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Public Act 103-0586 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
ARTICLE 1 | ||||
Section 1-5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||
Sections 7-11, 7-12, 7-61, 8-17, and 25-6 as follows: | ||||
(10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11) | ||||
Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United | ||||
States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of his | ||||
political party by filing in the office of the State Board of | ||||
Elections not more than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days | ||||
prior to the date of the general primary, in any year in which | ||||
a Presidential election is to be held, a petition signed by not | ||||
less than 3000 or more than 5000 primary electors, members of | ||||
and affiliated with the party of which he is a candidate, and | ||||
no candidate for President of the United States, who fails to | ||||
comply with the provisions of this Article shall have his name | ||||
printed upon any primary ballot ; provided : Provided , however, | ||||
that if the rules or policies of a national political party | ||||
conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for | ||||
President of the United States in a presidential preference | ||||
primary, the Chair of the State central committee of such |
national political party shall notify the State Board of | ||
Elections in writing, citing by reference the rules or | ||
policies of the national political party in conflict, and in | ||
such case the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in | ||
accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the | ||
state central committee of such national political party. | ||
Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a national | ||
political party otherwise provide, the vote for President of | ||
the United States, as herein provided for, shall be for the | ||
sole purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and | ||
will of the party voters with respect to candidates for | ||
nomination for said office, and the vote of the state at large | ||
shall be taken and considered as advisory to the delegates and | ||
alternates at large to the national conventions of respective | ||
political parties; and the vote of the respective | ||
congressional districts shall be taken and considered as | ||
advisory to the delegates and alternates of said congressional | ||
districts to the national conventions of the respective | ||
political parties. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .) | ||
(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12) | ||
Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by | ||
mail or in person as follows: | ||
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where | ||
the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional, |
or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for | ||
which is made for a territorial division or district which | ||
comprises more than one county or is partly in one county | ||
and partly in another county or counties (including the | ||
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as | ||
otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for | ||
nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the | ||
State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 and not less | ||
than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in | ||
the case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by | ||
special election in the office of representative in | ||
Congress from this State, such petition for nomination | ||
shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board | ||
of Elections not more than 113 85 days and not less than | ||
110 82 days prior to the date of the primary. | ||
Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, | ||
Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period | ||
preceding the 134th 106th day before a general primary | ||
election, petitions for nomination for the office in which | ||
the vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal | ||
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120 92 | ||
nor less than 113 85 days prior to the date of the general | ||
primary election. | ||
Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or | ||
alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, | ||
then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the |
principal office of the State Board of Elections not more | ||
than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days prior to the | ||
date of the primary; provided, however, that if the rules | ||
or policies of a national political party conflict with | ||
such requirements for filing petitions for nomination for | ||
delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating | ||
convention, the chair of the State central committee of | ||
such national political party shall notify the Board in | ||
writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the | ||
national political party in conflict, and in such case the | ||
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in | ||
accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the | ||
state central committee of such national political party. | ||
(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county | ||
office or trustee of a sanitary district then such | ||
petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk | ||
not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days prior to | ||
the date of the primary. | ||
(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal | ||
or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be | ||
filed in the office of the local election official, not | ||
more than 127 99 nor less than 120 92 days prior to the | ||
date of the primary; provided, where a municipality's or | ||
township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely | ||
within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election | ||
commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office |
of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office | ||
of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the | ||
election authority. | ||
(4) The petitions of candidates for State central | ||
committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of | ||
the State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 nor less | ||
than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary. | ||
(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or | ||
ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the | ||
county clerk not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 | ||
days prior to the date of the primary. | ||
(6) The State Board of Elections and the various | ||
election authorities and local election officials with | ||
whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall | ||
specify the place where filings shall be made and upon | ||
receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which | ||
each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons | ||
waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for | ||
filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office | ||
involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. | ||
or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions | ||
filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day | ||
for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that | ||
day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or | ||
as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may | ||
