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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2363 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-23 new 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/17-45 new10 ILCS 5/18-45 new10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-310 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5 10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8 10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1 10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4 10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5 10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8 10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep. Amends the Election Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all elections shall be conducted by ranked choice voting. Sets forth State Board of Elections procedures for counting ranked choice ballots. Creates an open-primary system. Provides that primary ballots shall list each candidate for office, regardless of party affiliation, participating in the primary election. Provides that the 2 candidates in any primary that received the most votes in the primary election, regardless of party affiliation of the candidates, shall be the only 2 candidates certified for participation in the general election. Makes conforming changes. LRB103 30774 BMS 57261 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2363 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-23 new 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/17-45 new10 ILCS 5/18-45 new10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-310 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5 10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8 10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1 10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4 10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5 10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8 10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep. 10 ILCS 5/1-23 new 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/17-45 new 10 ILCS 5/18-45 new 10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3 10 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5 10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8 10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1 10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4 10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5 10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8 10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep. 10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep. Amends the Election Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all elections shall be conducted by ranked choice voting. Sets forth State Board of Elections procedures for counting ranked choice ballots. Creates an open-primary system. Provides that primary ballots shall list each candidate for office, regardless of party affiliation, participating in the primary election. Provides that the 2 candidates in any primary that received the most votes in the primary election, regardless of party affiliation of the candidates, shall be the only 2 candidates certified for participation in the general election. Makes conforming changes. LRB103 30774 BMS 57261 b LRB103 30774 BMS 57261 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2363 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/1-23 new 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/17-45 new10 ILCS 5/18-45 new10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-310 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5 10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8 10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1 10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4 10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5 10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8 10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep. 10 ILCS 5/1-23 new 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/17-45 new 10 ILCS 5/18-45 new 10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3 10 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5 10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8 10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1 10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4 10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5 10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8 10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep. 10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep.
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5	5	10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
6	6	10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43
7	7	10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44
8	8	10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60
9	9	10 ILCS 5/17-45 new
10	10	10 ILCS 5/18-45 new
11	11	10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3
12	12	10 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new
13	13	10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5
14	14	10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8
15	15	10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1
16	16	10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3
17	17	10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4
18	18	10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new
19	19	10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5
20	20	10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8
21	21	10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.
22	22	10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.
23	23	10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep.
24	24	Amends the Election Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all elections shall be conducted by ranked choice voting. Sets forth State Board of Elections procedures for counting ranked choice ballots. Creates an open-primary system. Provides that primary ballots shall list each candidate for office, regardless of party affiliation, participating in the primary election. Provides that the 2 candidates in any primary that received the most votes in the primary election, regardless of party affiliation of the candidates, shall be the only 2 candidates certified for participation in the general election. Makes conforming changes.
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30	30	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
31	31	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
32	32	3 represented in the General Assembly:
33	33	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
34	34	5 Sections 7-10, 7-43, 7-44, 7-60, 19-3, 19-4, 19-5, 19-8,
35	35	6 19-12.1, 20-3, 20-4, 20-5, and 20-8 and by adding Sections
36	36	7 1-23, 17-45, 18-45, 19-4.5, and 20-4.5 as follows:
37	37	8 (10 ILCS 5/1-23 new)
38	38	9 Sec. 1-23. Ranked choice voting.
39	39	10 (a) As used in this Section:
40	40	11 "Continuing candidate" means a candidate who has not been
41	41	12 defeated.
42	42	13 "Inactive ballot" means a ballot that is no longer
43	43	14 tabulated, either in whole or in part, by the State Board of
44	44	15 Elections because the ballot does not rank any continuing
45	45	16 candidate, contains an overvote at the highest continuing
46	46	17 ranking, or contains 2 or more sequential skipped rankings
47	47	18 before its highest continuing ranking.
48	48	19 "Overvote" means an instance in which a voter has assigned
49	49	20 the same ranking to more than one candidate.
50	50	21 "Ranking" or "ranked" means the number assigned by a voter
51	51	22 to a candidate to express the voter's choice for that
52	52	23 candidate; a ranking of "1" is the highest ranking, followed
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56	56	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2363 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
57	57	10 ILCS 5/1-23 new 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/17-45 new10 ILCS 5/18-45 new10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-310 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5 10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8 10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1 10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4 10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5 10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8 10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep. 10 ILCS 5/1-23 new 10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10 10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43 10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44 10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60 10 ILCS 5/17-45 new 10 ILCS 5/18-45 new 10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3 10 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5 10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8 10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1 10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4 10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new 10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5 10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8 10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep. 10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep. 10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep.
58	58	10 ILCS 5/1-23 new
59	59	10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
60	60	10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43
61	61	10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44
62	62	10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60
63	63	10 ILCS 5/17-45 new
64	64	10 ILCS 5/18-45 new
65	65	10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3
66	66	10 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new
67	67	10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5
68	68	10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8
69	69	10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1
70	70	10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3
71	71	10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4
72	72	10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new
73	73	10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5
74	74	10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8
75	75	10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.
76	76	10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.
77	77	10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep.
78	78	Amends the Election Code. Provides that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all elections shall be conducted by ranked choice voting. Sets forth State Board of Elections procedures for counting ranked choice ballots. Creates an open-primary system. Provides that primary ballots shall list each candidate for office, regardless of party affiliation, participating in the primary election. Provides that the 2 candidates in any primary that received the most votes in the primary election, regardless of party affiliation of the candidates, shall be the only 2 candidates certified for participation in the general election. Makes conforming changes.
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88	88	10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
89	89	10 ILCS 5/7-43 from Ch. 46, par. 7-43
90	90	10 ILCS 5/7-44 from Ch. 46, par. 7-44
91	91	10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60
92	92	10 ILCS 5/17-45 new
93	93	10 ILCS 5/18-45 new
94	94	10 ILCS 5/19-3 from Ch. 46, par. 19-3
95	95	10 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new
96	96	10 ILCS 5/19-5 from Ch. 46, par. 19-5
97	97	10 ILCS 5/19-8 from Ch. 46, par. 19-8
98	98	10 ILCS 5/19-12.1 from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1
99	99	10 ILCS 5/20-3 from Ch. 46, par. 20-3
100	100	10 ILCS 5/20-4 from Ch. 46, par. 20-4
101	101	10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new
102	102	10 ILCS 5/20-5 from Ch. 46, par. 20-5
103	103	10 ILCS 5/20-8 from Ch. 46, par. 20-8
104	104	10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.
105	105	10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.
106	106	10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep.
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125	125	1 by "2", and then "3", and so on in ascending numerical order.
126	126	2 "Round" means an instance of the sequence of voting
127	127	3 tabulation in a general election.
128	128	4 "Skipped ranking" means a blank ranking on a ballot on
129	129	5 which a voter has ranked another candidate at a subsequent
130	130	6 ranking.
131	131	7 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the
132	132	8 contrary, all elections shall be conducted by ranked choice
133	133	9 voting.
134	134	10 (c) The State Board of Elections shall count ballots in a
135	135	11 general election as follows:
136	136	12 (1) A ballot containing an overvote shall be
137	137	13 considered an inactive ballot once the overvote is
138	138	14 encountered at the highest ranking for a continuing
139	139	15 candidate.
140	140	16 (2) If a ballot contains a skipped ranking, then the
141	141	17 State Board of Elections shall count the next ranking; if
142	142	18 the next ranking is another skipped ranking, then the
143	143	19 ballot shall be considered an inactive ballot.
144	144	20 (3) The State Board of Elections may not count an
145	145	21 inactive ballot for any candidate.
146	146	22 (4) If there is a tie between the final 2 continuing
147	147	23 candidates or a tie between 2 candidates with the fewest
148	148	24 votes, then the tie shall be resolved by lot to determine
149	149	25 which candidate is defeated.
150	150	26 (d) The State Board of Elections shall count each validly
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161	161	1 cast ballot as one vote for the highest-ranking continuing
162	162	2 candidate on that ballot or as an inactive ballot as follows:
163	163	3 (1) if a candidate is highest-ranked on more than
164	164	4 one-half of the active ballots, then that candidate is
165	165	5 elected and the tabulation is complete; otherwise,
166	166	6 tabulation continues under paragraph (2) of this
167	167	7 subsection;
168	168	8 (2) if 2 or fewer continuing candidates remain, then
169	169	9 the candidate with the greatest number of votes is elected
170	170	10 and the tabulation is complete; otherwise, tabulation
171	171	11 continues under paragraph (3) of this subsection; and
172	172	12 (3) the candidate with the fewest votes is defeated,
173	173	13 votes cast for the defeated candidate shall cease counting
174	174	14 for the defeated candidate and shall be added to the
175	175	15 totals of each ballot's next-highest-ranked continuing
176	176	16 candidate or considered an inactive ballot, and a new
177	177	17 round of tabulation begins under paragraph (1) of this
178	178	18 subsection.
179	179	19 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
180	180	20 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
181	181	21 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
182	182	22 township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
183	183	23 committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
184	184	24 delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
185	185	25 upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has
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196	196	1 been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
197	197	2 substantially the following form:
198	198	3 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
199	199	4 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
200	200	5 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
201	201	6 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
202	202	7 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
203	203	8 for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
204	204	9 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
205	205	10 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
206	206	11 date).
207	207	12 Name Office Address 13John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 14Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill. 15Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill. 12 Name Office Address 13 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 14 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill. 15 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
208	208	12 Name Office Address
209	209	13 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
210	210	14 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
211	211	15 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
212	212	16 Name.................. Address.......................
213	213	17 State of Illinois)
214	214	18 ) ss.
215	215	19 County of........)
216	216	20 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
217	217	21 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
218	218	22 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
219	219	23 of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
220	220	24 were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
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229	229	12 Name Office Address
230	230	13 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill.
231	231	14 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
232	232	15 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
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237	237	1 best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
238	238	2 the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
239	239	3 party, and that their respective residences are correctly
240	240	4 stated, as above set forth.
