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Public Act 095-0862
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
Sections 7-19, 16-3, 24A-6, 24B-6, 24C-6, and 24C-7 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
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Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for |
each precinct shall be
arranged and printed substantially in |
the manner following:
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1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be |
printed in
large capital letters, words designating the ballot, |
if a Republican
ballot, the designating words shall be: |
"REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if
a Democratic ballot the |
designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT"; and in |
like manner for each political party.
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2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not |
less
than one inch below designating words, the name of each |
office to be
filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such |
names may be printed on
the ballot either in a single column or |
in 2 or more columns and in the
following order, to-wit:
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President of the United States, State offices, |
congressional offices,
delegates and alternate delegates to be |
elected from the State at large
to National nominating |
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conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to
be elected |
from congressional districts to National nominating
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conventions, member or members of the State central committee, |
trustees of sanitary
districts, county offices, judicial |
officers, city, village and
incorporated town offices, town |
offices, or of such of the said offices
as candidates are to be |
nominated for at such primary, and precinct,
township or ward |
committeemen. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing |
offices to and including member of the State central committee
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shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices, |
as
defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in |
the second column.
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Below the name of each office shall be printed in small |
letters the
directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not |
more than two"; "Vote for not more than three";
or a spelled |
number designating how many persons under that head are to
be |
voted for. If no candidate or candidates file for an office and |
if no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in |
candidate for that office, then below the title of that office |
the election authority instead shall print "No Candidate".
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Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or |
alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention shall |
appear either (a)
the name of the
candidate's preference for |
President of the United States or the word
"uncommitted" or (b) |
no official designation, depending upon the action
taken by the |
State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
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Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital |
letters the
names of all candidates, arranged in the order in |
which their petitions
for nominations were filed, except as |
otherwise provided in Sections
7-14 and 7-17 of this Article. |
Opposite and in front of the name of each
candidate shall be |
printed a square and all squares upon the primary
ballot shall |
be of uniform size. Spaces between the names of candidates
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under each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall |
separate
the names of candidates for one office from the names |
of candidates for
another office, to avoid confusion and to |
permit the writing in of the
names of other candidates.
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Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are |
used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as |
required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever |
is applicable.
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(Source: P.A. 83-33.)
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(10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
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Sec. 16-3. (a) The names of all candidates to be voted for |
in each
election district or precinct shall be printed on one |
ballot, except as
is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01 of |
this Act and except as otherwise
provided in this Act with |
respect to the odd year regular elections and
the emergency |
referenda; all nominations
of any political party being placed |
under the party appellation or title
of such party as |
designated in the certificates of nomination or
petitions. The |
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names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
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ballot in a column or columns under the heading "independent"
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arranged under the names or titles of the respective offices |
for which
such independent candidates shall have been nominated |
and so far as
practicable, the name or names of any independent |
candidate or
candidates for any office shall be printed upon |
the ballot opposite the
name or names of any candidate or |
candidates for the same office
contained in any party column or |
columns upon said ballot. The ballot
shall contain no other |
names, except that in cases of electors for
President and |
Vice-President of the United States, the names of the
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candidates for President and Vice-President may be added to the |
party
designation and words calculated to aid the voter in his |
choice of candidates
may be added, such as "Vote for one," |
"Vote for not more than three." If no candidate or candidates |
file for an office and if no person or persons file a |
declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then below |
the title of that office the election authority instead shall |
print "No Candidate". When an electronic
voting system is used |
which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the candidates
and |
questions shall appear on the pages of such booklet in the |
order
provided by this Code; and, in any case where candidates |
for an office
appear on a page which does not contain the name |
of any candidate for
another office, and where less than 50% of |
the page is utilized, the name of
no candidate shall be printed |
on the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or
outside of the |
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ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
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"Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling |
place for
which the ballot is prepared, the date of the |
election and a facsimile
of the signature of the election |
authority who has caused the ballots to
be printed. The ballots |
shall be of plain white paper, through which the
printing or |
writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use at the
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nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed on |
different color
paper, except blue paper, whenever necessary or |
desirable to facilitate
distinguishing between ballots for |
different political subdivisions. In
the case of nonpartisan |
elections for officers of a political
subdivision, unless the |
statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to
Article VII of the |
Constitution providing the form of government
therefor |
requires otherwise, the column listing such nonpartisan
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candidates shall be printed with no appellation or circle at |
its head.
The party appellation or title, or the word |
"independent" at the head of
any column provided for |
independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less |
than one-fourth of an inch in height
and a
circle one-half inch |
in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of
the line in |
which such appellation or title is printed, provided,
however, |
that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
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or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names |
of
candidates shall be printed in letters not less than |
one-eighth
nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and |
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at the beginning of
each line in which a name of a candidate is |
printed a square shall be
printed, the sides of which shall be |
not less than one-fourth of an inch
in length. However, the |
names of the candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor on |
the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket
and a single |
square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The list
of |
candidates of the several parties and any such list of |
independent
candidates shall be placed in separate columns on |
the ballot in such
order as the election authorities charged |
with the printing of the
ballots shall decide; provided, that |
the names of the candidates of the
several political parties, |
certified by the State Board of Elections to
the several county |
clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
proper |
county on the official ballot in the order certified by the |
State
Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing, neglecting |
or failing to
print on the official ballot the names of |
candidates of the several
political parties in the order |
certified by the State Board of
Elections, and any county clerk |
who prints or causes to be printed upon
the official ballot the |
name of a candidate, for an office to be filled
by the Electors |
of the entire State, whose name has not been duly
certified to |
him upon a certificate signed by the State Board of
Elections |
shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
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(b) When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes |
a ballot
card,
on the inside flap of each ballot card envelope |
there shall be printed
a form for write-in voting which shall |
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be substantially as follows:
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WRITE-IN VOTES
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(See card of instructions for specific information. |
Duplicate form below
by hand for additional write-in votes.)
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_____________________________
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Title of Office
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( ) ____________________________
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Name of Candidate
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Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which |
a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or |
more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in |
candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in |
candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the |
certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION |
PENDING".
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(c) When an electronic voting system is used which uses a |
ballot sheet,
the
instructions to voters on the ballot sheet |
shall refer the voter to the
card of instructions for specific |
information on write-in voting. Below
each office appearing on |
such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
the casting of |
a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of |
candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an |
office only if one or more persons filed declarations of intent |
to be write-in candidates or qualify to file declarations to be |
write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the |
certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION |
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PENDING".
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(d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be |
printed on the
back of each ballot card, each ballot card |
envelope, and
the first page of the ballot label when a ballot |
label is used, the
words "Official Ballot," followed by the |
number of the
precinct or other precinct identification, which |
may be stamped, in lieu
thereof and, as applicable, the number |
and name of the township, ward
or other election district for |
which the ballot card, ballot card
envelope, and ballot label |
are prepared, the date of the election and a
facsimile of the |
signature of the election authority who has caused the
ballots |
to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include
a |
method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a |
listing of the
political subdivisions and districts for which |
votes may be cast on that
ballot, or a number code identifying |
the ballot configuration or color coded
ballots, except that |
where there is only one ballot configuration in a
precinct, the |
precinct identification, and any applicable ward
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identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes |
used in punch
card systems shall be of paper through which no |
writing or punches may be
discerned and shall be of sufficient |
length to enclose all voting
positions. However, the election |
authority may provide
ballot card envelopes on which no |
precinct number or township, ward or
other election district |
designation, or election date are preprinted, if
space and a |
preprinted form are provided below the space provided for
the |
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names of write-in candidates where such information may be |
entered
by the judges of election. Whenever an election |
authority utilizes
ballot card envelopes on which the election |
date and precinct is not
preprinted, a judge of election shall |
mark such information for the
particular precinct and election |
on the envelope in ink before tallying
and counting any |
write-in vote written thereon.
If some method of insuring |
ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used,
such information |
must be provided on the ballot itself.
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(e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the |
ballot, 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 nomination, nomination |
papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, whichever |
is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the ballot 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, papers, or |
certificate 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 |
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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 to assume a spouse's surname, or |
dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of |
marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation such
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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.
For purposes of this Section, a |
"political slogan" is defined as any
word or words expressing |
or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the
candidate |
may espouse, including but not limited to, any word or words
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conveying any meaning other than that of the personal identity |
of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a political slogan as |
part of his or her name on the
ballot, notwithstanding that the |
political slogan may be part of the
candidate's name.
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(f) The State Board of Elections, a local election |
official, or an
election
authority shall remove any candidate's |
name designation from a ballot that is
inconsistent with |
subsection (e) of this Section. In addition, the State Board
of |
Elections, a local election official, or an election authority |
shall not
certify to any election authority any candidate name |
designation that is
inconsistent with subsection (e) of this |
Section.
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(g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election |
official, or an
election
authority removes a candidate's name |
designation from a ballot under
subsection (f) of this Section, |
then the aggrieved candidate may seek
appropriate relief in |
circuit court.
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Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are |
used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as |
required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever |
is applicable.
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Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election |
authorities from using
or reusing ballot card envelopes which |
were printed before the effective
date of this amendatory Act |
of 1985.
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(Source: P.A. 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
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Sec. 24A-6. The ballot information, whether placed on the |
ballot or
on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, |
be in the order of
arrangement provided for paper ballots, |
except that such information may
be in vertical or horizontal |
rows, or in a number of separate pages.
Ballots for all |
questions or propositions to be voted on must be
provided in |
the same manner and must be arranged on or in the marking
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device or on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such |
purposes.
