county central | 16 | | committee.
| 17 | | Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
| 18 | | (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | 19 | | each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
| 20 | | various township committeepersons and ward committeepersons, | 21 | | if any, of that party in
the portions of the county composing | 22 | | the board of review election district. In
the organization and | 23 | | proceedings of each of the 3 election
district committees, each | 24 | | township committeeperson shall have one vote for each
ballot | 25 | | voted in his or her township or part of a township, as the case | 26 | | may be,
by
the primary electors of his or her party at the |
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| 1 | | primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board | 2 | | of review election district committee; and
in the organization | 3 | | and proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, | 4 | | each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each
ballot | 5 | | voted in
his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may | 6 | | be, by the primary
electors of his or her party at the primary | 7 | | election immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of | 8 | | review election district committee.
| 9 | | Congressional Committee
| 10 | | (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | 11 | | congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the | 12 | | county central
committees of the counties composing the | 13 | | congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | 14 | | wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, the | 15 | | precinct committeepersons , township committeepersons and ward | 16 | | committeepersons, if any, of
the party representing the | 17 | | precincts within the limits of the
congressional district, | 18 | | shall compose the congressional committee. A
State central | 19 | | committeeperson in each district shall be a member and the | 20 | | chair
or, when a district has 2 State central committeepersons, | 21 | | a co-chairperson
of the congressional committee, but shall not | 22 | | have the right to
vote except in case of a tie.
| 23 | | In the organization and proceedings of congressional | 24 | | committees
composed of precinct committeepersons or township | 25 | | committeepersons or ward committeepersons, or any combination | 26 | | thereof , each precinct committeeperson
shall have one vote for |
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| 1 | | each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of | 2 | | his party at the primary at which he was elected , each
township | 3 | | committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in | 4 | | his
township or part of a township as the case may be by the | 5 | | primary
electors of his party at the primary election | 6 | | immediately preceding the
meeting of the congressional | 7 | | committee, and each ward committeeperson shall
have one vote | 8 | | for each ballot voted in each precinct of his ward located
in | 9 | | such congressional district by the primary electors of his | 10 | | party at
the primary election immediately preceding the meeting | 11 | | of the
congressional committee ; and in the organization and | 12 | | proceedings of
congressional committees composed of the | 13 | | chairmen of the county central
committees of the counties | 14 | | within such district, each chair of such
county central | 15 | | committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
his | 16 | | county by the primary electors of his party at the primary | 17 | | election
immediately preceding the meeting of the | 18 | | congressional committee.
| 19 | | Judicial District Committee
| 20 | | (f) The judicial district committee of each political party | 21 | | in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chair of the | 22 | | county
central committees of the counties composing the | 23 | | judicial district.
| 24 | | In the organization and proceedings of judicial district | 25 | | committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | 26 | | committees of the
counties within such district, each chair of |
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| 1 | | such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | 2 | | ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party | 3 | | at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | 4 | | the judicial district committee.
| 5 | | Circuit Court Committee
| 6 | | (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | 7 | | each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | 8 | | the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | 9 | | composing the judicial
circuit.
| 10 | | In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | 11 | | committees, each chair
of a county central committee shall have | 12 | | one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the primary | 13 | | electors of his party at the
primary election immediately | 14 | | preceding the meeting of the circuit court
committee.
| 15 | | Judicial Subcircuit Committee
| 16 | | (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | 17 | | party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided | 18 | | into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township | 19 | | committeepersons
of the townships and wards composing the | 20 | | judicial subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct | 21 | | committeepersons of the precincts
composing the judicial | 22 | | subcircuit in any county other than Cook County .
| 23 | | In the organization and proceedings of each judicial | 24 | | subcircuit committee,
each township committeeperson shall have | 25 | | one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a | 26 | | township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the |
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| 1 | | primary electors of his party at the primary election
| 2 | | immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | 3 | | committee;
each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote | 4 | | for each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as | 5 | | the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary | 6 | | electors of his party at the primary election immediately
| 7 | | preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee . ;
| 8 | | and
each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each | 9 | | ballot voted in his
ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, | 10 | | in the judicial subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party | 11 | | at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | 12 | | the judicial subcircuit committee.
| 13 | | Municipal Central Committee
| 14 | | (h) The municipal central committee of each political party | 15 | | shall be
composed of the precinct , township or ward | 16 | | committeepersons , as the case may
be, of such party | 17 | | representing the precincts or wards , embraced in such
city, | 18 | | incorporated town or village. The voting strength of each
| 19 | | precinct , township or ward committeeperson on the municipal | 20 | | central
committee shall be the same as his voting strength on | 21 | | the county central
committee.
| 22 | | For political parties, other than a statewide political | 23 | | party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the | 24 | | municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | 25 | | the party officers of the local established party. The party | 26 | | officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the |
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| 1 | | chair and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities and | 2 | | townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | 3 | | caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling | 4 | | vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities | 5 | | and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate | 6 | | candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
| 7 | | shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the | 8 | | primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions | 9 | | of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the | 10 | | party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's | 11 | | officers.
| 12 | | Powers
| 13 | | (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | 14 | | usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | 15 | | thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. | 16 | | The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power | 17 | | to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other | 18 | | person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed | 19 | | to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership | 20 | | proper and necessary subcommittees.
| 21 | | (j) The State central committee of a political party which | 22 | | elects its
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this | 23 | | Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate | 24 | | selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy | 25 | | of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by | 26 | | a national political party.
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| 1 | | (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | 2 | | Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | 3 | | central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
State | 4 | | central committee of a political party which elects its members | 5 | | by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy | 6 | | shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township | 7 | | committeepersons, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie | 8 | | entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from | 9 | | which the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman | 10 | | was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central | 11 | | committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially | 12 | | within
that Congressional District and in which there are no | 13 | | ward or township committeepersons . When voting for such proxy, | 14 | | the county chair , ward committeeperson
or township | 15 | | committeeperson, as the case may be, shall have one
vote for | 16 | | each ballot voted in his county , ward or township, or portion
| 17 | | thereof within the Congressional District, by the primary | 18 | | electors of his
party at the primary at which he was elected. | 19 | | However, the absent State
central committeeman or | 20 | | committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted
by the | 21 | | rules of a political party which elects its members by | 22 | | Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this Section.
| 23 | | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | 24 | | ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | 25 | | committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | 26 | | statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of |
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| 1 | | conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of | 2 | | a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall | 3 | | automatically become vacant.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 5 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
| 6 | | Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State | 7 | | conventions.
| 8 | | (a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which | 9 | | committeepersons
are elected, the county central committee of | 10 | | each political
party shall meet within the county and proceed | 11 | | to
organize by electing from its own number a chair and either | 12 | | from its
own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such | 13 | | committee may deem
necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the | 14 | | county central committee
shall be known as the county | 15 | | convention.
| 16 | | The chair of each county committee shall within 10 days | 17 | | after the
organization, forward to the State Board of | 18 | | Elections, the names and
post office addresses of the officers, | 19 | | precinct committeepersons and
representative committeepersons | 20 | | elected by his political party.
| 21 | | The county convention of each political party shall choose | 22 | | delegates
to the State convention of its party, if the party | 23 | | chooses to hold a State convention . ; but in any county having | 24 | | within
its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or | 25 | | over the
delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the |
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| 1 | | ward committeepersons
from the respective wards choosing the | 2 | | number of delegates to which such
ward is entitled on the basis | 3 | | prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such delegates to | 4 | | be members of the delegation to the State
convention from such | 5 | | county. In all counties containing a population of
2,000,000 or | 6 | | more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
more, | 7 | | the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships | 8 | | as
the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of | 9 | | townships as
the case may be, the township committeepersons | 10 | | from the respective townships
or parts of townships as the case | 11 | | may be choosing the number of
delegates to which such townships | 12 | | or parts of townships as the case may
be are entitled, on the | 13 | | basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such | 14 | | delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
| 15 | | convention from such county.