be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as |
filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more | ||
petitions filed within the last hour of the filing | ||
deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or | ||
more petitions are received simultaneously, the State | ||
Board of Elections or the various election authorities or | ||
local election officials with whom such petitions are | ||
filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing, | ||
by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of | ||
random selection approved by the State Board of Elections. | ||
Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following | ||
the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the | ||
public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of | ||
conducting such random selection shall be given by the | ||
State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central | ||
committee of each established political party, and by each | ||
election authority or local election official, to the | ||
County Chair of each established political party, and to | ||
each organization of citizens within the election | ||
jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at | ||
the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present | ||
on the day of election. The State Board of Elections, | ||
election authority or local election official shall post | ||
in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance | ||
of the office, notice of the time and place of such | ||
lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules | ||
and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct |
of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the | ||
order in which their petitions have been filed. Where | ||
candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be | ||
certified in the order determined by lot and prior to | ||
candidates who filed for the same office at a later time. | ||
(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate | ||
election authority or local election official with whom | ||
such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the | ||
person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed | ||
of the obligation to file statements of organization, | ||
reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports of | ||
campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of | ||
this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner | ||
prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code. | ||
(8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not | ||
valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a | ||
statement of economic interests as required by the | ||
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his | ||
candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the | ||
period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has | ||
filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the | ||
same governmental unit with that officer within a year | ||
preceding the date on which such nomination papers were | ||
filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the | ||
statement of economic interests interest of that candidate | ||
are not required to be filed with the same officer, the |
candidate must file with the officer with whom the | ||
nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer | ||
with whom the statement of economic interests is filed | ||
showing the date on which such statement was filed. Such | ||
receipt shall be so filed not later than the last day on | ||
which nomination papers may be filed. | ||
(9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any | ||
person for whom a petition for nomination, or for | ||
committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a | ||
national nominating convention has been filed may cause | ||
his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by | ||
him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to | ||
take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal | ||
or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections | ||
or with the appropriate election authority or local | ||
election official, not later than the date of | ||
certification of candidates for the consolidated primary | ||
or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be | ||
certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions | ||
for nomination have been filed for the same person with | ||
respect to more than one political party, his name shall | ||
not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any | ||
party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the | ||
same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible | ||
so that the same person could not serve in more than one of | ||
such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a |
candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5 | ||
business days following the last day for petition filing. | ||
A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for | ||
nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only | ||
one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if | ||
petitions for nomination have been filed for the same | ||
person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or | ||
subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name | ||
shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which | ||
the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to | ||
withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices | ||
within such time his name shall not be certified, nor | ||
printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the | ||
purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a | ||
political party is not incompatible with any other office. | ||
(10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | ||
statute, no primary shall be held for an established | ||
political party in any township, municipality, or ward | ||
thereof, where the nomination of such party for every | ||
office to be voted upon by the electors of such township, | ||
municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a | ||
political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested | ||
as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted | ||
upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward | ||
thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in | ||
such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided |
that the primary ballot shall not include those offices | ||
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for | ||
which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this | ||
Article, the nomination of an established political party | ||
of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to | ||
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons | ||
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers | ||
seeking the nomination of such party for election to such | ||
office. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | ||
statute, no primary election shall be held for an | ||
established political party for any special primary | ||
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in | ||
the office of representative in the United States Congress | ||
where the nomination of such political party for said | ||
office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article, | ||
the nomination of an established political party of a | ||
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to | ||
