101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2631

 

Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2  from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
10 ILCS 5/7-1  from Ch. 46, par. 7-1
10 ILCS 5/7-2  from Ch. 46, par. 7-2
10 ILCS 5/7-7  from Ch. 46, par. 7-7
10 ILCS 5/7-8  from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
10 ILCS 5/7-9  from Ch. 46, par. 7-9
10 ILCS 5/7-10  from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/7-12  from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/7-13  from Ch. 46, par. 7-13
10 ILCS 5/7-19  from Ch. 46, par. 7-19
10 ILCS 5/7-51  from Ch. 46, par. 7-51
10 ILCS 5/7-53  from Ch. 46, par. 7-53
10 ILCS 5/7-56  from Ch. 46, par. 7-56
10 ILCS 5/7-58  from Ch. 46, par. 7-58
10 ILCS 5/7-59  from Ch. 46, par. 7-59
10 ILCS 5/8-5  from Ch. 46, par. 8-5

    Amends the Election Code. Removes ward committeepersons for each ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more and township committeepersons for each township or part of a township that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2A-1.2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-10, 7-12, 7-13,
67-19, 7-51, 7-53, 7-56, 7-58, 7-59, and 8-5 as follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
8    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections - offices
9designated.
10    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
11even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
12shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
13        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
14    United States;
15        (2) United States Senator and United States
16    Representative;
17        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
18        (4) State Senator and State Representative;
19        (5) County elected officers, including State's
20    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
21    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
22    Executive;
23        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;

 

 

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1        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
2    counties or educational service regions in which that
3    office has been abolished;
4        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
5    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
6    newly created judicial offices;
7        (9) (Blank);
8        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
9    Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
10        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
11    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
12    authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
13    election and permits or requires election of candidates of
14    political parties.
15    (b) At the general primary election:
16        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
17    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
18    at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
19    to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
20    made by caucus.
21        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
22    political party offices of State central committeeperson,
23    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
24    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
25    alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
26    shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.

 

 

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1    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential election
2    is to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
3    primary shall also be on the ballot.
4        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
5    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
6    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
7    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
8    Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
9    such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
10    on the date of the general primary election, provided that
11    the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
12    where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
13    municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
14    nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
15    the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
16    weeks preceding that election.
17        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
18    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
19    the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
20    the year in which the general primary is held shall be
21    elected.
22    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
23odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
24        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
25    municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
26    municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates

 

 

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1    of political parties, the runoff election where required by
2    law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
3    shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
4    provided further, in the case of municipal officers
5    provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
6    government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
7    Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
8    filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
9    by such ordinance;
10        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
11        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
12        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
13        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
14        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
15    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
16    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
17    requires election of candidates of political parties;
18        (7) Township officers, including township park
19    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
20    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
21    Assessors;
22        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
23        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
24    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
25        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
26    River Waterway Management Agency;

 

 

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1        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
2    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
3    Act;
4        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
5    trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
6    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
7    counties or educational service regions having a
8    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
9    boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
10    districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
11        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
12        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
13        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
14    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
15        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
16    Districts;
17        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
18    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
19    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
20    political parties.
21    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
22odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
23nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
24election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
25of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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1subsection (c).
2    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
3odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
4shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
5mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
6to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
7elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
8required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
9nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
10candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
11of political parties.
12    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
13odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
14elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
15an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
16pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
17    (e) (Blank).
18    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
19questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
20any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
21by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
22    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
23established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
24the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
25to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
26election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so

 

 

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1provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
2officers shall be subject to the referendum.
3    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
4officials established in this Article, any community college
5district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
6to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
7hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
8members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
9effective date of the new district.
10    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
11any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
12to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
13held in the precinct on that date.
14    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
15the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
16(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/7-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1)
18    Sec. 7-1. Application of Article.
19    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the
20nomination of all candidates for all elective State,
21congressional, judicial, and county officers, State's
22Attorneys (whether elected from a single county or from more
23than one county), city, village, and incorporated town and
24municipal officers, trustees of sanitary districts, township
25officers in townships of over 5,000 population coextensive with

 

 

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1or included wholly within cities or villages not under the
2commission form of government, precinct, township, ward, and
3State central committeepersons, and delegates and alternate
4delegates to national nominating conventions by all political
5parties, as defined in Section 7-2 of this Article 7, shall be
6made in the manner provided in this Article 7 and not
7otherwise. The nomination of candidates for electors of
8President and Vice President of the United States shall be made
9only in the manner provided for in Section 7-9 of this Article.
10    (b) This Article 7 shall not apply to (i) the nomination of
11candidates for school elections and township elections, except
12in those townships specifically mentioned in subsection (a) and
13except in those cases in which a township central committee
14determines under Section 6A-2 of the Township Law of 1874 or
15Section 45-55 of the Township Code that its candidates for
16township offices shall be nominated by primary in accordance
17with this Article, (ii) the nomination of park commissioners in
18park districts organized under the Park District Code, (iii)
19the nomination of officers of cities and villages organized
20under special charters, or (iv) the nomination of municipal
21officers for cities, villages, and incorporated towns with a
22population of 5,000 or less, except where a city, village, or
23incorporated town with a population of 5,000 or less has by
24ordinance determined that political parties shall nominate
25candidates for municipal office in the city, village, or
26incorporated town by primary in accordance with this Article.

 

 

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1In that event, the municipal clerk shall certify the ordinance
2to the proper election officials no later than November 15 in
3the year preceding the consolidated primary election.
4    (c) The words "township officers" or "township offices"
5shall be construed, when used in this Article, to include
6supervisors.
7    (d) As provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-60 of
8the Illinois Municipal Code, a village may adopt a system of
9nonpartisan primary and general elections for the election of
10village officers.
11(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
12    (10 ILCS 5/7-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-2)
13    Sec. 7-2. A political party, which at the general election
14for State and county officers then next preceding a primary,
15polled more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in the
16State, is hereby declared to be a political party within the
17State, and shall nominate all candidates provided for in this
18Article 7 under the provisions hereof, and shall elect
19precinct, township, ward and State central committeepersons as
20herein provided.
21    A political party, which at the general election for State
22and county officers then next preceding a primary, cast more
23than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast within any
24congressional district, is hereby declared to be a political
25party within the meaning of this Article, within such

 

 