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When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label |
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booklet and
ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots |
calling for a
constitutional convention, constitutional |
amendment ballots, judicial
retention ballots, public |
measures, and all propositions to be voted
upon may be placed |
on the electronic voting device by providing in the
ballot |
booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
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distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an |
electronic
voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots |
calling for a constitutional
convention, constitutional |
amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots
shall be |
placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of |
the
ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be |
printed in ink
of a color distinct from the color of ink used |
in printing any other portion
of the ballot sheet. Ballots for |
candidates, public measures and all other
propositions to be |
voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing
a |
separate portion of the ballot sheet for each such kind of |
ballot. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent |
to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and |
18-9.1,
a line
on which the name of a candidate may be written |
by the voter shall be printed below the name of the last |
candidate nominated for such office, and immediately
to the |
left of such line an area shall be provided for marking a vote |
for
such write-in candidate. The number of write-in lines for |
an office shall equal the number of persons who have filed |
declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an |
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additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to |
file declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections |
17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains |
the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of the |
candidate, up to the number of candidates for which a voter may |
vote. More than one amendment to the constitution may
be placed |
on the same ballot page or series of pages or on the same |
portion
of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. Ballot label |
pages for
constitutional conventions or constitutional |
amendments shall be on paper
of blue color and shall precede |
all other ballot label pages in the ballot
label booklet. More |
than one public measure or proposition may be placed
on the |
same ballot label page or series of pages or on the same |
portion of
the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More than one |
proposition for
retention of judges in office may be placed on |
the same ballot label page
or series of pages or on the same |
portion of the ballot sheet, as the case
may be. Ballot label |
pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
color, except |
that in primary elections the ballot label page or pages for
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the candidates of each respective political party shall be of |
the color
designated by the election official in charge of the |
election for that
political party's candidates; provided that |
the ballot label pages or pages
for candidates for use at the |
nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be
on paper of |
different colors, except blue, whenever necessary or desirable
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to facilitate distinguishing between the pages for different |
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political
subdivisions. On each page
of
the candidate booklet, |
where the election is made to list ballot
information |
vertically, the party affiliation of each candidate or the word
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"independent" shall appear immediately to the left of the |
candidate's
name, and the name of candidates for the same |
office shall be listed
vertically under the title of that |
office. If no candidate or candidates file for an office and if |
no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate |
for that office, then below the title of that office the |
election authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the |
case of nonpartisan
elections for officers of political |
subdivisions, unless the statute or
an ordinance adopted |
pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, |
the listing of such nonpartisan candidates shall not
include |
any party or "independent" designation. Ballot label pages for
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judicial retention ballots shall be on paper of green color, |
and ballot
label pages for all public measures and other |
propositions shall be on
paper of some other distinct and |
different color. In primary elections,
a separate ballot label |
booklet, marking device and voting booth shall
be used for each |
political party holding a primary, with the ballot
label |
booklet arranged to include ballot label pages of the |
candidates
of the party and public measures and other |
propositions to be voted upon
on the day of the primary |
election. One ballot card may be used for
recording the voter's |
vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals,
public measures |
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or propositions, and such ballot card shall be arranged
so as |
to record the voter's vote or choice in a separate column or
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columns for each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure |
or
proposition.
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If the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for |
office and
public measures or propositions to be voted on, the |
election official in
charge of the election shall divide the |
pages by protruding tabs
identifying the division of the pages, |
and printing on such tabs
"Candidates" and "Propositions".
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The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot card |
envelope
shall be of the color prescribed for candidate's |
ballots at the general
or primary election, whichever is being |
held. At an election where no
candidates are being nominated or |
elected, the ballot card, its columns,
and the ballot card |
envelope shall be of a color designated by the election
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official in charge of the election.
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The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets |
may, at the
discretion of the election authority, be printed on |
white paper and then
striped with the appropriate colors.
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When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof |
shall be arranged
to conform to the foregoing format.
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Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes, |
paper ballots
or ballot sheets voted in person in the office of |
the election official in
charge of the election or voted by |
mail. Where a ballot card is used for
voting by mail it must be |
accompanied by a punching tool or other
appropriate marking |
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device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot
showing the |
proper positions to vote on the ballot card or ballot sheet for
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each party, candidate, proposal, public measure or |
proposition, and in the
case of a ballot card must be mounted |
on a suitable material to receive the
punched out chip.
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Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may |
return the
ballot to the judges of election and secure another. |
However, the
protruding identifying tab for proposals for a |
constitutional convention
or constitutional amendments shall |
have printed thereon "Constitutional
Ballot", and the ballot |
label page or pages for such proposals shall
precede the ballot |
label pages for candidates in the ballot label
booklet.
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(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
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Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic |
Precinct
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System; |
Absentee
Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information, |
shall, as far
as practicable, be in the order of arrangement |
provided for paper
ballots, except that the information may be |
in vertical or
horizontal rows, or on a number of separate |
pages or displays on the marking
device. Ballots for
all |
questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided
in |
a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or |
marking
device in
the places provided for such purposes. |
Ballots shall be of white
paper unless provided otherwise by |
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administrative rule of the State Board of
Elections or |
otherwise specified.
