101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2331

 

Introduced 1/8/2020___________, by

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/1-3  from Ch. 46, par. 1-3
10 ILCS 5/7-60  from Ch. 46, par. 7-60
10 ILCS 5/7-60.1  from Ch. 46, par. 7-60.1
10 ILCS 5/8-8  from Ch. 46, par. 8-8
10 ILCS 5/10-5  from Ch. 46, par. 10-5
10 ILCS 5/22-1  from Ch. 46, par. 22-1
10 ILCS 5/22-7  from Ch. 46, par. 22-7
10 ILCS 5/22-17  from Ch. 46, par. 22-17
10 ILCS 5/7-10.1 rep.

    Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions requiring a petition or certificate of nomination to include a statement that the filing candidate is not affiliated with a communist organization or any foreign political agency, party, organization, or government that advocates the overthrow of constitutional government by force or other means not permitted under the U.S Constitution. Makes conforming changes througout the Code. Effective immediately.


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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 1-3, 7-60, 7-60.1, 8-8, 10-5, 22-1, 22-7, and 22-17 as
6follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/1-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
8    Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
9requires:
10    1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions of
11public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
12popular vote, and includes primary elections when so indicated
13by the context.
14    2. "Regular election" means the general, general primary,
15consolidated and consolidated primary elections regularly
16scheduled in Article 2A. The even numbered year municipal
17primary established in Article 2A is a regular election only
18with respect to those municipalities in which a primary is
19required to be held on such date.
20    3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
21recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
22held at the same time and place and by the same election
23officers as a regular election.

 

 

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1    4. "General election" means the biennial election at which
2members of the General Assembly are elected. "General primary
3election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated primary
4election" mean the respective elections or the election dates
5designated and established in Article 2A of this Code.
6    5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
7either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
8incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
9village or incorporated town.
10    6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any unit
11of local government, or school district in which elections are
12or may be held. "Political or governmental subdivision" also
13includes, for election purposes, Regional Boards of School
14Trustees, and Township Boards of School Trustees.
15    7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
16interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
17established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
18Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
19referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
20Code, as now or hereafter amended.
21    8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board of
22Election Commissioners.
23    9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county, in
24the case of a county in which no city board of election
25commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction of
26a county board of election commissioners; (b) the territorial

 

 

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1jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners; and (c)
2the territory in a county outside of the jurisdiction of a city
3board of election commissioners. In each instance election
4jurisdiction shall be determined according to which election
5authority maintains the permanent registration records of
6qualified electors.
7    10. "Local election official" means the clerk or secretary
8of a unit of local government or school district, as the case
9may be, the treasurer of a township board of school trustees,
10and the regional superintendent of schools with respect to the
11various school officer elections and school referenda for which
12the regional superintendent is assigned election duties by The
13School Code, as now or hereafter amended.
14    11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
15terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
16when used in connection with duties at an election during the
17hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
18election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
19reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
20the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after the
21closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
22pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
23after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
24performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
25performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
26holdover judges.

 

 