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1congressional district, and shall nominate its candidate for
2Representative in Congress, under the provisions hereof. A
3political party, which at the general election for State and
4county officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5
5per cent of the entire vote cast in any county, is hereby
6declared to be a political party within the meaning of this
7Article, within said county, and shall nominate all county
8officers in said county under the provisions hereof, and shall
9elect precinct, township, and ward committeepersons, as herein
10provided. ;
11    A political party, which at the municipal election for
12city, village, or incorporated town officers then next
13preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the entire
14vote cast in any city, or village, or incorporated town is
15hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning of
16this Article, within said city, village, or incorporated town,
17and shall nominate all city, village, or incorporated town
18officers in said city, or village, or incorporated town under
19the provisions hereof to the extent and in the cases provided
20in Section 7-1.
21    A political party, which at the municipal election for town
22officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per
23cent of the entire vote cast in said town, is hereby declared
24to be a political party within the meaning of this Article,
25within said town, and shall nominate all town officers in said
26town under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the cases

 

 

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1provided in Section 7-1.
2    A political party, which at the municipal election in any
3other municipality or political subdivision, (except townships
4and school districts), for municipal or other officers therein
5then next preceding a primary, cast more than 5 per cent of the
6entire vote cast in such municipality or political subdivision,
7is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning
8of this Article, within said municipality or political
9subdivision, and shall nominate all municipal or other officers
10therein under the provisions hereof to the extent and in the
11cases provided in Section 7-1.
12    Provided, that no political organization or group shall be
13qualified as a political party hereunder, or given a place on a
14ballot, which organization or group is associated, directly or
15indirectly, with Communist, Fascist, Nazi, or other
16un-American principles and engages in activities or propaganda
17designed to teach subservience to the political principles and
18ideals of foreign nations or the overthrow by violence of the
19established constitutional form of government of the United
20States and the State of Illinois.
21(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-18-18.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/7-7)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
23    Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in certain
24instances as provided in this Article and this Act, the
25following committees are authorized and shall constitute the

 

 

