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90_HB0566
10 ILCS 5/4-6 from Ch. 46, par. 4-6
10 ILCS 5/4-8.03 from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03
10 ILCS 5/5-5 from Ch. 46, par. 5-5
10 ILCS 5/5-7.03 from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03
10 ILCS 5/6-29 from Ch. 46, par. 6-29
10 ILCS 5/6-35.03 from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03
10 ILCS 5/6-50 from Ch. 46, par. 6-50
10 ILCS 5/7-12 from Ch. 46, par. 7-12
10 ILCS 5/7-13 from Ch. 46, par. 7-13
10 ILCS 5/8-9 from Ch. 46, par. 8-9
10 ILCS 5/10-6 from Ch. 46, par. 10-6
10 ILCS 5/12-4 from Ch. 46, par. 12-4
10 ILCS 5/12-5 from Ch. 46, par. 12-5
10 ILCS 5/16-6.1 from Ch. 46, par. 16-6.1
10 ILCS 5/24A-6 from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6
Amends the Election Code. Changes the petition filing
period for even-numbered years to 106-99 days (now 99-92
days) before the general primary and general election.
Deletes the provisions that prohibit the registration of
voters during the 35 days before an election if precinct
registration is used. Provides that objections to nomination
petitions for ward committeemen shall be heard not less than
81 days (now 74 days) prior to the date of the primary.
Permits judicial retention candidates to appear on the same
ballot label pages as other candidates as long as the
retention portion of the pages is green, separate, and
distinct from the remainder of the page. Permits publication
of the specimen ballot, notice of the election, and notice of
the referenda as a single publication. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-6, 4-8.03, 5-5, 5-7.03, 6-29, 6-35.03, 6-50, 7-12,
6 7-13, 8-9, 10-6, 12-4, 12-5, 16-6.1, and 24A-6 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6)
8 Sec. 4-6. For the purpose of registering voters under
9 this Article in addition to the method provided for precinct
10 registration under Section 4-7, the office of the county
11 clerk shall be open every day, except Saturday, Sunday, and
12 legal holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays the
13 hours of registration shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon,
14 and such additional hours as the county clerk may designate.
15 If, however, the county board otherwise duly regulates and
16 fixes the hours of opening and closing of all county offices
17 at the county seat of any county, such regulation shall
18 control and supersede the hours herein specified. There shall
19 be no registration at the office of the county clerk or at
20 the office of municipal and township or road district clerks
21 serving as deputy registrars during the 28 days preceding any
22 regular or special election at which the cards provided in
23 this Article are used, or until the 2nd day following such
24 regular or special election; provided, that if by reason of
25 the proximity of any such elections to one another the effect
26 of this provision would be to close registrations for all or
27 any part of the 10 days immediately prior to such 28 day
28 period, the county clerk shall accept, solely for use in the
29 subsequent and not in any intervening election, registrations
30 and transfers of registration within the period from the 28th
31 to the 38th days, both inclusive, prior to such subsequent
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1 election; provided, further that at the office of such clerks
2 registration shall be permitted on the 28th day preceding the
3 election in November of even-numbered years in any county in
4 which such day is not designated as a day of precinct
5 registration. In any election called for the submission of
6 the revision or alteration of, or the amendments to the
7 Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the
8 final day for registration at the office of the election
9 authority charged with the printing of the ballot of this
10 election shall be the 15th day prior to the date of election.
11 Any qualified person residing within the county or any
12 portion thereof subject to this Article may register or
13 re-register with the county clerk.
14 Each county clerk shall appoint one or more registration
15 or re-registration teams for the purpose of accepting the
16 registration or re-registration of any voter who files an
17 affidavit that he is physically unable to appear at any
18 appointed place of registration or re-registration. Each team
19 shall consist of one member of each political party having
20 the highest and second highest number of registered voters in
21 the county. The county clerk shall designate a team to visit
22 each disabled person and shall accept the registration or
23 re-registration of each such person as if he had applied for
24 registration or re-registration at the office of the county
25 clerk.
26 As used in this Article, "deputy registrars" and
27 "registration officers" mean any person authorized to accept
28 registrations of electors under this Article.
29 (Source: P.A. 83-1059.)
30 (10 ILCS 5/4-8.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8.03)
31 Sec. 4-8.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
32 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
33 in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
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1 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
2 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
3 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
4 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
5 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
6 under Sections 4-8 and 4-21 of this Code; provided, that such
7 cards shall also contain a box or space for the applicant's
8 driver's license number, or where allowable the applicant's
9 social security number, if any, and a box for the applicant's
10 telephone number, if available.
11 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
12 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
13 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
14 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
15 completed transfer of registration.
16 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
17 same election jurisdiction or to another election
18 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
19 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
20 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
21 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
22 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
23 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
24 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
25 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
26 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
27 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
28 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
29 previous registration card to the voter's new election
30 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
31 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
32 authority receives notification.
33 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
34 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
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1 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
2 thereof, except that such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation
3 of Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars
4 between the 35th and 29th 28th day preceding an election
5 shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the election
6 authority within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy
7 registrars shall return the cards or Affidavits of
8 Cancellation of Previous Registration received by them on the
9 29th 28th day preceding an election to the election authority
10 within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
11 The date by which an election authority is required to
12 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
13 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
14 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
15 has received a written request for such an extension from the
16 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
17 the extension.