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1    12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Section Sections
27-10 and 7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy,
3candidate's statement containing oath, and sheets containing
4signatures of qualified primary electors bound together.
5    13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
6reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the smallest
7constituent territory in which electors vote as a unit at the
8same polling place in any election governed by this Act.
9    14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for the
10election of any officer, other than the State or a unit of
11local government or school district, and includes, but is not
12limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial districts,
13judicial circuits, county board districts, municipal and
14sanitary district wards, school board districts, and
15precincts.
16    15. "Question of public policy" or "public question" means
17any question, proposition or measure submitted to the voters at
18an election dealing with subject matter other than the
19nomination or election of candidates and shall include, but is
20not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and questions
21relating to the Constitution.
22    16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
23municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
24Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
25adopted by referendum which provide for the form of government,
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1officers of such municipality or county, pursuant to the
2provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article VII of the
3Constitution.
4    17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
56-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
6or other electronic data processing information containing
7voter information.
8    18. "Accessible" means accessible to persons with
9disabilities and elderly individuals for the purpose of voting
10or registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
11Elections.
12    19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
13    20. "Person with a disability" means a person having a
14temporary or permanent physical disability.
15    21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
16political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
17recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
18highest or second highest average number of votes. The
19political party whose candidates for governor received the
20highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
21leading political party and the political party whose
22candidates for governor received the second highest average
23number of votes shall be known as the second leading political
24party.
25    22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of an
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1of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7 hours.
2    23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
3nontraditional residence, including, but not limited to, a
4shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space under
5a bridge.
6    24. "Signature" means a name signed in ink or in digitized
7form. This definition does not apply to a nominating or
8candidate petition or a referendum petition.
9    25. "Intelligent mail barcode tracking system" means a
10printed trackable barcode attached to the return business reply
11envelope for mail-in ballots under Article 19 or Article 20
12that allows an election authority to determine the date the
13envelope was mailed in absence of a postmark.
14(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
15    (10 ILCS 5/7-60)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
16    Sec. 7-60. Not less than 74 days before the date of the
17general election, the State Board of Elections shall certify to
18the county clerks the names of each of the candidates who have
19been nominated as shown by the proclamation of the State Board
20of Elections as a canvassing board or who have been nominated
21to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the election
22authority to place upon the official ballot for the general
23election the names of such candidates in the same manner and in
24the same order as shown upon the certification, except as
25otherwise provided in this Section.

 

 

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1    Not less than 68 days before the date of the general
2election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of
3the candidates for county offices who have been nominated as
4shown by the proclamation of the county election authority or
5who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and
6declare that the names of such candidates for the respective
7offices shall be placed upon the official ballot for the
8general election in the same manner and in the same order as
9shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided by
10this Section. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the
11certification on file in his or her office and at the same time
12issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such
13certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county
14there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than
1568 days before the date of the general election, issue to such
16board a copy of the certification that has been filed in the
17county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
18certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
19Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
20commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the general
21election in that election jurisdiction the names of all
22candidates that are listed on such certifications, in the same
23manner and in the same order as shown upon such certifications,
24except as otherwise provided in this Section.
25    Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
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1name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
2number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for such
3office, as shown by the official election returns of the
4primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
5offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
6party for such offices shall follow in the order of the number
7of votes received by them respectively at the primary election
8as shown by the official election results.
9    No person who is shown by the final proclamation to have
10been nominated or elected at the primary as a write-in
11candidate shall have his or her name certified unless such
12person shall have filed with the certifying office or board
13within 10 days after the election authority's proclamation a
14statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10, a statement
15pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for the filing of a
16statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of
17government to which he or she has been elected or nominated.
18    Each county clerk and board of election commissioners shall
19determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
20the order of placement of established political party
21candidates for the general election ballot. Such determination
22shall be made within 30 days following the canvass and
23proclamation of the results of the general primary in the
24office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners
25and shall be open to the public. Seven days written notice of
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1given, by each such election authority, to the County Chair of
2each established political party, and to each organization of
3citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
4under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
5pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each election
6authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place,
7at the entrance of the election authority office, notice of the
8time and place of such lottery. However, a board of election
9commissioners may elect to place established political party
10candidates on the general election ballot in the same order
11determined by the county clerk of the county in which the city
12under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
13    Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
14following:
15        (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
16    for the respective offices;
17        (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
18    to an office from the State, political subdivision or
19    district;
20        (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
21    one candidate for an office;
22        (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
23    for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
24    a political subdivision are for different terms.
25    The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
26case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it

 

 