241	241	5 .........................
242	242	6 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
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244	244	8 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
245	245	9 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
246	246	10 and shall contain above the space for signatures an
247	247	11 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
248	248	12 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
249	249	13 signed; the office, the political party that the candidate
250	250	14 prefers, represented and place of residence; and the heading
251	251	15 of each sheet shall be the same.
252	252	16 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
253	253	17 electors residing in the political division for which the
254	254	18 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
255	255	19 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
256	256	20 shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
257	257	21 be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
258	258	22 elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
259	259	23 number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
260	260	24 signer's county, and city, village or town, and state.
261	261	25 However, the county or city, village or town, and state of
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276	276	1 residence of the electors may be printed on the petition forms
277	277	2 where all of the electors signing the petition reside in the
278	278	3 same county or city, village or town, and state. Standard
279	279	4 abbreviations may be used in writing the residence address,
280	280	5 including street number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of
281	281	6 such petition shall be added a circulator statement signed by
282	282	7 a person 18 years of age or older who is a citizen of the
283	283	8 United States, stating the street address or rural route
284	284	9 number, as the case may be, as well as the county, city,
285	285	10 village or town, and state; and certifying that the signatures
286	286	11 on that sheet of the petition were signed in his or her
287	287	12 presence and certifying that the signatures are genuine; and
288	288	13 either (1) indicating the dates on which that sheet was
289	289	14 circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last dates on
290	290	15 which the sheet was circulated, or (3) for elections where the
291	291	16 petition circulation period is 90 days, certifying that none
292	292	17 of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90 days
293	293	18 preceding the last day for the filing of the petition, or (4)
294	294	19 for the 2022 general primary election only, certify that the
295	295	20 signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
296	296	21 January 13, 2022 through March 14, 2022 or certify that the
297	297	22 signatures on the sheet were signed during the period of
298	298	23 January 13, 2022 through the date on which this statement was
299	299	24 sworn or affirmed to and certifying that to the best of his or
300	300	25 her knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the
301	301	26 time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the election
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312	312	1 political party for which a nomination is sought. Such
313	313	2 statement shall be sworn to before some officer authorized to
314	314	3 administer oaths in this State.
315	315	4 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no petition
316	316	5 sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days preceding the last
317	317	6 day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing of such petition.
318	318	7 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
319	319	8 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
320	320	9 signature from the petition, provided that:
321	321	10 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
322	322	11 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
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324	324	13 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
325	325	14 certification listing the page number and line number of
326	326	15 each signature struck from the petition. Such
327	327	16 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
328	328	17 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
329	329	18 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
330	330	19 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
331	331	20 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
332	332	21 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
333	333	22 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
334	334	23 sheets which are filed with the proper local election
335	335	24 officials, election authorities or the State Board of
336	336	25 Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
337	337	26 by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
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348	348	1 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
349	349	2 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
350	350	3 the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
351	351	4 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
352	352	5 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
353	353	6 that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the
354	354	7 election for party to which the petition relates and is
355	355	8 qualified for the office specified (in the case of a candidate
356	356	9 for State's Attorney it shall state that the candidate is at
357	357	10 the time of filing such statement a licensed attorney-at-law
358	358	11 of this State), shall state that he has filed (or will file
359	359	12 before the close of the petition filing period) a statement of
360	360	13 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
361	361	14 Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's name be placed
362	362	15 upon the official ballot, and shall be subscribed and sworn to
363	363	16 by such candidate before some officer authorized to take
364	364	17 acknowledgment of deeds in the State and shall be in
365	365	18 substantially the following form:
366	366	19 Statement of Candidacy
367	367	20Name Address Office District Party 21John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 22 Belvidere, 23 Illinois 20 Name Address Office District Party 21 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 22 Belvidere, 23 Illinois
368	368	20 Name Address Office District Party
369	369	21 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
370	370	22 Belvidere,
371	371	23 Illinois
372	372	24 State of Illinois)
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383	383	21 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican
384	384	22 Belvidere,
385	385	23 Illinois
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390	390	1 County of .......)
391	391	2 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
392	392	3 Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
393	393	4 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
394	394	5 qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
395	395	6 candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
396	396	7 committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
397	397	8 office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
398	398	9 held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
399	399	10 being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
400	400	11 requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
401	401	12 such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
402	402	13 close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
403	403	14 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
404	404	15 and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
405	405	16 primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
406	406	17 of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)
407	407	18 such office.
408	408	19 Signed ......................
409	409	20 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
410	410	21 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
411	411	22 Signed ....................
412	412	23 (Official Character)
413	413	24 (Seal, if officer has one.)
414	414	25 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
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429	429	1 to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
430	430	2 filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
431	431	3 authority or local election official with whom the petition is
432	432	4 required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
433	433	5 Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
434	434	6 by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
435	435	7 thereof shall be punished accordingly.
436	436	8 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
437	437	9 obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
438	438	10 his or her petition for nomination.
439	439	11 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
440	440	12 convention. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
441	441	13 candidate seeks to run for statewide office or as a delegate or
442	442	14 alternate delegate to a national nominating convention elected
443	443	15 from the State at-large, then the candidate's petition for
444	444	16 nomination must contain at least 5,000 but not more than
445	445	17 10,000 signatures.
446	446	18 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
447	447	19 national nominating convention. Except as otherwise provided
448	448	20 in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for United States
449	449	21 Congress or as a congressional delegate or alternate
450	450	22 congressional delegate to a national nominating convention
451	451	23 elected from a congressional district, then the candidate's
452	452	24 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
453	453	25 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
454	454	26 his or her party in his or her congressional district. In the
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465	465	1 first primary election following a redistricting of
466	466	2 congressional districts, a candidate's petition for nomination
467	467	3 must contain at least 600 signatures of qualified primary
468	468	4 electors of the candidate's political party in his or her
469	469	5 congressional district.
470	470	6 (c) County office. Except as otherwise provided in this
471	471	7 Code, if a candidate seeks to run for any countywide office,
472	472	8 including, but not limited to, county board chairperson or
473	473	9 county board member, elected on an at-large basis, in a county
474	474	10 other than Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
475	475	11 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
476	476	12 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party who
477	477	13 cast votes at the last preceding general election in his or her
478	478	14 county. If a candidate seeks to run for county board member
479	479	15 elected from a county board district, then the candidate's
480	480	16 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
481	481	17 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
482	482	18 his or her party in the county board district. In the first
483	483	19 primary election following a redistricting of county board
484	484	20 districts or the initial establishment of county board
485	485	21 districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
486	486	22 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
487	487	23 qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
488	488	24 cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
489	489	25 the total number of county board districts comprising the
490	490	26 county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
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501	501	1 signatures be less than 25.
502	502	2 (d) County office; Cook County only.
503	503	3 (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
504	504	4 in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
505	505	5 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
506	506	6 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
507	507	7 who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
508	508	8 Cook County.
509	509	9 (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
510	510	10 Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
511	511	11 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
512	512	12 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
513	513	13 in his or her county board district. In the first primary
514	514	14 election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
515	515	15 Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
516	516	16 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
517	517	17 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
518	518	18 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
519	519	19 general election divided by the total number of county
520	520	20 board districts comprising the county board; provided that
521	521	21 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
522	522	22 (3) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, if a
523	523	23 candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board of Review
524	524	24 Commissioner, which is elected from a district pursuant to
525	525	25 subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property Tax Code,
526	526	26 then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain
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537	537	1 at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
538	538	2 total number of registered voters in his or her board of
539	539	3 review district in the last general election at which a
540	540	4 commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
541	541	5 that board of review district. In no event shall the
542	542	6 number of signatures required be greater than the
543	543	7 requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
544	544	8 office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
545	545	9 Section. In the first primary election following a
546	546	10 redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
547	547	11 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
548	548	12 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
549	549	13 required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
550	550	14 whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
551	551	15 party in the district.
552	552	16 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
553	553	17 run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
554	554	18 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
555	555	19 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
556	556	20 his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
557	557	21 candidate seeks to run for alderperson of a municipality, then
558	558	22 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
559	559	23 the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
560	560	24 primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
561	561	25 primary election following redistricting of wards or trustee
562	562	26 districts of a municipality or the initial establishment of
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573	573	1 wards or districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must
574	574	2 contain the number of signatures equal to at least 0.5% of the
575	575	3 total number of votes cast for the candidate of that political
576	576	4 party who received the highest number of votes in the entire
577	577	5 municipality at the last regular election at which an officer
578	578	6 was regularly scheduled to be elected from the entire
579	579	7 municipality, divided by the number of wards or districts. In
580	580	8 no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
581	581	9 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
582	582	10 run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
583	583	11 petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
584	584	12 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
585	585	13 congressional district.
586	586	14 (g) Sanitary district trustee. Except as otherwise
587	587	15 provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run for trustee
588	588	16 of a sanitary district in which trustees are not elected from
589	589	17 wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
590	590	18 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
591	591	19 primary electors of his or her party from the sanitary
592	592	20 district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a sanitary
593	593	21 district in which trustees are elected from wards, then the
594	594	22 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
595	595	23 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of
596	596	24 his or her party in the ward of that sanitary district. In the
597	597	25 first primary election following redistricting of sanitary
598	598	26 districts elected from wards, a candidate's petition for
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609	609	1 nomination must contain at least the signatures of 150
610	610	2 qualified primary electors of his or her ward of that sanitary
611	611	3 district.
