Full Text of HB4174 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 7-19, 16-3, 24A-6, 24B-6, 24C-6, and 24C-7 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
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| Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for | 8 |
| each precinct shall be
arranged and printed substantially in | 9 |
| the manner following:
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| 1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be | 11 |
| printed in
large capital letters, words designating the ballot, | 12 |
| if a Republican
ballot, the designating words shall be: | 13 |
| "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if
a Democratic ballot the | 14 |
| designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT"; and in | 15 |
| like manner for each political party.
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| 2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not | 17 |
| less
than one inch below designating words, the name of each | 18 |
| office to be
filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such | 19 |
| names may be printed on
the ballot either in a single column or | 20 |
| in 2 or more columns and in the
following order, to-wit:
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| President of the United States, State offices, | 22 |
| congressional offices,
delegates and alternate delegates to be | 23 |
| elected from the State at large
to National nominating |
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| conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to
be elected | 2 |
| from congressional districts to National nominating
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| conventions, member or members of the State central committee, | 4 |
| trustees of sanitary
districts, county offices, judicial | 5 |
| officers, city, village and
incorporated town offices, town | 6 |
| offices, or of such of the said offices
as candidates are to be | 7 |
| nominated for at such primary, and precinct,
township or ward | 8 |
| committeemen. If two or more columns are used, the
foregoing | 9 |
| offices to and including member of the State central committee
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| shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices, | 11 |
| as
defined in Section 8-3, shall be the
first offices listed in | 12 |
| the second column.
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| Below the name of each office shall be printed in small | 14 |
| letters the
directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not | 15 |
| more than two"; "Vote for not more than three" ;
or a spelled | 16 |
| number designating how many persons under that head are to
be | 17 |
| voted for . If no candidate or candidates file for an office and | 18 |
| if no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in | 19 |
| candidate for that office, then below the title of that office | 20 |
| the election authority instead shall print "No Candidate".
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| Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or | 22 |
| alternate delegate
to a national nominating convention shall | 23 |
| appear either (a)
the name of the
candidate's preference for | 24 |
| President of the United States or the word
"uncommitted" or (b) | 25 |
| no official designation, depending upon the action
taken by the | 26 |
| State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
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| Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital | 2 |
| letters the
names of all candidates, arranged in the order in | 3 |
| which their petitions
for nominations were filed, except as | 4 |
| otherwise provided in Sections
7-14 and 7-17 of this Article. | 5 |
| Opposite and in front of the name of each
candidate shall be | 6 |
| printed a square and all squares upon the primary
ballot shall | 7 |
| be of uniform size. Spaces between the names of candidates
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| under each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall | 9 |
| separate
the names of candidates for one office from the names | 10 |
| of candidates for
another office, to avoid confusion and to | 11 |
| permit the writing in of the
names of other candidates.
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| Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 13 |
| used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | 14 |
| required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | 15 |
| is applicable.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-33.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-3)
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| Sec. 16-3. (a) The names of all candidates to be voted for | 19 |
| in each
election district or precinct shall be printed on one | 20 |
| ballot, except as
is provided in Sections 16-6.1 and 21-1.01 of | 21 |
| this Act and except as otherwise
provided in this Act with | 22 |
| respect to the odd year regular elections and
the emergency | 23 |
| referenda; all nominations
of any political party being placed | 24 |
| under the party appellation or title
of such party as | 25 |
| designated in the certificates of nomination or
petitions. The |
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| names of all independent candidates shall be printed upon
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| ballot in a column or columns under the heading "independent"
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| arranged under the names or titles of the respective offices | 4 |
| for which
such independent candidates shall have been nominated | 5 |
| and so far as
practicable, the name or names of any independent | 6 |
| candidate or
candidates for any office shall be printed upon | 7 |
| the ballot opposite the
name or names of any candidate or | 8 |
| candidates for the same office
contained in any party column or | 9 |
| columns upon said ballot. The ballot
shall contain no other | 10 |
| names, except that in cases of electors for
President and | 11 |
| Vice-President of the United States, the names of the
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| candidates for President and Vice-President may be added to the | 13 |
| party
designation and words calculated to aid the voter in his | 14 |
| choice of candidates
may be added, such as "Vote for one," | 15 |
| "Vote for not more than three." If no candidate or candidates | 16 |
| file for an office and if no person or persons file a | 17 |
| declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, then below | 18 |
| the title of that office the election authority instead shall | 19 |
| print "No Candidate". When an electronic
voting system is used | 20 |
| which utilizes a ballot label booklet, the candidates
and | 21 |
| questions shall appear on the pages of such booklet in the | 22 |
| order
provided by this Code; and, in any case where candidates | 23 |
| for an office
appear on a page which does not contain the name | 24 |
| of any candidate for
another office, and where less than 50% of | 25 |
| the page is utilized, the name of
no candidate shall be printed | 26 |
| on the lowest 25% of such page. On the back or
outside of the |
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| ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words
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| "Official Ballot", followed by the designation of the polling | 3 |
| place for
which the ballot is prepared, the date of the | 4 |
| election and a facsimile
of the signature of the election | 5 |
| authority who has caused the ballots to
be printed. The ballots | 6 |
| shall be of plain white paper, through which the
printing or | 7 |
| writing cannot be read. However, ballots for use at the
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| nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be printed on | 9 |
| different color
paper, except blue paper, whenever necessary or | 10 |
| desirable to facilitate
distinguishing between ballots for | 11 |
| different political subdivisions. In
the case of nonpartisan | 12 |
| elections for officers of a political
subdivision, unless the | 13 |
| statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to
Article VII of the | 14 |
| Constitution providing the form of government
therefor | 15 |
| requires otherwise, the column listing such nonpartisan
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| candidates shall be printed with no appellation or circle at | 17 |
| its head.
