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10 ILCS 5/10-14

(10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)

Sec. 10-14.

Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not less than 74 days before the date of the general election
the State Board of Elections shall certify to the county clerk of each
county the name of each candidate whose nomination papers,
certificate of nomination, or resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination
has been filed with
the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk to place upon
the official ballot for the general election the names of such candidates
in the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the certification. The name of no
candidate for an office to
be filled by the electors of the entire state shall be placed upon the
official ballot unless his name is duly certified to the county clerk
upon a certificate signed by the members of the State Board of
Elections. The names of group candidates on petitions shall be certified
to the several county clerks in the order
in which such names appear on such petitions filed with
the State Board of Elections.

Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not less than 68 days before the date of the general election, each
county clerk shall certify the names of each of the candidates for county
offices whose nomination papers, certificates of nomination, or resolutions
to fill a vacancy in nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare
that the names of such candidates for the respective offices shall be
placed upon the official ballot for the general election in the same manner
and in the same order as shown upon the certification.  Each county clerk
shall place a copy of the certification on file in his or her office and at
the same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such
certification.  In addition, each county clerk in whose county there is a
board of election commissioners
shall, not
less than 69 days before the election, certify to the board of election
commissioners the name of the person or persons nominated for such
office as shown by the certificate of the State Board of Elections,
together with the names of all other candidates as shown
by the certification of county officers on file in the clerk's office, and
in the order so certified. The county clerk or board of election commissioners
shall print
the names of the nominees on the ballot for each office in the order in
which they are certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided,
that in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of such
nominees have also been nominated by one or more political parties
pursuant to this Code, the location of the name of such candidate on the
ballot for nominations made under this Article shall be precisely in the
same order in which it appears on the certification of the State Board
of Elections to the county clerk.

For the general election,
the candidates of new political parties shall be placed on the ballot for
said election after the established political party candidates
and in the order of new political party petition filings.

Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the following:

(1) The political party affiliation, if any, of the

candidates for the respective offices;

(2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected

to an office from the State, political subdivision, or district;

(3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than

one candidate for an office;

(4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled

for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a political subdivision are for different terms.

The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the case may be,
shall issue an amended certification whenever it is discovered that the
original certification is in error.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)