612	612	4 (h) Judicial office. Except as otherwise provided in this
613	613	5 Code, if a candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a
614	614	6 district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
615	615	7 contain the number of signatures equal to 0.4% of the number of
616	616	8 votes cast in that district for the candidate for his or her
617	617	9 political party for the office of Governor at the last general
618	618	10 election at which a Governor was elected, but in no event less
619	619	11 than 500 signatures. If a candidate seeks to run for judicial
620	620	12 office in a circuit or subcircuit, then the candidate's
621	621	13 petition for nomination must contain the number of signatures
622	622	14 equal to 0.25% of the number of votes cast for the judicial
623	623	15 candidate of his or her political party who received the
624	624	16 highest number of votes at the last general election at which a
625	625	17 judicial officer from the same circuit or subcircuit was
626	626	18 regularly scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than
627	627	19 1,000 signatures in circuits and subcircuits located in the
628	628	20 First Judicial District or 500 signatures in every other
629	629	21 Judicial District.
630	630	22 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. Except
631	631	23 as otherwise provided in this Code, if a candidate seeks to run
632	632	24 for precinct committeeperson, then the candidate's petition
633	633	25 for nomination must contain at least 10 signatures of the
634	634	26 primary electors of his or her party for the precinct. If a
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645	645	1 candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson, then the
646	646	2 candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less than
647	647	3 the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary electors
648	648	4 of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16% of those
649	649	5 same electors; provided that the maximum number of signatures
650	650	6 may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is greater.
651	651	7 If a candidate seeks to run for township committeeperson, then
652	652	8 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no less
653	653	9 than the number of signatures equal to 5% of the primary
654	654	10 electors of his or her party of the township, but no more than
655	655	11 8% of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
656	656	12 signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever
657	657	13 is greater.
658	658	14 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
659	659	15 for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
660	660	16 attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
661	661	17 than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
662	662	18 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
663	663	19 the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
664	664	20 comprising the counties.
665	665	21 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
666	666	22 office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
667	667	23 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
668	668	24 registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
669	669	25 division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
670	670	26 whichever is greater.
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681	681	1 For purposes of this Section the number of primary
682	682	2 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
683	683	3 the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
684	684	4 party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
685	685	5 the last general election in the State at which electors for
686	686	6 President of the United States were elected. For political
687	687	7 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
688	688	8 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
689	689	9 that political party who received the highest number of votes
690	690	10 in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
691	691	11 which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
692	692	12 that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
693	693	13 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
694	694	14 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
695	695	15 that political party who received the highest number of votes
696	696	16 in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
697	697	17 an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
698	698	18 ward or district.
699	699	19 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
700	700	20 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
701	701	21 party.
702	702	22 The changes made to this Section by Public Act 93-574 are
703	703	23 declarative of existing law, except for item (3) of subsection
704	704	24 (d).
705	705	25 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
706	706	26 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
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717	717	1 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
718	718	2 the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
719	719	3 Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
720	720	4 one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
721	721	5 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21;
722	722	6 102-692, eff. 1-7-22.)
723	723	7 (10 ILCS 5/7-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-43)
724	724	8 Sec. 7-43. Every person having resided in this State 6
725	725	9 months and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary
726	726	10 therein who shall be a citizen of the United States of the age
727	727	11 of 18 or more years shall be entitled to vote at such primary.
728	728	12 The following regulations shall be applicable to
729	729	13 primaries:
730	730	14 No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary:
731	731	15 (a) Unless he declares his party affiliations as
732	732	16 required by this Article.
733	733	17 (b) (Blank).
734	734	18 (c) (Blank).
735	735	19 (c.5) If that person has participated in the town
736	736	20 political party caucus, under Section 45-50 of the
737	737	21 Township Code, of another political party by signing
738	738	22 an affidavit of voters attending the caucus within 45
739	739	23 days before the first day of the calendar month in
740	740	24 which the primary is held.
741	741	25 (d) (Blank).
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752	752	1 (a) In cities, villages, and incorporated towns having
753	753	2 a board of election commissioners, only voters registered
754	754	3 as provided by Article 6 of this Code Act shall be entitled
755	755	4 to vote at such primary.
756	756	5 (b) No person shall be entitled to vote at a primary
757	757	6 unless he or she is registered under the provisions of
758	758	7 Article Articles 4, 5, or 6 of this Code Act, when his or
759	759	8 her registration is required by any of said Articles to
760	760	9 entitle him or her to vote at the election with reference
761	761	10 to which the primary is held.
762	762	11 A person (i) who filed a statement of candidacy for a
763	763	12 partisan office as a qualified primary voter of an established
764	764	13 political party or (ii) who voted the ballot of an established
765	765	14 political party at a general primary election may not file a
766	766	15 statement of candidacy as a candidate of a different
767	767	16 established political party, a new political party, or as an
768	768	17 independent candidate for a partisan office to be filled at
769	769	18 the general election immediately following the general primary
770	770	19 for which the person filed the statement or voted the ballot. A
771	771	20 person may file a statement of candidacy for a partisan office
772	772	21 as a qualified primary voter of an established political party
773	773	22 regardless of any prior filing of candidacy for a partisan
774	774	23 office or voting the ballot of an established political party
775	775	24 at any prior election.
776	776	25 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; revised 2-28-22.)
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787	787	1 (10 ILCS 5/7-44) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-44)
788	788	2 Sec. 7-44. Voters; primary ballot. Any person desiring to
789	789	3 vote at a primary shall state his or her name and , residence
790	790	4 and party affiliation to the primary judges, one of whom shall
791	791	5 thereupon announce the same in a distinct tone of voice,
792	792	6 sufficiently loud to be heard by all persons in the polling
793	793	7 place. When article 4, 5, or 6 is applicable the Certificate of
794	794	8 Registered Voter therein prescribed shall be made and signed
795	795	9 and the official poll record shall be made. If the person
796	796	10 desiring to vote is not challenged, one of the primary judges
797	797	11 shall give to him or her one, and only one, primary ballot
798	798	12 listing each candidate for office, regardless of party
799	799	13 affiliation, participating in the primary election of the
800	800	14 political party with which he declares himself affiliated, on
801	801	15 the back of which the such primary judge shall endorse his or
802	802	16 her initials in such manner that they may be seen when the
803	803	17 primary ballot is properly folded. If the person desiring to
804	804	18 vote is challenged he or she shall not receive a primary ballot
805	805	19 from the primary judges until he or she shall have established
806	806	20 his or her right to vote as hereinafter provided in this
807	807	21 Article. No person who refuses to state his party affiliation
808	808	22 shall be allowed to vote at a primary.
809	809	23 A person who declares his party affiliation with a
810	810	24 statewide established political party and requests a primary
811	811	25 ballot of such party may nonetheless also declare his
812	812	26 affiliation with a political party established only within a
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823	823	1 political subdivision, and may also vote in the primary of
824	824	2 such local party on the same election day, provided that such
825	825	3 voter may not vote in both such party primaries with respect to
826	826	4 offices of the same political subdivision. However, no person
827	827	5 declaring his affiliation with a statewide established
828	828	6 political party may vote in the primary of any other statewide
829	829	7 political party on the same election day.
830	830	8 (Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
831	831	9 (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
832	832	10 Sec. 7-60. Not less than 74 days before the date of the
833	833	11 general election, the State Board of Elections shall certify
834	834	12 to the county clerks the names of each of the candidates who
835	835	13 have been nominated as shown by the proclamation of the State
836	836	14 Board of Elections as a canvassing board or who have been
837	837	15 nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the
838	838	16 election authority to place upon the official ballot for the
839	839	17 general election the names of such candidates in the same
840	840	18 manner and in the same order as shown upon the certification,
841	841	19 except as otherwise provided in this Code.
842	842	20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 2
843	843	21 candidates in any primary that received the most votes in the
844	844	22 primary election, regardless of party affiliation of the
845	845	23 candidates, shall be the only 2 candidates certified for
846	846	24 participation in the general election.
847	847	25 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not less than
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858	858	1 68 days before the date of the general election, each county
859	859	2 clerk shall certify the names of each of the candidates for
860	860	3 county offices who have been nominated as shown by the
861	861	4 proclamation of the county election authority or who have been
862	862	5 nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and declare that the
863	863	6 names of such candidates for the respective offices shall be
864	864	7 placed upon the official ballot for the general election in
865	865	8 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
866	866	9 certification, except as otherwise provided by this Section.
867	867	10 Each county clerk shall place a copy of the certification on
868	868	11 file in his or her office and at the same time issue to the
869	869	12 State Board of Elections a copy of such certification. In
870	870	13 addition, each county clerk in whose county there is a board of
871	871	14 election commissioners shall, not less than 68 days before the
872	872	15 date of the general election, issue to such board a copy of the
873	873	16 certification that has been filed in the county clerk's
874	874	17 office, together with a copy of the certification that has
875	875	18 been issued to the clerk by the State Board of Elections, with
876	876	19 directions to the board of election commissioners to place
877	877	20 upon the official ballot for the general election in that
878	878	21 election jurisdiction the names of all candidates that are
879	879	22 listed on such certifications, in the same manner and in the
880	880	23 same order as shown upon such certifications, except as
881	881	24 otherwise provided in this Section.
882	882	25 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
883	883	26 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
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894	894	1 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
895	895	2 number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for such
896	896	3 office, as shown by the official election returns of the
897	897	4 primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
898	898	5 offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
899	899	6 party for such offices shall follow in the order of the number
900	900	7 of votes received by them respectively at the primary election
901	901	8 as shown by the official election results.
902	902	9 No person who is shown by the final proclamation to have
903	903	10 been nominated or elected at the primary as a write-in
904	904	11 candidate shall have his or her name certified unless such
905	905	12 person shall have filed with the certifying office or board
906	906	13 within 10 days after the election authority's proclamation a
907	907	14 statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10, a statement
908	908	15 pursuant to Section 7-10.1, and a receipt for the filing of a
909	909	16 statement of economic interests in relation to the unit of
910	910	17 government to which he or she has been elected or nominated.
