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92_SB0945eng SB945 Engrossed SRS92SB0025PMcp 1 AN ACT concerning elections. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 5 Section 7-60.1 as follows: 6 (10 ILCS 5/7-60.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60.1) 7 Sec. 7-60.1. Certification of Candidates - Consolidated 8 Election. Each local election official of a political 9 subdivision in which candidates for the respective local 10 offices are nominated at the consolidated primary shall,no11 not later than 5 days following the canvass and proclamation 12 of the results of the consolidated primary, certify to each 13 election authority whose duty it is to prepare the official 14 ballot for the consolidated election in that political 15 subdivision the names of each of the candidates who have been 16 nominated as shown by the proclamation of the appropriate 17 canvassing board or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy 18 in nomination and direct the election authority to place upon 19 the official ballot for the consolidated election the names 20 of such candidates in the same manner and in the same order 21 as shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided 22 by this Section. 23 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the 24 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the 25 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest 26 number of votes in the consolidated primary election as a 27 candidate for such consolidated primary, shall be certified 28 first under the name of such office, and the names of the 29 remaining candidates of such party for such offices shall 30 follow in the order of the number of votes received by them 31 respectively at the consolidated primary election as shown by SB945 Engrossed -2- SRS92SB0025PMcp 1 the official election results. 2 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's 3 proclamation to have been nominated at the consolidated 4 primary as a write-in candidate shall have his or her name 5 certified unless such person shall have filed with the 6 certifying office or board within 5 days after the canvassing 7 board's proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to 8 Section 7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1. 9 Each board of election commissioners of the cities in 10 which established political party candidates for city offices 11 are nominated at the consolidated primary shall determine by 12 a fair and impartial method of random selection the order of 13 placement of the established political party candidates for 14 the consolidated ballot. Such determination shall be made 15 within 5 days following the canvass and proclamation of the 16 results of the consolidated primary and shall be open to the 17 public. Three days written notice of the time and place of 18 conducting such random selection shall be given, by each such 19 election authority, to the County Chairman of each 20 established political party, and to each organization of 21 citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled, 22 under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have 23 pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each election 24 authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place, 25 at the entrance of the election authority office, notice of 26 the time and place of such lottery. 27 Each local election official of a political subdivision 28 in which established political party candidates for the 29 respective local offices are nominated by primary shall 30 determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection 31 the order of placement of the established political party 32 candidates for the consolidated election ballot and, in the 33 case of certain municipalities having annual elections, on 34 the general primary ballot for election. Such determination SB945 Engrossed -3- SRS92SB0025PMcp 1 shall be made prior to the canvass and proclamation of 2 results of the consolidated primary or special municipal 3 primary, as the case may be, in the office of the local 4 election official and shall be open to the public. Three 5 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such 6 random selection shall be given, by each such local election 7 official, to the County Chairman of each established 8 political party, and to each organization of citizens within 9 the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this 10 Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers 11 present on the day of election. Each local election official 12 shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place notice of 13 such lottery. Immediately thereafter, the local election 14 official shall certify the ballot placement order so 15 determined to the proper election authorities charged with 16 the preparation of the consolidated election, or general 17 primary, ballot for that political subdivision. 18 Not less than 61 days before the date of the consolidated 19 election, each local election official of a political 20 subdivision in which established political party candidates 21 for the respective local offices have been nominated by 22 caucus or have been nominated because no primary was required 23 to be held shall certify to each election authority whose 24 duty it is to prepare the official ballot for the 25 consolidated election in that political subdivision the names 26 of each of the candidates whose certificates of nomination or 27 nomination papers have been filed in his or her office and 28 direct the election authority to place upon the official 29 ballot for the consolidated election the names of such 30 candidates in the same manner and in the same order as shown 31 upon the certification. Such local election official shall, 32 prior to certification, determine by a fair and impartial 33 method of random selection the order of placement of the 34 established political party candidates for the consolidated SB945 Engrossed -4- SRS92SB0025PMcp 1 election ballot. However, for township offices, the township 2 clerk shall certify to each election authority whose duty it 3 is to prepare the official ballot for the consolidated 4 election, the order of placement of the established political 5 party candidates for the consolidated election ballot based 6 on the order in which the caucus certificates of nomination 7 were filed at the office of township clerk. Caucus 8 certificates of nomination shall be filed in the principal 9 office of the township clerk not more than 78 nor less than 10 71 days before the consolidated election. The township clerk 11 shall, upon receipt of the caucus certificates of nomination, 12 endorse thereon the day and hour on which they were filed. 13 All caucus certificates of nomination filed by persons 14 waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, 15 or as of the normal opening hour of the office involved on 16 such day shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal 17 opening hour, as the case may be. Certificates of nomination 18 filed by mail and received after midnight on the first day 19 for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that 20 day, shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or 21 as of the normal opening hour of such day as the case may be, 22 and all certificates of nomination received thereafter shall 23 be deemed as filed in order of actual receipt. Where 2 or 24 more caucus certificates of nomination are received 25 simultaneously, the township clerk shall break ties and 26 determine the order of filing by means of fair and impartial 27 method of random selection. Such determination shall be made 28 in the office of the local election official and shall be 29 open to the public. Three days written notice of the time 30 and place of conducting such random selection shall be given 31 by each such local election official to the county chairman 32 of each established political party, and to each organization 33 of citizens within the election jurisdiction which was 34 entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding election, SB945 Engrossed -5- SRS92SB0025PMcp 1 to have pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each 2 local election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and 3 public place, at the entrance of the office, notice of the 4 time and place of such lottery. The local election official 5 shall certify the ballot placement order so determined as 6 part of his official certification of candidates to the 7 election authorities whose duty it is to prepare the official 8 ballot for the consolidated election in that political 9 subdivision. 10 The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the 11 following: 12 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates 13 for the respective offices; 14 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected or 15 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision 16 or district; 17 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one 18 candidate for an office; 19 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for 20 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a 21 political subdivision or district are for different terms. 22 The local election official shall issue an amended 23 certification whenever it is discovered that the original 24 certification is in error. 25 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)