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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4
ARTICLE 1

 
5    Section 1-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6Sections 7-11, 7-12, 7-61, 8-17, and 25-6 as follows:
 
7    (10 ILCS 5/7-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
8    Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United
9States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of his
10political party by filing in the office of the State Board of
11Elections not more than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days
12prior to the date of the general primary, in any year in which
13a Presidential election is to be held, a petition signed by not
14less than 3000 or more than 5000 primary electors, members of
15and affiliated with the party of which he is a candidate, and
16no candidate for President of the United States, who fails to
17comply with the provisions of this Article shall have his name
18printed upon any primary ballot; provided : Provided, however,
19that if the rules or policies of a national political party
20conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for
21President of the United States in a presidential preference
22primary, the Chair of the State central committee of such

 

 

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1national political party shall notify the State Board of
2Elections in writing, citing by reference the rules or
3policies of the national political party in conflict, and in
4such case the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
5accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
6state central committee of such national political party.
7Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a national
8political party otherwise provide, the vote for President of
9the United States, as herein provided for, shall be for the
10sole purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and
11will of the party voters with respect to candidates for
12nomination for said office, and the vote of the state at large
13shall be taken and considered as advisory to the delegates and
14alternates at large to the national conventions of respective
15political parties; and the vote of the respective
16congressional districts shall be taken and considered as
17advisory to the delegates and alternates of said congressional
18districts to the national conventions of the respective
19political parties.
20(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
22    Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
23mail or in person as follows:
24        (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where
25    the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional,

 

 

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1    or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for
2    which is made for a territorial division or district which
3    comprises more than one county or is partly in one county
4    and partly in another county or counties (including the
5    Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as
6    otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
7    nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
8    State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 and not less
9    than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in
10    the case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by
11    special election in the office of representative in
12    Congress from this State, such petition for nomination
13    shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board
14    of Elections not more than 113 85 days and not less than
15    110 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
16        Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
17    Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
18    preceding the 134th 106th day before a general primary
19    election, petitions for nomination for the office in which
20    the vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
21    office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120 92
22    nor less than 113 85 days prior to the date of the general
23    primary election.
24        Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
25    alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
26    then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the

 

 

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1    principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
2    than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days prior to the
3    date of the primary; provided, however, that if the rules
4    or policies of a national political party conflict with
5    such requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
6    delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
7    convention, the chair of the State central committee of
8    such national political party shall notify the Board in
9    writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
10    national political party in conflict, and in such case the
11    Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
12    accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
13    state central committee of such national political party.
14        (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
15    office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
16    petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
17    not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days prior to
18    the date of the primary.
19        (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
20    or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
21    filed in the office of the local election official, not
22    more than 127 99 nor less than 120 92 days prior to the
23    date of the primary; provided, where a municipality's or
24    township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely
25    within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
26    commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office

 

 

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1    of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
2    of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
3    election authority.
4        (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
5    committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
6    the State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 nor less
7    than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
8        (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
9    ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
10    county clerk not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106
11    days prior to the date of the primary.
12        (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
13    election authorities and local election officials with
14    whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
15    specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
16    receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
17    each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
18    waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
19    filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
20    involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
21    or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
22    filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
23    for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that
24    day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
25    as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
26    be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as

 

 

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1    filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
2    petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
3    deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
4    more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
5    Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
6    local election officials with whom such petitions are
7    filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
8    by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
9    random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
10    Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
11    the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the
12    public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of
13    conducting such random selection shall be given by the
14    State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
15    committee of each established political party, and by each
16    election authority or local election official, to the
17    County Chair of each established political party, and to
18    each organization of citizens within the election
19    jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
20    the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
21    on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
22    election authority or local election official shall post
23    in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance
24    of the office, notice of the time and place of such
25    lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
26    and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct

 

 

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1    of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
2    order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
3    candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
4    certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
5    candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
6        (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
7    election authority or local election official with whom
8    such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
9    person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
10    of the obligation to file statements of organization,
11    reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
12    campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of
13    this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner
14    prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
15        (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
16    valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
17    statement of economic interests as required by the
18    Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
19    candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
20    period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
21    filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
22    same governmental unit with that officer within a year
23    preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
24    filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
25    statement of economic interests interest of that candidate
26    are not required to be filed with the same officer, the