18 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-5)
20 Sec. 5-5. For the purpose of registering voters under
21 this Article 5, in addition to the method provided for
22 precinct registration under Sections 5-6 and 5-17 of this
23 Article 5, the office of the county clerk shall be open
24 between 9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. on all days except
25 Saturday, Sunday and holidays, but there shall be no
26 registration at such office during the 28 35 days immediately
27 preceding any election required to be held under the law but
28 if no precinct registration is being conducted prior to any
29 election then registration may be taken in the office of the
30 county clerk up to and including the 29th day prior to an
31 election. On Saturdays, the hours of registration shall be
32 from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 p. m. noon. During such 35 or 28 day
33 period, registration of electors of political subdivisions
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1 wherein a regular, or special election is required to be held
2 shall cease and shall not be resumed for the registration of
3 electors of such political subdivisions until the second day
4 following the day of such election. In any election called
5 for the submission of the revision or alteration of, or the
6 amendments to the Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional
7 Convention, the final day for registration at the office of
8 the election authority charged with the printing of the
9 ballot of this election shall be the 15th day prior to the
10 date of the election.
11 Each county clerk shall appoint one deputy for the
12 purpose of accepting the registration of any voter who files
13 an affidavit that he is physically unable to appear at any
14 appointed place of registration. The county clerk shall
15 designate a deputy to visit each disabled person and shall
16 accept the registration of each such person as if he had
17 applied for registration at the office of the county clerk.
18 The offices of city, village, incorporated town and town
19 clerks shall also be open for the purpose of registering
20 voters residing in the territory in which this Article is in
21 effect, and also, in the case of city, village and
22 incorporated town clerks, for the purpose of registering
23 voters residing in a portion of the city, village or
24 incorporated town not located within the county, on all days
25 on which the office of the county clerk is open for the
26 registration of voters of such cities, villages, incorporated
27 towns and townships.
28 (Source: P.A. 84-762.)
29 (10 ILCS 5/5-7.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7.03)
30 Sec. 5-7.03. The State Board of Elections shall design a
31 registration record card which, except as otherwise provided
32 in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all election
33 authorities in the State, beginning with registrations taken
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1 on or after January 1, 1986. The Board shall prescribe the
2 form and specifications, including but not limited to the
3 weight of paper, color and print of such cards. Such cards
4 shall contain boxes or spaces for the information required
5 under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1 of this Code; provided, that
6 such cards shall also contain a box or space for the
7 applicant's driver's license number, or where allowable the
8 applicant's social security number, if any, and a box for the
9 applicant's telephone number, if available.
10 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
11 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
12 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
13 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
14 completed transfer of registration.
15 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
16 same election jurisdiction or to another election
17 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
18 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
19 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
20 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
21 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
22 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration. In the
23 case of a transfer of registration to a new election
24 jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit the
25 voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
26 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
27 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
28 previous registration card to the voter's new election
29 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
30 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
31 authority receives notification.
32 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
33 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
34 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
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1 thereof, except that such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation
2 of Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars
3 between the 35th and 29th 28th day preceding an election
4 shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the election
5 authority within 48 hours after receipt. The deputy
6 registrars shall return the cards or Affidavits of
7 Cancellation of Previous Registration received by them on the
8 29th 28th day preceding an election to the election authority
9 within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
10 The date by which an election authority is required to
11 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
12 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
13 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
14 has received a written request for such an extension from the
15 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
16 the extension.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/6-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-29)
19 Sec. 6-29. For the purpose of registering voters under
20 this Article, the office of the Board of Election
21 Commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
22 each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last
23 four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
24 registration preceding each election, and such other days and
25 such other times as the board may direct. During the 28 days
26 immediately preceding any election there shall be no
27 registration of voters at the office of the Board of Election
28 Commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns of
29 fewer than 200,000 inhabitants. In cities, villages and
30 incorporated towns of 200,000 or more inhabitants, there
31 shall be no registration of voters at the office of the Board
32 of Election Commissioners during the 35 days immediately
33 preceding any election; provided, however, where no precinct
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1 registration is being conducted prior to any election then
2 registration may be taken in the office of the Board up to
3 and including the 29th day prior to such election. The Board
4 of Election Commissioners may set up and establish as many
5 branch offices for the purpose of taking registrations as it
6 may deem necessary, and the branch offices may be open on any
7 or all dates and hours during which registrations may be
8 taken in the main office. All officers and employees of the
9 Board of Election Commissioners who are authorized by such
10 board to take registrations under this Article shall be
11 considered officers of the circuit court, and shall be
12 subject to the same control as is provided by Section 14-5 of
13 this Act with respect to judges of election.
14 In any election called for the submission of the revision
15 or alteration of, or the amendments to the Constitution,
16 submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the final day for
17 registration at the office of the election authority charged
18 with the printing of the ballot of this election shall be the
19 15th day prior to the date of election.
20 The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
21 more registration teams, consisting of 2 of its employees for
22 each team, for the purpose of accepting the registration of
23 any voter who files an affidavit, within the period for
24 taking registrations provided for in this article, that he is
25 physically unable to appear at the office of the Board or at
26 any appointed place of registration. On the day or days when
27 a precinct registration is being conducted such teams shall
28 consist of one member from each of the 2 leading political
29 parties who are serving on the Precinct Registration Board.
30 Each team so designated shall visit each disabled person and
31 shall accept the registration of such person the same as if
32 he had applied for registration in person.
33 Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
34 county of residence due to business of the United States, or
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1 who is temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of
2 the United States, may make application to become registered
3 by mail to the Board of Election Commissioners within the
4 periods for registration provided for in this Article or by
5 simultaneous application for absentee registration and
6 absentee ballot as provided in Article 20 of this Code.
