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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 ARTICLE 1
5 Section 1-5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 7-11, 7-12, 7-61, 8-17, and 25-6 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
8 Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United
9 States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of his
10 political party by filing in the office of the State Board of
11 Elections not more than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days
12 prior to the date of the general primary, in any year in which
13 a Presidential election is to be held, a petition signed by not
14 less than 3000 or more than 5000 primary electors, members of
15 and affiliated with the party of which he is a candidate, and
16 no candidate for President of the United States, who fails to
17 comply with the provisions of this Article shall have his name
18 printed upon any primary ballot; provided : Provided, however,
19 that if the rules or policies of a national political party
20 conflict with such requirements for filing petitions for
21 President of the United States in a presidential preference
22 primary, the Chair of the State central committee of such
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1 national political party shall notify the State Board of
2 Elections in writing, citing by reference the rules or
3 policies of the national political party in conflict, and in
4 such case the Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
5 accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
6 state central committee of such national political party.
7 Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a national
8 political party otherwise provide, the vote for President of
9 the United States, as herein provided for, shall be for the
10 sole purpose of securing an expression of the sentiment and
11 will of the party voters with respect to candidates for
12 nomination for said office, and the vote of the state at large
13 shall be taken and considered as advisory to the delegates and
14 alternates at large to the national conventions of respective
15 political parties; and the vote of the respective
16 congressional districts shall be taken and considered as
17 advisory to the delegates and alternates of said congressional
18 districts to the national conventions of the respective
19 political parties.
20 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
22 Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by
23 mail or in person as follows:
24 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where
25 the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional,
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1 or judicial office, or for any office a nomination for
2 which is made for a territorial division or district which
3 comprises more than one county or is partly in one county
4 and partly in another county or counties (including the
5 Fox Metro Water Reclamation District), then, except as
6 otherwise provided in this Section, such petition for
7 nomination shall be filed in the principal office of the
8 State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 and not less
9 than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary, but, in
10 the case of petitions for nomination to fill a vacancy by
11 special election in the office of representative in
12 Congress from this State, such petition for nomination
13 shall be filed in the principal office of the State Board
14 of Elections not more than 113 85 days and not less than
15 110 82 days prior to the date of the primary.
16 Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme,
17 Appellate or Circuit Court Judge within the 3-week period
18 preceding the 134th 106th day before a general primary
19 election, petitions for nomination for the office in which
20 the vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal
21 office of the State Board of Elections not more than 120 92
22 nor less than 113 85 days prior to the date of the general
23 primary election.
24 Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or
25 alternate delegates to a national nominating convention,
26 then such petition for nomination shall be filed in the
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1 principal office of the State Board of Elections not more
2 than 141 113 and not less than 134 106 days prior to the
3 date of the primary; provided, however, that if the rules
4 or policies of a national political party conflict with
5 such requirements for filing petitions for nomination for
6 delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
7 convention, the chair of the State central committee of
8 such national political party shall notify the Board in
9 writing, citing by reference the rules or policies of the
10 national political party in conflict, and in such case the
11 Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in
12 accordance with the delegate selection plan adopted by the
13 state central committee of such national political party.
14 (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county
15 office or trustee of a sanitary district then such
16 petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
17 not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106 days prior to
18 the date of the primary.
19 (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal
20 or township office, such petitions for nomination shall be
21 filed in the office of the local election official, not
22 more than 127 99 nor less than 120 92 days prior to the
23 date of the primary; provided, where a municipality's or
24 township's boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely
25 within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of election
26 commissioners, the petitions shall be filed in the office
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1 of such board; and provided, that petitions for the office
2 of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the
3 election authority.
4 (4) The petitions of candidates for State central
5 committeeperson shall be filed in the principal office of
6 the State Board of Elections not more than 141 113 nor less
7 than 134 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
8 (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or
9 ward committeepersons shall be filed in the office of the
10 county clerk not more than 141 113 nor less than 134 106
11 days prior to the date of the primary.
12 (6) The State Board of Elections and the various
13 election authorities and local election officials with
14 whom such petitions for nominations are filed shall
15 specify the place where filings shall be made and upon
16 receipt shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which
17 each petition was filed. All petitions filed by persons
18 waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for
19 filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office
20 involved on such day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
21 or the normal opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions
22 filed by mail and received after midnight of the first day
23 for filing and in the first mail delivery or pickup of that
24 day shall be deemed as filed as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or
25 as of the normal opening hour of such day, as the case may
26 be. All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as
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1 filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more
2 petitions filed within the last hour of the filing
3 deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or
4 more petitions are received simultaneously, the State
5 Board of Elections or the various election authorities or
6 local election officials with whom such petitions are
7 filed shall break ties and determine the order of filing,
8 by means of a lottery or other fair and impartial method of
9 random selection approved by the State Board of Elections.