911	911	18 Each county clerk and board of election commissioners
912	912	19 shall determine by a fair and impartial method of random
913	913	20 selection the order of placement of established political
914	914	21 party candidates for the general election ballot. Such
915	915	22 determination shall be made within 30 days following the
916	916	23 canvass and proclamation of the results of the general primary
917	917	24 in the office of the county clerk or board of election
918	918	25 commissioners and shall be open to the public. Seven days
919	919	26 written notice of the time and place of conducting such random
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930	930	1 selection shall be given, by each such election authority, to
931	931	2 the County Chair of each established political party, and to
932	932	3 each organization of citizens within the election jurisdiction
933	933	4 which was entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding
934	934	5 election, to have pollwatchers present on the day of election.
935	935	6 Each election authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and
936	936	7 public place, at the entrance of the election authority
937	937	8 office, notice of the time and place of such lottery. However,
938	938	9 a board of election commissioners may elect to place
939	939	10 established political party candidates on the general election
940	940	11 ballot in the same order determined by the county clerk of the
941	941	12 county in which the city under the jurisdiction of such board
942	942	13 is located.
943	943	14 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
944	944	15 following:
945	945	16 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
946	946	17 for the respective offices;
947	947	18 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected
948	948	19 to an office from the State, political subdivision or
949	949	20 district;
950	950	21 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than
951	951	22 one candidate for an office;
952	952	23 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled
953	953	24 for less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in
954	954	25 a political subdivision are for different terms.
955	955	26 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
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966	966	1 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
967	967	2 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
968	968	3 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
969	969	4 (10 ILCS 5/17-45 new)
970	970	5 Sec. 17-45. Ranked choice voting. Notwithstanding any
971	971	6 provision of this Article to the contrary, all elections shall
972	972	7 comply with Section 1-23.
973	973	8 (10 ILCS 5/18-45 new)
974	974	9 Sec. 18-45. Ranked choice voting. Notwithstanding any
975	975	10 provision of this Article to the contrary, all elections shall
976	976	11 comply with Section 1-23.
977	977	12 (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
978	978	13 Sec. 19-3. Application for a vote by mail ballot.
979	979	14 (a) The application for a vote by mail ballot for a single
980	980	15 election shall be substantially in the following form:
981	981	16 APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT
982	982	17 To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
983	983	18 State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
984	984	19 .... (2) City of .... or (3) .... ward in the City of ....
985	985	20 I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
986	986	21 (1) township of .... (2) City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
987	987	22 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
988	988	23 county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
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999	999	1 address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
1000	1000	2 entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
1001	1001	3 held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail
1002	1002	4 ballot.
1003	1003	5 I hereby make application for an official ballot or
1004	1004	6 ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
1005	1005	7 shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
1006	1006	8 the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
1007	1007	9 election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
1008	1008	10 election day, for counting no later than during the period for
1009	1009	11 counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
1010	1010	12 14th day following election day.
1011	1011	13 I understand that this application is made for an official
1012	1012	14 vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the
1013	1013	15 election specified in this application and that I must submit
1014	1014	16 a separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or
1015	1015	17 ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election.
1016	1016	18 Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
1017	1017	19 29-10 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
1018	1018	20 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
1019	1019	21 ....
1020	1020	22 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
1021	1021	23 Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
1022	1022	24 ...............
1023	1023	25 (a-5) The application for a single vote by mail ballot
1024	1024	26 transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall be
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1035	1035	1 substantively similar to the application for a vote by mail
1036	1036	2 ballot for a single election and shall include:
1037	1037	3 I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a print
1038	1038	4 disability, and, as a result of this disability, I am
1039	1039	5 making a request to receive a vote by mail ballot
1040	1040	6 electronically so that I may privately and independently
1041	1041	7 mark, verify, and print my vote by mail ballot.
1042	1042	8 (b) The application for permanent vote by mail status
1043	1043	9 shall be substantially in the following form:
1044	1044	10 APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT VOTE BY MAIL STATUS
1045	1045	11 I am currently a registered voter and wish to apply for
1046	1046	12 permanent vote by mail status.
1047	1047	13 I state that I am a resident of the City of .... residing
1048	1048	14 at .... in such city in the county of .... and State of
1049	1049	15 Illinois; that I have lived at such address for .... month(s)
1050	1050	16 last past; that I am lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct
1051	1051	17 at the .... election to be held therein on ....; and that I
1052	1052	18 wish to vote by vote by mail ballot in:
1053	1053	19 ..... all subsequent elections that do not require a party
1054	1054	20 designation.
1055	1055	21 ..... all subsequent elections, and I wish to receive a
1056	1056	22 ................... Party vote by mail ballot in
1057	1057	23 elections that require a party designation.
1058	1058	24 I hereby make application for an official ballot or
1059	1059	25 ballots to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I
1060	1060	26 shall return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing
1061	1061
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1071	1071	1 the same prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the
1072	1072	2 election or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than
1073	1073	3 election day, for counting no later than during the period for
1074	1074	4 counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
1075	1075	5 14th day following election day.
1076	1076	6 Under penalties as provided by law under Section 29-10 of
1077	1077	7 the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
1078	1078	8 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
1079	1079	9 ....
1080	1080	10 Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
1081	1081	11 ...............
1082	1082	12 (b-5) The application for permanent vote by mail ballots
1083	1083	13 transmitted electronically pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall be
1084	1084	14 substantively similar to the application for permanent vote by
1085	1085	15 mail status and shall include:
1086	1086	16 I swear or affirm that I am a voter with a
1087	1087	17 non-temporary print disability, and as a result of this
1088	1088	18 disability, I am making a request to receive vote by mail
1089	1089	19 ballots electronically so that I may privately and
1090	1090	20 independently mark, verify, and print my vote by mail
1091	1091	21 ballots.
1092	1092	22 (c) (Blank). However, if application is made for a primary
1093	1093	23 election ballot, such application shall require the applicant
1094	1094	24 to designate the name of the political party with which the
1095	1095	25 applicant is affiliated. The election authority shall allow
1096	1096	26 any voter on permanent vote by mail status to change his or her
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1107	1107	1 party affiliation for a primary election ballot by a method
1108	1108	2 and deadline published and selected by the election authority.
1109	1109	3 (d) If application is made electronically, the applicant
1110	1110	4 shall mark the box associated with the above described
1111	1111	5 statement included as part of the online application
1112	1112	6 certifying that the statements set forth in the application
1113	1113	7 under subsection (a) or (b) are true and correct, and a
1114	1114	8 signature is not required.
1115	1115	9 (e) Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or
1116	1116	10 return to an election authority an application under this
1117	1117	11 Section. If applications are sent to a post office box
1118	1118	12 controlled by any individual or organization that is not an
1119	1119	13 election authority, those applications shall (i) include a
1120	1120	14 valid and current phone number for the individual or
1121	1121	15 organization controlling the post office box and (ii) be
1122	1122	16 turned over to the appropriate election authority within 7
1123	1123	17 days of receipt or, if received within 2 weeks of the election
1124	1124	18 in which an applicant intends to vote, within 2 days of
1125	1125	19 receipt. Failure to turn over the applications in compliance
1126	1126	20 with this paragraph shall constitute a violation of this Code
1127	1127	21 and shall be punishable as a petty offense with a fine of $100
1128	1128	22 per application. Removing, tampering with, or otherwise
1129	1129	23 knowingly making the postmark on the application unreadable by
1130	1130	24 the election authority shall establish a rebuttable
1131	1131	25 presumption of a violation of this paragraph. Upon receipt,
1132	1132	26 the appropriate election authority shall accept and promptly
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1143	1143	1 process any application under this Section submitted in a form
1144	1144	2 substantially similar to that required by this Section,
1145	1145	3 including any substantially similar production or reproduction
1146	1146	4 generated by the applicant.
1147	1147	5 (f) An election authority may combine the applications in
1148	1148	6 subsections (a) and (b) onto one form, but the distinction
1149	1149	7 between the applications must be clear and the form must
1150	1150	8 provide check boxes for an applicant to indicate whether he or
1151	1151	9 she is applying for a single election vote by mail ballot or
1152	1152	10 for permanent vote by mail status.
1153	1153	11 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-819, eff. 5-13-22.)
1154	1154	12 (10 ILCS 5/19-4.5 new)
1155	1155	13 Sec. 19-4.5. Absentee primary ballots.
1156	1156	14 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
1157	1157	15 entitled to vote by absentee ballot at a primary shall not be
1158	1158	16 required to declare his or her political party affiliation and
1159	1159	17 shall be provided with the ballot listing all candidates for
1160	1160	18 offices for which the absentee voter is entitled to vote at
1161	1161	19 that primary. The ballots provided for absentee voters shall
1162	1162	20 be the same open-primary ballots as provided under Section
1163	1163	21 7-44.
1164	1164	22 (b) With respect to the marking, casting, and counting of
1165	1165	23 primary ballots, absentee voting shall be conducted in
1166	1166	24 accordance with Sections 7-43 and 7-44 as well as the
1167	1167	25 provisions of this Article.
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1178	1178	1 (10 ILCS 5/19-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-5)
1179	1179	2 Sec. 19-5. Folding and enclosure of ballots in unsealed
1180	1180	3 envelope; address on envelope; certification; instructions for
1181	1181	4 marking and returning ballots. It shall be the duty of the
1182	1182	5 election authority to fold the ballot or ballots in the manner
1183	1183	6 specified by the statute for folding ballots prior to their
1184	1184	7 deposit in the ballot box, and to enclose such ballot or
1185	1185	8 ballots in an envelope unsealed to be furnished by him, which
1186	1186	9 envelope shall bear upon the face thereof the name, official
1187	1187	10 title and post office address of the election authority, and
1188	1188	11 upon the other side a printed certification in substantially
1189	1189	12 the following form:
1190	1190	13 I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
1191	1191	14 (1) township of .... (2) City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
1192	1192	15 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
1193	1193	16 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
1194	1194	17 address for .... months last past; and that I am lawfully
1195	1195	18 entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
1196	1196	19 held on .....
1197	1197	20 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
1198	1198	21 I further state that I personally marked the enclosed
1199	1199	22 ballot in secret.