7 Upon receipt of such application the Board of Election
8 Commissioners shall immediately mail an affidavit of
9 registration in duplicate, which affidavit shall contain the
10 following and such other information as the State Board of
11 Elections may think it proper to require for the
12 identification of the applicant:
13 Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and
14 first or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the
15 initial for such middle name, if any.
16 Sex.
17 Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
18 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
19 definite description as may be necessary to determine the
20 exact location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the
21 location cannot be determined by street and number, then the
22 section, congressional township and range number may be used,
23 or such other information as may be necessary, including post
24 office mailing address.
25 Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
26 precinct.
27 Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant
28 was born.
29 Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
30 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
31 naturalization.
32 Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
33 Out of State address of ..................
34 AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
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1 State of .........)
2 ) ss.
3 County of ........)
4 I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
5 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
6 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
7 precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I
8 am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States,
9 that I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois,
10 and of the election precinct, that I intend to return to the
11 State of Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
12 ..............................
13 (His or her signature or mark)
14 Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified
15 to administer oaths, this ....... day of ....... 19 .......
16 ........................................
17 Signature of officer administering oath.
18 Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
19 Registration, the Board of Election Commissioners shall
20 transfer the information contained thereon to duplicate
21 Registration Cards provided for in Section 6-35 of this
22 Article and shall attach thereto a copy of each of the
23 duplicate affidavit of registration and thereafter such
24 registration card and affidavit shall constitute the
25 registration of such person the same as if he had applied for
26 registration in person.
27 (Source: P.A. 81-953.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/6-35.03) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35.03)
29 Sec. 6-35.03. The State Board of Elections shall design
30 a registration record card which, except as otherwise
31 provided in this Section, shall be used in triplicate by all
32 election authorities in the State, beginning with
33 registrations taken on or after January 1, 1986. The Board
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1 shall prescribe the form and specifications, including but
2 not limited to the weight of paper, color and print of such
3 cards. Such cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the
4 information required under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35 of this
5 Code; provided, that such cards shall also contain a box or
6 space for the applicant's driver's license number, or where
7 allowable the applicant's social security number, if any, and
8 a box for the applicant's telephone number, if available.
9 The original and duplicate cards shall respectively
10 constitute the master file and precinct binder registration
11 records of the voter. The triplicate card shall be given to
12 the applicant upon completion of his or her registration or
13 completed transfer of registration.
14 Whenever a voter moves to another precinct within the
15 same election jurisdiction or to another election
16 jurisdiction in the State, such voter may transfer his or her
17 registration by presenting his or her triplicate card to the
18 election authority or a deputy registrar. If such voter is
19 not in possession of or has lost his or her triplicate card,
20 he or she may effect a transfer of registration by executing
21 an Affidavit of Cancellation of Previous Registration.
22 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
23 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
24 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
25 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
26 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
27 previous registration card to the voter's new election
28 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
29 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
30 authority receives notification.
31 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
32 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
33 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
34 thereof. Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
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1 Registration received by the deputy registrars between the
2 35th and 29th 28th day preceding an election shall be
3 returned by the deputy registrars within 48 hours after
4 receipt thereof. Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of
5 Previous Registration received by the deputy registrars on
6 the 29th 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by
7 the deputy registrars to the election authority within 24
8 hours after receipt thereof.
9 The date by which an election authority is required to
10 take registrations in compliance with this Section may be
11 extended by the State Board of Elections to a date no later
12 than July 1, 1986, where, prior to January 1, 1986, the Board
13 has received a written request for such an extension from the
14 election authority and such request has shown good cause for
15 the extension.
16 In the case of a transfer of registration to a new
17 election jurisdiction, the election authority shall transmit
18 the voter's triplicate card or such affidavit to the election
19 authority of the voter's former election jurisdiction, which
20 shall immediately cause the transmission of the voter's
21 previous registration card to the voter's new election
22 authority. No transfer of registration to a new election
23 jurisdiction shall be complete until the voter's old election
24 authority receives notification.
25 Deputy registrars shall return all triplicate cards or
26 Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration to the
27 election authority within 7 working days after the receipt
28 thereof, except that the deputy registrars shall return the
29 cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous Registration
30 received by them between the 35th and 28th day preceding an
31 election to the election authority within 48 hours after the
32 receipt thereof.
33 Such cards or Affidavits of Cancellation of Previous
34 Registration received during the 28th day preceding an
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1 election shall be returned by the deputy registrars to the
2 election authority within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/6-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50)
5 Sec. 6-50. The office of the board of election
6 commissioners shall be open during ordinary business hours of
7 each week day, from 9 a.m. to 12 o'clock noon on the last
8 four Saturdays immediately preceding the end of the period of
9 registration preceding each election, and such other days and
10 such other times as the board may direct. There shall be no
11 registration at the office of the board of election
12 commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns of
13 fewer than 200,000 inhabitants during the 28 days preceding
14 any primary, regular or special election at which the cards
15 provided for in this Article are used, or until the second
16 day following such primary, regular or special election. In
17 cities, villages and incorporated towns of 200,000 or more
18 inhabitants, there shall be no registration of voters at the
19 office of the board of election commissioners during the 35
20 days immediately preceding any election; provided, however,
21 where no precinct registration is being conducted prior to
22 any election then registration may be taken in the office of
23 the board up to and including the 29th day prior to such
24 election. In any election called for the submission of the
25 revision or alteration of, or the amendments to the
26 Constitution, submitted by a Constitutional Convention, the
27 final day for registration at the office of the election
28 authority charged with the printing of the ballot of this
29 election shall be the 15th day prior to the date of election.