| 16 | | Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | 17 | | party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | 18 | | (a) of Section 7-8
shall be a delegate to the State Convention, | 19 | | if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.
| 20 | | Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | 21 | | party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | 22 | | (a) of Section 7-8 may
appoint 2 delegates to the State | 23 | | Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, | 24 | | who must be residents of the
member's Congressional District.
| 25 | | (b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after the
| 26 | | general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years thereafter. |
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| 1 | | In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,
the chair of a | 2 | | State central committee may issue a call for a State
convention | 3 | | within 180 days after the general primary.
| 4 | | The State
convention of each political party, if the party | 5 | | chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
| 6 | | nominations of candidates of its political party for the | 7 | | electors of
President and Vice President of the United States, | 8 | | and to adopt any party
platform, and, to the
extent determined | 9 | | by the State central committee as provided in Section
7-14, to | 10 | | choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
| 11 | | national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee | 12 | | may adopt
rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the | 13 | | State convention.
| 14 | | (c) The chair and secretary of each State convention, if | 15 | | the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall,
within 2 | 16 | | days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
| 17 | | this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses | 18 | | of all
persons nominated by such State convention for electors | 19 | | of President and
Vice President of the United States, and of | 20 | | any persons selected by the State
convention for
delegates and | 21 | | alternate delegates at large to national nominating
| 22 | | conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such | 23 | | State
convention for electors of President and Vice President | 24 | | of the United
States, shall be caused by
the State Board of | 25 | | Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at
the general | 26 | | election, in the manner required by law, and shall be
certified |
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| 1 | | to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the
| 2 | | manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the | 3 | | certifying
of the names of persons nominated by any party for | 4 | | State offices. If and
as long as this Act prescribes that the | 5 | | names of such electors be not
printed on the ballot, then the | 6 | | names of such electors shall be
certified in such manner as may | 7 | | be prescribed by the parts of this Act
applicable thereto.
| 8 | | (d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State | 9 | | convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
| 10 | | political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
| 11 | | (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention, | 12 | | if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chair of | 13 | | the State central committee of each political
party shall file | 14 | | in the principal office of the State Board of
Elections a call | 15 | | for the State convention. Such call shall state, among
other | 16 | | things, the time and place (designating the building or hall) | 17 | | for
holding the State convention. Such call shall be signed by | 18 | | the chair
and attested by the secretary of the committee. In | 19 | | such convention each
county shall be entitled to one delegate | 20 | | for each 500 ballots voted by
the primary electors of the party | 21 | | in such county at the primary to be
held next after the | 22 | | issuance of such call; and if in such county, less
than 500 | 23 | | ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted is
| 24 | | not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate for | 25 | | such
group which is less than 500, or for such group | 26 | | representing the number
of votes over the multiple of 500, |
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| 1 | | which delegate shall have 1/500 of
one vote for each primary | 2 | | vote so represented by him. The call for such
convention shall | 3 | | set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and
shall | 4 | | direct that the number of delegates to be chosen be calculated | 5 | | in
compliance herewith and that such number of delegates be | 6 | | chosen.
| 7 | | (f) All precinct , township and ward committeepersons when | 8 | | elected as
provided in this Section shall serve as though | 9 | | elected at large
irrespective of any changes that may be made | 10 | | in precinct , township or
ward boundaries and the voting | 11 | | strength of each committeeperson shall
remain as provided in | 12 | | this Section for the entire time for which he is
elected.
| 13 | | (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in | 14 | | this
Section shall serve until their successors are elected as | 15 | | provided in
this Act.
| 16 | | (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be | 17 | | called by the chair, or by not less than 25% of the members of | 18 | | such committee, by
giving 5 days notice to members of such | 19 | | committee in writing designating
the time and place at which | 20 | | such special meeting is to be held and the
business which it is | 21 | | proposed to present at such special meeting.
| 22 | | (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a | 23 | | vacancy
exists in the office of precinct committeeperson | 24 | | because no one was elected
to that office or because the | 25 | | precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in
the precinct or | 26 | | for any other reason, the chair of the county
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| 1 | | of the appropriate political party may fill the
vacancy in such | 2 | | office by appointment of a qualified resident of the
county and | 3 | | the appointed precinct committeeperson shall serve as though
| 4 | | elected; however, no such appointment may be made between the | 5 | | general
primary election and the 30th day after the general | 6 | | primary election.
| 7 | | (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State | 8 | | of Illinois
is reduced as a result of reapportionment of | 9 | | Congressional Districts
following a federal decennial census, | 10 | | the State Central Committeemen and
Committeewomen of a | 11 | | political
party which elects its State Central
Committee by | 12 | | either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
of | 13 | | Section 7-8 who were
previously elected shall continue to serve | 14 | | as if no reapportionment had
occurred until the expiration of | 15 | | their terms.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 17 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
| 18 | | Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no | 19 | | candidate for
nomination, or State central committeeperson, or | 20 | | township committeeperson, or
precinct committeeperson, or ward | 21 | | committeeperson or candidate for delegate or
alternate | 22 | | delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
| 23 | | upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has | 24 | | been filed in
his behalf as provided in this Article in | 25 | | substantially the following form:
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| 1 | | We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the | 2 | | .... party
and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in | 3 | | the .... of ....,
in the county of .... and State of Illinois, | 4 | | do hereby petition that
the following named person or persons | 5 | | shall be a candidate or candidates
of the .... party for the | 6 | | nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
election to) | 7 | | the office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted
for at | 8 | | the primary election to be held on (insert date).
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9 | | Name |
Office |
Address |
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10 | | John Jones |
Governor |
Belvidere, Ill. |
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11 | | Jane James | Lieutenant Governor | Peoria, Ill. |
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12 | | Thomas Smith |
Attorney General |
Oakland, Ill. |
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13 | | Name.................. Address.......................
| 14 | | State of Illinois)
| 15 | | ) ss.
| 16 | | County of........)
| 17 | | I, ...., do hereby certify
that I reside at No. .... | 18 | | street, in the .... of ...., county of ....,
and State of | 19 | | ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that
I am a citizen | 20 | | of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
| 21 | | were signed
in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the | 22 | | best of my knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at | 23 | | the time of signing the
petitions qualified voters of the .... | 24 | | party, and that their respective
residences are correctly |
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| 1 | | stated, as above set forth.
| 2 | | .........................
| 3 | | Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
| 4 | | .........................
| 5 | | Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of | 6 | | candidacy and
candidate's statement shall be of uniform size | 7 | | and shall contain above
the space for signatures an appropriate | 8 | | heading giving the information
as to name of candidate or | 9 | | candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
signed; the | 10 | | office, the political party represented and place of
residence; | 11 | | and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
| 12 | | Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors | 13 | | residing
in the political division for which the nomination is | 14 | | sought in their
own proper persons only and opposite the | 15 | | signature of each signer, his
residence address shall be | 16 | | written or printed. The residence address
required to be | 17 | | written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
| 18 | | name shall include the street address or rural route number of | 19 | | the signer,
as the case may be, as well as the signer's county, | 20 | | and city, village or
town, and state.