The party appellation or title, or the word | 18 |
| "independent" at the head of
any column provided for | 19 |
| independent candidates, shall be printed in letters not less | 20 |
| than one-fourth of an inch in height
and a
circle one-half inch | 21 |
| in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of
the line in | 22 |
| which such appellation or title is printed, provided,
however, | 23 |
| that no such circle shall be printed at the head of any column
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| or columns provided for such independent candidates. The names | 25 |
| of
candidates shall be printed in letters not less than | 26 |
| one-eighth
nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and |
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| at the beginning of
each line in which a name of a candidate is | 2 |
| printed a square shall be
printed, the sides of which shall be | 3 |
| not less than one-fourth of an inch
in length. However, the | 4 |
| names of the candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor on | 5 |
| the same ticket shall be printed within a bracket
and a single | 6 |
| square shall be printed in front of the bracket. The list
of | 7 |
| candidates of the several parties and any such list of | 8 |
| independent
candidates shall be placed in separate columns on | 9 |
| the ballot in such
order as the election authorities charged | 10 |
| with the printing of the
ballots shall decide; provided, that | 11 |
| the names of the candidates of the
several political parties, | 12 |
| certified by the State Board of Elections to
the several county | 13 |
| clerks shall be printed by the county clerk of the
proper | 14 |
| county on the official ballot in the order certified by the | 15 |
| State
Board of Elections. Any county clerk refusing, neglecting | 16 |
| or failing to
print on the official ballot the names of | 17 |
| candidates of the several
political parties in the order | 18 |
| certified by the State Board of
Elections, and any county clerk | 19 |
| who prints or causes to be printed upon
the official ballot the | 20 |
| name of a candidate, for an office to be filled
by the Electors | 21 |
| of the entire State, whose name has not been duly
certified to | 22 |
| him upon a certificate signed by the State Board of
Elections | 23 |
| shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
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| (b) When an electronic voting system is used which utilizes | 25 |
| a ballot
card,
on the inside flap of each ballot card envelope | 26 |
| there shall be printed
a form for write-in voting which shall |
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| be substantially as follows:
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| WRITE-IN VOTES
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| (See card of instructions for specific information. | 4 |
| Duplicate form below
by hand for additional write-in votes.)
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| _____________________________
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| Title of Office
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| ( ) ____________________________
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| Name of Candidate
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| Write-in lines equal to the number of candidates for which | 10 |
| a voter may vote shall be printed for an office only if one or | 11 |
| more persons filed declarations of intent to be write-in | 12 |
| candidates or qualify to file declarations to be write-in | 13 |
| candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the | 14 |
| certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION | 15 |
| PENDING".
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| (c) When an electronic voting system is used which uses a | 17 |
| ballot sheet,
the
instructions to voters on the ballot sheet | 18 |
| shall refer the voter to the
card of instructions for specific | 19 |
| information on write-in voting. Below
each office appearing on | 20 |
| such ballot sheet there shall be a provision for
the casting of | 21 |
| a write-in vote. Write-in lines equal to the number of | 22 |
| candidates for which a voter may vote shall be printed for an | 23 |
| office only if one or more persons filed declarations of intent | 24 |
| to be write-in candidates or qualify to file declarations to be | 25 |
| write-in candidates under Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the | 26 |
| certification of ballot contains the words "OBJECTION |
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| PENDING".
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| (d) When such electronic system is used, there shall be | 3 |
| printed on the
back of each ballot card, each ballot card | 4 |
| envelope, and
the first page of the ballot label when a ballot | 5 |
| label is used, the
words "Official Ballot," followed by the | 6 |
| number of the
precinct or other precinct identification, which | 7 |
| may be stamped, in lieu
thereof and, as applicable, the number | 8 |
| and name of the township, ward
or other election district for | 9 |
| which the ballot card, ballot card
envelope, and ballot label | 10 |
| are prepared, the date of the election and a
facsimile of the | 11 |
| signature of the election authority who has caused the
ballots | 12 |
| to be printed. The back of the ballot card shall also include
a | 13 |
| method of identifying the ballot configuration such as a | 14 |
| listing of the
political subdivisions and districts for which | 15 |
| votes may be cast on that
ballot, or a number code identifying | 16 |
| the ballot configuration or color coded
ballots, except that | 17 |
| where there is only one ballot configuration in a
precinct, the | 18 |
| precinct identification, and any applicable ward
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| identification, shall be sufficient. Ballot card envelopes | 20 |
| used in punch
card systems shall be of paper through which no | 21 |
| writing or punches may be
discerned and shall be of sufficient | 22 |
| length to enclose all voting
positions. However, the election | 23 |
| authority may provide
ballot card envelopes on which no | 24 |
| precinct number or township, ward or
other election district | 25 |
| designation, or election date are preprinted, if
space and a | 26 |
| preprinted form are provided below the space provided for
the |
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| names of write-in candidates where such information may be | 2 |
| entered
by the judges of election. Whenever an election | 3 |
| authority utilizes
ballot card envelopes on which the election | 4 |
| date and precinct is not
preprinted, a judge of election shall | 5 |
| mark such information for the
particular precinct and election | 6 |
| on the envelope in ink before tallying
and counting any | 7 |
| write-in vote written thereon.
If some method of insuring | 8 |
| ballot secrecy other than an envelope is used,
such information | 9 |
| must be provided on the ballot itself.
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| (e) In the designation of the name of a candidate on the | 11 |
| ballot, the
candidate's given name or names, initial or | 12 |
| initials, a nickname by
which the candidate is commonly known, | 13 |
| or a combination thereof, may be
used in addition to the | 14 |
| candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her | 15 |
| name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | 16 |
| Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | 17 |
| last day for filing the petition for nomination, nomination | 18 |
| papers, or certificate of nomination for that office, whichever | 19 |
| is applicable, then (i) the candidate's name on the ballot must | 20 |
| be followed by "formerly known as (list all prior names during | 21 |
| the 3-year period) until name changed on (list date of each | 22 |
| such name change)" and (ii) the petition, papers, or | 23 |
| certificate must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | 24 |
| stating the candidate's previous names during the period | 25 |
| specified in (i) and the date or dates each of those names was | 26 |
| changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds |
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| for denying certification of the candidate's name for the | 2 |
| ballot or removing the candidate's name from the ballot, as | 3 |
| appropriate, but these requirements do not apply to name | 4 |
| changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's | 5 |
| or parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | 6 |
| dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | 7 |
| marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation such
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| as a political slogan, title, or degree or nickname suggesting | 9 |
| or
implying possession of a
title, degree or professional | 10 |
| status, or similar information may be used
in connection with | 11 |
| the candidate's surname.
For purposes of this Section, a | 12 |
| "political slogan" is defined as any
word or words expressing | 13 |
| or connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the
candidate | 14 |
| may espouse, including but not limited to, any word or words
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| conveying any meaning other than that of the personal identity | 16 |
| of the
candidate. A
candidate may not use a political slogan as | 17 |
| part of his or her name on the
ballot, notwithstanding that the | 18 |
| political slogan may be part of the
candidate's name.
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| (f) The State Board of Elections, a local election | 20 |
| official, or an
election
authority shall remove any candidate's | 21 |
| name designation from a ballot that is
inconsistent with | 22 |
| subsection (e) of this Section. In addition, the State Board
of | 23 |
| Elections, a local election official, or an election authority | 24 |
| shall not
certify to any election authority any candidate name | 25 |
| designation that is
inconsistent with subsection (e) of this | 26 |
| Section.
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| (g) If the State Board of Elections, a local election | 2 |
| official, or an
election
authority removes a candidate's name | 3 |
| designation from a ballot under
subsection (f) of this Section, | 4 |
| then the aggrieved candidate may seek
appropriate relief in | 5 |
| circuit court.
