101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2954

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/7-12  from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/10-6  from Ch. 46, par. 10-6
10 ILCS 5/10-6.2  from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.2
10 ILCS 5/10-7  from Ch. 46, par. 10-7
10 ILCS 5/10-8  from Ch. 46, par. 10-8
10 ILCS 5/10-9  from Ch. 46, par. 10-9
10 ILCS 5/10-10  from Ch. 46, par. 10-10
10 ILCS 5/10-11  from Ch. 46, par. 10-11
10 ILCS 5/10-15  from Ch. 46, par. 10-15
60 ILCS 1/150-15
65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-45
65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-20  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-20
65 ILCS 5/4-3-7  from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-7
110 ILCS 805/3-7.10  from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.10

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that a petition for nomination for a municipal or township office shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the seat of the township or municipality is located (rather than in the office of the local election official). Makes conforming changes throughout the Code and in the Township Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the Public Community College Act. Makes other changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 7-12, 10-6, 10-6.2, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11,
6and 10-15 as follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
8    Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
9mail or in person as follows:
10        (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
11    congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
12    nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
13    district which comprises more than one county or is partly
14    in one county and partly in another county or counties,
15    then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such
16    petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
17    office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113
18    and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the
19    primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to
20    fill a vacancy by special election in the office of
21    representative in Congress from this State, such petition
22    for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of
23    the State Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not

 

 

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1    less than 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
2        Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
3    Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
4    preceding the 106th day before a general primary election,
5    petitions for nomination for the office in which the
6    vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office
7    of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less
8    than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary
9    election.
10        Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
11    alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
12    then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
13    principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
14    than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
15    the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
16    policies of a national political party conflict with such
17    requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
18    delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
19    convention, the chair of the State central committee of
20    such national political party shall notify the Board in
21    writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
22    national political party in conflict, and in such case the
23    Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance
24    with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state
25    central committee of such national political party.
26        (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county

 

 

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1    office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition
2    shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more
3    than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the
4    primary.
5        (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
6    or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
7    filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in
8    which the seat of the township or municipality is located
9    local election official, not more than 99 nor less than 92
10    days prior to the date of the primary; provided, where a
11    municipality's or township's boundaries are coextensive
12    with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal
13    board of election commissioners, the petitions shall be
14    filed in the office of such board; and provided, that
15    petitions for the office of multi-township assessor shall
16    be filed with the election authority.
17        (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
18    committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
19    the State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less
20    than 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
21        (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township, or
22    ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
23    county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior
24    to the date of the primary.
25        (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
26    election authorities and local election officials with

 

 

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1    whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify
2    the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt
3    shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each
4    petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting
5    in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as
6    of the normal opening hour of the office involved on such
7    day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal
8    opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
9    and received after midnight of the first day for filing and
10    in the first mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be
11    deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the
12    normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All
13    petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in
14    the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions
15    filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be
16    deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are
17    received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or
18    the various election authorities or local election
19    officials with whom such petitions are filed shall break
20    ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
21    lottery or other fair and impartial method of random
22    selection approved by the State Board of Elections. Such
23    lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following the last
24    day for petition filing and shall be open to the public.
25    Seven days written notice of the time and place of
26    conducting such random selection shall be given by the

 

 

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1    State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
2    committee of each established political party, and by each
3    election authority or local election official, to the
4    County Chair of each established political party, and to
5    each organization of citizens within the election
6    jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
7    next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on
8    the day of election. The State Board of Elections or ,
9    election authority or local election official shall post in
10    a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of
11    the office, notice of the time and place of such lottery.
12    The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and
13    regulations governing the procedures for the conduct of
14    such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
15    order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
16    candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
17    certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
18    candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
19        (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
20    election authority or local election official with whom
21    such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
22    person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of
23    the obligation to file statements of organization, reports
24    of campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign
25    contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act.
26    Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by

 

 

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1    paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
2        (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
3    valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
4    statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
5    Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his or her candidacy
6    with the appropriate officer by the end of the period for
7    the filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a
8    statement of economic interests in relation to the same
9    governmental unit with that officer within a year preceding
10    the date on which such nomination papers were filed. If the
11    nomination papers of any candidate and the statement of
12    economic interest of that candidate are not required to be
13    filed with the same officer, the candidate must file with
14    the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed a
15    receipt from the officer with whom the statement of
16    economic interests is filed showing the date on which such
17    statement was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not
18    later than the last day on which nomination papers may be
19    filed.
20        (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or
21    for committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate
22    to a national nominating convention has been filed may
23    cause his or her name to be withdrawn by request in
24    writing, signed by him and duly acknowledged before an
25    officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and
26    filed in the principal or permanent branch office of the

 

 

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1    State Board of Elections or with the appropriate election
2    authority or local election official, not later than the
3    date of certification of candidates for the consolidated
4    primary or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn
5    shall be certified or printed on the primary ballot. If
6    petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
7    person with respect to more than one political party, his
8    or her name shall not be certified nor printed on the
9    primary ballot of any party. If petitions for nomination
10    have been filed for the same person for 2 or more offices
11    which are incompatible so that the same person could not
12    serve in more than one of such offices if elected, that
13    person must withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such
14    offices within the 5 business days following the last day
15    for petition filing. A candidate in a judicial election may
16    file petitions for nomination for only one vacancy in a
17    subcircuit and only one vacancy in a circuit in any one
18    filing period, and if petitions for nomination have been
19    filed for the same person for 2 or more vacancies in the
20    same circuit or subcircuit in the same filing period, his
21    or her name shall be certified only for the first vacancy
22    for which the petitions for nomination were filed. If he or
23    she fails to withdraw as a candidate for all but one of
24    such offices within such time his or her name shall not be
25    certified, nor printed on the primary ballot, for any
26    office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an

