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Public Act 101-0188
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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 Section |
7-11.1 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/7-11.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11.1)
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Sec. 7-11.1.
Whenever a vacancy in any elective county |
office is to be
filled by election pursuant to Section 25-11 of |
this Code or Section 2-6003 of the Counties Code, nominations |
shall be
made and any vacancy in nomination for a county office |
shall be filled pursuant
to this Section:
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(1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first date |
provided in
Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for the |
primary in the next even
numbered year following the |
commencement of the term, nominations for the
election for |
filling such vacancy shall be made pursuant to this Article 7
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as provided for other county offices.
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(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3.5), if If |
the vacancy in office occurs during the time provided in |
Section
7-12 for filing nomination papers for county offices |
for the primary in the
next even-numbered year following |
commencement of the term of office in
which such vacancy |
occurs, the time for filing nomination papers for such
office |
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for the primary shall not be more than 91 days and not less |
than 85
days prior to the date of the primary election.
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(3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3.5), if If |
the vacancy in office occurs after the last day provided in
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Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for any elective |
county office a
vacancy in nomination shall be deemed to have |
occurred and the county
central committee or the appropriate |
county board district committee of
each established political |
party shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate
to fill such |
vacancy in nomination for election to such office at such
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general election. In the nomination proceedings to fill such |
vacancy in
nomination, each member of the county central |
committee, or the county
board district committee, as the case |
may be, shall have the voting
strength as set forth in Sections |
7-8 and 7-8.01, respectively. The name
of the candidate so |
nominated shall not appear on the ballot at the general
primary |
election. Such vacancy in nomination shall be filled prior to |
the
date of certification of candidates for the general |
election. |
(3.5) If the vacancy in the Office of President of the Cook |
County Board occurs on or after the first day provided in |
Section 7-12 for filing nomination papers for the primary in |
the next even-numbered year following the commencement of the |
term, a vacancy in nomination shall be deemed to have occurred |
and the county central committee of each established political |
party shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate to fill such |
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vacancy in nomination for the election to such office at such |
general election. In the nomination proceedings to fill such |
vacancy in nomination, each member of the county central |
committee shall have the voting strength as set forth in |
Section 7-8. The office shall not appear on the ballot at the |
general primary election. Any vacancy in nomination occurring |
on or after the primary and prior to certification 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 in nomination.
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(4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly |
acknowledged before
an officer qualified to take |
acknowledgments 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 |
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 the vacancy 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 Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to |
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objections to
nomination papers, hearings on objections and |
judicial review, shall also
apply to and govern objections to |
nomination papers and resolutions for
filling vacancies in |
nomination filed pursuant to this Section.
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Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and |
election provided
for in this Section shall be governed by this |
Code.
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(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
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Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
Section 2-6003 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/2-6003) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6003)
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Sec. 2-6003. Vacancy in office of president. In case of the |
death,
resignation, removal from office or other inability to |
act of the president
so elected, the board of commissioners |
shall within 30 days appoint, by election, one of their number |
to serve as president. If if more than 28 months of the |
unexpired term remain, a special election shall be held the
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vacancy shall be filled at the next general election to elect a |
person , at which election one
of the regularly elected or |
appointed members of the board of commissioners
shall be |
elected to serve the unexpired term of the president. In the |
case of a special election under this Section, the appointed |
officer shall serve until the election results are certified |
and the person elected at the special election is qualified. If |