(65 ILCS 20/21-29) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-29)
Sec. 21-29. Withdrawals and substitution of candidates.
Any candidate for alderperson under the provisions of this Article may
withdraw his name as a candidate by filing with the board of election
commissioners of the City of Chicago not later than the date of certification of the ballot his written request signed by him and duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgements of
deeds, whereupon his name shall not be printed as a candidate upon the
official ballot.
If any candidate at an election of alderpersons who was not elected as
provided for in this Article but who shall have received sufficient votes
to entitle him to a place on the official ballot at the ensuing
supplementary election shall die or withdraw his candidacy before such
supplementary election, the name of the candidate who shall receive the
next highest number of votes shall be printed on the ballot in lieu of the
name of the candidate who shall have died or withdrawn his candidacy.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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