 

 

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1    office in a political party is not incompatible with any
2    other office.
3        (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
4    statute, no primary shall be held for an established
5    political party in any township, municipality, or ward
6    thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
7    office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
8    municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
9    political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
10    as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
11    upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
12    thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
13    such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
14    that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
15    within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
16    which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
17    Article, the nomination of an established political party
18    of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
19    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
20    be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
21    seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
22    office.
23        (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
24    statute, no primary election shall be held for an
25    established political party for any special primary
26    election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the

 

 

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1    office of representative in the United States Congress
2    where the nomination of such political party for said
3    office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
4    the nomination of an established political party of a
5    candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
6    uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
7    nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
8    seeking the nomination of such established party for
9    election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
10    apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
11    scheduled election day.
12        (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
13    and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
14    not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends to
15    become a write-in candidate for a political party's
16    nomination for any office for which the nomination is
17    uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
18    intent with the State Board of Elections or the election
19    authority local election official with whom nomination
20    papers for such office are filed, a primary ballot shall be
21    prepared and a primary shall be held for that office. Such
22    statement or notice shall be filed on or before the date
23    established in this Article for certifying candidates for
24    the primary ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain
25    (i) the name and address of the person intending to become
26    a write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a

 

 

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1    qualified primary elector of the political party from whom
2    the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
3    intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
4    nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
5    write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
6    duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
7    any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
8    statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
9    Section is filed in a timely manner.
10        (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
11    for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
12    Elections or , appropriate election authority or local
13    election official where the petitions are filed shall
14    within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
15    multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
16    business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
17    State Board of Elections or , appropriate election
18    authority or local election official that he or she may
19    cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies
20    the State Board of Elections or , appropriate election
21    authority or local election official, the last set of
22    petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be
23    considered valid by the State Board of Elections or ,
24    election authority or local election official. If the
25    candidate fails to notify the State Board of Elections or ,
26    election authority, or local election official then only

 

 

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1    the first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all
2    subsequent petitions shall be void.
3        (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
4    public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
5    not less than 6 months.
6        (13) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
7    statute, all nominating petitions shall be filed with
8    either the State Board of Elections or the appropriate
9    election authority.
10(Source: P.A. 99-221, eff. 7-31-15; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/10-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
12    Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Certificates of
13nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
14candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire
15State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for
16congressional, state legislative or judicial offices, shall be
17presented to the principal office of the State Board of
18Elections not more than 141 nor less than 134 days previous to
19the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. The
20State Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of
21nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and the
22date and hour of presentment to it. Except as otherwise
23provided in this Section section, all other certificates for
24the nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county
25clerk of the respective counties not more than 141 but at least

 

 

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1134 days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of
2nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
3candidates for school district offices to be filled at
4consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or
5county board of election commissioners of the county in which
6the principal office of the school district is located not more
7than 113 nor less than 106 days before the consolidated
8election. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for
9the nomination of candidates for the other offices of political
10subdivisions to be filled at regular elections other than the
11general election shall be filed with the county clerk of the
12respective county local election official of such subdivision:
13        (1) (Blank);
14        (2) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
15    the consolidated election; or
16        (3) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
17    the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be
18    filled at the general primary election; or
19        (4) not more than 99 nor less than 92 days before the
20    consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be
21    elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including
22    without limitation, those municipal offices subject to
23    Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
24        (5) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the
25    municipal primary in even numbered years for such
26    nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are

 

 

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1    provided; or
2        (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
3    multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
4    with the election authority not more than 113 nor less than
5    106 days before the consolidated election.
6    However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
7co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
8municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
9nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
10political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
11such Board.
12(Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
13    (10 ILCS 5/10-6.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6.2)
14    Sec. 10-6.2. The State Board of Elections or , the election
15authority or the local election official with whom petitions
16for nomination are filed pursuant to this Article 10 shall
17specify the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt
18shall endorse thereon the day and the hour at which each
19petition was filed. Except as provided by Article 9 of The
20School Code, all petitions filed by persons waiting in line as
21of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as of the normal
22opening hour of the office involved on such day, shall be
23deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening hour, as the
24case may be. Petitions filed by mail and received after
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1delivery or pickup of that day shall be deemed filed as of 8:00
2a.m. of that day or as of the normal opening hour of such day,
3as the case may be. All petitions received thereafter shall be
4deemed filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
5petitions filed within the last hour of the filing deadline
6shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions
7are received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or ,
8the election authority or the local election official with whom
9such petitions are filed shall break ties and determine the
10order of filing by means of a lottery or other fair and
11impartial method of random selection approved by the State
12Board of Elections. Such lottery shall be conducted within 9
13days following the last day for petition filing and shall be
14open to the public. Seven days written notice of the time and
15place of conducting such random selection shall be given, by
16the State Board of Elections or , the election authority, or
17local election official, to the Chair of each political party,
18and to each organization of citizens within the election
19jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Code, at the next
20preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of
21election. The State Board of Elections or , the election
22authority or local election official shall post in a
23conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
24office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The State
25Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations governing
26the procedures for the conduct of such lottery. All candidates

 

 

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1shall be certified in the order in which their petitions have
2been filed and in the manner prescribed by Section 10-14 and
310-15 of this Article. Where candidates have filed
4simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order determined
5by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the same office or
6offices at a later time. Certificates of nomination filed
7within the period prescribed in Section 10-6(2) for candidates
8nominated by caucus for township or municipal offices shall be
9subject to the ballot placement lottery for established
10political parties prescribed in Section 7-60 of this Code.
11    If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for a
12candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections or ,
13appropriate election authority or local election official
14where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
15notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings
16and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the
17notice to notify the State Board of Elections or , appropriate
18election authority or local election official that he or she
19may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies
20the State Board of Elections or , appropriate election authority
21or local election official, the last set of petitions filed
22shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State
23Board of Elections or , election authority or local election
24official. If the candidate fails to notify the State Board of
25Elections or , appropriate election authority, or local
26election official then only the first set of petitions filed