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All propositions, including but not limited to |
propositions
calling for a constitutional convention, |
constitutional
amendment, judicial retention, and public |
measures to be voted
upon shall be placed on separate portions |
of the ballot sheet or marking
device by
utilizing borders or |
grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on
a separate portion |
of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing
borders or
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grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of |
intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections |
17-16.1 and 18-9.1,
a line or lines on which the voter
may |
select a
write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of |
the last candidate nominated for such office. Such line or |
lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking
votes |
for the write-in candidate or
candidates. The number of |
write-in lines for an office shall equal the number
of persons |
who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates |
plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who |
qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under |
Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot |
contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that |
candidate, up to the number of
candidates
for which a voter may |
vote. More than one amendment to the constitution may be
placed |
on the
same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.
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Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
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propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate |
portion of the
ballot
sheet or marking device and designated by |
borders or grey screens, unless
otherwise
provided by |
administrative rule of the State Board of Elections.
More than |
one public measure or proposition may be placed on the
same |
portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. More than
one |
proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed
on |
the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.
Names |
of candidates shall be printed in black. The party
affiliation |
of each candidate or the word "independent" shall
appear near |
or under the candidate's name, and the names of
candidates for |
the same office shall be listed vertically under
the title of |
that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as
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otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no |
candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or |
persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that |
office, then below the title of that office the election |
authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of
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nonpartisan elections
for officers of political subdivisions, |
unless the statute or an
ordinance adopted pursuant to Article |
VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, the listing of |
nonpartisan candidates
shall not include any party or |
"independent" designation.
Judicial retention
questions and |
ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions
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shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or |
marking
device.
In primary
elections, a separate ballot, or |
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displays on the marking device, shall be
used for each |
political
party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking |
device arranged to
include
names of the candidates of the party |
and public measures and
other propositions to be voted upon on |
the day of the primary
election.
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If the ballot includes both candidates for office and |
public
measures or propositions to be voted on, the election |
official in
charge of the election shall divide the ballot or |
displays on the marking
device in sections for
"Candidates" and |
"Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
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Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
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ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
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official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
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Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
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voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
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Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or |
has a ballot
returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may |
return
the ballot to the judges of election and get another |
ballot.
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(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24C-6)
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Sec. 24C-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Direct
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Recording Electronic Voting System; Absentee Ballots; Spoiled
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Ballots. The ballot information, shall, as far as practicable,
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be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots,
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except that the information may be in vertical or horizontal
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rows, or on a number of separate pages or display screens.
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Ballots for all public questions to be voted on should be
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provided in a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot
|
in the places provided for such purposes. All public questions,
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including but not limited to public questions calling for a
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constitutional convention, constitutional amendment, or |
judicial
retention, shall be placed on the ballot separate and |
apart from
candidates. Ballots for all public questions shall |
be clearly
designated by borders or different color screens. |
More than one
amendment to the constitution may be placed on |
the same portion
of the ballot sheet. Constitutional convention |
or
constitutional amendment propositions shall be placed on a
|
separate portion of the ballot and designated by borders or
|
unique color screens, unless otherwise provided by
|
administrative rule of the State Board of Elections. More than
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one public question may be placed on the same portion of the
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ballot. More than one proposition for retention of judges in
|
office may be placed on the same portion of the ballot.
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The party affiliation, if any, of each candidate or the
|
word "independent", where applicable, shall appear near or |
under
the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for the |
same
office shall be listed vertically under the title of that
|
office. In the case of nonpartisan elections for officers of
|
political subdivisions, unless the statute or an ordinance
|
adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution requires
|
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otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan candidates shall not
|
include any party or "independent" designation. If no candidate |
or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons |
file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, |
then below the title of that office the election authority |
shall print "No Candidate". In primary
elections, a separate |
ballot shall be used for each political
party holding a |
primary, with the ballot arranged to include
names of the |
candidates of the party and public questions and
other |
propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary
|
election.
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If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
|
public questions or propositions to be voted on, the election
|
official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot in
|
sections for "Candidates" and "Public Questions", or separate
|
ballots may be used.
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Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
|
has a ballot rejected by the automatic tabulating equipment
|
shall be provided a means of correcting the ballot or obtaining
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a new ballot prior to casting his or her ballot.
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Any election authority using a Direct Recording Electronic
|
Voting System may use voting systems approved for use under
|
Articles 24A or 24B of this Code in conducting absentee voting
|
in the office of the election authority or voted by mail.
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(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
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(10 ILCS 5/24C-7)
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Sec. 24C-7. Write-In Ballots. A Direct Recording
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Electronic Voting System shall provide an acceptable method for
|
a voter to vote for a person whose name does not appear on the
|
ballot using the same apparatus used to record votes for
|
candidates whose names do appear on the ballot. Election
|
authorities utilizing Direct Recording Electronic Voting |
Systems
shall not use separate write-in ballots.
