Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 4/30/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2168

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2168, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-13.1, 7-14, 7-60, 7-60.1, 8-9,
7 8-17.1, 10-6, 10-9, 10-10, 10-10.1, 10-11.1, 10-11.2, 10-14,
8 10-15, and 28-2 as follows:
 
9     (10 ILCS 5/7-11)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
10     Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United States
11 may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of his
12 political party by filing in the office of the State Board of
13 Elections not more than 113 99 and not less than 106 92 days
14 prior to the date of the general primary, in any year in which
15 a Presidential election is to be held, a petition signed by not
16 less than 3000 or more than 5000 primary electors, members of

 

 

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1 and affiliated with the party of which he is a candidate, and
2 no candidate for President of the United States, who fails to
3 comply with the provisions of this Article shall have his name
4 printed upon any primary ballot: Provided, however, that if the
5 rules or policies of a national political party conflict with
6 such requirements for filing petitions for President of the
7 United States in a presidential preference primary, the
8 Chairman of the State central committee of such national
9 political party shall notify the State Board of Elections in
10 writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
11 national political party in conflict, and in such case the
12 Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than 69
13 and not less than 62 days prior to the date of the general
14 primary, in any year in which a Presidential election is to be
15 held. Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a national
16 political party otherwise provide, the vote for President of
17 the United States, as herein provided for, shall be for the
18 sole purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and
19 will of the party voters with respect to candidates for
20 nomination for said office, and the vote of the state at large
21 shall be taken and considered as advisory to the delegates and
22 alternates at large to the national conventions of respective
23 political parties; and the vote of the respective congressional
24 districts shall be taken and considered as advisory to the
25 delegates and alternates of said congressional districts to the
26 national conventions of the respective political parties.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1089.)
 
2     (10 ILCS 5/7-12)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
3     Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
4 mail or in person as follows:
5     (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
6 congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
7 nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
8 district which comprises more than one county or is partly in
9 one county and partly in another county or counties, then,
10 except as otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
11 nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the State
12 Board of Elections not more than 113 99 and not less than 106
13 92 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the case of
14 petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by special election
15 in the office of representative in Congress from this State,
16 such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
17 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 57 days
18 and not less than 50 days prior to the date of the primary.
19     Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, Appellate
20 or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period preceding the
21 106th 92nd day before a general primary election, petitions for
22 nomination for the office in which the vacancy has occurred
23 shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board of
24 Elections not more than 92 78 nor less than 85 71 days prior to
25 the date of the general primary election.

 

 

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1     Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
2 alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, then
3 such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
4 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113 99 and
5 not less than 106 92 days prior to the date of the primary;
6 provided, however, that if the rules or policies of a national
7 political party conflict with such requirements for filing
8 petitions for nomination for delegates or alternate delegates
9 to a national nominating convention, the chairman of the State
10 central committee of such national political party shall notify
11 the Board in writing, citing by reference the rules or policies
12 of the national political party in conflict, and in such case
13 the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed not more than
14 83 69 and not less than 76 62 days prior to the date of the
15 primary.
16     (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county office
17 or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition shall be
18 filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 113 99
19 nor less than 106 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
20     (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal or
21 township office, such petitions for nomination shall be filed
22 in the office of the local election official, not more than 99
23 78 nor less than 92 71 days prior to the date of the primary;
24 provided, where a municipality's or township's boundaries are
25 coextensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
26 municipal board of election commissioners, the petitions shall

 

 

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1 be filed in the office of such board; and provided, that
2 petitions for the office of multi-township assessor shall be
3 filed with the election authority.
4     (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
5 committeeman shall be filed in the principal office of the
6 State Board of Elections not more than 113 99 nor less than 106
7 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
8     (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or ward
9 committeemen shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
10 not more than 113 99 nor less than 106 92 days prior to the date
11 of the primary.
12     (6) The State Board of Elections and the various election
13 authorities and local election officials with whom such
14 petitions for nominations are filed shall specify the place
15 where filings shall be made and upon receipt shall endorse
16 thereon the day and hour on which each petition was filed. All
17 petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on
18 the first day for filing, or as of the normal opening hour of
19 the office involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of
20 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening hour, as the case may be.
21 Petitions filed by mail and received after midnight of the
22 first day for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup
23 of that day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day
24 or as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
25 be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
26 in the order of actual receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are

 

 

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

 

 

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1     (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
2 election authority or local election official with whom such a
3 petition for nomination is filed shall notify the person for
4 whom a petition for nomination has been filed of the obligation
5 to file statements of organization, reports of campaign
6 contributions, and annual reports of campaign contributions
7 and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act. Such notice shall
8 be given in the manner prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section
9 9-16 of this Code.
10     (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
11 valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a statement
12 of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
13 Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the appropriate
14 officer by the end of the period for the filing of nomination
15 papers unless he has filed a statement of economic interests in
16 relation to the same governmental unit with that officer within
17 a year preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
18 filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
19 statement of economic interest of that candidate are not
20 required to be filed with the same officer, the candidate must
21 file with the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed
22 a receipt from the officer with whom the statement of economic
23 interests is filed showing the date on which such statement was
24 filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than the last
25 day on which nomination papers may be filed.
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1 committeeman or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
2 national nominating convention has been filed may cause his
3 name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him and
4 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
5 acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or
6 permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or with
7 the appropriate election authority or local election official,
8 not later than the date of certification of candidates for the
9 consolidated primary or general primary ballot. No names so
10 withdrawn shall be certified or printed on the primary ballot.
11 If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person
12 with respect to more than one political party, his name shall
13 not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
14 party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
15 person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so that the
16 same person could not serve in more than one of such offices if
17 elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but
18 one of such offices within the 5 business days following the
19 last day for petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a
20 candidate for all but one of such offices within such time his
21 name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary ballot,
22 for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an
23 office in a political party is not incompatible with any other
24 office.
25     (10) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
26     statute, no primary shall be held for an established

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1     write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
2     duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
3     any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
4     statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
5     Section is filed in a timely manner.
6     (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for a
7 candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections,
8 appropriate election authority or local election official
9 where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
10 notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings
11 and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of the
12 notice to notify the State Board of Elections, appropriate
13 election authority or local election official that he or she
14 may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies
15 the State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
16 local election official, the last set of petitions filed shall
17 be the only petitions to be considered valid by the State Board
18 of Elections, election authority or local election official. If
19 the candidate fails to notify the State Board of Elections,
20 election authority or local election official then only the
21 first set of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent
22 petitions shall be void.
23     (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for public
24 inspection and shall be preserved for a period of not less than
25 6 months.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-873; 86-875; 86-1028; 86-1089;

 

 

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1 87-1052.)
 
2     (10 ILCS 5/7-13)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
3     Sec. 7-13. The board of election commissioners in cities of
4 500,000 or more population having such board, shall constitute
5 an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon objections
6 to nomination petitions for ward committeemen.
7     Such objections shall be filed in the office of the county
8 clerk within 5 business days after the last day for filing
9 nomination papers not less than 81 days prior to the primary.
10 The objection shall state the name and address of the objector,
11 who may be any qualified elector in the ward, the specific
12 grounds of objection and the relief requested of the electoral
13 board. Upon the receipt of the objection, the county clerk
14 shall forthwith transmit such objection and the petition of the
15 candidate to the board of election commissioners. The board of
16 election commissioners shall forthwith notify the objector and
17 candidate objected to of the time and place for hearing hereon.
18 After a hearing upon the validity of such objections, the board
19 shall, not less than 74 days prior to the date of the primary,
20 certify to the county clerk, its decision stating whether or
21 not the name of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot
22 and the county clerk in his or her certificate to the board of
23 election commissioners shall leave off of the certificate the
24 name of the candidate for ward committeeman that the election
25 commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However,

 

 