 

 

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1shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be void.
2(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/10-7)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-7)
4    Sec. 10-7. Any person whose name has been presented as a
5candidate, including nonpartisan and independent candidates,
6may cause his or her name to be withdrawn from any such
7nomination by his request in writing, signed by him and duly
8acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
9acknowledgment of deeds, and presented to the principal office
10or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or ,
11the appropriate election authority, or the local election
12official, as the case may be, not later than the date for
13certification of candidates for the ballot. No name so
14withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballots under the party
15appellation or title from which the candidate has withdrawn his
16or her name. If such a request for withdrawal is received after
17the date for certification of the candidates for the ballot,
18then the votes cast for the withdrawn candidate are invalid and
19shall not be reported by the State Board of Elections or
20election authority. If the name of the same person has been
21presented as a candidate for 2 or more offices which are
22incompatible so that the same person could not serve in more
23than one of such offices if elected, that person must withdraw
24as a candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
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1or she fails to withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such
2offices within such time, his or her name shall not be
3certified, nor printed on the ballot, for any office. However,
4nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding a
5judge who is seeking retention in office from also being a
6candidate for another judicial office. Except as otherwise
7herein provided, in case the certificate of nomination or
8petition as provided for in this Article shall contain or
9exhibit the name of any candidate for any office upon more than
10one of said certificates or petitions (for the same office),
11then and in that case the State Board of Elections or election
12authority or local election official, as the case may be, shall
13immediately notify said candidate of said fact and that his or
14her name appears unlawfully upon more than one of said
15certificates or petitions and that within 3 days from the
16receipt of said notification, said candidate must elect as to
17which of said political party appellations or groups he or she
18desires his or her name to appear and remain under upon said
19ballot, and if said candidate refuses, fails or neglects to
20make such election, then and in that case the State Board of
21Elections or election authority or local election official, as
22the case may be, shall permit the name of said candidate to
23appear or be printed or placed upon said ballot only under the
24political party appellation or group appearing on the
25certificate of nomination or petition, as the case may be,
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1of said candidate from all certificates of nomination and
2petitions filed after the first such certificate of nomination
3or petition.
4    Whenever the name of a candidate for an office is withdrawn
5from a new political party petition, it shall constitute a
6vacancy in nomination for that office which may be filled in
7accordance with Section 10-11 of this Article; provided, that
8if the names of all candidates for all offices on a new
9political party petition are withdrawn or such petition is
10declared invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial review,
11no vacancies in nomination for those offices shall exist and
12the filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill
13vacancies in nomination shall have no legal effect.
14    Whenever the name of an independent candidate for an office
15is withdrawn or an independent candidate's petition is declared
16invalid by an electoral board or upon judicial review, no
17vacancy in nomination for that office shall exist and the
18filing of any notice or resolution purporting to fill a vacancy
19in nomination shall have no legal effect.
20    All certificates of nomination and nomination papers when
21presented or filed shall be open, under proper regulation, to
22public inspection, and the State Board of Elections and the
23several election authorities and local election officials
24having charge of nomination papers shall preserve the same in
25their respective offices not less than 6 months.
26(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 

 

 