30 The Board of Election Commissioners shall appoint one or
31 more registration teams, each consisting of one member from
32 each of the 2 leading political parties, for the purpose of
33 accepting the registration of any voter who files an
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1 affidavit, within the period for taking registrations
2 provided for in this Article, that he is physically unable to
3 appear at the office of the Board or at any appointed place
4 of registration. On the day or days when a precinct
5 registration is being conducted such teams shall consist of
6 one member from each of the 2 leading political parties who
7 are serving on the precinct registration board. Each team so
8 designated shall visit each disabled person and shall accept
9 the registration of such person the same as if he had applied
10 for registration in person.
11 The office of the board of election commissioners may be
12 designated as a place of registration under Section 6-51 of
13 this Article and, if so designated, may also be open for
14 purposes of registration on such day or days as may be
15 specified by the board of election commissioners under the
16 provisions of that Section.
17 (Source: P.A. 79-1134.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
19 Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed
20 by mail or in person as follows:
21 (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
22 congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
23 nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
24 district which comprises more than one county or is partly in
25 one county and partly in another county or counties, then,
26 except as otherwise provided in this Section, such petition
27 for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
28 State Board of Elections not more than 106 99 and not less
29 than 99 92 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in the
30 case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by special
31 election in the office of representative in Congress from
32 this State, such petition for nomination shall be filed in
33 the principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
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1 than 57 days and not less than 50 days prior to the date of
2 the primary.
3 Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
4 Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
5 preceding the 99th 92nd day before a general primary
6 election, petitions for nomination for the office in which
7 the vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
8 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 85 78
9 nor less than 78 71 days prior to the date of the general
10 primary election.
11 Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
12 alternate delegates to a national nominating convention, then
13 such petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
14 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 99 and
15 not less than 92 days prior to the date of the primary;
16 provided, however, that if the rules or policies of a
17 national political party conflict with such requirements for
18 filing petitions for nomination for delegates or alternate
19 delegates to a national nominating convention, the chairman
20 of the State central committee of such national political
21 party shall notify the Board in writing, citing by reference
22 the rules or policies of the national political party in
23 conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct such
24 petitions to be filed not more than 69 and not less than 62
25 days prior to the date of the primary.
26 (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
27 office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition
28 shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more
29 than 106 99 nor less than 99 92 days prior to the date of the
30 primary.
31 (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
32 or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
33 filed in the office of the local election official, not more
34 than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the date of the
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1 primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's
2 boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
3 jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners,
4 the petitions shall be filed in the office of such board; and
5 provided, that petitions for the office of multi-township
6 assessor shall be filed with the election authority.
7 (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
8 committeeman shall be filed in the principal office of the
9 State Board of Elections not more than 106 99 nor less than
10 99 92 days prior to the date of the primary.
11 (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
12 ward committeemen shall be filed in the office of the county
13 clerk not more than 106 99 nor less than 99 92 days prior to
14 the date of the primary.
15 (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
16 election authorities and local election officials with whom
17 such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify the
18 place where filings shall be made and upon receipt shall
19 endorse thereon the day and hour on which each petition was
20 filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of
21 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as of the normal
22 opening hour of the office involved on such day, shall be
23 deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal opening hour, as
24 the case may be. Petitions filed by mail and received after
25 midnight of the first day for filing and in the first mail
26 delivery or pickup of that day shall be deemed as filed as of
27 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the normal opening hour of
28 such day, as the case may be. All petitions received
29 thereafter shall be deemed as filed in the order of actual
30 receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are received
31 simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or the various
32 election authorities or local election officials with whom
33 such petitions are filed shall break ties and determine the
34 order of filing, by means of a lottery or other fair and
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1 impartial method of random selection approved by the State
2 Board of Elections. Such lottery shall be conducted within 9
3 days following the last day for petition filing and shall be
4 open to the public. Seven days written notice of the time and
5 place of conducting such random selection shall be given by
6 the State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State
7 central committee of each established political party, and by
8 each election authority or local election official, to the
9 County Chairman of each established political party, and to
10 each organization of citizens within the election
11 jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
12 next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on the
13 day of election. The State Board of Elections, election
14 authority or local election official shall post in a
15 conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
16 office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The
17 State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations
18 governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery. All
19 candidates shall be certified in the order in which their
20 petitions have been filed. Where candidates have filed
21 simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
22 determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
23 same office at a later time.
24 (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
25 election authority or local election official with whom such
26 a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the person
27 for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of the
28 obligation to file statements of organization, reports of
29 campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign
30 contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act.
31 Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by
32 paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
33 (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
34 valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
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1 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
2 Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with the
3 appropriate officer by the end of the period for the filing
4 of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement of
5 economic interests in relation to the same governmental unit
6 with that officer within a year preceding the date on which
7 such nomination papers were filed. If the nomination papers
8 of any candidate and the statement of economic interest of
9 that candidate are not required to be filed with the same
10 officer, the candidate must file with the officer with whom
11 the nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer
12 with whom the statement of economic interests is filed
13 showing the date on which such statement was filed. Such
14 receipt shall be so filed not later than the last day on
15 which nomination papers may be filed.
16 (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or
17 for committeeman or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
18 national nominating convention has been filed may cause his
19 name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him and
20 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
21 acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or
22 permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or
23 with the appropriate election authority or local election
24 official, not later than the date of certification of
25 candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary
26 ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed
27 on the primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have been
28 filed for the same person with respect to more than one
29 political party, his name shall not be certified nor printed
30 on the primary ballot of any party. If petitions for
31 nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or more
32 offices which are incompatible so that the same person could
33 not serve in more than one of such offices if elected, that
34 person must withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such
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1 offices within the 5 business days following the last day for
2 petition filing. If he fails to withdraw as a candidate for
3 all but one of such offices within such time his name shall
4 not be certified, nor printed on the primary ballot, for any
5 office. For the purpose of the foregoing provisions, an
6 office in a political party is not incompatible with any
7 other office.
8 (10) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
9 statute, no primary shall be held for an established
10 political party in any township, municipality, or ward
11 thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
12 office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
13 municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever
14 a political party's nomination of candidates is
15 uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of the
16 offices to be voted upon by the electors of a township,
17 municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall be
18 held for that party in such township, municipality, or
19 ward thereof; provided that the primary ballot shall not
20 include those offices within such township, municipality,
21 or ward thereof, for which the nomination is uncontested.
22 For purposes of this Article, the nomination of an
23 established political party of a candidate for election
24 to an office shall be deemed to be uncontested where not
25 more than the number of persons to be nominated have
26 timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the
27 nomination of such party for election to such office.
28 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
29 statute, no primary election shall be held for an
30 established political party for any special primary
31 election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
32 the office of representative in the United States
33 Congress where the nomination of such political party for
34 said office is uncontested. For the purposes of this
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1 Article, the nomination of an established political party
2 of a candidate for election to said office shall be
3 deemed to be uncontested where not more than the number
4 of persons to be nominated have timely filed valid
5 nomination papers seeking the nomination of such
6 established party for election to said office. This
7 subsection (b) shall not apply if such primary election
8 is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day.
9 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph
10 (a) and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who
11 has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who
12 intends to become a write-in candidate for a political
13 party's nomination for any office for which the
14 nomination is uncontested files a written statement or
15 notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections
16 or the local election official with whom nomination
17 papers for such office are filed, a primary ballot shall
18 be prepared and a primary shall be held for that office.
19 Such statement or notice shall be filed on or before the
20 date established in this Article for certifying
21 candidates for the primary ballot. Such statement or
22 notice shall contain (i) the name and address of the
23 person intending to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a
24 statement that the person is a qualified primary elector
25 of the political party from whom the nomination is
26 sought, (iii) a statement that the person intends to
27 become a write-in candidate for the party's nomination,
28 and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a write-in
29 candidate. An election authority shall have no duty to
30 conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for any
31 office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
32 statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
33 Section is filed in a timely manner.
34 (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for
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1 a candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections,
2 appropriate election authority or local election official
3 where the petitions are filed shall within 2 business days
4 notify the candidate of his or her multiple petition filings
5 and that the candidate has 3 business days after receipt of
6 the notice to notify the State Board of Elections,
7 appropriate election authority or local election official
8 that he or she may cancel prior sets of petitions. If the
9 candidate notifies the State Board of Elections, appropriate
10 election authority or local election official, the last set
11 of petitions filed shall be the only petitions to be
12 considered valid by the State Board of Elections, election
13 authority or local election official. If the candidate fails
14 to notify the State Board of Elections, election authority or
15 local election official then only the first set of petitions
16 filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
17 void.
18 (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
19 public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of not
20 less than 6 months.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-873; 86-875; 86-1028; 86-1089;
22 87-1052.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13)
24 Sec. 7-13. The board of election commissioners in cities
25 of 500,000 or more population having such board, shall
26 constitute an electoral board for the hearing and passing
27 upon objections to nomination petitions for ward
28 committeemen.
29 Such objections shall be filed in the office of the
30 county clerk not less than 88 81 days prior to the primary.
31 The objection shall state the name and address of the
32 objector, who may be any qualified elector in the ward, the
33 specific grounds of objection and the relief requested of the
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1 electoral board. Upon the receipt of the objection, the
2 county clerk shall forthwith transmit such objection and the
3 petition of the candidate to the board of election
4 commissioners. The board of election commissioners shall
5 forthwith notify the objector and candidate objected to of
6 the time and place for hearing hereon. After a hearing upon
7 the validity of such objections, the board shall, not less
8 than 81 74 days prior to the date of the primary, certify to
9 the county clerk, its decision stating whether or not the
10 name of the candidate shall be printed on the ballot and the
11 county clerk in his or her certificate to the board of
12 election commissioners shall leave off of the certificate the
13 name of the candidate for ward committeeman that the election
14 commissioners order not to be printed on the ballot. However,
15 the decision of the board of election commissioners is
16 subject to judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
17 The county electoral board composed as provided in
18 Section 10-9 shall constitute an electoral board for the
19 hearing and passing upon objections to nomination petitions
20 for precinct and township committeemen. Such objections shall
21 be filed in the office of the county clerk not less than 81
22 days prior to the primary. The objection shall state the name
23 and address of the objector who may be any qualified elector
24 in the precinct or in the township or part of a township that
25 lies outside of a city having a population of 500,000 or
26 more, the specific grounds of objection and the relief
27 requested of the electoral board. Upon the receipt of the
28 objection the county clerk shall forthwith transmit such
29 objection and the petition of the candidate to the chairman
30 of the county electoral board. The chairman of the county
31 electoral board shall forthwith notify the objector, the
32 candidate whose petition is objected to and the other members
33 of the electoral board of the time and place for hearing
34 thereon. After hearing upon the validity of such objections
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1 the board shall, not less than 81 74 days prior to the date
2 of the primary, certify its decision to the county clerk
3 stating whether or not the name of the candidate shall be
4 printed on the ballot, and the county clerk, in his or her
5 certificate to the board of election commissioners, shall
6 leave off of the certificate the name of the candidate
7 ordered by the board not to be printed on the ballot, and the
8 county clerk shall also refrain from printing on the official
9 primary ballot, the name of any candidate whose name has been
10 ordered by the electoral board not to be printed on the
11 ballot. However, the decision of the board is subject to
12 judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1.