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1central or managing committees of each political party, viz: A
2State central committee, whose responsibilities include, but
3are not limited to, filling by appointment vacancies in
4nomination for statewide offices, including but not limited to
5the office of United States Senator, a congressional committee
6for each congressional district, a county central committee for
7each county, a municipal central committee for each city,
8incorporated town or village, a ward committeeperson for each
9ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more; a
10township committeeperson for each township or part of a
11township that lies outside of cities having a population of
12200,000 or more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000
13or more; a precinct committeeperson for each precinct in a
14county counties having a population of less than 2,000,000; a
15county board district committee for each county board district
16created under Division 2-3 of the Counties Code; a State's
17Attorney committee for each group of 2 or more counties which
18jointly elect a State's Attorney; a Superintendent of
19Multi-County Educational Service Region committee for each
20group of 2 or more counties which jointly elect a
21Superintendent of a Multi-County Educational Service Region; a
22judicial subcircuit committee in a judicial circuit divided
23into subcircuits for each judicial subcircuit in that circuit.
24; and a board of review election district committee for each
25Cook County Board of Review election district.
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1    (10 ILCS 5/7-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
2    Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
3one or two members from each congressional district in the
4State and shall be elected as follows:
5
State Central Committee
6    (a) Within 30 days after January 1, 1984 (the effective
7date of Public Act 83-33), the State central committee of each
8political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
9which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
10State central committee of that party.
11    Alternative A. At the primary in 1970 and at the general
12primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
13elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of
14the State central committee for the congressional district in
15which he resides. The candidate receiving the highest number of
16votes shall be declared elected State central committeeperson
17from the district. A political party may, in lieu of the
18foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
19convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the
20State central committeepersons in the manner following:
21    At the county convention held by such political party,
22State central committeepersons shall be elected in the same
23manner as provided in this Article for the election of officers
24of the county central committee, and such election shall follow
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1elected ward, township or precinct committeeperson shall cast
2as his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward,
3township, part of a township or precinct in the last preceding
4primary election of his political party. In the case of a
5county lying partially within one congressional district and
6partially within another congressional district, each ward,
7township or precinct committeeperson shall vote only with
8respect to the congressional district in which his ward,
9township, part of a township or precinct is located. In the
10case of a congressional district which encompasses more than
11one county, each ward, township or precinct committeeperson
12residing within the congressional district shall cast as his
13vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part
14of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
15election of his political party for one candidate of his party
16for member of the State central committee for the congressional
17district in which he resides and the Chair of the county
18central committee shall report the results of the election to
19the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
20shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
21votes elected State central committeeperson for that
22congressional district.
23    The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
24for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
25members of the State central committee.
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191-426), whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair of a
2State central committee, or at the end of the term of office of
3Chair, the State central committee of each political party that
4has selected Alternative A shall elect a Chair who shall not be
5required to be a member of the State Central Committee. The
6Chair shall be a registered voter in this State and of the same
7political party as the State central committee.
8    Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
930 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a
10person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
11that congressional district to serve as an additional member of
12the State central committee until his or her successor is
13elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
14congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
15on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
16each congressional district at the general primary election
17held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
18receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
19candidates for State central committeeman, and the female
20candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's
21female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be
22declared elected State central committeeman and State central
23committeewoman from the district. At the general primary
24election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
25party's candidates for State central committeemen or State
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1same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
2shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State
3central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
4failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
5vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
6member of the State central committee from the district. This
7vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional
8committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
9fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
10district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
11committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
12congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
13on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
14    The Chair of a State central committee composed as provided
15in this Alternative B must be selected from the committee's
16members.
17    Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the
18selection of the Chair of the State central committee, under
19both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee
20of each political party shall be composed of members elected or
21appointed from the several congressional districts of the
22State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The
23members of the State central committee shall, within 41 days
24after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in
25the city of Springfield and organize by electing a Chair, and
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1number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient.
2The outgoing chair of the State central committee of the party
3shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of the
4State central committee elected at the primary of the time and
5place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings of
6the State central committee, each State central committeeman
7and State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
8ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the
9primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
10immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
11committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
12committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
13by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
14of the political party of the counties located within the
15congressional district in which the vacancy occurs. and, if
16applicable, the ward and township committeepersons of the
17political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
18located within the congressional district. If the
19congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies wholly
20within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and
21township committeepersons of the political party in that
22congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
23voting to fill the vacancy, each chair of a county central
24committee and each ward and township committeeperson in
25counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote
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1district in which the vacancy exists of his or her county,
2township, or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her
3party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting
4to fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person
5appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
6congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be a
7qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided in
8Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
9predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
10delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
11return to the election of State central committeeman and State
12central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any
13action taken by a political party at a State convention in
14accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
15Board of Elections by the chair and secretary of such
16convention within 10 days after such action.
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Ward, Township and Precinct Committeepersons
18    (b) At the primary in 1972 and at the general primary
19election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
20cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
21candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeperson.
22Each candidate for ward committeeperson must be a resident of
23and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
24committeeperson. The one having the highest number of votes
25shall be such ward committeeperson of such party for such ward.
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1election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
2counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more, outside
3of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more, may vote
4for one candidate of his party for township committeeperson.
5Each candidate for township committeeperson must be a resident
6of and in the township or part of a township (which lies
7outside of a city having a population of 200,000 or more, in
8counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more), and in
9which township or part of a township he seeks to be elected
10township committeeperson. The one having the highest number of
11votes shall be such township committeeperson of such party for
12such township or part of a township. At the primary in 1970 and
13at the general primary election every 2 years thereafter, each
14primary elector, except in counties having a population of
152,000,000 or over, may vote for one candidate of his party in
16his precinct for precinct committeeperson. Each candidate for
17precinct committeeperson must be a bona fide resident of the
18precinct where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeperson.
19The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
20precinct committeeperson of such party for such precinct. The
21official returns of the primary shall show the name of the
22committeeperson of each political party.
23    Terms of Committeepersons. All precinct committeepersons
24elected under the provisions of this Article shall continue as
25such committeepersons until the date of the primary to be held
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1provided in this Section for certain State central
2committeepersons who have 2 year terms, all State central
3committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward
4committeepersons shall continue as such committeepersons until
5the date of primary to be held in the fourth year after their
6election. However, a vacancy exists in the office of precinct
7committeeperson when a precinct committeeperson ceases to
8reside in the precinct in which he was elected and such
9precinct committeeperson shall thereafter neither have nor
10exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeperson in
11that precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
12appointed.
13    (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
14the precinct committeepersons of such party, in the
15multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
162-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
17purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
18the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
19Committee each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for
20each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
21his party at the primary at which he was elected.
22
County Central Committee
23    (d) The county central committee of each political party in
24each county shall consist of the various township
25committeepersons, precinct committeepersons and ward
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1organization and proceedings of the county central committee,
2each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote for each
3ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his
4party at the primary at which he was elected. ; each township
5committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
6his township or part of a township as the case may be by the
7primary electors of his party at the primary election for the
8nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
9immediately preceding the meeting of the county central
10committee; and in the organization and proceedings of the
11county central committee, each ward committeeperson shall have
12one vote for each ballot voted in his ward by the primary
13electors of his party at the primary election for the
14nomination of candidates for election to the General Assembly
15immediately preceding the meeting of the county central
16committee.
17
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
18    (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
19each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
20various township committeepersons and ward committeepersons,
21if any, of that party in the portions of the county composing
22the board of review election district. In the organization and
23proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
24township committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot
25voted in his or her township or part of a township, as the case
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1primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the board
2of review election district committee; and in the organization
3and proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees,
4each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot
5voted in his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may
6be, by the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
7election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
8review election district committee.
9
Congressional Committee
10    (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
11congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
12county central committees of the counties composing the
13congressional district, except that in congressional districts
14wholly within the territorial limits of one county, the
15precinct committeepersons, township committeepersons and ward
16committeepersons, if any, of the party representing the
17precincts within the limits of the congressional district,
18shall compose the congressional committee. A State central
19committeeperson in each district shall be a member and the
20chair or, when a district has 2 State central committeepersons,
21a co-chairperson of the congressional committee, but shall not
22have the right to vote except in case of a tie.
23    In the organization and proceedings of congressional
24committees composed of precinct committeepersons or township
25committeepersons or ward committeepersons, or any combination
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1each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