However the county or | 21 | | city, village or town, and state of residence of
the electors | 22 | | may be printed on the petition forms where all of the
electors | 23 | | signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
| 24 | | or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in | 25 | | writing the
residence address, including street number, if any. |
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| 1 | | At the bottom of
each sheet of such petition shall be added a | 2 | | circulator statement signed by
a person 18 years of age or | 3 | | older who is a citizen of the United States,
stating the street | 4 | | address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well
as | 5 | | the county, city, village or town, and state;
and certifying | 6 | | that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed | 7 | | in
his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are | 8 | | genuine; and
either (1) indicating the dates on which that | 9 | | sheet was circulated, or (2)
indicating the first and last | 10 | | dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
certifying that | 11 | | none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
| 12 | | days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and | 13 | | certifying that
to the best of his or her knowledge and belief | 14 | | the persons so signing were at
the time of signing the | 15 | | petitions qualified voters of the political party for
which a | 16 | | nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before | 17 | | some
officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
| 18 | | No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days | 19 | | preceding the
last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing | 20 | | of such petition.
| 21 | | The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on | 22 | | whose behalf the
petition is circulated, may strike any | 23 | | signature from the petition,
provided that:
| 24 | | (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the | 25 | | petition at
the place where the signature is struck; and
| 26 | | (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a |
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| 1 | | certification
listing the page number and line number of | 2 | | each signature struck from
the petition. Such | 3 | | certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
| 4 | | Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened | 5 | | together in
book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and | 6 | | fastening them together
at one edge in a secure and suitable | 7 | | manner, and the sheets shall then
be numbered consecutively. | 8 | | The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting
them together end | 9 | | to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All
petition | 10 | | sheets which are filed with the proper local election | 11 | | officials,
election authorities or the State Board of Elections | 12 | | shall be the original
sheets which have been signed by the | 13 | | voters and by the circulator thereof,
and not photocopies or | 14 | | duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include
as a part | 15 | | thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates | 16 | | filing,
or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This | 17 | | statement shall set out the
address of such candidate, the | 18 | | office for which he is a candidate, shall state
that the | 19 | | candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which | 20 | | the
petition relates and is qualified for the office specified | 21 | | (in the case of a
candidate for State's Attorney it shall state | 22 | | that the candidate is at the time
of filing such statement a | 23 | | licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state
that he | 24 | | has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing | 25 | | period)
a statement of economic interests as required by the | 26 | | Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act, shall request that the |
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| 1 | | candidate's name be placed upon the official
ballot, and shall | 2 | | be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
| 3 | | officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State | 4 | | and shall be in
substantially the following form:
| 5 | | Statement of Candidacy
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6 | | Name |
Address |
Office |
District |
Party |
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7 | | John Jones |
102 Main St. |
Governor |
Statewide |
Republican |
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8 | | |
Belvidere, |
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9 | | |
Illinois |
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10 | | State of Illinois)
| 11 | | ) ss.
| 12 | | County of .......)
| 13 | | I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... | 14 | | Street in the city
(or village) of ...., in the county of ...., | 15 | | State of Illinois; that I
am a qualified voter therein and am a | 16 | | qualified primary voter of the ....
party; that I am a | 17 | | candidate for nomination (for election in the case of | 18 | | committeeperson
and delegates and alternate delegates) to the | 19 | | office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be | 20 | | held on (insert date); that I am
legally qualified (including
| 21 | | being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility | 22 | | requirement
for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold | 23 | | such office and that I
have filed (or I will file before the | 24 | | close of the petition filing period)
a statement of economic | 25 | | interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act |
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| 1 | | and I hereby request that my name be printed
upon the official | 2 | | primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in
the case | 3 | | of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates) | 4 | | such
office.
| 5 | | Signed ......................
| 6 | | Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., | 7 | | who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
| 8 | | Signed ....................
| 9 | | (Official Character)
| 10 | | (Seal, if officer has one.)
| 11 | | The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added | 12 | | to, and no
signatures shall be revoked except by revocation | 13 | | filed in writing with
the State Board of Elections, election | 14 | | authority or local election
official with whom the petition is | 15 | | required to be filed, and before the
filing of such petition. | 16 | | Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required | 17 | | by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on
conviction | 18 | | thereof shall be punished accordingly.
| 19 | | A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must | 20 | | obtain the number
of signatures specified in this Section on | 21 | | his or her petition for nomination.
| 22 | | (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating | 23 | | convention. If a
candidate seeks to run for statewide office or | 24 | | as a delegate or alternate
delegate to a national nominating | 25 | | convention elected from the State at-large,
then the |
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| 1 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000 | 2 | | but
not more than 10,000 signatures.
| 3 | | (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a | 4 | | national nominating
convention. If a candidate seeks to run for | 5 | | United States Congress or as a
congressional delegate or | 6 | | alternate congressional delegate to a national
nominating | 7 | | convention elected from a congressional district, then the
| 8 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | 9 | | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary | 10 | | electors of his or her party
in his or her congressional | 11 | | district. In the first primary election following a
| 12 | | redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's | 13 | | petition for nomination
must contain at least 600 signatures of | 14 | | qualified primary electors of the
candidate's political party | 15 | | in his or her congressional district.
| 16 | | (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any | 17 | | countywide office,
including but not limited to county board | 18 | | chairperson or county board
member, elected on an at-large | 19 | | basis, in a county other than Cook County,
then the candidate's | 20 | | petition for nomination must contain at least the number
of | 21 | | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or | 22 | | her party who
cast votes at the last preceding general election | 23 | | in his or her county. If a
candidate
seeks to run for county | 24 | | board member elected from a county board district, then
the | 25 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the | 26 | | number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary |
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| 1 | | electors of his or her party
in the
county board district. In | 2 | | the first primary election following a redistricting
of county | 3 | | board districts or the initial establishment of county board
| 4 | | districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain | 5 | | at least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the | 6 | | qualified electors of his or her
party
in the entire county who | 7 | | cast votes at the last preceding general election
divided by | 8 | | the
total number of county board districts comprising the | 9 | | county board; provided
that
in no event shall the number of | 10 | | signatures be less than 25.
| 11 | | (d) County office; Cook County only.
| 12 | | (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office | 13 | | in Cook County,
then the candidate's petition for | 14 | | nomination must contain at least the number
of signatures | 15 | | equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party | 16 | | who
cast votes at the last preceding general election in | 17 | | Cook County.
| 18 | | (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | 19 | | Commissioner,
then the candidate's petition for nomination | 20 | | must contain at least the number
of signatures equal to | 21 | | 0.5% of
the qualified primary electors of his or her party | 22 | | in his or her county board
district. In the first primary | 23 | | election following a redistricting of Cook
County Board of | 24 | | Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
| 25 | | nomination must contain at least the number of signatures | 26 | | equal to 0.5% of
the qualified electors of his or her party |
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| 1 | | in the entire county who cast votes
at the last
preceding | 2 | | general election divided by the total number of county | 3 | | board
districts comprising the county board; provided that | 4 | | in no event shall the
number of signatures be less than 25.
| 5 | | (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board | 6 | | of Review
Commissioner, which is elected from a district | 7 | | pursuant to subsection (c)
of Section 5-5 of the Property | 8 | | Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for
nomination must | 9 | | contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
| 10 | | the total number of registered voters in his or her board | 11 | | of
review district in the last general election at which a | 12 | | commissioner was
regularly scheduled to be elected from | 13 | | that board of review district. In no
event shall the number | 14 | | of signatures required be greater than the requisite
number | 15 | | for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
| 16 | | under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first | 17 | | primary election
following a redistricting of Cook County | 18 | | Board of Review districts, a
candidate's petition for | 19 | | nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures
or at | 20 | | least the number of signatures required for a countywide | 21 | | candidate in
Cook County, whichever is less,
of the | 22 | | qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
| 23 | | (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to | 24 | | run for municipal
or township office, then the candidate's | 25 | | petition for nomination must contain
at least the number of | 26 | | signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
electors of |
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| 1 | | his or her party in the municipality or township. If a | 2 | | candidate
seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the | 3 | | candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at least the | 4 | | number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary | 5 | | electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
primary | 6 | | election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or | 7 | | trustee
districts of a municipality or the initial | 8 | | establishment of wards or districts,
a candidate's petition for | 9 | | nomination must contain the number of signatures
equal to at | 10 | | least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate | 11 | | of
that political party who received the highest number of | 12 | | votes in the entire
municipality at the last regular election | 13 | | at which an officer was regularly
scheduled to be elected from
| 14 | | the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or | 15 | | districts. In no
event shall the number of signatures be less | 16 | | than 25.