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| Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 7 |
| used, the
provisions of this Section may be modified as | 8 |
| required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | 9 |
| is applicable.
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| Nothing in this Section shall prohibit election | 11 |
| authorities from using
or reusing ballot card envelopes which | 12 |
| were printed before the effective
date of this amendatory Act | 13 |
| of 1985.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1090, eff. 6-1-07; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/24A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
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| Sec. 24A-6. The ballot information, whether placed on the | 17 |
| ballot or
on the marking device, shall, as far as practicable, | 18 |
| be in the order of
arrangement provided for paper ballots, | 19 |
| except that such information may
be in vertical or horizontal | 20 |
| rows, or in a number of separate pages.
Ballots for all | 21 |
| questions or propositions to be voted on must be
provided in | 22 |
| the same manner and must be arranged on or in the marking
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| device or on the ballot sheet in the places provided for such | 24 |
| purposes.
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| When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label |
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| booklet and
ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots | 2 |
| calling for a
constitutional convention, constitutional | 3 |
| amendment ballots, judicial
retention ballots, public | 4 |
| measures, and all propositions to be voted
upon may be placed | 5 |
| on the electronic voting device by providing in the
ballot | 6 |
| booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
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| distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an | 8 |
| electronic
voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots | 9 |
| calling for a constitutional
convention, constitutional | 10 |
| amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots
shall be | 11 |
| placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of | 12 |
| the
ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be | 13 |
| printed in ink
of a color distinct from the color of ink used | 14 |
| in printing any other portion
of the ballot sheet. Ballots for | 15 |
| candidates, public measures and all other
propositions to be | 16 |
| voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by providing
a | 17 |
| separate portion of the ballot sheet for each such kind of | 18 |
| ballot. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent | 19 |
| to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and | 20 |
| 18-9.1,
a line
on which the name of a candidate may be written | 21 |
| by the voter shall be printed below the name of the last | 22 |
| candidate nominated for such office, and immediately
to the | 23 |
| left of such line an area shall be provided for marking a vote | 24 |
| for
such write-in candidate. The number of write-in lines for | 25 |
| an office shall equal the number of persons who have filed | 26 |
| declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an |
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| additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to | 2 |
| file declarations to be write-in candidates under Sections | 3 |
| 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains | 4 |
| the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of the | 5 |
| candidate, up to the number of candidates for which a voter may | 6 |
| vote. More than one amendment to the constitution may
be placed | 7 |
| on the same ballot page or series of pages or on the same | 8 |
| portion
of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. Ballot label | 9 |
| pages for
constitutional conventions or constitutional | 10 |
| amendments shall be on paper
of blue color and shall precede | 11 |
| all other ballot label pages in the ballot
label booklet. More | 12 |
| than one public measure or proposition may be placed
on the | 13 |
| same ballot label page or series of pages or on the same | 14 |
| portion of
the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More than one | 15 |
| proposition for
retention of judges in office may be placed on | 16 |
| the same ballot label page
or series of pages or on the same | 17 |
| portion of the ballot sheet, as the case
may be. Ballot label | 18 |
| pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
color, except | 19 |
| that in primary elections the ballot label page or pages for
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| the candidates of each respective political party shall be of | 21 |
| the color
designated by the election official in charge of the | 22 |
| election for that
political party's candidates; provided that | 23 |
| the ballot label pages or pages
for candidates for use at the | 24 |
| nonpartisan and consolidated elections may be
on paper of | 25 |
| different colors, except blue, whenever necessary or desirable
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| to facilitate distinguishing between the pages for different |
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| political
subdivisions. On each page
of
the candidate booklet, | 2 |
| where the election is made to list ballot
information | 3 |
| vertically, the party affiliation of each candidate or the word
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| "independent" shall appear immediately to the left of the | 5 |
| candidate's
name, and the name of candidates for the same | 6 |
| office shall be listed
vertically under the title of that | 7 |
| office. If no candidate or candidates file for an office and if | 8 |
| no person or persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate | 9 |
| for that office, then below the title of that office the | 10 |
| election authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the | 11 |
| case of nonpartisan
elections for officers of political | 12 |
| subdivisions, unless the statute or
an ordinance adopted | 13 |
| pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, | 14 |
| the listing of such nonpartisan candidates shall not
include | 15 |
| any party or "independent" designation. Ballot label pages for
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| judicial retention ballots shall be on paper of green color, | 17 |
| and ballot
label pages for all public measures and other | 18 |
| propositions shall be on
paper of some other distinct and | 19 |
| different color. In primary elections,
a separate ballot label | 20 |
| booklet, marking device and voting booth shall
be used for each | 21 |
| political party holding a primary, with the ballot
label | 22 |
| booklet arranged to include ballot label pages of the | 23 |
| candidates
of the party and public measures and other | 24 |
| propositions to be voted upon
on the day of the primary | 25 |
| election. One ballot card may be used for
recording the voter's | 26 |
| vote or choice on all such ballots, proposals,
public measures |
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| or propositions, and such ballot card shall be arranged
so as | 2 |
| to record the voter's vote or choice in a separate column or
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| columns for each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure | 4 |
| or
proposition.
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| If the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for | 6 |
| office and
public measures or propositions to be voted on, the | 7 |
| election official in
charge of the election shall divide the | 8 |
| pages by protruding tabs
identifying the division of the pages, | 9 |
| and printing on such tabs
"Candidates" and "Propositions".
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| The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot card | 11 |
| envelope
shall be of the color prescribed for candidate's | 12 |
| ballots at the general
or primary election, whichever is being | 13 |
| held. At an election where no
candidates are being nominated or | 14 |
| elected, the ballot card, its columns,
and the ballot card | 15 |
| envelope shall be of a color designated by the election
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| official in charge of the election.
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| The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets | 18 |
| may, at the
discretion of the election authority, be printed on | 19 |
| white paper and then
striped with the appropriate colors.
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| When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof | 21 |
| shall be arranged
to conform to the foregoing format.