1200	1200	23 Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
1201	1201	24 Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
1202	1202	25 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
1203	1203
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1213	1213	1 and correct.
1214	1214	2 .......................
1215	1215	3 If the ballot is to go to an elector who is physically
1216	1216	4 incapacitated and needs assistance marking the ballot, the
1217	1217	5 envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a certification in
1218	1218	6 substantially the following form:
1219	1219	7 I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
1220	1220	8 (1) township of .... (2) City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
1221	1221	9 the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
1222	1222	10 county of .... and State of Illinois, that I have lived at such
1223	1223	11 address for .... months last past; that I am lawfully entitled
1224	1224	12 to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be held on
1225	1225	13 ....; that I am physically incapable of personally marking the
1226	1226	14 ballot for such election.
1227	1227	15 *fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
1228	1228	16 I further state that I marked the enclosed ballot in
1229	1229	17 secret with the assistance of
1230	1230	18 .................................
1231	1231	19 (Individual rendering assistance)
1232	1232	20 .................................
1233	1233	21 (Residence Address)
1234	1234	22 Under penalties of perjury as provided by law pursuant to
1235	1235	23 Section 29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies
1236	1236	24 that the statements set forth in this certification are true
1237	1237	25 and correct.
1238	1238	26 .......................
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1247	1247
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1249	1249
1250	1250	(Individual rendering assistance)
1251	1251
1252	1252	.................................
1253	1253
1254	1254	(Residence Address)
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1261	1261	1 In the case of a voter with a physical incapacity, marking
1262	1262	2 a ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the
1263	1263	3 assistance of another individual, other than a candidate whose
1264	1264	4 name appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
1265	1265	5 parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the
1266	1266	6 voter's employer, an agent of that employer, or an officer or
1267	1267	7 agent of the voter's union, when the voter's physical
1268	1268	8 incapacity necessitates such assistance.
1269	1269	9 In the case of a physically incapacitated voter, marking a
1270	1270	10 ballot in secret includes marking a ballot with the assistance
1271	1271	11 of another individual, other than a candidate whose name
1272	1272	12 appears on the ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
1273	1273	13 parent, child, brother, or sister of the candidate), the
1274	1274	14 voter's employer, an agent of that employer, or an officer or
1275	1275	15 agent of the voter's union, when the voter's physical
1276	1276	16 incapacity necessitates such assistance.
1277	1277	17 Provided, that if the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a
1278	1278	18 primary election, the certification shall designate the name
1279	1279	19 of the political party with which the voter is affiliated.
1280	1280	20 In addition to the above, the election authority shall
1281	1281	21 provide printed slips, or an electronic version thereof for
1282	1282	22 voters voting by mail pursuant to Section 19-2.6, giving full
1283	1283	23 instructions regarding the manner of marking and returning the
1284	1284	24 ballot in order that the same may be counted, and shall furnish
1285	1285	25 one of such printed slips or the electronic version thereof
1286	1286	26 for voters voting by mail pursuant to Section 19-2.6 to each of
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1297	1297	1 such applicants at the same time the ballot is delivered to
1298	1298	2 him. Such instructions shall include the following statement:
1299	1299	3 "In signing the certification on the vote by mail ballot
1300	1300	4 envelope, you are attesting that you personally marked this
1301	1301	5 vote by mail ballot in secret. If you are physically unable to
1302	1302	6 mark the ballot, a friend or relative may assist you after
1303	1303	7 completing the enclosed affidavit. Federal and State laws
1304	1304	8 prohibit a candidate whose name appears on the ballot (unless
1305	1305	9 you are the spouse or a parent, child, brother, or sister of
1306	1306	10 the candidate), your employer, your employer's agent or an
1307	1307	11 officer or agent of your union from assisting voters with
1308	1308	12 physical disabilities."
1309	1309	13 In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an
1310	1310	14 elector pursuant to this Section contains a public question
1311	1311	15 described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory
1312	1312	16 concerning which the question is to be submitted is not
1313	1313	17 described on the ballot due to the space limitations of such
1314	1314	18 ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of
1315	1315	19 a notice of the public question, which shall include a
1316	1316	20 description of the territory in the manner required by Section
1317	1317	21 16-7. The notice shall be furnished to the elector at the same
1318	1318	22 time the ballot is delivered to the elector.
1319	1319	23 Election authorities transmitting ballots by electronic
1320	1320	24 transmission pursuant to Section 19-2.6 shall, to the greatest
1321	1321	25 extent possible, provide those applicants with the same
1322	1322	26 instructions, certifications, and other balloting materials
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1333	1333	1 required when sending ballots by mail.
1334	1334	2 (Source: P.A. 102-819, eff. 5-13-22.)
1335	1335	3 (10 ILCS 5/19-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-8)
1336	1336	4 Sec. 19-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
1337	1337	5 (a) (Blank.)
1338	1338	6 (b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
1339	1339	7 election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
1340	1340	8 and received by that election authority before the closing of
1341	1341	9 the polls on election day shall be endorsed by the receiving
1342	1342	10 election authority with the day and hour of receipt and may be
1343	1343	11 processed by the election authority beginning on the day it is
1344	1344	12 received by the election authority in the central ballot
1345	1345	13 counting location of the election authority, but the results
1346	1346	14 of the processing may not be counted until the day of the
1347	1347	15 election after 7:00 p.m., except as provided in subsections
1348	1348	16 (g) and (g-5).
1349	1349	17 (c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
1350	1350	18 election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
1351	1351	19 but that is received by the election authority after the polls
1352	1352	20 close on election day and before the close of the period for
1353	1353	21 counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
1354	1354	22 endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
1355	1355	23 receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
1356	1356	24 location of the election authority during the period for
1357	1357	25 counting provisional ballots.
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1368	1368	1 Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
1369	1369	2 election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
1370	1370	3 an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is
1371	1371	4 received by the election authority after the polls close on
1372	1372	5 election day and before the close of the period for counting
1373	1373	6 provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed
1374	1374	7 by the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
1375	1375	8 opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
1376	1376	9 if the certification date is election day or earlier and the
1377	1377	10 ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements
1378	1378	11 of this Section, counted at the central ballot counting
1379	1379	12 location of the election authority during the period for
1380	1380	13 counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
1381	1381	14 certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
1382	1382	15 If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
1383	1383	16 barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an
1384	1384	17 election authority absent a postmark may be counted if the
1385	1385	18 intelligent mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope
1386	1386	19 was mailed no later than election day.
1387	1387	20 (d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
1388	1388	21 returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
1389	1389	22 this Article, and received by the election authority at any
1390	1390	23 time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
1391	1391	24 endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
1392	1392	25 hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
1393	1393	26 counting location of the election authority during the same
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1404	1404	1 period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots
1405	1405	2 under subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote
1406	1406	3 by mail voter's blank ballots that are mailed to an election
1407	1407	4 authority and postmarked no later than election day, but that
1408	1408	5 are received by the election authority after the polls close
1409	1409	6 on election day and before the closing of the period for
1410	1410	7 counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
1411	1411	8 endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
1412	1412	9 receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
1413	1413	10 location of the election authority during the same periods
1414	1414	11 provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
1415	1415	12 subsection (c).
1416	1416	13 (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
1417	1417	14 mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
1418	1418	15 blank ballots received by the election authority after the
1419	1419	16 closing of the polls on an election day shall be endorsed by
1420	1420	17 the election authority receiving them with the day and hour of
1421	1421	18 receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
1422	1422	19 authority for the period of time required for the preservation
1423	1423	20 of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
1424	1424	21 opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
1425	1425	22 election.
1426	1426	23 (f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
1427	1427	24 election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
1428	1428	25 later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
1429	1429	26 panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
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1440	1440	1 law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail
1441	1441	2 voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
1442	1442	3 blank ballots required to be counted on election day have been
1443	1443	4 counted.
1444	1444	5 (g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 and,
1445	1445	6 with respect to primaries, in Section 19-4.5 of this Code
1446	1446	7 shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
1447	1447	8 addition, within 2 days after a vote by mail ballot is
1448	1448	9 received, but in all cases before the close of the period for
1449	1449	10 counting provisional ballots, the election judge or official
1450	1450	11 shall compare the voter's signature on the certification
1451	1451	12 envelope of that vote by mail ballot with the signature of the
1452	1452	13 voter on file in the office of the election authority. If the
1453	1453	14 election judge or official determines that the 2 signatures
1454	1454	15 match, and that the vote by mail voter is otherwise qualified
1455	1455	16 to cast a vote by mail ballot, the election authority shall
1456	1456	17 cast and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot
1457	1457	18 is determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the
1458	1458	19 results to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If
1459	1459	20 the election judge or official determines that the signatures
1460	1460	21 do not match, or that the vote by mail voter is not qualified
1461	1461	22 to cast a vote by mail ballot, then without opening the
1462	1462	23 certification envelope, the judge or official shall mark
1463	1463	24 across the face of the certification envelope the word
1464	1464	25 "Rejected" and shall not cast or count the ballot.
1465	1465	26 In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a vote
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1476	1476	1 by mail ballot may be rejected by the election judge or
1477	1477	2 official:
1478	1478	3 (1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
1479	1479	4 and resealed;
1480	1480	5 (2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
1481	1481	6 period ballot;
1482	1482	7 (3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
1483	1483	8 voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
1484	1484	9 (4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
1485	1485	10 If the election judge or official determines that any of
1486	1486	11 these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
1487	1487	12 the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
1488	1488	13 shall not cast or count the ballot.