13 In such proceedings the electoral boards have the same
14 powers as other electoral boards under the provisions of
15 Section 10-10 of this Act and their decisions are subject to
16 judicial review under Section 10-10.1.
17 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/8-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-9)
19 Sec. 8-9. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
20 mail or in person as follows:
21 (1) Where the nomination is made for a legislative
22 office, such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
23 principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
24 than 106 99 and not less than 99 92 days prior to the date of
25 the primary.
26 (2) The State Board of Elections shall, upon receipt of
27 each petition, endorse thereon the day and hour on which it
28 was filed. Petitions filed by mail and received after
29 midnight on the first day for filing and in the first mail
30 delivery or pickup of that day, shall be deemed as filed as
31 of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the normal opening hour of
32 such day as the case may be, and all petitions received
33 thereafter shall be deemed as filed in the order of actual
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1 receipt. Where 2 or more petitions are received
2 simultaneously, the State Board of Elections shall break ties
3 and determine the order of filing, by means of a lottery as
4 provided in Section 7-12 of this Code.
5 (3) Any person for whom a petition for nomination has
6 been filed, may cause his name to be withdrawn by a request
7 in writing, signed by him, duly acknowledged before an
8 officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed
9 in the principal or permanent branch office of the State
10 Board of Elections not later than the date of certification
11 of candidates for the general primary ballot, and no names so
12 withdrawn shall be certified by the State Board of Elections
13 to the county clerk, or printed on the primary ballot. If
14 petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person
15 with respect to more than one political party, his name shall
16 not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
17 party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
18 same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible so
19 that the same person could not serve in more than one of such
20 offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate
21 for all but one of such offices within the 5 business days
22 following the last day for petition filing. If he fails to
23 withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
24 within such time, his name shall not be certified, nor
25 printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
26 purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a political
27 party is not incompatible with any other office.
28 (4) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed for
29 a candidate to the same office, the State Board of Elections
30 shall within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or
31 her multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
32 business days after receipt of the notice to notify the State
33 Board of Elections that he or she may cancel prior sets of
34 petitions. If the candidate notifies the State Board of
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1 Elections the last set of petitions filed shall be the only
2 petitions to be considered valid by the State Board of
3 Elections. If the candidate fails to notify the State Board
4 then only the first set of petitions filed shall be valid and
5 all subsequent petitions shall be void.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-875; 87-1052.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
8 Sec. 10-6. Except as provided in Section 10-3,
9 certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the
10 nomination of candidates for offices to be filled by electors
11 of the entire State, or any district not entirely within a
12 county, or for congressional, state legislative or judicial
13 offices, shall be presented to the principal office of the
14 State Board of Elections not more than 106 99 nor less than
15 99 92 days previous to the day of election for which the
16 candidates are nominated. The State Board of Elections shall
17 endorse the certificates of nomination or nomination papers,
18 as the case may be, and the date and hour of presentment to
19 it. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all other
20 certificates for the nomination of candidates shall be filed
21 with the county clerk of the respective counties not more
22 than 106 99 but at least 99 92 days previous to the day of
23 such election. Certificates of nomination and nomination
24 papers for the nomination of candidates for the offices of
25 political subdivisions to be filled at regular elections
26 other than the general election shall be filed with the local
27 election official of such subdivision:
28 (1) not more than 78 or less than 71 days prior to the
29 nonpartisan election; or
30 (2) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
31 consolidated election; or
32 (3) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the
33 general primary in the case of municipal offices to be filled
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1 at the general primary election; or
2 (4) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
3 consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be
4 elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including
5 without limitation, those municipal offices subject to
6 Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
7 (5) not more than 78 nor less than 71 days before the
8 municipal primary in even numbered years for such nonpartisan
9 municipal offices where annual elections are provided; or
10 (6) in the case of petitions for the office of
11 multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed with
12 the election authority not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
13 before the consolidated election.
14 However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
15 co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of
16 a municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates
17 of nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
18 political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of
19 such Board.
20 (Source: P.A. 84-861.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-4)
22 Sec. 12-4. At least Not more than 30 but not nor less
23 than 5 10 days prior to the date of the consolidated and
24 nonpartisan elections, each election authority shall publish
25 notice of the election of officers of each political
26 subdivision to be conducted in his or its jurisdiction on
27 such election date. The notice of election shall be
28 published once in one or more newspapers published in each
29 political subdivision, and if there is no such newspaper,
30 then published once in a local, community newspaper having
31 general circulation in the subdivision, and also once in a
32 newspaper published in the county wherein the political
33 subdivisions or portions thereof, having such elections are
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1 situated.
2 Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
3 the publication of the specimen ballot labels as required in
4 Sections 24A-18 and 24B-18 and the notice of election as a
5 single publication.
6 The notice shall be substantially in the form prescribed
7 in Section 12-1, and may include notice of the location of
8 the precincts and polling places within or including part of
9 the political subdivision in which the election is to be
10 conducted.