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1    (10 ILCS 5/10-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-8)
2    Sec. 10-8. Certificates of nomination and nomination
3papers, and petitions to submit public questions to a
4referendum, being filed as required by this Code, and being in
5apparent conformity with the provisions of this Act, shall be
6deemed to be valid unless objection thereto is duly made in
7writing within 5 business days after the last day for filing
8the certificate of nomination or nomination papers or petition
9for a public question, with the following exceptions:
10        A. In the case of petitions to amend Article IV of the
11    Constitution of the State of Illinois, there shall be a
12    period of 35 business days after the last day for the
13    filing of such petitions in which objections can be filed.
14        B. In the case of petitions for advisory questions of
15    public policy to be submitted to the voters of the entire
16    State, there shall be a period of 35 business days after
17    the last day for the filing of such petitions in which
18    objections can be filed.
19    Any legal voter of the political subdivision or district in
20which the candidate or public question is to be voted on, or
21any legal voter in the State in the case of a proposed
22amendment to Article IV of the Constitution or an advisory
23public question to be submitted to the voters of the entire
24State, having objections to any certificate of nomination or
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1petition together with 2 copies thereof in the principal office
2or the permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections,
3or in the office of the election authority or local election
4official with whom the certificate of nomination, nomination
5papers or petitions are on file. Objection petitions that do
6not include 2 copies thereof, shall not be accepted. In the
7case of nomination papers or certificates of nomination, the
8State Board of Elections or , election authority or local
9election official shall note the day and hour upon which such
10objector's petition is filed, and shall, not later than 12:00
11noon on the second business day after receipt of the petition,
12transmit by registered mail or receipted personal delivery the
13certificate of nomination or nomination papers and the original
14objector's petition to the chair of the proper electoral board
15designated in Section 10-9 hereof, or his or her authorized
16agent, and shall transmit a copy by registered mail or
17receipted personal delivery of the objector's petition, to the
18candidate whose certificate of nomination or nomination papers
19are objected to, addressed to the place of residence designated
20in said certificate of nomination or nomination papers. In the
21case of objections to a petition for a proposed amendment to
22Article IV of the Constitution or for an advisory public
23question to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
24State Board of Elections shall note the day and hour upon which
25such objector's petition is filed and shall transmit a copy of
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1personal delivery to the person designated on a certificate
2attached to the petition as the principal proponent of such
3proposed amendment or public question, or as the proponents'
4attorney, for the purpose of receiving notice of objections. In
5the case of objections to a petition for a public question, to
6be submitted to the voters of a political subdivision, or
7district thereof, the election authority or local election
8official with whom such petition is filed shall note the day
9and hour upon which such objector's petition was filed, and
10shall, not later than 12:00 noon on the second business day
11after receipt of the petition, transmit by registered mail or
12receipted personal delivery the petition for the public
13question and the original objector's petition to the chair of
14the proper electoral board designated in Section 10-9 hereof,
15or his or her authorized agent, and shall transmit a copy by
16registered mail or receipted personal delivery, of the
17objector's petition to the person designated on a certificate
18attached to the petition as the principal proponent of the
19public question, or as the proponent's attorney, for the
20purposes of receiving notice of objections.
21    The objector's petition shall give the objector's name and
22residence address, and shall state fully the nature of the
23objections to the certificate of nomination or nomination
24papers or petitions in question, and shall state the interest
25of the objector and shall state what relief is requested of the
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1    The provisions of this Section and of Sections 10-9, 10-10
2and 10-10.1 shall also apply to and govern objections to
3petitions for nomination filed under Article 7 or Article 8,
4except as otherwise provided in Section 7-13 for cases to which
5it is applicable, and also apply to and govern petitions for
6the submission of public questions under Article 28.
7(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
8    (10 ILCS 5/10-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-9)
9    Sec. 10-9. The following electoral boards are designated
10for the purpose of hearing and passing upon the objector's
11petition described in Section 10-8.
12        1. The State Board of Elections will hear and pass upon
13    objections to the nominations of candidates for State
14    offices, nominations of candidates for congressional or
15    legislative offices that are in more than one county or are
16    wholly located within a single county with a population of
17    less than 3,000,000 and judicial offices of districts,
18    subcircuits, or circuits situated in more than one county,
19    nominations of candidates for the offices of State's
20    attorney or regional superintendent of schools to be
21    elected from more than one county, and petitions for
22    proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of
23    Illinois as provided for in Section 3 of Article XIV of the
24    Constitution.
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1    a population of less than 3,000,000 to hear and pass upon
2    objections to the nominations of candidates for county
3    offices and judicial offices of a district, subcircuit, or
4    circuit coterminous with or less than a county, for any
5    school district offices, for the office of multi-township
6    assessor where candidates for such office are nominated in
7    accordance with this Code, and for all special district
8    offices, shall be composed of the county clerk, or an
9    assistant designated by the county clerk, the State's
10    attorney of the county or an Assistant State's Attorney
11    designated by the State's Attorney, and the clerk of the
12    circuit court, or an assistant designated by the clerk of
13    the circuit court, of the county, of whom the county clerk
14    or his or her designee shall be the chair, except that in
15    any county which has established a county board of election
16    commissioners that board shall constitute the county
17    officers electoral board ex-officio. If a school district
18    is located in 2 or more counties, the county officers
19    electoral board of the county in which the principal office
20    of the school district is located shall hear and pass upon
21    objections to nominations of candidates for school
22    district office in that school district.
23        2.5. The county officers electoral board of a county
24    with a population of 3,000,000 or more to hear and pass
25    upon objections to the nominations of candidates for county
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1    offices if the district is wholly within a county with a
2    population of 3,000,000 or more, unless the district is
3    wholly or partially within the jurisdiction of a municipal
4    board of election commissioners, and judicial offices of a
5    district, subcircuit, or circuit coterminous with or less
6    than a county, for any school district offices, for the
7    office of multi-township assessor where candidates for
8    such office are nominated in accordance with this Code, and
9    for all special district offices, shall be composed of the
10    county clerk, or an assistant designated by the county
11    clerk, the State's Attorney of the county or an Assistant
12    State's Attorney designated by the State's Attorney, and
13    the clerk of the circuit court, or an assistant designated
14    by the clerk of the circuit court, of the county, of whom
15    the county clerk or his or her designee shall be the chair,
16    except that, in any county which has established a county
17    board of election commissioners, that board shall
18    constitute the county officers electoral board ex-officio.
19    If a school district is located in 2 or more counties, the
20    county officers electoral board of the county in which the
21    principal office of the school district is located shall
22    hear and pass upon objections to nominations of candidates
23    for school district office in that school district.
24        3. Objections to the nomination of candidates for
25    officers of municipalities, officers of townships, and
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1    the county officers electoral board in the county where the
2    municipality, township, or community college district is
3    situated. Where a municipality, township, or community
4    college district is situated in 2 or more counties, the
5    county officers electoral board of the county in which the
6    principal office of the municipality, township, or
7    community college is located shall hear and pass upon
8    objections to nominations of candidates in that
9    municipality, township, or community college district. The
10    municipal officers electoral board to hear and pass upon
11    objections to the nominations of candidates for officers of
12    municipalities shall be composed of the mayor or president
13    of the board of trustees of the city, village or
14    incorporated town, and the city, village or incorporated
15    town clerk, and one member of the city council or board of
16    trustees, that member being designated who is eligible to
17    serve on the electoral board and has served the greatest
18    number of years as a member of the city council or board of
19    trustees, of whom the mayor or president of the board of
20    trustees shall be the chair.
21        4. (Blank). The township officers electoral board to
22    pass upon objections to the nominations of township
23    officers shall be composed of the township supervisor, the
24    town clerk, and that eligible town trustee elected in the
25    township who has had the longest term of continuous service
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1    the chair.
2        5. (Blank). The education officers electoral board to
3    hear and pass upon objections to the nominations of
4    candidates for offices in community college districts
5    shall be composed of the presiding officer of the community
6    college district board, who shall be the chair, the
7    secretary of the community college district board and the
8    eligible elected community college board member who has the
9    longest term of continuous service as a board member.
10        6. In all cases, however, where the Congressional,
11    Legislative, or Representative district is wholly or
12    partially within the jurisdiction of a single municipal
13    board of election commissioners in Cook County and in all
14    cases where the school district or special district is
15    wholly within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of
16    election commissioners and in all cases where the
17    municipality or township is wholly or partially within the
18    jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
19    commissioners, the board of election commissioners shall
20    ex-officio constitute the electoral board.
21    For special districts situated in more than one county, the
22county officers electoral board of the county in which the
23principal office of the district is located has jurisdiction to
24hear and pass upon objections. For purposes of this Section,
25"special districts" means all political subdivisions other
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1community college districts.
2    In the event that any member of the appropriate board is a
3candidate for the office with relation to which the objector's
4petition is filed, he or she shall not be eligible to serve on
5that board and shall not act as a member of the board and the
6county treasurer shall serve in his or her place. If the county
7treasurer is ineligible to serve, the sheriff of the county
8shall serve in his or her place. his place shall be filled as
9follows:
10        a. In the county officers electoral board by the county
11    treasurer, and if he or she is ineligible to serve, by the
12    sheriff of the county.
13        b. In the municipal officers electoral board by the
14    eligible elected city council or board of trustees member
15    who has served the second greatest number of years as a
16    city council or board of trustees member.
17        c. In the township officers electoral board by the
18    eligible elected town trustee who has had the second
19    longest term of continuous service as a town trustee.
20        d. In the education officers electoral board by the
21    eligible elected community college district board member
22    who has had the second longest term of continuous service
23    as a board member.
24    In the event that the chair of the electoral board is
25ineligible to act because of the fact that he or she is a
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1petition is filed, then the substitute chosen under the
2provisions of this Section shall be the chair; In this case,
3the officer or board with whom the objector's petition is
4filed, shall transmit the certificate of nomination or
5nomination papers as the case may be, and the objector's
6petition to the substitute chair of the electoral board.
7    When 2 or more eligible individuals, by reason of their
8terms of service on a city council or board of trustees,
9township board of trustees, or community college district
10board, qualify to serve on an electoral board, the one to serve
11shall be chosen by lot.
12    Any vacancies on an electoral board not otherwise filled
13pursuant to this Section shall be filled by public members
14appointed by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for the
15county wherein the electoral board hearing is being held upon
16notification to the Chief Judge of such vacancies. The Chief
17Judge shall be so notified by a member of the electoral board
18or the officer or board with whom the objector's petition was
19filed. In the event that none of the individuals designated by
20this Section to serve on the electoral board are eligible, the
21chair of an electoral board shall be designated by the Chief
22Judge.
23(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
24    (10 ILCS 5/10-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10)
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1certificate of nomination or nomination papers or proposed
2question of public policy, as the case may be, and the
3objector's petition, the chair of the electoral board other
4than the State Board of Elections shall send a call by
5registered or certified mail to each of the members of the
6electoral board, and to the objector who filed the objector's
7petition, and either to the candidate whose certificate of
8nomination or nomination papers are objected to or to the
9principal proponent or attorney for proponents of a question of
10public policy, as the case may be, whose petitions are objected
11to, and shall also cause the sheriff of the county or counties
12in which such officers and persons reside to serve a copy of
13such call upon each of such officers and persons, which call
14shall set out the fact that the electoral board is required to
15meet to hear and pass upon the objections to nominations made
16for the office, designating it, and shall state the day, hour
17and place at which the electoral board shall meet for the
18purpose, which place shall be in the county court house in the
19county in the case of the County Officers Electoral Board, the
20Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the Township Officers
21Electoral Board or the Education Officers Electoral Board,
22except that the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the
23Township Officers Electoral Board, and the Education Officers
24Electoral Board may meet at the location where the governing
25body of the municipality, township, or community college
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1meetings, if that location is available; provided that voter
2records may be removed from the offices of an election
3authority only at the discretion and under the supervision of
4the election authority. In those cases where the State Board of
5Elections is the electoral board designated under Section 10-9,
6the chair of the State Board of Elections shall, within 24
7hours after the receipt of the certificate of nomination or
8nomination papers or petitions for a proposed amendment to
9Article IV of the Constitution or proposed statewide question
10of public policy, send a call by registered or certified mail
11to the objector who files the objector's petition, and either
12to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or nomination
13papers are objected to or to the principal proponent or
14attorney for proponents of the proposed Constitutional
15amendment or statewide question of public policy and shall
16state the day, hour, and place at which the electoral board
17shall meet for the purpose, which place may be in the Capitol
18Building or in the principal or permanent branch office of the
19State Board of Elections. The day of the meeting shall not be
20less than 3 nor more than 5 days after the receipt of the
21certificate of nomination or nomination papers and the
22objector's petition by the chair of the electoral board.
23    The electoral board shall have the power to administer
24oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and, at the request
25of either party and only upon a vote by a majority of its
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1the attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum requiring
2the production of such books, papers, records and documents as
3may be evidence of any matter under inquiry before the
4electoral board, in the same manner as witnesses are subpoenaed
5in the circuit court Circuit Court.
6    Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
7other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
8the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
9law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who causes
10the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so served
11shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such subpoena, or
12to testify, the electoral board shall at once file a petition
13in the circuit court of the county in which such hearing is to
14be heard, or has been attempted to be heard, setting forth the
15facts, of such knowing refusal or neglect, and accompanying the
16petition with a copy of the citation and the answer, if one has
17been filed, together with a copy of the subpoena and the return
18of service thereon, and shall apply for an order of court
19requiring such person to attend and testify, and forthwith
20produce books and papers, before the electoral board. Any
21circuit court of the state, excluding the judge who is sitting
22on the electoral board, upon such showing shall order such
23person to appear and testify, and to forthwith produce such
24books and papers, before the electoral board at a place to be
25fixed by the court. If such person shall knowingly fail or
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1the court shall punish him or her by fine and imprisonment, as
2the nature of the case may require and may be lawful in cases
3of contempt of court.
4    The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
5adopt rules of procedure for the introduction of evidence and
6the presentation of arguments and may, in its discretion,
7provide for the filing of briefs by the parties to the
8objection or by other interested persons.
9    In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
10objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of the
11Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
12Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public policy
13to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
14certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
15commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
16signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
17accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
18valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed in
19the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and 28-12 of
20this Code. Either party, however, may introduce evidence at
21such hearing to dispute the findings as to particular
22signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the absence of
23competent evidence presented at such hearing by a party
24substantially challenging the results of a random sample, or
25showing a different result obtained by an additional sample,
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1commissioners shall be presumed to establish the ratio of valid
2to invalid signatures within the particular election
3jurisdiction.
4    The electoral board shall take up the question as to
5whether or not the certificate of nomination or nomination
6papers or petitions are in proper form, and whether or not they
7were filed within the time and under the conditions required by
8law, and whether or not they are the genuine certificate of
9nomination or nomination papers or petitions which they purport
10to be, and whether or not in the case of the certificate of
11nomination in question it represents accurately the decision of
12the caucus or convention issuing it, and in general shall
13decide whether or not the certificate of nomination or
14nominating papers or petitions on file are valid or whether the
15objections thereto should be sustained and the decision of a
16majority of the electoral board shall be final subject to
17judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1. The electoral
18board must state its findings in writing and must state in
19writing which objections, if any, it has sustained. A copy of
20the decision shall be served upon the parties to the
21proceedings in open proceedings before the electoral board. If
22a party does not appear for receipt of the decision, the
23decision shall be deemed to have been served on the absent
24party on the date when a copy of the decision is personally
25delivered or on the date when a copy of the decision is
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1package, with postage prepaid, addressed to each party affected
2by the decision or to such party's attorney of record, if any,
3at the address on record for such person in the files of the
4electoral board.
5    Upon the expiration of the period within which a proceeding
6for judicial review must be commenced under Section 10-10.1,
7the electoral board shall, unless a proceeding for judicial
8review has been commenced within such period, transmit, by
9registered or certified mail, a certified copy of its ruling,
10together with the original certificate of nomination or
11nomination papers or petitions and the original objector's
12petition, to the officer or board with whom the certificate of
13nomination or nomination papers or petitions, as objected to,
14were on file, and such officer or board shall abide by and
15comply with the ruling so made to all intents and purposes.
16(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
17100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
18    (10 ILCS 5/10-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11)
19    Sec. 10-11. Any vacancy in the nomination of a new
20political party candidate occurring prior to the date of
21certification of candidates for the ballot by the certifying
22board or officer must be filled prior to the date of
23certification. The resolution to fill such vacancy shall be
24sent by U.S. mail or personal delivery to the certifying
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1vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is sent by
2mail and the U.S. postmark on the envelope containing such
3resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day
4limit, the notice or resolution shall be deemed filed within
5such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit the notice or
6resolution within the time specified in this Section shall
7authorize the certifying officer or board to certify the
8original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled by the new
9political party officers.
10    Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification
11but prior to 15 days before a regular election shall be filled
12by the new political party officers within 8 days after the
13event creating the vacancy in the manner heretofore prescribed.
14    The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
15duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
16acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
17following information:
18    (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
19vacated;
20    (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
21    (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
22the vacancy and the date of selection.
23    The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
24accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
25Section 10-5, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
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1interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
2    The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
3objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
4papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
5apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
6vacancy in nomination.
7    Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
8a regular election shall not be filled. In this event the
9certification of the original candidate shall stand and his or
10her name shall appear on the official ballot to be voted at the
11election.
12    A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
13been nominated under the provisions of Section 10-2 dies before
14the election, or declines the nomination; provided that
15nomination may become vacant for other reasons.
16    However, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to
17any vacancy in nomination for a municipal office for which the
18Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended, provides a
19different method for filling such vacancy, and the applicable
20provision of the Municipal Code shall govern in such cases.
21    Any vacancy in a nomination by caucus of an established
22political party for a township or municipal office shall be
23filled in accordance with Section 7-61 of this Code.
24    For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
25"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
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1official ballot at an election and directing election
2authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
3official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
4the local election official, election authority or the State
5Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination
6papers, certificates of nomination papers, and resolutions to
7fill vacancies in nomination are filed and whose duty it is to
8"certify" candidates.
9(Source: P.A. 84-757.)
 