 

 

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1    candidate must file with the officer with whom the
2    nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer
3    with whom the statement of economic interests is filed
4    showing the date on which such statement was filed. Such
5    receipt shall be so filed not later than the last day on
6    which nomination papers may be filed.
7        (9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
8    person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
9    committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
10    national nominating convention has been filed may cause
11    his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
12    him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
13    take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
14    or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
15    or with the appropriate election authority or local
16    election official, not later than the date of
17    certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
18    or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
19    certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
20    for nomination have been filed for the same person with
21    respect to more than one political party, his name shall
22    not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
23    party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
24    same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
25    so that the same person could not serve in more than one of
26    such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a

 

 

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1    candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
2    business days following the last day for petition filing.
3    A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
4    nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
5    one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
6    petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
7    person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
8    subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
9    shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
10    the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
11    withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
12    within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
13    printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
14    purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
15    political party is not incompatible with any other office.
16        (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
17    statute, no primary shall be held for an established
18    political party in any township, municipality, or ward
19    thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
20    office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
21    municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
22    political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
23    as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
24    upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
25    thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
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1    that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
2    within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
3    which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
4    Article, the nomination of an established political party
5    of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
6    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
7    to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
8    seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
9    office.
10        (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
11    statute, no primary election shall be held for an
12    established political party for any special primary
13    election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
14    the office of representative in the United States Congress
15    where the nomination of such political party for said
16    office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
17    the nomination of an established political party of a
18    candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
19    be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
20    to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
21    seeking the nomination of such established party for
22    election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
23    apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
24    scheduled election day.
25        (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
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1    not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
2    to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
3    nomination for any office for which the nomination is
4    uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
5    intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
6    election official with whom nomination papers for such
7    office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
8    primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
9    notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
10    this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
11    ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
12    name and address of the person intending to become a
13    write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a
14    qualified primary elector of the political party from whom
15    the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the
16    person intends to become a write-in candidate for the
17    party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is
18    seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority
19    shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
20    primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
21    uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the
22    requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
23        (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
24    for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
25    Elections, appropriate election authority or local
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1    within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
2    multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
3    business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
4    State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
5    or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
6    sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
7    Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
8    local election official, the last set of petitions filed
9    shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
10    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
11    election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
12    State Board of Elections, election authority or local
13    election official then only the first set of petitions
14    filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
15    void.
16        (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
17    public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
18    not less than 6 months.
19(Source: P.A. 101-523, eff. 8-23-19; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21;
20102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
 
21    (10 ILCS 5/7-61)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
22    Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary, the
23provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
24candidates to be voted for at such special election.
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1or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
2this Code relating to general elections to call an election
3shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
4candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of
5such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
6maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
7primary as provided in Section 7-12.
8    Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
9Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
10certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer
11must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy
12in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15
13days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
14after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling
15the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to
16the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by
17which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is
18sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing
19such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3-day
20limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3-day
21limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time
22specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying
23officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies
24shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or
25township political party as specified in subsection (h) of
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1established only within a municipality or township and the
2managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
3candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the
4case of a candidate for State Representative in the General
5Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate
6for statewide office, including, but not limited to, the
7office of United States Senator) of the respective political
8party for the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
9    The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
10duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
11acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
12following information:
13        (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
14    vacated;
15        (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
16        (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to
17    fill the vacancy and the date of selection.
18    The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
19accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
20Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
21indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
22interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
23    The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
24objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
25papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
26apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a

 

 

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1vacancy in nomination.
2    Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
3the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
4filled. In this event, the certification of the original
5candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the
6official ballot to be voted at the general election.
7    A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
8been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
9before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
10after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
11provided that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
12    If the name of no established political party candidate
13was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
14particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
15candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
16created which may be filled in accordance with the
17requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in
18this Code, if the name of no established political party
19candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for an a
20particular office nominated under this Article and if no
21person was nominated as a write-in candidate for such office,
22a vacancy in nomination shall be filled only by a person
23designated by the appropriate committee of the political party
24and only if that designated person files nominating petitions
25with the number of signatures required for an established
26party candidate for that office within 75 days after the day of

