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ELECTIONS (10 ILCS 5/) Election Code. 10 ILCS 5/7-66
(10 ILCS 5/7-66)
Sec. 7-66.
Precinct tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment.
If the election authority has adopted the use of Precinct
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology voting equipment pursuant to
Article 24B of this Code, and the provisions of the Article are
in conflict with the provisions of this Article 7, the
provisions of Article 24B shall govern the procedures followed by
the election authority, its judges of elections, and all
employees and agents. In following the provisions of
Article 24B, the election authority is authorized to develop and
implement procedures to fully utilize Precinct Tabulation Optical
Scan Technology voting equipment authorized by the State Board of
Elections as long as the procedure is not in conflict with
either Article 24B or the administrative rules of the State Board
of Elections.
(Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-67 (10 ILCS 5/7-67) Sec. 7-67. Nominations; regional superintendents of schools. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this Section shall apply only to the making of nominations for established party candidates for regional superintendent of schools in the 2014 general primary election. (b) A candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 200 signatures or the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party in the territory comprising the county or counties, whichever is less. For purposes of this subsection, the number of primary electors shall be determined by taking the total votes cast in the applicable district for the candidate for that political party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the last general election in the State at which electors for President of the United States were elected. (c) Petitions for nomination for regional superintendent of schools shall be filed no earlier than December 16, 2013, and no later than December 23, 2013. (d) Petitions for single-county districts shall be filed with the county election authority. Petitions for multi-county districts shall be filed with the State Board of Elections. Signatures and circulator statements on petitions for nomination filed with the State Board of Elections or county election authority during the filing period for nominations shall not be deemed invalid for the sole reason that the petitions were circulated between 90 and 111 days before the last day for filing petitions. (e) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of this Section and any other provision of this Code, the provisions of this Section shall control.
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10 ILCS 5/7-68 (10 ILCS 5/7-68) Sec. 7-68. Nominations for special election for Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer. (a) Whenever a special election for the office of Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer is to be held pursuant to Section 25-5 of this Code, nominations shall be made and any vacancy in nomination shall be filled pursuant to this Section. (1) If the vacancy in office or failure to qualify | | for the office occurs before the first date provided in Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for the primary in the next even-numbered year following the commencement of the term, the nominations for the special election shall be made as otherwise provided in this Article 7. The nomination for the office to be filled by special election shall appear on the regular ballot at the primary election, and shall not require the use of a separate ballot.
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| The resolution to fill the vacancy in nomination
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| (A) the names of the original office holder and
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| | (C) the name and address of the nominee selected
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| The resolution to fill the vacancy in nomination
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| (b) Any vacancy in nomination occurring on or after the primary and prior to certification must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy in nomination.
(c) The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to objections to nomination papers, hearings on objections and judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections to nomination papers and resolutions for filling vacancies in nomination filed pursuant to this Section.
(d) Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and special election provided for in this Section shall be governed by this Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-1170, eff. 1-12-15.)
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10 ILCS 5/7-100
(10 ILCS 5/7-100)
Sec. 7-100. Definition of a vote.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the purpose of this
Article, a person casts a valid vote on a punch card ballot when:
(1) A chad on the card has at least one corner | |
(2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the
| | chad are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be seen through the card; or
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(3) An indentation on the chad from the stylus or
| | other object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable intent of the voter to vote based on the totality of the circumstances, including but not limited to any pattern or frequency of indentations on other ballot positions from the same ballot card.
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(b) Write-in votes shall be counted in a manner consistent with the existing
provisions of this Code.
(c) For purposes of this Section, a "chad" is that portion of a ballot card
that a voter punches or perforates with a stylus or other designated marking
device to manifest his or her vote for a particular ballot position on a ballot
card as defined in subsection (a).
(d) Prior to the original counting of any punch card ballots, an election judge may not alter a punch card ballot in any manner, including, but not limited to, the removal or manipulation of chads.
(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 7A
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 7A heading)
ARTICLE 7A.
JUDGES' DECLARATION OF
INTENT TO SEEK RETENTION IN OFFICE
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10 ILCS 5/7A-1
(10 ILCS 5/7A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1)
Sec. 7A-1.