10    (10 ILCS 5/10-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-15)
11    Sec. 10-15. Not less than 68 days before the date of the
12consolidated and nonpartisan elections, each election
13authority local election official with whom certificates of
14nomination or nominating petitions have been filed shall
15certify to each election authority having jurisdiction over any
16of the territory of his political subdivision the names of all
17candidates entitled to be printed on the ballot for offices of
18the that political subdivisions for which the election
19authority has jurisdiction subdivision to be voted upon at such
20election and direct the election authority to place upon the
21official ballot for such election the names of such candidates
22in the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
23certification.
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1order in which such candidates' certificates of nomination or
2nominating petitions were filed in his office. However, subject
3to appeal, the names of candidates whose petitions have been
4held invalid by the appropriate electoral board provided in
5Section 10-9 of this Act shall not be so certified. The
6certification shall be modified as necessary to comply with the
7requirements of any other statute or any ordinance adopted
8pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution prescribing
9specific provisions for nonpartisan elections, including
10without limitation Articles 4 and 5 of "The Municipal Code" or
11Article 9 of The School Code.
12    In every instance where applicable, the following shall
13also be indicated in the certification:
14        (1) The political party affiliation, if any, of the
15    candidates for the respective offices;
16        (2) Where there is to be more than one candidate
17    elected to an office from a political subdivision or
18    district;
19        (3) Where a voter has the right to vote for more than
20    one candidate for an office;
21        (4) The terms of the office to be on the ballot, when a
22    vacancy is to be filled for less than a full term, or when
23    offices of a particular subdivision to be on the ballot at
24    the same election are to be filled for different terms;
25        (5) The territory in which a candidate is required by
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1    identical to the territory of the political subdivision
2    from which the candidate is to be elected or nominated;
3        (6) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
4    have been objected to and the objection has been sustained
5    by the electoral board established in Section 10-10, the
6    words "OBJECTION SUSTAINED" shall be placed under the title
7    of the office being sought by the candidate and the name of
8    the aggrieved candidate shall not appear; and
9        (7) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions
10    have been objected to and the decision of the electoral
11    board established in Section 10-10 is either unknown or
12    known to be in judicial review, the words "OBJECTION
13    PENDING" shall be placed under the title of the office
14    being sought by the candidate and next to the name of the
15    candidate.
16    For the consolidated election, and for the general primary
17in the case of certain municipalities having annual elections,
18the candidates of new political parties shall be placed on the
19ballot for such elections after the established political party
20candidates and in the order of new political party petition
21filings.
22    The local election authority or election authorities
23official shall issue an amended certification whenever it is
24discovered that the original certification is in error.
25(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 96-1008, eff. 7-6-10.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
2Section 150-15 as follows:
 