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons | ||
to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers | ||
seeking the nomination of such established party for | ||
election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not | ||
apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly | ||
scheduled election day. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a) | ||
and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has |
not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends | ||
to become a write-in candidate for a political party's | ||
nomination for any office for which the nomination is | ||
uncontested files a written statement or notice of that | ||
intent with the State Board of Elections or the local | ||
election official with whom nomination papers for such | ||
office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a | ||
primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or | ||
notice shall be filed on or before the date established in | ||
this Article for certifying candidates for the primary | ||
ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the | ||
name and address of the person intending to become a | ||
write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a | ||
qualified primary elector of the political party from whom | ||
the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the | ||
person intends to become a write-in candidate for the | ||
party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is | ||
seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority | ||
shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a | ||
primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is | ||
uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the | ||
requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner. | ||
(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed | ||
for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of | ||
Elections, appropriate election authority or local | ||
election official where the petitions are filed shall |
within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her | ||
multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3 | ||
business days after receipt of the notice to notify the | ||
State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority | ||
or local election official that he or she may cancel prior | ||
sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State | ||
Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or | ||
local election official, the last set of petitions filed | ||
shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the | ||
State Board of Elections, election authority or local | ||
election official. If the candidate fails to notify the | ||
State Board of Elections, election authority or local | ||
election official then only the first set of petitions | ||
filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be | ||
void. | ||
(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for | ||
public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of | ||
not less than 6 months. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-523, eff. 8-23-19; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; | ||
102-687, eff. 12-17-21.) | ||
(10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61) | ||
Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary, the | ||
provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of | ||
candidates to be voted for at such special election. | ||
In cases where a primary election is required, the officer |
or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of | ||
this Code relating to general elections to call an election | ||
shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of | ||
candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of | ||
such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the | ||
maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a | ||
primary as provided in Section 7-12. | ||
Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this | ||
Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to | ||
certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer | ||
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. The resolution filling | ||
the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to | ||
the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by | ||
which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is | ||
sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing | ||
such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3-day | ||
limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3-day | ||
limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time | ||
specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying | ||
officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies | ||
shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or | ||
township political party as specified in subsection (h) of | ||
Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is |
established only within a municipality or township and the | ||
managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a | ||
candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the | ||
case of a candidate for State Representative in the General | ||
Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate | ||
for statewide office, including, but not limited to, the | ||
office of United States Senator) of the respective political | ||
party for the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs. | ||
The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | ||
duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take | ||
acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the | ||
following information: | ||
(a) the name of the original nominee and the office | ||
vacated; | ||
(b) the date on which the vacancy occurred; | ||
(c) the name and address of the nominee selected to | ||
fill the vacancy and the date of selection. | ||
The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be | ||
accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in | ||
Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt | ||
indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic | ||
interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. | ||
The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to | ||
objections to certificates of nomination and nomination | ||
papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall | ||
apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a |
vacancy in nomination. | ||
Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before | ||
the consolidated election or the general election shall not be | ||
filled. In this event, the certification of the original | ||
candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the | ||
official ballot to be voted at the general election. | ||
A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has | ||
been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies | ||
before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or | ||
after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination; | ||
provided that nominations may become vacant for other reasons. | ||
If the name of no established political party candidate | ||
was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a | ||
particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in | ||
candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be | ||
created which may be filled in accordance with the | ||
requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in | ||
this Code, if the name of no established political party | ||
candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for an a | ||
particular office nominated under this Article and if no | ||
person was nominated as a write-in candidate for such office, | ||
a vacancy in nomination shall be filled only by a person | ||
designated by the appropriate committee of the political party | ||
and only if that designated person files nominating petitions | ||
with the number of signatures required for an established | ||
party candidate for that office within 75 days after the day of |
the general primary. The circulation period for those | ||
petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee | ||
designates that person. The person shall file his or her | ||
nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of | ||
appointment by the appropriate committee, and receipt of | ||
filing his or her statement of economic interests together. | ||
These documents shall be filed at the same location as | ||
provided in Section 7-12. The electoral boards having | ||
jurisdiction under Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon | ||
objections to nominating petitions also shall hear and pass | ||
upon objections to nomination petitions filed by candidates | ||
under this paragraph. | ||
A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a | ||
partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated | ||
for his or her nomination at such primary election, is | ||
ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or | ||
consolidated election as a candidate of another political | ||
party. | ||
A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||
candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is | ||
a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her | ||
nomination at such caucus is ineligible to be listed on the | ||
ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate | ||
of another political party. | ||
In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a | ||
vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct, |
township, ward, county, or congressional district, as the case | ||
may be, shall, through its representative on such central or | ||
managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot | ||
voted in such precinct, township, ward, county, or | ||
congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary | ||
electors of its party at the primary election immediately | ||
preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled. | ||
For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and | ||
"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring | ||
the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the | ||
official ballot at an election and directing election | ||
authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the | ||
official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to | ||
the local election official, the election authority, or the | ||
State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom | ||
nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and | ||
resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and | ||
whose duty it is to certify candidates. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) | ||
(10 ILCS 5/8-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17) | ||
Sec. 8-17. The death of any candidate prior to, or on, the | ||
date of the primary shall not affect the canvass of the | ||
ballots. If the result of such canvass discloses that such | ||
candidate, if he had lived, would have been nominated, such | ||
candidate shall be declared nominated. |
In the event that a candidate of a party who has been | ||
nominated under the provisions of this Article shall die | ||
before election (whether death occurs prior to, or on, or | ||
after, the date of the primary) , or decline the nomination , or | ||
withdraw the candidate's name from the ballot prior to the | ||
general election or should the nomination for any other reason | ||
become vacant , the legislative or representative committee of | ||
such party for such district shall nominate a candidate of | ||
such party to fill such vacancy. However, if there was no | ||
candidate for the nomination of the party in the primary, | ||
except as otherwise provided in this Code, no candidate of | ||
that party for that office may be listed on the ballot at the | ||
general election , unless the legislative or representative | ||
committee of the party nominates a candidate to fill the | ||
vacancy in nomination within 75 days after the date of the | ||
general primary election. Vacancies in nomination occurring | ||
under this Article shall be filled by the appropriate | ||
legislative or representative committee in accordance with the | ||
provisions of Section 7-61 of this Code . In proceedings to | ||
fill the vacancy in nomination, the voting strength of the | ||
members of the legislative or representative committee shall | ||
be as provided in Section 8-6 or as provided in Section 25-6, | ||
as applicable . | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) | ||
(10 ILCS 5/25-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6) |
Sec. 25-6. General Assembly vacancies. | ||
(a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of State Senator or | ||
Representative in the General Assembly, the vacancy shall be | ||
filled within 30 days by appointment of the legislative or | ||
representative committee of that legislative or representative | ||
district of the political party of which the incumbent was a | ||
candidate at the time of his election. Prior to holding a | ||
meeting to fill the vacancy, the committee shall make public | ||
(i) the names of the committeeperson on the appropriate | ||
legislative or representative committee, (ii) the date, time, | ||
and location of the meeting to fill the vacancy, and (iii) any | ||
information on how to apply or submit a name for consideration | ||
as the appointee. A meeting to fill a vacancy in office shall | ||
be held in the district or virtually, and any meeting shall be | ||
accessible to the public. The appointee shall be a member of | ||
the same political party as the person he succeeds was at the | ||
time of his election, and shall be otherwise eligible to serve | ||
as a member of the General Assembly. | ||
(b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a legislator | ||
elected other than as a candidate of a political party, the | ||
vacancy shall be filled within 30 days of such occurrence by | ||
appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall not be a | ||
member of a political party, and shall be otherwise eligible | ||
to serve as a member of the General Assembly. Provided, | ||
however, the appropriate body of the General Assembly may, by | ||
resolution, allow a legislator elected other than as a |
candidate of a political party to affiliate with a political | ||
party for his term of office in the General Assembly. A vacancy | ||
occurring in the office of any such legislator who affiliates | ||
with a political party pursuant to resolution shall be filled | ||
within 30 days of such occurrence by appointment of the | ||
appropriate legislative or representative committee of that | ||
legislative or representative district of the political party | ||
with which the legislator so affiliates. The appointee shall | ||
be a member of the political party with which the incumbent | ||
affiliated. | ||
(c) For purposes of this Section, a person is a member of a | ||
political party for 23 months after (i) signing a candidate | ||
petition, as to the political party whose nomination is | ||
