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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		Sections 7-10, 7-19, 7-46, 7-52, 7-53, and 24B-6 as follows:
6		(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
7		Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
8		candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman, or
9		township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
10		committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to
11		national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
12		primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed
13		in his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the
14		following form:
15		We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
16		.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in
17		the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois,
18		do hereby petition that the following named person or persons
19		shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the
20		nomination for (or in case of committeemen for election to) the
21		office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at the
22		primary election to be held on (insert date).
23 Name Office Address

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1 John Jones Governor Belvidere, Ill. 2 Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill. 3 Thomas Smith Attorney General Oakland, Ill.
4		Name.................. Address.......................
5		State of Illinois)
6		) ss.
7		County of........)
8		I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
9		street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
10		....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
11		of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
12		were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
13		best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
14		the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
15		party, and that their respective residences are correctly
16		stated, as above set forth.
17		.........................
18		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
19		.........................
20		Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
21		candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
22		and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate
23		heading giving the information as to name of candidate or

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1		candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
2		office, the political party represented and place of residence;
3		and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
4		Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors
5		residing in the political division for which the nomination is
6		sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the
7		signature of each signer, his residence address shall be
8		written or printed. The residence address required to be
9		written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
10		name shall include the street address or rural route number of
11		the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
12		and city, village or town, and state. However the county or
13		city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
14		may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
15		signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
16		or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in
17		writing the residence address, including street number, if any.
18		At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
19		circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or
20		older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street
21		address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
22		the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying
23		that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
24		in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
25		genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
26		sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last

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1		dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that
2		none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
3		days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and
4		certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
5		the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
6		petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a
7		nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before
8		some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
9		No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
10		preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
11		of such petition.
12		The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
13		whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
14		signature from the petition, provided that:
15		(1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
16		petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
17		(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
18		certification listing the page number and line number of
19		each signature struck from the petition. Such
20		certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
21		Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
22		together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
23		fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
24		manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
25		The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
26		to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition

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1		sheets which are filed with the proper local election
2		officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections
3		shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the
4		voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or
5		duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part
6		thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates
7		filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
8		statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
9		office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
10		candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
11		the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified
12		(in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state
13		that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a
14		licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he
15		has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing
16		period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
17		Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
18		candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall
19		be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
20		officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State
21		and shall be in substantially the following form:
22		Statement of Candidacy
23 Name Address Office District Party 24 John Jones 102 Main St. Governor Statewide Republican 25 Belvidere, 26 Illinois

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1		State of Illinois)
2		) ss.
3		County of .......)
4		I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
5		Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
6		State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
7		qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
8		candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
9		committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
10		office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
11		held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
12		being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
13		requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
14		such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
15		close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
16		interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
17		and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
18		primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
19		of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
20		office.
21		Signed ......................
22		Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
23		who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
24		Signed ....................
25		(Official Character)

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1		(Seal, if officer has one.)
2		The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
3		to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
4		filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
5		authority or local election official with whom the petition is
6		required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
7		Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
8		by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
9		thereof shall be punished accordingly.
10		A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
11		obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
12		his or her petition for nomination.
13		(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
14		convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or
15		as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
16		convention elected from the State at-large, then the
17		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000
18		but not more than 10,000 signatures.
19		(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
20		national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for
21		United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
22		alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
23		convention elected from a congressional district, then the
24		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
25		number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary

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1		electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
2		district. In the first primary election following a
3		redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
4		petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of
5		qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party
6		in his or her congressional district.
7		(c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
8		countywide office, including but not limited to county board
9		chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
10		basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's
11		petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
12		signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
13		her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election
14		in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county
15		board member elected from a county board district, then the
16		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
17		number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
18		electors of his or her party in the county board district. In
19		the first primary election following a redistricting of county
20		board districts or the initial establishment of county board
21		districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
22		at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
23		qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
24		cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
25		the total number of county board districts comprising the
26		county board; provided that in no event shall the number of

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1		signatures be less than 25.
2		(d) County office; Cook County only.
3		(1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
4		in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
5		nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
6		equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
7		who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
8		Cook County.
9		(2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
10		Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
11		must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
12		0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
13		in his or her county board district. In the first primary
14		election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
15		Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
16		nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
17		equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
18		in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
19		general election divided by the total number of county
20		board districts comprising the county board; provided that
21		in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
22		(3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
23		of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
24		pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
25		Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
26		contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of

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1		the total number of registered voters in his or her board
2		of review district in the last general election at which a
3		commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
4		that board of review district. In no event shall the number
5		of signatures required be greater than the requisite number
6		for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
7		under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first
8		primary election following a redistricting of Cook County
9		Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for
10		nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at
11		least the number of signatures required for a countywide
12		candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the
13		qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
14		(e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
15		run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
16		petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
17		signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
18		his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
19		candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the
20		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
21		number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
22		electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary
23		election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or
24		trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
25		establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for
26		nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at