2his party at the primary at which he was elected, each township
3committeeperson shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
4his township or part of a township as the case may be by the
5primary electors of his party at the primary election
6immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
7committee, and each ward committeeperson shall have one vote
8for each ballot voted in each precinct of his ward located in
9such congressional district by the primary electors of his
10party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting
11of the congressional committee; and in the organization and
12proceedings of congressional committees composed of the
13chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
14within such district, each chair of such county central
15committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
16county by the primary electors of his party at the primary
17election immediately preceding the meeting of the
18congressional committee.
19
Judicial District Committee
20    (f) The judicial district committee of each political party
21in each judicial district shall be composed of the chair of the
22county central committees of the counties composing the
23judicial district.
24    In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
25committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
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1such county central committee shall have one vote for each
2ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
3at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
4the judicial district committee.
5
Circuit Court Committee
6    (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
7each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
8the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
9composing the judicial circuit.
10    In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
11committees, each chair of a county central committee shall have
12one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the primary
13electors of his party at the primary election immediately
14preceding the meeting of the circuit court committee.
15
Judicial Subcircuit Committee
16    (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political
17party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided
18into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township
19committeepersons of the townships and wards composing the
20judicial subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct
21committeepersons of the precincts composing the judicial
22subcircuit in any county other than Cook County.
23    In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
24subcircuit committee, each township committeeperson shall have
25one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
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1primary electors of his party at the primary election
2immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
3committee; each precinct committeeperson shall have one vote
4for each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as
5the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary
6electors of his party at the primary election immediately
7preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee. ;
8and each ward committeeperson shall have one vote for each
9ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case may be,
10in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of his party
11at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
12the judicial subcircuit committee.
13
Municipal Central Committee
14    (h) The municipal central committee of each political party
15shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
16committeepersons, as the case may be, of such party
17representing the precincts or wards, embraced in such city,
18incorporated town or village. The voting strength of each
19precinct, township or ward committeeperson on the municipal
20central committee shall be the same as his voting strength on
21the county central committee.
22    For political parties, other than a statewide political
23party, established only within a municipality or township, the
24municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
25the party officers of the local established party. The party
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1chair and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities and
2townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
3caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
4vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
5and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
6candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
7shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
8primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
9of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
10party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's
11officers.
12
Powers
13    (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
14usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
15thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
16The several committees herein provided for shall not have power
17to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other
18person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed
19to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership
20proper and necessary subcommittees.
21    (j) The State central committee of a political party which
22elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
23Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate
24selection rules of the national political party and file a copy
25of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by
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1    (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
2Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
3central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the State
4central committee of a political party which elects its members
5by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy
6shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and township
7committeepersons, if any, of the wards and townships which lie
8entirely or partially within the Congressional District from
9which the absent State central committeeman or committeewoman
10was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county central
11committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially
12within that Congressional District and in which there are no
13ward or township committeepersons. When voting for such proxy,
14the county chair, ward committeeperson or township
15committeeperson, as the case may be, shall have one vote for
16each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, or portion
17thereof within the Congressional District, by the primary
18electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
19However, the absent State central committeeman or
20committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
21rules of a political party which elects its members by
22Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
23    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
24ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
25committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
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1conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
2a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall
3automatically become vacant.
4(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/7-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
6    Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
7conventions.
8    (a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which
9committeepersons are elected, the county central committee of
10each political party shall meet within the county and proceed
11to organize by electing from its own number a chair and either
12from its own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such
13committee may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the
14county central committee shall be known as the county
15convention.
16    The chair of each county committee shall within 10 days
17after the organization, forward to the State Board of
18Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
19precinct committeepersons and representative committeepersons
20elected by his political party.
21    The county convention of each political party shall choose
22delegates to the State convention of its party, if the party
23chooses to hold a State convention. ; but in any county having
24within its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or
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1ward committeepersons from the respective wards choosing the
2number of delegates to which such ward is entitled on the basis
3prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such delegates to
4be members of the delegation to the State convention from such
5county. In all counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
6more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more,
7the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships
8as the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of
9townships as the case may be, the township committeepersons
10from the respective townships or parts of townships as the case
11may be choosing the number of delegates to which such townships
12or parts of townships as the case may be are entitled, on the
13basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
14delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
15convention from such county.
16    Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
17party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
18(a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
19if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.
20    Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
21party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
22(a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
23Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention,
24who must be residents of the member's Congressional District.
25    (b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after the
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1In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the chair of a
2State central committee may issue a call for a State convention
3within 180 days after the general primary.
4    The State convention of each political party, if the party
5chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
6nominations of candidates of its political party for the
7electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
8and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined
9by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to
10choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
11national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee
12may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the
13State convention.
14    (c) The chair and secretary of each State convention, if
15the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall, within 2
16days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
17this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses
18of all persons nominated by such State convention for electors
19of President and Vice President of the United States, and of
20any persons selected by the State convention for delegates and
21alternate delegates at large to national nominating
22conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such
23State convention for electors of President and Vice President
24of the United States, shall be caused by the State Board of
25Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at the general
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1to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the
2manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the
3certifying of the names of persons nominated by any party for
4State offices. If and as long as this Act prescribes that the
5names of such electors be not printed on the ballot, then the
6names of such electors shall be certified in such manner as may
7be prescribed by the parts of this Act applicable thereto.
8    (d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State
9convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
10political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
11    (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
12if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chair of
13the State central committee of each political party shall file
14in the principal office of the State Board of Elections a call
15for the State convention. Such call shall state, among other
16things, the time and place (designating the building or hall)
17for holding the State convention. Such call shall be signed by
18the chair and attested by the secretary of the committee. In
19such convention each county shall be entitled to one delegate
20for each 500 ballots voted by the primary electors of the party
21in such county at the primary to be held next after the
22issuance of such call; and if in such county, less than 500
23ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted is
24not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate for
25such group which is less than 500, or for such group
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1which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each primary
2vote so represented by him. The call for such convention shall
3set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and shall
4direct that the number of delegates to be chosen be calculated
5in compliance herewith and that such number of delegates be
6chosen.
7    (f) All precinct, township and ward committeepersons when
8elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
9elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
10in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
11strength of each committeeperson shall remain as provided in
12this Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
13    (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
14this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
15provided in this Act.
16    (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
17called by the chair, or by not less than 25% of the members of
18such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
19committee in writing designating the time and place at which
20such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
21proposed to present at such special meeting.
22    (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
23vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeperson
24because no one was elected to that office or because the
25precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in the precinct or
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1of the appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such
2office by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and
3the appointed precinct committeeperson shall serve as though
4elected; however, no such appointment may be made between the
5general primary election and the 30th day after the general
6primary election.
7    (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
8of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
9Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
10the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a
11political party which elects its State Central Committee by
12either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
13Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
14as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
15their terms.
16(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/7-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
18    Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
19candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
20township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
21committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
22delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
23upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
24been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
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1    We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
2.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in
3the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois,
4do hereby petition that the following named person or persons
5shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the
6nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for election to)
7the office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at
8the primary election to be held on (insert date).
9    NameOfficeAddress
10John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
11Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
12Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
13Name..................         Address.......................
 