Any Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge who has been elected
to that office and who seeks to be retained in that office under subsection
(d) of Section 12 of Article VI of the Constitution shall file a declaration
of candidacy to succeed himself in the office of the Secretary of State
not less than 6 months before the general election preceding
the expiration of his term of office. Within 3 business days thereafter,
the Secretary of State shall certify to the State Board of Elections the
names of all incumbent judges who were eligible to stand for retention at
the next general election but failed to timely file a declaration of
candidacy to succeed themselves in office or, having timely filed such a
declaration, withdrew it. The State Board of Elections may rely upon the
certification from the Secretary of State (a) to determine when vacancies
in judicial office exist and (b) to determine the judicial positions for
which elections will be held. The Secretary of State, not less
than 63 days before the election, shall certify the Judge's candidacy to
the proper election officials. The names of Judges seeking retention shall
be submitted to the electors, separately and without party designation,
on the sole question whether each Judge shall be retained in office for
another term. The retention elections shall be conducted at general elections
in the appropriate Judicial District, for Supreme and Appellate Judges,
and in the circuit for Circuit Judges. The affirmative vote of three-fifths
of the electors voting on the question shall elect the Judge to the office
for a term commencing on the first Monday in December following his election.
Upon certification of a Judge's candidacy for retention by the Secretary of State, the judicial candidate may file a written request with the Secretary of State for redaction of the judicial candidate's home address information from the candidate's declaration of candidacy for retention. After receipt of the candidate's written request, the Secretary of State shall redact or cause redaction of the judicial candidate's home address from the candidate's declaration of candidacy for retention within 5 business days. For the purposes of this subsection, "home address" has the meaning as defined in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act. (Source: P.A. 96-886, eff. 1-1-11; 97-847, eff. 9-22-12 .)
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10 ILCS 5/Art. 8
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 8 heading)
ARTICLE 8.
NOMINATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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10 ILCS 5/8-1
(10 ILCS 5/8-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-1)
Sec. 8-1.
The nomination of all candidates for members of the General Assembly by
all political parties as defined in Section 8-2 of this article shall be
made in the manner provided in this article 8 and not otherwise.
The name of no person, nominated by a party required hereunder to make
nominations of candidates for members of the General Assembly shall be
placed upon the official ballot to be voted at the general election
as a candidate unless such person shall have
been nominated for such office under the provisions of this article 8.
(Source: P.A. 82-750.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-2
(10 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-2)
Sec. 8-2.
The term "political party" as used in this article shall mean a
political party which, at the next preceding election for governor, polled
at least five per cent of the entire vote cast in the State; Provided, that
no political organization or group shall be qualified as a political party
hereunder, or given a place on a ballot, which organization or group is
associated, directly or indirectly, with Communist, Fascist, Nazi or other
un-American principles and engages in activities or propaganda designed to
teach subservience to the political principles and ideals of foreign
nations or the overthrow by violence of the established constitutional form
of government of the United States and the State of Illinois.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-3
(10 ILCS 5/8-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-3)
Sec. 8-3.
The following words and phrases in this article
shall, unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be construed as follows:
(1) The terms "legislative office",
"legislative officer" or "legislator" shall mean a State Senator
or Representative in the General Assembly.
(2) The term "legislative district" shall mean the territorial area
from which a State Senator is to be elected.
(3) The term "representative district" shall mean the territorial area
from which a Representative in the General Assembly is to be elected.
(Source: P.A. 82-750.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-4
(10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
Sec. 8-4. The nomination of candidates for
legislative offices shall be made at the general primary election.
(Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-5
(10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
Sec. 8-5. Legislative committees; representative committees. There shall be constituted one legislative committee for each
political party in each legislative district and one representative committee
for each political party in each representative district. Legislative and
representative committees shall be composed as follows:
In legislative or representative districts within or including a portion
of any county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the legislative
or representative committee of a
political party shall consist of the committeepersons of such party
representing each township or ward of such county any portion of which
township or ward is included within such legislative or representative
district and the chair
of each county central committee of such party of any county
containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of which county
is included within such legislative or representative district.
