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92_HB2162

 
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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 5.  The Election  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 10-14 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
 7        Sec.  10-14.  Not less than 67 61 days before the date of
 8    the general election  the  State  Board  of  Elections  shall
 9    certify  to  the county clerk of each county the name of each
10    candidate whose nomination papers, certificate of  nomination
11    or  resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed
12    with the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk
13    to place upon the official ballot for  the  general  election
14    the  names  of  such candidates in the same manner and in the
15    same order as shown upon the certification. The  name  of  no
16    candidate  for  an office to be filled by the electors of the
17    entire state shall be placed upon the official ballot  unless
18    his  name  is  duly  certified  to  the  county  clerk upon a
19    certificate signed by the  members  of  the  State  Board  of
20    Elections.  The  names of group candidates on petitions shall
21    be certified to the several county clerks  in  the  order  in
22    which  such  names  appear  on  such petitions filed with the
23    State Board of Elections.
24        Not less than 61 55 days before the date of  the  general
25    election,  each  county clerk shall certify the names of each
26    of the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
27    certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill  a  vacancy
28    in  nomination  have  been  filed with such clerk and declare
29    that the names of such candidates for the respective  offices
30    shall  be  placed  upon  the  official ballot for the general
31    election in the same manner and in the same  order  as  shown
 
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 1    upon the certification.  Each county clerk shall place a copy
 2    of  the certification on file in his or her office and at the
 3    same time issue to the State Board of  Elections  a  copy  of
 4    such  certification.  In addition, each county clerk in whose
 5    county there is a board of election commissioners shall,  not
 6    less  than  61  55  days  before the election, certify to the
 7    board of election commissioners the name  of  the  person  or
 8    persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate
 9    of  the  State Board of Elections, together with the names of
10    all other candidates as shown by the certification of  county
11    officers  on  file in the clerk's office, and in the order so
12    certified.  The   county   clerk   or   board   of   election
13    commissioners  shall  print  the names of the nominees on the
14    ballot for each  office  in  the  order  in  which  they  are
15    certified  to  or filed with the county clerk; provided, that
16    in printing the name of nominees for any office,  if  any  of
17    such  nominees  have  also  been  nominated  by  one  or more
18    political parties pursuant to this Act, the location  of  the
19    name  of  such  candidate  on the ballot for nominations made
20    under this Article shall be precisely in the  same  order  in
21    which  it  appears on the certification of the State Board of
22    Elections to the county clerk.
23        For the general election, the candidates of new political
24    parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
25    the established political party candidates and in  the  order
26    of new political party petition filings.
27        Each  certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
28    following:
29        (1)  The political  party  affiliation  if  any,  of  the
30    candidates for the respective offices;
31        (2)  If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
32    an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
33        (3)  If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
34    candidate for an office;
 
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 1        (4)  The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
 2    less  than  a  full  term or if the offices to be filled in a
 3    political subdivision are for different terms.
 4        The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as  the
 5    case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
 6    is discovered that the original certification is in error.
 7    (Source: P.A. 86-867.)

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.

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