10 Such lottery shall be conducted within 9 days following
11 the last day for petition filing and shall be open to the
12 public. Seven days written notice of the time and place of
13 conducting such random selection shall be given by the
14 State Board of Elections to the chair of the State central
15 committee of each established political party, and by each
16 election authority or local election official, to the
17 County Chair of each established political party, and to
18 each organization of citizens within the election
19 jurisdiction which was entitled, under this Article, at
20 the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present
21 on the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
22 election authority or local election official shall post
23 in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance
24 of the office, notice of the time and place of such
25 lottery. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
26 and regulations governing the procedures for the conduct
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1 of such lottery. All candidates shall be certified in the
2 order in which their petitions have been filed. Where
3 candidates have filed simultaneously, they shall be
4 certified in the order determined by lot and prior to
5 candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.
6 (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate
7 election authority or local election official with whom
8 such a petition for nomination is filed shall notify the
9 person for whom a petition for nomination has been filed
10 of the obligation to file statements of organization,
11 reports of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
12 campaign contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of
13 this Code. Such notice shall be given in the manner
14 prescribed by paragraph (7) of Section 9-16 of this Code.
15 (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not
16 valid if the candidate named therein fails to file a
17 statement of economic interests as required by the
18 Illinois Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
19 candidacy with the appropriate officer by the end of the
20 period for the filing of nomination papers unless he has
21 filed a statement of economic interests in relation to the
22 same governmental unit with that officer within a year
23 preceding the date on which such nomination papers were
24 filed. If the nomination papers of any candidate and the
25 statement of economic interests interest of that candidate
26 are not required to be filed with the same officer, the
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1 candidate must file with the officer with whom the
2 nomination papers are filed a receipt from the officer
3 with whom the statement of economic interests is filed
4 showing the date on which such statement was filed. Such
5 receipt shall be so filed not later than the last day on
6 which nomination papers may be filed.
7 (9) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any
8 person for whom a petition for nomination, or for
9 committeeperson or for delegate or alternate delegate to a
10 national nominating convention has been filed may cause
11 his name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed by
12 him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to
13 take acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal
14 or permanent branch office of the State Board of Elections
15 or with the appropriate election authority or local
16 election official, not later than the date of
17 certification of candidates for the consolidated primary
18 or general primary ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be
19 certified or printed on the primary ballot. If petitions
20 for nomination have been filed for the same person with
21 respect to more than one political party, his name shall
22 not be certified nor printed on the primary ballot of any
23 party. If petitions for nomination have been filed for the
24 same person for 2 or more offices which are incompatible
25 so that the same person could not serve in more than one of
26 such offices if elected, that person must withdraw as a
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1 candidate for all but one of such offices within the 5
2 business days following the last day for petition filing.
3 A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for
4 nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only
5 one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if
6 petitions for nomination have been filed for the same
7 person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or
8 subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name
9 shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which
10 the petitions for nomination were filed. If he fails to
11 withdraw as a candidate for all but one of such offices
12 within such time his name shall not be certified, nor
13 printed on the primary ballot, for any office. For the
14 purpose of the foregoing provisions, an office in a
15 political party is not incompatible with any other office.
16 (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
17 statute, no primary shall be held for an established
18 political party in any township, municipality, or ward
19 thereof, where the nomination of such party for every
20 office to be voted upon by the electors of such township,
21 municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
22 political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested
23 as to one or more, but not all, of the offices to be voted
24 upon by the electors of a township, municipality, or ward
25 thereof, then a primary shall be held for that party in
26 such township, municipality, or ward thereof; provided
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1 that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
2 within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for
3 which the nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this
4 Article, the nomination of an established political party
5 of a candidate for election to an office shall be deemed to
6 be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
7 to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
8 seeking the nomination of such party for election to such
9 office.
10 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
11 statute, no primary election shall be held for an
12 established political party for any special primary
13 election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in
14 the office of representative in the United States Congress
15 where the nomination of such political party for said
16 office is uncontested. For the purposes of this Article,
17 the nomination of an established political party of a
18 candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to
19 be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
20 to be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers
21 seeking the nomination of such established party for
22 election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not
23 apply if such primary election is conducted on a regularly
24 scheduled election day.