sought; (ii) signing a statement of candidacy, as to the | ||
political party where nomination or election is sought; (iii) | ||
signing a Petition of Political Party Formation, as to the | ||
proposed political party; (iv) applying for and receiving a | ||
primary ballot, as to the political party whose ballot is | ||
received; or (v) becoming a candidate for election to or | ||
accepting appointment to the office of ward, township, | ||
precinct or state central committeeperson. | ||
(d) In making appointments under this Section, each | ||
committeeperson of the appropriate legislative or | ||
representative committee shall be entitled to one vote for | ||
each vote that was received, in that portion of the | ||
legislative or representative district which he represents on |
the committee, by the Senator or Representative whose seat is | ||
vacant at the general election at which that legislator was | ||
elected to the seat which has been vacated and a majority of | ||
the total number of votes received in such election by the | ||
Senator or Representative whose seat is vacant is required for | ||
the appointment of his successor; provided, however, that in | ||
making appointments in legislative or representative districts | ||
comprising only one county or part of a county other than a | ||
county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each | ||
committeeperson shall be entitled to cast only one vote. | ||
(e) Appointments made under this Section shall be in | ||
writing and shall be signed by members of the legislative or | ||
representative committee whose total votes are sufficient to | ||
make the appointments or by the Governor, as the case may be. | ||
Such appointments shall be filed with the Secretary of State | ||
and with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the | ||
Secretary of the Senate, whichever is appropriate. | ||
(f) An appointment made under this Section shall be for | ||
the remainder of the term, except that, if the appointment is | ||
to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator and the | ||
vacancy occurs with more than 28 months remaining in the term, | ||
the term of the appointment shall expire at the time of the | ||
next general election at which time a Senator shall be elected | ||
for a new term commencing on the determination of the results | ||
of the election and ending on the second Wednesday of January | ||
in the second odd-numbered year next occurring. If a vacancy |
in office of State Senator occurs with more than 28 months | ||
remaining in the term and after the period for filing | ||
petitions for the general primary election, then the | ||
appropriate legislative committee for the applicable political | ||
party may fill a vacancy in nomination for that office in | ||
accordance with Section 7-61 for the next general election, | ||
except that each committeeperson of the appropriate | ||
legislative committee shall be entitled to one vote for each | ||
vote received, by the Senator whose seat is vacant, in the | ||
portion of the legislative district that the committeeperson | ||
represents on the committee, at the most recent general | ||
election at which that Senator was elected. A majority of the | ||
total number of votes received in that election by the Senator | ||
whose seat is vacant is required to fill the vacancy in | ||
nomination. However, in filling a vacancy in nomination in a | ||
legislative district composed of only one county or part of a | ||
county, other than a county containing 2,000,000 or more | ||
inhabitants, each committeeperson shall be entitled to cast | ||
only one vote. Whenever a Senator has been appointed to fill a | ||
vacancy and was thereafter elected to that office, the term of | ||
service under the authority of the election shall be | ||
considered a new term of service, separate from the term of | ||
service rendered under the authority of the appointment. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.) | ||
ARTICLE 2 |
Section 2-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the | ||
Election Worker Protection and Candidate Accountability | ||
Referendum Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean | ||
this Article. | ||
Section 2-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections | ||
shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to | ||
be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held | ||
on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the | ||
following form: | ||
"Should any candidate appearing on the Illinois ballot for | ||
federal, State, or local office be subject to civil | ||
penalties if the candidate interferes or attempts to | ||
interfere with an election worker's official duties?" | ||
The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or | ||
"No". | ||
Section 2-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections | ||
shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section | ||
2-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire | ||
State to each election authority in Illinois. | ||
Section 2-15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, |
2025. | ||
ARTICLE 3 | ||
Section 3-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the | ||
Property Tax Relief and Fairness Referendum Act. References in | ||
this Article to "this Act" mean this Article. | ||
Section 3-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections | ||
shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to | ||
be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held | ||
on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the | ||
following form: | ||
"Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to create an | ||
additional 3% tax on income greater than $1,000,000 for | ||
the purpose of dedicating funds raised to property tax | ||
relief?" | ||
The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or | ||
"No". | ||
Section 3-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections | ||
shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section | ||
3-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire | ||
State to each election authority in Illinois. |
Section 3-15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||
2025. | ||
ARTICLE 4 | ||
Section 4-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the | ||
Assisted Reproductive Health Referendum Act. References in | ||
this Article to "this Act" mean this Article. | ||
Section 4-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections | ||
shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to | ||
be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held | ||
on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the | ||
following form: | ||
"Should all medically appropriate assisted reproductive | ||
treatments, including, but not limited to, in vitro | ||
fertilization, be covered by any health insurance plan in | ||
Illinois that provides coverage for pregnancy benefits, | ||
without limitation on the number of treatments?" | ||
The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or | ||
"No". | ||
Section 4-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections |
shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section | ||
4-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire | ||
State to each election authority in Illinois. | ||
Section 4-15`. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||
2025. | ||
ARTICLE 99 | ||
Section 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act | ||
are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. | ||
Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |