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65 ILCS 5/5-2-18

(65 ILCS 5/5-2-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18)

Sec. 5-2-18.

In any city which has adopted this Article 5 and which elects
a mayor and councilmen as provided in Section 5-2-12, a proposition to elect alderpersons
 from wards as provided in Article 3 of this Code, except that only
one alderperson may be elected from each ward, shall be certified by the
city clerk to the proper election authority who shall submit such proposition
at the general municipal election in accordance with the general election
law, if a petition signed by electors
of the city numbering not less than 10% of the total vote cast for mayor
at the last preceding election, is filed with the city clerk.

The proposition shall be substantially in the
following form:

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    Shall the city of.... be divided
into wards with one alderperson to be          YES
elected from each ward, but with the   -----------------------
mayor to be elected from the city              NO
at large?
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If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote "yes", then the
sitting city council shall proceed to divide the city into wards in the
manner provided in Article 3 and one alderperson shall be elected from each
ward at the next general municipal election of any city officer. Upon
the election and qualification of such alderpersons the terms of office of
all sitting councilmen shall expire. After the adoption of such
proposition the provisions of Article 3 shall be applicable to the
division of the city into wards and to the election of the mayor and alderpersons
 of such city, except that only one alderperson shall be elected
from each ward.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)