11 Not less than 10 days before each such election, the
12 election authority shall publish notice of the precincts and
13 the location of the polling places where the election will be
14 conducted for political subdivisions wholly or partially
15 within its jurisdiction. The election authority shall cause
16 publication in the manner heretofore prescribed for the
17 notice of election.
18 (Source: P.A. 81-963.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/12-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-5)
20 Sec. 12-5. At least Not more than 30 but not nor less
21 than 5 10 days prior to the date of a regular election at
22 which a public question is to be submitted to the voters of a
23 political subdivision, and at least 20 days prior to an
24 emergency referendum, the election authority shall publish
25 notice of the referendum. The publication requirements shall
26 be as provided in Section 12-4 for notice of election of
27 officers of the political subdivision. However, notice of a
28 referendum shall include the public question as it will
29 appear on the ballot and any additional information required
30 by the statute authorizing the public question. Such notice
31 shall enumerate the precincts and polling places at which the
32 referendum will be conducted only in the case of emergency
33 referenda.
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1 Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
2 the publication of the specimen ballot labels as required in
3 Sections 24A-18 and 24B-18 and the notice of referenda as a
4 single publication.
5 (Source: P.A. 81-963.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/16-6.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6.1)
7 Sec. 16-6.1. In elections held pursuant to the
8 provisions of Section 12 of Article VI of the Constitution
9 relating to retention of judges in office, the form of the
10 proposition to be submitted for each candidate shall be
11 substantially as follows:
12 _____________________________________________________________
13 Shall ....... (insert name YES
14 of candidate) be retained in
15 office as ..... (insert name
16 of office and Court)? NO
17 _____________________________________________________________
18 The names of all candidates thus submitting their names
19 for retention in office in any particular judicial district
20 or circuit shall appear on the same ballot which shall be
21 separate from all other ballots voted on at the general
22 election.
23 Propositions on Supreme Court judges, if any are seeking
24 retention, shall appear on the ballot in the first group, for
25 judges of the Appellate Court in the second group immediately
26 under the first, and for circuit judges in the last group.
27 The grouping of candidates for the same office shall be
28 preceded by a heading describing the office and the court.
29 If there are two or more candidates for each office, the
30 names of such candidates in each group shall be listed in the
31 order determined as follows: The name of the person with the
32 greatest length of time served in the specified office of the
33 specified court shall be listed first in each group. The
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1 rest of the names shall be listed in the appropriate order
2 based on the same seniority standard. If two or more
3 candidates for each office have served identical periods of
4 time in the specified office, such candidates shall be listed
5 alphabetically at the appropriate place in the order of names
6 based on seniority in the office as described. Circuit
7 judges shall be credited for the purposes of this section
8 with service as associate judges prior to July 1, 1971 and
9 with service on any court the judges of which were made
10 associate judges on January 1, 1964 by virtue of Paragraph 4,
11 subparagraphs (c) and (d) of the Schedule to Article VI of
12 the former Illinois Constitution.
13 At the top of the ballot on the same side as the
14 propositions on the candidates are listed shall be printed an
15 explanation to read substantially as follows: "Vote on the
16 proposition with respect to all or any of the judges listed
17 on this ballot. No judge listed is running against any other
18 judge. The sole question is whether each judge shall be
19 retained in his present office".
20 Such separate ballot shall be printed on paper of
21 sufficient size so that when folded once it shall be large
22 enough to contain the following words, which shall be printed
23 on the back, "Ballot for judicial candidates seeking
24 retention in office". Such ballot shall be handed to the
25 elector at the same time as the ballot containing the names
26 of other candidates for the general election and shall be
27 returned therewith by the elector to the proper officer in
28 the manner designated by this Act. All provisions of this
29 Act relating to ballots shall apply to such separate ballot,
30 except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.
31 Such separate ballot shall be printed upon paper of a green
32 color. No other ballot at the same election shall be green
33 in color.
34 In precincts in which voting machines are used, the
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1 special ballot containing the propositions on the retention
2 of judges may be placed on the voting machines if such voting
3 machines permit the casting of votes on such propositions.
4 An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may
5 be used in voting and tabulating the judicial retention
6 ballots. When an electronic voting system is used which
7 utilizes a ballot label booklet and ballot card, there shall
8 be used in the label booklet either a separate ballot label
9 page or pages as required for such proposition, which page or
10 pages for such proposition shall be of a green color separate
11 and distinct from the ballot label page or pages used for any
12 other proposition or candidates or if judicial retention
13 candidates appear on the same page as other candidates, the
14 retention portion of the page shall be green, separate, and
15 distinct from the remainder of the page.
16 (Source: P.A. 79-201.)
17 (10 ILCS 5/24A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 24A-6)
18 Sec. 24A-6. The ballot information, whether placed on the
19 ballot or on the marking device, shall, as far as
20 practicable, be in the order of arrangement provided for
21 paper ballots, except that such information may be in
22 vertical or horizontal rows, or in a number of separate
23 pages. Ballots for all questions or propositions to be voted
24 on must be provided in the same manner and must be arranged
25 on or in the marking device or on the ballot sheet in the
26 places provided for such purposes.