1489	1489	14 (g-5) If a vote by mail ballot is rejected by the election
1490	1490	15 judge or official for any reason, the election authority
1491	1491	16 shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all cases
1492	1492	17 before the close of the period for counting provisional
1493	1493	18 ballots, notify the vote by mail voter that his or her ballot
1494	1494	19 was rejected. The notice shall inform the voter of the reason
1495	1495	20 or reasons the ballot was rejected and shall state that the
1496	1496	21 voter may appear before the election authority, on or before
1497	1497	22 the 14th day after the election, to show cause as to why the
1498	1498	23 ballot should not be rejected. The voter may present evidence
1499	1499	24 to the election authority supporting his or her contention
1500	1500	25 that the ballot should be counted. The election authority
1501	1501	26 shall appoint a panel of 3 election judges to review the
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1512	1512	1 contested ballot, application, and certification envelope, as
1513	1513	2 well as any evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No
1514	1514	3 more than 2 election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of
1515	1515	4 the same political party. The reviewing panel of election
1516	1516	5 judges shall make a final determination as to the validity of
1517	1517	6 the contested vote by mail ballot. The judges' determination
1518	1518	7 shall not be reviewable either administratively or judicially.
1519	1519	8 A vote by mail ballot subject to this subsection that is
1520	1520	9 determined to be valid shall be counted before the close of the
1521	1521	10 period for counting provisional ballots.
1522	1522	11 (g-10) All vote by mail ballots determined to be valid
1523	1523	12 shall be added to the vote totals for the precincts for which
1524	1524	13 they were cast in the order in which the ballots were opened.
1525	1525	14 (h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
1526	1526	15 organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
1527	1527	16 for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
1528	1528	17 (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
1529	1529	18 (10 ILCS 5/19-12.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1)
1530	1530	19 Sec. 19-12.1. Any qualified elector who has secured an
1531	1531	20 Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card in
1532	1532	21 accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act,
1533	1533	22 indicating that the person named thereon has a Class 1A or
1534	1534	23 Class 2 disability or any qualified voter who has a permanent
1535	1535	24 physical incapacity of such a nature as to make it improbable
1536	1536	25 that he will be able to be present at the polls at any future
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1547	1547	1 election, or any voter who is a resident of (i) a federally
1548	1548	2 operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility located in
1549	1549	3 Illinois or (ii) a facility licensed or certified pursuant to
1550	1550	4 the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health
1551	1551	5 Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or
1552	1552	6 the MC/DD Act and has a condition or disability of such a
1553	1553	7 nature as to make it improbable that he will be able to be
1554	1554	8 present at the polls at any future election, may secure a
1555	1555	9 voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a
1556	1556	10 nursing home resident's identification card, which will enable
1557	1557	11 him to vote under this Article as a physically incapacitated
1558	1558	12 or nursing home voter. For the purposes of this Section,
1559	1559	13 "federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility"
1560	1560	14 means the long-term care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA
1561	1561	15 Medical Center, Illiana Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr.
1562	1562	16 VA Hospital, Marion VA Medical Center, and Captain James A.
1563	1563	17 Lovell Federal Health Care Center.
1564	1564	18 Application for a voter's identification card for persons
1565	1565	19 with disabilities or a nursing home resident's identification
1566	1566	20 card shall be made either: (a) in writing, with voter's sworn
1567	1567	21 affidavit, to the county clerk or board of election
1568	1568	22 commissioners, as the case may be, and shall be accompanied by
1569	1569	23 the affidavit of the attending physician, advanced practice
1570	1570	24 registered nurse, or a physician assistant specifically
1571	1571	25 describing the nature of the physical incapacity or the fact
1572	1572	26 that the voter is a nursing home resident and is physically
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1583	1583	1 unable to be present at the polls on election days; or (b) by
1584	1584	2 presenting, in writing or otherwise, to the county clerk or
1585	1585	3 board of election commissioners, as the case may be, proof
1586	1586	4 that the applicant has secured an Illinois Person with a
1587	1587	5 Disability Identification Card indicating that the person
1588	1588	6 named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability. Upon the
1589	1589	7 receipt of either the sworn-to application and the
1590	1590	8 physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's, or a
1591	1591	9 physician assistant's affidavit or proof that the applicant
1592	1592	10 has secured an Illinois Person with a Disability
1593	1593	11 Identification Card indicating that the person named thereon
1594	1594	12 has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability, the county clerk or board
1595	1595	13 of election commissioners shall issue a voter's identification
1596	1596	14 card for persons with disabilities or a nursing home
1597	1597	15 resident's identification card. Such identification cards
1598	1598	16 shall be issued for a period of 5 years, upon the expiration of
1599	1599	17 which time the voter may secure a new card by making
1600	1600	18 application in the same manner as is prescribed for the
1601	1601	19 issuance of an original card, accompanied by a new affidavit
1602	1602	20 of the attending physician, advanced practice registered
1603	1603	21 nurse, or a physician assistant. The date of expiration of
1604	1604	22 such five-year period shall be made known to any interested
1605	1605	23 person by the election authority upon the request of such
1606	1606	24 person. Applications for the renewal of the identification
1607	1607	25 cards shall be mailed to the voters holding such cards not less
1608	1608	26 than 3 months prior to the date of expiration of the cards.
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1619	1619	1 Each voter's identification card for persons with
1620	1620	2 disabilities or nursing home resident's identification card
1621	1621	3 shall bear an identification number, which shall be clearly
1622	1622	4 noted on the voter's original and duplicate registration
1623	1623	5 record cards. In the event the holder becomes physically
1624	1624	6 capable of resuming normal voting, he must surrender his
1625	1625	7 voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or
1626	1626	8 nursing home resident's identification card to the county
1627	1627	9 clerk or board of election commissioners before the next
1628	1628	10 election.
1629	1629	11 The holder of a voter's identification card for persons
1630	1630	12 with disabilities or a nursing home resident's identification
1631	1631	13 card may make application by mail for an official ballot
1632	1632	14 within the time prescribed by Section 19-2. Such application
1633	1633	15 shall contain the same information as is included in the form
1634	1634	16 of application for ballot by a physically incapacitated
1635	1635	17 elector prescribed in Section 19-3 except that it shall also
1636	1636	18 include the applicant's voter's identification card for
1637	1637	19 persons with disabilities card number and except that it need
1638	1638	20 not be sworn to. If an examination of the records discloses
1639	1639	21 that the applicant is lawfully entitled to vote, he shall be
1640	1640	22 mailed a ballot as provided in Section 19-4 and, if
1641	1641	23 applicable, in Section 19-4.5. The ballot envelope shall be
1642	1642	24 the same as that prescribed in Section 19-5 for voters with
1643	1643	25 physical disabilities, and the manner of voting and returning
1644	1644	26 the ballot shall be the same as that provided in this Article
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1655	1655	1 for other vote by mail ballots, except that a statement to be
1656	1656	2 subscribed to by the voter but which need not be sworn to shall
1657	1657	3 be placed on the ballot envelope in lieu of the affidavit
1658	1658	4 prescribed by Section 19-5.
1659	1659	5 Any person who knowingly subscribes to a false statement
1660	1660	6 in connection with voting under this Section shall be guilty
1661	1661	7 of a Class A misdemeanor.
1662	1662	8 For the purposes of this Section, "nursing home resident"
1663	1663	9 includes a resident of (i) a federally operated veterans'
1664	1664	10 home, hospital, or facility located in Illinois or (ii) a
1665	1665	11 facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the
1666	1666	12 MC/DD Act, or the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act
1667	1667	13 of 2013. For the purposes of this Section, "federally operated
1668	1668	14 veterans' home, hospital, or facility" means the long-term
1669	1669	15 care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Illiana
1670	1670	16 Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Marion VA
1671	1671	17 Medical Center, and Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health
1672	1672	18 Care Center.
1673	1673	19 (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15;
1674	1674	20 99-581, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 6-28-16; 100-513, eff.
1675	1675	21 1-1-18.)
1676	1676	22 (10 ILCS 5/20-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-3)
1677	1677	23 Sec. 20-3. The election authority shall furnish the
1678	1678	24 following applications for registration by mail or vote by
1679	1679	25 mail ballot which shall be considered a method of application
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1690	1690	1 in lieu of the official postcard.
1691	1691	2 1. Members of the United States Service and citizens of
1692	1692	3 the United States temporarily residing outside the territorial
1693	1693	4 limits of the United States may make application within the
1694	1694	5 periods prescribed in Sections 20-2 or 20-2.1, as the case may
1695	1695	6 be. Such application shall be substantially in the following
1696	1696	7 form:
1697	1697	8 "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
1698	1698	9 To be voted at the ............ election in the precinct
1699	1699	10 in which is located my residence at ..............., in the
1700	1700	11 city/village/township of ............(insert home address)
1701	1701	12 County of ........... and State of Illinois.
1702	1702	13 I state that I am a citizen of the United States; that on
1703	1703	14 (insert date of election) I shall have resided in the State of
1704	1704	15 Illinois and in the election precinct for 30 days; that on the
1705	1705	16 above date I shall be the age of 18 years or above; that I am
1706	1706	17 lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at that election;
1707	1707	18 that I am (check category 1, 2, or 3 below):
1708	1708	19 1. ( ) a member of the United States Service,
1709	1709	20 2. ( ) a citizen of the United States temporarily
1710	1710	21 residing outside the territorial limits of the United States
1711	1711	22 and that I expect to be absent from the said county of my
1712	1712	23 residence on the date of holding such election, and that I will
1713	1713	24 have no opportunity to vote in person on that day.
1714	1714	25 I hereby make application for an official ballot or
1715	1715	26 ballots to be voted by me at such election if I am absent from
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1726	1726	1 the said county of my residence, and I agree that I shall
1727	1727	2 return said ballot or ballots to the election authority
1728	1728	3 postmarked no later than election day, for counting no later
1729	1729	4 than during the period for counting provisional ballots, the
1730	1730	5 last day of which is the 14th day following election day or
1731	1731	6 shall destroy said ballot or ballots.
1732	1732	7 (Check below only if category 2 and not previously
1733	1733	8 registered)
1734	1734	9 ( ) I hereby make application to become registered as a
1735	1735	10 voter and agree to return the forms and affidavits for
1736	1736	11 registration to the election authority not later than 30 days
1737	1737	12 before the election.