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Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent to |
be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and |
18-9.1, Below the name of the last candidate listed for an |
office
shall be a space or spaces in which the name of a |
candidate or
candidates may be written in or recorded by the |
voter shall appear below the name of the last candidate |
nominated for such office. The
number of write-in lines for an |
office shall equal the number of
persons who have filed |
declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an |
additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to |
file declarations to be write-in candidates under Section |
17-16.1 or 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the |
words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of the candidate, up |
to the number of candidates for which a voter may vote.
|
(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
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Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
changing Sections 3.1-25-35, 3.1-25-50, 4-3-10, 4-3-16, |
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5-2-12, 5-2-13, 5-2-18.4, 5-2-18.6, 5-2-18.7, and 7-2-24 as |
follows:
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(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35)
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Sec. 3.1-25-35. Primary ballots. The proper election |
authority, in
accordance with the general
election law, shall |
have the primary ballots printed in the same manner, in
the |
same number, and within the same time as ballots are printed |
under the
general election law, except as otherwise provided in |
this Code. If the office
of president is to be filled in the |
succeeding general municipal election,
the names of the |
candidates for president shall be placed first on the primary
|
ballots, in substantially the form specified in this Section. |
Following these
names
shall appear the names of the candidates |
for trustees in substantially the
form specified in this |
Section. The primary ballots shall comply with the
general |
election law, except as otherwise provided in this Code. The |
ballots
shall designate no party, platform, political |
principle, appellation, or
mark, nor shall any circle be |
printed at the head of the primary ballots.
|
The primary ballots shall be in substantially the following |
form:
|
OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT
|
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION
|
FOR (PRESIDENT AND)
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TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF VILLAGE)
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Sec. 3.1-25-50. General election; ballot positions. On the |
ballots
for the general municipal election, if the
office of |
president is to be filled, the names of the nominees for |
president
shall be placed first, in substantially the form |
specified in this Section.
Following
these names, the names of |
the nominees for trustees shall appear under each
office, in |
substantially the form specified in this Section.
|
The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general |
election law,
except as otherwise provided in this Code, but |
they shall designate no party,
platform, political principle, |
appellation, or mark, nor shall
any circle be printed at the |
head of the ballots. The ballots shall be in
substantially the |
following form:
|
OFFICIAL BALLOT
|
NOMINEES FOR (PRESIDENT AND) TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF
|
VILLAGE) AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
|
FOR PRESIDENT
|
(VOTE FOR ONE)
|
JAMES SMITH
|
LARRY FRANG
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FOR TRUSTEES
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(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN (NUMBER))
|
EDWARD STUART
|
ROBERT BUCK
|
GEORGE MILLER
|
WILLIAM BURKE
|
|
ARTHUR ROBBINS
|
HARRY BROWN
|
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
|
(65 ILCS 5/4-3-10)
|
Sec. 4-3-10. (Repealed). |
(Source: P.A. 81-1490. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
|
(65 ILCS 5/4-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16)
|
Sec. 4-3-16. Upon the ballots for the general municipal |
election the names
of the nominees for mayor shall be placed |
first, in substantially the form
specified in this section. |
Following these names, the names of the nominees
for |
commissioners shall appear under each office, in substantially |
the form
specified in this section; provided that if the |
municipality has voted,
as provided in Section 4-3-19, to |
require candidates for commissioner to
run for a specific |
office, the names of the candidates for commissioner
of public |
accounts and finances, commissioner of public health and |
safety,
commissioner of streets and public improvements, and |
commissioner of public
property, respectively, shall appear
|
under the designation of the applicable office, in |
substantially the form
specified in Section 4-3-16.1.
|
The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general |
election law, except
as herein otherwise provided, but they |
shall designate no party, platform,
political principle, |
|
appellation, or mark whatever. Nor shall any circle
be printed |
at the head of the ballots. Except where candidates for |
commissioner
are required to run for a specific office, the |
ballots shall be in substantially
the following form:
|
OFFICIAL BALLOT
|
NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS
|
OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF....
|
AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
|
FOR MAYOR
|
(VOTE FOR ONE)
|
( ) JOHN JONES.
|
( ) JAMES SMITH.
|
FOR COMMISSIONERS
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(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR)
|
( ) HARRY BROWN.
|
( ) ROBERT BUCK.
|
( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
|
( ) GEORGE MILLER.
|
( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
|
( ) EDWARD STUART.
|
( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
|
( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
|
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
|
(65 ILCS 5/5-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12)
|
Sec. 5-2-12. Aldermen or trustees elected at large; |
|
vacancies;
mayor or president to preside.
|
(a) If a city or village adopts the managerial
form of |
municipal
government but does not elect to choose aldermen or |
trustees from wards
or districts, then the following provisions |
of this Section shall be
applicable.