| 17 | | (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to | 18 | | run for State
central committeeperson, then the candidate's | 19 | | petition for nomination must
contain at least 100 signatures of | 20 | | the primary electors of his or her party of
his or
her | 21 | | congressional district.
| 22 | | (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run | 23 | | for trustee of a
sanitary district in which trustees are not | 24 | | elected from wards, then the
candidate's petition for | 25 | | nomination must contain at least the number of
signatures equal | 26 | | to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
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| 1 | | sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
of a | 2 | | sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards, | 3 | | then the
candidate's petition for
nomination must contain at | 4 | | least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
primary | 5 | | electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary | 6 | | district. In
the
first primary election following | 7 | | redistricting of sanitary districts elected
from wards, a | 8 | | candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
| 9 | | signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward | 10 | | of that
sanitary district.
| 11 | | (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for | 12 | | judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition | 13 | | for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to | 14 | | 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the | 15 | | candidate for his or her political party for the office of | 16 | | Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was | 17 | | elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a | 18 | | candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
circuit or | 19 | | subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination
must | 20 | | contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number | 21 | | of votes
cast for the judicial candidate of his or her | 22 | | political party who received the
highest number of votes
at the | 23 | | last general election at which a judicial
officer from the same | 24 | | circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled
to be elected, | 25 | | but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in circuits and | 26 | | subcircuits located in the First Judicial District or 500 |
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| 1 | | signatures in every other Judicial District.
| 2 | | (i) Precinct , ward, and township committeeperson. If a | 3 | | candidate seeks to
run for precinct committeeperson, then the | 4 | | candidate's petition for nomination
must contain at least 10 | 5 | | signatures of the primary electors of his or her
party for the | 6 | | precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
| 7 | | then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no | 8 | | less than the
number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary | 9 | | electors of his or her party
of the ward, but no more than 16% | 10 | | of those same electors; provided that the
maximum number of | 11 | | signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
is | 12 | | greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township | 13 | | committeeperson, then the
candidate's petition for nomination | 14 | | must contain no less than the number of
signatures equal to 5% | 15 | | of the primary electors of his or her party of the
township, | 16 | | but no more than 8% of those same electors;
provided that the | 17 | | maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
minimum | 18 | | number, whichever is greater.
| 19 | | (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools | 20 | | for multiple
counties. If
a candidate seeks to run for State's | 21 | | attorney or regional Superintendent of
Schools who serves more | 22 | | than one county, then the candidate's petition for
nomination | 23 | | must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of | 24 | | the
primary electors of his or her party in the territory | 25 | | comprising the counties.
| 26 | | (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other |
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| 1 | | office, then the
candidate's petition for nomination must | 2 | | contain at least the number of
signatures equal to 0.5% of the | 3 | | registered voters of the political subdivision,
district, or | 4 | | division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
| 5 | | whichever is greater.
| 6 | | For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors | 7 | | shall be
determined by taking the total vote cast, in the | 8 | | applicable district, for the
candidate for that political party | 9 | | who received the highest number of votes,
statewide, at the | 10 | | last general election in the State at which electors for
| 11 | | President of the United States were elected. For political | 12 | | subdivisions, the
number of primary electors shall be | 13 | | determined by taking the total vote
cast for the candidate for | 14 | | that political party who received the highest number
of votes | 15 | | in the political subdivision at the last regular election at | 16 | | which an
officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from | 17 | | that subdivision. For wards
or districts of political | 18 | | subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
| 19 | | determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for | 20 | | that political
party who received the highest number of votes | 21 | | in the ward or district at the
last regular election at which | 22 | | an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected
from that ward | 23 | | or district.
| 24 | | A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not
sign | 25 | | petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than
one | 26 | | party.
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| 1 | | The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of | 2 | | the 93rd General
Assembly are declarative of existing law, | 3 | | except for item (3) of subsection
(d).
| 4 | | Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein | 5 | | specified,
to be filed with the same officer, may contain the | 6 | | names of 2 or more
candidates of the same political party for | 7 | | the same or different
offices. In the case of the offices of | 8 | | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including | 9 | | one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 11 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
| 12 | | Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by | 13 | | mail or
in person as follows: | 14 | | (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State, | 15 | | congressional, or
judicial office, or for any office a | 16 | | nomination for which is made for a
territorial division or | 17 | | district which comprises more than one county or
is partly | 18 | | in one county and partly in another county or counties, | 19 | | then,
except as otherwise provided in this Section, such | 20 | | petition for nomination
shall be filed in the principal | 21 | | office of the State Board of Elections not
more than 113 | 22 | | and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the | 23 | | primary,
but, in the case of petitions for nomination to | 24 | | fill a vacancy by special
election in the office of | 25 | | representative in Congress from this State, such
petition |
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| 1 | | for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of | 2 | | the State
Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not | 3 | | less than 82 days prior to
the date of the primary.
| 4 | | Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, | 5 | | Appellate or Circuit
Court Judge within the 3-week period | 6 | | preceding the 106th day before a
general primary election, | 7 | | petitions for nomination for the office in which
the | 8 | | vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office | 9 | | of the
State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less | 10 | | than 85 days prior to
the date of the general primary | 11 | | election.
| 12 | | Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or | 13 | | alternate
delegates to a national nominating convention, | 14 | | then such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the | 15 | | principal office of the State Board of
Elections not more | 16 | | than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
| 17 | | the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or | 18 | | policies of a national
political party conflict with such | 19 | | requirements for filing petitions for
nomination for | 20 | | delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
| 21 | | convention, the chair of the State central committee of | 22 | | such national
political party shall notify the Board in | 23 | | writing, citing by reference the
rules or policies of the | 24 | | national political party in conflict, and in such
case the | 25 | | Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance | 26 | | with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state |
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| 1 | | central committee of such national political party.
| 2 | | (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county | 3 | | office or trustee
of a sanitary district then such petition | 4 | | shall be filed in the office
of the county clerk not more | 5 | | than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the
date of the | 6 | | primary.
| 7 | | (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal | 8 | | or township
office, such petitions for nomination shall be | 9 | | filed in the office of
the local election official, not | 10 | | more than 99 nor less than 92 days
prior to the date of the | 11 | | primary; provided, where a municipality's or
township's | 12 | | boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
| 13 | | jurisdiction of a municipal board of election | 14 | | commissioners, the petitions
shall be filed in the office | 15 | | of such board; and provided, that petitions
for the office | 16 | | of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
| 17 | | authority.
| 18 | | (4) The petitions of candidates for State central | 19 | | committeeperson shall
be filed in the principal office of | 20 | | the State Board of Elections not
more than 113 nor less | 21 | | than 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
| 22 | | (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct , township or | 23 | | ward committeepersons
shall be filed in the office of the | 24 | | county clerk not more
than 113 nor less than 106 days prior | 25 | | to the date of the primary.