1738	1738	13 Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29
1739	1739	14 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
1740	1740	15 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
1741	1741	16 .........................
1742	1742	17 Post office address or service address to which
1743	1743	18 registration materials or ballot should be mailed
1744	1744	19 .........................
1745	1745	20 .........................
1746	1746	21 .........................
1747	1747	22 ........................"
1748	1748	23 If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
1749	1749	24 application shall designate the name of the political party
1750	1750	25 with which the applicant is affiliated.
1751	1751	26 Such applications may be obtained from the election
1752	1752
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1759	1759	.........................
1760	1760
1761	1761	.........................
1762	1762
1763	1763	.........................
1764	1764
1765	1765	.........................
1766	1766
1767	1767	........................"
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1772	1772	1 authority having jurisdiction over the person's precinct of
1773	1773	2 residence.
1774	1774	3 2. A spouse or dependent of a member of the United States
1775	1775	4 Service, said spouse or dependent being a registered voter in
1776	1776	5 the county, may make application on behalf of said person in
1777	1777	6 the office of the election authority within the periods
1778	1778	7 prescribed in Section 20-2 which shall be substantially in the
1779	1779	8 following form:
1780	1780	9 "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT to be voted at the........... election
1781	1781	10 in the precinct in which is located the residence of the person
1782	1782	11 for whom this application is made at.............(insert
1783	1783	12 residence address) in the city/village/township of.........
1784	1784	13 County of.......... and State of Illinois.
1785	1785	14 I certify that the following named person................
1786	1786	15 (insert name of person) is a member of the United States
1787	1787	16 Service.
1788	1788	17 I state that said person is a citizen of the United States;
1789	1789	18 that on (insert date of election) said person shall have
1790	1790	19 resided in the State of Illinois and in the election precinct
1791	1791	20 for which this application is made for 30 days; that on the
1792	1792	21 above date said person shall be the age of 18 years or above;
1793	1793	22 that said person is lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct
1794	1794	23 at that election; that said person is a member of the United
1795	1795	24 States Service, and that in the course of his duties said
1796	1796	25 person expects to be absent from his county of residence on the
1797	1797	26 date of holding such election, and that said person will have
1798	1798
1799	1799
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1808	1808	1 no opportunity to vote in person on that day.
1809	1809	2 I hereby make application for an official ballot or
1810	1810	3 ballots to be voted by said person at such election and said
1811	1811	4 person agrees that he shall return said ballot or ballots to
1812	1812	5 the election authority postmarked no later than election day,
1813	1813	6 for counting no later than during the period for counting
1814	1814	7 provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day
1815	1815	8 following election day, or shall destroy said ballot or
1816	1816	9 ballots.
1817	1817	10 I hereby certify that I am the (mother, father, sister,
1818	1818	11 brother, husband or wife) of the said elector, and that I am a
1819	1819	12 registered voter in the election precinct for which this
1820	1820	13 application is made. (Strike all but one that is applicable.)
1821	1821	14 Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29
1822	1822	15 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
1823	1823	16 statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
1824	1824	17 Name of applicant ......................
1825	1825	18 Residence address ........................
1826	1826	19 City/village/township........................
1827	1827	20 Service address to which ballot should be mailed:
1828	1828	21 .........................
1829	1829	22 .........................
1830	1830	23 .........................
1831	1831	24 ........................"
1832	1832	25 If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
1833	1833	26 application shall designate the name of the political party
1834	1834
1835	1835
1836	1836
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1840	1840
1841	1841	Name of applicant ......................
1842	1842
1843	1843	Residence address ........................
1844	1844
1845	1845	City/village/township........................
1846	1846
1847	1847	.........................
1848	1848
1849	1849	.........................
1850	1850
1851	1851	.........................
1852	1852
1853	1853	........................"
1854	1854
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1858	1858	1 with which the person for whom application is made is
1859	1859	2 affiliated.
1860	1860	3 Such applications may be obtained from the election
1861	1861	4 authority having jurisdiction over the voting precinct in
1862	1862	5 which the person for whom application is made is entitled to
1863	1863	6 vote.
1864	1864	7 (Source: P.A. 101-270, eff. 1-1-21; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22.)
1865	1865	8 (10 ILCS 5/20-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-4)
1866	1866	9 Sec. 20-4. Immediately upon the receipt of the official
1867	1867	10 postcard or an application as provided in Section 20-3 within
1868	1868	11 the times heretofore prescribed, the election authority shall
1869	1869	12 ascertain whether or not such applicant is legally entitled to
1870	1870	13 vote as requested, including verification of the applicant's
1871	1871	14 signature by comparison with the signature on the official
1872	1872	15 registration record card, if any. If the election authority
1873	1873	16 ascertains that the applicant is lawfully entitled to vote, it
1874	1874	17 shall enter the name, street address, ward and precinct number
1875	1875	18 of such applicant on a list to be posted in his or its office
1876	1876	19 in a place accessible to the public. Within one day after
1877	1877	20 posting the name and other information of an applicant for a
1878	1878	21 ballot, the election authority shall transmit that name and
1879	1879	22 posted information to the State Board of Elections, which
1880	1880	23 shall maintain the names and other information in an
1881	1881	24 electronic format on its website, arranged by county and
1882	1882	25 accessible to State and local political committees. As soon as
1883	1883
1884	1884
1885	1885
1886	1886
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1893	1893	1 the official ballot is prepared the election authority shall
1894	1894	2 immediately deliver the same to the applicant in person, by
1895	1895	3 mail, by facsimile transmission, or by electronic transmission
1896	1896	4 as provided in Section 20-4.5, when applicable, and this
1897	1897	5 Article.
1898	1898	6 If any such election authority receives a second or
1899	1899	7 additional application which it believes is from the same
1900	1900	8 person, he or it shall submit it to the chief judge of the
1901	1901	9 circuit court or any judge of that court designated by the
1902	1902	10 chief judge. If the chief judge or his designate determines
1903	1903	11 that the application submitted to him is a second or
1904	1904	12 additional one, he shall so notify the election authority who
1905	1905	13 shall disregard the second or additional application.
1906	1906	14 The election authority shall maintain a list for each
1907	1907	15 election of the voters to whom it has issued vote by mail
1908	1908	16 ballots. The list shall be maintained for each precinct within
1909	1909	17 the jurisdiction of the election authority. Prior to the
1910	1910	18 opening of the polls on election day, the election authority
1911	1911	19 shall deliver to the judges of election in each precinct the
1912	1912	20 list of registered voters in that precinct to whom vote by mail
1913	1913	21 ballots have been issued.
1914	1914	22 Election authorities may transmit by facsimile or other
1915	1915	23 electronic means a ballot simultaneously with transmitting an
1916	1916	24 application for vote by mail ballot; however, no such ballot
1917	1917	25 shall be counted unless an application has been completed by
1918	1918	26 the voter and the election authority ascertains that the
1919	1919
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1929	1929	1 applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as provided in this
1930	1930	2 Section.
1931	1931	3 (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
1932	1932	4 (10 ILCS 5/20-4.5 new)
1933	1933	5 Sec. 20-4.5. Primary ballots.
1934	1934	6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
1935	1935	7 entitled to vote by absentee ballot at a primary shall not be
1936	1936	8 required to declare his or her political party affiliation and
1937	1937	9 shall be provided with a ballot including all candidates,
1938	1938	10 regardless of party affiliation of the candidates, for offices
1939	1939	11 for which the absentee voter is entitled to vote at that
1940	1940	12 primary.
1941	1941	13 (b) With respect to the marking, casting, and counting of
1942	1942	14 primary ballots, absentee voting shall be conducted in
1943	1943	15 accordance with Sections 7-43 and 7-44 as well as the
1944	1944	16 provisions of this Article.
1945	1945	17 (c) When voting absentee at a primary, the voter shall be
1946	1946	18 instructed to discard or otherwise destroy any ballot that the
1947	1947	19 voter does not intend to cast. Such a discarded or destroyed
1948	1948	20 ballot is not the ballot the voter agreed in the absentee
1949	1949	21 ballot application to return to the election authority.
1950	1950	22 (10 ILCS 5/20-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-5)
1951	1951	23 Sec. 20-5. The election authority shall fold the ballot or
1952	1952	24 ballots in the manner specified by the statute for folding
1953	1953
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1963	1963	1 ballots prior to their deposit in the ballot box and shall
1964	1964	2 enclose such ballot in an envelope unsealed to be furnished by
1965	1965	3 it, which envelope shall bear upon the face thereof the name,
1966	1966	4 official title and post office address of the election
1967	1967	5 authority, and upon the other side of such envelope there
1968	1968	6 shall be printed a certification in substantially the
1969	1969	7 following form:
1970	1970	8 "CERTIFICATION
1971	1971	9 I state that I am a resident/former resident of the
1972	1972	10 ....... precinct of the city/village/township of ............,
1973	1973	11 (Designation to be made by Election Authority) or of the ....
1974	1974	12 ward in the city of ........... (Designation to be made by
1975	1975	13 Election Authority) residing at ................ in said
1976	1976	14 city/village/township in the county of ........... and State
1977	1977	15 of Illinois; that I am a
1978	1978	16 1. ( ) member of the United States Service
1979	1979	17 2. ( ) citizen of the United States temporarily residing
1980	1980	18 outside the territorial limits of the United States
1981	1981	19 3. ( ) nonresident civilian citizen
1982	1982	20 and desire to cast the enclosed ballot pursuant to Article 20
1983	1983	21 of the Election Code; that I am lawfully entitled to vote in
1984	1984	22 such precinct at the ........... election to be held on
1985	1985	23 ............
1986	1986	24 I further state that I marked the enclosed ballot in
1987	1987	25 secret.
1988	1988	26 Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29
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1990	1990
1991	1991
1992	1992
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1999	1999	1 of the Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
2000	2000	2 statements set forth in this certification are true and
2001	2001	3 correct.