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1 the decision of the board of election commissioners is subject
2 to judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
3     The county electoral board composed as provided in Section
4 10-9 shall constitute an electoral board for the hearing and
5 passing upon objections to nomination petitions for precinct
6 and township committeemen. Such objections shall be filed in
7 the office of the county clerk within 5 business days after the
8 last day for filing nomination papers not less than 81 days
9 prior to the primary. The objection shall state the name and
10 address of the objector who may be any qualified elector in the
11 precinct or in the township or part of a township that lies
12 outside of a city having a population of 500,000 or more, the
13 specific grounds of objection and the relief requested of the
14 electoral board. Upon the receipt of the objection the county
15 clerk shall forthwith transmit such objection and the petition
16 of the candidate to the chairman of the county electoral board.
17 The chairman of the county electoral board shall forthwith
18 notify the objector, the candidate whose petition is objected
19 to and the other members of the electoral board of the time and
20 place for hearing thereon. After hearing upon the validity of
21 such objections the board shall, not less than 74 days prior to
22 the date of the primary, certify its decision to the county
23 clerk stating whether or not the name of the candidate shall be
24 printed on the ballot, and the county clerk, in his or her
25 certificate to the board of election commissioners, shall leave
26 off of the certificate the name of the candidate ordered by the

 

 

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1 board not to be printed on the ballot, and the county clerk
2 shall also refrain from printing on the official primary
3 ballot, the name of any candidate whose name has been ordered
4 by the electoral board not to be printed on the ballot.
5 However, the decision of the board is subject to judicial
6 review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
7     In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same
8 powers as other electoral boards under the provisions of
9 Section 10-10 of this Act and their decisions are subject to
10 judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
11 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
 
12     (10 ILCS 5/7-13.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13.1)
13     Sec. 7-13.1. Certification of Candidates-Consolidated
14 primary. Not less than 68 61 days before the date of the
15 consolidated primary, each local election official of each
16 political subdivision required to nominate candidates for the
17 respective offices by primary shall certify to each election
18 authority whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for
19 the consolidated primary in such political subdivision the
20 names of all candidates in whose behalf nomination papers have
21 been filed in the office of such local election official and
22 direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot
23 for the consolidated primary election the names of such
24 candidates in the same manner and in the same order as shown
25 upon the certification. However, subject to appeal, the names

 

 

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1 of candidates whose nomination papers have been held invalid by
2 the appropriate electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of
3 this Code shall not be so certified. The certification shall be
4 modified as necessary to comply with the requirements of any
5 other statute or any ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII
6 of the Constitution prescribing specific provisions for
7 nonpartisan elections, including without limitation Articles
8 3, 4 and 5 of "The Municipal Code".
9     The names of candidates shall be listed on the
10 certification for the respective offices in the order in which
11 the candidates have filed their nomination papers, or as
12 determined by lot, or as otherwise specified by statute.
13     In every instance where applicable, the following shall
14 also be indicated in the certification:
15     (1) Where there is to be more than one candidate elected to
16 an office from a political subdivision or district;
17     (2) Where a voter has the right to vote for more than one
18 candidate for an office;
19     (3) The terms of the office to be on the ballot, when a
20 vacancy is to be filled for less than a full term, or when
21 offices of a particular subdivision to be on the ballot at the
22 same election are to be filled for different terms;
23     (4) The territory in which a candidate is required by law
24 to reside, when such residency requirement is not identical to
25 the territory of the political subdivision from which the
26 candidate is to be elected or nominated;

 

 

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1     (5) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions have
2 been objected to and the objection has been sustained by the
3 electoral board established in Section 10-10, the words
4 "OBJECTION SUSTAINED" shall be placed under the title of the
5 office being sought by the candidate and the name of the
6 aggrieved candidate shall not appear; and
7     (6) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions have
8 been objected to and the decision of the electoral board
9 established in Section 10-10 is either unknown or known to be
10 in judicial review, the words "OBJECTION PENDING" shall be
11 placed under the title of the office being sought by the
12 candidate and next to the name of the candidate.
13     The local election official shall issue an amended
14 certification whenever it is discovered that the original
15 certification is in error.
16 (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
17     (10 ILCS 5/7-14)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
18     Sec. 7-14. Not less than 68 61 days before the date of the
19 general primary the State Board of Elections shall meet and
20 shall examine all petitions filed under this Article 7, in the
21 office of the State Board of Elections. The State Board of
22 Elections shall then certify to the county clerk of each
23 county, the names of all candidates whose nomination papers or
24 certificates of nomination have been filed with the Board and
25 direct the county clerk to place upon the official ballot for

 

 

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1 the general primary election the names of such candidates in
2 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
3 certification.
4     The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to
5 the county clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the
6 names of the candidates in the order in which the offices and
7 names shall appear upon the primary ballot; such names to
8 appear in the order in which petitions have been filed in the
9 office of the State Board of Elections except as otherwise
10 provided in this Article.
11     Not less than 62 55 days before the date of the general
12 primary, each county clerk shall certify the names of all
13 candidates whose nomination papers have been filed with such
14 clerk and declare that the names of such candidates for the
15 respective offices shall be placed upon the official ballot for
16 the general primary in the order in which such nomination
17 papers were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or
18 as otherwise specified by statute. Each county clerk shall
19 place a copy of the certification on file in his or her office
20 and at the same time issue to the board of election
21 commissioners a copy of the certification that has been filed
22 in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
23 certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
24 Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
25 commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the general
26 primary in that election jurisdiction the names of all

 

 

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1 candidates that are listed on such certification in the same
2 manner and in the same order as shown upon such certifications.
3     The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
4 following:
5     (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates for
6 the respective offices;
7     (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected or
8 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision or
9 district;
10     (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
11 candidate for an office;
12     (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
13 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
14 political subdivision or district are for different terms.
15     The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
16 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
17 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
18     Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose nomination
19 papers have been held invalid by the appropriate electoral
20 board provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall not be
21 certified.
22 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/7-60)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
24     Sec. 7-60. Not less than 74 67 days before the date of the
25 general election, the State Board of Elections shall certify to

 

 

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1 the county clerks the names of each of the candidates who have
2 been nominated as shown by the proclamation of the State Board
3 of Elections as a canvassing board or who have been nominated
4 to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the election
5 authority to place upon the official ballot for the general
6 election the names of such candidates in the same manner and in
7 the same order as shown upon the certification, except as
8 otherwise provided in this Section.
9     Not less than 68 61 days before the date of the general
10 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of
11 the candidates for county offices who have been nominated as
12 shown by the proclamation of the county election authority or
13 who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and
14 declare that the names of such candidates for the respective
15 offices shall be placed upon the official ballot for the
16 general election in the same manner and in the same order as
17 shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided by
18 this Section. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the
19 certification on file in his or her office and at the same time
20 issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such
21 certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county
22 there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than
23 68 61 days before the date of the general election, issue to
24 such board a copy of the certification that has been filed in
25 the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
26 certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State

 

 