| 26 | | (6) The State Board of Elections and the various |
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| 1 | | election authorities
and local election officials with | 2 | | whom such petitions for nominations
are filed shall specify | 3 | | the place where filings shall be made and upon
receipt | 4 | | shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each | 5 | | petition
was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting | 6 | | in line as of 8:00
a.m. on the first day for filing, or as | 7 | | of the normal opening hour of
the office involved on such | 8 | | day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
or the normal | 9 | | opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
| 10 | | and received after midnight of the first day for filing and | 11 | | in the first
mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be | 12 | | deemed as filed as of 8:00
a.m. of that day or as of the | 13 | | normal opening hour of such day, as the
case may be. All | 14 | | petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
in | 15 | | the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions | 16 | | filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be | 17 | | deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are | 18 | | received
simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or | 19 | | the various election
authorities or local election | 20 | | officials with whom such petitions are
filed shall break | 21 | | ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
| 22 | | lottery or other fair and impartial method of random | 23 | | selection approved
by the State Board of Elections. Such | 24 | | lottery shall be conducted within
9 days following the last | 25 | | day for petition filing and shall be open to the
public. | 26 | | Seven days written notice of the time and place of |
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| 1 | | conducting such
random selection shall be given by the | 2 | | State Board of Elections to the chair
of the State central | 3 | | committee of each established political
party, and by each | 4 | | election authority or local election official, to the
| 5 | | County Chair of each established political party, and to | 6 | | each
organization of citizens within the election | 7 | | jurisdiction which was
entitled, under this Article, at the | 8 | | next preceding election, to have
pollwatchers present on | 9 | | the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
election | 10 | | authority or local election official shall post in a | 11 | | conspicuous,
open and public place, at the entrance of the | 12 | | office, notice of the time
and place of such lottery. The | 13 | | State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
and regulations | 14 | | governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
| 15 | | All candidates shall be certified in the order in which | 16 | | their petitions
have been filed. Where candidates have | 17 | | filed simultaneously, they shall be
certified in the order | 18 | | determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed
for the | 19 | | same office at a later time.
| 20 | | (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate | 21 | | election
authority or local election official with whom | 22 | | such a petition for
nomination is filed shall notify the | 23 | | person for whom a petition for
nomination has been filed of | 24 | | the obligation to file statements of
organization, reports | 25 | | of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
campaign | 26 | | contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act.
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| 1 | | Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by | 2 | | paragraph (7) of
Section 9-16 of this Code.
| 3 | | (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not | 4 | | valid if the
candidate named therein fails to file a | 5 | | statement of economic interests
as required by the Illinois | 6 | | Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with | 7 | | the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
| 8 | | filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement | 9 | | of economic
interests in relation to the same governmental | 10 | | unit with that officer
within a year preceding the date on | 11 | | which such nomination papers were
filed. If the nomination | 12 | | papers of any candidate and the statement of
economic | 13 | | interest of that candidate are not required to be filed | 14 | | with
the same officer, the candidate must file with the | 15 | | officer with whom the
nomination papers are filed a receipt | 16 | | from the officer with whom the
statement of economic | 17 | | interests is filed showing the date on which such
statement | 18 | | was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than | 19 | | the
last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
| 20 | | (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or | 21 | | for committeeperson or
for delegate or alternate delegate | 22 | | to a national nominating convention has
been filed may | 23 | | cause his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, | 24 | | signed
by him and duly acknowledged before an officer | 25 | | qualified to take
acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in | 26 | | the principal or permanent branch
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| 1 | | of Elections or with the appropriate election
authority or | 2 | | local election official, not later than the date of
| 3 | | certification of candidates for the consolidated primary | 4 | | or general primary
ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be | 5 | | certified or printed on the
primary ballot. If petitions | 6 | | for nomination have been filed for the
same person with | 7 | | respect to more than one political party, his name
shall | 8 | | not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any | 9 | | party.
If petitions for nomination have been filed for the | 10 | | same person for 2 or
more offices which are incompatible so | 11 | | that the same person could not
serve in more than one of | 12 | | such offices if elected, that person must
withdraw as a | 13 | | candidate for all but one of such offices within the
5 | 14 | | business days following the last day for petition filing. A | 15 | | candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for | 16 | | nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only | 17 | | one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if | 18 | | petitions for nomination have been filed for the same | 19 | | person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or | 20 | | subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name shall | 21 | | be certified only for the first vacancy for which the | 22 | | petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
| 23 | | withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices | 24 | | within such time
his name shall not be certified, nor | 25 | | printed on the primary ballot, for any
office. For the | 26 | | purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
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| 1 | | political party is not incompatible with any other office.
| 2 | | (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | 3 | | statute, no primary
shall be held for an established | 4 | | political party in any township,
municipality, or ward | 5 | | thereof, where the nomination of such
party for every | 6 | | office to be voted upon by the electors of such
township, | 7 | | municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
| 8 | | political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested | 9 | | as to one or
more, but not all, of the offices to be voted | 10 | | upon by the electors of a
township, municipality, or ward | 11 | | thereof, then a primary shall
be held for that party in | 12 | | such township, municipality, or ward thereof;
provided | 13 | | that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
| 14 | | within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for | 15 | | which the
nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this | 16 | | Article, the nomination
of an established political party | 17 | | of a candidate for election to an office
shall be deemed to | 18 | | be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to | 19 | | be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers | 20 | | seeking the
nomination of such party for election to such | 21 | | office.
| 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | 23 | | statute, no primary
election shall be held for an | 24 | | established political party for any special
primary | 25 | | election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the | 26 | | office
of representative in the United States Congress |
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| 1 | | where the nomination of
such political party for said | 2 | | office is uncontested. For the purposes of
this Article, | 3 | | the nomination of an established political party of a
| 4 | | candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be | 5 | | uncontested
where not more than the number of persons to be | 6 | | nominated have timely filed
valid nomination papers | 7 | | seeking the nomination of such established party
for | 8 | | election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not | 9 | | apply if such
primary election is conducted on a regularly | 10 | | scheduled election day.
| 11 | | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) | 12 | | and (b) of this
paragraph (10), whenever a person who has | 13 | | not timely filed valid nomination
papers and who intends to | 14 | | become a write-in candidate for a political
party's | 15 | | nomination for any office for which the nomination is | 16 | | uncontested
files a written statement or notice of that | 17 | | intent with the State Board of
Elections or the local | 18 | | election official with whom nomination papers for
such | 19 | | office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a | 20 | | primary
shall be held for that office. Such statement or | 21 | | notice shall be filed on
or before the date established in | 22 | | this Article for certifying candidates
for the primary | 23 | | ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
name | 24 | | and address of the person intending to become a write-in | 25 | | candidate,
(ii) a statement that the person is a qualified | 26 | | primary elector of the
political party from whom the |
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| 1 | | nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that
the person | 2 | | intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
| 3 | | nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a | 4 | | write-in
candidate. An election authority shall have no | 5 | | duty to conduct a primary
and prepare a primary ballot for | 6 | | any office for which the nomination is
uncontested unless a | 7 | | statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
| 8 | | Section is filed in a timely manner.
| 9 | | (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed | 10 | | for a candidate to
the same office, the State Board of | 11 | | Elections, appropriate election
authority or local | 12 | | election official where the petitions are filed shall
| 13 | | within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her | 14 | | multiple petition
filings and that the candidate has 3 | 15 | | business days after receipt of the
notice to notify the | 16 | | State Board of Elections, appropriate election
authority | 17 | | or local election official that he or she may cancel prior | 18 | | sets
of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State | 19 | | Board of Elections,
appropriate election authority or | 20 | | local election official, the last set of
petitions filed | 21 | | shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
| 22 | | State Board of Elections, election authority or local | 23 | | election official. If
the candidate fails to notify the | 24 | | State Board of Elections, election authority
or local
| 25 | | election official then only the first set of petitions | 26 | | filed shall be valid
and all subsequent petitions shall be |
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| 2 | | (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for | 3 | | public inspection
and shall be preserved for a period of | 4 | | not less than 6 months.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 99-221, eff. 7-31-15; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-13.
