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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
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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
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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.
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The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be |
duly
acknowledged before an officer qualified to take |
acknowledgements of deeds
and shall include, upon its face, the |
following information:
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(a) the name of the original nominee and the office |
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vacated;
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(b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
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(c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill |
the vacancy and
the date of selection.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If the name of no established political party candidate was |
printed on
the consolidated primary ballot for a particular |
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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. If the name of no established political
party |
candidate was printed on the general 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 |
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. The State |
Board of Elections shall hear and pass upon all objections to |
nomination petitions filed by candidates under this paragraph. |
created, but no candidate of the party for the
office shall be |
listed on the ballot at the general election unless such
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vacancy is filled in accordance with the requirements of this |
Section within 60
days after the date of the general primary.
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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 |
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ineligible to be listed on the
ballot at that general or |
consolidated election as a candidate of another
political |
party.
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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.
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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.
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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, election authority or the State |
Board of
Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination |