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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 7-19, 16-3, 24A-6, 24B-6, 24C-6, and 24C-7 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
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7 | Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for | ||||||
8 | each precinct shall be
arranged and printed substantially in | ||||||
9 | the manner following:
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10 | 1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be | ||||||
11 | printed in
large capital letters, words designating the ballot, | ||||||
12 | if a Republican
ballot, the designating words shall be: | ||||||
13 | "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if
a Democratic ballot the | ||||||
14 | designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT"; and in | ||||||
15 | like manner for each political party.
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16 | 2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not | ||||||
17 | less
than one inch below designating words, the name of each | ||||||
18 | office to be
filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such | ||||||
19 | names may be printed on
the ballot either in a single column or | ||||||
20 | in 2 or more columns and in the
following order, to-wit:
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21 | President of the United States, State offices, | ||||||
22 | congressional offices,
delegates and alternate delegates to be | ||||||
23 | elected from the State at large
to National nominating |
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1 | conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to
be elected | ||||||
2 | from congressional districts to National nominating
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3 | conventions, member or members of the State central committee, | ||||||
4 | trustees of sanitary
districts, county offices, judicial | ||||||
5 | officers, city, village and
incorporated town offices, town | ||||||
6 | offices, or of such of the said offices
as candidates are to be | ||||||
7 | nominated for at such primary, and precinct,
township or ward | ||||||
8 | committeemen. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing | ||||||
9 | offices to and including member of the State central committee
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10 | shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices, | ||||||
11 | as
defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in | ||||||
12 | the second column.
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13 | Below the name of each office shall be printed in small | ||||||
14 | letters the
directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not | ||||||
15 | more than two"; "Vote for not more than three" ;
or a spelled | ||||||
16 | number designating how many persons under that head are to
be | ||||||
17 | voted for . If no candidate or candidates file for an office and | ||||||
18 | if no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in | ||||||
19 | candidate for that office, then below the title of that office | ||||||
20 | the election authority instead shall print "No Candidate".
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21 | Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or | ||||||
22 | alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention shall | ||||||
23 | appear either (a)
the name of the
candidate's preference for | ||||||
24 | President of the United States or the word
"uncommitted" or (b) | ||||||
25 | no official designation, depending upon the action
taken by the | ||||||
26 | State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
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1 | Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital | ||||||
2 | letters the
names of all candidates, arranged in the order in | ||||||
3 | which their petitions
for nominations were filed, except as | ||||||
4 | otherwise provided in Sections
7-14 and 7-17 of this Article. | ||||||
5 | Opposite and in front of the name of each
candidate shall be | ||||||
6 | printed a square and all squares upon the primary
ballot shall | ||||||
7 | be of uniform size. Spaces between the names of candidates
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8 | under each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall | ||||||
9 | separate
the names of candidates for one office from the names | ||||||
10 | of candidates for
another office, to avoid confusion and to | ||||||
11 | permit the writing in of the
names of other candidates.
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12 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
13 | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||||||
14 | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
15 | is applicable.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 83-33.)
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17 | (10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
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18 | Sec. 16-3. (a) The names of all candidates to be voted for | ||||||
19 | in each
election district or precinct shall be printed on one | ||||||
20 | ballot, except as
is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01 of | ||||||
21 | this Act and except as otherwise
provided in this Act with | ||||||
22 | respect to the odd year regular elections and
the emergency | ||||||
23 | referenda; all nominations
of any political party being placed | ||||||
24 | under the party appellation or title
of such party as | ||||||
25 | designated in the certificates of nomination or
petitions. The |
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1 | names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
the | ||||||
2 | ballot in a column or columns under the heading "independent"
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3 | arranged under the names or titles of the respective offices | ||||||
4 | for which
such independent candidates shall have been nominated | ||||||
5 | and so far as
practicable, the name or names of any independent | ||||||
6 | candidate or
candidates for any office shall be printed upon | ||||||
7 | the ballot opposite the
name or names of any candidate or | ||||||
8 | candidates for the same office
contained in any party column or | ||||||
9 | columns upon said ballot. The ballot
shall contain no other | ||||||
10 | names, except that in cases of electors for
President and | ||||||
11 | Vice-President of the United States, the names of the
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12 | candidates for President and Vice-President may be added to the | ||||||
13 | party
designation and words calculated to aid the voter in his | ||||||
14 | choice of candidates
may be added, such as "Vote for one," | ||||||
15 | "Vote for not more than three." If no candidate or candidates | ||||||
16 | file for an office and if no person or persons file a | ||||||
17 | declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then below | ||||||
18 | the title of that office the election authority instead shall | ||||||
19 | print "No Candidate". When an electronic
voting system is used | ||||||
20 | which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the candidates
and | ||||||
21 | questions shall appear on the pages of such booklet in the | ||||||
22 | order
provided by this Code; and, in any case where candidates | ||||||
23 | for an office
appear on a page which does not contain the name | ||||||
24 | of any candidate for
another office, and where less than 50% of | ||||||
25 | the page is utilized, the name of
no candidate shall be printed | ||||||
26 | on the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or
outside of the |
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1 | ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
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2 | "Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling | ||||||
3 | place for
which the ballot is prepared, the date of the | ||||||
4 | election and a facsimile
of the signature of the election | ||||||
5 | authority who has caused the ballots to
be printed. The ballots | ||||||
6 | shall be of plain white paper, through which the
printing or | ||||||
7 | writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use at the
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8 | nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed on | ||||||
9 | different color
paper, except blue paper, whenever necessary or | ||||||
10 | desirable to facilitate
distinguishing between ballots for | ||||||
11 | different political subdivisions. In
the case of nonpartisan | ||||||
12 | elections for officers of a political
subdivision, unless the | ||||||
13 | statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to
Article VII of the | ||||||
14 | Constitution providing the form of government
therefor | ||||||
15 | requires otherwise, the column listing such nonpartisan
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16 | candidates shall be printed with no appellation or circle at | ||||||
17 | its head.
The party appellation or title, or the word | ||||||
18 | "independent" at the head of
any column provided for | ||||||
19 | independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less | ||||||
20 | than one-fourth of an inch in height
and a
circle one-half inch | ||||||
21 | in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of
the line in | ||||||
22 | which such appellation or title is printed, provided,
however, | ||||||
23 | that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
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24 | or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names | ||||||
25 | of
candidates shall be printed in letters not less than | ||||||
26 | one-eighth
nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and |
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1 | at the beginning of
each line in which a name of a candidate is | ||||||
2 | printed a square shall be
printed, the sides of which shall be | ||||||
3 | not less than one-fourth of an inch
in length. However, the | ||||||
4 | names of the candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor on | ||||||
5 | the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket
and a single | ||||||
6 | square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The list
of | ||||||
7 | candidates of the several parties and any such list of | ||||||
8 | independent
candidates shall be placed in separate columns on | ||||||
9 | the ballot in such
order as the election authorities charged | ||||||
10 | with the printing of the
ballots shall decide; provided, that | ||||||
11 | the names of the candidates of the
several political parties, | ||||||
12 | certified by the State Board of Elections to
the several county | ||||||
13 | clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
proper | ||||||
14 | county on the official ballot in the order certified by the | ||||||
15 | State
Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing, neglecting | ||||||
16 | or failing to
print on the official ballot the names of | ||||||
17 | candidates of the several
political parties in the order | ||||||
18 | certified by the State Board of
Elections, and any county clerk | ||||||
19 | who prints or causes to be printed upon
the official ballot the | ||||||
20 | name of a candidate, for an office to be filled
by the Electors | ||||||
21 | of the entire State, whose name has not been duly
certified to | ||||||
22 | him upon a certificate signed by the State Board of
Elections | ||||||
23 | shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
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24 | (b) When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes | ||||||
25 | a ballot
card,
on the inside flap of each ballot card envelope | ||||||
26 | there shall be printed
a form for write-in voting which shall |
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1 | be substantially as follows:
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2 | WRITE-IN VOTES
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3 | (See card of instructions for specific information. | ||||||
4 | Duplicate form below
by hand for additional write-in votes.)
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5 | _____________________________
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6 | Title of Office
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7 | ( ) ____________________________
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8 | Name of Candidate
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9 | Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which | ||||||
10 | a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or | ||||||
11 | more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in | ||||||
12 | candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in | ||||||
13 | candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the | ||||||
14 | certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION | ||||||
15 | PENDING".
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16 | (c) When an electronic voting system is used which uses a | ||||||
17 | ballot sheet,
the
instructions to voters on the ballot sheet | ||||||
18 | shall refer the voter to the
card of instructions for specific | ||||||
19 | information on write-in voting. Below
each office appearing on | ||||||
20 | such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
the casting of | ||||||
21 | a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of | ||||||
22 | candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an | ||||||
23 | office only if one or more persons filed declarations of intent | ||||||
24 | to be write-in candidates or qualify to file declarations to be | ||||||
25 | write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the | ||||||
26 | certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION |
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1 | PENDING".
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2 | (d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be | ||||||
3 | printed on the
back of each ballot card, each ballot card | ||||||
4 | envelope, and
the first page of the ballot label when a ballot | ||||||
5 | label is used, the
words "Official Ballot," followed by the | ||||||
6 | number of the
precinct or other precinct identification, which | ||||||
7 | may be stamped, in lieu
thereof and, as applicable, the number | ||||||
8 | and name of the township, ward
or other election district for | ||||||
9 | which the ballot card, ballot card
envelope, and ballot label | ||||||
10 | are prepared, the date of the election and a
facsimile of the | ||||||
11 | signature of the election authority who has caused the
ballots | ||||||
12 | to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include
a | ||||||
13 | method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a | ||||||
14 | listing of the
political subdivisions and districts for which | ||||||
15 | votes may be cast on that
ballot, or a number code identifying | ||||||
16 | the ballot configuration or color coded
ballots, except that | ||||||
17 | where there is only one ballot configuration in a
precinct, the | ||||||
18 | precinct identification, and any applicable ward
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19 | identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes | ||||||
20 | used in punch
card systems shall be of paper through which no | ||||||
21 | writing or punches may be
discerned and shall be of sufficient | ||||||
22 | length to enclose all voting
positions. However, the election | ||||||
23 | authority may provide
ballot card envelopes on which no | ||||||
24 | precinct number or township, ward or
other election district | ||||||
25 | designation, or election date are preprinted, if
space and a | ||||||
26 | preprinted form are provided below the space provided for
the |
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1 | names of write-in candidates where such information may be | ||||||
2 | entered
by the judges of election. Whenever an election | ||||||
3 | authority utilizes
ballot card envelopes on which the election | ||||||
4 | date and precinct is not
preprinted, a judge of election shall | ||||||
5 | mark such information for the
particular precinct and election | ||||||
6 | on the envelope in ink before tallying
and counting any | ||||||
7 | write-in vote written thereon.
If some method of insuring | ||||||
8 | ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used,
such information | ||||||
9 | must be provided on the ballot itself.
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10 | (e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the | ||||||
11 | ballot, the
candidate's given name or names, initial or | ||||||
12 | initials, a nickname by
which the candidate is commonly known, | ||||||
13 | or a combination thereof, may be
used in addition to the | ||||||
14 | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | ||||||
15 | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | ||||||
16 | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | ||||||
17 | last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination | ||||||
18 | papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, whichever | ||||||
19 | is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the ballot must | ||||||
20 | be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names during | ||||||
21 | the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of each | ||||||
22 | such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, or | ||||||
23 | certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | ||||||
24 | stating the candidate's previous names during the period | ||||||
25 | specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those names was | ||||||
26 | changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds |
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1 | for denying certification of the candidate's name for the | ||||||
2 | ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as | ||||||
3 | appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name | ||||||
4 | changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's | ||||||
5 | or parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | ||||||
6 | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | ||||||
7 | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation such
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8 | as a political slogan, title, or degree or nickname suggesting | ||||||
9 | or
implying possession of a
title, degree or professional | ||||||
10 | status, or similar information may be used
in connection with | ||||||
11 | the candidate's surname.
For purposes of this Section, a | ||||||
12 | "political slogan" is defined as any
word or words expressing | ||||||
13 | or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the
candidate | ||||||
14 | may espouse, including but not limited to, any word or words
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15 | conveying any meaning other than that of the personal identity | ||||||
16 | of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a political slogan as | ||||||
17 | part of his or her name on the
ballot, notwithstanding that the | ||||||
18 | political slogan may be part of the
candidate's name.
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19 | (f) The State Board of Elections, a local election | ||||||
20 | official, or an
election
authority shall remove any candidate's | ||||||
21 | name designation from a ballot that is
inconsistent with | ||||||
22 | subsection (e) of this Section. In addition, the State Board
of | ||||||
23 | Elections, a local election official, or an election authority | ||||||
24 | shall not
certify to any election authority any candidate name | ||||||
25 | designation that is
inconsistent with subsection (e) of this | ||||||
26 | Section.
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1 | (g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election | ||||||
2 | official, or an
election
authority removes a candidate's name | ||||||
3 | designation from a ballot under
subsection (f) of this Section, | ||||||
4 | then the aggrieved candidate may seek
appropriate relief in | ||||||
5 | circuit court.
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6 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
7 | used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | ||||||
8 | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
9 | is applicable.
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10 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election | ||||||
11 | authorities from using
or reusing ballot card envelopes which | ||||||
12 | were printed before the effective
date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
13 | of 1985.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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15 | (10 ILCS 5/24A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
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16 | Sec. 24A-6. The ballot information, whether placed on the | ||||||
17 | ballot or
on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, | ||||||
18 | be in the order of
arrangement provided for paper ballots, | ||||||
19 | except that such information may
be in vertical or horizontal | ||||||
20 | rows, or in a number of separate pages.
Ballots for all | ||||||
21 | questions or propositions to be voted on must be
provided in | ||||||
22 | the same manner and must be arranged on or in the marking
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23 | device or on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such | ||||||
24 | purposes.
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25 | When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label |
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1 | booklet and
ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots | ||||||
2 | calling for a
constitutional convention, constitutional | ||||||
3 | amendment ballots, judicial
retention ballots, public | ||||||
4 | measures, and all propositions to be voted
upon may be placed | ||||||
5 | on the electronic voting device by providing in the
ballot | ||||||
6 | booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
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7 | distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an | ||||||
8 | electronic
voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots | ||||||
9 | calling for a constitutional
convention, constitutional | ||||||
10 | amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots
shall be | ||||||
11 | placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of | ||||||
12 | the
ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be | ||||||
13 | printed in ink
of a color distinct from the color of ink used | ||||||
14 | in printing any other portion
of the ballot sheet. Ballots for | ||||||
15 | candidates, public measures and all other
propositions to be | ||||||
16 | voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing
a | ||||||
17 | separate portion of the ballot sheet for each such kind of | ||||||
18 | ballot. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent | ||||||
19 | to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and | ||||||
20 | 18-9.1,
a line
on which the name of a candidate may be written | ||||||
21 | by the voter shall be printed below the name of the last | ||||||
22 | candidate nominated for such office, and immediately
to the | ||||||
23 | left of such line an area shall be provided for marking a vote | ||||||
24 | for
such write-in candidate. The number of write-in lines for | ||||||
25 | an office shall equal the number of persons who have filed | ||||||
26 | declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an |
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1 | additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to | ||||||
2 | file declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections | ||||||
3 | 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains | ||||||
4 | the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of the | ||||||
5 | candidate, up to the number of candidates for which a voter may | ||||||
6 | vote. More than one amendment to the constitution may
be placed | ||||||
7 | on the same ballot page or series of pages or on the same | ||||||
8 | portion
of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. Ballot label | ||||||
9 | pages for
constitutional conventions or constitutional | ||||||
10 | amendments shall be on paper
of blue color and shall precede | ||||||
11 | all other ballot label pages in the ballot
label booklet. More | ||||||
12 | than one public measure or proposition may be placed
on the | ||||||
13 | same ballot label page or series of pages or on the same | ||||||
14 | portion of
the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More than one | ||||||
15 | proposition for
retention of judges in office may be placed on | ||||||
16 | the same ballot label page
or series of pages or on the same | ||||||
17 | portion of the ballot sheet, as the case
may be. Ballot label | ||||||
18 | pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
color, except | ||||||
19 | that in primary elections the ballot label page or pages for
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20 | the candidates of each respective political party shall be of | ||||||
21 | the color
designated by the election official in charge of the | ||||||
22 | election for that
political party's candidates; provided that | ||||||
23 | the ballot label pages or pages
for candidates for use at the | ||||||
24 | nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be
on paper of | ||||||
25 | different colors, except blue, whenever necessary or desirable
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26 | to facilitate distinguishing between the pages for different |
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1 | political
subdivisions. On each page
of
the candidate booklet, | ||||||
2 | where the election is made to list ballot
information | ||||||
3 | vertically, the party affiliation of each candidate or the word
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4 | "independent" shall appear immediately to the left of the | ||||||
5 | candidate's
name, and the name of candidates for the same | ||||||
6 | office shall be listed
vertically under the title of that | ||||||
7 | office. If no candidate or candidates file for an office and if | ||||||
8 | no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate | ||||||
9 | for that office, then below the title of that office the | ||||||
10 | election authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the | ||||||
11 | case of nonpartisan
elections for officers of political | ||||||
12 | subdivisions, unless the statute or
an ordinance adopted | ||||||
13 | pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, | ||||||
14 | the listing of such nonpartisan candidates shall not
include | ||||||
15 | any party or "independent" designation. Ballot label pages for
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16 | judicial retention ballots shall be on paper of green color, | ||||||
17 | and ballot
label pages for all public measures and other | ||||||
18 | propositions shall be on
paper of some other distinct and | ||||||
19 | different color. In primary elections,
a separate ballot label | ||||||
20 | booklet, marking device and voting booth shall
be used for each | ||||||
21 | political party holding a primary, with the ballot
label | ||||||
22 | booklet arranged to include ballot label pages of the | ||||||
23 | candidates
of the party and public measures and other | ||||||
24 | propositions to be voted upon
on the day of the primary | ||||||
25 | election. One ballot card may be used for
recording the voter's | ||||||
26 | vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals,
public measures |
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1 | or propositions, and such ballot card shall be arranged
so as | ||||||
2 | to record the voter's vote or choice in a separate column or
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3 | columns for each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure | ||||||
4 | or
proposition.
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5 | If the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for | ||||||
6 | office and
public measures or propositions to be voted on, the | ||||||
7 | election official in
charge of the election shall divide the | ||||||
8 | pages by protruding tabs
identifying the division of the pages, | ||||||
9 | and printing on such tabs
"Candidates" and "Propositions".
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10 | The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot card | ||||||
11 | envelope
shall be of the color prescribed for candidate's | ||||||
12 | ballots at the general
or primary election, whichever is being | ||||||
13 | held. At an election where no
candidates are being nominated or | ||||||
14 | elected, the ballot card, its columns,
and the ballot card | ||||||
15 | envelope shall be of a color designated by the election
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16 | official in charge of the election.
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17 | The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets | ||||||
18 | may, at the
discretion of the election authority, be printed on | ||||||
19 | white paper and then
striped with the appropriate colors.
| ||||||
20 | When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof | ||||||
21 | shall be arranged
to conform to the foregoing format.
| ||||||
22 | Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes, | ||||||
23 | paper ballots
or ballot sheets voted in person in the office of | ||||||
24 | the election official in
charge of the election or voted by | ||||||
25 | mail. Where a ballot card is used for
voting by mail it must be | ||||||
26 | accompanied by a punching tool or other
appropriate marking |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot
showing the | ||||||
2 | proper positions to vote on the ballot card or ballot sheet for
| ||||||
3 | each party, candidate, proposal, public measure or | ||||||
4 | proposition, and in the
case of a ballot card must be mounted | ||||||
5 | on a suitable material to receive the
punched out chip.
| ||||||
6 | Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may | ||||||
7 | return the
ballot to the judges of election and secure another. | ||||||
8 | However, the
protruding identifying tab for proposals for a | ||||||
9 | constitutional convention
or constitutional amendments shall | ||||||
10 | have printed thereon "Constitutional
Ballot", and the ballot | ||||||
11 | label page or pages for such proposals shall
precede the ballot | ||||||
12 | label pages for candidates in the ballot label
booklet.
| ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
| ||||||
14 | (10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
| ||||||
15 | Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic | ||||||
16 | Precinct
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System; | ||||||
17 | Absentee
Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information, | ||||||
18 | shall, as far
as practicable, be in the order of arrangement | ||||||
19 | provided for paper
ballots, except that the information may be | ||||||
20 | in vertical or
horizontal rows, or on a number of separate | ||||||
21 | pages or displays on the marking
device. Ballots for
all | ||||||
22 | questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided
in | ||||||
23 | a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or | ||||||
24 | marking
device in
the places provided for such purposes. | ||||||
25 | Ballots shall be of white
paper unless provided otherwise by |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | administrative rule of the State Board of
Elections or | ||||||
2 | otherwise specified.
| ||||||
3 | All propositions, including but not limited to | ||||||
4 | propositions
calling for a constitutional convention, | ||||||
5 | constitutional
amendment, judicial retention, and public | ||||||
6 | measures to be voted
upon shall be placed on separate portions | ||||||
7 | of the ballot sheet or marking
device by
utilizing borders or | ||||||
8 | grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on
a separate portion | ||||||
9 | of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing
borders or
| ||||||
10 | grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of | ||||||
11 | intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections | ||||||
12 | 17-16.1 and 18-9.1,
a line or lines on which the voter
may | ||||||
13 | select a
write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of | ||||||
14 | the last candidate nominated for such office. Such line or | ||||||
15 | lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking
votes | ||||||
16 | for the write-in candidate or
candidates. The number of | ||||||
17 | write-in lines for an office shall equal the number
of persons | ||||||
18 | who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates | ||||||
19 | plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who | ||||||
20 | qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under | ||||||
21 | Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot | ||||||
22 | contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that | ||||||
23 | candidate, up to the number of
candidates
for which a voter may | ||||||
24 | vote. More than one amendment to the constitution may be
placed | ||||||
25 | on the
same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.
| ||||||
26 | Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate | ||||||
2 | portion of the
ballot
sheet or marking device and designated by | ||||||
3 | borders or grey screens, unless
otherwise
provided by | ||||||
4 | administrative rule of the State Board of Elections.
More than | ||||||
5 | one public measure or proposition may be placed on the
same | ||||||
6 | portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. More than
one | ||||||
7 | proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed
on | ||||||
8 | the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.
Names | ||||||
9 | of candidates shall be printed in black. The party
affiliation | ||||||
10 | of each candidate or the word "independent" shall
appear near | ||||||
11 | or under the candidate's name, and the names of
candidates for | ||||||
12 | the same office shall be listed vertically under
the title of | ||||||
13 | that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as
| ||||||
14 | otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no | ||||||
15 | candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or | ||||||
16 | persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that | ||||||
17 | office, then below the title of that office the election | ||||||
18 | authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of
| ||||||
19 | nonpartisan elections
for officers of political subdivisions, | ||||||
20 | unless the statute or an
ordinance adopted pursuant to Article | ||||||
21 | VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, the listing of | ||||||
22 | nonpartisan candidates
shall not include any party or | ||||||
23 | "independent" designation.
Judicial retention
questions and | ||||||
24 | ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions
| ||||||
25 | shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or | ||||||
26 | marking
device.
In primary
elections, a separate ballot, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | displays on the marking device, shall be
used for each | ||||||
2 | political
party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking | ||||||
3 | device arranged to
include
names of the candidates of the party | ||||||
4 | and public measures and
other propositions to be voted upon on | ||||||
5 | the day of the primary
election.
| ||||||
6 | If the ballot includes both candidates for office and | ||||||
7 | public
measures or propositions to be voted on, the election | ||||||
8 | official in
charge of the election shall divide the ballot or | ||||||
9 | displays on the marking
device in sections for
"Candidates" and | ||||||
10 | "Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
| ||||||
11 | Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
| ||||||
12 | ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
| ||||||
13 | official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
| ||||||
14 | Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
| ||||||
15 | voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
| ||||||
16 | Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or | ||||||
17 | has a ballot
returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may | ||||||
18 | return
the ballot to the judges of election and get another | ||||||
19 | ballot.
| ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
| ||||||
21 | (10 ILCS 5/24C-6)
| ||||||
22 | Sec. 24C-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Direct
| ||||||
23 | Recording Electronic Voting System; Absentee Ballots; Spoiled
| ||||||
24 | Ballots. The ballot information, shall, as far as practicable,
| ||||||
25 | be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots,
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | except that the information may be in vertical or horizontal
| ||||||
2 | rows, or on a number of separate pages or display screens.
| ||||||
3 | Ballots for all public questions to be voted on should be
| ||||||
4 | provided in a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot
| ||||||
5 | in the places provided for such purposes. All public questions,
| ||||||
6 | including but not limited to public questions calling for a
| ||||||
7 | constitutional convention, constitutional amendment, or | ||||||
8 | judicial
retention, shall be placed on the ballot separate and | ||||||
9 | apart from
candidates. Ballots for all public questions shall | ||||||
10 | be clearly
designated by borders or different color screens. | ||||||
11 | More than one
amendment to the constitution may be placed on | ||||||
12 | the same portion
of the ballot sheet. Constitutional convention | ||||||
13 | or
constitutional amendment propositions shall be placed on a
| ||||||
14 | separate portion of the ballot and designated by borders or
| ||||||
15 | unique color screens, unless otherwise provided by
| ||||||
16 | administrative rule of the State Board of Elections. More than
| ||||||
17 | one public question may be placed on the same portion of the
| ||||||
18 | ballot. More than one proposition for retention of judges in
| ||||||
19 | office may be placed on the same portion of the ballot.
| ||||||
20 | The party affiliation, if any, of each candidate or the
| ||||||
21 | word "independent", where applicable, shall appear near or | ||||||
22 | under
the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for the | ||||||
23 | same
office shall be listed vertically under the title of that
| ||||||
24 | office. In the case of nonpartisan elections for officers of
| ||||||
25 | political subdivisions, unless the statute or an ordinance
| ||||||
26 | adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution requires
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan candidates shall not
| ||||||
2 | include any party or "independent" designation. If no candidate | ||||||
3 | or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons | ||||||
4 | file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, | ||||||
5 | then below the title of that office the election authority | ||||||
6 | shall print "No Candidate". In primary
elections, a separate | ||||||
7 | ballot shall be used for each political
party holding a | ||||||
8 | primary, with the ballot arranged to include
names of the | ||||||
9 | candidates of the party and public questions and
other | ||||||
10 | propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary
| ||||||
11 | election.
| ||||||
12 | If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
| ||||||
13 | public questions or propositions to be voted on, the election
| ||||||
14 | official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot in
| ||||||
15 | sections for "Candidates" and "Public Questions", or separate
| ||||||
16 | ballots may be used.
| ||||||
17 | Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
| ||||||
18 | has a ballot rejected by the automatic tabulating equipment
| ||||||
19 | shall be provided a means of correcting the ballot or obtaining
| ||||||
20 | a new ballot prior to casting his or her ballot.
| ||||||
21 | Any election authority using a Direct Recording Electronic
| ||||||
22 | Voting System may use voting systems approved for use under
| ||||||
23 | Articles 24A or 24B of this Code in conducting absentee voting
| ||||||
24 | in the office of the election authority or voted by mail.
| ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (10 ILCS 5/24C-7)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 24C-7. Write-In Ballots. A Direct Recording
| ||||||
3 | Electronic Voting System shall provide an acceptable method for
| ||||||
4 | a voter to vote for a person whose name does not appear on the
| ||||||
5 | ballot using the same apparatus used to record votes for
| ||||||
6 | candidates whose names do appear on the ballot. Election
| ||||||
7 | authorities utilizing Direct Recording Electronic Voting | ||||||
8 | Systems
shall not use separate write-in ballots.