The board of election commissioners in cities of | 8 | | 500,000 or more
population having such board, shall constitute | 9 | | an electoral board for the
hearing and passing upon objections | 10 | | to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons.
| 11 | | Such objections shall be filed in the office of the county | 12 | | clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing | 13 | | nomination papers. The objection shall state the name
and | 14 | | address of the objector, who may be any qualified elector in | 15 | | the ward,
the specific grounds of objection and the relief | 16 | | requested of the electoral
board. Upon the receipt of the | 17 | | objection, the county clerk shall forthwith
transmit such | 18 | | objection and the petition of the candidate to the board of
| 19 | | election commissioners. The board of election commissioners | 20 | | shall forthwith
notify the objector and candidate objected to | 21 | | of the time and place for
hearing hereon. After a hearing upon | 22 | | the validity of such objections, the
board shall
certify to the | 23 | | county clerk its decision stating whether or not the name
of | 24 | | the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the county | 25 | | clerk in his
or her certificate to the board of election |
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| 1 | | commissioners shall leave off
of the certificate the name of | 2 | | the candidate for ward committeeperson that the
election | 3 | | commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However, | 4 | | the
decision of the board of election commissioners is subject | 5 | | to judicial
review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
| 6 | | The county electoral board composed as provided in Section | 7 | | 10-9 shall
constitute an electoral board for the hearing and | 8 | | passing upon objections
to nomination petitions for precinct | 9 | | and township committeepersons. Such
objections shall be filed | 10 | | in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after | 11 | | the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall | 12 | | state the name and
address of the objector who may be any | 13 | | qualified elector in the precinct or
in the township or part of | 14 | | a township that lies outside of a city having a
population of | 15 | | 500,000 or more , the specific grounds of objection and the
| 16 | | relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of | 17 | | the objection
the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such | 18 | | objection and the petition
of the candidate to the chair of the | 19 | | county electoral board. The chair
of the county electoral board | 20 | | shall forthwith notify the objector,
the candidate whose | 21 | | petition is objected to and the other members of the
electoral | 22 | | board of the time and place for hearing thereon. After hearing
| 23 | | upon the validity of such objections the board shall certify | 24 | | its decision to the county clerk
stating whether or not the | 25 | | name of the candidate shall be printed on the
ballot, and the | 26 | | county clerk, in his or her certificate to the board of
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| 1 | | election commissioners, shall leave off of the certificate the | 2 | | name of the
candidate ordered by the board not to be printed on | 3 | | the ballot, and the
county clerk shall also refrain from | 4 | | printing on the official primary
ballot, the name of any | 5 | | candidate whose name has been ordered by the
electoral board | 6 | | not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of
the | 7 | | board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section | 8 | | 10-10.1.
| 9 | | In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same | 10 | | powers as other
electoral boards under the provisions of | 11 | | Section 10-10 of this Act and
their decisions are subject to | 12 | | judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 14 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
| 15 | | Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for | 16 | | each precinct shall be
arranged and printed substantially in | 17 | | the manner following:
| 18 | | 1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be | 19 | | printed in
large capital letters, words designating the ballot, | 20 | | if a Republican
ballot, the designating words shall be: | 21 | | "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if
a Democratic ballot the | 22 | | designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT"; and in | 23 | | like manner for each political party.
| 24 | | 2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not | 25 | | less
than one inch below designating words, the name of each |
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| 1 | | office to be
filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such | 2 | | names may be printed on
the ballot either in a single column or | 3 | | in 2 or more columns and in the
following order, to-wit:
| 4 | | President of the United States, State offices, | 5 | | congressional offices,
delegates and alternate delegates to be | 6 | | elected from the State at large
to National nominating | 7 | | conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to
be elected | 8 | | from congressional districts to National nominating
| 9 | | conventions, member or members of the State central committee, | 10 | | trustees of sanitary
districts, county offices, judicial | 11 | | officers, city, village and
incorporated town offices, town | 12 | | offices, or of such of the said offices
as candidates are to be | 13 | | nominated for at such primary, and precinct ,
township or ward | 14 | | committeepersons. If two or more columns are used, the
| 15 | | foregoing offices to and including member of the State central | 16 | | committee
shall be listed in the left-hand column and | 17 | | Senatorial offices, as
defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
| 18 | | first offices listed in the second column.
| 19 | | Below the name of each office shall be printed in small | 20 | | letters the
directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not | 21 | | more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no candidate | 22 | | or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons | 23 | | file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, | 24 | | then below the title of that office the election authority | 25 | | instead shall print "No Candidate".
| 26 | | Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or |
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| 1 | | alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention shall | 2 | | appear either (a)
the name of the
candidate's preference for | 3 | | President of the United States or the word
"uncommitted" or (b) | 4 | | no official designation, depending upon the action
taken by the | 5 | | State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
| 6 | | Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital | 7 | | letters the
names of all candidates, arranged in the order in | 8 | | which their petitions
for nominations were filed, except as | 9 | | otherwise provided in Sections
7-14 and 7-17 of this Article. | 10 | | Opposite and in front of the name of each
candidate shall be | 11 | | printed a square and all squares upon the primary
ballot shall | 12 | | be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for | 13 | | Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed | 14 | | within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front | 15 | | of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates
under | 16 | | each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall | 17 | | separate
the names of candidates for one office from the names | 18 | | of candidates for
another office, to avoid confusion and to | 19 | | permit the writing in of the
names of other candidates.
| 20 | | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 21 | | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | 22 | | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | 23 | | is applicable.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 25 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-51)
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| 1 | | Sec. 7-51.
If the primary elector marks more names upon the | 2 | | primary
ballot than there are persons to be nominated as | 3 | | candidates for an
office, or for State central | 4 | | committeepersons, or precinct committeepersons, or
township | 5 | | committeepersons, or ward committeepersons, or delegates or | 6 | | alternate
delegates to National nominating conventions, or if | 7 | | for any reason it is
impossible to determine the primary | 8 | | elector's choice of a candidate for
the nomination for an | 9 | | office, or committeeperson, or delegate, his primary
ballot | 10 | | shall not be counted for the nomination for such office or | 11 | | committeeperson.
| 12 | | No primary ballot, without the endorsement of the judge's | 13 | | initials
thereon, shall be counted.
| 14 | | No judge shall omit to endorse his initials on a primary | 15 | | ballot, as
required by this Article, nor shall any person not | 16 | | authorized so to do
initial a primary ballot knowing that he is | 17 | | not so authorized.
| 18 | | Primary ballots not counted shall be marked "defective" on | 19 | | the back
thereof; and primary ballots to which objections have | 20 | | been made by
either of the primary judges or challengers shall | 21 | | be marked "objected
to" on the back thereof; and a memorandum, | 22 | | signed by the primary judges,
stating how it was counted, shall | 23 | | be written on the back of each primary
ballot so marked; and | 24 | | all primary ballots marked "defective" or
"objected to" shall | 25 | | be enclosed in an envelope and securely sealed, and
so marked | 26 | | and endorsed as to clearly disclose its contents. The envelope
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| 1 | | to be used for enclosing ballots marked "defective" or | 2 | | "objected to"
shall bear upon its face, in not less than 1 1/2 | 3 | | inch type, the legend:
"This envelope is for use after 6:00 | 4 | | P.M. only." The envelope to be used
for enclosing ballots | 5 | | spoiled by voters while attempting to vote shall
bear upon its | 6 | | face, in not less than 1 1/2 inch type, the legend: "This
| 7 | | envelope is for use before 6:00 P.M. only."
| 8 | | All primary ballots not voted, and all that have been | 9 | | spoiled by
voters while attempting to vote, shall be returned | 10 | | to the proper election authority
by the primary judges, and a | 11 | | receipt taken therefor, and shall be
preserved 2 months. Such | 12 | | official shall keep a record of the number of
primary ballots | 13 | | delivered for each polling place, and he or they shall
also | 14 | | enter upon such record the number and character of primary | 15 | | ballots
returned, with the time when and the persons by whom | 16 | | they are returned.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 18 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
| 19 | | Sec. 7-53.