3    (60 ILCS 1/150-15)
4    Sec. 150-15. Board of managers; election; organization;
5salary.
6    (a) The community building or buildings, if authorized at
7an election, shall be under the care and supervision of a board
8of managers. The board of managers shall consist of 3 persons
9who are registered to vote from a residence in the township.
10Each member of the board of managers may be paid a salary not
11to exceed $25 per day or $500 per year, as determined by the
12township board, for attendance at township meetings and
13business travel pertaining to official duties.
14    (b) The first board of managers shall be elected at the
15regular election at which the referendum for the first issue of
16bonds for the establishment of a community building or
17buildings is authorized by the voters. Three managers shall be
18elected at the time of the regular township election provided
19in the general election law and until their successors are
20elected and qualified.
21    (c) Candidates for the board of managers shall be nominated
22by a petition signed by 10 registered voters of the township
23and filed with the appropriate election authority township
24clerk within the time prescribed by the general election law.
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1of the candidates as prescribed by the general election law to
2the proper election authorities. The election shall be
3conducted in the manner prescribed by the general election law.
4The 3 candidates receiving the highest number of votes,
5respectively, shall be declared elected and shall assume the
6duties of their office on the first Monday of the month
7following their election.
8    (d) Within 10 days after assuming office, the board of
9managers shall meet and organize. One member shall be elected
10chairman and one member shall be elected clerk of the board. A
11majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
12transaction of business. If a vacancy occurs on the board, the
13vacancy shall be filled by the remaining managers within 60
14days by the appointment of a person who is qualified to be a
15manager. The person appointed shall serve the remainder of the
16unexpired term.
17(Source: P.A. 86-283; 88-62.)
 
