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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2A-1.2, 22-1, and 22-7 and by adding Section 16-6.2 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
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8 | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Designated.
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10 | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
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13 | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | United States;
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15 | (2) United States Senator and United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Representative;
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17 | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
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18 | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
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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;
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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;
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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;
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7 | (9) (Blank);
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8 | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | ||||||
9 | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
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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 ; and .
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15 | (12) Commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission | ||||||
16 | of the question of retention.
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17 | (b) At the general primary election:
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18 | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | ||||||
19 | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | ||||||
20 | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | ||||||
21 | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | ||||||
22 | made by caucus.
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23 | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | ||||||
24 | political party offices of
State central committeeman, | ||||||
25 | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | ||||||
26 | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate |
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1 | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | ||||||
2 | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | ||||||
3 | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | ||||||
4 | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
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5 | shall also be on the ballot.
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6 | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | ||||||
7 | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | ||||||
8 | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | ||||||
9 | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | ||||||
10 | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | ||||||
11 | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | ||||||
12 | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | ||||||
13 | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | ||||||
14 | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | ||||||
15 | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | ||||||
16 | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | ||||||
17 | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | ||||||
18 | weeks preceding that election.
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19 | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | ||||||
20 | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
21 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | ||||||
22 | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | ||||||
23 | elected.
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24 | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | ||||||
25 | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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26 | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in |
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1 | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | ||||||
2 | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | ||||||
3 | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | ||||||
4 | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | ||||||
5 | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | ||||||
6 | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | ||||||
7 | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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8 | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | ||||||
9 | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | ||||||
10 | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | ||||||
11 | by such ordinance;
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12 | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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13 | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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14 | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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15 | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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16 | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
17 | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
18 | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | ||||||
19 | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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20 | (7) Township officers, including township park | ||||||
21 | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | ||||||
22 | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | ||||||
23 | Assessors;
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24 | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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25 | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | ||||||
26 | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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1 | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | ||||||
2 | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
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3 | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | ||||||
4 | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | ||||||
5 | Act;
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6 | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
7 | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
8 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
9 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
10 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | ||||||
11 | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
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12 | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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13 | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
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14 | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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15 | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | ||||||
16 | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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17 | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | ||||||
18 | Districts;
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19 | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | ||||||
20 | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | ||||||
21 | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | ||||||
22 | political parties.
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23 | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | ||||||
24 | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | ||||||
25 | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | ||||||
26 | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination |
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1 | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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2 | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | ||||||
3 | subsection
(c).
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4 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
5 | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | ||||||
6 | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | ||||||
7 | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | ||||||
8 | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | ||||||
9 | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | ||||||
10 | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | ||||||
11 | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | ||||||
12 | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | ||||||
13 | of political parties.
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14 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
15 | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | ||||||
16 | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | ||||||
17 | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | ||||||
18 | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
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19 | (e) (Blank).
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20 | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | ||||||
21 | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | ||||||
22 | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | ||||||
23 | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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24 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | ||||||
25 | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | ||||||
26 | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are |
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1 | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | ||||||
2 | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | ||||||
3 | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | ||||||
4 | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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5 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | ||||||
6 | officials established
in this Article, any community college | ||||||
7 | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | ||||||
8 | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | ||||||
9 | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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10 | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | ||||||
11 | effective
date of the new district.
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12 | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | ||||||
13 | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | ||||||
14 | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | ||||||
15 | held in the precinct on that date.
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16 | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | ||||||
17 | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | ||||||
19 | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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20 | (10 ILCS 5/16-6.2 new) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 16-6.2. Retention of commissioners of the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Commerce Commission; form of proposition. In elections held | ||||||
23 | pursuant to Section 2-101 of the Public Utilities Act relating | ||||||
24 | to the retention of commissioners of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
25 | Commission in office, the form of the proposition to be |
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1 | submitted for each candidate shall be as provided in paragraph | ||||||
2 | (1) or (2) of this Section, as the election authority may | ||||||
3 | choose: | ||||||
4 | (1) The names of all commissioners subject to retention | ||||||
5 | shall be listed with one proposition that reads | ||||||
6 | substantially as follows: "Shall (insert names of | ||||||
7 | commissioners) be retained in office as commissioners of | ||||||
8 | the Illinois Commerce Commission?". To the right of each | ||||||
9 | commissioner's name must be places for the voter to mark | ||||||
10 | "Yes" or "No".