| ||||||
9 | Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent to | ||||||
10 | be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and | ||||||
11 | 18-9.1, Below the name of the last candidate listed for an | ||||||
12 | office
shall be a space or spaces in which the name of a | ||||||
13 | candidate or
candidates may be written in or recorded by the | ||||||
14 | voter shall appear below the name of the last candidate | ||||||
15 | nominated for such office . The
number of write-in lines for an | ||||||
16 | office shall equal the number of
persons who have filed | ||||||
17 | declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an | ||||||
18 | additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to | ||||||
19 | file declarations to be write-in candidates under Section | ||||||
20 | 17-16.1 or 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the | ||||||
21 | words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of the candidate, up | ||||||
22 | to the number of candidates for which a voter may vote.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
| ||||||
24 | Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
25 | changing Sections 3.1-25-35, 3.1-25-50, 4-3-10, 4-3-16, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | 5-2-12, 5-2-13, 5-2-18.4, 5-2-18.6, 5-2-18.7, and 7-2-24 as | ||||||
2 | follows:
| ||||||
3 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 3.1-25-35. Primary ballots. The proper election | ||||||
5 | authority, in
accordance with the general
election law, shall | ||||||
6 | have the primary ballots printed in the same manner, in
the | ||||||
7 | same number, and within the same time as ballots are printed | ||||||
8 | under the
general election law, except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
9 | this Code. If the office
of president is to be filled in the | ||||||
10 | succeeding general municipal election,
the names of the | ||||||
11 | candidates for president shall be placed first on the primary
| ||||||
12 | ballots, in substantially the form specified in this Section. | ||||||
13 | Following these
names
shall appear the names of the candidates | ||||||
14 | for trustees in substantially the
form specified in this | ||||||
15 | Section. The primary ballots shall comply with the
general | ||||||
16 | election law, except as otherwise provided in this Code. The | ||||||
17 | ballots
shall designate no party, platform, political | ||||||
18 | principle, appellation, or
mark, nor shall any circle be | ||||||
19 | printed at the head of the primary ballots.
| ||||||
20 | The primary ballots shall be in substantially the following | ||||||
21 | form:
| ||||||
22 | OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT
| ||||||
23 | CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION
| ||||||
24 | FOR (PRESIDENT AND)
| ||||||
25 | TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF VILLAGE)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
| ||||||
2 | FOR PRESIDENT
| ||||||
3 | (VOTE FOR ONE)
| ||||||
4 | HENRY WHITE
| ||||||
5 | JAMES SMITH
| ||||||
6 | LARRY FRANG
| ||||||
7 | RALPH WILSON
| ||||||
8 | FOR TRUSTEES
| ||||||
9 | (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN (NUMBER))
| ||||||
10 | THOMAS WILLIAMS
| ||||||
11 | WILLIAM BURKE
| ||||||
12 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON
| ||||||
13 | EDWARD STUART
| ||||||
14 | MARY KURTIS
| ||||||
15 | G.E. HAUSMANN
| ||||||
16 | ARTHUR ROBBINS
| ||||||
17 | MARK TANDY
| ||||||
18 | HARRY BROWN
| ||||||
19 | JOSEPH TROUT
| ||||||
20 | IMMANUEL KANT
| ||||||
21 | ROBERT BUCK
| ||||||
22 | GEORGE MILLER
| ||||||
23 | SARAH TOLLER
| ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
| ||||||
25 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-50) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-50)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sec. 3.1-25-50. General election; ballot positions. On the | ||||||
2 | ballots
for the general municipal election, if the
office of | ||||||
3 | president is to be filled, the names of the nominees for | ||||||
4 | president
shall be placed first, in substantially the form | ||||||
5 | specified in this Section.
Following
these names, the names of | ||||||
6 | the nominees for trustees shall appear under each
office, in | ||||||
7 | substantially the form specified in this Section.
| ||||||
8 | The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general | ||||||
9 | election law,
except as otherwise provided in this Code, but | ||||||
10 | they shall designate no party,
platform, political principle, | ||||||
11 | appellation, or mark, nor shall
any circle be printed at the | ||||||
12 | head of the ballots. The ballots shall be in
substantially the | ||||||
13 | following form:
| ||||||
14 | OFFICIAL BALLOT
| ||||||
15 | NOMINEES FOR (PRESIDENT AND) TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF
| ||||||
16 | VILLAGE) AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
| ||||||
17 | FOR PRESIDENT
| ||||||
18 | (VOTE FOR ONE)
| ||||||
19 | JAMES SMITH
| ||||||
20 | LARRY FRANG
| ||||||
21 | FOR TRUSTEES
| ||||||
22 | (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN (NUMBER))
| ||||||
23 | EDWARD STUART
| ||||||
24 | ROBERT BUCK
| ||||||
25 | GEORGE MILLER
| ||||||
26 | WILLIAM BURKE
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | ARTHUR ROBBINS
| ||||||
2 | HARRY BROWN
| ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
| ||||||
4 | (65 ILCS 5/4-3-10)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 4-3-10. (Repealed). | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
| ||||||
7 | (65 ILCS 5/4-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 4-3-16. Upon the ballots for the general municipal | ||||||
9 | election the names
of the nominees for mayor shall be placed | ||||||
10 | first, in substantially the form
specified in this section. | ||||||
11 | Following these names, the names of the nominees
for | ||||||
12 | commissioners shall appear under each office, in substantially | ||||||
13 | the form
specified in this section; provided that if the | ||||||
14 | municipality has voted,
as provided in Section 4-3-19, to | ||||||
15 | require candidates for commissioner to
run for a specific | ||||||
16 | office, the names of the candidates for commissioner
of public | ||||||
17 | accounts and finances, commissioner of public health and | ||||||
18 | safety,
commissioner of streets and public improvements, and | ||||||
19 | commissioner of public
property, respectively, shall appear
| ||||||
20 | under the designation of the applicable office, in | ||||||
21 | substantially the form
specified in Section 4-3-16.1.
| ||||||
22 | The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general | ||||||
23 | election law, except
as herein otherwise provided, but they | ||||||
24 | shall designate no party, platform,
political principle, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | appellation, or mark whatever. Nor shall any circle
be printed | ||||||
2 | at the head of the ballots. Except where candidates for | ||||||
3 | commissioner
are required to run for a specific office, the | ||||||
4 | ballots shall be in substantially
the following form:
| ||||||
5 | OFFICIAL BALLOT
| ||||||
6 | NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS
| ||||||
7 | OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF....
| ||||||
8 | AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
| ||||||
9 | FOR MAYOR
| ||||||
10 | (VOTE FOR ONE)
| ||||||
11 | ( ) JOHN JONES.
| ||||||
12 | ( ) JAMES SMITH.
| ||||||
13 | FOR COMMISSIONERS
| ||||||
14 | (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR)
| ||||||
15 | ( ) HARRY BROWN.
