Bill Text: IL SB1529 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. In a provision concerning vacancies in the office of Representative in Congress, provides that the Governor shall issue a Writ of Election if the vacancy occurs more than 240 days (instead of 180 days) before the next general election. Provides that the special election shall be held within 180 days (instead of 115 days) after the issuance of the Writ of Election. Provides that petitions for nomination shall be filed not more than 85 and not less than 82 days prior to the date of the special primary election, except that petitions of independent candidates and candidates of new political parties shall be filed not more than 93 and not less than 90 days prior to the date of the special election. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0522 [SB1529 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1529-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
Sections 1-3, 1-12, 1A-16.5, 1A-16.8, 4-8, 4-20, 4-33, 5-7,
5-28, 5-43, 6-35, 6-65, 6-79, 7-9, 9-3, 10-6, 19-3, 19-4, 19-8,
20-2, 20-2.1, 20-2.2, 20-2.3, 20-3, 20-8, 20-10, 21-1, 24C-12
and 29-5, and by adding Sections 1-13 and 1A-50 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions of
public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
popular vote, and includes primary elections when so indicated
by the context.
2. "Regular election" means the general, general primary,
consolidated and consolidated primary elections regularly
scheduled in Article 2A. The even numbered year municipal
primary established in Article 2A is a regular election only
with respect to those municipalities in which a primary is
required to be held on such date.
3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is

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held at the same time and place and by the same election
officers as a regular election.
4. "General election" means the biennial election at which
members of the General Assembly are elected. "General primary
election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated primary
election" mean the respective elections or the election dates
designated and established in Article 2A of this Code.
5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
village or incorporated town.
6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any unit
of local government, or school district in which elections are
or may be held. "Political or governmental subdivision" also
includes, for election purposes, Regional Boards of School
Trustees, and Township Boards of School Trustees.
7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
Code, as now or hereafter amended.
8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board of
Election Commissioners.
9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county, in
the case of a county in which no city board of election

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commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction of
a county board of election commissioners; (b) the territorial
jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners; and (c)
the territory in a county outside of the jurisdiction of a city
board of election commissioners. In each instance election
jurisdiction shall be determined according to which election
authority maintains the permanent registration records of
qualified electors.
10. "Local election official" means the clerk or secretary
of a unit of local government or school district, as the case
may be, the treasurer of a township board of school trustees,
and the regional superintendent of schools with respect to the
various school officer elections and school referenda for which
the regional superintendent is assigned election duties by The
School Code, as now or hereafter amended.
11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
when used in connection with duties at an election during the
hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after the
closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be

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performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
holdover judges.
12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures of
qualified primary electors bound together.
13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the smallest
constituent territory in which electors vote as a unit at the
same polling place in any election governed by this Act.
14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for the
election of any officer, other than the State or a unit of
local government or school district, and includes, but is not
limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial districts,
judicial circuits, county board districts, municipal and
sanitary district wards, school board districts, and
precincts.
15. "Question of public policy" or "public question" means
any question, proposition or measure submitted to the voters at
an election dealing with subject matter other than the
nomination or election of candidates and shall include, but is
not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and questions
relating to the Constitution.
16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions

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adopted by referendum which provide for the form of government,
the officers or the manner of selection or terms of office of
officers of such municipality or county, pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution.
17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
or other electronic data processing information containing
voter information.
18. "Accessible" means accessible to persons with
disabilities and elderly individuals for the purpose of voting
or registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
Elections.
19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
20. "Person with a disability" means a person having a
temporary or permanent physical disability.
21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
highest or second highest average number of votes. The
political party whose candidates for governor received the
highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
leading political party and the political party whose
candidates for governor received the second highest average
number of votes shall be known as the second leading political
party.