As soon as the ballots of a political party | 20 | | shall have
been read and the votes of the political party | 21 | | counted, as provided in
the last above section, the 3 judges in | 22 | | charge of the tally sheets shall
foot up the tally sheets so as | 23 | | to show the total number of votes cast
for each candidate of | 24 | | the political party and for each candidate for
State Central | 25 | | committeeperson and precinct committeeperson, township |
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| 1 | | committeeperson
or ward committeeperson, and delegate and | 2 | | alternate delegate
to National nominating conventions, and | 3 | | certify the same to be correct.
Thereupon, the primary judges | 4 | | shall set down in a certificate of results
on the tally sheet, | 5 | | under the name of the political party, the name of
each | 6 | | candidate voted for upon the primary ballot, written at full
| 7 | | length, the name of the office for which he is a candidate for
| 8 | | nomination or for committeeperson, or delegate or alternate | 9 | | delegate to
National nominating conventions, the total number | 10 | | of votes which the
candidate received, and they shall also set | 11 | | down the total number of
ballots voted by the primary electors | 12 | | of the political party in the
precinct. The certificate of | 13 | | results shall be made substantially in the
following form:
| 14 | | ................ Party
| 15 | | At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the | 16 | | (1) *township of
...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward | 17 | | in the city of .... on (insert
date), the primary electors of | 18 | | the ....
party voted .... ballots, and the respective | 19 | | candidates whose names were
written or printed on the primary | 20 | | ballot of the .... party, received
respectively the following | 21 | | votes:
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22 | | Name of |
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No. of |
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23 | | Candidate, |
Title of Office, |
Votes |
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24 | | John Jones |
Governor |
100 |
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25 | | Jane James | Lieutenant Governor | 100 |
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26 | | Sam Smith |
Governor |
70 |
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| 1 | | Samantha Smythe | Lieutenant Governor | 70 |
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2 | | Frank Martin |
Attorney General |
150 |
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3 | | William Preston |
Rep. in Congress |
200 |
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4 | | Frederick John |
Circuit Judge |
50 |
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5 | | *Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
| 6 | | And so on for each candidate.
| 7 | | We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and | 8 | | correct.
| 9 | | Dated (insert date).
| 10 | | ...................................
| 11 | | Name
Address
| 12 | | ...................................
| 13 | | Name
Address
| 14 | | ...................................
| 15 | | Name
Address
| 16 | | ...................................
| 17 | | Name
Address
| 18 | | ...................................
| 19 | | Name
Address
| 20 | | Judges of Primary
| 21 | | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 22 | | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | 23 | | required or authorized by
Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever | 24 | | is applicable.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-56) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-56)
| 2 | | Sec. 7-56. As soon as complete returns are delivered to the | 3 | | proper election
authority, the returns shall be canvassed for | 4 | | all primary elections as follows. The election authority acting | 5 | | as the canvassing board
pursuant to Section 1-8 of this Code | 6 | | shall also open
and canvass the returns of a primary. Upon the
| 7 | | completion of the canvass of the returns by the election | 8 | | authority,
the election authority shall make a tabulated | 9 | | statement of the returns
for each political party separately, | 10 | | stating in appropriate columns and
under proper headings, the | 11 | | total number of votes cast in said county for
each candidate | 12 | | for nomination or election by said party, including candidates | 13 | | for
President of the United States and for State central | 14 | | committeepersons, and
for delegates and alternate delegates to | 15 | | National nominating
conventions, and for precinct | 16 | | committeepersons , township committeepersons, and
for ward | 17 | | committeepersons . Within 2 days after the completion of said
| 18 | | canvass by the election authority, the county clerk shall mail | 19 | | to the
State Board of Elections a certified copy of such | 20 | | tabulated statement of
returns. The
election authority shall | 21 | | also determine and set down as to each precinct the
number of | 22 | | ballots voted by the primary electors of each party at the | 23 | | primary.
| 24 | | In the case of the nomination or election of candidates for | 25 | | offices,
including President of the United States and the State |
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| 1 | | central committeepersons, and delegates and alternate | 2 | | delegates to National
nominating conventions, certified | 3 | | tabulated statement of returns for
which are filed with the | 4 | | State Board of Elections, said returns shall be
canvassed by | 5 | | the election authority. And, provided, further, that within 5 | 6 | | days after
said returns shall be canvassed by the said Board, | 7 | | the Board shall cause
to be published in one daily newspaper of | 8 | | general circulation at the
seat of the State government in | 9 | | Springfield a certified statement of the
returns filed in its | 10 | | office, showing the total vote cast in the State
for each | 11 | | candidate of each political party for President of the United
| 12 | | States, and showing the total vote for each candidate of each | 13 | | political
party for President of the United States, cast in | 14 | | each of the several
congressional districts in the State.
| 15 | | Within 48 hours of conducting a canvass, as required
by | 16 | | this Code, of the consolidated
primary, the election authority | 17 | | shall deliver
an original certificate of results to each local | 18 | | election official, with
respect to whose political | 19 | | subdivisions nominations were made at such primary,
for each | 20 | | precinct in his jurisdiction in which such nominations were on
| 21 | | the ballot. Such original certificate of results need not | 22 | | include any offices
or nominations for any other political | 23 | | subdivisions.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 25 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-58) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-58)
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| 1 | | Sec. 7-58. Each county clerk or board of election
| 2 | | commissioners shall, upon completion of the
canvassing of the | 3 | | returns, make and transmit to the State Board of
Elections and | 4 | | to each election authority whose duty it is to print the
| 5 | | official ballot for the election for which the nomination is | 6 | | made a
proclamation of the results of the primary. The | 7 | | proclamation shall state
the name of each candidate of each | 8 | | political party so
nominated or elected, as shown by the | 9 | | returns, together with the name of
the office for which he or | 10 | | she was nominated or elected, including precinct ,
township and | 11 | | ward committeepersons, and including in the case of the State
| 12 | | Board of Elections, candidates for State central | 13 | | committeepersons, and
delegates and alternate delegates to | 14 | | National nominating conventions. If
a notice of contest is | 15 | | filed, the election authority shall, within one
business day | 16 | | after receiving a certified copy of the court's judgment or
| 17 | | order, amend its proclamation accordingly and proceed to file | 18 | | an amended
proclamation with the appropriate election | 19 | | authorities and with the State
Board of Elections.
| 20 | | The State Board of Elections shall issue a certificate of
| 21 | | election to each of the persons shown by the returns and the
| 22 | | proclamation thereof to be elected State central | 23 | | committeepersons, and
delegates and alternate delegates to | 24 | | National nominating nomination conventions;
and the county | 25 | | clerk shall issue a certificate of election to each
person | 26 | | shown by the returns to be elected precinct , township or ward |
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| 1 | | committeeperson. The certificate issued to such precinct | 2 | | committeeperson shall
state the number of ballots voted in his | 3 | | or her precinct by the primary
electors of his or her party at | 4 | | the primary at which he or she was elected. The
certificate | 5 | | issued to such township committeeperson shall state the number
| 6 | | of ballots voted in his or her township or part of a township, | 7 | | as the case may
be, by the primary electors of his or her party | 8 | | at the primary at which he or she was
elected. The certificate | 9 | | issued to such ward committeeperson shall state
the number of | 10 | | ballots voted in his or her ward by the primary electors of his | 11 | | or her
party at the primary at which he or she was elected.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-10-18.)
| 13 | | (10 ILCS 5/7-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)
| 14 | | Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of | 15 | | votes at a
primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination | 16 | | for an office shall
be the candidate of that party for such | 17 | | office, and his name as such
candidate shall be placed on the | 18 | | official ballot at the election then
next ensuing; provided, | 19 | | that where there are two or more persons to be
nominated for | 20 | | the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
| 21 | | receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and | 22 | | their names
shall be placed on the official ballot at the | 23 | | following election.
| 24 | | Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act, | 25 | | the
person receiving the highest number of votes of his party |
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| 1 | | for
State central committeeperson of his congressional | 2 | | district shall be
declared elected State central | 3 | | committeeperson from said congressional
district.
| 4 | | Unless a national political party specifies that delegates | 5 | | and
alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be | 6 | | allocated by
proportional selection representation according | 7 | | to the results of a
Presidential preference primary, the | 8 | | requisite number of persons
receiving the highest number of | 9 | | votes of their party for delegates and
alternate delegates to | 10 | | National nominating conventions from the State at
large, and | 11 | | the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
| 12 | | votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to | 13 | | National
nominating conventions in their respective | 14 | | congressional districts shall be
declared elected delegates | 15 | | and alternate delegates to the National
nominating conventions | 16 | | of their party.
| 17 | | A political party which elects the members to its State | 18 | | Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of | 19 | | Section 7-8 shall select its
congressional district delegates | 20 | | and alternate delegates to its national
nominating convention | 21 | | by proportional selection representation according to
the | 22 | | results of a Presidential preference primary in each | 23 | | congressional
district in the manner provided by the rules of | 24 | | the national political
party and the State Central Committee, | 25 | | when the rules and policies of the
national political party so | 26 | | require.
