104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2635 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the School Board Member Recall Act. Establishes procedures under which school board members that were elected during a consolidated election may be recalled. Provides for petition requirements for recall elections. Provides for requirements for recall ballots, including requirements for replacement candidates wishing to be listed on the recall ballot. LRB104 09662 LNS 19728 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2635 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the School Board Member Recall Act. Establishes procedures under which school board members that were elected during a consolidated election may be recalled. Provides for petition requirements for recall elections. Provides for requirements for recall ballots, including requirements for replacement candidates wishing to be listed on the recall ballot. LRB104 09662 LNS 19728 b LRB104 09662 LNS 19728 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2635 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the School Board Member Recall Act. Establishes procedures under which school board members that were elected during a consolidated election may be recalled. Provides for petition requirements for recall elections. Provides for requirements for recall ballots, including requirements for replacement candidates wishing to be listed on the recall ballot.
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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School
5 Board Member Recall Act.
6 Section 5. School board member recall elections.
7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
8 contrary, school board members that were elected during a
9 consolidated election may be recalled under this Act.
10 (b) In order to recall a school board member under this
11 Act, the organizer of the petitions of the recall must reside
12 within the jurisdiction that the school board member
13 represents and file with the local election authority
14 petitions meeting the following signature requirements of
15 voters registered in that jurisdiction supporting the recall:
16 (i) signatures representing 25% of the votes cast in that
17 jurisdiction in the last election for Governor or (ii) 10,000
18 signatures of residents of the jurisdiction, whichever is
19 less.
20 Before circulating petitions for a recall election, the
21 petitioner must file an intent to recall with the appropriate
22 local election authority. Such filing shall contain the name
23 of the petitioner requesting the recall, the school board
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2635 Introduced , by Rep. Martin McLaughlin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the School Board Member Recall Act. Establishes procedures under which school board members that were elected during a consolidated election may be recalled. Provides for petition requirements for recall elections. Provides for requirements for recall ballots, including requirements for replacement candidates wishing to be listed on the recall ballot.
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1 member to be recalled, and the reason for the recall.
2 Circulation of petitions may only begin after the filing of
3 the intent to recall. The recall petitions shall follow the
4 same general format as petitions for running for office, but
5 shall include the words "RECALL PETITION" on the top of each
6 form, with the reason for the recall also printed on the form.
7 An intent to recall may be filed any time after a school
8 board member has been in office for more than one year. Recall
9 petitions may be circulated only from 120 to 180 days before a
10 consolidated election and after the intent to recall has been
11 filed. Petitions may be filed anytime from 120 to 180 days
12 before a consolidated election.
13 (c) All recall elections under this Act shall be conducted
14 during consolidated elections. The ballot question on the
15 recall shall read as follows:
16 Shall (name of school board member) be recalled from
17 (his or her) position as (title of position)? (YES/NO)
18 If (name of school board member) is recalled, whom do
19 you vote for to replace (him or her)?
20 (Name of school board member).
21 (Name of candidate).
22 (Name of candidate).
23 (d) Replacement candidates wishing to be listed on the
24 recall ballot shall be certified under the same procedures as
25 if they were running for the school board in a standard
26 consolidated election, except that the petition circulation
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