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1 Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
2 commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the general
3 election in that election jurisdiction the names of all
4 candidates that are listed on such certifications, in the same
5 manner and in the same order as shown upon such certifications,
6 except as otherwise provided in this Section.
7     Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
8 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
9 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
10 number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for such
11 office, as shown by the official election returns of the
12 primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
13 offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
14 party for such offices shall follow in the order of the number
15 of votes received by them respectively at the primary election
16 as shown by the official election results.
17     No person who is shown by the final proclamation to have
18 been nominated or elected at the primary as a write-in
19 candidate shall have his or her name certified unless such
20 person shall have filed with the certifying office or board
21 within 10 days after the election authority's proclamation a
22 statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10, a statement
23 pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for the filing of a
24 statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of
25 government to which he or she has been elected or nominated.
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1 determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
2 the order of placement of established political party
3 candidates for the general election ballot. Such determination
4 shall be made within 30 days following the canvass and
5 proclamation of the results of the general primary in the
6 office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners
7 and shall be open to the public. Seven days written notice of
8 the time and place of conducting such random selection shall be
9 given, by each such election authority, to the County Chairman
10 of each established political party, and to each organization
11 of citizens within the election jurisdiction which was
12 entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding election,
13 to have pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each
14 election authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
15 place, at the entrance of the election authority office, notice
16 of the time and place of such lottery. However, a board of
17 election commissioners may elect to place established
18 political party candidates on the general election ballot in
19 the same order determined by the county clerk of the county in
20 which the city under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
21     Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
22 following:
23         (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
24     for the respective offices;
25         (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
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1     district;
2         (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
3     one candidate for an office;
4         (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
5     for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
6     a political subdivision are for different terms.
7     The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
8 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
9 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-647, eff. 1-1-06;
11 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
12     (10 ILCS 5/7-60.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60.1)
13     Sec. 7-60.1. Certification of Candidates - Consolidated
14 Election. Each local election official of a political
15 subdivision in which candidates for the respective local
16 offices are nominated at the consolidated primary shall, no
17 later than 5 days following the canvass and proclamation of the
18 results of the consolidated primary, certify to each election
19 authority whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for
20 the consolidated election in that political subdivision the
21 names of each of the candidates who have been nominated as
22 shown by the proclamation of the appropriate election authority
23 or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and
24 direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot
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1 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
2 certification, except as otherwise provided by this Section.
3     Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
4 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
5 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
6 number of votes in the consolidated primary election as a
7 candidate for such consolidated primary, shall be certified
8 first under the name of such office, and the names of the
9 remaining candidates of such party for such offices shall
10 follow in the order of the number of votes received by them
11 respectively at the consolidated primary election as shown by
12 the official election results.
13     No person who is shown by the election authority's
14 proclamation to have been nominated at the consolidated primary
15 as a write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified
16 unless such person shall have filed with the certifying office
17 or board within 5 days after the election authority's
18 proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10
19 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
20     Each board of election commissioners of the cities in which
21 established political party candidates for city offices are
22 nominated at the consolidated primary shall determine by a fair
23 and impartial method of random selection the order of placement
24 of the established political party candidates for the
25 consolidated ballot. Such determination shall be made within 5
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1 the consolidated primary and shall be open to the public. Three
2 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
3 random selection shall be given, by each such election
4 authority, to the County Chairman of each established political
5 party, and to 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 the
8 day of election. Each election authority shall post in a
9 conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
10 election authority office, notice of the time and place of such
11 lottery.
12     Each local election official of a political subdivision in
13 which established political party candidates for the
14 respective local offices are nominated by primary shall
15 determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
16 the order of placement of the established political party
17 candidates for the consolidated election ballot and, in the
18 case of certain municipalities having annual elections, on the
19 general primary ballot for election. Such determination shall
20 be made prior to the canvass and proclamation of results of the
21 consolidated primary or special municipal primary, as the case
22 may be, in the office of the local election official and shall
23 be open to the public. Three days written notice of the time
24 and place of conducting such random selection shall be given,
25 by each such local election official, to the County Chairman of
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1 citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
2 under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
3 pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each local
4 election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
5 place notice of such lottery. Immediately thereafter, the local
6 election official shall certify the ballot placement order so
7 determined to the proper election authorities charged with the
8 preparation of the consolidated election, or general primary,
9 ballot for that political subdivision.
10     Not less than 68 61 days before the date of the
11 consolidated election, each local election official of a
12 political subdivision in which established political party
13 candidates for the respective local offices have been nominated
14 by caucus or have been nominated because no primary was
15 required to be held shall certify to each election authority
16 whose duty it is to prepare the official ballot for the
17 consolidated election in that political subdivision the names
18 of each of the candidates whose certificates of nomination or
19 nomination papers have been filed in his or her office and
20 direct the election authority to place upon the official ballot
21 for the consolidated election the names of such candidates in
22 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
23 certification. Such local election official shall, prior to
24 certification, determine by a fair and impartial method of
25 random selection the order of placement of the established
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1 ballot. Such determination shall be made in the office of the
2 local election official and shall be open to the public. Three
3 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
4 random selection shall be given by each such local election
5 official to the county chairman of each established political
6 party, and to each organization of citizens within the election
7 jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
8 next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on the
9 day of election. Each local election official shall post in a
10 conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
11 office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The local
12 election official shall certify the ballot placement order so
13 determined as part of his official certification of candidates
14 to the election authorities whose duty it is to prepare the
15 official ballot for the consolidated election in that political
16 subdivision.
17     The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
18 following:
19         (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
20     for the respective offices;
21         (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
22     or nominated to an office from the State, political
23     subdivision or district;
24         (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
25     one candidate for an office;
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1     for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
2     a political subdivision or district are for different
3     terms.
4     The local election official shall issue an amended
5 certification whenever it is discovered that the original
6 certification is in error.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/8-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-9)
9     Sec. 8-9. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
10 mail or in person as follows:
11     (1) Where the nomination is made for a legislative office,
12 such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
13 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113 99 and
14 not less than 106 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
15     (2) The State Board of Elections shall, upon receipt of
16 each petition, endorse thereon the day and hour on which it was
17 filed. Petitions filed by mail and received after midnight on
18 the first day for filing and in the first mail delivery or
19 pickup of that day, shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of
20 that day or as of the normal opening hour of such day as the
21 case may be, and all petitions received thereafter shall be
22 deemed as filed in the order of actual receipt. Where 2 or more
23 petitions are received simultaneously, the State Board of
24 Elections shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
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1     (3) Any person for whom a petition for nomination has been
2 filed, may cause his name to be withdrawn by a request in
3 writing, signed by him, duly acknowledged before an officer
4 qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the
5 principal or permanent branch office of the State Board of
6 Elections not later than the date of certification of
7 candidates for the general primary ballot, and no names so
8 withdrawn shall be certified by the State Board of Elections to
9 the county clerk, or printed on the primary ballot. If
10 petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person
11 with respect to more than one political party, his name shall
12 not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
13 party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
14 person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so that the
15 same person could not serve in more than one of such offices if
16 elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all but
17 one of such offices within the 5 business days following the
18 last day for petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a
19 candidate for all but one of such offices within such time, his
20 name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary ballot,
21 for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an
22 office in a political party is not incompatible with any other
23 office.
24     (4) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for a
25 candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections
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1 multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3 business
2 days after receipt of the notice to notify the State Board of
3 Elections that he or she may cancel prior sets of petitions. If
4 the candidate notifies the State Board of Elections the last
5 set of petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be
6 considered valid by the State Board of Elections. If the
7 candidate fails to notify the State Board then only the first
8 set of petitions filed shall be valid and all subsequent
9 petitions shall be void.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-875; 87-1052.)
 
11     (10 ILCS 5/8-17.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17.1)
12     Sec. 8-17.1. Whenever a vacancy in the office of State
13 Senator is to be filled by election pursuant to Article IV,
14 Section 2(d) of the Constitution and Section 25-6 of this Code,
15 nominations shall be made and any vacancy in nomination shall
16 be filled pursuant to this Section:
17     (1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first date
18 provided in Section 8-9 for filing nomination papers for the
19 primary in the next even-numbered year following the
20 commencement of the term, the nominations for the election for
21 filling such vacancy shall be made as otherwise provided in
22 Article 8.
23     (2) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
24 provided in Section 8-9 for filing nomination papers for the
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1 even-numbered year following commencement of the term of office
2 in which such vacancy occurs, the time for filing nomination
3 papers for such office for the primary shall be not more than
4 105 91 days and not less than 99 85 days prior to the date of
5 the primary election.
6     (3) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day
7 provided in Section 8-9 for filing nomination papers for the
8 office of State Senator, a vacancy in nomination shall be
9 deemed to have occurred and the legislative committee of each
10 established political party shall nominate, by resolution, a
11 candidate to fill such vacancy in nomination for the election
12 to such office at such general election. In the proceedings to
13 fill the vacancy in nomination the voting strength of the
14 members of the legislative committee shall be as provided in
15 Section 8-6. The name of the candidate so nominated shall not
16 appear on the ballot at the general primary election. Such
17 vacancy in nomination shall be filled prior to the date of
18 certification of candidates for the general election.
19     (4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly
20 acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
21 acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
22 following information;
23     (a) the names of the original nominee and the office
24 vacated;
25     (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
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1 the vacancy and the date of selection.
2     The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be accompanied by
3 a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in Section 7-10,
4 completed by the selected nominee and a receipt indicating that
5 such nominee has filed a statement of economic interests as
6 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
7     The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
8 objections to nomination papers, hearings on objections and
9 judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections to
10 nomination papers and resolutions for filling vacancies in
11 nomination filed pursuant to this Section.
12     Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and
13 election provided for in this Section shall be governed by this
14 Code.
15 (Source: P.A. 84-790.)
 