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1is discovered that the original certification is in error.
2(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/7-60.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60.1)
4    Sec. 7-60.1. Certification of candidates - consolidated
5election. Each local election official of a political
6subdivision in which candidates for the respective local
7offices are nominated at the consolidated primary shall, no
8later than 5 days following the canvass and proclamation of the
9results of the consolidated primary, certify to each election
10authority whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for
11the consolidated election in that political subdivision the
12names of each of the candidates who have been nominated as
13shown by the proclamation of the appropriate election authority
14or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and
15direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot
16for the consolidated election the names of such candidates in
17the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
18certification, except as otherwise provided by this Section.
19    Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
20same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
21name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
22number of votes in the consolidated primary election as a
23candidate for such consolidated primary, shall be certified
24first under the name of such office, and the names of the
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1follow in the order of the number of votes received by them
2respectively at the consolidated primary election as shown by
3the official election results.
4    No person who is shown by the election authority's
5proclamation to have been nominated at the consolidated primary
6as a write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified
7unless such person shall have filed with the certifying office
8or board within 5 days after the election authority's
9proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10
10and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
11    Each board of election commissioners of the cities in which
12established political party candidates for city offices are
13nominated at the consolidated primary shall determine by a fair
14and impartial method of random selection the order of placement
15of the established political party candidates for the
16consolidated ballot. Such determination shall be made within 5
17days following the canvass and proclamation of the results of
18the consolidated primary and shall be open to the public. Three
19days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
20random selection shall be given, by each such election
21authority, to the County Chair of each established political
22party, and to each organization of citizens within the election
23jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
24next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on the
25day of election. Each election authority shall post in a
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1election authority office, notice of the time and place of such
2lottery.
3    Each local election official of a political subdivision in
4which established political party candidates for the
5respective local offices are nominated by primary shall
6determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
7the order of placement of the established political party
8candidates for the consolidated election ballot and, in the
9case of certain municipalities having annual elections, on the
10general primary ballot for election. Such determination shall
11be made prior to the canvass and proclamation of results of the
12consolidated primary or special municipal primary, as the case
13may be, in the office of the local election official and shall
14be open to the public. Three days written notice of the time
15and place of conducting such random selection shall be given,
16by each such local election official, to the County Chair of
17each established political party, and to each organization of
18citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
19under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
20pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each local
21election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
22place notice of such lottery. Immediately thereafter, the local
23election official shall certify the ballot placement order so
24determined to the proper election authorities charged with the
25preparation of the consolidated election, or general primary,
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1    Not less than 68 days before the date of the consolidated
2election, each local election official of a political
3subdivision in which established political party candidates
4for the respective local offices have been nominated by caucus
5or have been nominated because no primary was required to be
6held shall certify to each election authority whose duty it is
7to prepare the official ballot for the consolidated election in
8that political subdivision the names of each of the candidates
9whose certificates of nomination or nomination papers have been
10filed in his or her office and direct the election authority to
11place upon the official ballot for the consolidated election
12the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the same
13order as shown upon the certification. Such local election
14official shall, prior to certification, determine by a fair and
15impartial method of random selection the order of placement of
16the established political party candidates for the
17consolidated election ballot. Such determination shall be made
18in the office of the local election official and shall be open
19to the public. Three days written notice of the time and place
20of conducting such random selection shall be given by each such
21local election official to the county chair of each established
22political party, and to each organization of citizens within
23the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this
24Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
25present on the day of election. Each local election official
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1entrance of the office, notice of the time and place of such
2lottery. The local election official shall certify the ballot
3placement order so determined as part of his official
4certification of candidates to the election authorities whose
5duty it is to prepare the official ballot for the consolidated
6election in that political subdivision.
7    The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
8following:
9        (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
10    for the respective offices;
11        (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
12    or nominated to an office from the State, political
13    subdivision or district;
14        (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
15    one candidate for an office;
16        (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
17    for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
18    a political subdivision or district are for different
19    terms.
20    The local election official shall issue an amended
21certification whenever it is discovered that the original
22certification is in error.
23(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
24    (10 ILCS 5/8-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
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1candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
2ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
3in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
4petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
5Section 7-10.1 of this Act and a statement of candidacy by the
6candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
7statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
8office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
9candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
10the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified and
11has filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
12Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
13candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot and shall
14be subscribed and sworn by such candidate before some officer
15authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this State and
16may be in substantially the following form:
17State of Illinois)
18                 ) ss.
19County ..........)
20    I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
21street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
22State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
23qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate
24for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
25primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
26qualified to hold such office and that I have filed a statement

 

 

