Bill Text: IL HB3488 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that when a person who intends to be a write-in candidate for an uncontested nonpartisan office has not timely filed nomination papers but has filed a written statement or notice of his or her intent, no primary ballot shall be printed (rather than requiring a primary ballot to be prepared and a primary election held if the write-in candidate is the fifth candidate filed). Provides that where no primary is held, a person intending to become a write-in candidate shall re-file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for the general election with the appropriate election authority or authorities. Removes language concerning requirements for the written statement or notice. Removes language providing that an election authority has no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a ballot for an uncontested office, unless the written statement or notice is filed in a timely manner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3488 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3488-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3.1-20-45 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-45)
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7 | Sec. 3.1-20-45. Nonpartisan primary elections; uncontested | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | office. A city
incorporated under this Code that elects | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | municipal officers at nonpartisan
primary and
general | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | elections shall conduct the elections as provided in the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Election Code,
except that
no office for which nomination is | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | uncontested shall be included on the primary
ballot and
no | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | primary shall be held for that office. For the purposes of this | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Section, an
office is
uncontested when not more than 4
persons | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | to be nominated for each
office
have timely filed valid | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | nominating papers seeking nomination for the election
to that
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17 | office.
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18 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law the preceding | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | paragraph , when a person (i) who has not timely
filed valid | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | nomination papers and (ii) who intends to become a write-in
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21 | candidate for
nomination for any office for which nomination | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | is uncontested files a written
statement
or notice of that | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | intent with the proper election official with whom the
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1 | nomination papers
for that office are filed, no primary ballot | ||||||
2 | shall be printed. Where no primary is held, a person intending | ||||||
3 | to become a write-in candidate at the general primary election | ||||||
4 | shall re-file a declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
5 | candidate for the general election with the appropriate | ||||||
6 | election authority or authorities if the write-in candidate | ||||||
7 | becomes the fifth candidate filed, a primary ballot must be | ||||||
8 | prepared and a primary must
be held for
the office. The | ||||||
9 | statement or notice must be filed on or before the 61st day
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10 | before the consolidated primary election.
The statement
must
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11 | contain (i) the name and address of the person intending to | ||||||
12 | become a write-in
candidate,
(ii) a statement that the person | ||||||
13 | intends to become a write-in candidate, and
(iii) the office
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14 | the person is seeking as a write-in candidate. An election | ||||||
15 | authority has no
duty to
conduct a primary election or prepare | ||||||
16 | a primary ballot unless a statement
meeting the
requirements | ||||||
17 | of this paragraph is filed in a timely manner . | ||||||
18 | If there is a primary election, then candidates shall be | ||||||
19 | placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general municipal | ||||||
20 | election in the following manner: | ||||||
21 | (1) If one officer is to be elected, then the 2 | ||||||
22 | candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall | ||||||
23 | be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general | ||||||
24 | municipal election. | ||||||
25 | (2) If 2 aldermen are to be elected at large, then the | ||||||
26 | 4 candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall |
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1 | be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general | ||||||
2 | municipal election. | ||||||
3 | (3) If 3 aldermen are to be elected at large, then the | ||||||
4 | 6 candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall | ||||||
5 | be placed on the ballot for the next succeeding general | ||||||
6 | municipal election. | ||||||
7 | The name of a write-in candidate may not be placed on the | ||||||
8 | ballot for the next succeeding general municipal election | ||||||
9 | unless he or she receives a number of votes in the primary | ||||||
10 | election that equals or exceeds the number of signatures | ||||||
11 | required on a petition for nomination for that office or that | ||||||
12 | exceeds the number of votes received by at least one of the | ||||||
13 | candidates whose names were printed on the primary ballot for | ||||||
14 | nomination for or election to the same office.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
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