14State of Illinois)
15                 ) ss.
16County of........)
17    I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
18street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
19....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
20of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
21were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
22best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
23the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
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1stated, as above set forth.
2
.........................
3    Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
4
.........................

 
5    Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
6candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
7and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate
8heading giving the information as to name of candidate or
9candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
10office, the political party represented and place of residence;
11and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
12    Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors
13residing in the political division for which the nomination is
14sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the
15signature of each signer, his residence address shall be
16written or printed. The residence address required to be
17written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
18name shall include the street address or rural route number of
19the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
20and city, village or town, and state. However the county or
21city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
22may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
23signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
24or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in
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1At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
2circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or
3older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street
4address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
5the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying
6that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
7in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
8genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
9sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
10dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that
11none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
12days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and
13certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
14the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
15petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a
16nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before
17some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
18    No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
19preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
20of such petition.
21    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
22whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
23signature from the petition, provided that:
24        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
25    petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
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1    certification listing the page number and line number of
2    each signature struck from the petition. Such
3    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
4    Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
5together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
6fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
7manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
8The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
9to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
10sheets which are filed with the proper local election
11officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections
12shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the
13voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or
14duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part
15thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates
16filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
17statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
18office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
19candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
20the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified
21(in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state
22that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a
23licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he
24has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing
25period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
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1candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall
2be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
3officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State
4and shall be in substantially the following form:
5
Statement of Candidacy
6NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
7John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
8Belvidere,
9Illinois
10State of Illinois)
11                 ) ss.
12County of .......)
13    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
14Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
15State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
16qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
17candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
18committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
19office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
20held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
21being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
22requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
23such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
24close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
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1and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
2primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
3of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)
4such office.
5
Signed ......................
6    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
7who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
8
Signed ....................
9
(Official Character)
10(Seal, if officer has one.)
 