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1		least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate
2		of that political party who received the highest number of
3		votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election
4		at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
5		the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or
6		districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less
7		than 25.
8		(f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
9		run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
10		petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of
11		the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
12		congressional district.
13		(g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
14		for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
15		elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
16		nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal
17		to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
18		sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a
19		sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards,
20		then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at
21		least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary
22		electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary
23		district. In the first primary election following
24		redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
25		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
26		signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward

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1		of that sanitary district.
2		(h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for
3		judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition
4		for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
5		0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the
6		candidate for his or her political party for the office of
7		Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was
8		elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a
9		candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or
10		subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
11		contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number
12		of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her
13		political party who received the highest number of votes at the
14		last general election at which a judicial officer from the same
15		circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be elected,
16		but in no event less than 500 signatures.
17		(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
18		candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the
19		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10
20		signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the
21		precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
22		then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no
23		less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary
24		electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16%
25		of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
26		signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is

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1		greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township
2		committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
3		must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5%
4		of the primary electors of his or her party of the township,
5		but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the
6		maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
7		number, whichever is greater.
8		(j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
9		for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
10		attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
11		than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
12		must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
13		the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
14		comprising the counties.
15		(k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
16		office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
17		contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
18		registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
19		division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
20		whichever is greater.
21		For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors
22		shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the
23		applicable district, for the candidate for that political party
24		who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the
25		last general election in the State at which electors for
26		President of the United States were elected. For political

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1		subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
2		determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
3		that political party who received the highest number of votes
4		in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
5		which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
6		that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
7		subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
8		determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
9		that political party who received the highest number of votes
10		in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
11		an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward
12		or district.
13		A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
14		petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
15		party.
16		The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
17		the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
18		except for item (3) of subsection (d).
19		Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
20		specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
21		names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
22		the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
23		Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
24		one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
25		(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07;
26		95-916, eff. 8-26-08.)

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1		(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19)
2		Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for
3		each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in
4		the manner following:
5		1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be
6		printed in large capital letters, words designating the ballot,
7		if a Republican ballot, the designating words shall be:
8		"REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT"; if a Democratic ballot the
9		designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT"; and in
10		like manner for each political party.
11		2. Order of Names, Directions to Voters, etc. Beginning not
12		less than one inch below designating words, the name of each
13		office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters. Such
14		names may be printed on the ballot either in a single column or
15		in 2 or more columns and in the following order, to-wit:
16		President of the United States, State offices,
17		congressional offices, delegates and alternate delegates to be
18		elected from the State at large to National nominating
19		conventions, delegates and alternate delegates to be elected
20		from congressional districts to National nominating
21		conventions, member or members of the State central committee,
22		trustees of sanitary districts, county offices, judicial
23		officers, city, village and incorporated town offices, town
24		offices, or of such of the said offices as candidates are to be
25		nominated for at such primary, and precinct, township or ward

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1		committeemen. If two or more columns are used, the foregoing
2		offices to and including member of the State central committee
3		shall be listed in the left-hand column and Senatorial offices,
4		as defined in Section 8-3, shall be the first offices listed in
5		the second column.
6		Below the name of each office shall be printed in small
7		letters the directions to voters: "Vote for one"; "Vote for not
8		more than two"; "Vote for not more than three". If no candidate
9		or candidates file for an office and if no person or persons
10		file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that office,
11		then below the title of that office the election authority
12		instead shall print "No Candidate".
13		Next to the name of each candidate for delegate or
14		alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall
15		appear either (a) the name of the candidate's preference for
16		President of the United States or the word "uncommitted" or (b)
17		no official designation, depending upon the action taken by the
18		State central committee pursuant to Section 7-10.3 of this Act.
19		Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital
20		letters the names of all candidates, arranged in the order in
21		which their petitions for nominations were filed, except as
22		otherwise provided in Sections 7-14 and 7-17 of this Article.
23		Opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
24		printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall
25		be of uniform size. The names of each team of candidates for
26		Governor and Lieutenant Governor, however, shall be printed