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| 1 | | A political party which elects the members to its State | 2 | | Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of | 3 | | Section 7-8 shall select its
at large delegates and alternate | 4 | | delegates to its national
nominating convention by | 5 | | proportional selection representation according to
the results | 6 | | of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
| 7 | | manner provided by the rules of the national political party | 8 | | and the State
Central Committee, when the rules and policies of | 9 | | the national political
party so require.
| 10 | | The person receiving the highest number of votes of his | 11 | | party for
precinct committeeperson of his precinct shall be | 12 | | declared elected precinct committeeperson
from said precinct.
| 13 | | The person receiving the highest number of votes of his | 14 | | party for
township committeeperson of his township or part of a | 15 | | township as the case
may be, shall be declared elected township | 16 | | committeeperson from said
township or part of a township as the | 17 | | case may be. In cities where ward committeepersons
are elected, | 18 | | the person receiving the highest number of
votes of his party | 19 | | for ward committeeperson of his ward shall be declared
elected | 20 | | ward committeeperson from said ward.
| 21 | | When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest | 22 | | number of
votes for the nomination for the same office or for | 23 | | committeeperson of the
same political party, or where more than | 24 | | one person of the same
political party is to be nominated as a | 25 | | candidate for office or committeeperson, if it appears that | 26 | | more than the number of persons to be
nominated for an office |
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| 1 | | or elected committeeperson have the highest and an
equal number | 2 | | of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
election | 3 | | as committeeperson, the election authority by which the returns | 4 | | of the primary
are canvassed shall decide by lot which of said | 5 | | persons shall be
nominated or elected, as the case may be. In | 6 | | such case the election authority shall issue notice in writing | 7 | | to such persons of such tie vote
stating therein the place, the | 8 | | day (which shall not be more than 5 days thereafter) and the | 9 | | hour when such nomination or election shall
be so determined.
| 10 | | (b) Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who | 11 | | have filed
notarized declarations of intent to be write-in | 12 | | candidates with the proper
election authority or authorities | 13 | | not later than 61 days prior to
the primary. However, whenever | 14 | | an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions | 15 | | for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st | 16 | | day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted | 17 | | for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized | 18 | | declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that | 19 | | office with the proper election authority or authorities not | 20 | | later than 7 days prior to the election.
| 21 | | Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in | 22 | | candidate shall be
supplied by the election authorities. Such | 23 | | declaration shall specify the
office for which the person seeks | 24 | | nomination or election as a write-in
candidate.
| 25 | | The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list | 26 | | of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the election |
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| 1 | | judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the primary.
| 2 | | (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | 3 | | Section, where
the number of candidates whose names have been | 4 | | printed on a party's
ballot for nomination for or election to | 5 | | an office at a primary is less
than the number of persons the | 6 | | party is entitled to nominate for or elect
to the office at the | 7 | | primary, a person whose name was not printed on the
party's | 8 | | primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to | 9 | | the
office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a | 10 | | result of a
write-in vote at the primary unless the number of | 11 | | votes he received equals
or exceeds the number of signatures | 12 | | required on a petition for nomination
for that office; or | 13 | | unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the
number of | 14 | | votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names | 15 | | were
printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or | 16 | | election to the same
office.
| 17 | | (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where | 18 | | the number
of candidates whose names have been printed on the | 19 | | party's ballot for
nomination for or election to the office at | 20 | | the primary equals or exceeds
the number of persons the party | 21 | | is entitled to nominate for or elect to the
office at the | 22 | | primary.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 24 | | (10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
| 25 | | Sec. 8-5.
There shall be constituted one legislative |
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| 1 | | committee for each
political party in each legislative district | 2 | | and one representative committee
for each political party in | 3 | | each representative district. Legislative and
representative | 4 | | committees shall be composed as follows:
| 5 | | In legislative or representative districts within or | 6 | | including a portion
of any county containing 2,000,000 or more | 7 | | inhabitants, the legislative
or representative committee of a
| 8 | | political party shall consist of the committeepersons of such | 9 | | party
representing each township or ward of such county any | 10 | | portion of which
township or ward is included within such | 11 | | legislative or representative
district and the chair
of each | 12 | | county central committee of such party of any county
containing | 13 | | less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of which county
is | 14 | | included within such legislative or representative district.
| 15 | | In the remainder of the State, the legislative or | 16 | | representative committee
of a political
party shall consist of | 17 | | the chair of each county central committee of
such party, any | 18 | | portion of which county is included within such
legislative or | 19 | | representative district; but if a legislative or | 20 | | representative
district comprises only one
county, or part of a | 21 | | county, its legislative or representative committee
shall | 22 | | consist of
the chair of the county central committee and 2 | 23 | | members of the county
central committee who reside in the | 24 | | legislative or representative district,
as the case may be, | 25 | | elected by the county central committee.
| 26 | | Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered year |
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| 1 | | immediately
following the decennial redistricting required by | 2 | | Section 3 of Article IV
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, | 3 | | the ward committeepersons, township committeepersons
or | 4 | | chairmen of county central committees within each of the
| 5 | | redistricted legislative and representative districts shall | 6 | | meet and
proceed to organize by electing from among their own | 7 | | number a chair and,
either from among their own number or | 8 | | otherwise, such other officers as
they may deem necessary or | 9 | | expedient. The ward committeepersons, township | 10 | | committeepersons
or chairmen of county central committees | 11 | | shall determine the
time and place (which shall be in the | 12 | | limits of such district) of such
meeting. Immediately upon | 13 | | completion of organization, the chair shall
forward to the | 14 | | State Board of Elections the names and addresses of the chair
| 15 | | and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall occur when a
| 16 | | member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the county, | 17 | | township or ward
which he represented.
| 18 | | Within 180 days after the primary of each other | 19 | | even-numbered year, each
legislative committee and | 20 | | representative committee shall meet and proceed
to organize by | 21 | | electing from among its own number a chair, and either
from its | 22 | | own number or otherwise, such other officers as each committee
| 23 | | may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion of
| 24 | | organization, the chair shall forward to the State Board of
| 25 | | Elections, the names and addresses of the chair and secretary | 26 | | of the
committee. The outgoing chair of such committee shall |
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| 1 | | notify the
members of the time and place (which shall be in the | 2 | | limits of such
district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur | 3 | | when a member dies,
resigns, or ceases to reside in the county, | 4 | | township or ward, which he
represented.
| 5 | | If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct, | 6 | | township or
ward, the committeeperson previously elected | 7 | | therefrom shall continue to
serve, as if no boundary change had | 8 | | occurred, for the purpose of acting
as a member of a | 9 | | legislative or representative committee until his successor
is | 10 | | elected or appointed.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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