18    Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
19changing Sections 3.1-20-45, 3.1-25-20, and 4-3-7 as follows:
 
20    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-45)
21    Sec. 3.1-20-45. Nonpartisan primary elections; uncontested
22office. A city incorporated under this Code that elects
23municipal officers at nonpartisan primary and general
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1Election Code, except that no office for which nomination is
2uncontested shall be included on the primary ballot and no
3primary shall be held for that office. For the purposes of this
4Section, an office is uncontested when not more than 4 persons
5to be nominated for each office have timely filed valid
6nominating papers seeking nomination for the election to that
7office.
8    Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, when a person (i)
9who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and (ii) who
10intends to become a write-in candidate for nomination for any
11office for which nomination is uncontested files a written
12statement or notice of that intent with the proper election
13authority official with whom the nomination papers for that
14office are filed, if the write-in candidate becomes the fifth
15candidate filed, a primary ballot must be prepared and a
16primary must be held for the office. The statement or notice
17must be filed on or before the 61st day before the consolidated
18primary election. The statement must contain (i) the name and
19address of the person intending to become a write-in candidate,
20(ii) a statement that the person intends to become a write-in
21candidate, and (iii) the office the person is seeking as a
22write-in candidate. An election authority has no duty to
23conduct a primary election or prepare a primary ballot unless a
24statement meeting the requirements of this paragraph is filed
25in a timely manner.
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1placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general municipal
2election in the following manner:
3        (1) If one officer is to be elected, then the 2
4    candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall be
5    placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general
6    municipal election.
7        (2) If 2 aldermen are to be elected at large, then the
8    4 candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall
9    be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general
10    municipal election.
11        (3) If 3 aldermen are to be elected at large, then the
12    6 candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall
13    be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general
14    municipal election.
15    The name of a write-in candidate may not be placed on the
16ballot for the next succeeding general municipal election
17unless he or she receives a number of votes in the primary
18election that equals or exceeds the number of signatures
19required on a petition for nomination for that office or that
20exceeds the number of votes received by at least one of the
21candidates whose names were printed on the primary ballot for
22nomination for or election to the same office.
23(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
 