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22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of an
election authority, local election official or the State Board
of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7 hours.
23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
nontraditional residence, including, but not limited to, a
shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space under
a bridge.
24. "Signature" means a name signed in ink or in digitized
form. This definition does not apply to a nominating or
candidate petition or a referendum petition.
25. "Intelligent mail barcode tracking system" means a
printed trackable barcode attached to the return business reply
envelope for mail-in ballots under Article 19 or Article 20
that allows an election authority to determine the date the
envelope was mailed in absence of a postmark.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/1-12)
Sec. 1-12. Public university voting.
(a) Each appropriate election authority shall, in addition
to the early voting conducted at locations otherwise required
by law, conduct early voting, grace period registration, and
grace period voting at the student union on the campus of a
public university within the election authority's
jurisdiction. The voting required by this subsection (a) to be
conducted on campus must be conducted from the 6th day before a

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general primary or general election until and including the 4th
day before a general primary or general election from 10:00
a.m. to 5 p.m. and as otherwise required by Article 19A of this
Code, except that the voting required by this subsection (a)
need not be conducted during a consolidated primary or
consolidated election. If an election authority has voting
equipment that can accommodate a ballot in every form required
in the election authority's jurisdiction, then the election
authority shall extend early voting and grace period
registration and voting under this Section to any registered
voter in the election authority's jurisdiction. However, if the
election authority does not have voting equipment that can
accommodate a ballot in every form required in the election
authority's jurisdiction, then the election authority may
limit early voting and grace period registration and voting
under this Section to voters in precincts where the public
university is located and precincts bordering the university.
Each public university shall make the space available at the
student union for, and cooperate and coordinate with the
appropriate election authority in, the implementation of this
subsection (a).
(b) (Blank).
(c) For the purposes of this Section, "public university"
means the University of Illinois, Illinois State University,
Chicago State University, Governors State University, Southern
Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Eastern

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Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and
Northeastern Illinois University.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, "student union" means
the Student Center at 750 S. Halsted on the University of
Illinois-Chicago campus; the Public Affairs Center at the
University of Illinois at Springfield or a new building
completed after the effective date of this Act housing student
government at the University of Illinois at Springfield; the
Illini Union at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
the SIUC Student Center at the Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale campus; the Morris University Center at the Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville campus; the University
Union at the Western Illinois University at the Macomb campus;
the Holmes Student Center at the Northern Illinois University
campus; the University Union at the Eastern Illinois University
campus; NEIU Student Union at the Northeastern Illinois
University campus; the Bone Student Center at the Illinois
State University campus; the Cordell Reed Student Union at the
Chicago State University campus; and the Hall of Governors in
Building D at the Governors State University campus.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-691, eff. 7-1-14;
98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/1-13 new)
Sec. 1-13. Forms of signature. The making and signing of
any form, including an application to register, a certificate

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authorizing cancellation of a registration or authorizing a
transfer of registration, an application to vote, a provisional
ballot, or affidavit, but not including a nominating or
candidate petition or a referendum petition, may be by a
signature written in ink or in digitized form.
(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5)
Sec. 1A-16.5. Online voter registration.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and
maintain a system for online voter registration that permits a
person to apply to register to vote or to update his or her
existing voter registration. In accordance with technical
specifications provided by the State Board of Elections, each
election authority shall maintain a voter registration system
capable of receiving and processing voter registration
application information, including electronic signatures, from
the online voter registration system established by the State
Board of Elections.
(b) The online voter registration system shall employ
security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter
registration applications submitted electronically pursuant to
this Section.
(c) The Board may receive voter registration information
provided by applicants using the State Board of Elections'
website, may cross reference that information with data or
information contained in the Secretary of State's database in