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| Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes, | 23 |
| paper ballots
or ballot sheets voted in person in the office of | 24 |
| the election official in
charge of the election or voted by | 25 |
| mail. Where a ballot card is used for
voting by mail it must be | 26 |
| accompanied by a punching tool or other
appropriate marking |
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| device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot
showing the | 2 |
| proper positions to vote on the ballot card or ballot sheet for
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| each party, candidate, proposal, public measure or | 4 |
| proposition, and in the
case of a ballot card must be mounted | 5 |
| on a suitable material to receive the
punched out chip.
| 6 |
| Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may | 7 |
| return the
ballot to the judges of election and secure another. | 8 |
| However, the
protruding identifying tab for proposals for a | 9 |
| constitutional convention
or constitutional amendments shall | 10 |
| have printed thereon "Constitutional
Ballot", and the ballot | 11 |
| label page or pages for such proposals shall
precede the ballot | 12 |
| label pages for candidates in the ballot label
booklet.
| 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
| 14 |
| (10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
| 15 |
| Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic | 16 |
| Precinct
Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System; | 17 |
| Absentee
Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information, | 18 |
| shall, as far
as practicable, be in the order of arrangement | 19 |
| provided for paper
ballots, except that the information may be | 20 |
| in vertical or
horizontal rows, or on a number of separate | 21 |
| pages or displays on the marking
device. Ballots for
all | 22 |
| questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided
in | 23 |
| a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or | 24 |
| marking
device in
the places provided for such purposes. | 25 |
| Ballots shall be of white
paper unless provided otherwise by |
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| administrative rule of the State Board of
Elections or | 2 |
| otherwise specified.
| 3 |
| All propositions, including but not limited to | 4 |
| propositions
calling for a constitutional convention, | 5 |
| constitutional
amendment, judicial retention, and public | 6 |
| measures to be voted
upon shall be placed on separate portions | 7 |
| of the ballot sheet or marking
device by
utilizing borders or | 8 |
| grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on
a separate portion | 9 |
| of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing
borders or
| 10 |
| grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of | 11 |
| intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections | 12 |
| 17-16.1 and 18-9.1,
a line or lines on which the voter
may | 13 |
| select a
write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of | 14 |
| the last candidate nominated for such office. Such line or | 15 |
| lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking
votes | 16 |
| for the write-in candidate or
candidates. The number of | 17 |
| write-in lines for an office shall equal the number
of persons | 18 |
| who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates | 19 |
| plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who | 20 |
| qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under | 21 |
| Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot | 22 |
| contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that | 23 |
| candidate, up to the number of
candidates
for which a voter may | 24 |
| vote. More than one amendment to the constitution may be
placed | 25 |
| on the
same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.
| 26 |
| Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
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| propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate | 2 |
| portion of the
ballot
sheet or marking device and designated by | 3 |
| borders or grey screens, unless
otherwise
provided by | 4 |
| administrative rule of the State Board of Elections.
More than | 5 |
| one public measure or proposition may be placed on the
same | 6 |
| portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. More than
one | 7 |
| proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed
on | 8 |
| the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device.
Names | 9 |
| of candidates shall be printed in black. The party
affiliation | 10 |
| of each candidate or the word "independent" shall
appear near | 11 |
| or under the candidate's name, and the names of
candidates for | 12 |
| the same office shall be listed vertically under
the title of | 13 |
| that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as
| 14 |
| otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no | 15 |
| candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or | 16 |
| persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that | 17 |
| office, then below the title of that office the election | 18 |
| authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of
| 19 |
| nonpartisan elections
for officers of political subdivisions, | 20 |
| unless the statute or an
ordinance adopted pursuant to Article | 21 |
| VII of the Constitution
requires otherwise, the listing of | 22 |
| nonpartisan candidates
shall not include any party or | 23 |
| "independent" designation.
Judicial retention
questions and | 24 |
| ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions
| 25 |
| shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or | 26 |
| marking
device.
In primary
elections, a separate ballot, or |
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| displays on the marking device, shall be
used for each | 2 |
| political
party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking | 3 |
| device arranged to
include
names of the candidates of the party | 4 |
| and public measures and
other propositions to be voted upon on | 5 |
| the day of the primary
election.
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| If the ballot includes both candidates for office and | 7 |
| public
measures or propositions to be voted on, the election | 8 |
| official in
charge of the election shall divide the ballot or | 9 |
| displays on the marking
device in sections for
"Candidates" and | 10 |
| "Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
| 11 |
| Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
| 12 |
| ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
| 13 |
| official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
| 14 |
| Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
| 15 |
| voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
| 16 |
| Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or | 17 |
| has a ballot
returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may | 18 |
| return
the ballot to the judges of election and get another | 19 |
| ballot.
| 20 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
| 21 |
| (10 ILCS 5/24C-6)
| 22 |
| Sec. 24C-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Direct
| 23 |
| Recording Electronic Voting System; Absentee Ballots; Spoiled
| 24 |
| Ballots. The ballot information, shall, as far as practicable,
| 25 |
| be in the order of arrangement provided for paper ballots,
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| except that the information may be in vertical or horizontal
| 2 |
| rows, or on a number of separate pages or display screens.
| 3 |
| Ballots for all public questions to be voted on should be
| 4 |
| provided in a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot
| 5 |
| in the places provided for such purposes. All public questions,
| 6 |
| including but not limited to public questions calling for a
| 7 |
| constitutional convention, constitutional amendment, or | 8 |
| judicial
retention, shall be placed on the ballot separate and | 9 |
| apart from
candidates. Ballots for all public questions shall | 10 |
| be clearly
designated by borders or different color screens. | 11 |
| More than one
amendment to the constitution may be placed on | 12 |
| the same portion
of the ballot sheet. Constitutional convention | 13 |
| or
constitutional amendment propositions shall be placed on a
| 14 |
| separate portion of the ballot and designated by borders or
| 15 |
| unique color screens, unless otherwise provided by
| 16 |
| administrative rule of the State Board of Elections. More than
| 17 |
| one public question may be placed on the same portion of the
| 18 |
| ballot. More than one proposition for retention of judges in
| 19 |
| office may be placed on the same portion of the ballot.
| 20 |
| The party affiliation, if any, of each candidate or the
| 21 |
| word "independent", where applicable, shall appear near or | 22 |
| under
the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for the | 23 |
| same
office shall be listed vertically under the title of that
| 24 |
| office. In the case of nonpartisan elections for officers of
| 25 |
| political subdivisions, unless the statute or an ordinance
| 26 |
| adopted pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution requires
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| otherwise, the listing of nonpartisan candidates shall not
| 2 |
| include any party or "independent" designation. If no candidate | 3 |
| or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons | 4 |
| file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office, | 5 |
| then below the title of that office the election authority | 6 |
| shall print "No Candidate". In primary
elections, a separate | 7 |
| ballot shall be used for each political
party holding a | 8 |
| primary, with the ballot arranged to include
names of the | 9 |
| candidates of the party and public questions and
other | 10 |
| propositions to be voted upon on the day of the primary
| 11 |
| election.
| 12 |
| If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
| 13 |
| public questions or propositions to be voted on, the election
| 14 |
| official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot in
| 15 |
| sections for "Candidates" and "Public Questions", or separate
| 16 |
| ballots may be used.
| 17 |
| Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
| 18 |
| has a ballot rejected by the automatic tabulating equipment
| 19 |
| shall be provided a means of correcting the ballot or obtaining
| 20 |
| a new ballot prior to casting his or her ballot.
| 21 |
| Any election authority using a Direct Recording Electronic
| 22 |
| Voting System may use voting systems approved for use under
| 23 |
| Articles 24A or 24B of this Code in conducting absentee voting
| 24 |
| in the office of the election authority or voted by mail.