| ||||||
16 | ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
| ||||||
17 | ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
| ||||||
18 | ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
| ||||||
19 | ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
| ||||||
20 | ( ) EDWARD STUART.
| ||||||
21 | ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
| ||||||
22 | ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
24 | (65 ILCS 5/5-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12)
| ||||||
25 | Sec. 5-2-12. Aldermen or trustees elected at large; |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | vacancies;
mayor or president to preside.
| ||||||
2 | (a) If a city or village adopts the managerial
form of | ||||||
3 | municipal
government but does not elect to choose aldermen or | ||||||
4 | trustees from wards
or districts, then the following provisions | ||||||
5 | of this Section shall be
applicable.
| ||||||
6 | (b) The city council shall be elected at large. In cities | ||||||
7 | of less than
50,000
population, the council shall consist of | ||||||
8 | (i) the mayor and 4 councilmen or (ii) the mayor and 6 | ||||||
9 | councilmen if the size of the city council is increased under | ||||||
10 | subsection (k). In
cities
of at least 50,000 but less than | ||||||
11 | 100,000 population,
the council shall consist of
the mayor and | ||||||
12 | 6 councilmen. In cities of at least 100,000 but not more than | ||||||
13 | 500,000
population, the council shall consist of the mayor and | ||||||
14 | 8 councilmen.
| ||||||
15 | (c) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
| ||||||
16 | immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | ||||||
17 | municipal government, the village
board shall be elected at | ||||||
18 | large and shall consist of a president and the number
of | ||||||
19 | trustees provided for in Section 5-2-15 or 5-2-17,
whichever is | ||||||
20 | applicable.
| ||||||
21 | (d) The term of office of the mayor and councilmen shall be | ||||||
22 | 4 years, provided
that in cities of less than 50,000, the 2 | ||||||
23 | councilmen receiving the lowest
vote at the first election | ||||||
24 | shall serve for 2 years only; in cities of at
least 50,000 but | ||||||
25 | less than 100,000, the 3 councilmen receiving the lowest vote | ||||||
26 | at the
first election shall serve for 2 years only; and in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | cities of at least
100,000 but
not more than 500,000, the 4 | ||||||
2 | councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the
first election | ||||||
3 | shall serve for 2 years only.
| ||||||
4 | (e) The election of councilmen shall be every 2 years. | ||||||
5 | After the first election,
only 2 councilmen in cities of less | ||||||
6 | than
50,000, 3 councilmen in cities
of at least 50,000 but less | ||||||
7 | than 100,000, or 4
councilmen in cities of at least 100,000 but
| ||||||
8 | not more than 500,000, shall be voted for by each elector at | ||||||
9 | the primary
elections, and only 2, 3, or 4 councilmen, as the | ||||||
10 | case may be, shall be voted
for by each elector at each | ||||||
11 | biennial general municipal election,
to serve for 4 years.
| ||||||
12 | (f) In addition to the requirements of the general election | ||||||
13 | law, the ballots
shall be in the form set out in Section | ||||||
14 | 5-2-13. In cities with less than
50,000, the form of ballot | ||||||
15 | prescribed in Section 5-2-13 shall be further
modified by | ||||||
16 | printing in the place relating to councilmen the words "Vote
| ||||||
17 | for not more than Two", or "Vote for not more than Three" if | ||||||
18 | the size of the city council is increased under subsection (k), | ||||||
19 | instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". In cities | ||||||
20 | of
at least 50,000 but
less than 100,000, the ballot shall be | ||||||
21 | modified in that place by printing
the words "Vote for not more | ||||||
22 | than Three" instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". | ||||||
23 | Sections 4-3-5 through 4-3-18, insofar as they may be | ||||||
24 | applicable, shall
govern the election of a mayor and councilmen | ||||||
25 | under this Section.
| ||||||
26 | (g) If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | councilman, the remaining
members of the council, within 60 | ||||||
2 | days after the
vacancy occurs, shall fill the vacancy by | ||||||
3 | appointment of some person to
the office for
the balance of the | ||||||
4 | unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled by interim
| ||||||
5 | election under Section 3.1-10-50, and
until the successor is | ||||||
6 | elected and
has qualified.
| ||||||
7 | (h) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
| ||||||
8 | immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | ||||||
9 | municipal government, in villages
that have adopted this | ||||||
10 | Article 5 the term of office of the
president, the
number of | ||||||
11 | trustees to be elected, their terms of office, and the manner | ||||||
12 | of
filling vacancies shall be governed by Sections
5-2-14 | ||||||
13 | through 5-2-17.
| ||||||
14 | (i) Any village that adopts the managerial form of
| ||||||
15 | municipal government under
this Article 5 and that, immediately | ||||||
16 | before that
adoption, was governed by the
provisions of Article | ||||||
17 | 4, shall continue to elect a mayor and
4 commissioners in | ||||||
18 | accordance with Sections 4-3-5 through
4-3-18, insofar as they | ||||||
19 | may be applicable, except that the 2 commissioners
receiving | ||||||
20 | the lowest vote among those elected at the first election after
| ||||||
21 | this Article 5 becomes effective in the village shall serve for | ||||||
22 | 2
years
only. After that first election, the election of
| ||||||
23 | commissioners shall be every 2 years, and
2 commissioners shall | ||||||
24 | be elected at each election to serve for 4
years. | ||||||
25 | (j) The mayor or president shall preside at all meetings of | ||||||
26 | the council
or
board and on all ceremonial occasions. |
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1 | (k) In cities of less than 50,000 population, the city | ||||||
2 | council may, by ordinance, provide that the city council shall, | ||||||
3 | after the next biennial general municipal election, consist of | ||||||
4 | 6 instead of 4 councilmen. If the size of the council is | ||||||
5 | increased to 6 councilmen, then at the next biennial general | ||||||
6 | municipal election, the electors shall vote for 4 instead of 2 | ||||||
7 | councilmen. Of the 4 councilmen elected at that next election, | ||||||
8 | the one receiving the lowest
vote at that election shall serve | ||||||
9 | a 2-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 4 years.
| ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 93-1007, eff. 1-1-05.)
| ||||||
11 | (65 ILCS 5/5-2-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-13)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 5-2-13. In addition to the requirements of the general | ||||||
13 | election law,
the ballots for the municipal primary
election | ||||||
14 | provided for in Section 5-2-12 shall be in substantially the | ||||||
15 | following form:
| ||||||
16 | OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.
| ||||||
17 | CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
| ||||||
18 | AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY (OR
| ||||||
19 | VILLAGE) OF.... AT THE PRIMARY
| ||||||
20 | ELECTION.
| ||||||
21 | FOR MAYOR
| ||||||
22 | VOTE FOR ONE
| ||||||
23 | ( ) JOHN JONES.
| ||||||
24 | ( ) JAMES SMITH.
| ||||||
25 | ( ) HENRY WHITE.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | ( ) RALPH WILSON.
| ||||||
2 | ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
| ||||||
3 | VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(insert proper number as provided | ||||||
4 | in Section 5-2-12).
| ||||||
5 | ( ) HARRY BROWN.