25 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions in subparagraph (a)
26 and (b) of this paragraph (10), whenever a person who has
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1 not timely filed valid nomination papers and who intends
2 to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
3 nomination for any office for which the nomination is
4 uncontested files a written statement or notice of that
5 intent with the State Board of Elections or the local
6 election official with whom nomination papers for such
7 office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a
8 primary shall be held for that office. Such statement or
9 notice shall be filed on or before the date established in
10 this Article for certifying candidates for the primary
11 ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
12 name and address of the person intending to become a
13 write-in candidate, (ii) a statement that the person is a
14 qualified primary elector of the political party from whom
15 the nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that the
16 person intends to become a write-in candidate for the
17 party's nomination, and (iv) the office the person is
18 seeking as a write-in candidate. An election authority
19 shall have no duty to conduct a primary and prepare a
20 primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
21 uncontested unless a statement or notice meeting the
22 requirements of this Section is filed in a timely manner.
23 (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed
24 for a candidate to the same office, the State Board of
25 Elections, appropriate election authority or local
26 election official where the petitions are filed shall
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1 within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her
2 multiple petition filings and that the candidate has 3
3 business days after receipt of the notice to notify the
4 State Board of Elections, appropriate election authority
5 or local election official that he or she may cancel prior
6 sets of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State
7 Board of Elections, appropriate election authority or
8 local election official, the last set of petitions filed
9 shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
10 State Board of Elections, election authority or local
11 election official. If the candidate fails to notify the
12 State Board of Elections, election authority or local
13 election official then only the first set of petitions
14 filed shall be valid and all subsequent petitions shall be
15 void.
16 (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for
17 public inspection and shall be preserved for a period of
18 not less than 6 months.
19 (Source: P.A. 101-523, eff. 8-23-19; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21;
20 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
22 Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary, the
23 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
24 candidates to be voted for at such special election.
25 In cases where a primary election is required, the officer
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1 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
2 this Code relating to general elections to call an election
3 shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
4 candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of
5 such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
6 maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
7 primary as provided in Section 7-12.
8 Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
9 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
10 certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer
11 must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy
12 in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15
13 days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
14 after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling
15 the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to
16 the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by
17 which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is
18 sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing
19 such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3-day
20 limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3-day
21 limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time
22 specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying
23 officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies
24 shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or
25 township political party as specified in subsection (h) of
26 Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is
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1 established only within a municipality or township and the
2 managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
3 candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the
4 case of a candidate for State Representative in the General
5 Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate
6 for statewide office, including, but not limited to, the
7 office of United States Senator) of the respective political
8 party for the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
9 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
10 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
11 acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
12 following information:
13 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
14 vacated;
15 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
16 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to
17 fill the vacancy and the date of selection.
18 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
19 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
20 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
21 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
22 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
23 The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
24 objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
25 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
26 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
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1 vacancy in nomination.
2 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
3 the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
4 filled. In this event, the certification of the original
5 candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the
6 official ballot to be voted at the general election.
7 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
8 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
9 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
10 after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
11 provided that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
12 If the name of no established political party candidate
13 was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
14 particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
15 candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
16 created which may be filled in accordance with the
17 requirements of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in
18 this Code, if the name of no established political party
19 candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for an a
20 particular office nominated under this Article and if no
21 person was nominated as a write-in candidate for such office,
22 a vacancy in nomination shall be filled only by a person
23 designated by the appropriate committee of the political party
24 and only if that designated person files nominating petitions
25 with the number of signatures required for an established
26 party candidate for that office within 75 days after the day of
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1 the general primary. The circulation period for those
2 petitions begins on the day the appropriate committee
3 designates that person. The person shall file his or her
4 nominating petitions, statements of candidacy, notice of
5 appointment by the appropriate committee, and receipt of
6 filing his or her statement of economic interests together.
7 These documents shall be filed at the same location as
8 provided in Section 7-12. The electoral boards having
9 jurisdiction under Section 10-9 to hear and pass upon
10 objections to nominating petitions also shall hear and pass
11 upon objections to nomination petitions filed by candidates
12 under this paragraph.
13 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
14 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
15 for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
16 ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
17 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
18 party.
