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1 | AN ACT concerning 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 changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 16-5.01 as
follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
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7 | Sec. 16-5.01. (a) The election authority shall, at least 60
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8 | days prior to the date of any general election at which federal | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | officers
are elected and 45 days prior to any other regular | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | election, have a
sufficient number of ballots printed so that | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | such ballots will be available
for mailing 60 days prior to the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | date of the election to persons who have
filed application for | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | a ballot under the provisions of Article 20 of this Act.
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14 | (b) If at any general election at which federal offices are | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | elected
the election authority is unable to comply with the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | provisions
of subsection (a), the election authority shall mail | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | to each such person, in
lieu of the ballot, a Special Write-in | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot.
The Special Write-in Absentee | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Voter's Blank Ballot shall be used only at
general elections at | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | which federal officers are elected and shall be
prepared by the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | election authority in substantially the following form:
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22 | Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot
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23 | (To vote for a person, write the title of the office and | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | his or her name
on the lines provided. Place to the left of and | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | opposite the title of
office a square and place a cross (X) in | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | the square.)
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27 | Title of Office Name of Candidate
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2 | The election authority shall send with the Special Write-in | ||||||
3 | Absentee
Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all referenda for which | ||||||
4 | the voter is qualified
to vote and all candidates for whom | ||||||
5 | nomination papers have been filed and
for whom the voter is | ||||||
6 | qualified to vote. The voter shall be entitled to
write in the | ||||||
7 | name of any candidate seeking
election and any referenda for | ||||||
8 | which he or she is entitled to vote.
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9 | On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear when | ||||||
10 | folded, shall
be printed the words "Official Ballot", the date | ||||||
11 | of the election and a
facsimile of the signature of the | ||||||
12 | election authority who has caused the
ballot to be printed.
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13 | The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be | ||||||
14 | applicable to the
Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank | ||||||
15 | Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
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16 | (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the | ||||||
17 | contrary, the
election authority may prepare a special absentee | ||||||
18 | ballot for candidates to be
voted on in the consolidated | ||||||
19 | primary election. This special ballot shall
be for use only by | ||||||
20 | a qualified
voter who either is a member of the United States | ||||||
21 | military or will be outside
of the United States on the | ||||||
22 | consolidated primary election day and the
consolidated | ||||||
23 | election day. The special ballot shall contain a list of the
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24 | titles of all offices contested at the consolidated primary | ||||||
25 | election and the
candidates for each office and shall
permit | ||||||
26 | the elector to vote in the run-off election by indicating his | ||||||
27 | or her
order of preference for each candidate for each office. | ||||||
28 | To indicate his or her
order of preference for each candidate | ||||||
29 | for each office, the voter shall put
the number one next to the | ||||||
30 | name of the candidate
who is the voter's first choice, the | ||||||
31 | number 2 for his or her second choice, and
so
forth so that, in | ||||||
32 | consecutive numerical order, a number indicating the voter's
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33 | preference is written by the voter next to each candidate's | ||||||
34 | name on the ballot.
The voter shall not be required to indicate | ||||||
35 | his or her preference for more than
one candidate on the | ||||||
36 | ballot. The election authority shall, if using the special
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1 | absentee ballot authorized by this subsection, also prepare | ||||||
2 | instructions for
use of the special ballot.
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3 | The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules for the | ||||||
4 | implementation of this
subsection, including but not limited to | ||||||
5 | the application for and counting of
special ballots.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 86-875 .)
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