16     (10 ILCS 5/10-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
17     Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Certificates of
18 nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
19 candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire
20 State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for
21 congressional, state legislative or judicial offices, shall be
22 presented to the principal office of the State Board of
23 Elections not more than 141 nor less than 134 days previous to
24 the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. The
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1 nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and the
2 date and hour of presentment to it. Except as otherwise
3 provided in this section, all other certificates for the
4 nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk
5 of the respective counties not more than 141 but at least 134
6 days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of
7 nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
8 candidates for the offices of political subdivisions to be
9 filled at regular elections other than the general election
10 shall be filed with the local election official of such
11 subdivision:
12         (1) (Blank);
13         (2) not more than 113 78 nor less than 106 71 days
14     prior to the consolidated election; or
15         (3) not more than 113 78 nor less than 106 71 days
16     prior to the general primary in the case of municipal
17     offices to be filled at the general primary election; or
18         (4) not more than 99 78 nor less than 92 71 days before
19     the consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices
20     to be elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law
21     (including without limitation, those municipal offices
22     subject to Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
23         (5) not more than 113 78 nor less than 106 71 days
24     before the municipal primary in even numbered years for
25     such nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections
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1         (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
2     multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
3     with the election authority not more than 113 78 nor less
4     than 106 71 days before the consolidated election.
5     However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
6 co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
7 municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
8 nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
9 political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
10 such Board.
11 (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
12     (10 ILCS 5/10-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-9)
13     Sec. 10-9. The following electoral boards are designated
14 for the purpose of hearing and passing upon the objector's
15 petition described in Section 10-8.
16     1. The State Board of Elections will hear and pass upon
17 objections to the nominations of candidates for State offices,
18 nominations of candidates for congressional, legislative and
19 judicial offices of districts, subcircuits, or circuits
20 situated in more than one county, nominations of candidates for
21 the offices of State's attorney or regional superintendent of
22 schools to be elected from more than one county, and petitions
23 for proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of
24 Illinois as provided for in Section 3 of Article XIV of the
25 Constitution.

 

 

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1     2. The county officers electoral board to hear and pass
2 upon objections to the nominations of candidates for county
3 offices, for congressional, legislative and judicial offices
4 of a district, subcircuit, or circuit coterminous with or less
5 than a county, for school trustees to be voted for by the
6 electors of the county or by the electors of a township of the
7 county, for the office of multi-township assessor where
8 candidates for such office are nominated in accordance with
9 this Code, and for all special district offices, shall be
10 composed of the county clerk, or an assistant designated by the
11 county clerk, the State's attorney of the county or an
12 Assistant State's Attorney designated by the State's Attorney,
13 and the clerk of the circuit court, or an assistant designated
14 by the clerk of the circuit court, of the county, of whom the
15 county clerk or his designee shall be the chairman, except that
16 in any county which has established a county board of election
17 commissioners that board shall constitute the county officers
18 electoral board ex-officio.
19     3. The municipal officers electoral board to hear and pass
20 upon objections to the nominations of candidates for officers
21 of municipalities shall be composed of the mayor or president
22 of the board of trustees of the city, village or incorporated
23 town, and the city, village or incorporated town clerk, and one
24 member of the city council or board of trustees, that member
25 being designated who is eligible to serve on the electoral
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1 of the city council or board of trustees, of whom the mayor or
2 president of the board of trustees shall be the chairman.
3     4. The township officers electoral board to pass upon
4 objections to the nominations of township officers shall be
5 composed of the township supervisor, the town clerk, and that
6 eligible town trustee elected in the township who has had the
7 longest term of continuous service as town trustee, of whom the
8 township supervisor shall be the chairman.
9     5. The education officers electoral board to hear and pass
10 upon objections to the nominations of candidates for offices in
11 school or community college districts shall be composed of the
12 presiding officer of the school or community college district
13 board, who shall be the chairman, the secretary of the school
14 or community college district board and the eligible elected
15 school or community college board member who has the longest
16 term of continuous service as a board member.
17     6. In all cases, however, where the Congressional, or
18 Legislative, or Representative district is wholly or partially
19 within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
20 commissioners and in all cases where the school district or
21 special district is wholly within the jurisdiction of a
22 municipal board of election commissioners and in all cases
23 where the municipality or township is wholly or partially
24 within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
25 commissioners, the board of election commissioners shall
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1     For special districts situated in more than one county, the
2 county officers electoral board of the county in which the
3 principal office of the district is located has jurisdiction to
4 hear and pass upon objections. For purposes of this Section,
5 "special districts" means all political subdivisions other
6 than counties, municipalities, townships and school and
7 community college districts.
8     In the event that any member of the appropriate board is a
9 candidate for the office with relation to which the objector's
10 petition is filed, he shall not be eligible to serve on that
11 board and shall not act as a member of the board and his place
12 shall be filled as follows:
13         a. In the county officers electoral board by the county
14     treasurer, and if he or she is ineligible to serve, by the
15     sheriff of the county.
16         b. In the municipal officers electoral board by the
17     eligible elected city council or board of trustees member
18     who has served the second greatest number of years as a
19     city council or board of trustees member.
20         c. In the township officers electoral board by the
21     eligible elected town trustee who has had the second
22     longest term of continuous service as a town trustee.
23         d. In the education officers electoral board by the
24     eligible elected school or community college district
25     board member who has had the second longest term of
26     continuous service as a board member.

 

 

