Bill Amendment: IL SB2651 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: ELECTIONS-PARTY MANAGING CMTE

Status: 2018-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0623 [SB2651 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2651-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 4/20/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2651
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2651 on page 1, by
replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
"The Election Code is amended by changing Sections 1A-8, 7-5,
7-7, 7-9, 7-12, 7-59, 13-1, 13-2, 14-1, 17-16.1, 18-9.1, and
19-3 and by adding Sections 1-17 and 22-19 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-17 new)
Sec. 1-17. Election authority voting equipment
information. Every 2 years, each election authority shall
submit information on the voting equipment used within the
jurisdiction of the election authority to the State Board of
Elections. The information must include:
(1) the age and functionality of each item of voting
equipment; and
(2) a formal letter containing a general description of
the status of the voting equipment, the election
authority's perceived need for new voting equipment, and

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the costs associated with obtaining new equipment.
Each election authority must publish the information submitted
under this Section online.
(10 ILCS 5/1A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8)
Sec. 1A-8. The State Board of Elections shall exercise the
following powers and perform the following duties in addition
to any powers or duties otherwise provided for by law:
(1) Assume all duties and responsibilities of the State
Electoral Board and the Secretary of State as heretofore
provided in this Code Act;
(2) Disseminate information to and consult with
election authorities concerning the conduct of elections
and registration in accordance with the laws of this State
and the laws of the United States;
(3) Furnish to each election authority prior to each
primary and general election and any other election it
deems necessary, a manual of uniform instructions
consistent with the provisions of this Code Act which shall
be used by election authorities in the preparation of the
official manual of instruction to be used by the judges of
election in any such election. In preparing such manual,
the State Board shall consult with representatives of the
election authorities throughout the State. The State Board
may provide separate portions of the uniform instructions

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applicable to different election jurisdictions which
administer elections under different options provided by
law. The State Board may by regulation require particular
portions of the uniform instructions to be included in any
official manual of instructions published by election
authorities. Any manual of instructions published by any
election authority shall be identical with the manual of
uniform instructions issued by the Board, but may be
adapted by the election authority to accommodate special or
unusual local election problems, provided that all manuals
published by election authorities must be consistent with
the provisions of this Code Act in all respects and must
receive the approval of the State Board of Elections prior
to publication; provided further that if the State Board
does not approve or disapprove of a proposed manual within
60 days of its submission, the manual shall be deemed
approved.
(4) Prescribe and require the use of such uniform
forms, notices, and other supplies not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Code Act as it shall deem advisable
which shall be used by election authorities in the conduct
of elections and registrations;
(5) Prepare and certify the form of ballot for any
proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
Illinois, or any referendum to be submitted to the electors
throughout the State or, when required to do so by law, to

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the voters of any area or unit of local government of the
State;
(6) Require such statistical reports regarding the
conduct of elections and registration from election
authorities as may be deemed necessary;
(7) Review and inspect procedures and records relating
to conduct of elections and registration as may be deemed
necessary, and to report violations of election laws to the
appropriate State's Attorney or the Attorney General;
(8) Recommend to the General Assembly legislation to
improve the administration of elections and registration;
(9) Adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations in
the performance of its duties provided that all such rules
and regulations must be consistent with the provisions of
this Article 1A or issued pursuant to authority otherwise
provided by law;
(10) Determine the validity and sufficiency of
petitions filed under Article XIV, Section 3, of the
Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970;
(11) Maintain in its principal office a research
library that includes, but is not limited to, abstracts of
votes by precinct for general primary elections and general
elections, current precinct maps and current precinct poll
lists from all election jurisdictions within the State. The
research library shall be open to the public during regular
business hours. Such abstracts, maps and lists shall be

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preserved as permanent records and shall be available for
examination and copying at a reasonable cost;
(12) Supervise the administration of the registration
and election laws throughout the State;
(13) Obtain from the Department of Central Management
Services, under Section 405-250 of the Department of
Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-250),
such use of electronic data processing equipment as may be
required to perform the duties of the State Board of
Elections and to provide election-related information to
candidates, public and party officials, interested civic
organizations and the general public in a timely and
efficient manner;
(14) To take such action as may be necessary or
required to give effect to directions of the national
committee or State central committee of an established
political party under Sections 7-8, 7-11, and 7-14.1 or
such other provisions as may be applicable pertaining to
the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to an
established political party's national nominating
conventions or, notwithstanding any candidate
certification schedule contained within this the Election
Code, the certification of the Presidential and Vice
Presidential candidate selected by the established
political party's national nominating convention;
(15) To post all early voting sites separated by