11    The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
12to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
13filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
14authority or local election official with whom the petition is
15required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
16Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
17by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
18thereof shall be punished accordingly.
19    A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
20obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
21his or her petition for nomination.
22    (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
23convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or
24as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
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1candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000
2but not more than 10,000 signatures.
3    (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
4national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for
5United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
6alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
7convention elected from a congressional district, then the
8candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
9number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
10electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
11district. In the first primary election following a
12redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
13petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of
14qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party
15in his or her congressional district.
16    (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
17countywide office, including but not limited to county board
18chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
19basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's
20petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
21signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
22her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election
23in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county
24board member elected from a county board district, then the
25candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
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1electors of his or her party in the county board district. In
2the first primary election following a redistricting of county
3board districts or the initial establishment of county board
4districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
5at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
6qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
7cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
8the total number of county board districts comprising the
9county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
10signatures be less than 25.
11    (d) County office; Cook County only.
12        (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
13    in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
14    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
15    equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
16    who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
17    Cook County.
18        (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
19    Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
20    must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
21    0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
22    in his or her county board district. In the first primary
23    election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
24    Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
25    nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
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1    in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
2    general election divided by the total number of county
3    board districts comprising the county board; provided that
4    in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
5        (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
6    of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
7    pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
8    Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
9    contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
10    the total number of registered voters in his or her board
11    of review district in the last general election at which a
12    commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
13    that board of review district. In no event shall the number
14    of signatures required be greater than the requisite number
15    for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
16    under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first
17    primary election following a redistricting of Cook County
18    Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for
19    nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at
20    least the number of signatures required for a countywide
21    candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the
22    qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
23    (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
24run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
25petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
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1his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
2candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the
3candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
4number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
5electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary
6election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or
7trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
8establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for
9nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at
10least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate
11of that political party who received the highest number of
12votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election
13at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
14the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or
15districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less
16than 25.
17    (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
18run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
19petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of
20the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
21congressional district.
22    (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
23for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
24elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
25nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal
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1sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a
2sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards,
3then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at
4least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary
5electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary
6district. In the first primary election following
7redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
8candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
9signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward
10of that sanitary district.
11    (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for
12judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition
13for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
140.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the
15candidate for his or her political party for the office of
16Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was
17elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a
18candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or
19subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
20contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number
21of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her
22political party who received the highest number of votes at the
23last general election at which a judicial officer from the same
24circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be elected,
25but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in circuits and
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1signatures in every other Judicial District.
2    (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
3candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the
4candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10
5signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the
6precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
7then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no
8less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary
9electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16%
10of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
11signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is
12greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township
13committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
14must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5%
15of the primary electors of his or her party of the township,
16but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the
17maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
18number, whichever is greater.
19    (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
20for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
21attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
22than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
23must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
24the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
25comprising the counties.
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1office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
2contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
3registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
4division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
5whichever is greater.
6    For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors
7shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the
8applicable district, for the candidate for that political party
9who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the
10last general election in the State at which electors for
11President of the United States were elected. For political
12subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
13determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
14that political party who received the highest number of votes
15in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
16which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
17that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
18subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
19determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
20that political party who received the highest number of votes
21in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
22an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward
23or district.
24    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
25petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
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1    The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
2the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
3except for item (3) of subsection (d).
4    Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
5specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
6names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
7the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
8Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
9one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
10(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
12    Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
13mail or in person as follows:
14        (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
15    congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
16    nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
17    district which comprises more than one county or is partly
18    in one county and partly in another county or counties,
19    then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such
20    petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
21    office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113
22    and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the
23    primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to
24    fill a vacancy by special election in the office of
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1    for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of
2    the State Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not
3    less than 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
4        Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
5    Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
6    preceding the 106th day before a general primary election,
7    petitions for nomination for the office in which the
8    vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office
9    of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less
10    than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary
11    election.
12        Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
13    alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
14    then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
15    principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
16    than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
17    the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
18    policies of a national political party conflict with such
19    requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
20    delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
21    convention, the chair of the State central committee of
22    such national political party shall notify the Board in
23    writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
24    national political party in conflict, and in such case the
25    Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance
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1    central committee of such national political party.
2        (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
3    office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition
4    shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more
5    than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the
6    primary.
7        (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
8    or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
9    filed in the office of the local election official, not
10    more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
11    primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's
12    boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
13    jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
14    commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
15    of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
16    of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
17    authority.
18        (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
19    committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
20    the State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less
21    than 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
22        (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
23    ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
24    county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior
25    to the date of the primary.
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1    election authorities and local election officials with
2    whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify
3    the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt
4    shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each
5    petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting
6    in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as
7    of the normal opening hour of the office involved on such
8    day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal
9    opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
10    and received after midnight of the first day for filing and
11    in the first mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be
12    deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the
13    normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All
14    petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in
15    the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions
16    filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be
17    deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are
18    received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or
19    the various election authorities or local election
20    officials with whom such petitions are filed shall break
21    ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
22    lottery or other fair and impartial method of random
23    selection approved by the State Board of Elections. Such
24    lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following the last
25    day for petition filing and shall be open to the public.
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1    conducting such random selection shall be given by the
2    State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
3    committee of each established political party, and by each
4    election authority or local election official, to the
5    County Chair of each established political party, and to
6    each organization of citizens within the election
7    jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
8    next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on
9    the day of election. The State Board of Elections, election
10    authority or local election official shall post in a
11    conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
12    office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The
13    State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations
14    governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
15    All candidates shall be certified in the order in which
16    their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have
17    filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
18    determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
19    same office at a later time.
20        (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
21    election authority or local election official with whom
22    such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
23    person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of
24    the obligation to file statements of organization, reports
25    of campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign
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1    Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by
2    paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
3        (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
4    valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
5    statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
6    Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with
7    the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
8    filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement
9    of economic interests in relation to the same governmental
10    unit with that officer within a year preceding the date on
11    which such nomination papers were filed. If the nomination
12    papers of any candidate and the statement of economic
13    interest of that candidate are not required to be filed
14    with the same officer, the candidate must file with the
15    officer with whom the nomination papers are filed a receipt
16    from the officer with whom the statement of economic
17    interests is filed showing the date on which such statement
18    was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than
19    the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
20        (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or
21    for committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate
22    to a national nominating convention has been filed may
23    cause his name to be withdrawn by request in writing,
24    signed by him and duly acknowledged before an officer
25    qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in
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1    of Elections or with the appropriate election authority or
2    local election official, not later than the date of
3    certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
4    or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
5    certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
6    for nomination have been filed for the same person with
7    respect to more than one political party, his name shall
8    not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
9    party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
10    same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so
11    that the same person could not serve in more than one of
12    such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
13    candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
14    business days following the last day for petition filing. A
15    candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
16    nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
17    one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
18    petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
19    person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
20    subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name shall
21    be certified only for the first vacancy for which the
22    petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
23    withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
24    within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
25    printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
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1    political party is not incompatible with any other office.
2        (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
3    statute, no primary shall be held for an established
4    political party in any township, municipality, or ward
5    thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
6    office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
7    municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
8    political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
9    as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
10    upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
11    thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
12    such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
13    that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
14    within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
15    which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
16    Article, the nomination of an established political party
17    of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
18    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
19    be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
20    seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
21    office.
22        (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
23    statute, no primary election shall be held for an
24    established political party for any special primary
25    election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
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1    where the nomination of such political party for said
2    office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
3    the nomination of an established political party of a
4    candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
5    uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
6    nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
7    seeking the nomination of such established party for
8    election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
9    apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
10    scheduled election day.
11        (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
12    and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
13    not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to
14    become a write-in candidate for a political party's
15    nomination for any office for which the nomination is
16    uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
17    intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
18    election official with whom nomination papers for such
19    office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
20    primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
21    notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
22    this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
23    ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name
24    and address of the person intending to become a write-in
25    candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified
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1    nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
2    intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
3    nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
4    write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
5    duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
6    any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
7    statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
8    Section is filed in a timely manner.
9        (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
10    for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
11    Elections, appropriate election authority or local
12    election official where the petitions are filed shall
13    within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
14    multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
15    business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
16    State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
17    or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
18    sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
19    Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
20    local election official, the last set of petitions filed
21    shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
22    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
23    election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
24    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
25    election official then only the first set of petitions
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1    void.
2        (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
3    public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
4    not less than 6 months.
5(Source: P.A. 99-221, eff. 7-31-15; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/7-13)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
7    Sec. 7-13. The board of election commissioners in cities of
8500,000 or more population having such board, shall constitute
9an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon objections
10to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons.
11    Such objections shall be filed in the office of the county
12clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing
13nomination papers. The objection shall state the name and
14address of the objector, who may be any qualified elector in
15the ward, the specific grounds of objection and the relief
16requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of the
17objection, the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
18objection and the petition of the candidate to the board of
19election commissioners. The board of election commissioners
20shall forthwith notify the objector and candidate objected to
21of the time and place for hearing hereon. After a hearing upon
22the validity of such objections, the board shall certify to the
23county clerk its decision stating whether or not the name of
24the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the county
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1commissioners shall leave off of the certificate the name of
2the candidate for ward committeeperson that the election
3commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However,
4the decision of the board of election commissioners is subject
5to judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
6    The county electoral board composed as provided in Section
710-9 shall constitute an electoral board for the hearing and
8passing upon objections to nomination petitions for precinct
9and township committeepersons. Such objections shall be filed
10in the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after
11the last day for filing nomination papers. The objection shall
12state the name and address of the objector who may be any
13qualified elector in the precinct or in the township or part of
14a township that lies outside of a city having a population of
15500,000 or more, the specific grounds of objection and the
16relief requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of
17the objection the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
18objection and the petition of the candidate to the chair of the
19county electoral board. The chair of the county electoral board
20shall forthwith notify the objector, the candidate whose
21petition is objected to and the other members of the electoral
22board of the time and place for hearing thereon. After hearing
23upon the validity of such objections the board shall certify
24its decision to the county clerk stating whether or not the
25name of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot, and the
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1election commissioners, shall leave off of the certificate the
2name of the candidate ordered by the board not to be printed on
3the ballot, and the county clerk shall also refrain from
4printing on the official primary ballot, the name of any
5candidate whose name has been ordered by the electoral board
6not to be printed on the ballot. However, the decision of the
7board is subject to judicial review as provided in Section
810-10.1.
9    In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same
10powers as other electoral boards under the provisions of
11Section 10-10 of this Act and their decisions are subject to
12judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
13(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
14    (10 ILCS 5/7-19)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
15    Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
16each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
17the manner following:
18    1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
19printed in large capital letters, words designating the ballot,
20if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall be:
21"REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
22designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and in
23like manner for each political party.
24    2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not
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1office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such
2names may be printed on the ballot either in a single column or
3in 2 or more columns and in the following order, to-wit:
4    President of the United States, State offices,
5congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to be
6elected from the State at large to National nominating
7conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
8from congressional districts to National nominating
9conventions, member or members of the State central committee,
10trustees of sanitary districts, county offices, judicial
11officers, city, village and incorporated town offices, town
12offices, or of such of the said offices as candidates are to be
13nominated for at such primary, and precinct, township or ward
14committeepersons. If two or more columns are used, the
15foregoing offices to and including member of the State central
16committee shall be listed in the left-hand column and
17Senatorial offices, as defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
18first offices listed in the second column.
19    Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
20letters the directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not
21more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no candidate
22or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons
23file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office,
24then below the title of that office the election authority
25instead shall print "No Candidate".
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1alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
2appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
3President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or (b)
4no official designation, depending upon the action taken by the
5State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
6    Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
7letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
8which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
9otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
10Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
11printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall
12be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for
13Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed
14within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front
15of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates under
16each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall
17separate the names of candidates for one office from the names
18of candidates for another office, to avoid confusion and to
19permit the writing in of the names of other candidates.
20    Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
21used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
22required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
23is applicable.
24(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
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1    Sec. 7-51. If the primary elector marks more names upon the
2primary ballot than there are persons to be nominated as
3candidates for an office, or for State central
4committeepersons, or precinct committeepersons, or township
5committeepersons, or ward committeepersons, or delegates or
6alternate delegates to National nominating conventions, or if
7for any reason it is impossible to determine the primary
8elector's choice of a candidate for the nomination for an
9office, or committeeperson, or delegate, his primary ballot
10shall not be counted for the nomination for such office or
11committeeperson.
12    No primary ballot, without the endorsement of the judge's
13initials thereon, shall be counted.
14    No judge shall omit to endorse his initials on a primary
15ballot, as required by this Article, nor shall any person not
16authorized so to do initial a primary ballot knowing that he is
17not so authorized.
18    Primary ballots not counted shall be marked "defective" on
19the back thereof; and primary ballots to which objections have
20been made by either of the primary judges or challengers shall
21be marked "objected to" on the back thereof; and a memorandum,
22signed by the primary judges, stating how it was counted, shall
23be written on the back of each primary ballot so marked; and
24all primary ballots marked "defective" or "objected to" shall
25be enclosed in an envelope and securely sealed, and so marked
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1to be used for enclosing ballots marked "defective" or
2"objected to" shall bear upon its face, in not less than 1 1/2
3inch type, the legend: "This envelope is for use after 6:00
4P.M. only." The envelope to be used for enclosing ballots
5spoiled by voters while attempting to vote shall bear upon its
6face, in not less than 1 1/2 inch type, the legend: "This
7envelope is for use before 6:00 P.M. only."
8    All primary ballots not voted, and all that have been
9spoiled by voters while attempting to vote, shall be returned
10to the proper election authority by the primary judges, and a
11receipt taken therefor, and shall be preserved 2 months. Such
12official shall keep a record of the number of primary ballots
13delivered for each polling place, and he or they shall also
14enter upon such record the number and character of primary
15ballots returned, with the time when and the persons by whom
16they are returned.
17(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
18    (10 ILCS 5/7-53)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
19    Sec. 7-53. As soon as the ballots of a political party
20shall have been read and the votes of the political party
21counted, as provided in the last above section, the 3 judges in
22charge of the tally sheets shall foot up the tally sheets so as
23to show the total number of votes cast for each candidate of
24the political party and for each candidate for State Central
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1committeeperson or ward committeeperson, and delegate and
2alternate delegate to National nominating conventions, and
3certify the same to be correct. Thereupon, the primary judges
4shall set down in a certificate of results on the tally sheet,
5under the name of the political party, the name of each
6candidate voted for upon the primary ballot, written at full
7length, the name of the office for which he is a candidate for
8nomination or for committeeperson, or delegate or alternate
9delegate to National nominating conventions, the total number
10of votes which the candidate received, and they shall also set
11down the total number of ballots voted by the primary electors
12of the political party in the precinct. The certificate of
13results shall be made substantially in the following form:
14
................ Party
15    At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the
16(1) *township of ...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward
17in the city of .... on (insert date), the primary electors of
18the .... party voted .... ballots, and the respective
19candidates whose names were written or printed on the primary
20ballot of the .... party, received respectively the following
21votes:
22Name ofNo. of
23Candidate,Title of Office,Votes
24John JonesGovernor100
25Jane James Lieutenant Governor 100
26Sam SmithGovernor70