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1     In the event that the chairman of the electoral board is
2 ineligible to act because of the fact that he is a candidate
3 for the office with relation to which the objector's petition
4 is filed, then the substitute chosen under the provisions of
5 this Section shall be the chairman; In this case, the officer
6 or board with whom the objector's petition is filed, shall
7 transmit the certificate of nomination or nomination papers as
8 the case may be, and the objector's petition to the substitute
9 chairman of the electoral board.
10     When 2 or more eligible individuals, by reason of their
11 terms of service on a city council or board of trustees,
12 township board of trustees, or school or community college
13 district board, qualify to serve on an electoral board, the one
14 to serve shall be chosen by lot.
15     Any vacancies on an electoral board not otherwise filled
16 pursuant to this Section shall be filled by public members
17 appointed by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for the
18 county wherein the electoral board hearing is being held upon
19 notification to the Chief Judge of such vacancies. The Chief
20 Judge shall be so notified by a member of the electoral board
21 or the officer or board with whom the objector's petition was
22 filed. In the event that none of the individuals designated by
23 this Section to serve on the electoral board are eligible, the
24 chairman of an electoral board shall be designated by the Chief
25 Judge.
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1     (10 ILCS 5/10-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10)
2     Sec. 10-10. Within 24 hours after the receipt of the
3 certificate of nomination or nomination papers or proposed
4 question of public policy, as the case may be, and the
5 objector's petition, the chairman of the electoral board other
6 than the State Board of Elections shall send a call by
7 registered or certified mail to each of the members of the
8 electoral board, and to the objector who filed the objector's
9 petition, and either to the candidate whose certificate of
10 nomination or nomination papers are objected to or to the
11 principal proponent or attorney for proponents of a question of
12 public policy, as the case may be, whose petitions are objected
13 to, and shall also cause the sheriff of the county or counties
14 in which such officers and persons reside to serve a copy of
15 such call upon each of such officers and persons, which call
16 shall set out the fact that the electoral board is required to
17 meet to hear and pass upon the objections to nominations made
18 for the office, designating it, and shall state the day, hour
19 and place at which the electoral board shall meet for the
20 purpose, which place shall be in the county court house in the
21 county in the case of the County Officers Electoral Board, the
22 Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the Township Officers
23 Electoral Board or the Education Officers Electoral Board,
24 except that the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the
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1 Electoral Board may meet at the location where the governing
2 body of the municipality, township, or school or community
3 college district, respectively, holds its regularly scheduled
4 meetings, if that location is available; provided that voter
5 records may be removed from the offices of an election
6 authority only at the discretion and under the supervision of
7 the election authority. In those cases where the State Board of
8 Elections is the electoral board designated under Section 10-9,
9 the chairman of the State Board of Elections shall, within 24
10 hours after the receipt of the certificate of nomination or
11 nomination papers or petitions for a proposed amendment to
12 Article IV of the Constitution or proposed statewide question
13 of public policy, send a call by registered or certified mail
14 to the objector who files the objector's petition, and either
15 to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or nomination
16 papers are objected to or to the principal proponent or
17 attorney for proponents of the proposed Constitutional
18 amendment or statewide question of public policy and shall
19 state the day, hour and place at which the electoral board
20 shall meet for the purpose, which place may be in the Capitol
21 Building or in the principal or permanent branch office of the
22 State Board. The day of the meeting shall not be less than 3
23 nor more than 5 days after the receipt of the certificate of
24 nomination or nomination papers and the objector's petition by
25 the chairman of the electoral board.
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1 oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and at the request
2 of either party the chairman may issue subpoenas requiring the
3 attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum requiring the
4 production of such books, papers, records and documents as may
5 be evidence of any matter under inquiry before the electoral
6 board, in the same manner as witnesses are subpoenaed in the
7 Circuit Court.
8     Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
9 other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
10 the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
11 law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who causes
12 the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so served
13 shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such subpoena, or
14 to testify, the electoral board shall at once file a petition
15 in the circuit court of the county in which such hearing is to
16 be heard, or has been attempted to be heard, setting forth the
17 facts, of such knowing refusal or neglect, and accompanying the
18 petition with a copy of the citation and the answer, if one has
19 been filed, together with a copy of the subpoena and the return
20 of service thereon, and shall apply for an order of court
21 requiring such person to attend and testify, and forthwith
22 produce books and papers, before the electoral board. Any
23 circuit court of the state, excluding the judge who is sitting
24 on the electoral board, upon such showing shall order such
25 person to appear and testify, and to forthwith produce such
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1 fixed by the court. If such person shall knowingly fail or
2 refuse to obey such order of the court without lawful excuse,
3 the court shall punish him or her by fine and imprisonment, as
4 the nature of the case may require and may be lawful in cases
5 of contempt of court.
6     The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
7 adopt rules of procedure for the introduction of evidence and
8 the presentation of arguments and may, in its discretion,
9 provide for the filing of briefs by the parties to the
10 objection or by other interested persons.
11     In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
12 objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of the
13 Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
14 Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public policy
15 to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
16 certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
17 commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
18 signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
19 accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
20 valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed in
21 the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and 28-12 of
22 this Code. Either party, however, may introduce evidence at
23 such hearing to dispute the findings as to particular
24 signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the absence of
25 competent evidence presented at such hearing by a party
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1 showing a different result obtained by an additional sample,
2 this certificate of a county clerk or board of election
3 commissioners shall be presumed to establish the ratio of valid
4 to invalid signatures within the particular election
5 jurisdiction.
6     The electoral board shall take up the question as to
7 whether or not the certificate of nomination or nomination
8 papers or petitions are in proper form, and whether or not they
9 were filed within the time and under the conditions required by
10 law, and whether or not they are the genuine certificate of
11 nomination or nomination papers or petitions which they purport
12 to be, and whether or not in the case of the certificate of
13 nomination in question it represents accurately the decision of
14 the caucus or convention issuing it, and in general shall
15 decide whether or not the certificate of nomination or
16 nominating papers or petitions on file are valid or whether the
17 objections thereto should be sustained and the decision of a
18 majority of the electoral board shall be final subject to
19 judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1. The electoral
20 board must state its findings in writing and must state in
21 writing which objections, if any, it has sustained. A copy of
22 the decision shall be served upon the parties to the
23 proceedings in open proceedings before the electoral board. If
24 a party does not appear for receipt of the decision, the
25 decision shall be deemed to have been served on the absent
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1 delivered or on the date when a copy of the decision is
2 deposited in the Unites States mail, in a sealed envelope or
3 package, with postage prepaid, addressed to each party affected
4 by the decision or to such party's attorney of record, if any,
5 at the address on record for such person in the files of the
6 electoral board.
7     Upon the expiration of the period within which a proceeding
8 for judicial review must be commenced under Section 10--10.1,
9 the electoral board shall, unless a proceeding for judicial
10 review has been commenced within such period, transmit, by
11 registered or certified mail, a certified copy of its ruling,
12 together with the original certificate of nomination or
13 nomination papers or petitions and the original objector's
14 petition, to the officer or board with whom the certificate of
15 nomination or nomination papers or petitions, as objected to,
16 were on file, and such officer or board shall abide by and
17 comply with the ruling so made to all intents and purposes.
18 (Source: P.A. 95-872, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/10-10.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10.1)
20     Sec. 10-10.1.
21     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a
22 candidate or objector aggrieved by the decision of an electoral
23 board may secure judicial review of such decision in the
24 circuit court of the county in which the hearing of the
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1 must file a petition with the clerk of the court and must serve
2 a copy of the petition upon the electoral board and other
3 parties to the proceeding by registered or certified mail
4 within 5 10 days after service of the decision of the electoral
5 board as provided in Section 10-10. The petition shall contain
6 a brief statement of the reasons why the decision of the board
7 should be reversed. The petitioner shall serve a copy of the
8 petition upon the electoral board and other parties to the
9 proceeding by registered or certified mail and shall file proof
10 of service with the clerk of the court. No answer to the
11 petition need be filed, but the electoral board shall cause the
12 record of proceedings before the electoral board to be filed
13 with the clerk of the court on or before the date of the
14 hearing on the petition or as ordered by the court any answer
15 must be filed within 10 days after the filing of the petition.
16     The court shall set the matter for hearing to be held
17 within 30 days after the filing of the petition and shall make
18 its decision promptly after such hearing.
19     The provisions set forth in this Section for the judicial
20 review of decisions of an electoral board shall be the
21 exclusive procedures governing the review of such decisions.
22     (b) An objector or proponent aggrieved by the decision of
23 an electoral board regarding a petition filed pursuant to
24 Section 18-120 of the Property Tax Code may secure a review of
25 such decision by the State Board of Elections. The party
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1 State Board of Elections within 10 days after the decision of
2 the electoral board. Any such objector or proponent may apply
3 for and obtain judicial review of a decision of the State Board
4 of Elections entered under this amendatory Act of 1985, in
5 accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Review
6 Law, as amended.
7 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/10-11.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11.1)
9     Sec. 10-11.1. Whenever a vacancy in the office of State
10 Senator is to be filled by election pursuant to Article IV,
11 Section 2(d) of the Constitution and Section 25-6 of this Code,
12 nominations shall be made pursuant to this Section:
13     (1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first date
14 provided in Section 10-3 for filing nomination papers for the
15 general election in the next even-numbered year following the
16 commencement of the term, the nomination of independent
17 candidates for such office shall be made as otherwise provided
18 in this Article.
19     (2) If the vacancy occurs in office after the first day for
20 filing nomination papers for independent candidates as
21 provided in Section 10-3 but before the first day provided in
22 Section 10-6 for filing nomination papers for the general
23 election in the next even-numbered year following the
24 commencement of the term, independent candidates for such
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1 period set forth in Section 10-6 for new political party
2 candidates.
3     (3) If a vacancy in office occurs prior to the first day
4 provided in Section 10-6 for filing nomination papers for new
5 political party candidates for the next ensuing general
6 election, new political party candidates for such office shall
7 file their nomination papers during the filing period as set
8 forth in Section 10-6 as otherwise provided in this Article.
9     (4) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
10 provided in Section 10-6 for filing nomination papers for new
11 political party candidates for the next ensuing general
12 election, the time for independent and new political party
13 candidates to file nomination papers for such office shall be
14 not more than 92 78 days nor less than 85 71 days prior to the
15 date of the general election.
16     (5) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day
17 provided in Section 10-6 for filing nomination papers for new
18 political party candidates, independent and new political
19 party candidates shall be nominated as provided by rules and
20 regulations of the State Board of Elections.
21     The provisions of Sections 10-8 and 10-10.1 relating to
22 objections to nomination papers, hearings on objections and
23 judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections to
24 nomination papers filed pursuant to this Section.
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1 Code.
2 (Source: P.A. 84-790.)
 