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1		within a bracket, and a single square shall be printed in front
2		of the bracket. Spaces between the names of candidates under
3		each office shall be uniform and sufficient spaces shall
4		separate the names of candidates for one office from the names
5		of candidates for another office, to avoid confusion and to
6		permit the writing in of the names of other candidates.
7		Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
8		used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
9		required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
10		is applicable.
11		(Source: P.A. 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)
12		(10 ILCS 5/7-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-46)
13		Sec. 7-46. On receiving from the primary judges a primary
14		ballot of his party, the primary elector shall forthwith and
15		without leaving the polling place, retire alone to one of the
16		voting booths and prepare such primary ballot by marking a
17		cross (X) in the square in front of and opposite the name of
18		each candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, and
19		for delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating
20		conventions, and for committeemen, if committeemen are being
21		elected at such primary. A cross (X) in the square in front of
22		the bracket enclosing the names of a team of candidates for
23		Governor and Lieutenant Governor counts as one vote for each of
24		those candidates.
25		Any primary elector may, instead of voting for any

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1		candidate for nomination or for committeeman or for delegate or
2		alternate delegate to national nominating conventions, whose
3		name is printed on the primary ballot, write in the name of any
4		other person affiliated with such party as a candidate for the
5		nomination for any office, or for committeeman, or for
6		delegates or alternate delegates to national nominating
7		conventions, and indicate his choice of such candidate or
8		committeeman or delegate or alternate delegate, by placing to
9		the left of and opposite the name thus written a square and
10		placing in the square a cross (X). A primary elector, however,
11		may not by this method vote separately for Governor and
12		Lieutenant Governor but must write in the names of candidates
13		of his or her choice for both offices and indicate his or her
14		choice of those names by placing a single square to the left of
15		those names and placing in that square a cross (X).
16		Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
17		used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
18		required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
19		is applicable.
20		(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2220.)
21		(10 ILCS 5/7-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-52)
22		Sec. 7-52. Immediately upon closing the polls, the primary
23		judges shall proceed to canvass the votes in the manner
24		following:
25		(1) They shall separate and count the ballots of each

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1		political party.
2		(2) They shall then proceed to ascertain the number of
3		names entered on the applications for ballot under each party
4		affiliation.
5		(3) If the primary ballots of any political party exceed
6		the number of applications for ballot by voters of such
7		political party, the primary ballots of such political party
8		shall be folded and replaced in the ballot box, the box closed,
9		well shaken and again opened and one of the primary judges, who
10		shall be blindfolded, shall draw out so many of the primary
11		ballots of such political party as shall be equal to such
12		excess. Such excess ballots shall be marked "Excess-Not
13		Counted" and signed by a majority of the judges and shall be
14		placed in the "After 6:00 p.m. Defective Ballots Envelope". The
15		number of excess ballots shall be noted in the remarks section
16		of the Certificate of Results. "Excess" ballots shall not be
17		counted in the total of "defective" ballots;
18		(4) The primary judges shall then proceed to count the
19		primary ballots of each political party separately; and as the
20		primary judges shall open and read the primary ballots, 3 of
21		the judges shall carefully and correctly mark upon separate
22		tally sheets the votes which each candidate of the party whose
23		name is written or printed on the primary ballot has received,
24		in a separate column for that purpose, with the name of such
25		candidate, the name of his political party and the name of the
26		office for which he is a candidate for nomination at the head

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1		of such column. The same column, however, shall be used for
2		both names of the same team of candidates for Governor and
3		Lieutenant Governor.
4		Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
5		used, the provisions of this section may be modified as
6		required or authorized by Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever
7		is applicable.
8		(Source: P.A. 80-484.)
9		(10 ILCS 5/7-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-53)
10		Sec. 7-53. As soon as the ballots of a political party
11		shall have been read and the votes of the political party
12		counted, as provided in the last above section, the 3 judges in
13		charge of the tally sheets shall foot up the tally sheets so as
14		to show the total number of votes cast for each candidate of
15		the political party and for each candidate for State Central
16		committeeman and precinct committeeman, township committeeman
17		or ward committeeman, and delegate and alternate delegate to
18		National nominating conventions, and certify the same to be
19		correct. Thereupon, the primary judges shall set down in a
20		certificate of results on the tally sheet, under the name of
21		the political party, the name of each candidate voted for upon
22		the primary ballot, written at full length, the name of the
23		office for which he is a candidate for nomination or for
24		committeeman, or delegate or alternate delegate to National
25		nominating conventions, the total number of votes which the

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1		candidate received, and they shall also set down the total
2		number of ballots voted by the primary electors of the
3		political party in the precinct. The certificate of results
4		shall be made substantially in the following form:
5		................ Party
6		At the primary election held in the .... precinct of the
7		(1) *township of ...., or (2) *City of ...., or (3) *.... ward
8		in the city of .... on (insert date), the primary electors of
9		the .... party voted .... ballots, and the respective
10		candidates whose names were written or printed on the primary
11		ballot of the .... party, received respectively the following
12		votes:
13 Name of No. of 14 Candidate, Title of Office, Votes 15 John Jones Governor 100 16 Jane James Lieutenant Governor 100 17 Sam Smith Governor 70 18 Samantha Smythe Lieutenant Governor 70 19 Frank Martin Attorney General 150 20 William Preston Rep. in Congress 200 21 Frederick John Circuit Judge 50
22		*Fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
23		And so on for each candidate.
24		We hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and
25		correct.
26		Dated (insert date).