| 25 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/24C-7)
| 2 |
| Sec. 24C-7. Write-In Ballots. A Direct Recording
| 3 |
| Electronic Voting System shall provide an acceptable method for
| 4 |
| a voter to vote for a person whose name does not appear on the
| 5 |
| ballot using the same apparatus used to record votes for
| 6 |
| candidates whose names do appear on the ballot. Election
| 7 |
| authorities utilizing Direct Recording Electronic Voting | 8 |
| Systems
shall not use separate write-in ballots.
| 9 |
| Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of intent to | 10 |
| be a write-in candidate as required in Sections 17-16.1 and | 11 |
| 18-9.1, Below the name of the last candidate listed for an | 12 |
| office
shall be a space or spaces in which the name of a | 13 |
| candidate or
candidates may be written in or recorded by the | 14 |
| voter shall appear below the name of the last candidate | 15 |
| nominated for such office . The
number of write-in lines for an | 16 |
| office shall equal the number of
persons who have filed | 17 |
| declarations of intent to be write-in candidates plus an | 18 |
| additional line or lines for write-in candidates who qualify to | 19 |
| file declarations to be write-in candidates under Section | 20 |
| 17-16.1 or 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot contains the | 21 |
| words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of the candidate, up | 22 |
| to the number of candidates for which a voter may vote.
| 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
| 24 |
| Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 25 |
| changing Sections 3.1-25-35, 3.1-25-50, 4-3-10, 4-3-16, |
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| 5-2-12, 5-2-13, 5-2-18.4, 5-2-18.6, 5-2-18.7, and 7-2-24 as | 2 |
| follows:
| 3 |
| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-35) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-35)
| 4 |
| Sec. 3.1-25-35. Primary ballots. The proper election | 5 |
| authority, in
accordance with the general
election law, shall | 6 |
| have the primary ballots printed in the same manner, in
the | 7 |
| same number, and within the same time as ballots are printed | 8 |
| under the
general election law, except as otherwise provided in | 9 |
| this Code. If the office
of president is to be filled in the | 10 |
| succeeding general municipal election,
the names of the | 11 |
| candidates for president shall be placed first on the primary
| 12 |
| ballots, in substantially the form specified in this Section. | 13 |
| Following these
names
shall appear the names of the candidates | 14 |
| for trustees in substantially the
form specified in this | 15 |
| Section. The primary ballots shall comply with the
general | 16 |
| election law, except as otherwise provided in this Code. The | 17 |
| ballots
shall designate no party, platform, political | 18 |
| principle, appellation, or
mark, nor shall any circle be | 19 |
| printed at the head of the primary ballots.
| 20 |
| The primary ballots shall be in substantially the following | 21 |
| form:
| 22 |
| OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT
| 23 |
| CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION
| 24 |
| FOR (PRESIDENT AND)
| 25 |
| TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF VILLAGE)
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| AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
| 2 |
| FOR PRESIDENT
| 3 |
| (VOTE FOR ONE)
| 4 |
| HENRY WHITE
| 5 |
| JAMES SMITH
| 6 |
| LARRY FRANG
| 7 |
| RALPH WILSON
| 8 |
| FOR TRUSTEES
| 9 |
| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN (NUMBER))
| 10 |
| THOMAS WILLIAMS
| 11 |
| WILLIAM BURKE
| 12 |
| ALEXANDER HAMILTON
| 13 |
| EDWARD STUART
| 14 |
| MARY KURTIS
| 15 |
| G.E. HAUSMANN
| 16 |
| ARTHUR ROBBINS
| 17 |
| MARK TANDY
| 18 |
| HARRY BROWN
| 19 |
| JOSEPH TROUT
| 20 |
| IMMANUEL KANT
| 21 |
| ROBERT BUCK
| 22 |
| GEORGE MILLER
| 23 |
| SARAH TOLLER
| 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
| 25 |
| (65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-50) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-50)
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| Sec. 3.1-25-50. General election; ballot positions. On the | 2 |
| ballots
for the general municipal election, if the
office of | 3 |
| president is to be filled, the names of the nominees for | 4 |
| president
shall be placed first, in substantially the form | 5 |
| specified in this Section.
Following
these names, the names of | 6 |
| the nominees for trustees shall appear under each
office, in | 7 |
| substantially the form specified in this Section.
| 8 |
| The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general | 9 |
| election law,
except as otherwise provided in this Code, but | 10 |
| they shall designate no party,
platform, political principle, | 11 |
| appellation, or mark, nor shall
any circle be printed at the | 12 |
| head of the ballots. The ballots shall be in
substantially the | 13 |
| following form:
| 14 |
| OFFICIAL BALLOT
| 15 |
| NOMINEES FOR (PRESIDENT AND) TRUSTEES OF (NAME OF
| 16 |
| VILLAGE) AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
| 17 |
| FOR PRESIDENT
| 18 |
| (VOTE FOR ONE)
| 19 |
| JAMES SMITH
| 20 |
| LARRY FRANG
| 21 |
| FOR TRUSTEES
| 22 |
| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN (NUMBER))
| 23 |
| EDWARD STUART
| 24 |
| ROBERT BUCK
| 25 |
| GEORGE MILLER
| 26 |
| WILLIAM BURKE
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| ARTHUR ROBBINS
| 2 |
| HARRY BROWN
| 3 |
| (Source: P.A. 87-1119 .)
| 4 |
| (65 ILCS 5/4-3-10)
| 5 |
| Sec. 4-3-10. (Repealed). | 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 81-1490. Repealed by P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
| 7 |
| (65 ILCS 5/4-3-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 4-3-16)
| 8 |
| Sec. 4-3-16. Upon the ballots for the general municipal | 9 |
| election the names
of the nominees for mayor shall be placed | 10 |
| first, in substantially the form
specified in this section. | 11 |
| Following these names, the names of the nominees
for | 12 |
| commissioners shall appear under each office, in substantially | 13 |
| the form
specified in this section; provided that if the | 14 |
| municipality has voted,
as provided in Section 4-3-19, to | 15 |
| require candidates for commissioner to
run for a specific | 16 |
| office, the names of the candidates for commissioner
of public | 17 |
| accounts and finances, commissioner of public health and | 18 |
| safety,
commissioner of streets and public improvements, and | 19 |
| commissioner of public
property, respectively, shall appear
| 20 |
| under the designation of the applicable office, in | 21 |
| substantially the form
specified in Section 4-3-16.1.
| 22 |
| The ballots shall be in the form provided by the general | 23 |
| election law, except
as herein otherwise provided, but they | 24 |
| shall designate no party, platform,
political principle, |
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| appellation, or mark whatever. Nor shall any circle
be printed | 2 |
| at the head of the ballots. Except where candidates for | 3 |
| commissioner
are required to run for a specific office, the | 4 |
| ballots shall be in substantially
the following form:
| 5 |
| OFFICIAL BALLOT
| 6 |
| NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS
| 7 |
| OF THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF....