3     (10 ILCS 5/10-11.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-11.2)
4     Sec. 10-11.2. Whenever a vacancy in any elective county
5 office is to be filled by election pursuant to Section 25-11 of
6 this Code, nominations shall be made and any vacancy in
7 nomination shall be filled pursuant to this Section:
8     (1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first date
9 provided in Section 10-3 for filing nomination papers for the
10 general election in the next even-numbered year following the
11 commencement of the term, the nomination of independent
12 candidates for such office shall be made as otherwise provided
13 in this Article.
14     (2) If the vacancy in office occurs after the first day for
15 filing nomination papers for independent candidates as
16 provided in Section 10-3 but before the first day provided in
17 Section 10-6 for filing nomination papers for new political
18 party candidates for the general election in the next
19 even-numbered year following the commencement of the term,
20 independent candidates for such office shall file their
21 nomination papers during the filing period set forth in Section
22 10-6 for new political party candidates.
23     (3) If the vacancy in office occurs prior to the first date
24 provided in Section 10-6 for filing nomination papers for new
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1 election, new political party candidates for such office shall
2 file their nomination papers during the filing period as set
3 forth in Section 10-6 for new political party candidates.
4     (4) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
5 provided in Section 10-6 for filing nomination papers for new
6 political party candidates for the next ensuing general
7 election the time for independent and new political party
8 candidates to file nomination papers for such office shall be
9 not more than 92 78 days nor less than 85 71 days prior to the
10 date of the general election.
11     The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
12 objections to nomination papers, hearings on objections and
13 judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections to
14 nomination papers filed pursuant to this Section.
15     Unless otherwise specified herein, the nomination and
16 election provided for in this Section shall be governed by this
17 Code.
18 (Source: P.A. 84-790.)
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/10-14)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
20     Sec. 10-14. Not less than 74 67 days before the date of the
21 general election the State Board of Elections shall certify to
22 the county clerk of each county the name of each candidate
23 whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination or
24 resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed with
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1 place upon the official ballot for the general election the
2 names of such candidates in the same manner and in the same
3 order as shown upon the certification. The name of no candidate
4 for an office to be filled by the electors of the entire state
5 shall be placed upon the official ballot unless his name is
6 duly certified to the county clerk upon a certificate signed by
7 the members of the State Board of Elections. The names of group
8 candidates on petitions shall be certified to the several
9 county clerks in the order in which such names appear on such
10 petitions filed with the State Board of Elections.
11     Not less than 68 61 days before the date of the general
12 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of
13 the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
14 certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy in
15 nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare that the
16 names of such candidates for the respective offices shall be
17 placed upon the official ballot for the general election in the
18 same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
19 certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the
20 certification on file in his or her office and at the same time
21 issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such
22 certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county
23 there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than
24 69 55 days before the election, certify to the board of
25 election commissioners the name of the person or persons
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1 State Board of Elections, together with the names of all other
2 candidates as shown by the certification of county officers on
3 file in the clerk's office, and in the order so certified. The
4 county clerk or board of election commissioners shall print the
5 names of the nominees on the ballot for each office in the
6 order in which they are certified to or filed with the county
7 clerk; provided, that in printing the name of nominees for any
8 office, if any of such nominees have also been nominated by one
9 or more political parties pursuant to this Act, the location of
10 the name of such candidate on the ballot for nominations made
11 under this Article shall be precisely in the same order in
12 which it appears on the certification of the State Board of
13 Elections to the county clerk.
14     For the general election, the candidates of new political
15 parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
16 the established political party candidates and in the order of
17 new political party petition filings.
18     Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
19 following:
20         (1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
21     candidates for the respective offices;
22         (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
23     to an office from the State, political subdivision or
24     district;
25         (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
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1         (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
2     for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
3     a political subdivision are for different terms.
4     The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
5 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
6 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
7 (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/10-15)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-15)
9     Sec. 10-15. Not less than 68 61 days before the date of the
10 consolidated and nonpartisan elections, each local election
11 official with whom certificates of nomination or nominating
12 petitions have been filed shall certify to each election
13 authority having jurisdiction over any of the territory of his
14 political subdivision the names of all candidates entitled to
15 be printed on the ballot for offices of that political
16 subdivision to be voted upon at such election and direct the
17 election authority to place upon the official ballot for such
18 election the names of such candidates in the same manner and in
19 the same order as shown upon the certification.
20     The local election officials shall certify such candidates
21 for each office in the order in which such candidates'
22 certificates of nomination or nominating petitions were filed
23 in his office. However, subject to appeal, the names of
24 candidates whose petitions have been held invalid by the
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1 Act shall not be so certified. The certification shall be
2 modified as necessary to comply with the requirements of any
3 other statute or any ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII
4 of the Constitution prescribing specific provisions for
5 nonpartisan elections, including without limitation Articles 4
6 and 5 of "The Municipal Code" or Article 9 of The School Code.
7     In every instance where applicable, the following shall
8 also be indicated in the certification:
9     (1) The political party affiliation, if any, of the
10 candidates for the respective offices;
11     (2) Where there is to be more than one candidate elected to
12 an office from a political subdivision or district;
13     (3) Where a voter has the right to vote for more than one
14 candidate for an office;
15     (4) The terms of the office to be on the ballot, when a
16 vacancy is to be filled for less than a full term, or when
17 offices of a particular subdivision to be on the ballot at the
18 same election are to be filled for different terms;
19     (5) The territory in which a candidate is required by law
20 to reside, when such residency requirement is not identical to
21 the territory of the political subdivision from which the
22 candidate is to be elected or nominated;
23     (6) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions have
24 been objected to and the objection has been sustained by the
25 electoral board established in Section 10-10, the words
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1 office being sought by the candidate and the name of the
2 aggrieved candidate shall not appear; and
3     (7) Where a candidate's nominating papers or petitions have
4 been objected to and the decision of the electoral board
5 established in Section 10-10 is either unknown or known to be
6 in judicial review, the words "OBJECTION PENDING" shall be
7 placed under the title of the office being sought by the
8 candidate and next to the name of the candidate.
9     For the consolidated election, and for the general primary
10 in the case of certain municipalities having annual elections,
11 the candidates of new political parties shall be placed on the
12 ballot for such elections after the established political party
13 candidates and in the order of new political party petition
14 filings.
15     The local election official shall issue an amended
16 certification whenever it is discovered that the original
17 certification is in error.
18 (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
 
