(70 ILCS 405/20) (from Ch. 5, par. 125)
Sec. 20.
Nomination,
election of directors.
Within 30 days after the issuance of the Secretary of State of the
certification of organization of a soil and water conservation district,
nominating petitions may be filed with the Department for the nomination of
candidates for directors of such district. The Department may extend the
time within which such nominating petitions may be filed. After the first
election nominating petitions may be filed with the Department not more
than 60 days nor less than 20 days prior to the date of the election. No
nominating petition shall be accepted by the Department unless it shall be
subscribed by 25 or more owners or occupiers of land, or both, lying within
the boundaries of such district. Land owners or occupiers, or both, may
sign more than one such nominating petition. The names of all nominees on
behalf of whom such nominating petitions have been filed in the time herein
designated or such further time as may be granted by the Department shall
appear, arranged in the alphabetical order of the surnames upon ballots
with a square before each name and a direction to insert an X in the square
before a number of names equal to the number of directors to be elected,
and with instructions to vote for not more than the proper number of
directors. Only owners or occupiers of land, or both, lying within the
district are eligible to vote in such election and each shall be entitled
to cast one ballot. Such ballot may be cast in person or by absentee
ballot. The Department shall prescribe regulations governing the conduct of
such election and the determination of the eligibility of voters therein,
and shall announce the results thereof. The 5 nominees receiving the
highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 530.)
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