| 8 |
| AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
| 9 |
| FOR MAYOR
| 10 |
| (VOTE FOR ONE)
| 11 |
| ( ) JOHN JONES.
| 12 |
| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
| 13 |
| FOR COMMISSIONERS
| 14 |
| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR)
| 15 |
| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
| 16 |
| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
| 17 |
| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
| 18 |
| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
| 19 |
| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
| 20 |
| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
| 21 |
| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
| 22 |
| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
| 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| 24 |
| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-12)
| 25 |
| Sec. 5-2-12. Aldermen or trustees elected at large; |
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| vacancies;
mayor or president to preside.
| 2 |
| (a) If a city or village adopts the managerial
form of | 3 |
| municipal
government but does not elect to choose aldermen or | 4 |
| trustees from wards
or districts, then the following provisions | 5 |
| of this Section shall be
applicable.
| 6 |
| (b) The city council shall be elected at large. In cities | 7 |
| of less than
50,000
population, the council shall consist of | 8 |
| (i) the mayor and 4 councilmen or (ii) the mayor and 6 | 9 |
| councilmen if the size of the city council is increased under | 10 |
| subsection (k). In
cities
of at least 50,000 but less than | 11 |
| 100,000 population,
the council shall consist of
the mayor and | 12 |
| 6 councilmen. In cities of at least 100,000 but not more than | 13 |
| 500,000
population, the council shall consist of the mayor and | 14 |
| 8 councilmen.
| 15 |
| (c) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
| 16 |
| immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | 17 |
| municipal government, the village
board shall be elected at | 18 |
| large and shall consist of a president and the number
of | 19 |
| trustees provided for in Section 5-2-15 or 5-2-17,
whichever is | 20 |
| applicable.
| 21 |
| (d) The term of office of the mayor and councilmen shall be | 22 |
| 4 years, provided
that in cities of less than 50,000, the 2 | 23 |
| councilmen receiving the lowest
vote at the first election | 24 |
| shall serve for 2 years only; in cities of at
least 50,000 but | 25 |
| less than 100,000, the 3 councilmen receiving the lowest vote | 26 |
| at the
first election shall serve for 2 years only; and in |
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| cities of at least
100,000 but
not more than 500,000, the 4 | 2 |
| councilmen receiving the lowest vote at the
first election | 3 |
| shall serve for 2 years only.
| 4 |
| (e) The election of councilmen shall be every 2 years. | 5 |
| After the first election,
only 2 councilmen in cities of less | 6 |
| than
50,000, 3 councilmen in cities
of at least 50,000 but less | 7 |
| than 100,000, or 4
councilmen in cities of at least 100,000 but
| 8 |
| not more than 500,000, shall be voted for by each elector at | 9 |
| the primary
elections, and only 2, 3, or 4 councilmen, as the | 10 |
| case may be, shall be voted
for by each elector at each | 11 |
| biennial general municipal election,
to serve for 4 years.
| 12 |
| (f) In addition to the requirements of the general election | 13 |
| law, the ballots
shall be in the form set out in Section | 14 |
| 5-2-13. In cities with less than
50,000, the form of ballot | 15 |
| prescribed in Section 5-2-13 shall be further
modified by | 16 |
| printing in the place relating to councilmen the words "Vote
| 17 |
| for not more than Two", or "Vote for not more than Three" if | 18 |
| the size of the city council is increased under subsection (k), | 19 |
| instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". In cities | 20 |
| of
at least 50,000 but
less than 100,000, the ballot shall be | 21 |
| modified in that place by printing
the words "Vote for not more | 22 |
| than Three" instead of the words "Vote for not more than Four". | 23 |
| Sections 4-3-5 through 4-3-18, insofar as they may be | 24 |
| applicable, shall
govern the election of a mayor and councilmen | 25 |
| under this Section.
| 26 |
| (g) If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor or |
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| councilman, the remaining
members of the council, within 60 | 2 |
| days after the
vacancy occurs, shall fill the vacancy by | 3 |
| appointment of some person to
the office for
the balance of the | 4 |
| unexpired term or until the vacancy is filled by interim
| 5 |
| election under Section 3.1-10-50, and
until the successor is | 6 |
| elected and
has qualified.
| 7 |
| (h) Except in villages that were governed by Article 4
| 8 |
| immediately before
the adoption of the managerial form of | 9 |
| municipal government, in villages
that have adopted this | 10 |
| Article 5 the term of office of the
president, the
number of | 11 |
| trustees to be elected, their terms of office, and the manner | 12 |
| of
filling vacancies shall be governed by Sections
5-2-14 | 13 |
| through 5-2-17.
| 14 |
| (i) Any village that adopts the managerial form of
| 15 |
| municipal government under
this Article 5 and that, immediately | 16 |
| before that
adoption, was governed by the
provisions of Article | 17 |
| 4, shall continue to elect a mayor and
4 commissioners in | 18 |
| accordance with Sections 4-3-5 through
4-3-18, insofar as they | 19 |
| may be applicable, except that the 2 commissioners
receiving | 20 |
| the lowest vote among those elected at the first election after
| 21 |
| this Article 5 becomes effective in the village shall serve for | 22 |
| 2
years
only. After that first election, the election of
| 23 |
| commissioners shall be every 2 years, and
2 commissioners shall | 24 |
| be elected at each election to serve for 4
years. | 25 |
| (j) The mayor or president shall preside at all meetings of | 26 |
| the council
or
board and on all ceremonial occasions. |
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| (k) In cities of less than 50,000 population, the city | 2 |
| council may, by ordinance, provide that the city council shall, | 3 |
| after the next biennial general municipal election, consist of | 4 |
| 6 instead of 4 councilmen. If the size of the council is | 5 |
| increased to 6 councilmen, then at the next biennial general | 6 |
| municipal election, the electors shall vote for 4 instead of 2 | 7 |
| councilmen. Of the 4 councilmen elected at that next election, | 8 |
| the one receiving the lowest
vote at that election shall serve | 9 |
| a 2-year term. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 4 years.
| 10 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-1007, eff. 1-1-05.)
| 11 |
| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-13)
| 12 |
| Sec. 5-2-13. In addition to the requirements of the general | 13 |
| election law,
the ballots for the municipal primary
election | 14 |
| provided for in Section 5-2-12 shall be in substantially the | 15 |
| following form:
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| OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.
| 17 |
| CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
| 18 |
| AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY (OR
| 19 |
| VILLAGE) OF.... AT THE PRIMARY
| 20 |
| ELECTION.
| 21 |
| FOR MAYOR
| 22 |
| VOTE FOR ONE
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) HENRY WHITE.