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election authority and hours of operation on its website at
least 5 business days before the period for early voting
begins; and
(16) To post on its website the statewide totals, and
totals separated by each election authority, for each of
the counts received pursuant to Section 1-9.2; and .
(17) To post on its website, in a downloadable format,
the information received from each election authority
under Section 1-17.
The Board may by regulation delegate any of its duties or
functions under this Article, except that final determinations
and orders under this Article shall be issued only by the
Board.
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives, and the President, the Minority Leader, and
the Secretary of the Senate, and the Legislative Research Unit,
as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
Act "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General
Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing
such additional copies with the State Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; revised 9-21-17.)

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(10 ILCS 5/7-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-5)
Sec. 7-5. (a) Primary elections shall be held on the dates
prescribed in Article 2A.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no
primary shall be held for an established political party in any
township, municipality, or ward thereof, where the nomination
of such party for every office to be voted upon by the electors
of such township, municipality, or ward thereof, is
uncontested. Whenever a political party's nomination of
candidates is uncontested as to one or more, but not all, of
the offices to be voted upon by the electors of a township,
municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall be held for
that party in such township, municipality, or ward thereof;
provided that the primary ballot shall not include those
offices within such township, municipality, or ward thereof,
for which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to be
uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the
nomination of such party for election to such office.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no
primary election shall be held for an established political
party for any special primary election called for the purpose
of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
United States Congress where the nomination of such political

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party for said office is uncontested. For the purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the
nomination of such established party for election to said
office. This subsection (c) shall not apply if such primary
election is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the
contrary, in subsection (b) and (c) of this Section whenever a
person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers and who
intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
nomination for any office for which the nomination is
uncontested files a written statement or notice of that intent
with the State Board of Elections or the local election
official with whom nomination papers for such office are filed,
no primary ballot shall be printed. Where no primary is held, a
person intending to become a write-in candidate at the
consolidated primary election shall re-file a declaration of
intent to be a write-in candidate for the consolidated election
with the appropriate election authority or authorities a
primary ballot shall be prepared and a primary shall be held
for that office. Such statement or notice shall be filed on or
before the date established in this Article for certifying
candidates for the primary ballot. Such statement or notice
shall contain (i) the name and address of the person intending

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to become a write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the
person is a qualified primary elector of the political party
from whom the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the
person intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no duty to
conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for any office
for which the nomination is uncontested, unless a statement or
notice meeting the requirements of this Section is filed in a
timely manner.
(e) The polls shall be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(Source: P.A. 86-873.)"; and
on page 2, immediately below line 14, by inserting the
following:
"(10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
conventions.
(a) On the 27th 29th day next succeeding the primary at
which committeemen are elected, the county central committee of
each political party shall meet within the county and proceed
to organize by electing from its own number a chairman and
either from its own number, or otherwise, such other officers
as such committee may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting
of the county central committee shall be known as the county

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convention. Such convention shall not be scheduled to conflict
with a scheduled session of the General Assembly. If the county
central committee is unable to organize on the 27th day, the
convention may be recessed. If the convention is recessed, it
shall be to a date and time certain on or before the 36th day
next succeeding the primary at which committeemen are elected.
Notice of the recessed convention, including the recessed date
and time shall be given to each committeeman.
The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days
after the organization, forward to the State Board of
Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
precinct committeemen and representative committeemen elected
by his political party.
The county convention of each political party shall choose
delegates to the State convention of its party, if the party
chooses to hold a State convention; but in any county having
within its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or
over the delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the
ward committeemen from the respective wards choosing the number
of delegates to which such ward is entitled on the basis
prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such delegates to
be members of the delegation to the State convention from such
county. In all counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more,
the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships
as the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of