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1of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
2Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be printed upon
3the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
4
Signed ....................
5    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
6who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
7
Signed .... (Official Character)
8
(Seal if officer has one.)
9    The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
10that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
11interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act must
12be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
13subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
14    All petitions for nomination for the office of State
15Senator shall be signed by at least 1,000 but not more than
163,000 of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
17party in his legislative district.
18    All petitions for nomination for the office of
19Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
20least 500 but not more than 1,500 of the qualified primary
21electors of the candidate's party in his or her representative
22district.
23    Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
24who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
25Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
26address shall be written or printed. The residence address

 

 

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1required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
2primary elector's name shall include the street address or
3rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
4as the signer's county and city, village or town.
5    For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
6electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
7the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
8party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
9the last general election in the State at which electors for
10President of the United States were elected.
11    A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
12petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
13party.
14    In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
15circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
16is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
17street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
18well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
19and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
20petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
21that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that to the
22best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing
23were at the time of signing the petition qualified primary
24voters for which the nomination is sought.
25    In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
26petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on

 

 

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1which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
2first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
3certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed
4more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
5petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90
6days preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the
7filing of such petition.
8    All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board of
9Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
10by the voters and by the circulator, and not photocopies or
11duplicates of such sheets.
12    The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
13whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
14signature from the petition, provided that:
15        (1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
16    petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
17        (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
18    certification listing the page number and line number of
19    each signature struck from the petition. Such
20    certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
21(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/10-5)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-5)
23    Sec. 10-5. All petitions for nomination shall, besides
24containing the names of candidates, specify as to each:
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1candidates shall be nominated.
2    2. The new political party, if any, represented, expressed
3in not more than 5 words. However, such party shall not bear
4the same name as, nor include the name of any established
5political party as defined in this Article. This prohibition
6does not preclude any established political party from making
7nominations in those cases in which it is authorized to do so.
8    3. The place of residence of any such candidate or
9candidates with the street and number thereof, if any. In the
10case of electors for President and Vice-President of the United
11States, the names of candidates for President and
12Vice-President may be added to the party name or appellation.
13    Such certificate of nomination or nomination papers in
14addition shall include as a part thereof, the oath required by
15Section 7-10.1 of this Act and must include a statement of
16candidacy for each of the candidates named therein, except
17candidates for electors for President and Vice-President of the
18United States. Each such statement shall set out the address of
19such candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall
20state that the candidate is qualified for the office specified
21and has filed (or will file before the close of the petition
22filing period) a statement of economic interests as required by
23the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
24candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot and shall
25be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
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1State, and may be in substantially the following form:
2State of Illinois)
3                 ) SS.
4County of........)
5    I,...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at....
6street, in the city (or village) of.... in the county of....
7State of Illinois; and that I am a qualified voter therein;
8that I am a candidate for election to the office of.... to be
9voted upon at the election to be held on the.... day
10of....,.....; and that I am legally qualified to hold such
11office and that I have filed (or will file before the close of
12the petition filing period) a statement of economic interests
13as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, and I
14hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot
15for election to such office.
16
Signed.................
17    Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by.... who
18is to me personally known, this.... day of....,......
19
Signed.................
20
(Official Character)
21(Seal, if officer has one.)
22    In addition, a new political party petition shall have
23attached thereto a certificate stating the names and addresses
24of the party officers authorized to fill vacancies in
25nomination pursuant to Section 10-11.
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1the candidate named therein fails to file a statement of
2economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
3Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
4officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
5papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in
6relation to the same governmental unit with that officer during
7the same calendar year as the year in which such nomination
8papers were filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate
9and the statement of economic interest of that candidate are
10not required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate
11must file with the officer with whom the nomination papers are
12filed a receipt from the officer with whom the statement of
13economic interests is filed showing the date on which such
14statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later
15than the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
16(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
 