 

 

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1Samantha Smythe Lieutenant Governor 70
2Frank MartinAttorney General150
3William PrestonRep. in Congress200
4Frederick JohnCircuit Judge50
5    *Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
6    And so on for each candidate.
7    We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and
8correct.
9    Dated (insert date).
10
...................................
11
Name
                       
Address
12
...................................
13
Name
                       
Address
14
...................................
15
Name
                       
Address
16
...................................
17
Name
                       
Address
18
...................................
19
Name
                       
Address
20
Judges of Primary
          
 
21    Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
22used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
23required or authorized by Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever
24is applicable.
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1    (10 ILCS 5/7-56)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-56)
2    Sec. 7-56. As soon as complete returns are delivered to the
3proper election authority, the returns shall be canvassed for
4all primary elections as follows. The election authority acting
5as the canvassing board pursuant to Section 1-8 of this Code
6shall also open and canvass the returns of a primary. Upon the
7completion of the canvass of the returns by the election
8authority, the election authority shall make a tabulated
9statement of the returns for each political party separately,
10stating in appropriate columns and under proper headings, the
11total number of votes cast in said county for each candidate
12for nomination or election by said party, including candidates
13for President of the United States and for State central
14committeepersons, and for delegates and alternate delegates to
15National nominating conventions, and for precinct
16committeepersons, township committeepersons, and for ward
17committeepersons. Within 2 days after the completion of said
18canvass by the election authority, the county clerk shall mail
19to the State Board of Elections a certified copy of such
20tabulated statement of returns. The election authority shall
21also determine and set down as to each precinct the number of
22ballots voted by the primary electors of each party at the
23primary.
24    In the case of the nomination or election of candidates for
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1central committeepersons, and delegates and alternate
2delegates to National nominating conventions, certified
3tabulated statement of returns for which are filed with the
4State Board of Elections, said returns shall be canvassed by
5the election authority. And, provided, further, that within 5
6days after said returns shall be canvassed by the said Board,
7the Board shall cause to be published in one daily newspaper of
8general circulation at the seat of the State government in
9Springfield a certified statement of the returns filed in its
10office, showing the total vote cast in the State for each
11candidate of each political party for President of the United
12States, and showing the total vote for each candidate of each
13political party for President of the United States, cast in
14each of the several congressional districts in the State.
15    Within 48 hours of conducting a canvass, as required by
16this Code, of the consolidated primary, the election authority
17shall deliver an original certificate of results to each local
18election official, with respect to whose political
19subdivisions nominations were made at such primary, for each
20precinct in his jurisdiction in which such nominations were on
21the ballot. Such original certificate of results need not
22include any offices or nominations for any other political
23subdivisions.
24(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
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1    Sec. 7-58. Each county clerk or board of election
2commissioners shall, upon completion of the canvassing of the
3returns, make and transmit to the State Board of Elections and
4to each election authority whose duty it is to print the
5official ballot for the election for which the nomination is
6made a proclamation of the results of the primary. The
7proclamation shall state the name of each candidate of each
8political party so nominated or elected, as shown by the
9returns, together with the name of the office for which he or
10she was nominated or elected, including precinct, township and
11ward committeepersons, and including in the case of the State
12Board of Elections, candidates for State central
13committeepersons, and delegates and alternate delegates to
14National nominating conventions. If a notice of contest is
15filed, the election authority shall, within one business day
16after receiving a certified copy of the court's judgment or
17order, amend its proclamation accordingly and proceed to file
18an amended proclamation with the appropriate election
19authorities and with the State Board of Elections.
20    The State Board of Elections shall issue a certificate of
21election to each of the persons shown by the returns and the
22proclamation thereof to be elected State central
23committeepersons, and delegates and alternate delegates to
24National nominating nomination conventions; and the county
25clerk shall issue a certificate of election to each person
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1committeeperson. The certificate issued to such precinct
2committeeperson shall state the number of ballots voted in his
3or her precinct by the primary electors of his or her party at
4the primary at which he or she was elected. The certificate
5issued to such township committeeperson shall state the number
6of ballots voted in his or her township or part of a township,
7as the case may be, by the primary electors of his or her party
8at the primary at which he or she was elected. The certificate
9issued to such ward committeeperson shall state the number of
10ballots voted in his or her ward by the primary electors of his
11or her party at the primary at which he or she was elected.
12(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-10-18.)
 