|
(b) The city council shall be elected at large. In cities |
of less than
50,000
population, the council shall consist of |
(i) the mayor and 4 councilmen or (ii) the mayor and 6 |
councilmen if the size of the city council is increased under |
subsection (k). In
cities
of at least 50,000 but less than |
100,000 population,
the council shall consist of
the mayor and |
6 councilmen. In cities of at least 100,000 but not more than |
500,000
population, the council shall consist of the mayor and |
8 councilmen.
|
(c) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
|
immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of |
municipal government, the village
board shall be elected at |
large and shall consist of a president and the number
of |
trustees provided for in Section 5-2-15 or 5-2-17,
whichever is |
applicable.
|
(d) The term of office of the mayor and councilmen shall be |
4 years, provided
that in cities of less than 50,000, the 2 |
councilmen receiving the lowest
vote at the first election |
shall serve for 2 years only; in cities of at
least 50,000 but |
less than 100,000, the 3 councilmen receiving the lowest vote |
at the
first election shall serve for 2 years only; and in |
|
cities of at least
100,000 but
not more than 500,000, the 4 |
councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the
first election |
shall serve for 2 years only.
|
(e) The election of councilmen shall be every 2 years. |
After the first election,
only 2 councilmen in cities of less |
than
50,000, 3 councilmen in cities
of at least 50,000 but less |
than 100,000, or 4
councilmen in cities of at least 100,000 but
|
not more than 500,000, shall be voted for by each elector at |
the primary
elections, and only 2, 3, or 4 councilmen, as the |
case may be, shall be voted
for by each elector at each |
biennial general municipal election,
to serve for 4 years.
|
(f) In addition to the requirements of the general election |
law, the ballots
shall be in the form set out in Section |
5-2-13. In cities with less than
50,000, the form of ballot |
prescribed in Section 5-2-13 shall be further
modified by |
printing in the place relating to councilmen the words "Vote
|
for not more than Two", or "Vote for not more than Three" if |
the size of the city council is increased under subsection (k), |
instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". In cities |
of
at least 50,000 but
less than 100,000, the ballot shall be |
modified in that place by printing
the words "Vote for not more |
than Three" instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". |
Sections 4-3-5 through 4-3-18, insofar as they may be |
applicable, shall
govern the election of a mayor and councilmen |
under this Section.
|
(g) If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor or |
|
councilman, the remaining
members of the council, within 60 |
days after the
vacancy occurs, shall fill the vacancy by |
appointment of some person to
the office for
the balance of the |
unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled by interim
|
election under Section 3.1-10-50, and
until the successor is |
elected and
has qualified.
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(h) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
|
immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of |
municipal government, in villages
that have adopted this |
Article 5 the term of office of the
president, the
number of |
trustees to be elected, their terms of office, and the manner |
of
filling vacancies shall be governed by Sections
5-2-14 |
through 5-2-17.
|
(i) Any village that adopts the managerial form of
|
municipal government under
this Article 5 and that, immediately |
before that
adoption, was governed by the
provisions of Article |
4, shall continue to elect a mayor and
4 commissioners in |
accordance with Sections 4-3-5 through
4-3-18, insofar as they |
may be applicable, except that the 2 commissioners
receiving |
the lowest vote among those elected at the first election after
|
this Article 5 becomes effective in the village shall serve for |
2
years
only. After that first election, the election of
|
commissioners shall be every 2 years, and
2 commissioners shall |
be elected at each election to serve for 4
years. |
(j) The mayor or president shall preside at all meetings of |
the council
or
board and on all ceremonial occasions. |
|
(k) In cities of less than 50,000 population, the city |
council may, by ordinance, provide that the city council shall, |
after the next biennial general municipal election, consist of |
6 instead of 4 councilmen. If the size of the council is |
increased to 6 councilmen, then at the next biennial general |
municipal election, the electors shall vote for 4 instead of 2 |
councilmen. Of the 4 councilmen elected at that next election, |
the one receiving the lowest
vote at that election shall serve |
a 2-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 4 years.
|
(Source: P.A. 93-1007, eff. 1-1-05.)
|
(65 ILCS 5/5-2-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-13)
|
Sec. 5-2-13. In addition to the requirements of the general |
election law,
the ballots for the municipal primary
election |
provided for in Section 5-2-12 shall be in substantially the |
following form:
|
OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.
|
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
|
AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY (OR
|
VILLAGE) OF.... AT THE PRIMARY
|
ELECTION.
|
FOR MAYOR
|
VOTE FOR ONE
|
( ) JOHN JONES.
|
( ) JAMES SMITH.
|
( ) HENRY WHITE.
|
|
( ) RALPH WILSON.
|
( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
|
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN....(insert proper number as provided |
in Section 5-2-12).
|
( ) HARRY BROWN.
|
( ) ROBERT BUCK.
|
( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
|
( ) GEORGE MILLER.
|
( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
|
( ) EDWARD STUART.