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11 | (2) The name of each commissioner subject to retention | ||||||
12 | shall appear with a proposition that reads substantially as | ||||||
13 | follows: "Shall (insert name of commissioner) be retained | ||||||
14 | in office
as a commissioner of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
15 | Commission?".
To the right of the proposition must be | ||||||
16 | places for the voter to mark "Yes" or "No".
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17 | The names of the commissioners subject to retention shall | ||||||
18 | appear on a ballot that shall be separate from all other | ||||||
19 | ballots voted on at the general election. | ||||||
20 | At the top of the ballot on the same side as the | ||||||
21 | propositions on the commissioners are listed shall be printed | ||||||
22 | an explanation to read substantially as follows: "Vote on the | ||||||
23 | proposition with respect to all or any of the commissioners | ||||||
24 | listed on this ballot. No commissioner listed is running | ||||||
25 | against any other commissioner. The sole question is whether | ||||||
26 | each such commissioner shall be retained in his or her present |
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1 | office.". | ||||||
2 | The separate ballot shall be printed on paper of sufficient | ||||||
3 | size so that when folded once it shall be large enough to | ||||||
4 | contain the following words, which shall be printed on the | ||||||
5 | back, "Ballot for commissioner of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
6 | Commission seeking retention in office". The ballot shall be | ||||||
7 | handed to the elector at the same time as the ballot containing | ||||||
8 | the names of other candidates for the general election and | ||||||
9 | shall be returned therewith by the elector to the proper | ||||||
10 | officer in the manner designated by this Act. All provisions of | ||||||
11 | this Code relating to ballots shall apply to the separate | ||||||
12 | ballot, except as otherwise specifically provided in this | ||||||
13 | Section. The separate ballot shall be printed upon paper of a | ||||||
14 | red color. No other ballot at the same election shall be red in | ||||||
15 | color. | ||||||
16 | In precincts in which voting machines are used, the special | ||||||
17 | ballots containing the proposition on the retention of | ||||||
18 | commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission may be placed | ||||||
19 | on the voting machines if the voting machines permit the | ||||||
20 | casting of votes on such propositions. | ||||||
21 | An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may | ||||||
22 | be used in voting and tabulating the commissioner retention | ||||||
23 | ballots. When an electronic voting system is used that uses a | ||||||
24 | ballot label booklet and ballot card, there shall be used in | ||||||
25 | the label booklet a separate ballot label page or other pages | ||||||
26 | as required for the propositions, which page or pages for the |
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1 | proposition shall be of a red color separate and distinct from | ||||||
2 | the ballot label page or pages used for any other proposition | ||||||
3 | or candidates.
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4 | (10 ILCS 5/22-1)
(from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
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5 | Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 days after the
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6 | close of the
election at which candidates for offices | ||||||
7 | hereinafter named in this Section are
voted upon, the election | ||||||
8 | authorities of the respective counties shall open the returns | ||||||
9 | and make abstracts of
the votes on a separate sheet for each of | ||||||
10 | the following:
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11 | A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
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12 | B. For State officers;
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13 | C. For presidential electors;
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14 | D. For United States Senators and Representatives to | ||||||
15 | Congress;
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16 | E. For judges of the Supreme Court;
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17 | F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
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18 | G. For judges of the circuit court;
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19 | H. For Senators and Representatives to the General | ||||||
20 | Assembly;
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21 | I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more counties;
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22 | J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other | ||||||
23 | propositions
submitted to the electors of the entire State;
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24 | K. For county officers and for propositions submitted to | ||||||
25 | the
electors of the county only;
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1 | L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
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2 | M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
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3 | N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees ; and .
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4 | O. For retention as commissioner of the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
5 | Commission.
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6 | Each sheet shall report the returns by precinct or ward. | ||||||
7 | Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared | ||||||
8 | and one of
each shall be turned over to the chairman of the | ||||||
9 | county central
committee of each of the then existing | ||||||
10 | established political parties, as
defined in Section 10-2, or | ||||||
11 | his duly authorized representative
immediately after the | ||||||
12 | completion of the entries on the sheets and before
the totals | ||||||
13 | have been compiled.