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order to match the information submitted by applicants, and may
receive from the Secretary of State the applicant's digitized
signature upon a successful match of that applicant's
information with that contained in the Secretary of State's
database.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
who is qualified to register to vote and who has an authentic
Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued
by the Secretary of State may submit an application to register
to vote electronically on a website maintained by the State
Board of Elections.
(e) An online voter registration application shall contain
all of the information that is required for a paper application
as provided in Section 1A-16 of this Code, except that the
applicant shall be required to provide:
(1) the applicant's full Illinois driver's license or
State identification card number;
(2) the last 4 digits of the applicant's social
security number; and
(3) the date the Illinois driver's license or State
identification card was issued.
(f) For an applicant's registration or change in
registration to be accepted, the applicant shall mark the box
associated with the following statement included as part of the
online voter registration application:
"By clicking on the box below, I swear or affirm all of the

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following:
(1) I am the person whose name and identifying information
is provided on this form, and I desire to register to vote in
the State of Illinois.
(2) All the information I have provided on this form is
true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form.
(3) I authorize the Secretary of State to transmit to the
State Board of Elections my signature that is on file with the
Secretary of State and understand that such signature will be
used by my local election authority on this online voter
registration application for admission as an elector as if I
had signed this form personally.".
(g) Immediately upon receiving a completed online voter
registration application, the online voter registration system
shall send, by electronic mail, a confirmation notice that the
application has been received. Within 48 hours of receiving
such an application, the online voter registration system shall
send by electronic mail, a notice informing the applicant of
whether the following information has been matched with the
Secretary of State database:
(1) that the applicant has an authentic Illinois
driver's license or State identification card issued by the
Secretary of State and that the driver's license or State
identification number provided by the applicant matches
the driver's license or State identification card number
for that person on file with the Secretary of State;

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(2) that the date of issuance of the Illinois driver's
license or State identification card listed on the
application matches the date of issuance of that card for
that person on file with the Secretary of State;
(3) that the date of birth provided by the applicant
matches the date of birth for that person on file with the
Secretary of State; and
(4) that the last 4 digits of the applicant's social
security number matches the last 4 digits for that person
on file with the Secretary of State.
(h) If the information provided by the applicant matches
the information on the Secretary of State's databases for any
driver's license and State identification card holder and is
matched as provided in subsection (g) above, the online voter
registration system shall:
(1) retrieve from the Secretary of State's database
files an electronic copy of the applicant's signature from
his or her Illinois driver's license or State
identification card and such signature shall be deemed to
be the applicant's signature on his or her online voter
registration application;
(2) within 2 days of receiving the application, forward
to the county clerk or board of election commissioners
having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter
registration: (i) the application, along with the
applicant's relevant data that can be directly loaded into

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the jurisdiction's voter registration system and (ii) a
copy of the applicant's electronic signature and a
certification from the State Board of Elections that the
applicant's driver's license or State identification card
number, driver's license or State identification card date
of issuance, and date of birth and social security
information have been successfully matched.
(i) Upon receipt of the online voter registration
application, the county clerk or board of election
commissioners having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter
registration shall promptly search its voter registration
database to determine whether the applicant is already
registered to vote at the address on the application and
whether the new registration would create a duplicate
registration. If the applicant is already registered to vote at
the address on the application, the clerk or board, as the case
may be, shall send the applicant by first class mail, and
electronic mail if the applicant has provided an electronic
mail address on the original voter registration form for that
address, a disposition notice as otherwise required by law
informing the applicant that he or she is already registered to
vote at such address. If the applicant is not already
registered to vote at the address on the application and the
applicant is otherwise eligible to register to vote, the clerk
or board, as the case may be, shall:
(1) enter the name and address of the applicant on the

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list of registered voters in the jurisdiction; and
(2) send by mail, and electronic mail if the applicant
has provided an electronic mail address on the voter
registration form, a disposition notice to the applicant as
otherwise provided by law setting forth the applicant's
name and address as it appears on the application and
stating that the person is registered to vote.
(j) An electronic signature of the person submitting a
duplicate registration application or a change of address form
that is retrieved and imported from the Secretary of State's
driver's license or State identification card database as
provided herein may, in the discretion of the clerk or board,
be substituted for and replace any existing signature for that
individual in the voter registration database of the county
clerk or board of election commissioners.
(k) Any new registration or change of address submitted
electronically as provided in this Section shall become
effective as of the date it is received by the county clerk or
board of election commissioners having jurisdiction over said
registration. Disposition notices prescribed in this Section
shall be sent within 5 business days of receipt of the online
application or change of address by the county clerk or board
of election commissioners.
(l) All provisions of this Code governing voter
registration and applicable thereto and not inconsistent with
this Section shall apply to online voter registration under