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townships as the case may be, the township committeemen from
the respective townships or parts of townships as the case may
be choosing the number of delegates to which such townships or
parts of townships as the case may be are entitled, on the
basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
convention from such county.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
(a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
(a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention,
who must be residents of the member's Congressional District.
(b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after the
general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years thereafter.
In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the chairman of
a State central committee may issue a call for a State
convention within 180 days after the general primary.
The State convention of each political party, if the party
chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
nominations of candidates of its political party for the
electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined

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by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to
choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee
may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the
State convention.
(c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention, if
the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall, within 2
days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses
of all persons nominated by such State convention for electors
of President and Vice President of the United States, and of
any persons selected by the State convention for delegates and
alternate delegates at large to national nominating
conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such
State convention for electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, shall be caused by the State Board of
Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at the general
election, in the manner required by law, and shall be certified
to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the
manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the
certifying of the names of persons nominated by any party for
State offices. If and as long as this Act prescribes that the
names of such electors be not printed on the ballot, then the
names of such electors shall be certified in such manner as may
be prescribed by the parts of this Act applicable thereto.
(d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State

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convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chairman
of the State central committee of each political party shall
file in the principal office of the State Board of Elections a
call for the State convention. Such call shall state, among
other things, the time and place (designating the building or
hall) for holding the State convention. Such call shall be
signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary of the
committee. In such convention each county shall be entitled to
one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by the primary electors
of the party in such county at the primary to be held next
after the issuance of such call; and if in such county, less
than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so
voted is not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one
delegate for such group which is less than 500, or for such
group representing the number of votes over the multiple of
500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each
primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in
full and shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen
be calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of
delegates be chosen.
(f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when
elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though

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elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
strength of each committeeman shall remain as provided in this
Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
provided in this Act.
(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members
of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
committee in writing designating the time and place at which
such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
proposed to present at such special meeting.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because
no one was elected to that office or because the precinct
committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct or for any other
reason, the chairman of the county central committee of the
appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such office
by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and the
appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though elected;
however, no such appointment may be made between the general
primary election and the 30th day after the general primary
election.
(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of

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Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a
political party which elects its State Central Committee by
either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
their terms.
(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
mail or in person as follows:
(1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State,
congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a
nomination for which is made for a territorial division or
district which comprises more than one county or is partly
in one county and partly in another county or counties,
then, except as otherwise provided in this Section, such
petition for nomination shall be filed in the principal
office of the State Board of Elections not more than 113
and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the
primary, but, in the case of petitions for nomination to
fill a vacancy by special election in the office of
representative in Congress from this State, such petition
for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of
the State Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not

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less than 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
preceding the 106th day before a general primary election,
petitions for nomination for the office in which the
vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office
of the State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less
than 85 days prior to the date of the general primary
election.
Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or
policies of a national political party conflict with such
requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
convention, the chairman of the State central committee of
such national political party shall notify the Board in
writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
national political party in conflict, and in such case the
Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance
with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state
central committee of such national political party.
(2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county

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office or trustee of a sanitary district then such petition
shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more
than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the
primary.
(3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
filed in the office of the local election official, not
more than 99 nor less than 92 days prior to the date of the
primary; provided, where a municipality's or township's
boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
authority.
(4) The petitions of candidates for State central
committeeman shall be filed in the principal office of the
State Board of Elections not more than 113 nor less than
106 days prior to the date of the primary.
(5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
ward committeemen shall be filed in the office of the
county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior
to the date of the primary.
(6) The State Board of Elections and the various
election authorities and local election officials with
whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall specify

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the place where filings shall be made and upon receipt
shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each
petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting
in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for filing, or as
of the normal opening hour of the office involved on such
day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m. or the normal
opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
and received after midnight of the first day for filing and
in the first mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be
deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the
normal opening hour of such day, as the case may be. All
petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed in
the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions
filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be
deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are
received simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or
the various election authorities or local election
officials with whom such petitions are filed shall break
ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
lottery or other fair and impartial method of random
selection approved by the State Board of Elections. Such
lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following the last
day for petition filing and shall be open to the public.
Seven days written notice of the time and place of
conducting such random selection shall be given by the
State Board of Elections to the chairman of the State