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| ( ) RALPH WILSON.
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| ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
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| VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(insert proper number as provided | 4 |
| in Section 5-2-12).
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
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| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
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| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
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| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
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| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| In addition to the requirements of the general election | 14 |
| law, the general
municipal election ballots for the election | 15 |
| provided for in Section 5-2-12
shall be substantially in the | 16 |
| following form:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
| 18 |
| NOMINEES FOR MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF
| 19 |
| THE CITY (OR VILLAGE) OF.... AT
| 20 |
| THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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| FOR MAYOR
| 22 |
| VOTE FOR ONE
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| ( ) JOHN JONES.
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| ( ) JAMES SMITH.
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| ( ) FOR COUNCILMEN.
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| VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(insert proper number as provided |
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| in Section 5-2-12).
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| ( ) HARRY BROWN.
| 3 |
| ( ) ROBERT BUCK.
| 4 |
| ( ) WILLIAM BURKE.
| 5 |
| ( ) GEORGE MILLER.
| 6 |
| ( ) ARTHUR ROBBINS.
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| ( ) EDWARD STUART.
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| ( ) JOSEPH TROUT.
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| ( ) THOMAS WILLIAMS.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.4) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.4)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.4. In addition to the requirements of the | 13 |
| general election law, a distinct
ballot shall be printed for | 14 |
| each district for the primary election. At the
top of the | 15 |
| ballot shall be the following: CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR
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| MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY | 17 |
| ELECTION. Under
the sub-title FOR MAYOR shall be placed the | 18 |
| following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be placed below the | 19 |
| names of the candidates for mayor another sub-title
as follows: | 20 |
| FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following this sub-title there shall
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| be an instruction in this form, to be altered, however, to | 22 |
| conform to the
facts: VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN .... (Insert proper | 23 |
| number as provided in Section 5-2-12).
Following the names of | 24 |
| the candidates for councilmen at large, there shall
be another | 25 |
| sub-title in the following form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. |
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| Following
this sub-title there shall be the following | 2 |
| direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In
other respects the form of the | 3 |
| ballot shall be controlled by Section 4-3-10.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.6) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.6)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.6. In addition to the requirements of the | 7 |
| general election law, the ballots
for the general municipal | 8 |
| election shall
be prepared in accordance with Section 4-3-16, | 9 |
| with the
following changes:
| 10 |
| (1) Following the names of the candidates for mayor there | 11 |
| shall be printed
a sub-title: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE; | 12 |
| following this sub-title shall be
an instruction in this form: | 13 |
| VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....(Insert proper number as provided
in | 14 |
| Section 5-2-12). The names of the candidates for councilmen at | 15 |
| large
shall follow this instruction.
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| (2) Following the names of the candidates at large shall be | 17 |
| printed another
sub-title: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following | 18 |
| this sub-title shall be an
instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR | 19 |
| ONE) and following this instruction
shall be printed the names | 20 |
| of the 2 nominees.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| (65 ILCS 5/5-2-18.7) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-18.7)
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| Sec. 5-2-18.7. In any city which has adopted this Article, | 24 |
| and is electing the city
council at large or has elected to |
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| choose aldermen from wards, a
proposition to elect part of the | 2 |
| city council at large and part from
districts with staggered | 3 |
| four year terms and biennial elections for
councilmen shall be | 4 |
| submitted to the electors upon initiation in the manner
herein | 5 |
| provided.
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| Electors of such city, equal in number to not less than 10% | 7 |
| of the
total vote cast for all candidates for mayor in the last | 8 |
| preceding
municipal election for such office, may petition for | 9 |
| submission, or, in
the alternative, the city council may by
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| ordinance without a petition cause to be submitted, to a vote | 11 |
| of the
electors of that city the proposition whether part of | 12 |
| the city council
shall be elected at large and part from | 13 |
| districts with staggered four
year terms and biennial elections | 14 |
| for councilmen. The petition shall be
in the same form as | 15 |
| prescribed in Section 5-1-6, except that the
petition shall be | 16 |
| modified as to the wording of the proposition to be
voted upon, | 17 |
| to conform to the wording of the proposition as hereinafter
set | 18 |
| forth, and shall be filed with the city clerk in accordance | 19 |
| with the
general election law. The city clerk shall certify the | 20 |
| proposition to the
proper election authorities who shall submit | 21 |
| the proposition at an election
in accordance with the general | 22 |
| election law.
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| However, such proposition shall not be submitted at
the | 24 |
| general primary election for the municipality.
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| The proposition shall be substantially in the
following | 26 |
| form:
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| -------------------------------------------------------------
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| Shall the city of....
| 3 |
| elect part of the councilmen at large YES
| 4 |
| and part of the councilmen from ----------------------
| 5 |
| districts with staggered four year NO
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| terms and biennial elections?
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| -------------------------------------------------------------
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| If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote | 9 |
| "yes", then at
the next general municipal election at which a | 10 |
| mayor is to be elected, a
mayor and councilmen shall be elected | 11 |
| as hereinafter provided.
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| In cities of less than 50,000 population, the council shall | 13 |
| consist
of the mayor and 6 councilmen, 2 councilmen being | 14 |
| elected at large and 4
councilmen being elected from districts. | 15 |
| In cities of 50,000 and not
more than 500,000 population, the | 16 |
| council shall consist of the mayor and
8 councilmen, 3 | 17 |
| councilmen being elected at large and 5 councilmen being
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| elected from districts.
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| The city council shall divide the city, whenever necessary
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| thereafter, into districts which shall be of as compact and | 21 |
| contiguous
territory as practicable and of approximately equal | 22 |
| population. The
number of such districts shall be the same as | 23 |
| the number of councilmen
to be elected from districts.
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| One councilman who is an actual resident of the district, | 25 |
| shall be
elected from each district. Only the electors of a | 26 |
| district shall elect
a councilman from that district. The rest |
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| of the number of councilmen
authorized shall be elected at | 2 |
| large.
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| The term of office of the Mayor and Councilmen shall be 4 | 4 |
| years,
provided that at the first election the Councilmen | 5 |
| elected at large
shall serve for 2 years only. Thereafter the | 6 |
| election of Councilmen
shall be biennial, and after the first | 7 |
| election the Mayor and all
Councilmen shall be elected for 4 | 8 |
| year terms to fill expiring terms of
incumbents.
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| The Mayor and Councilmen shall hold their respective | 10 |
| offices for the
term of 4 years as herein provided, and until | 11 |
| their successors are
elected and qualified. Upon the election | 12 |
| and qualification of the
Councilmen, the terms of all sitting | 13 |
| aldermen or councilmen elected at
large pursuant to the | 14 |
| provisions of Section 5-2-12 shall expire.