|
( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
|
( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
|
In addition to the requirements of the general election |
law, the general
municipal election ballots for the election |
provided for in Section 5-2-12
shall be substantially in the |
following form:
|
OFFICIAL BALLOT
|
NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF
|
THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF.... AT
|
THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
|
FOR MAYOR
|
VOTE FOR ONE
|
( ) JOHN JONES.
|
( ) JAMES SMITH.
|
( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
|
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN....(insert proper number as provided |
|
in Section 5-2-12).
|
( ) HARRY BROWN.
|
( ) ROBERT BUCK.
|
( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
|
( ) GEORGE MILLER.
|
( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
|
( ) EDWARD STUART.
|
( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
|
( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
|
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
|
(65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.4) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.4)
|
Sec. 5-2-18.4. In addition to the requirements of the |
general election law, a distinct
ballot shall be printed for |
each district for the primary election. At the
top of the |
ballot shall be the following: CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR
|
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY |
ELECTION. Under
the sub-title FOR MAYOR shall be placed the |
following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be placed below the |
names of the candidates for mayor another sub-title
as follows: |
FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following this sub-title there shall
|
be an instruction in this form, to be altered, however, to |
conform to the
facts: VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN.... (Insert proper |
number as provided in Section 5-2-12).
Following the names of |
the candidates for councilmen at large, there shall
be another |
sub-title in the following form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. |
|
Following
this sub-title there shall be the following |
direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In
other respects the form of the |
ballot shall be controlled by Section 4-3-10.
|
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
|
(65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.6) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.6)
|
Sec. 5-2-18.6. In addition to the requirements of the |
general election law, the ballots
for the general municipal |
election shall
be prepared in accordance with Section 4-3-16, |
with the
following changes:
|
(1) Following the names of the candidates for mayor there |
shall be printed
a sub-title: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE; |
following this sub-title shall be
an instruction in this form: |
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN....(Insert proper number as provided
in |
Section 5-2-12). The names of the candidates for councilmen at |
large
shall follow this instruction.
|
(2) Following the names of the candidates at large shall be |
printed another
sub-title: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following |
this sub-title shall be an
instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR |
ONE) and following this instruction
shall be printed the names |
of the 2 nominees.
|
(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
|
(65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.7) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.7)
|
Sec. 5-2-18.7. In any city which has adopted this Article, |
and is electing the city
council at large or has elected to |
|
choose aldermen from wards, a
proposition to elect part of the |
city council at large and part from
districts with staggered |
four year terms and biennial elections for
councilmen shall be |
submitted to the electors upon initiation in the manner
herein |
provided.
|
Electors of such city, equal in number to not less than 10% |
of the
total vote cast for all candidates for mayor in the last |
preceding
municipal election for such office, may petition for |
submission, or, in
the alternative, the city council may by
|
ordinance without a petition cause to be submitted, to a vote |
of the
electors of that city the proposition whether part of |
the city council
shall be elected at large and part from |
districts with staggered four
year terms and biennial elections |
for councilmen. The petition shall be
in the same form as |
prescribed in Section 5-1-6, except that the
petition shall be |
modified as to the wording of the proposition to be
voted upon, |
to conform to the wording of the proposition as hereinafter
set |
forth, and shall be filed with the city clerk in accordance |
with the
general election law. The city clerk shall certify the |
proposition to the
proper election authorities who shall submit |
the proposition at an election
in accordance with the general |
election law.
|
However, such proposition shall not be submitted at
the |
general primary election for the municipality.
|
The proposition shall be substantially in the
following |
form:
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------
|
Shall the city of....
|
elect part of the councilmen at large YES
|
and part of the councilmen from ----------------------
|
districts with staggered four year NO
|
terms and biennial elections?
|
-------------------------------------------------------------
|
If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote |
"yes", then at
the next general municipal election at which a |
mayor is to be elected, a
mayor and councilmen shall be elected |
as hereinafter provided.
|
In cities of less than 50,000 population, the council shall |
consist
of the mayor and 6 councilmen, 2 councilmen being |
elected at large and 4
councilmen being elected from districts. |
In cities of 50,000 and not
more than 500,000 population, the |
council shall consist of the mayor and
8 councilmen, 3 |
councilmen being elected at large and 5 councilmen being
|
elected from districts.
|
The city council shall divide the city, whenever necessary
|
thereafter, into districts which shall be of as compact and |
contiguous
territory as practicable and of approximately equal |
population. The
number of such districts shall be the same as |
the number of councilmen
to be elected from districts.
|
One councilman who is an actual resident of the district, |
shall be
elected from each district. Only the electors of a |
district shall elect
a councilman from that district. The rest |
|
of the number of councilmen
authorized shall be elected at |
large.
|
The term of office of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be 4 |
years,
provided that at the first election the Councilmen |
elected at large
shall serve for 2 years only. Thereafter the |
election of Councilmen
shall be biennial, and after the first |
election the Mayor and all
Councilmen shall be elected for 4 |
year terms to fill expiring terms of
incumbents.