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central committee of each established political party, and
by each election authority or local election official, to
the County Chairman of each established political party,
and to each organization of citizens within the election
jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at the
next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on
the day of election. The State Board of Elections, election
authority or local election official shall post in a
conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of the
office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. The
State Board of Elections shall adopt rules and regulations
governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
All candidates shall be certified in the order in which
their petitions have been filed. Where candidates have
filed simultaneously, they shall be certified in the order
determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed for the
same office at a later time.
(7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
election authority or local election official with whom
such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed of
the obligation to file statements of organization, reports
of campaign contributions, and annual reports of campaign
contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act.
Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by
paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.

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(8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his candidacy with
the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement
of economic interests in relation to the same governmental
unit with that officer within a year preceding the date on
which such nomination papers were filed. If the nomination
papers of any candidate and the statement of economic
interest of that candidate are not required to be filed
with the same officer, the candidate must file with the
officer with whom the nomination papers are filed a receipt
from the officer with whom the statement of economic
interests is filed showing the date on which such statement
was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than
the last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
(9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or
for committeeman or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
national nominating convention has been filed may cause his
name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by him
and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or
permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections or
with the appropriate election authority or local election
official, not later than the date of certification of

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candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary
ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed
on the primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have
been filed for the same person with respect to more than
one political party, his name shall not be certified nor
printed on the primary ballot of any party. If petitions
for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or
more offices which are incompatible so that the same person
could not serve in more than one of such offices if
elected, that person must withdraw as a candidate for all
but one of such offices within the 5 business days
following the last day for petition filing. A candidate in
a judicial election may file petitions for nomination for
only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only one vacancy in a
circuit in any one filing period, and if petitions for
nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or
more vacancies in the same circuit or subcircuit in the
same filing period, his or her name shall be certified only
for the first vacancy for which the petitions for
nomination were filed. If he fails to withdraw as a
candidate for all but one of such offices within such time
his name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary
ballot, for any office. For the purpose of the foregoing
provisions, an office in a political party is not
incompatible with any other office.
(10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other

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statute, no primary shall be held for an established
political party in any township, municipality, or ward
thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
Article, the nomination of an established political party
of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
be uncontested where not more than the number of persons to
be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
office.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
statute, no primary election shall be held for an
established political party for any special primary
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
office of representative in the United States Congress
where the nomination of such political party for said
office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,

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the nomination of an established political party of a
candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be
uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
seeking the nomination of such established party for
election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
scheduled election day.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to
the contrary in subparagraph (a) and (b) of this paragraph
(10), whenever a person who has not timely filed valid
nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in
candidate for a political party's nomination for any office
for which the nomination is uncontested files a written
statement or notice of that intent with the State Board of
Elections or the local election official with whom
nomination papers for such office are filed, no primary
ballot shall be printed. Where no primary is held, a person
intending to become a write-in candidate at the
consolidated primary election shall re-file a declaration
of intent to be a write-in candidate for the consolidated
election with the appropriate election authority or
authorities a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
this Article for certifying candidates for the primary

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ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the name
and address of the person intending to become a write-in
candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a qualified
primary elector of the political party from whom the
nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the person
intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a
write-in candidate. An election authority shall have no
duty to conduct a primary and prepare a primary ballot for
any office for which the nomination is uncontested unless a
statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
Section is filed in a timely manner.
(11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
Elections, appropriate election authority or local
election official where the petitions are filed shall
within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
local election official, the last set of petitions filed
shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local

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election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
State Board of Elections, election authority or local
election official then only the first set of petitions
filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
void.
(12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
not less than 6 months.
(Source: P.A. 99-221, eff. 7-31-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)
Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of
votes at a primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination
for an office shall be the candidate of that party for such
office, and his name as such candidate shall be placed on the
official ballot at the election then next ensuing; provided,
that where there are two or more persons to be nominated for
the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and
their names shall be placed on the official ballot at the
following election.
Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act,
the person receiving the highest number of votes of his party
for State central committeeman of his congressional district
shall be declared elected State central committeeman from said
congressional district.