In the remainder of the State, the legislative or representative committee
of a political
party shall consist of the chair of each county central committee of
such party, any portion of which county is included within such
legislative or representative district; but if a legislative or representative
district comprises only one
county, or part of a county, its legislative or representative committee
shall consist of
the chair of the county central committee and 2 members of the county
central committee appointed by the chair of the county central committee.
Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered year immediately
following the decennial redistricting required by Section 3 of Article IV
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, the ward committeepersons, township committeepersons
or chairmen of county central committees within each of the
redistricted legislative and representative districts shall meet and
proceed to organize by electing from among their own number a chair and,
either from among their own number or otherwise, such other officers as
they may deem necessary or expedient. The ward committeepersons, township committeepersons
or chairmen of county central committees shall determine the
time and place (which shall be in the limits of such district) of such
meeting. Immediately upon completion of organization, the chair shall
forward to the State Board of Elections the names and addresses of the chair
and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall occur when a
member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the county, township or ward
which he represented.
Within 180 days after the primary of each other even-numbered year, each
legislative committee and representative committee shall meet and proceed
to organize by electing from among its own number a chair, and either
from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each committee
may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion of
organization, the chair shall forward to the State Board of
Elections, the names and addresses of the chair and secretary of the
committee. The outgoing chair of such committee shall notify the
members of the time and place (which shall be in the limits of such
district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur when a member dies,
resigns, or ceases to reside in the county, township or ward, which he
represented.
If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct, township or
ward, the committeeperson previously elected therefrom shall continue to
serve, as if no boundary change had occurred, for the purpose of acting
as a member of a legislative or representative committee until his successor
is elected or appointed.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-6
(10 ILCS 5/8-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-6)
Sec. 8-6.
In legislative or representative districts wholly contained
within counties having 2,000,000
or more inhabitants each member of each legislative or representative
committee shall in its
organization and proceedings be entitled to
one vote for each ballot voted in that portion of his township or ward in
the legislative or representative district by the primary electors of
his party at the last
primary at which members of the General Assembly were nominated. If a portion
of the legislative or representative district is within a county containing
2,000,000 or more inhabitants then each legislative or representative
committee member shall be entitled to vote as follows: (a) in the portion
of the district lying within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants,
each committeeperson shall be entitled to one vote for each ballot voted in
that portion of his township or ward in the legislative or representative
district by primary electors of his party at the last primary at which
township or ward committeepersons were elected; (b) in the portion of the
district lying outside a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each chair
of a county central committee shall be entitled to one vote for
each ballot voted in that portion of his county in the legislative or
representative district by the primary electors of his party at the last
primary at which members of the General Assembly were nominated. In the
remainder of the State, each member shall be entitled to cast one vote for
each ballot voted in that portion of his county in the legislative or
representative district by the primary electors of his party at the last
primary at which members of the General Assembly were nominated. However,
in counties under 2,000,000 population, if the legislative or
representative district comprises only one county, or part of a county,
each legislative or representative committee member shall be entitled to cast one vote.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/8-7
(10 ILCS 5/8-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-7)
Sec. 8-7.
The various political party committees now in existence are
hereby recognized and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties
herein prescribed until committeepersons are chosen, in accordance with the
provisions of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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10 ILCS 5/8-8
(10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no candidate for nomination shall be printed
upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been
filed in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such petition
shall include as a part thereof the oath required by Section 7-10.1 of
this Code and a statement of candidacy by the candidate filing or in
whose behalf the petition is filed. This statement shall set out the
address of such candidate and the office for which he is a candidate; shall
state that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
which the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified, and
has filed a statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act; shall request that the candidate's name be
placed upon the official ballot; and shall be subscribed and sworn by
such candidate before some officer authorized to take acknowledgment of
deeds in this State and may be in substantially the following form:
State of Illinois) ) ss. County ..........)
I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at .... street in
the city (or village of) .... in the county of .... State of Illinois;
that I am a qualified voter therein and am a qualified primary voter of
.... party; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of ....
to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on (insert date);
that I am legally qualified to hold such office and
that I have filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be
printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
Signed ....................
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ...., who is to me
personally known, on (insert date).
Signed .... (Official Character)
(Seal if officer has one.)
The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating that the candidate has filed the statement of economic interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act must be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions for nomination for the office of State Senator shall be signed
by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of the qualified primary electors of
the candidate's party in his legislative district.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, all petitions for nomination for the office of Representative in the General
Assembly shall be signed by at least 500 but not more than 1,500 of
the qualified primary electors of the candidate's party in his or her
representative district.
Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector who signs a
petition for nomination for the office of State Representative or State
Senator such elector's residence address shall be written or printed. The
residence address required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
primary elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county
and city, village, or town.
For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary electors shall
be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the applicable district,
for the candidate for such political party who received the highest number
of votes, state-wide, at the last general election in the State at which
electors for President of the United States were elected.
A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign petitions for or be a
candidate in the primary of more than one party.
In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition circulator,
who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the United
States, shall state his or her street address or rural route
number, as the
case may be, as well as his or her county, city, village or
town, and state; and
shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed in
his or her presence; and shall certify that the signatures are genuine; and
shall certify
that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the persons so signing were
at the time of signing the petition qualified primary voters for which the
nomination is sought.
In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the petition
circulator shall (1) indicate the dates on which he or she
circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the first and last dates on which
the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the petition circulation period is 90 days, certify that none of the signatures on the
sheet were signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
of the petition, or (4) for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was sworn or affirmed to. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the filing of such petition.
All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board of Elections shall
be the original sheets which have been signed by the voters and by the
circulator, and not photocopies or duplicates of such sheets.
The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on whose behalf
the petition is circulated, may strike any signature from the petition,
provided that:
(1) the person striking the signature shall initial | | the petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
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(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
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(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-692, eff. 1-7-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-8.1
(10 ILCS 5/8-8.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8.1)
Sec. 8-8.1. In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition for
nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial or initials, a
nickname by which the candidate is commonly known, or a combination
thereof, may be used in addition to the candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the last day for filing the petition for that office, then (i) the candidate's name on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the candidate's previous names during the period specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for the ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or parents' surname, marriage or civil union to assume a spouse's surname, or dissolution of marriage or civil union or declaration of invalidity of marriage or civil union to assume a former surname or a name change that conforms the candidate's name to his or her gender identity. No other
designation such as a political slogan, title, or degree, or nickname
suggesting or implying
possession of a title, degree or professional status, or similar information
may be used
in connection with the candidate's surname.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-9
(10 ILCS 5/8-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-9)
Sec. 8-9.
All petitions for nomination shall be filed by mail or in
person as follows:
(1) Where the nomination is made for a legislative | | office, such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
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(2) The State Board of Elections shall, upon receipt
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(3) Any person for whom a petition for nomination has
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(4) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
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(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-9.1
(10 ILCS 5/8-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-9.1)
Sec. 8-9.1.
The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
objections to certificates of nomination and nomination papers, hearings on
objections, and judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections
to petitions for nomination filed under this Article.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 597.)
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10 ILCS 5/8-10
(10 ILCS 5/8-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-10)
Sec. 8-10.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not less than 68 days prior to the date of the primary, the State Board
of Elections shall certify to the county clerk for each county, the names
of all candidates for legislative offices, as specified
in the petitions for
nominations on file in its office, which are to be voted for in such
county, stating in such certificates the political affiliation of each
candidate for nomination, as specified in the petitions. The State Board
of Elections shall, in its
certificate to the county clerk, certify to the county clerk the names of
the candidates in the order in which the names shall appear upon the
primary ballot, the names to appear in the order in which petitions have
been filed.
Not less than 62 days prior to the date of the primary, the county clerk
shall certify to the board of election commissioners if there be any such
board in his county, the names of all candidates so certified to him by the
State Board of Elections in the districts wholly or partly within the
jurisdiction of said board and in the order in which such names are
certified to him.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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