17    (10 ILCS 5/22-1)   (from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
18    Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 days after the
19close of the election at which candidates for offices
20hereinafter named in this Section are voted upon, the election
21authorities of the respective counties shall open the returns
22and make abstracts of the votes on a separate sheet for each of
23the following:
24        A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
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1        C. For presidential electors;
2        D. For United States Senators and Representatives to
3    Congress;
4        E. For judges of the Supreme Court;
5        F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
6        G. For judges of the circuit court;
7        H. For Senators and Representatives to the General
8    Assembly;
9        I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more
10    counties;
11        J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other
12    propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State;
13        K. For county officers and for propositions submitted
14    to the electors of the county only;
15        L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
16        M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
17        N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees.
18    Each sheet shall report the returns by precinct or ward.
19    Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared
20and one of each shall be turned over to the chair of the county
21central committee of each of the then existing established
22political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or his duly
23authorized representative immediately after the completion of
24the entries on the sheets and before the totals have been
25compiled.
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1authority in its office.
2    Whenever any county clerk is unable to canvass the vote,
3the deputy county clerk or a designee of the county clerk shall
4serve in his or her place.
5    The powers and duties of the election authority canvassing
6the votes are limited to those specified in this Section.
7    No person who is shown by the election authority's
8proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election
9or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office
10unless that person has first filed with the certifying office
11or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or
12Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a
13receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in
14relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been
15elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the
16certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the
17receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue
18the certification of election under the provisions of Section
1922-18.
20(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/22-7)   (from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
22    Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation
23of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within
2431 days after the election, and sooner if all the returns are
25received, to canvass the votes given for United States Senators

 

 

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1and Representatives to Congress, State executive officers,
2judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate Court,
3judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives to the
4General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional
5Superintendents of Schools elected from 2 or more counties,
6respectively, and the persons having the highest number of
7votes for the respective offices shall be declared duly
8elected, but if it appears that more than the number of persons
9to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for
10the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which
11of such persons shall be elected; and to each person duly
12elected, the Governor shall give a certificate of election or
13commission, as the case may require, and shall cause
14proclamation to be made of the result of the canvass, and they
15shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass the vote
16cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other
17propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; and
18the Governor shall cause to be made such proclamation of the
19result of the canvass as the statutes elsewhere provide. The
20State Board of Elections shall transmit to the State
21Comptroller a list of the persons elected to the various
22offices. The State Board of Elections shall also transmit to
23the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to judgeships in
24adversary elections and the names of judges who fail to win
25retention in office.
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1proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election
2or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office
3unless that person has first filed with the certifying office
4or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or
5Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a
6receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in
7relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been
8elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the
9certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the
10receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue
11the certification of election under the provisions of Section
1222-18.
13(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
14    (10 ILCS 5/22-17)   (from Ch. 46, par. 22-17)
15    Sec. 22-17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the
16canvass of votes cast at the consolidated election shall be
17conducted by the election authority within 21 days after the
18close of such elections.
19    (b) The board of election commissioners as provided in
20Section 22-8 shall canvass the votes cast at the consolidated
21election for offices of any political subdivision entirely
22within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
23commissioners.
24    (c) The canvass of votes cast upon any public questions
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1precinct or combination of precincts within a political
2subdivision, at any regular election or at any emergency
3referendum election, including votes cast by voters outside of
4the political subdivision where the question is for annexation
5thereto, shall be canvassed by the same election authority as
6for the canvass of votes of the officers of such political
7subdivision. However, referenda conducted throughout a county
8and referenda of sanitary districts whose officers are elected
9at general elections shall be canvassed by the county clerk.
10The votes cast on a public question for the formation of a
11political subdivision shall be canvassed by the relevant
12election authority and filed with the circuit court that
13ordered the question submitted.
14    (c-5) No person who is shown by the election authority's
15proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election
16or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office
17unless that person has first filed with the certifying office
18or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or
19Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a
20receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in
21relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been
22elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the
23certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the
24receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue
25the certification of election under the provisions of Section
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1    (d) The canvass of votes for offices of political
2subdivisions cast at special elections to fill vacancies held
3on the day of any regular election shall be conducted by the
4election authority which is responsible for canvassing the
5votes at the regularly scheduled election for such office.
6    (e) Abstracts of votes prepared pursuant to canvasses under
7this Section shall report returns by precinct or ward.
8(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06;
995-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
10    (10 ILCS 5/7-10.1 rep.)
11    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
12Section 7-10.1.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.