2002	2002	4 ...............(Name)
2003	2003	5 .....................
2004	2004	6 (Service Address)
2005	2005	7 .....................
2006	2006	8 .....................
2007	2007	9 ....................."
2008	2008	10 If the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a primary
2009	2009	11 election, the certification shall designate the name of the
2010	2010	12 political party with which the voter is affiliated.
2011	2011	13 In addition to the above, the election authority shall
2012	2012	14 provide printed slips giving full instructions regarding the
2013	2013	15 manner of completing the forms and affidavits for registration
2014	2014	16 by mail or the manner of marking and returning the ballot in
2015	2015	17 order that the same may be counted, and shall furnish one of
2016	2016	18 the printed slips to each of the applicants at the same time
2017	2017	19 the registration materials or ballot is delivered to him.
2018	2018	20 In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an
2019	2019	21 elector pursuant to this Section contains a public question
2020	2020	22 described in subsection (b) of Section 28-6 and the territory
2021	2021	23 concerning which the question is to be submitted is not
2022	2022	24 described on the ballot due to the space limitations of such
2023	2023	25 ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of
2024	2024	26 a notice of the public question, which shall include a
2025	2025
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2031	2031
2032	2032	...............(Name)
2033	2033
2034	2034	.....................
2035	2035
2036	2036	(Service Address)
2037	2037
2038	2038	.....................
2039	2039
2040	2040	.....................
2041	2041
2042	2042	....................."
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2047	2047	1 description of the territory in the manner required by Section
2048	2048	2 16-7. The notice shall be furnished to the elector at the same
2049	2049	3 time the ballot is delivered to the elector.
2050	2050	4 The envelope in which such registration or such ballot is
2051	2051	5 mailed to the voter as well as the envelope in which the
2052	2052	6 registration materials or the ballot is returned by the voter
2053	2053	7 shall have printed across the face thereof two parallel
2054	2054	8 horizontal red bars, each one-quarter inch wide, extending
2055	2055	9 from one side of the envelope to the other side, with an
2056	2056	10 intervening space of one-quarter inch, the top bar to be one
2057	2057	11 and one-quarter inches from the top of the envelope, and with
2058	2058	12 the words "Official Election Balloting Material-VIA AIR MAIL"
2059	2059	13 between the bars. In the upper right corner of such envelope in
2060	2060	14 a box, there shall be printed the words: "U.S. Postage Paid 42
2061	2061	15 USC 1973". All printing on the face of such envelopes shall be
2062	2062	16 in red, including an appropriate inscription or blank in the
2063	2063	17 upper left corner of return address of sender.
2064	2064	18 The envelope in which the ballot is returned to the
2065	2065	19 election authority may be delivered (i) by mail, postage paid,
2066	2066	20 (ii) in person, by the spouse, parent, child, brother, or
2067	2067	21 sister of the voter, or (iii) by a company engaged in the
2068	2068	22 business of making deliveries of property and licensed as a
2069	2069	23 motor carrier of property by the Illinois Commerce Commission
2070	2070	24 under the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law.
2071	2071	25 Election authorities transmitting ballots by facsimile or
2072	2072	26 electronic transmission shall, to the extent possible, provide
2073	2073
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2083	2083	1 those applicants with the same instructions, certification,
2084	2084	2 and other materials required when sending by mail.
2085	2085	3 (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
2086	2086	4 (10 ILCS 5/20-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-8)
2087	2087	5 Sec. 20-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
2088	2088	6 (a) (Blank.)
2089	2089	7 (b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
2090	2090	8 election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
2091	2091	9 and received by that election authority may be processed by
2092	2092	10 the election authority beginning on the day it is received by
2093	2093	11 the election authority in the central ballot counting location
2094	2094	12 of the election authority, but the results of the processing
2095	2095	13 may not be counted until the day of the election after 7:00
2096	2096	14 p.m., except as provided in subsections (g) and (g-5).
2097	2097	15 (c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
2098	2098	16 election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
2099	2099	17 but that is received by the election authority after the polls
2100	2100	18 close on election day and before the close of the period for
2101	2101	19 counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
2102	2102	20 endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
2103	2103	21 receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
2104	2104	22 location of the election authority during the period for
2105	2105	23 counting provisional ballots.
2106	2106	24 Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
2107	2107	25 election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
2108	2108
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2118	2118	1 an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is
2119	2119	2 received by the election authority after the polls close on
2120	2120	3 election day and before the close of the period for counting
2121	2121	4 provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed
2122	2122	5 by the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
2123	2123	6 opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
2124	2124	7 if the certification date is election day or earlier and the
2125	2125	8 ballot is otherwise found to be valid under the requirements
2126	2126	9 of this Section, counted at the central ballot counting
2127	2127	10 location of the election authority during the period for
2128	2128	11 counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
2129	2129	12 certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
2130	2130	13 If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
2131	2131	14 barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an
2132	2132	15 election authority absent a postmark may be counted if the
2133	2133	16 intelligent mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope
2134	2134	17 was mailed no later than election day.
2135	2135	18 (d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
2136	2136	19 returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
2137	2137	20 this Article, and received by the election authority at any
2138	2138	21 time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
2139	2139	22 endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
2140	2140	23 hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
2141	2141	24 counting location of the election authority during the same
2142	2142	25 period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots
2143	2143	26 under subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote
2144	2144
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2154	2154	1 by mail voter's blank ballot that are mailed to an election
2155	2155	2 authority and postmarked no later than election day, but that
2156	2156	3 are received by the election authority after the polls close
2157	2157	4 on election day and before the closing of the period for
2158	2158	5 counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
2159	2159	6 endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
2160	2160	7 receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
2161	2161	8 location of the election authority during the same periods
2162	2162	9 provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
2163	2163	10 subsection (c).
2164	2164	11 (e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
2165	2165	12 mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
2166	2166	13 blank ballots received by the election authority after the
2167	2167	14 closing of the polls on the day of election shall be endorsed
2168	2168	15 by the person receiving the ballots with the day and hour of
2169	2169	16 receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
2170	2170	17 authority for the period of time required for the preservation
2171	2171	18 of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
2172	2172	19 opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
2173	2173	20 election.
2174	2174	21 (f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
2175	2175	22 election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
2176	2176	23 later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
2177	2177	24 panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
2178	2178	25 law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail
2179	2179	26 voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
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2190	2190	1 blank ballots required to be counted on election day have been
2191	2191	2 counted.
2192	2192	3 (g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 and,
2193	2193	4 with respect to primaries, in Section 20-4.5 of this Code
2194	2194	5 shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
2195	2195	6 addition, within 2 days after a ballot subject to this Article
2196	2196	7 is received, but in all cases before the close of the period
2197	2197	8 for counting provisional ballots, the election judge or
2198	2198	9 official shall compare the voter's signature on the
2199	2199	10 certification envelope of that ballot with the signature of
2200	2200	11 the voter on file in the office of the election authority. If
2201	2201	12 the election judge or official determines that the 2
2202	2202	13 signatures match, and that the voter is otherwise qualified to
2203	2203	14 cast a ballot under this Article, the election authority shall
2204	2204	15 cast and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot
2205	2205	16 is determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the
2206	2206	17 results to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If
2207	2207	18 the election judge or official determines that the signatures
2208	2208	19 do not match, or that the voter is not qualified to cast a
2209	2209	20 ballot under this Article, then without opening the
2210	2210	21 certification envelope, the judge or official shall mark
2211	2211	22 across the face of the certification envelope the word
2212	2212	23 "Rejected" and shall not cast or count the ballot.
2213	2213	24 In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a
2214	2214	25 ballot subject to this Article may be rejected by the election
2215	2215	26 judge or official:
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2226	2226	1 (1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
2227	2227	2 and resealed;
2228	2228	3 (2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
2229	2229	4 period ballot;
2230	2230	5 (3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
2231	2231	6 voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
2232	2232	7 (4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
2233	2233	8 If the election judge or official determines that any of
2234	2234	9 these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
2235	2235	10 the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
2236	2236	11 shall not cast or count the ballot.
2237	2237	12 (g-5) If a ballot subject to this Article is rejected by
2238	2238	13 the election judge or official for any reason, the election
2239	2239	14 authority shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all
2240	2240	15 cases before the close of the period for counting provisional
2241	2241	16 ballots, notify the voter that his or her ballot was rejected.
2242	2242	17 The notice shall inform the voter of the reason or reasons the
2243	2243	18 ballot was rejected and shall state that the voter may appear
2244	2244	19 before the election authority, on or before the 14th day after
2245	2245	20 the election, to show cause as to why the ballot should not be
2246	2246	21 rejected. The voter may present evidence to the election
2247	2247	22 authority supporting his or her contention that the ballot
2248	2248	23 should be counted. The election authority shall appoint a
2249	2249	24 panel of 3 election judges to review the contested ballot,
2250	2250	25 application, and certification envelope, as well as any
2251	2251	26 evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No more than 2
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2262	2262	1 election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same
2263	2263	2 political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall
2264	2264	3 make a final determination as to the validity of the contested
2265	2265	4 ballot. The judges' determination shall not be reviewable
2266	2266	5 either administratively or judicially.
2267	2267	6 A ballot subject to this subsection that is determined to
2268	2268	7 be valid shall be counted before the close of the period for
2269	2269	8 counting provisional ballots.
2270	2270	9 (g-10) All ballots determined to be valid shall be added
2271	2271	10 to the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast
2272	2272	11 in the order in which the ballots were opened.
2273	2273	12 (h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
2274	2274	13 organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
2275	2275	14 for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
2276	2276	15 (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
2277	2277	16 (10 ILCS 5/7-2 rep.)
2278	2278	17 (10 ILCS 5/7-3 rep.)
2279	2279	18 (10 ILCS 5/Art. 10 rep.)
2280	2280	19 Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
2281	2281	20 Article 10 and Sections 7-2 and 7-3.
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