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14 | The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the election | ||||||
15 | authority in its office.
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16 | Whenever any county clerk is unable to canvass the vote,
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17 | the deputy county clerk or a designee of the county clerk shall | ||||||
18 | serve in his or her place.
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19 | The powers and duties of the election authority canvassing | ||||||
20 | the votes are limited to
those specified in this Section.
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21 | No person who is shown by the election authority's
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22 | canvassing board's proclamation to have been elected at the | ||||||
23 | consolidated election or general election as a write-in | ||||||
24 | candidate shall take office unless that person has first filed | ||||||
25 | with the certifying office or board a statement of candidacy | ||||||
26 | pursuant to Section 7-10 or Section 10-5, a statement pursuant |
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1 | to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for filing a statement of | ||||||
2 | economic interests in relation to the unit of government to | ||||||
3 | which he or she has been elected. For officers elected at the | ||||||
4 | consolidated election, the certifying officer shall notify the | ||||||
5 | election authority of the receipt of those documents, and the | ||||||
6 | county clerk shall issue the certification of election under | ||||||
7 | the provisions of Section 22-18. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; | ||||||
9 | 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; revised 10-4-05.)
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10 | (10 ILCS 5/22-7)
(from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
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11 | Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation | ||||||
12 | of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within | ||||||
13 | 31 days
after the election,
and sooner if all the returns are | ||||||
14 | received, to canvass the votes given
for United States Senators | ||||||
15 | and Representatives to Congress, State
executive officers, | ||||||
16 | judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate
Court, | ||||||
17 | judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives to the
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18 | General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional | ||||||
19 | Superintendents of Schools
elected from 2 or more counties, | ||||||
20 | respectively, and the persons
having the highest number of | ||||||
21 | votes for the respective offices shall be
declared duly | ||||||
22 | elected, but if it appears that more than the number of
persons | ||||||
23 | to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for
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24 | the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which | ||||||
25 | of such
persons shall be elected; and to each person duly |
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1 | elected, the Governor
shall give a certificate of election or | ||||||
2 | commission, as the case may
require, and shall cause | ||||||
3 | proclamation to be made of the result of the
canvass, and they | ||||||
4 | shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass
the vote | ||||||
5 | cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other
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6 | propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State , | ||||||
7 | including propositions for the retention of commissioners of | ||||||
8 | the Illinois Commerce Commission ; and the
Governor shall cause | ||||||
9 | to be made such proclamation of the result of the
canvass as | ||||||
10 | the statutes elsewhere provide. The State Board of Elections
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11 | shall transmit to the State Comptroller a list of the persons | ||||||
12 | elected to
the various offices. The State Board of Elections | ||||||
13 | shall also transmit to
the Supreme Court the names of persons | ||||||
14 | elected to judgeships in
adversary elections and the names of | ||||||
15 | judges who fail to win retention in
office , and shall transmit | ||||||
16 | to the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Governor the names | ||||||
17 | of commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission who fail | ||||||
18 | to win retention in office .
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19 | No person who is shown by the canvassing board's | ||||||
20 | proclamation to have been elected at the consolidated election | ||||||
21 | or general election as a write-in candidate shall take office | ||||||
22 | unless that person has first filed with the certifying office | ||||||
23 | or board a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 or | ||||||
24 | Section 10-5, a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a | ||||||
25 | receipt for filing a statement of economic interests in | ||||||
26 | relation to the unit of government to which he or she has been |
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1 | elected. For officers elected at the consolidated election, the | ||||||
2 | certifying officer shall notify the election authority of the | ||||||
3 | receipt of those documents, and the county clerk shall issue | ||||||
4 | the certification of election under the provisions of Section | ||||||
5 | 22-18.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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7 | Section 10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
8 | Section 2-101 as follows:
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9 | (220 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101)
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10 | Sec. 2-101. Commerce Commission created.