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Unless a national political party specifies that delegates
and alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be
allocated by proportional selection representation according
to the results of a Presidential preference primary, the
requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions from the State at large, and
the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to
National nominating conventions in their respective
congressional districts shall be declared elected delegates
and alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
of their party.
A political party which elects the members to its State
Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
Section 7-8 shall select its congressional district delegates
and alternate delegates to its national nominating convention
by proportional selection representation according to the
results of a Presidential preference primary in each
congressional district in the manner provided by the rules of
the national political party and the State Central Committee,
when the rules and policies of the national political party so
require.
A political party which elects the members to its State
Central Committee by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
Section 7-8 shall select its at large delegates and alternate

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delegates to its national nominating convention by
proportional selection representation according to the results
of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
manner provided by the rules of the national political party
and the State Central Committee, when the rules and policies of
the national political party so require.
The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
party for precinct committeeman of his precinct shall be
declared elected precinct committeeman from said precinct.
The person receiving the highest number of votes of his
party for township committeeman of his township or part of a
township as the case may be, shall be declared elected township
committeeman from said township or part of a township as the
case may be. In cities where ward committeemen are elected, the
person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for
ward committeeman of his ward shall be declared elected ward
committeeman from said ward.
When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest
number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
committeeman of the same political party, or where more than
one person of the same political party is to be nominated as a
candidate for office or committeeman, if it appears that more
than the number of persons to be nominated for an office or
elected committeeman have the highest and an equal number of
votes for the nomination for the same office or for election as
committeeman, the election authority by which the returns of

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the primary are canvassed shall decide by lot which of said
persons shall be nominated or elected, as the case may be. In
such case the election authority shall issue notice in writing
to such persons of such tie vote stating therein the place, the
day (which shall not be more than 5 days thereafter) and the
hour when such nomination or election shall be so determined.
(b) Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who
have filed notarized declarations of intent to be write-in
candidates with the proper election authority or authorities no
more than 106 days before, and not later than 61 days prior to
the primary. However, whenever an objection to a candidate's
nominating papers or petitions for any office is sustained
under Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the election,
then write-in votes shall be counted for that candidate if he
or she has filed a notarized declaration of intent to be a
write-in candidate for that office with the proper election
authority or authorities not later than 7 days prior to the
election.
Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. A
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall include:
(1) the name and address of the person intending to
become a write-in candidate;
(2) the office sought;
(3) the date of the election; and
(4) the notarized signature of the candidate or

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candidates.
A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate that
does not include the information required by paragraphs (1)
through (4) shall not be accepted.
Persons intending to become write-in candidates for
the offices of President of the United States and Vice
President of the United States or Governor and Lieutenant
Governor shall file one joint declaration of intent to be a
write-in candidate that identifies the candidate for each
office. Such declaration shall specify the office for which
the person seeks nomination or election as a write-in
candidate.
The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
of all persons who have filed such declarations to the election
judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the primary.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section, where the number of candidates whose names have been
printed on a party's ballot for nomination for or election to
an office at a primary is less than the number of persons the
party is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
primary, a person whose name was not printed on the party's
primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to
the office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a
result of a write-in vote at the primary unless the number of
votes he received equals or exceeds the number of signatures
required on a petition for nomination for that office; or

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unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the number of
votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names
were printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or
election to the same office.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where
the number of candidates whose names have been printed on the
party's ballot for nomination for or election to the office at
the primary equals or exceeds the number of persons the party
is entitled to nominate for or elect to the office at the
primary.
(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
(10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization, the
county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July in
each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5
capable and discreet persons meeting the qualifications of
Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
are used, the county board may, for any precinct with respect
to which the board considers such action necessary or desirable
in view of the number of voters, and shall for general
elections for any precinct containing more than 600 registered
voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of election a team
of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the judges of election
shall preside over the election during the hours the polls are

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open, and the tally judges, with the assistance of the holdover
judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the
vote after the closing of the polls. However, the County Board
of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of election to serve in
lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
odd-year regular election or in any special primary or special
election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
office of representative in the United States Congress or to
nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county board
passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of election
to 3 for primary elections. In addition, an election authority
may reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct
from 5 to 3 for any election. The tally judges shall possess
the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the same
manner and with the same division between political parties as
is provided for judges of election.
In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner and with the same division between
political parties as is provided for other judges of election.
The number of such panels of judges required shall be
determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections which
shall base the required numbers of special panels on the number
of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of vote