 

 

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1the general primary. The circulation period for those
2petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee
3designates that person. The person shall file his or her
4nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of
5appointment by the appropriate committee, and receipt of
6filing his or her statement of economic interests together.
7These documents shall be filed at the same location as
8provided in Section 7-12. The electoral boards having
9jurisdiction under Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon
10objections to nominating petitions also shall hear and pass
11upon objections to nomination petitions filed by candidates
12under this paragraph.
13    A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
14partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
15for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
16ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
17consolidated election as a candidate of another political
18party.
19    A candidate seeking election to an office for which
20candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
21a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
22nomination at such caucus is ineligible to be listed on the
23ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
24of another political party.
25    In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
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1township, ward, county, or congressional district, as the case
2may be, shall, through its representative on such central or
3managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
4voted in such precinct, township, ward, county, or
5congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
6electors of its party at the primary election immediately
7preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
8    For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
9"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
10the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
11official ballot at an election and directing election
12authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
13official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
14the local election official, the election authority, or the
15State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
16nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
17resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
18whose duty it is to certify candidates.
19(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
 
20    (10 ILCS 5/8-17)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17)
21    Sec. 8-17. The death of any candidate prior to, or on, the
22date of the primary shall not affect the canvass of the
23ballots. If the result of such canvass discloses that such
24candidate, if he had lived, would have been nominated, such
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1    In the event that a candidate of a party who has been
2nominated under the provisions of this Article shall die
3before election (whether death occurs prior to, or on, or
4after, the date of the primary), or decline the nomination, or
5withdraw the candidate's name from the ballot prior to the
6general election or should the nomination for any other reason
7become vacant, the legislative or representative committee of
8such party for such district shall nominate a candidate of
9such party to fill such vacancy. However, if there was no
10candidate for the nomination of the party in the primary,
11except as otherwise provided in this Code, no candidate of
12that party for that office may be listed on the ballot at the
13general election, unless the legislative or representative
14committee of the party nominates a candidate to fill the
15vacancy in nomination within 75 days after the date of the
16general primary election. Vacancies in nomination occurring
17under this Article shall be filled by the appropriate
18legislative or representative committee in accordance with the
19provisions of Section 7-61 of this Code. In proceedings to
20fill the vacancy in nomination, the voting strength of the
21members of the legislative or representative committee shall
22be as provided in Section 8-6 or as provided in Section 25-6,
23as applicable.
24(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
25    (10 ILCS 5/25-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6)

 

 