19 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
20 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
21 a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
22 nomination at such caucus is ineligible to be listed on the
23 ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
24 of another political party.
25 In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
26 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct,
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1 township, ward, county, or congressional district, as the case
2 may be, shall, through its representative on such central or
3 managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
4 voted in such precinct, township, ward, county, or
5 congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
6 electors of its party at the primary election immediately
7 preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
8 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
9 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
10 the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
11 official ballot at an election and directing election
12 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
13 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
14 the local election official, the election authority, or the
15 State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
16 nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
17 resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
18 whose duty it is to certify candidates.
19 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
20 (10 ILCS 5/8-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-17)
21 Sec. 8-17. The death of any candidate prior to, or on, the
22 date of the primary shall not affect the canvass of the
23 ballots. If the result of such canvass discloses that such
24 candidate, if he had lived, would have been nominated, such
25 candidate shall be declared nominated.
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1 In the event that a candidate of a party who has been
2 nominated under the provisions of this Article shall die
3 before election (whether death occurs prior to, or on, or
4 after, the date of the primary), or decline the nomination, or
5 withdraw the candidate's name from the ballot prior to the
6 general election or should the nomination for any other reason
7 become vacant, the legislative or representative committee of
8 such party for such district shall nominate a candidate of
9 such party to fill such vacancy. However, if there was no
10 candidate for the nomination of the party in the primary,
11 except as otherwise provided in this Code, no candidate of
12 that party for that office may be listed on the ballot at the
13 general election, unless the legislative or representative
14 committee of the party nominates a candidate to fill the
15 vacancy in nomination within 75 days after the date of the
16 general primary election. Vacancies in nomination occurring
17 under this Article shall be filled by the appropriate
18 legislative or representative committee in accordance with the
19 provisions of Section 7-61 of this Code. In proceedings to
20 fill the vacancy in nomination, the voting strength of the
21 members of the legislative or representative committee shall
22 be as provided in Section 8-6 or as provided in Section 25-6,
23 as applicable.
24 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/25-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 25-6)
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1 Sec. 25-6. General Assembly vacancies.
2 (a) When a vacancy occurs in the office of State Senator or
3 Representative in the General Assembly, the vacancy shall be
4 filled within 30 days by appointment of the legislative or
5 representative committee of that legislative or representative
6 district of the political party of which the incumbent was a
7 candidate at the time of his election. Prior to holding a
8 meeting to fill the vacancy, the committee shall make public
9 (i) the names of the committeeperson on the appropriate
10 legislative or representative committee, (ii) the date, time,
11 and location of the meeting to fill the vacancy, and (iii) any
12 information on how to apply or submit a name for consideration
13 as the appointee. A meeting to fill a vacancy in office shall
14 be held in the district or virtually, and any meeting shall be
15 accessible to the public. The appointee shall be a member of
16 the same political party as the person he succeeds was at the
17 time of his election, and shall be otherwise eligible to serve
18 as a member of the General Assembly.
19 (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of a legislator
20 elected other than as a candidate of a political party, the
21 vacancy shall be filled within 30 days of such occurrence by
22 appointment of the Governor. The appointee shall not be a
23 member of a political party, and shall be otherwise eligible
24 to serve as a member of the General Assembly. Provided,
25 however, the appropriate body of the General Assembly may, by
26 resolution, allow a legislator elected other than as a
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1 candidate of a political party to affiliate with a political
2 party for his term of office in the General Assembly. A vacancy
3 occurring in the office of any such legislator who affiliates
4 with a political party pursuant to resolution shall be filled
5 within 30 days of such occurrence by appointment of the
6 appropriate legislative or representative committee of that
7 legislative or representative district of the political party
8 with which the legislator so affiliates. The appointee shall
9 be a member of the political party with which the incumbent
10 affiliated.
11 (c) For purposes of this Section, a person is a member of a
12 political party for 23 months after (i) signing a candidate
13 petition, as to the political party whose nomination is
14 sought; (ii) signing a statement of candidacy, as to the
15 political party where nomination or election is sought; (iii)
16 signing a Petition of Political Party Formation, as to the
17 proposed political party; (iv) applying for and receiving a
18 primary ballot, as to the political party whose ballot is
19 received; or (v) becoming a candidate for election to or
20 accepting appointment to the office of ward, township,
21 precinct or state central committeeperson.