| ||||||
6 | ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
| ||||||
7 | ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
| ||||||
8 | ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
| ||||||
9 | ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
| ||||||
10 | ( ) EDWARD STUART.
| ||||||
11 | ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
| ||||||
12 | ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
| ||||||
13 | In addition to the requirements of the general election | ||||||
14 | law, the general
municipal election ballots for the election | ||||||
15 | provided for in Section 5-2-12
shall be substantially in the | ||||||
16 | following form:
| ||||||
17 | OFFICIAL BALLOT
| ||||||
18 | NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF
| ||||||
19 | THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF.... AT
| ||||||
20 | THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
| ||||||
21 | FOR MAYOR
| ||||||
22 | VOTE FOR ONE
| ||||||
23 | ( ) JOHN JONES.
| ||||||
24 | ( ) JAMES SMITH.
| ||||||
25 | ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
| ||||||
26 | VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(insert proper number as provided |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in Section 5-2-12).
| ||||||
2 | ( ) HARRY BROWN.
| ||||||
3 | ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
| ||||||
4 | ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
| ||||||
5 | ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
| ||||||
6 | ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
| ||||||
7 | ( ) EDWARD STUART.
| ||||||
8 | ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
| ||||||
9 | ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
| ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
11 | (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.4) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.4)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 5-2-18.4. In addition to the requirements of the | ||||||
13 | general election law, a distinct
ballot shall be printed for | ||||||
14 | each district for the primary election. At the
top of the | ||||||
15 | ballot shall be the following: CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR
| ||||||
16 | MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY | ||||||
17 | ELECTION. Under
the sub-title FOR MAYOR shall be placed the | ||||||
18 | following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be placed below the | ||||||
19 | names of the candidates for mayor another sub-title
as follows: | ||||||
20 | FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following this sub-title there shall
| ||||||
21 | be an instruction in this form, to be altered, however, to | ||||||
22 | conform to the
facts: VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN .... (Insert proper | ||||||
23 | number as provided in Section 5-2-12).
Following the names of | ||||||
24 | the candidates for councilmen at large, there shall
be another | ||||||
25 | sub-title in the following form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. |
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1 | Following
this sub-title there shall be the following | ||||||
2 | direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In
other respects the form of the | ||||||
3 | ballot shall be controlled by Section 4-3-10.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
5 | (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.6) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.6)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 5-2-18.6. In addition to the requirements of the | ||||||
7 | general election law, the ballots
for the general municipal | ||||||
8 | election shall
be prepared in accordance with Section 4-3-16, | ||||||
9 | with the
following changes:
| ||||||
10 | (1) Following the names of the candidates for mayor there | ||||||
11 | shall be printed
a sub-title: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE; | ||||||
12 | following this sub-title shall be
an instruction in this form: | ||||||
13 | VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(Insert proper number as provided
in | ||||||
14 | Section 5-2-12). The names of the candidates for councilmen at | ||||||
15 | large
shall follow this instruction.
| ||||||
16 | (2) Following the names of the candidates at large shall be | ||||||
17 | printed another
sub-title: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following | ||||||
18 | this sub-title shall be an
instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR | ||||||
19 | ONE) and following this instruction
shall be printed the names | ||||||
20 | of the 2 nominees.
| ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
22 | (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.7) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.7)
| ||||||
23 | Sec. 5-2-18.7. In any city which has adopted this Article, | ||||||
24 | and is electing the city
council at large or has elected to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | choose aldermen from wards, a
proposition to elect part of the | ||||||
2 | city council at large and part from
districts with staggered | ||||||
3 | four year terms and biennial elections for
councilmen shall be | ||||||
4 | submitted to the electors upon initiation in the manner
herein | ||||||
5 | provided.
| ||||||
6 | Electors of such city, equal in number to not less than 10% | ||||||
7 | of the
total vote cast for all candidates for mayor in the last | ||||||
8 | preceding
municipal election for such office, may petition for | ||||||
9 | submission, or, in
the alternative, the city council may by
| ||||||
10 | ordinance without a petition cause to be submitted, to a vote | ||||||
11 | of the
electors of that city the proposition whether part of | ||||||
12 | the city council
shall be elected at large and part from | ||||||
13 | districts with staggered four
year terms and biennial elections | ||||||
14 | for councilmen. The petition shall be
in the same form as | ||||||
15 | prescribed in Section 5-1-6, except that the
petition shall be | ||||||
16 | modified as to the wording of the proposition to be
voted upon, | ||||||
17 | to conform to the wording of the proposition as hereinafter
set | ||||||
18 | forth, and shall be filed with the city clerk in accordance | ||||||
19 | with the
general election law. The city clerk shall certify the | ||||||
20 | proposition to the
proper election authorities who shall submit | ||||||
21 | the proposition at an election
in accordance with the general | ||||||
22 | election law.
| ||||||
23 | However, such proposition shall not be submitted at
the | ||||||
24 | general primary election for the municipality.
| ||||||
25 | The proposition shall be substantially in the
following | ||||||
26 | form:
|
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| |||||||
1 | -------------------------------------------------------------
| ||||||
2 | Shall the city of....
| ||||||
3 | elect part of the councilmen at large YES
| ||||||
4 | and part of the councilmen from ----------------------
| ||||||
5 | districts with staggered four year NO
| ||||||
6 | terms and biennial elections?
| ||||||
7 | -------------------------------------------------------------
| ||||||
8 | If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote | ||||||
9 | "yes", then at
the next general municipal election at which a | ||||||
10 | mayor is to be elected, a
mayor and councilmen shall be elected | ||||||
11 | as hereinafter provided.
| ||||||
12 | In cities of less than 50,000 population, the council shall | ||||||
13 | consist
of the mayor and 6 councilmen, 2 councilmen being | ||||||
14 | elected at large and 4
councilmen being elected from districts. | ||||||
15 | In cities of 50,000 and not
more than 500,000 population, the | ||||||
16 | council shall consist of the mayor and
8 councilmen, 3 | ||||||
17 | councilmen being elected at large and 5 councilmen being
| ||||||
18 | elected from districts.
| ||||||
19 | The city council shall divide the city, whenever necessary
| ||||||
20 | thereafter, into districts which shall be of as compact and | ||||||
21 | contiguous
territory as practicable and of approximately equal | ||||||
22 | population. The
number of such districts shall be the same as | ||||||
23 | the number of councilmen
to be elected from districts.
| ||||||
24 | One councilman who is an actual resident of the district, | ||||||
25 | shall be
elected from each district. Only the electors of a | ||||||
26 | district shall elect
a councilman from that district. The rest |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the number of councilmen
authorized shall be elected at | ||||||
2 | large.
| ||||||
3 | The term of office of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be 4 | ||||||
4 | years,
provided that at the first election the Councilmen | ||||||
5 | elected at large
shall serve for 2 years only. Thereafter the | ||||||
6 | election of Councilmen
shall be biennial, and after the first | ||||||
7 | election the Mayor and all
Councilmen shall be elected for 4 | ||||||
8 | year terms to fill expiring terms of
incumbents.