27 When an electronic voting system utilizes a ballot label
28 booklet and ballot card, ballots for candidates, ballots
29 calling for a constitutional convention, constitutional
30 amendment ballots, judicial retention ballots, public
31 measures, and all propositions to be voted upon may be placed
32 on the electronic voting device by providing in the ballot
33 booklet separate ballot label pages or series of pages
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1 distinguished by differing colors as provided below. When an
2 electronic voting system utilizes a ballot sheet, ballots
3 calling for a constitutional convention, constitutional
4 amendment ballots and judicial retention ballots shall be
5 placed on the ballot sheet by providing a separate portion of
6 the ballot sheet for each such kind of ballot which shall be
7 printed in ink of a color distinct from the color of ink used
8 in printing any other portion of the ballot sheet. Ballots
9 for candidates, public measures and all other propositions to
10 be voted upon shall be placed on the ballot sheet by
11 providing a separate portion of the ballot sheet for each
12 such kind of ballot. Below the name of the last candidate
13 listed for an office shall be printed a line on which the
14 name of a candidate may be written by the voter, and
15 immediately to the left of such line an area shall be
16 provided for marking a vote for such write-in candidate.
17 More than one amendment to the constitution may be placed on
18 the same ballot page or series of pages or on the same
19 portion of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. Ballot
20 label pages for constitutional conventions or constitutional
21 amendments shall be on paper of blue color and shall precede
22 all other ballot label pages in the ballot label booklet.
23 More than one public measure or proposition may be placed on
24 the same ballot label page or series of pages or on the same
25 portion of the ballot sheet, as the case may be. More than
26 one proposition for retention of judges in office may be
27 placed on the same ballot label page or series of pages or on
28 the same portion of the ballot sheet, as the case may be.
29 Ballot label pages for candidates shall be on paper of white
30 color, except that in primary elections the ballot label page
31 or pages for the candidates of each respective political
32 party shall be of the color designated by the election
33 official in charge of the election for that political party's
34 candidates; provided that the ballot label pages or pages for
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1 candidates for use at the nonpartisan and consolidated
2 elections may be on paper of different colors, except blue,
3 whenever necessary or desirable to facilitate distinguishing
4 between the pages for different political subdivisions.
5 Except as provided in Section 16-4.1, in elections where
6 provision is made for straight party voting by marking a
7 party circle, the designation of the political parties for
8 straight party voting shall be on a separate page on which no
9 names of candidates shall appear, except no straight party
10 circle shall be necessary for any special election not
11 conducted on a regularly scheduled election day and called
12 for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of
13 representative in the United States Congress. However, such
14 page shall be of the same color as the pages containing the
15 names of candidates for office. On each succeeding page of
16 the candidate booklet, where the election is made to list
17 ballot information vertically, the party affiliation of each
18 candidate or the word "independent" shall appear immediately
19 to the left of the candidate's name, and the name of
20 candidates for the same office shall be listed vertically
21 under the title of that office. In the case of nonpartisan
22 elections for officers of political subdivisions, unless the
23 statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article VII of
24 the Constitution requires otherwise, the listing of such
25 nonpartisan candidates shall not include any party or
26 "independent" designation. Ballot label pages for judicial
27 retention ballots shall be on paper of green color, and
28 ballot label pages for all public measures and other
29 propositions shall be on paper of some other distinct and
30 different color; provided that if judicial retention
31 candidates appear on the same ballot label page as other
32 candidates, the retention portion of the page shall be green,
33 separate, and distinct from the remainder of the page. In
34 primary elections, a separate ballot label booklet, marking
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1 device and voting booth shall be used for each political
2 party holding a primary, with the ballot label booklet
3 arranged to include ballot label pages of the candidates of
4 the party and public measures and other propositions to be
5 voted upon on the day of the primary election. One ballot
6 card may be used for recording the voter's vote or choice on
7 all such ballots, proposals, public measures or propositions,
8 and such ballot card shall be arranged so as to record the
9 voter's vote or choice in a separate column or columns for
10 each such kind of ballot, proposal, public measure or
11 proposition.
12 If the ballot label booklet includes both candidates for
13 office and public measures or propositions to be voted on,
14 the election official in charge of the election shall divide
15 the pages by protruding tabs identifying the division of the
16 pages, and printing on such tabs "Candidates" and
17 "Propositions".
18 The ballot card and all of its columns and the ballot
19 card envelope shall be of the color prescribed for
20 candidate's ballots at the general or primary election,
21 whichever is being held. At an election where no candidates
22 are being nominated or elected, the ballot card, its columns,
23 and the ballot card envelope shall be of a color designated
24 by the election official in charge of the election.
25 The ballot cards, ballot card envelopes and ballot sheets
26 may, at the discretion of the election authority, be printed
27 on white paper and then striped with the appropriate colors.
28 When ballot sheets are used, the various portions thereof
29 shall be arranged to conform to the foregoing format.
30 Absentee ballots may consist of ballot cards, envelopes,
31 paper ballots or ballot sheets voted in person in the office
32 of the election official in charge of the election or voted
33 by mail. Where a ballot card is used for voting by mail it
34 must be accompanied by a punching tool or other appropriate
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1 marking device, voter instructions and a specimen ballot
2 showing the proper positions to vote on the ballot card or
3 ballot sheet for each party, candidate, proposal, public
4 measure or proposition, and in the case of a ballot card must
5 be mounted on a suitable material to receive the punched out
6 chip.
7 Any voter who spoils his ballot or makes an error may
8 return the ballot to the judges of election and secure
9 another. However, the protruding identifying tab for
10 proposals for a constitutional convention or constitutional
11 amendments shall have printed thereon "Constitutional
12 Ballot", and the ballot label page or pages for such
13 proposals shall precede the ballot label pages for candidates
14 in the ballot label booklet.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.