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by mail ballots voted at recent elections, or any combination
of such factors.
Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee
of the first leading political party in such precinct; and the
county board of commissioners shall also select and approve 2
persons as judges of election in each election precinct from a
certified list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central
Committee of the second leading political party. However, if
only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no
more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges
of election in the same election precinct; and which political
party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
Such certified list shall be filed with the county clerk not
less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county board
of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
precincts. The chairman of each county central committee shall,

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insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the
precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he may,
in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who reside
outside the precinct but within the county embracing the
precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit
the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for each
precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit
the name of at least one resident of the precinct for each
precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges. The county
board of commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each
county chairman the names of all persons submitted on such
certified list and the total number of persons listed thereon.
If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
certain election precincts), the county board of commissioners
shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. The
election judges shall hold their office for 2 years from their
appointment, and until their successors are duly appointed in
the manner provided in this Act. The county board of
commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge
of election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17.)
(10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
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county board shall at its meeting in July in each even-numbered
year except in counties containing a population of 3,000,000
inhabitants or over and except when such judges are appointed
by election commissioners, select in each election precinct in
the county, 5 capable and discreet persons to be judges of
election who shall possess the qualifications required by this
Act for such judges. Where neither voting machines nor
electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems are used, the
county board may, for any precinct with respect to which the
board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the
closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the same
qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
with the same division between political parties as is provided
for judges of election.
However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election
to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required
by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in
any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in

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the office of representative in the United States Congress or
to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county
board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of
election to 3 for primary elections. In addition, an election
authority may reduce the number of judges of election in each
precinct from 5 to 3 for any election.
In addition to such precinct judges, the county board shall
appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the
same qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner
and with the same division between political parties as is
provided for other judges of election. The number of such
panels of judges required shall be determined by regulations of
the State Board of Elections, which shall base the required
number of special panels on the number of registered voters in
the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at
recent elections or any combination of such factors.
No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be
appointed judges in the same election district or undivided
precinct. The election of the judges of election in the various
election precincts shall be made in the following manner: The
county board shall select and approve 3 of the election judges
in each precinct from a certified list furnished by the
chairman of the County Central Committee of the first leading
political party in such election precinct and shall also select
and approve 2 judges of election in each election precinct from
a certified list furnished by the chairman of the County

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Central Committee of the second leading political party in such
election precinct. However, if only 3 judges of election serve
in each election precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same
political party shall be judges of election in the same
election precinct; and which political party is entitled to 2
judges of election and which political party is entitled to one
judge of election shall be determined in the same manner as set
forth in the next two preceding sentences with regard to 5
election judges in each precinct. The respective County Central
Committee chairman shall notify the county board by June 1 of
each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual
meeting of the county board whether or not such certified list
will be filed by such chairman. Such list shall be arranged
according to precincts. The chairman of each county central
committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
within the precinct in which they are to serve as judges.
However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of
persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of the
precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 2
judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the
county clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of
the county board. The county board shall acknowledge in writing

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to each county chairman the names of all persons submitted on
such certified list and the total number of persons listed
thereon. If no such list is filed or the list is incomplete
(that is, no names or an insufficient number of names are
furnished for certain election precincts), the county board
shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,
further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be
redistricted, in whole or in part, subsequent to one general
election for Governor, and prior to the next, the judges of
election to be selected for all new or altered precincts shall
be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which
shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances of
the particular case, but the majority of such judges for each
such precinct shall be selected from the first leading
political party, and the minority judges from the second
leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties
having a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the
selection of judges of election shall be made in the same
manner in all respects as in other counties, except that the
provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such
counties and except that the county board shall meet during the
month of January for the purpose of making such selection, each
township committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities
given to the chairman of the county central committee in this
Section for the precincts within his or her township, and the

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township committeeperson shall notify the county board by the
preceding October 1 whether or not the certified list will be
filed. Such judges of election shall hold their office for 2
years from their appointment and until their successors are
duly appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county
board shall fill all vacancies in the office of judges of
elections at any time in the manner herein provided.
Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17.)
(10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose no
less than 3 5 persons, men or women, as judges of election for
each precinct in such city, village or incorporated town.
Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
addition to the 5 judges of election chosen under this
subsection a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the
judges of election shall preside over the election during the

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hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
polls. The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications
and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
division between political parties as is provided for judges of
election. The foregoing provisions relating to the appointment
of tally judges are inapplicable in counties with a population
of 1,000,000 or more.
(b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
(1) be citizens of the United States;
(2) be of good repute and character and not subject to
the registration requirement of the Sex Offender
Registration Act;
(3) be able to speak, read and write the English
language;
(4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
arithmetic;
(5) be of good understanding and capable;
(6) not be candidates for any office at the election
and not be elected committeemen;
(7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
which they are selected to serve, except that in each
precinct not more than one judge of each party may be
appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge so
appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not

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entitled to vote must be entitled to vote elsewhere within
the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise meet the
qualifications of this Section, except as provided in
subsection (c) or (c-5).
(c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
person serves as a judge, he or she:
(1) is a U.S. citizen;
(2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in
a public or private secondary school;
(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
(4) has the written approval of the principal of the
secondary school he or she attends at the time of
appointment;
(5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
legal guardian;
(6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
(7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
service as an election judge.
No more than one election judge qualifying under this
subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to

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appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
certify in writing to the election authority the political
party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
Students appointed as election judges under this
subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
day they serve as judges.
(c-5) An election authority may establish a program to
permit a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or
county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date
of the election at which the person serves as a judge, he or
she:
(1) is a U.S. citizen;
(2) is currently enrolled in a community college, as
defined in the Public Community College Act, or a public or
private Illinois university or college;
(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
(4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
(5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
service as an election judge.
No more than one election judge qualifying under this
subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
certify in writing to the election authority the political

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party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
Students appointed as election judges under this
subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
day they serve as judges.
(d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
additional judges of election, one from each of the major
political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
11-3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
prescribed in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-818, eff. 1-1-09;
96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
(10 ILCS 5/17-16.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1)
Sec. 17-16.1. Write-in votes shall be counted only for
persons who have filed notarized declarations of intent to be
write-in candidates with the proper election authority or
authorities no more than 106 days before, and not later than 61
days prior to the election. However, whenever an objection to a
candidate's nominating papers or petitions for any office is
sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the
election, then write-in votes shall be counted for that
candidate if he or she has filed a notarized declaration of
intent to be a write-in candidate for that office with the
proper election authority or authorities not later than 7 days
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Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. A
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall include:
(1) the name and address of the person intending to
become a write-in candidate;
(2) the office sought;
(3) the date of the election; and
(4) the notarized signature of the candidate or
candidates.
A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate that
does not include the information required by paragraphs (1)
through (4) shall not be accepted.
Persons intending to become write-in candidates for
the offices of President of the United States and Vice
President of the United States or Governor and Lieutenant
Governor shall file one joint declaration of intent to be a
write-in candidate that identifies the candidate for each
office. A vote cast for either candidate shall constitute a
valid write-in vote for the team of candidates. Such
declaration shall specify the office for which the person
seeks election as a write-in candidate.
The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
of all persons who have filed such declarations to the election
judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the election.
A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated

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for his or her nomination at the primary election is ineligible
to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for
election in that general or consolidated election.
A candidate seeking election to an office for which
candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
nomination at such caucus is ineligible to file a declaration
of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that
general or consolidated election.
A candidate seeking election to an office for which
candidates are nominated at a primary election on a nonpartisan
basis and who is defeated for his or her nomination at the
primary election is ineligible to file a declaration of intent
to be a write-in candidate for election in that general or
consolidated election.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to
votes cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section
16-5.01.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
(10 ILCS 5/18-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-9.1)
Sec. 18-9.1. Write-in votes shall be counted only for
persons who have filed notarized declarations of intent to be
write-in candidates with the proper election authority or
authorities no more than 106 days before, and not later than 61
days prior to the election. However, whenever an objection to a