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| For the first primary election a distinct ballot shall be | 16 |
| printed for each
district. At the top of the ballot shall be | 17 |
| the following:
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor | 18 |
| is to be elected) AND
COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF.... AT THE | 19 |
| PRIMARY ELECTION. Under the
subtitle of FOR MAYOR (when | 20 |
| applicable) shall be placed the following:
(VOTE FOR ONE). | 21 |
| There shall be placed below the names of the candidates
for | 22 |
| Mayor, if any, another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT
| 23 |
| LARGE. Following this subtitle there shall be an instruction in | 24 |
| this
form, to be altered, however, to conform to the facts: | 25 |
| (VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....)
(Insert number of Councilmen being | 26 |
| elected). Following the names of the
candidates for councilmen |
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| at large, there shall be another subtitle in
the following | 2 |
| form: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this subtitle
there | 3 |
| shall be the following direction: (VOTE FOR ONE). In other
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| respects the ballots shall conform to the applicable provisions | 5 |
| of
Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
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| To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on | 7 |
| the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal | 8 |
| election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each | 9 |
| subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the | 10 |
| primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the | 11 |
| general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be | 12 |
| elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes | 13 |
| shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
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| municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
| 15 |
| candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be | 16 |
| placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, | 17 |
| the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of | 18 |
| votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
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| The ballots for the election of officers at the first | 20 |
| general
municipal election shall be prepared in compliance with | 21 |
| Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes:
| 22 |
| (1) Following the names of the candidates for Mayor (when
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| applicable) there shall be printed a subtitle: FOR COUNCILMAN | 24 |
| AT LARGE:
following this subtitle shall be an instruction in | 25 |
| this form: (VOTE FOR
NOT MORE THAN ....) (Insert number of | 26 |
| councilmen to be elected). The names of the
nominees for |
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| councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
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| (2) Following the names of the nominees for councilmen at | 3 |
| large
shall be printed another subtitle: FOR DISTRICT | 4 |
| COUNCILMAN. Following
this subtitle shall be an instruction in | 5 |
| this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this instruction shall | 6 |
| be printed the names of the 2 nominees.
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| Thereafter, the ballots for the biennial election shall be | 8 |
| prepared
as hereinafter provided.
| 9 |
| For the primary election at which Councilmen at large are | 10 |
| to be
elected the form of the ballot shall be as follows:
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| At the top of the ballot shall be the following: | 12 |
| CANDIDATES FOR
NOMINATION FOR MAYOR (when Mayor is to be | 13 |
| elected) AND COUNCILMEN OF THE
CITY OF.... AT THE PRIMARY | 14 |
| ELECTION. Under the subtitle of FOR MAYOR
(when applicable) | 15 |
| shall be placed the following: (VOTE FOR ONE). There
shall be | 16 |
| placed below the names of the candidates for Mayor, if any,
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| another subtitle as follows: FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE. Following | 18 |
| this
subtitle there shall be an instruction in this form, to be | 19 |
| altered,
however, to conform to the facts: (VOTE FOR NOT MORE | 20 |
| THAN ....) (Insert number of
Councilmen being elected).
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| For the primary election at which District Councilmen are | 22 |
| to be
elected, a distinct ballot shall be printed for each | 23 |
| District. There
shall be placed below the names of the | 24 |
| candidates for Mayor (when
applicable) another subtitle as | 25 |
| follows: FOR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN.
Following this subtitle | 26 |
| there shall be an instruction in this form:
VOTE FOR ONE. In |
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| all other respects the ballot shall conform to the
applicable | 2 |
| provisions of Sections 4-3-10 and 5-2-13.
| 3 |
| To determine the number of nominees who shall be placed on | 4 |
| the ballot
under each subtitle at the general municipal | 5 |
| election, the number of
officers who will be chosen under each | 6 |
| subtitle shall be multiplied by
2. Only those candidates at the | 7 |
| primary election shall be nominees under
each subtitle at the | 8 |
| general municipal election and, where but one
officer is to be | 9 |
| elected, the 2 candidates receiving the highest number
of votes | 10 |
| shall be placed upon the ballot for the next succeeding general
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| municipal election. Where 2 councilmen are to be elected, the 4
| 12 |
| candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be | 13 |
| placed upon
the ballot. Where 3 councilmen are to be elected, | 14 |
| the names of the 6
candidates receiving the highest number of | 15 |
| votes shall be placed upon
the ballot.
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| The ballots for the election of officers at the general | 17 |
| municipal
election shall be prepared in compliance with Section | 18 |
| 4-3-16, with the
following changes:
| 19 |
| (1) For elections where candidates for Councilmen at large | 20 |
| are being
elected, following the names of candidates for Mayor | 21 |
| (when applicable)
there shall be printed a subtitle as follows: | 22 |
| FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE.
Following this subtitle there shall be | 23 |
| an instruction in this form:
(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ....) | 24 |
| (Insert number of Councilmen to be elected). The names
of the | 25 |
| nominees for Councilmen at large shall follow the instruction.
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| (2) For elections where district Councilmen are to be |
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| elected, a
distinct ballot shall be printed for each district, | 2 |
| and following the
names of the candidates for Mayor (when | 3 |
| applicable) there shall be
printed a subtitle as follows: FOR | 4 |
| DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. Following this
subtitle there shall be an | 5 |
| instruction in this form: (VOTE FOR ONE) and
following this | 6 |
| instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 nominees
for | 7 |
| district Councilman.
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| Vacancies shall be filled as prescribed in Section 5-2-12, | 9 |
| provided
that a vacancy in the office of a District Councilman | 10 |
| shall be filled by
a person who is an actual resident of the | 11 |
| district in which the vacancy
occurs.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
| 13 |
| (65 ILCS 5/7-2-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-24)
| 14 |
| Sec. 7-2-24. The ballots for the election of officers at | 15 |
| the general city
election in a united city shall be prepared in | 16 |
| accordance with the general
election law, and in accordance | 17 |
| with Section 4-3-16,
with the following changes: (1) Following | 18 |
| the names of the candidates for
mayor there shall be printed a | 19 |
| sub-title: FOR COMMISSIONER (or COMMISSIONERS)
AT LARGE. | 20 |
| Following this sub-title shall be an instruction in this form:
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| (Vote for one) or (Vote for not more than 2), as the case may | 22 |
| be. The names
of the candidates for commissioner at large shall | 23 |
| follow this instruction.
(2) Following the names of the | 24 |
| candidates at large shall be printed another
sub-title: FOR | 25 |
| COMMISSIONER FROM THE BOROUGH OF..... Following this sub-title
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| shall be an instruction in this form: (Vote for one) and | 2 |
| following this
instruction shall be printed the names of the 2 | 3 |
| nominees. Sections 7-2-20
through 7-2-24 are applicable only to | 4 |
| united cities under a commission form
of government.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 |
| becoming law. |
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