(10 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
Sec. 7-13.
The board of election commissioners in cities of 500,000 or more
population having such board, shall constitute an electoral board for the
hearing and passing upon objections to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, such objections shall be filed in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall state the name
and address of the objector, who may be any qualified elector in the ward,
the specific grounds of objection and the relief requested of the electoral
board. Upon the receipt of the objection, the county clerk shall forthwith
transmit such objection and the petition of the candidate to the board of
election commissioners. The board of election commissioners shall forthwith
notify the objector and candidate objected to of the time and place for
hearing hereon. After a hearing upon the validity of such objections, the
board shall
certify to the county clerk its decision stating whether or not the name
of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the county clerk in his
or her certificate to the board of election commissioners shall leave off
of the certificate the name of the candidate for ward committeeperson that the
election commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However, the
decision of the board of election commissioners is subject to judicial
review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
The county electoral board composed as provided in Section 10-9 shall
constitute an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon objections
to nomination petitions for precinct and township committeepersons. Such
objections shall be filed in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall state the name and
address of the objector who may be any qualified elector in the precinct or
in the township or part of a township that lies outside of a city having a
population of 500,000 or more, the specific grounds of objection and the
relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of the objection
the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such objection and the petition
of the candidate to the chair of the county electoral board. The chair
of the county electoral board shall forthwith notify the objector,
the candidate whose petition is objected to and the other members of the
electoral board of the time and place for hearing thereon. After hearing
upon the validity of such objections the board shall certify its decision to the county clerk
stating whether or not the name of the candidate shall be printed on the
ballot, and the county clerk, in his or her certificate to the board of
election commissioners, shall leave off of the certificate the name of the
candidate ordered by the board not to be printed on the ballot, and the
county clerk shall also refrain from printing on the official primary
ballot, the name of any candidate whose name has been ordered by the
electoral board not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of
the board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same powers as other
electoral boards under the provisions of Section 10-10 of this Code and
their decisions are subject to judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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