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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 945
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 945 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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 this State in which candidates for the
10 respective local offices are nominated at the consolidated
11 primary shall, no later than 5 days following the canvass and
12 proclamation of the results of the consolidated primary,
13 certify to each election authority whose duty it is to
14 prepare the official ballot for the consolidated election in
15 that political subdivision the names of each of the
16 candidates who have been nominated as shown by the
17 proclamation of the appropriate canvassing board or who have
18 been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the
19 election authority to place upon the official ballot for the
20 consolidated election the names of such candidates in the
21 same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
22 certification, except as otherwise provided by this Section.
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1 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
2 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
3 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
4 number of votes in the consolidated primary election as a
5 candidate for such consolidated primary, shall be certified
6 first under the name of such office, and the names of the
7 remaining candidates of such party for such offices shall
8 follow in the order of the number of votes received by them
9 respectively at the consolidated primary election as shown by
10 the official election results.
11 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's
12 proclamation to have been nominated at the consolidated
13 primary as a write-in candidate shall have his or her name
14 certified unless such person shall have filed with the
15 certifying office or board within 5 days after the canvassing
16 board's proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to
17 Section 7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
18 Each board of election commissioners of the cities in
19 which established political party candidates for city offices
20 are nominated at the consolidated primary shall determine by
21 a fair and impartial method of random selection the order of
22 placement of the established political party candidates for
23 the consolidated ballot. Such determination shall be made
24 within 5 days following the canvass and proclamation of the
25 results of the consolidated primary and shall be open to the
26 public. Three days written notice of the time and place of
27 conducting such random selection shall be given, by each such
28 election authority, to the County Chairman of each
29 established political party, and to each organization of
30 citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
31 under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
32 pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each election
33 authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place,
34 at the entrance of the election authority office, notice of
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1 the time and place of such lottery.
2 Each local election official of a political subdivision
3 in which established political party candidates for the
4 respective local offices are nominated by primary shall
5 determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
6 the order of placement of the established political party
7 candidates for the consolidated election ballot and, in the
8 case of certain municipalities having annual elections, on
9 the general primary ballot for election. Such determination
10 shall be made prior to the canvass and proclamation of
11 results of the consolidated primary or special municipal
12 primary, as the case may be, in the office of the local
13 election official and shall be open to the public. Three
14 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
15 random selection shall be given, by each such local election
16 official, to the County Chairman of each established
17 political party, and to each organization of citizens within
18 the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this
19 Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
20 present on the day of election. Each local election official
21 shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place notice of
22 such lottery. Immediately thereafter, the local election
23 official shall certify the ballot placement order so
24 determined to the proper election authorities charged with
25 the preparation of the consolidated election, or general
26 primary, ballot for that political subdivision.
27 Not less than 61 days before the date of the consolidated
28 election, each local election official of a political
29 subdivision in which established political party candidates
30 for the respective local offices have been nominated by
31 caucus or have been nominated because no primary was required
32 to be held shall certify to each election authority whose
33 duty it is to prepare the official ballot for the
34 consolidated election in that political subdivision the names
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1 of each of the candidates whose certificates of nomination or
2 nomination papers have been filed in his or her office and
3 direct the election authority to place upon the official
4 ballot for the consolidated election the names of such
5 candidates in the same manner and in the same order as shown
6 upon the certification. Such local election official shall,
7 prior to certification, determine by a fair and impartial
8 method of random selection the order of placement of the
9 established political party candidates for the consolidated
10 election ballot. Such determination shall be made in the
11 office of the local election official and shall be open to
12 the public. Three days written notice of the time and place
13 of conducting such random selection shall be given by each
14 such local election official to the county chairman of each
15 established political party, and to each organization of
16 citizens within the election jurisdiction which was entitled,
17 under this Article, at the next preceding election, to have
18 pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each local
19 election official shall post in a conspicuous, open and
20 public place, at the entrance of the office, notice of the
21 time and place of such lottery. The local election official
22 shall certify the ballot placement order so determined as
23 part of his official certification of candidates to the
24 election authorities whose duty it is to prepare the official
25 ballot for the consolidated election in that political
26 subdivision.
27 The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
28 following:
29 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
30 for the respective offices;
31 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected or
32 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision
33 or district;
34 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
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1 candidate for an office;
2 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
3 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
4 political subdivision or district are for different terms.
5 The local election official shall issue an amended
6 certification whenever it is discovered that the original
7 certification is in error.
8 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)".