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90_SB0089
10 ILCS 5/8-17 from Ch. 46, par. 8-17
Amends the Election Code. Deletes requirement that the
legislative or representative committee for a party shall
fill a vacancy when a candidate for the primary declines the
nomination or the nomination becomes vacant for any reason
other than the death of the candidate. Deletes provision
that if there was no candidate for the nomination of the
party in the primary, no candidate for the party shall be on
the ballot unless the party shall nominate a candidate to
fill the vacancy within 60 days after the date of the general
primary election.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 8-17.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Section 8-17 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/8-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17)
8 Sec. 8-17. The death of any candidate prior to, or on,
9 the date of the primary shall not affect the canvass of the
10 ballots. If the result of such canvass discloses that such
11 candidate, if he had lived, would have been nominated, such
12 candidate shall be declared nominated.
13 In the event that a candidate of a party who has been
14 nominated under the provisions of this Article shall die
15 before election (whether death occurs prior to, or on, or
16 after, the date of the primary) or decline the nomination or
17 should the nomination for any other reason become vacant, the
18 legislative or representative committee of such party for
19 such district shall nominate a candidate of such party to
20 fill such vacancy. However, if there was no candidate for the
21 nomination of the party in the primary, no candidate of that
22 party for that office may be listed on the ballot at the
23 general election, unless the legislative or representative
24 committee of the party nominates a candidate to fill the
25 vacancy in nomination within 60 days after the date of the
26 general primary election. Vacancies in nomination occurring
27 under this Article shall be filled by the appropriate
28 legislative or representative committee in accordance with
29 the provisions of Section 7-61 of this Code. In proceedings
30 to fill the vacancy in nomination, the voting strength of the
31 members of the legislative or representative committee shall
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1 be as provided in Section 8-6.
2 (Source: P.A. 84-757; 84-790; 84-928; 84-1026.)