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1		...................................
2		Name Address
3		...................................
4		Name Address
5		...................................
6		Name Address
7		...................................
8		Name Address
9		...................................
10		Name Address
11		Judges of Primary
12
13		Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are
14		used, the provisions of this Section may be modified as
15		required or authorized by Article 24 and Article 24A, whichever
16		is applicable.
17		(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
18		(10 ILCS 5/24B-6)
19		Sec. 24B-6. Ballot Information; Arrangement; Electronic
20		Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Voting System;
21		Absentee Ballots; Spoiled Ballots. The ballot information,
22		shall, as far as practicable, be in the order of arrangement
23		provided for paper ballots, except that the information may be
24		in vertical or horizontal rows, or on a number of separate

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1		pages or displays on the marking device. Ballots for all
2		questions or propositions to be voted on should be provided in
3		a similar manner and must be arranged on the ballot sheet or
4		marking device in the places provided for such purposes.
5		Ballots shall be of white paper unless provided otherwise by
6		administrative rule of the State Board of Elections or
7		otherwise specified.
8		All propositions, including but not limited to
9		propositions calling for a constitutional convention,
10		constitutional amendment, judicial retention, and public
11		measures to be voted upon shall be placed on separate portions
12		of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
13		grey screens. Candidates shall be listed on a separate portion
14		of the ballot sheet or marking device by utilizing borders or
15		grey screens. Whenever a person has submitted a declaration of
16		intent to be a write-in candidate as required in Sections
17		17-16.1 and 18-9.1, a line or lines on which the voter may
18		select a write-in candidate shall be printed below the name of
19		the last candidate nominated for such office. Such line or
20		lines shall be proximate to an area provided for marking votes
21		for the write-in candidate or candidates. The number of
22		write-in lines for an office shall equal the number of persons
23		who have filed declarations of intent to be write-in candidates
24		plus an additional line or lines for write-in candidates who
25		qualify to file declarations to be write-in candidates under
26		Sections 17-16.1 and 18-9.1 when the certification of ballot

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1		contains the words "OBJECTION PENDING" next to the name of that
2		candidate, up to the number of candidates for which a voter may
3		vote. In the case of write-in lines for the offices of Governor
4		and Lieutenant Governor, 2 lines shall be printed within a
5		bracket and a single square shall be printed in front of the
6		bracket. More than one amendment to the constitution may be
7		placed on the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking
8		device. Constitutional convention or constitutional amendment
9		propositions shall be printed or displayed on a separate
10		portion of the ballot sheet or marking device and designated by
11		borders or grey screens, unless otherwise provided by
12		administrative rule of the State Board of Elections. More than
13		one public measure or proposition may be placed on the same
14		portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. More than one
15		proposition for retention of judges in office may be placed on
16		the same portion of the ballot sheet or marking device. Names
17		of candidates shall be printed in black. The party affiliation
18		of each candidate or the word "independent" shall appear near
19		or under the candidate's name, and the names of candidates for
20		the same office shall be listed vertically under the title of
21		that office, on separate pages of the marking device, or as
22		otherwise approved by the State Board of Elections. If no
23		candidate or candidates file for an office and if no person or
24		persons file a declaration as a write-in candidate for that
25		office, then below the title of that office the election
26		authority instead shall print "No Candidate". In the case of

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1		nonpartisan elections for officers of political subdivisions,
2		unless the statute or an ordinance adopted pursuant to Article
3		VII of the Constitution requires otherwise, the listing of
4		nonpartisan candidates shall not include any party or
5		"independent" designation. Judicial retention questions and
6		ballot questions for all public measures and other propositions
7		shall be designated by borders or grey screens on the ballot or
8		marking device. In primary elections, a separate ballot, or
9		displays on the marking device, shall be used for each
10		political party holding a primary, with the ballot or marking
11		device arranged to include names of the candidates of the party
12		and public measures and other propositions to be voted upon on
13		the day of the primary election.
14		If the ballot includes both candidates for office and
15		public measures or propositions to be voted on, the election
16		official in charge of the election shall divide the ballot or
17		displays on the marking device in sections for "Candidates" and
18		"Propositions", or separate ballots may be used.
19		Absentee ballots may consist of envelopes, paper ballots or
20		ballot sheets voted in person in the office of the election
21		official in charge of the election or voted by mail. Where a
22		Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology ballot is used for
23		voting by mail it must be accompanied by voter instructions.
24		Any voter who spoils his or her ballot, makes an error, or
25		has a ballot returned by the automatic tabulating equipment may
26		return the ballot to the judges of election and get another

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1		ballot.
2		(Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-862, eff. 8-19-08.)