19     (10 ILCS 5/28-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 28-2)
20     Sec. 28-2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
21 Section, petitions for the submission of public questions to
22 referendum must be filed with the appropriate officer or board
23 not less than 92 78 days prior to a regular election to be
24 eligible for submission on the ballot at such election; and
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1 of the Property Tax Code must be filed with the appropriate
2 officer or board not more than 10 months nor less than 6 months
3 prior to the election at which such question is to be submitted
4 to the voters.
5     (b) However, petitions for the submission of a public
6 question to referendum which proposes the creation or formation
7 of a political subdivision must be filed with the appropriate
8 officer or board not less than 122 108 days prior to a regular
9 election to be eligible for submission on the ballot at such
10 election.
11     (c) Resolutions or ordinances of governing boards of
12 political subdivisions which initiate the submission of public
13 questions pursuant to law must be adopted not less than 79 65
14 days before a regularly scheduled election to be eligible for
15 submission on the ballot at such election.
16     (d) A petition, resolution or ordinance initiating the
17 submission of a public question may specify a regular election
18 at which the question is to be submitted, and must so specify
19 if the statute authorizing the public question requires
20 submission at a particular election. However, no petition,
21 resolution or ordinance initiating the submission of a public
22 question, other than a legislative resolution initiating an
23 amendment to the Constitution, may specify such submission at
24 an election more than one year, or 15 months in the case of a
25 back door referendum as defined in subsection (f), after the
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1 petition, resolution or ordinance initiating a public question
2 which specifies a particular election at which the question is
3 to be submitted shall be so limited, and shall not be valid as
4 to any other election, other than an emergency referendum
5 ordered pursuant to Section 2A-1.4.
6     (e) If a petition initiating a public question does not
7 specify a regularly scheduled election, the public question
8 shall be submitted to referendum at the next regular election
9 occurring not less than 92 78 days after the filing of the
10 petition, or not less than 122 108 days after the filing of a
11 petition for referendum to create a political subdivision. If a
12 resolution or ordinance initiating a public question does not
13 specify a regularly scheduled election, the public question
14 shall be submitted to referendum at the next regular election
15 occurring not less than 79 65 days after the adoption of the
16 resolution or ordinance.
17     (f) In the case of back door referenda, any limitations in
18 another statute authorizing such a referendum which restrict
19 the time in which the initiating petition may be validly filed
20 shall apply to such petition, in addition to the filing
21 deadlines specified in this Section for submission at a
22 particular election. In the case of any back door referendum,
23 the publication of the ordinance or resolution of the political
24 subdivision shall include a notice of (1) the specific number
25 of voters required to sign a petition requesting that a public
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1 time within which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date
2 of the prospective referendum. The secretary or clerk of the
3 political subdivision shall provide a petition form to any
4 individual requesting one. The legal sufficiency of that form,
5 if provided by the secretary or clerk of the political
6 subdivision, cannot be the basis of a challenge to placing the
7 back door referendum on the ballot. As used herein, a "back
8 door referendum" is the submission of a public question to the
9 voters of a political subdivision, initiated by a petition of
10 voters or residents of such political subdivision, to determine
11 whether an action by the governing body of such subdivision
12 shall be adopted or rejected.
13     (g) A petition for the incorporation or formation of a new
14 political subdivision whose officers are to be elected rather
15 than appointed must have attached to it an affidavit attesting
16 that at least 122 108 days and no more than 152 138 days prior
17 to such election notice of intention to file such petition was
18 published in a newspaper published within the proposed
19 political subdivision, or if none, in a newspaper of general
20 circulation within the territory of the proposed political
21 subdivision in substantially the following form:
22
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FORM A NEW........
23     Residents of the territory described below are notified
24 that a petition will or has been filed in the Office
25 of............requesting a referendum to establish a
26 new........, to be called the............

 

 

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1     *The officers of the new...........will be elected on the
2 same day as the referendum. Candidates for the governing board
3 of the new......may file nominating petitions with the officer
4 named above until...........
5     The territory proposed to comprise the new........is
6 described as follows:
7         (description of territory included in petition)
8         (signature)....................................
9         Name and address of person or persons proposing
10         the new political subdivision.
11     * Where applicable.
12     Failure to file such affidavit, or failure to publish the
13 required notice with the correct information contained therein
14 shall render the petition, and any referendum held pursuant to
15 such petition, null and void.
16     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
17 subsection (g) or any other provisions of this Code, the
18 publication of notice and affidavit requirements of this
19 subsection (g) shall not apply to any petition filed under
20 Article 7 or 11E of the School Code nor to any referendum held
21 pursuant to any such petition, and neither any petition filed
22 under any of those Articles nor any referendum held pursuant to
23 any such petition shall be rendered null and void because of
24 the failure to file an affidavit or publish a notice with
25 respect to the petition or referendum as required under this
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1 those Articles of the School Code.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-30, eff. 6-14-05; 94-578, eff. 8-12-05;
3 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
 
4     Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is
5 amended by changing Section 21-29 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 20/21-29)  (from Ch. 24, par. 21-29)
7     Sec. 21-29. Withdrawals and substitution of candidates.
8     Any candidate for alderman under the provisions of this
9 article may withdraw his name as a candidate by filing with the
10 board of election commissioners of the city of Chicago not
11 later than the date of certification of the ballot twenty days
12 before the holding of the election his written request signed
13 by him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
14 take acknowledgements of deeds, whereupon his name shall not be
15 printed as a candidate upon the official ballot.
16     If any candidate at an aldermanic election who was not
17 elected as provided for in this article but who shall have
18 received sufficient votes to entitle him to a place on the
19 official ballot at the ensuing supplementary election shall die
20 or withdraw his candidacy before such supplementary election,
21 the name of the candidate who shall receive the next highest
22 number of votes shall be printed on the ballot in lieu of the
23 name of the candidate who shall have died or withdrawn his
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1 (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)
 