24    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-20)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-20)
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1under this Code shall nominate and elect candidates for
2president and trustees in nonpartisan primary and general
3elections as provided in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-55
4until the electors of the village vote to require the partisan
5election of the president and trustees at a referendum in the
6manner provided in Section 3.1-25-65 after January 1, 1992. The
7provisions of Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-55 shall apply
8to all villages incorporated under this Code that have operated
9under those Sections without the adoption of those provisions
10by the referendum provided in Section 3.1-25-60 as well as
11those villages that have adopted those provisions by the
12referendum provided in Section 3.1-25-60 until the electors of
13those villages vote to require the partisan election of the
14president and trustees in the manner provided in Section
153.1-25-65. Villages that have nominated and elected candidates
16for president and trustees in partisan elections prior to
17January 1, 1992, may continue to hold partisan elections
18without conducting a referendum in the manner provided in
19Section 3.1-25-65. All candidates for nomination to be voted
20for at all general municipal elections at which a president or
21trustees, or both, are to be elected under this Article shall
22be nominated from the village at large by a primary election.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no primary
24shall be held in any village when the nomination for every
25office to be voted upon by the electors of the village is
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1to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted upon by
2the electors of the village, then a primary must be held in the
3village, provided that the primary ballot shall not include
4those offices in the village for which the nomination is
5uncontested. For the purposes of this Section, an office is
6uncontested when not more than the number of persons to be
7nominated to the office have timely filed valid nominating
8papers seeking nomination for election to that office.
9    Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, when a person (i)
10who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and (ii) who
11intends to become a write-in candidate for nomination for any
12office for which nomination is uncontested files a written
13statement or notice of that intent with the proper election
14authority official with whom the nomination papers for that
15office are filed, a primary ballot must be prepared and a
16primary must be held for the office. The statement or notice
17must be filed on or before the 61st day before the consolidated
18primary election. The statement must contain (i) the name and
19address of the person intending to become a write-in candidate,
20(ii) a statement that the person intends to become a write-in
21candidate, and (iii) the office the person is seeking as a
22write-in candidate. An election authority has no duty to
23conduct a primary election or prepare a primary ballot unless a
24statement meeting the requirements of this paragraph is filed
25in a timely manner.
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1prescribed in Sections 3.1-25-20 through 3.1-25-65 shall be
2placed on the ballot at the general municipal election. The
3proper election authority village clerk shall certify the
4offices to be filled and the candidates for those offices to
5the proper election authority as provided in the general
6election law. A primary for those offices, if required, shall
7be held in accordance with the general election law.
8(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
9    (65 ILCS 5/4-3-7)  (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-7)
10    Sec. 4-3-7. Any person desiring to become a candidate for
11nomination for mayor or commissioner shall file with the county
12municipal clerk of the county in which the seat of the
13municipality is located, or, in those municipalities having a
14board of election commissioners, with the clerk of that board,
15a statement of his or her candidacy, in the form provided in
16the general election law. This statement shall be filed at the
17time provided in the general election law.
18    This statement shall be sworn (or affirmed) before an
19officer, in which the person making the statement resides,
20authorized to administer oaths. If the municipality has voted,
21as provided in Section 4-3-19, to require candidates for
22commissioner to run for a specific office, a statement of
23candidacy for commissioner shall specify whether the candidacy
24is for commissioner of accounts and finances, commissioner of
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1improvements, or commissioner of public property. No person
2shall file statements of candidacy for both mayor and
3commissioner or for more than one of the commissioner offices.
4    Any person having filed as a candidate for mayor or
5commissioner may withdraw within the time provided in the
6general election law.
7(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
 
8    Section 20. The Public Community College Act is amended by
9changing Section 3-7.10 as follows:
 
10    (110 ILCS 805/3-7.10)  (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.10)
11    Sec. 3-7.10. Nominations for members of the board shall be
12made by a petition signed by at least 50 voters or 10% of the
13voters, whichever is less, residing within the district and
14shall be filed with the appropriate election authority
15secretary of the board. In addition to the requirements of the
16general election law, the form of such petitions shall be
17substantially as follows:
18
NOMINATING PETITIONS
19    To the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Community
20College District No. ....:
21    We the undersigned, being (.... or more) (or 10% or more)
22of the voters residing within said district, hereby petition
23that .... who resides at .... in the (city or village) of ....
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1incorporated town and in Township ....) in said district shall
2be a candidate for the office of .... of the Board of Trustees
3(full term) (vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be
4held on (insert date).
5Name:                         Address:
 
6    Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
7unless the candidate named therein files with the secretary of
8the board a receipt from the county clerk showing that the
9candidate has filed a statement of economic interests as
10required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt
11shall be so filed either previously during the calendar year in
12which his or her nomination papers were filed or within the
13period for the filing of nomination papers in accordance with
14the general election law.
15    The secretary of the board shall notify each candidate, or
16the appropriate committee, for whom a petition for nomination
17has been filed of their obligations under the Campaign
18Financing Act, as required by the general election law. Such
19notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the State Board
20of Elections and in accordance with the requirements of the
21general election law.
22    All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of
23trustees shall be filed with the secretary of the board within
24the time provided for by the general election law. Said
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1authority in accordance with the requirements of the general
2election law. If the secretary is an incumbent board member
3seeking reelection, a disinterested person must be a witness to
4the filing of his or her petition. It is the duty of the
5secretary to provide candidates with petition forms and
6statements of candidacy.
7    The secretary shall within 7 days of filing or on the last
8day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
9petitioner in writing his or her acceptance of the petition.
10    In all newly organized districts the petition for the
11nomination of candidates for members of the board at the first
12election shall be addressed to and filed with the regional
13superintendent in the manner specified for the petitions for
14candidates of a community college board. For such election the
15regional superintendent shall fulfill all duties otherwise
16assigned to the secretary of the board.
17(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)