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1    Sec. 25-6. General Assembly vacancies.
2    (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of State Senator or
3Representative in the General Assembly, the vacancy shall be
4filled within 30 days by appointment of the legislative or
5representative committee of that legislative or representative
6district of the political party of which the incumbent was a
7candidate at the time of his election. Prior to holding a
8meeting to fill the vacancy, the committee shall make public
9(i) the names of the committeeperson on the appropriate
10legislative or representative committee, (ii) the date, time,
11and location of the meeting to fill the vacancy, and (iii) any
12information on how to apply or submit a name for consideration
13as the appointee. A meeting to fill a vacancy in office shall
14be held in the district or virtually, and any meeting shall be
15accessible to the public. The appointee shall be a member of
16the same political party as the person he succeeds was at the
17time of his election, and shall be otherwise eligible to serve
18as a member of the General Assembly.
19    (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a legislator
20elected other than as a candidate of a political party, the
21vacancy shall be filled within 30 days of such occurrence by
22appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall not be a
23member of a political party, and shall be otherwise eligible
24to serve as a member of the General Assembly. Provided,
25however, the appropriate body of the General Assembly may, by
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1candidate of a political party to affiliate with a political
2party for his term of office in the General Assembly. A vacancy
3occurring in the office of any such legislator who affiliates
4with a political party pursuant to resolution shall be filled
5within 30 days of such occurrence by appointment of the
6appropriate legislative or representative committee of that
7legislative or representative district of the political party
8with which the legislator so affiliates. The appointee shall
9be a member of the political party with which the incumbent
10affiliated.
11    (c) For purposes of this Section, a person is a member of a
12political party for 23 months after (i) signing a candidate
13petition, as to the political party whose nomination is
14sought; (ii) signing a statement of candidacy, as to the
15political party where nomination or election is sought; (iii)
16signing a Petition of Political Party Formation, as to the
17proposed political party; (iv) applying for and receiving a
18primary ballot, as to the political party whose ballot is
19received; or (v) becoming a candidate for election to or
20accepting appointment to the office of ward, township,
21precinct or state central committeeperson.
22    (d) In making appointments under this Section, each
23committeeperson of the appropriate legislative or
24representative committee shall be entitled to one vote for
25each vote that was received, in that portion of the
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1the committee, by the Senator or Representative whose seat is
2vacant at the general election at which that legislator was
3elected to the seat which has been vacated and a majority of
4the total number of votes received in such election by the
5Senator or Representative whose seat is vacant is required for
6the appointment of his successor; provided, however, that in
7making appointments in legislative or representative districts
8comprising only one county or part of a county other than a
9county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each
10committeeperson shall be entitled to cast only one vote.
11    (e) Appointments made under this Section shall be in
12writing and shall be signed by members of the legislative or
13representative committee whose total votes are sufficient to
14make the appointments or by the Governor, as the case may be.
15Such appointments shall be filed with the Secretary of State
16and with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
17Secretary of the Senate, whichever is appropriate.
18    (f) An appointment made under this Section shall be for
19the remainder of the term, except that, if the appointment is
20to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator and the
21vacancy occurs with more than 28 months remaining in the term,
22the term of the appointment shall expire at the time of the
23next general election at which time a Senator shall be elected
24for a new term commencing on the determination of the results
25of the election and ending on the second Wednesday of January
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1in office of State Senator occurs with more than 28 months
2remaining in the term and after the period for filing
3petitions for the general primary election, then the
4appropriate legislative committee for the applicable political
5party may fill a vacancy in nomination for that office in
6accordance with Section 7-61 for the next general election,
7except that each committeeperson of the appropriate
8legislative committee shall be entitled to one vote for each
9vote received, by the Senator whose seat is vacant, in the
10portion of the legislative district that the committeeperson
11represents on the committee, at the most recent general
12election at which that Senator was elected. A majority of the
13total number of votes received in that election by the Senator
14whose seat is vacant is required to fill the vacancy in
15nomination. However, in filling a vacancy in nomination in a
16legislative district composed of only one county or part of a
17county, other than a county containing 2,000,000 or more
18inhabitants, each committeeperson shall be entitled to cast
19only one vote. Whenever a Senator has been appointed to fill a
20vacancy and was thereafter elected to that office, the term of
21service under the authority of the election shall be
22considered a new term of service, separate from the term of
23service rendered under the authority of the appointment.
24(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
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1    Section 2-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
2Election Worker Protection and Candidate Accountability
3Referendum Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean
4this Article.
 
5    Section 2-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
6shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
7be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
8on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
9following form:
 
10    "Should any candidate appearing on the Illinois ballot for
11    federal, State, or local office be subject to civil
12    penalties if the candidate interferes or attempts to
13    interfere with an election worker's official duties?"
 
14    The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
15"No".
 
16    Section 2-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections
17shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
182-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
19State to each election authority in Illinois.
 
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12025.
 
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3    Section 3-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
4Property Tax Relief and Fairness Referendum Act. References in
5this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
 
6    Section 3-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
7shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
8be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
9on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
10following form:
 
11    "Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to create an
12    additional 3% tax on income greater than $1,000,000 for
13    the purpose of dedicating funds raised to property tax
14    relief?"
 
15    The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
16"No".
 
17    Section 3-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections
18shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
193-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
20State to each election authority in Illinois.
 

 

 

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1    Section 3-15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
22025.
 
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ARTICLE 4

 
4    Section 4-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
5Assisted Reproductive Health Referendum Act. References in
6this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
 
7    Section 4-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
8shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
9be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
10on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
11following form:
 
12    "Should all medically appropriate assisted reproductive
13    treatments, including, but not limited to, in vitro
14    fertilization, be covered by any health insurance plan in
15    Illinois that provides coverage for pregnancy benefits,
16    without limitation on the number of treatments?"
 
17    The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
18"No".
 
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1shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
24-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
3State to each election authority in Illinois.
 
4    Section 4-15`. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
52025.
 
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7    Section 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act
8are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
9    Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.