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92_SB0945
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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
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 Section 7-60.1 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/7-60.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60.1)
7 Sec. 7-60.1. Certification of Candidates - Consolidated
8 Election. Each local election official of a political
9 subdivision in which candidates for the respective local
10 offices are nominated at the consolidated primary shall, no
11 not later than 5 days following the canvass and proclamation
12 of the results of the consolidated primary, certify to each
13 election authority whose duty it is to prepare the official
14 ballot for the consolidated election in that political
15 subdivision the names of each of the candidates who have been
16 nominated as shown by the proclamation of the appropriate
17 canvassing board or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy
18 in nomination and direct the election authority to place upon
19 the official ballot for the consolidated election the names
20 of such candidates in the same manner and in the same order
21 as shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided
22 by this Section.
23 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
24 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
25 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
26 number of votes in the consolidated primary election as a
27 candidate for such consolidated primary, shall be certified
28 first under the name of such office, and the names of the
29 remaining candidates of such party for such offices shall
30 follow in the order of the number of votes received by them
31 respectively at the consolidated primary election as shown by
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1 the official election results.
2 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's
3 proclamation to have been nominated at the consolidated
4 primary as a write-in candidate shall have his or her name
5 certified unless such person shall have filed with the
6 certifying office or board within 5 days after the canvassing
7 board's proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to
8 Section 7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
9 Each board of election commissioners of the cities in
10 which established political party candidates for city offices
11 are nominated at the consolidated primary shall determine by
12 a fair and impartial method of random selection the order of
13 placement of the established political party candidates for
14 the consolidated ballot. Such determination shall be made
15 within 5 days following the canvass and proclamation of the
16 results of the consolidated primary and shall be open to the
17 public. Three days written notice of the time and place of
18 conducting such random selection shall be given, by each such
19 election authority, to the County Chairman of each
20 established political party, and to each organization of
21 citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
22 under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
23 pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each election
24 authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place,
25 at the entrance of the election authority office, notice of
26 the time and place of such lottery.
27 Each local election official of a political subdivision
28 in which established political party candidates for the
29 respective local offices are nominated by primary shall
30 determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
31 the order of placement of the established political party
32 candidates for the consolidated election ballot and, in the
33 case of certain municipalities having annual elections, on
34 the general primary ballot for election. Such determination
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1 shall be made prior to the canvass and proclamation of
2 results of the consolidated primary or special municipal
3 primary, as the case may be, in the office of the local
4 election official and shall be open to the public. Three
5 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
6 random selection shall be given, by each such local election
7 official, to the County Chairman of each established
8 political party, and to each organization of citizens within
9 the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this
10 Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
11 present on the day of election. Each local election official
12 shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place notice of
13 such lottery. Immediately thereafter, the local election
14 official shall certify the ballot placement order so
15 determined to the proper election authorities charged with
16 the preparation of the consolidated election, or general
17 primary, ballot for that political subdivision.
18 Not less than 61 days before the date of the consolidated
19 election, each local election official of a political
20 subdivision in which established political party candidates
21 for the respective local offices have been nominated by
22 caucus or have been nominated because no primary was required
23 to be held shall certify to each election authority whose
24 duty it is to prepare the official ballot for the
25 consolidated election in that political subdivision the names
26 of each of the candidates whose certificates of nomination or
27 nomination papers have been filed in his or her office and
28 direct the election authority to place upon the official
29 ballot for the consolidated election the names of such
30 candidates in the same manner and in the same order as shown
31 upon the certification. Such local election official shall,
32 prior to certification, determine by a fair and impartial
33 method of random selection the order of placement of the
34 established political party candidates for the consolidated
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1 election ballot. Such determination shall be made in the
2 office of the local election official and shall be open to
3 the public. Three days written notice of the time and place
4 of conducting such random selection shall be given by each
5 such local election official to the county chairman of each
6 established political party, and to each organization of
7 citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
8 under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
9 pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each local
10 election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and
11 public place, at the entrance of the office, notice of the
12 time and place of such lottery. The local election official
13 shall certify the ballot placement order so determined as
14 part of his official certification of candidates to the
15 election authorities whose duty it is to prepare the official
16 ballot for the consolidated election in that political
17 subdivision.
18 The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
19 following:
20 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
21 for the respective offices;
22 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected or
23 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision
24 or district;
25 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
26 candidate for an office;
27 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
28 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
29 political subdivision or district are for different terms.
30 The local election official shall issue an amended
31 certification whenever it is discovered that the original
32 certification is in error.
33 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)