| ||||||
9 | The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their respective | ||||||
10 | offices for the
term of 4 years as herein provided, and until | ||||||
11 | their successors are
elected and qualified. Upon the election | ||||||
12 | and qualification of the
Councilmen, the terms of all sitting | ||||||
13 | aldermen or councilmen elected at
large pursuant to the | ||||||
14 | provisions of Section 5-2-12 shall expire.
| ||||||
15 | For the first primary election a distinct ballot shall be | ||||||
16 | printed for each
district. At the top of the ballot shall be | ||||||
17 | the following:
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor | ||||||
18 | is to be elected) AND
COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE | ||||||
19 | PRIMARY ELECTION. Under the
subtitle of FOR MAYOR (when | ||||||
20 | applicable) shall be placed the following:
(VOTE FOR ONE). | ||||||
21 | There shall be placed below the names of the candidates
for | ||||||
22 | Mayor, if any, another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT
| ||||||
23 | LARGE. Following this subtitle there shall be an instruction in | ||||||
24 | this
form, to be altered, however, to conform to the facts: | ||||||
25 | (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....)
(Insert number of Councilmen being | ||||||
26 | elected). Following the names of the
candidates for councilmen |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | at large, there shall be another subtitle in
the following | ||||||
2 | form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this subtitle
there | ||||||
3 | shall be the following direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In other
| ||||||
4 | respects the ballots shall conform to the applicable provisions | ||||||
5 | of
Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
| ||||||
6 | To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on | ||||||
7 | the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal | ||||||
8 | election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each | ||||||
9 | subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the | ||||||
10 | primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the | ||||||
11 | general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be | ||||||
12 | elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes | ||||||
13 | shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
| ||||||
14 | municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
| ||||||
15 | candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be | ||||||
16 | placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, | ||||||
17 | the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of | ||||||
18 | votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
| ||||||
19 | The ballots for the election of officers at the first | ||||||
20 | general
municipal election shall be prepared in compliance with | ||||||
21 | Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes:
| ||||||
22 | (1) Following the names of the candidates for Mayor (when
| ||||||
23 | applicable) there shall be printed a subtitle: FOR COUNCILMAN | ||||||
24 | AT LARGE:
following this subtitle shall be an instruction in | ||||||
25 | this form: (VOTE FOR
NOT MORE THAN ....) (Insert number of | ||||||
26 | councilmen to be elected). The names of the
nominees for |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
| ||||||
2 | (2) Following the names of the nominees for councilmen at | ||||||
3 | large
shall be printed another subtitle: FOR DISTRICT | ||||||
4 | COUNCILMAN. Following
this subtitle shall be an instruction in | ||||||
5 | this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this instruction shall | ||||||
6 | be printed the names of the 2 nominees.
| ||||||
7 | Thereafter, the ballots for the biennial election shall be | ||||||
8 | prepared
as hereinafter provided.
| ||||||
9 | For the primary election at which Councilmen at large are | ||||||
10 | to be
elected the form of the ballot shall be as follows:
| ||||||
11 | At the top of the ballot shall be the following: | ||||||
12 | CANDIDATES FOR
NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor is to be | ||||||
13 | elected) AND COUNCILMEN OF THE
CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY | ||||||
14 | ELECTION. Under the subtitle of FOR MAYOR
(when applicable) | ||||||
15 | shall be placed the following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be | ||||||
16 | placed below the names of the candidates for Mayor, if any,
| ||||||
17 | another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following | ||||||
18 | this
subtitle there shall be an instruction in this form, to be | ||||||
19 | altered,
however, to conform to the facts: (VOTE FOR NOT MORE | ||||||
20 | THAN ....) (Insert number of
Councilmen being elected).
| ||||||
21 | For the primary election at which District Councilmen are | ||||||
22 | to be
elected, a distinct ballot shall be printed for each | ||||||
23 | District. There
shall be placed below the names of the | ||||||
24 | candidates for Mayor (when
applicable) another subtitle as | ||||||
25 | follows: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN.
Following this subtitle | ||||||
26 | there shall be an instruction in this form:
VOTE FOR ONE. In |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | all other respects the ballot shall conform to the
applicable | ||||||
2 | provisions of Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
| ||||||
3 | To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on | ||||||
4 | the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal | ||||||
5 | election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each | ||||||
6 | subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the | ||||||
7 | primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the | ||||||
8 | general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be | ||||||
9 | elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes | ||||||
10 | shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
| ||||||
11 | municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
| ||||||
12 | candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be | ||||||
13 | placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, | ||||||
14 | the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of | ||||||
15 | votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
| ||||||
16 | The ballots for the election of officers at the general | ||||||
17 | municipal
election shall be prepared in compliance with Section | ||||||
18 | 4-3-16, with the
following changes:
| ||||||
19 | (1) For elections where candidates for Councilmen at large | ||||||
20 | are being
elected, following the names of candidates for Mayor | ||||||
21 | (when applicable)
there shall be printed a subtitle as follows: | ||||||
22 | FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE.
Following this subtitle there shall be | ||||||
23 | an instruction in this form:
(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....) | ||||||
24 | (Insert number of Councilmen to be elected). The names
of the | ||||||
25 | nominees for Councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
| ||||||
26 | (2) For elections where district Councilmen are to be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | elected, a
distinct ballot shall be printed for each district, | ||||||
2 | and following the
names of the candidates for Mayor (when | ||||||
3 | applicable) there shall be
printed a subtitle as follows: FOR | ||||||
4 | DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this
subtitle there shall be an | ||||||
5 | instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this | ||||||
6 | instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 nominees
for | ||||||
7 | district Councilman.
| ||||||
8 | Vacancies shall be filled as prescribed in Section 5-2-12, | ||||||
9 | provided
that a vacancy in the office of a District Councilman | ||||||
10 | shall be filled by
a person who is an actual resident of the | ||||||
11 | district in which the vacancy
occurs.
| ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
| ||||||
13 | (65 ILCS 5/7-2-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 7-2-24. The ballots for the election of officers at | ||||||
15 | the general city
election in a united city shall be prepared in | ||||||
16 | accordance with the general
election law, and in accordance | ||||||
17 | with Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes: (1) Following | ||||||
18 | the names of the candidates for
mayor there shall be printed a | ||||||
19 | sub-title: FOR COMMISSIONER (or COMMISSIONERS)
AT LARGE. | ||||||
20 | Following this sub-title shall be an instruction in this form:
| ||||||
21 | (Vote for one) or (Vote for not more than 2), as the case may | ||||||
22 | be. The names
of the candidates for commissioner at large shall | ||||||
23 | follow this instruction.
(2) Following the names of the | ||||||
24 | candidates at large shall be printed another
sub-title: FOR | ||||||
25 | COMMISSIONER FROM THE BOROUGH OF..... Following this sub-title
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall be an instruction in this form: (Vote for one) and | ||||||
2 | following this
instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 | ||||||
3 | nominees. Sections 7-2-20
through 7-2-24 are applicable only to | ||||||
4 | united cities under a commission form
of government.
| ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law. |