13    (10 ILCS 5/7-59)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)
14    Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of
15votes at a primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination
16for an office shall be the candidate of that party for such
17office, and his name as such candidate shall be placed on the
18official ballot at the election then next ensuing; provided,
19that where there are two or more persons to be nominated for
20the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
21receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and
22their names shall be placed on the official ballot at the
23following election.
24    Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act,
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1for State central committeeperson of his congressional
2district shall be declared elected State central
3committeeperson from said congressional district.
4    Unless a national political party specifies that delegates
5and alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be
6allocated by proportional selection representation according
7to the results of a Presidential preference primary, the
8requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
9votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
10National nominating conventions from the State at large, and
11the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
12votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
13National nominating conventions in their respective
14congressional districts shall be declared elected delegates
15and alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
16of their party.
17    A political party which elects the members to its State
18Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
19Section 7-8 shall select its congressional district delegates
20and alternate delegates to its national nominating convention
21by proportional selection representation according to the
22results of a Presidential preference primary in each
23congressional district in the manner provided by the rules of
24the national political party and the State Central Committee,
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1    A political party which elects the members to its State
2Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
3Section 7-8 shall select its at large delegates and alternate
4delegates to its national nominating convention by
5proportional selection representation according to the results
6of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
7manner provided by the rules of the national political party
8and the State Central Committee, when the rules and policies of
9the national political party so require.
10    The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
11party for precinct committeeperson of his precinct shall be
12declared elected precinct committeeperson from said precinct.
13    The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
14party for township committeeperson of his township or part of a
15township as the case may be, shall be declared elected township
16committeeperson from said township or part of a township as the
17case may be. In cities where ward committeepersons are elected,
18the person receiving the highest number of votes of his party
19for ward committeeperson of his ward shall be declared elected
20ward committeeperson from said ward.
21    When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest
22number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
23committeeperson of the same political party, or where more than
24one person of the same political party is to be nominated as a
25candidate for office or committeeperson, if it appears that
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1or elected committeeperson have the highest and an equal number
2of votes for the nomination for the same office or for election
3as committeeperson, the election authority by which the returns
4of the primary are canvassed shall decide by lot which of said
5persons shall be nominated or elected, as the case may be. In
6such case the election authority shall issue notice in writing
7to such persons of such tie vote stating therein the place, the
8day (which shall not be more than 5 days thereafter) and the
9hour when such nomination or election shall be so determined.
10    (b) Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who
11have filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
12candidates with the proper election authority or authorities
13not later than 61 days prior to the primary. However, whenever
14an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
15for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st
16day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted
17for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized
18declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that
19office with the proper election authority or authorities not
20later than 7 days prior to the election.
21    Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
22candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. Such
23declaration shall specify the office for which the person seeks
24nomination or election as a write-in candidate.
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1judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the primary.
2    (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
3Section, where the number of candidates whose names have been
4printed on a party's ballot for nomination for or election to
5an office at a primary is less than the number of persons the
6party is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
7primary, a person whose name was not printed on the party's
8primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to
9the office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a
10result of a write-in vote at the primary unless the number of
11votes he received equals or exceeds the number of signatures
12required on a petition for nomination for that office; or
13unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the number of
14votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names
15were printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or
16election to the same office.
17    (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where
18the number of candidates whose names have been printed on the
19party's ballot for nomination for or election to the office at
20the primary equals or exceeds the number of persons the party
21is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
22primary.
23(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
24    (10 ILCS 5/8-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
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1committee for each political party in each legislative district
2and one representative committee for each political party in
3each representative district. Legislative and representative
4committees shall be composed as follows:
5    In legislative or representative districts within or
6including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or more
7inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee of a
8political party shall consist of the committeepersons of such
9party representing each township or ward of such county any
10portion of which township or ward is included within such
11legislative or representative district and the chair of each
12county central committee of such party of any county containing
13less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of which county is
14included within such legislative or representative district.
15    In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
16representative committee of a political party shall consist of
17the chair of each county central committee of such party, any
18portion of which county is included within such legislative or
19representative district; but if a legislative or
20representative district comprises only one county, or part of a
21county, its legislative or representative committee shall
22consist of the chair of the county central committee and 2
23members of the county central committee who reside in the
24legislative or representative district, as the case may be,
25elected by the county central committee.
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1immediately following the decennial redistricting required by
2Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970,
3the ward committeepersons, township committeepersons or
4chairmen of county central committees within each of the
5redistricted legislative and representative districts shall
6meet and proceed to organize by electing from among their own
7number a chair and, either from among their own number or
8otherwise, such other officers as they may deem necessary or
9expedient. The ward committeepersons, township
10committeepersons or chairmen of county central committees
11shall determine the time and place (which shall be in the
12limits of such district) of such meeting. Immediately upon
13completion of organization, the chair shall forward to the
14State Board of Elections the names and addresses of the chair
15and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall occur when a
16member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the county,
17township or ward which he represented.
18    Within 180 days after the primary of each other
19even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
20representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize by
21electing from among its own number a chair, and either from its
22own number or otherwise, such other officers as each committee
23may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon completion of
24organization, the chair shall forward to the State Board of
25Elections, the names and addresses of the chair and secretary
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1notify the members of the time and place (which shall be in the
2limits of such district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur
3when a member dies, resigns, or ceases to reside in the county,
4township or ward, which he represented.
5    If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
6township or ward, the committeeperson previously elected
7therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary change had
8occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
9legislative or representative committee until his successor is
10elected or appointed.
11(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)