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1 | AN ACT in relation to elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 7-80, 16-15, and
17-50 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/7-80 new)
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7 | Sec. 7-80. Municipal run-off. Any provision of this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Article to the
contrary notwithstanding, the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | authority of a municipality may conduct
instant run-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | elections as provided in the Illinois Municipal Code. Any
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11 | provision of
this Article that would otherwise preclude an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | instant run-off election is
deemed inapplicable to instant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | run-off elections conducted in accordance with
the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Municipal Code.
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15 | (10 ILCS 5/16-15 new)
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16 | Sec. 16-15. Municipal run-off. Any provision of this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Article to the
contrary notwithstanding, the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | authority of a municipality may prepare
instant
run-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | election ballots as provided in the Illinois Municipal Code. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Any
provision of this Article that would otherwise preclude an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | instant run-off
election ballot is deemed inapplicable to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | instant run-off election ballots
prepared in accordance with | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | the Illinois Municipal Code.
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24 | (10 ILCS 5/17-50 new)
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25 | Sec. 17-50. Municipal run-off. Any provision of this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Article to the
contrary notwithstanding, the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | authority of a municipality may conduct
instant
run-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | elections as provided in the Illinois Municipal Code. Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | provision of
this Article that
would otherwise preclude an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | instant run-off election is deemed inapplicable to
instant |
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1 | run-off elections conducted in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Municipal
Code.
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3 | Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
4 | adding Sections
3.1-15-45, 3.1-15-50, and 3.1-15-55 as | ||||||
5 | follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-45 new)
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7 | Sec. 3.1-15-45. Instant runoff voting.
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8 | (a) Whenever the question of incorporation as a city under | ||||||
9 | this Code is
submitted for
adoption to the electors of any | ||||||
10 | territory, village, incorporated town, or city
under
special | ||||||
11 | charter, there may be submitted at the same time for adoption | ||||||
12 | or
rejection the
question of instant runoff voting for mayor, | ||||||
13 | city clerk, city treasurer, and
city councilman or alderman, | ||||||
14 | provided that those offices are to be nonpartisan and that the | ||||||
15 | councilmen or aldermen are to be elected from single-member | ||||||
16 | districts.
The
proposition
shall be in the following form:
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17 | Shall instant runoff voting for mayor, city clerk, city | ||||||
18 | treasurer, and city
councilman or alderman be
adopted?
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19 | (b) If a majority of the votes cast on the question at any | ||||||
20 | election are for
instant runoff
voting for mayor, city clerk, | ||||||
21 | city treasurer, and city councilman or alderman,
the mayor, | ||||||
22 | city clerk, city
treasurer, and city councilman or alderman, | ||||||
23 | except as otherwise provided,
thereafter shall be elected as
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24 | provided in
Section 3.1-15-50.
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25 | (c) If a majority of the votes cast on the question at any | ||||||
26 | election are
against instant
runoff voting for mayor, city | ||||||
27 | clerk, city treasurer, and city councilman or
alderman, the | ||||||
28 | mayor, city
clerk, city
treasurer, and city councilman or | ||||||
29 | alderman shall be elected as otherwise
provided in this Code.
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30 | (d) At any time after the incorporation of a city under | ||||||
31 | this Code, on
petition
of electors
equal in number to | ||||||
32 | one-eighth the number of legal votes cast at the next
preceding | ||||||
33 | consolidated election, the city clerk shall certify the
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34 | question of the
adoption or retention of instant runoff voting |
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1 | to the proper election
authority for
submission to the electors | ||||||
2 | of that city. The proposition shall be in the
same form as
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3 | provided in this Section, except that the word "retained" shall | ||||||
4 | be
substituted for the
word "adopted" when appropriate. A | ||||||
5 | question of instant runoff voting,
however,
shall not be | ||||||
6 | submitted more than once within 32 months.
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7 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-50 new)
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8 | Sec. 3.1-15-50. Mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, and city | ||||||
9 | councilman or
alderman under instant runoff
voting plan.
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10 | (a) The ballot shall be designed to allow an elector to | ||||||
11 | vote for the
elector's
first, second,
and third choices from | ||||||
12 | among the candidates, including candidates listed on the
ballot | ||||||
13 | or
one write-in candidate.
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14 | (b) Ballots shall be counted as follows:
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15 | (1) The elector's vote shall be assigned to the | ||||||
16 | candidate marked as the
elector's first
choice. If one | ||||||
17 | candidate receives a majority of the first-choice votes, | ||||||
18 | that
candidate shall
be declared elected.
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19 | (2) If no candidate receives a majority of the | ||||||
20 | first-choice votes, the
candidate
receiving the fewest | ||||||
21 | first-choice votes shall be eliminated. Each vote
cast for | ||||||
22 | the
eliminated candidate shall be transferred to the | ||||||
23 | candidate who was each
elector's
next choice on the ballot.
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24 | (3) Candidates with the fewest votes shall continue to | ||||||
25 | be eliminated, with
the votes
for those candidates | ||||||
26 | transferred to the candidate who was each
elector's next
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27 | choice on the ballot until a candidate receives a majority | ||||||
28 | of the votes
cast. When
a candidate receives a majority of | ||||||
29 | votes, that candidate shall be
declared
elected.
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30 | (4) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, a | ||||||
31 | candidate shall be
eliminated
before the first tally of | ||||||
32 | ballots if the candidate receives fewer than
500 votes, or
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33 | fewer than 10% of the total votes cast for that office,
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34 | whichever is less.
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35 | (c) An elector may vote the elector's choices as follows:
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1 | (1) For each office for which there are 3 or more
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2 | candidates listed on
the ballot, an elector may indicate 3 | ||||||
3 | choices.
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4 | (2) For each office for which there are 2 candidates | ||||||
5 | listed
on the
ballot, an elector may indicate 2 choices.
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6 | (3) For each office for which there is one or no | ||||||
7 | candidate
listed on the
ballot, an elector may indicate one | ||||||
8 | choice.
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9 | (d) If all candidates for whom an elector voted on a ballot | ||||||
10 | are eliminated,
the
ballot shall
be declared exhausted and may | ||||||
11 | not be considered in any continuing
determination of
whether a | ||||||
12 | candidate received a majority of votes cast. If
the ballot
of | ||||||
13 | an elector does not list the elector's choices in numerical | ||||||
14 | order, the
elector's next
clearly indicated choice in order | ||||||
15 | shall be counted. If an elector's ballot
assigns the
same | ||||||
16 | numeric choice to more than one candidate, those assignments | ||||||
17 | are
invalid, and
the elector's vote is transferred to the next | ||||||
18 | numeric choice, if any.
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19 | (e) If 2 or more candidates for the same office, after a
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20 | recount of the
votes cast, have an equal number of votes at any | ||||||
21 | stage of the counting of
the votes
and one of the candidates is | ||||||
22 | to be eliminated, the tie shall be resolved by
lot.
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23 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-15-55 new)
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24 | Sec. 3.1-15-55. Instant runoff election validation. In any | ||||||
25 | case in which a city held an election for city officers, such | ||||||
26 | election
is declared
to be legal and valid if an instant runoff | ||||||
27 | method was used, as described in
Section 3.1-15-45, if the | ||||||
28 | election was in other respects in conformity with
law.
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29 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
30 | becoming law. |