2     Section 15. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
3 changing Sections 9-2 and 9-4 as follows:
 
4     (235 ILCS 5/9-2)  (from Ch. 43, par. 167)
5     Sec. 9-2. When any legal voters of a precinct in any city,
6 village or incorporated town of more than 200,000 inhabitants,
7 as determined by the last preceding Federal census, desire to
8 pass upon the question of whether the sale at retail of
9 alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in the precinct or at a
10 particular street address within the precinct, they shall, at
11 least 104 90 days before an election, file in the office of the
12 clerk of such city, village or incorporated town, a petition
13 directed to the clerk, containing the signatures of not less
14 than 25% of the legal voters registered with the board of
15 election commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be,
16 from the precinct. Provided, however, that when the petition
17 seeks to prohibit the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor at a
18 particular street address of a licensed establishment within
19 the precinct the petition shall contain the signatures of not
20 less than 40% of the legal voters requested from that precinct.
21 The petition shall request that the proposition "Shall the sale
22 at retail of alcoholic liquor be prohibited in (or at) ....?"
23 be submitted to the voters of the precinct at the next ensuing
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1 submission of the question to the voters of such precinct at
2 such election shall be mandatory when the petition has been
3 filed in proper form with the clerk. If more than one set of
4 petitions are presented to the clerk for submission at the same
5 election, the petition presented first shall be given
6 preference; however, the clerk shall provisionally accept any
7 other set of petitions setting forth the same (or substantially
8 the same) proposition. If the first set of petitions for a
9 proposition is found to be in proper form and is not found to
10 be invalid, it shall be accepted by the clerk and all
11 provisionally accepted sets of petitions setting forth the same
12 (or substantially the same) proposition shall be rejected by
13 the clerk. If the first set of petitions for a proposition is
14 found not to be in proper form or is found to be invalid, the
15 clerk shall (i) reject the first set of petitions, (ii) accept
16 the first provisionally accepted set of petitions that is in
17 proper form and is not found to be invalid, and (iii) reject
18 all other provisionally accepted sets of petitions setting
19 forth the same (or substantially the same) proposition. Notice
20 of the filing of the petition and the result of the election
21 shall be given to the Secretary of State at his offices in
22 both, Chicago and Springfield, Illinois. A return of the result
23 of the election shall be made to the clerk of the city, village
24 or incorporated town in which the precinct is located. If a
25 majority of the voters voting upon such proposition vote "YES",
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1 the precinct or at the street address. If the sale at retail of
2 alcoholic liquor at a particular street address is prohibited
3 pursuant to this Section, the license for any establishment at
4 that street address shall be void, and no person may apply for
5 a license for the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor at an
6 establishment at that street address unless such prohibition is
7 discontinued pursuant to Section 9-10.
8     In cities, villages and incorporated towns of 200,000 or
9 less population, as determined by the last preceding Federal
10 census, the vote upon the question of prohibiting the sale at
11 retail of alcoholic liquor, or alcoholic liquor other than beer
12 containing not more than 4% of alcohol by volume, or alcoholic
13 liquor containing more than 4% of alcohol by weight in the
14 original package and not for consumption on the premises, shall
15 be by the voters of the political subdivision as a unit. When
16 any legal voters of such a city, village or incorporated town
17 desire to pass upon the question of whether the sale at retail
18 of alcoholic liquor shall be prohibited in the municipality,
19 they shall, at least 104 90 days before an election, file in
20 the office of the clerk of the municipality, a petition
21 directed to the clerk, containing the signatures of not less
22 than 25% of the legal voters registered with the board of
23 election commissioners or county clerk, as the case may be,
24 from the municipality. The petition shall request that the
25 proposition, "Shall the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor be
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1 municipality at the next ensuing election at which the
2 proposition may be voted upon. The submission of the question
3 to the voters of the municipality at such election shall be
4 mandatory when the petition has been filed in proper form with
5 the clerk. If more than one set of petitions are presented to
6 the clerk for submission at the same election, setting forth
7 the same or different propositions, the petition presented
8 first shall be given preference and the clerk shall refuse to
9 accept any other set of petitions. Notice of the filing of the
10 petition and the result of the election shall be given to the
11 Secretary of State at his offices in both Chicago and
12 Springfield, Illinois. A return of the result of the election
13 shall be made to the clerk of the city, village or incorporated
14 town. If a majority of the voters voting upon the proposition
15 vote "Yes", the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor shall be
16 prohibited in the municipality.
17     In the event a municipality does not vote to prohibit the
18 sale at retail of alcoholic liquor, the council or governing
19 body shall ascertain and determine what portions of the
20 municipality are predominantly residence districts. No license
21 permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors shall be issued by the
22 local liquor commissioner or licensing officer permitting the
23 sale of alcoholic liquors at any place within the residence
24 district so determined, unless the owner or owners of at least
25 two-thirds of the frontage, 200 feet in each direction along
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1 which a license is sought, file with the local liquor
2 commissioner or licensing officer, his or their written consent
3 to the use of such place for the sale of alcoholic liquors.
4     In each township or road district lying outside the
5 corporate limits of a city, village or incorporated town, or in
6 a part of a township or road district lying partly within and
7 partly outside a city, village or incorporated town, the vote
8 of such township, road district or part thereof, shall be as a
9 unit. When any legal voters of any such township, or part
10 thereof, in counties under township organization, or any legal
11 voters of such road district or part thereof, in counties not
12 under township organization, desire to vote upon the
13 proposition as to whether the sale at retail of alcoholic
14 liquor shall be prohibited in such township or road district or
15 part thereof, they shall, at least 90 days before an election,
16 file in the office of the township or road district clerk, of
17 the township or road district within which the election is to
18 be held, a petition directed to the clerk and containing the
19 signatures of not less than 25% of the legal voters registered
20 with the county clerk from such township or road district or
21 part thereof. The submission of the question to the voters of
22 the township, road district or part thereof, at the next
23 ensuing election shall be mandatory when the petition has been
24 filed in proper form with the clerk. If more than one set of
25 petitions are presented to the clerk for submission at the same
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1 petition presented first shall be given preference and the
2 clerk shall refuse to accept any other set of petitions. A
3 return of the result of such election shall be made to the
4 clerk of the township or road district in which the territory
5 is situated, and shall also be made to the Secretary of State
6 at his offices in both Chicago and Springfield, Illinois.
7 (Source: P.A. 88-613, eff. 1-1-95.)
 
8     (235 ILCS 5/9-4)  (from Ch. 43, par. 169)
9     Sec. 9-4. A petition for submission of the proposition
10 shall be in substantially the following form:
11     To the .... clerk of the (here insert the corporate or
12 legal name of the county, township, road district, city,
13 village or incorporated town):
14     The undersigned, residents and legal voters of the ....
15 (insert the legal name or correct designation of the political
16 subdivision or precinct, as the case may be), respectfully
17 petition that you cause to be submitted, in the manner provided
18 by law, to the voters thereof, at the next election, the
19 proposition "Shall the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor (or
20 alcoholic liquor other than beer containing not more than 4% of
21 alcohol by weight) (or alcoholic liquor containing more than 4%
22 of alcohol by weight except in the original package and not for
23 consumption on the premises) be prohibited in this .... (or at
24 the following address ....)?"
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1  Name of   P. O. address   Description of precinct  Date of
2  signer    (including      township, road district  signing
3            street no.,     or part thereof, as of
4            if any).        the last general
5                            election
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7     A petition for a proposition to be submitted to the voters
8 of a precinct shall also contain in plain and nonlegal language
9 a description of the precinct to which the proposition is to be
10 submitted at the election. The description shall describe the
11 territory of the precinct by reference to streets, natural or
12 artificial landmarks, addresses, or by any other method which
13 would enable a voter signing such petition to be informed of
14 the territory of the precinct. Each such petition for a
15 precinct referendum shall also contain a list of the names and
16 addresses of all licensees in the precinct.
17     Such petition shall conform to the requirements of the
18 general election law, as to form and signature requirements.
19 The circulator's statement shall include an attestation of: (1)
20 that none of the signatures on this petition sheet were signed
21 more than 4 months before the filing of this petition, or (2)
22 the dates on which the petitioners signed the petition, and
23 shall be sworn to before an officer residing in the county
24 where such legal voters reside and authorized to administer
25 oaths therein. No signature shall be revoked except by a
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1 with the clerk with whom the petition is required to be filed.
2 Upon request of any citizen for a photostatic copy of the
3 petition and paying or tendering to the clerk the costs of
4 making the photostatic copy, the clerk shall immediately make,
5 or cause to be made a photostatic copy of such petition. The
6 clerk shall also deliver to such person, his official
7 certification that such copy is a true copy of the original,
8 stating the day when such original was filed in his office. Any
9 5 legal voters or any affected licensee of any political
10 subdivision, district or precinct in which a proposed election
11 is about to be held as provided for in this Act, within any
12 time up to 72 30 days immediately prior to the date of such
13 proposed election and upon filing a bond for costs, may contest
14 the validity of the petitions for such election by filing a
15 verified petition in the Circuit Court for the county in which
16 the political subdivision, district or precinct is situated,
17 setting forth the grounds for contesting the validity of such
18 petitions. Upon the filing of the petition, a summons shall be
19 issued by the Court, addressed to the appropriate city,
20 village, town, township or road district clerk, notifying the
21 clerk of the filing of the petition and directing him to appear
22 before the Court on behalf of the political subdivision or
23 district at the time named in the summons; provided, the time
24 shall not be less than 5 days nor more than 15 days after the
25 filing of the petition. The procedure in these cases, as far as
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1 objections to petitions in the general election law. Any legal
2 voter in the political subdivision or precinct in which such
3 election is to be held may appear in person or by counsel, in
4 any such contest to defend or oppose the validity of the
5 petition for election.
6     The municipal, town or road district clerk shall certify
7 the proposition to be submitted at the election to the
8 appropriate election officials, in accordance with the general
9 election law, unless the petition has been determined to be
10 invalid. If the court determines the petitions to be invalid
11 subsequent to the certification by the clerk, the court's order
12 shall be transmitted to the election officials and shall
13 nullify such certification.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-861; 87-347.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.".