22 (d) In making appointments under this Section, each
23 committeeperson of the appropriate legislative or
24 representative committee shall be entitled to one vote for
25 each vote that was received, in that portion of the
26 legislative or representative district which he represents on
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1 the committee, by the Senator or Representative whose seat is
2 vacant at the general election at which that legislator was
3 elected to the seat which has been vacated and a majority of
4 the total number of votes received in such election by the
5 Senator or Representative whose seat is vacant is required for
6 the appointment of his successor; provided, however, that in
7 making appointments in legislative or representative districts
8 comprising only one county or part of a county other than a
9 county containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, each
10 committeeperson shall be entitled to cast only one vote.
11 (e) Appointments made under this Section shall be in
12 writing and shall be signed by members of the legislative or
13 representative committee whose total votes are sufficient to
14 make the appointments or by the Governor, as the case may be.
15 Such appointments shall be filed with the Secretary of State
16 and with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
17 Secretary of the Senate, whichever is appropriate.
18 (f) An appointment made under this Section shall be for
19 the remainder of the term, except that, if the appointment is
20 to fill a vacancy in the office of State Senator and the
21 vacancy occurs with more than 28 months remaining in the term,
22 the term of the appointment shall expire at the time of the
23 next general election at which time a Senator shall be elected
24 for a new term commencing on the determination of the results
25 of the election and ending on the second Wednesday of January
26 in the second odd-numbered year next occurring. If a vacancy
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1 in office of State Senator occurs with more than 28 months
2 remaining in the term and after the period for filing
3 petitions for the general primary election, then the
4 appropriate legislative committee for the applicable political
5 party may fill a vacancy in nomination for that office in
6 accordance with Section 7-61 for the next general election,
7 except that each committeeperson of the appropriate
8 legislative committee shall be entitled to one vote for each
9 vote received, by the Senator whose seat is vacant, in the
10 portion of the legislative district that the committeeperson
11 represents on the committee, at the most recent general
12 election at which that Senator was elected. A majority of the
13 total number of votes received in that election by the Senator
14 whose seat is vacant is required to fill the vacancy in
15 nomination. However, in filling a vacancy in nomination in a
16 legislative district composed of only one county or part of a
17 county, other than a county containing 2,000,000 or more
18 inhabitants, each committeeperson shall be entitled to cast
19 only one vote. Whenever a Senator has been appointed to fill a
20 vacancy and was thereafter elected to that office, the term of
21 service under the authority of the election shall be
22 considered a new term of service, separate from the term of
23 service rendered under the authority of the appointment.
24 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
25 ARTICLE 2
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1 Section 2-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
2 Election Worker Protection and Candidate Accountability
3 Referendum Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean
4 this Article.
5 Section 2-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
6 shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
7 be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
8 on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
9 following form:
10 "Should any candidate appearing on the Illinois ballot for
11 federal, State, or local office be subject to civil
12 penalties if the candidate interferes or attempts to
13 interfere with an election worker's official duties?"
14 The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
15 "No".
16 Section 2-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections
17 shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
18 2-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
19 State to each election authority in Illinois.
20 Section 2-15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
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1 2025.
2 ARTICLE 3
3 Section 3-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
4 Property Tax Relief and Fairness Referendum Act. References in
5 this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
6 Section 3-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
7 shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
8 be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
9 on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
10 following form:
11 "Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to create an
12 additional 3% tax on income greater than $1,000,000 for
13 the purpose of dedicating funds raised to property tax
14 relief?"
15 The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
16 "No".
17 Section 3-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections
18 shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
19 3-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
20 State to each election authority in Illinois.
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1 Section 3-15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
2 2025.
3 ARTICLE 4
4 Section 4-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
5 Assisted Reproductive Health Referendum Act. References in
6 this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
7 Section 4-5. Referendum. The State Board of Elections
8 shall cause a statewide advisory question of public policy to
9 be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held
10 on November 5, 2024. The question shall appear in the
11 following form:
12 "Should all medically appropriate assisted reproductive
13 treatments, including, but not limited to, in vitro
14 fertilization, be covered by any health insurance plan in
15 Illinois that provides coverage for pregnancy benefits,
16 without limitation on the number of treatments?"
17 The votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or
18 "No".
19 Section 4-10. Certification. The State Board of Elections
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1 shall immediately certify the question set forth in Section
2 4-5 of this Act to be submitted to the voters of the entire
3 State to each election authority in Illinois.
4 Section 4-15`. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
5 2025.
6 ARTICLE 99
7 Section 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act
8 are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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