|
The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their respective |
offices for the
term of 4 years as herein provided, and until |
their successors are
elected and qualified. Upon the election |
and qualification of the
Councilmen, the terms of all sitting |
aldermen or councilmen elected at
large pursuant to the |
provisions of Section 5-2-12 shall expire.
|
For the first primary election a distinct ballot shall be |
printed for each
district. At the top of the ballot shall be |
the following:
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor |
is to be elected) AND
COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE |
PRIMARY ELECTION. Under the
subtitle of FOR MAYOR (when |
applicable) shall be placed the following:
(VOTE FOR ONE). |
There shall be placed below the names of the candidates
for |
Mayor, if any, another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT
|
LARGE. Following this subtitle there shall be an instruction in |
this
form, to be altered, however, to conform to the facts: |
(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN....)
(Insert number of Councilmen being |
elected). Following the names of the
candidates for councilmen |
|
at large, there shall be another subtitle in
the following |
form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this subtitle
there |
shall be the following direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In other
|
respects the ballots shall conform to the applicable provisions |
of
Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
|
To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on |
the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal |
election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each |
subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the |
primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the |
general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be |
elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes |
shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
|
municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
|
candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be |
placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, |
the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of |
votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
|
The ballots for the election of officers at the first |
general
municipal election shall be prepared in compliance with |
Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes:
|
(1) Following the names of the candidates for Mayor (when
|
applicable) there shall be printed a subtitle: FOR COUNCILMAN |
AT LARGE:
following this subtitle shall be an instruction in |
this form: (VOTE FOR
NOT MORE THAN ....) (Insert number of |
councilmen to be elected). The names of the
nominees for |
|
councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
|
(2) Following the names of the nominees for councilmen at |
large
shall be printed another subtitle: FOR DISTRICT |
COUNCILMAN. Following
this subtitle shall be an instruction in |
this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this instruction shall |
be printed the names of the 2 nominees.
|
Thereafter, the ballots for the biennial election shall be |
prepared
as hereinafter provided.
|
For the primary election at which Councilmen at large are |
to be
elected the form of the ballot shall be as follows:
|
At the top of the ballot shall be the following: |
CANDIDATES FOR
NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor is to be |
elected) AND COUNCILMEN OF THE
CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY |
ELECTION. Under the subtitle of FOR MAYOR
(when applicable) |
shall be placed the following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be |
placed below the names of the candidates for Mayor, if any,
|
another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following |
this
subtitle there shall be an instruction in this form, to be |
altered,
however, to conform to the facts: (VOTE FOR NOT MORE |
THAN....) (Insert number of
Councilmen being elected).
|
For the primary election at which District Councilmen are |
to be
elected, a distinct ballot shall be printed for each |
District. There
shall be placed below the names of the |
candidates for Mayor (when
applicable) another subtitle as |
follows: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN.
Following this subtitle |
there shall be an instruction in this form:
VOTE FOR ONE. In |
|
all other respects the ballot shall conform to the
applicable |
provisions of Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
|
To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on |
the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal |
election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each |
subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the |
primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the |
general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be |
elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes |
shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
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municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
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candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be |
placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, |
the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of |
votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
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The ballots for the election of officers at the general |
municipal
election shall be prepared in compliance with Section |
4-3-16, with the
following changes:
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(1) For elections where candidates for Councilmen at large |
are being
elected, following the names of candidates for Mayor |
(when applicable)
there shall be printed a subtitle as follows: |
FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE.
Following this subtitle there shall be |
an instruction in this form:
(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN....) |
(Insert number of Councilmen to be elected). The names
of the |
nominees for Councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
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(2) For elections where district Councilmen are to be |
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elected, a
distinct ballot shall be printed for each district, |
and following the
names of the candidates for Mayor (when |
applicable) there shall be
printed a subtitle as follows: FOR |
DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this
subtitle there shall be an |
instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this |
instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 nominees
for |
district Councilman.
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Vacancies shall be filled as prescribed in Section 5-2-12, |
provided
that a vacancy in the office of a District Councilman |
shall be filled by
a person who is an actual resident of the |
district in which the vacancy
occurs.
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(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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(65 ILCS 5/7-2-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24)
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Sec. 7-2-24. The ballots for the election of officers at |
the general city
election in a united city shall be prepared in |
accordance with the general
election law, and in accordance |
with Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes: (1) Following |
the names of the candidates for
mayor there shall be printed a |
sub-title: FOR COMMISSIONER (or COMMISSIONERS)
AT LARGE. |
Following this sub-title shall be an instruction in this form:
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(Vote for one) or (Vote for not more than 2), as the case may |
be. The names
of the candidates for commissioner at large shall |
follow this instruction.
(2) Following the names of the |
candidates at large shall be printed another
sub-title: FOR |
COMMISSIONER FROM THE BOROUGH OF..... Following this sub-title
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