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11 | (a) There is created an Illinois
Commerce Commission | ||||||
12 | consisting of 5 members not more than 3 of whom shall be
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13 | members of the same political
party at the time of appointment. | ||||||
14 | The Governor shall appoint the members
of such Commission by | ||||||
15 | and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In
case of a | ||||||
16 | vacancy in such office during the recess of the Senate the | ||||||
17 | Governor
shall make a temporary appointment until the next | ||||||
18 | meeting of the Senate,
when he shall nominate some person to | ||||||
19 | fill such office; and any
person so nominated who is confirmed | ||||||
20 | by the Senate, shall hold his office
during the remainder of | ||||||
21 | the term and until his successor shall be appointed
and | ||||||
22 | qualified , subject to the provisions of subsection (b) . Each | ||||||
23 | member of the Commission shall hold office for a term
of 5 | ||||||
24 | years from the third Monday in January of the year in which his
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1 | predecessor's term expires , subject to the provisions of | ||||||
2 | subsection (b) .
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3 | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | ||||||
4 | contrary, the term of
office of each member of the Commission | ||||||
5 | is terminated on the effective date of
this amendatory Act of | ||||||
6 | 1995, but the incumbent members
shall continue to exercise all | ||||||
7 | of the powers and be subject to all of the
duties of members of | ||||||
8 | the Commission until their respective successors are
appointed | ||||||
9 | and qualified. Of the members initially appointed under the
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10 | provisions of this amendatory Act of 1995, one member shall be | ||||||
11 | appointed for a
term of office which shall expire on the third | ||||||
12 | Monday of January, 1997; 2
members shall be appointed for terms | ||||||
13 | of office which shall expire on the third
Monday of January, | ||||||
14 | 1998; one member shall be appointed for a term of office
which | ||||||
15 | shall expire on the third Monday of January, 1999; and one | ||||||
16 | member shall
be appointed for a term of office which shall | ||||||
17 | expire on the third Monday of
January, 2000. Each respective | ||||||
18 | successor shall be appointed for a term of
5 years from the | ||||||
19 | third Monday of January of the year in which his
predecessor's | ||||||
20 | term expires in accordance with the provisions of the first
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21 | paragraph of this Section , subject to the provisions of | ||||||
22 | subsection (b) .
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23 | Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed | ||||||
24 | and qualified , subject to the provisions of subsection (b) ,
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25 | except that if the Senate refuses to consent to the appointment | ||||||
26 | of any
member, such office shall be deemed vacant, and within 2 |
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1 | weeks of the date
the Senate refuses to consent to the | ||||||
2 | reappointment of any member, such
member shall vacate such | ||||||
3 | office. The Governor shall from time to time
designate the | ||||||
4 | member of the Commission who shall be its chairman.
Consistent | ||||||
5 | with the provisions of this Act, the Chairman shall be the | ||||||
6 | chief
executive officer of the Commission for the purpose of | ||||||
7 | ensuring that the
Commission's policies are properly executed.
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8 | If there is no vacancy on the Commission, 4 members of the | ||||||
9 | Commission shall
constitute a quorum to transact business; | ||||||
10 | otherwise, a majority of the
Commission shall constitute a | ||||||
11 | quorum to transact business,
and no vacancy shall impair the | ||||||
12 | right of the remaining
commissioners to
exercise all of the | ||||||
13 | powers of the Commission. Every finding,
order, or
decision | ||||||
14 | approved by a majority of the members of the Commission shall | ||||||
15 | be
deemed to be the finding, order, or decision of the | ||||||
16 | Commission. | ||||||
17 | (b) Not less than 63 days before the next general election | ||||||
18 | following the confirmation of the appointment of a commissioner | ||||||
19 | to the Commission, the Secretary of State shall certify the | ||||||
20 | name of that commissioner to the proper election officials. The | ||||||
21 | name of such commissioner shall be submitted to the electors of | ||||||
22 | the State of Illinois separately and without party designation | ||||||
23 | on the sole question of whether that commissioner shall be | ||||||
24 | retained as a member of the Commission for the remainder of his | ||||||
25 | or her current term. The affirmative vote of a majority of the | ||||||
26 | electors voting on the question shall retain the commissioner |
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1 | on the Commission for the remainder of his or her current term. | ||||||
2 | If a commissioner does not receive the necessary majority vote | ||||||
3 | required by this subsection, the term of that commissioner | ||||||
4 | shall be deemed expired and a vacancy created on the | ||||||
5 | Commission.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.
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