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candidate's nominating papers or petitions is sustained under
Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the election, then
write-in votes shall be counted for that candidate if he or she
has filed a notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate for that office with the proper election authority or
authorities not later than 7 days prior to the election.
Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate shall be supplied by the election authorities. A
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall include:
(1) the name and address of the person intending to
become a write-in candidate;
(2) the office sought;
(3) the date of the election; and
(4) the notarized signature of the candidate or
candidates.
A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate that
does not include the information required by paragraphs (1)
through (4) shall not be accepted.
Persons intending to become write-in candidates for
the offices of President of the United States and Vice
President of the United States or Governor and Lieutenant
Governor shall file one joint declaration of intent to be a
write-in candidate that identifies the candidate for each
office. A vote cast for either candidate shall constitute a
valid write-in vote for the team of candidates. Such
declaration shall specify the office for which the person

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seeks election as a write-in candidate.
The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list
of all persons who have filed such declarations to the election
judges in the appropriate precincts prior to the election.
A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
for his or her nomination at the primary election, is
ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in
candidate for election in that general or consolidated
election.
A candidate seeking election to an office for which
candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
nomination at such caucus is ineligible to file a declaration
of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that
general or consolidated election.
A candidate seeking election to an office for which
candidates are nominated at a primary election on a nonpartisan
basis and who is defeated for his or her nomination at the
primary election is ineligible to file a declaration of intent
to be a write-in candidate for election in that general or
consolidated election.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to
votes cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section
16-5.01.
(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)

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(10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
Sec. 19-3. The application for vote by mail ballot shall be
substantially in the following form:
APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT
To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
.... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail
ballot.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall
return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same
prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election
or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than election day,
for counting no later than during the period for counting
provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day
following election day.
I understand that this application is made for an official
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election specified in this application and that I must submit a
separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or
ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election.
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
....
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
...............
However, if application is made for a primary election
ballot, such application shall require the applicant to
designate the name of the political party with which the
applicant is affiliated.
If application is made electronically, the applicant shall
mark the box associated with the above described statement
included as part of the online application certifying that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct,
and a signature is not required.
Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return to
an election authority the application for vote by mail ballot.
Any campaign, party, or other organization or individual that
engages in a vote by mail operation in which voters are sent
applications for vote by mail ballots shall also provide the
voter with a return envelope addressed only to the appropriate
local election authority for that registered voter. Removing,

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tampering with, or otherwise knowingly making the postmark on
the application unreadable by the election authority shall
establish a rebuttable presumption of a violation of this
paragraph. Upon receipt, the appropriate election authority
shall accept and promptly process any application for vote by
mail ballot submitted in a form substantially similar to that
required by this Section, including any substantially similar
production or reproduction generated by the applicant.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15;
99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
(10 ILCS 5/22-19 new)
Sec. 22-19. Risk-limiting election audits.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election
authority is authorized to conduct a risk-limiting audit before
the certification of the results of an election as provided
under Section 22-18. The determination to conduct a
risk-limiting audit, the scope of an audit, and the uses of the
results of an audit are entirely within the discretion of the
election authority. The provisions of the law regarding the
anonymity of the ballot and chain of custody shall be observed
in any process conducted under this subsection (a).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election
authority is authorized to conduct a risk-limiting audit after
the results of an election have been certified and the period
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to conduct a risk-limiting audit, the scope of an audit, and
the uses of the results of an audit are entirely within the
discretion of the election authority.
(c) The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules to
create a certification process for certifying that the
procedure to be used by an election authority comports with the
requirements of this Section, uses generally-accepted
statistical methods, and meets the standards for best practices
to insure statistically sound results. Upon application by an
election authority, accompanied by a sufficient showing of the
statistical soundness of an election authority's risk-limiting
audit methods, the State Board of Elections may waive the
certification process requirement for that election authority,
notwithstanding the rules adopted under this subsection (c).
(d) For the purposes of this Section, "risk-limiting audit"
means a process of examining election materials, including
ballots, under an audit protocol that makes use of statistical
methods and is designed to limit the risk of the certification
of an incorrect election outcome. The method used in a
risk-limiting audit shall be capable of producing an outcome
that demonstrates a strong statistical likelihood that the
outcome of an election is correct.".