(2) The form of the proposition for each candidate shall be
substantially as follows:
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Shall ....... (insert name YES
of candidate) be retained in ------------------------------------------------------------
office as ..... (insert name NO
of office and Court)?
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The names of all candidates thus submitting their names for retention in
office in any particular judicial district or circuit shall appear on the
same ballot which shall be separate from all other ballots voted on at the
general election.
Propositions on Supreme Court judges, if any are seeking retention,
shall appear on the ballot in the first group, for judges of the Appellate
Court in the second group immediately under the first, and for circuit
judges in the last group. The grouping of candidates for the same office
shall be preceded by a heading describing the office and the court. If
there are two or more candidates for each office, the names of such
candidates in each group shall be listed in the order determined as
follows: The name of the person with the greatest length of time served in
the specified office of the specified court shall be listed first in each
group. The rest of the names shall be listed in the appropriate order based
on the same seniority standard. If two or more candidates for each office
have served identical periods of time in the specified office, such
candidates shall be listed alphabetically at the appropriate place in the
order of names based on seniority in the office as described. Circuit
judges shall be credited for the purposes of this section with service as
associate judges prior to July 1, 1971 and with service on any court the
judges of which were made associate judges on January 1, 1964 by virtue of
Paragraph 4, subparagraphs (c) and (d) of the Schedule to Article VI of the
former Illinois Constitution.
At the top of the ballot on the same side as the propositions on the
candidates are listed shall be printed an explanation to read substantially
as follows: "Vote on the proposition with respect to all or any of the
judges listed on this ballot. No judge listed is running against any other
judge. The sole question is whether each judge shall be retained in his or her
present office".
Such separate ballot shall be printed on paper of sufficient size so
that when folded once it shall be large enough to contain the following
words, which shall be printed on the back, "Ballot for judicial candidates
seeking retention in office". Such ballot shall be handed to the elector at
the same time as the ballot containing the names of other candidates for
the general election and shall be returned therewith by the elector to the
proper officer in the manner designated by this Act. All provisions of this
Act relating to ballots shall apply to such separate ballot, except as
otherwise specifically provided in this section. Such separate ballot shall
be printed upon paper of a green color. No other ballot at the same
election shall be green in color.
In precincts in which voting machines are used, the special ballot
containing the propositions on the retention of judges may be placed on the
voting machines if such voting machines permit the casting of votes on such
propositions.
An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may be used in
voting and tabulating the judicial retention ballots. When an electronic
voting system is used which utilizes a ballot label booklet and ballot
card, there shall be used in the label booklet a separate ballot label page
or pages as required for such proposition, which page or pages for such
proposition shall be of a green color separate and distinct from the ballot
label page or pages used for any other proposition or candidates.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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