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this Section. All applications submitted on a website
maintained by the State Board of Elections shall be deemed
timely filed if they are submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on
the 16th day final day for voter registration prior to an
election. After the registration period for an upcoming
election has ended and until the 2nd day following such
election, the web page containing the online voter registration
form on the State Board of Elections website shall inform users
of the procedure for grace period voting.
(m) The State Board of Elections shall maintain a list of
the name, street address, e-mail address, and likely precinct,
ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, of
people who apply to vote online through the voter registration
system and those names and that information shall be stored in
an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and
accessible to State and local political committees.
(n) The Illinois State Board of Elections shall develop or
cause to be developed an online voter registration system able
to be accessed by at least the top two most used mobile
electronic operating systems by January 1, 2016.
(o) (Blank).
(p) Each State department that maintains an Internet
website must include a hypertext link to the homepage website
maintained and operated pursuant to this Section 1A-16.5. For
the purposes of this Section, "State department" means the
departments of State Government listed in Section 5-15 of the

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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (General Provisions and
Departments of State Government).
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14;
98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8)
Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based
upon information from the National Change of Address database.
The State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the
statewide voter registration database against the United
States Postal Service's National Change of Address database
twice each calendar year, April 15 and October 1 in
odd-numbered years and April 15 and December 1 in even-numbered
years, and shall share the findings with the election
authorities. An election authority shall automatically
register any voter who has moved into its jurisdiction from
another jurisdiction in Illinois or has moved within its
jurisdiction provided that:
(1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes
the new registration address provides the voter an
opportunity to reject the change in registration address
through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the new
registration address, and
(2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction
includes the previous registration address is a different
election authority, then that election authority provides

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the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by forwardable
mail, to the previous registration address.
This change in registration shall trigger the same
inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if
the voter completed a new registration card, including the
cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the
registration of a voter be changed from one address to another
within the State and should the voter appear at the polls and
offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting
that the prior registration address is the true current
address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as
having been registered at the prior registration address and
canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall
be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration
address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable
to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be
issued a provisional ballot and the provisional ballot shall be
counted.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/1A-50 new)
Sec. 1A-50. The ERIC Operations Trust Fund. The ERIC
Operations Trust Fund (Trust Fund) is created as a
nonappropriated trust fund to be held outside of the State
treasury, with the State Treasurer as ex officio custodian. The
Trust Fund shall be financed by a combination of private

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donations and by appropriations by the General Assembly. The
Board may accept from all sources, contributions, grants,
gifts, bequeaths, legacies of money, and securities to be
deposited into the Trust Fund. All deposits shall become part
of the Trust Fund corpus. Moneys in the Trust Fund are not
subject to appropriation and shall be used by the Board solely
for the costs and expenses related to the participation in the
Electronic Registration Information Center pursuant to this
Code.
All gifts, grants, assets, funds, or moneys received by the
Board for the purpose of participation in the Electronic
Registration Information Center shall be deposited and held in
the Trust Fund by the State Treasurer separate and apart from
all public moneys or funds of this State and shall be
administered by the Board exclusively for the purposes set
forth in this Section. All moneys in the Trust Fund shall be
invested and reinvested by the State Treasurer. All interest
accruing from these investments shall be deposited in the Trust
Fund.
The ERIC Operations Trust Fund is not subject to sweeps,
administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or budgetary
maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts from the
ERIC Operations Trust Fund into any other fund of the State.
(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient

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number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be
determined by street and number, then the section,
congressional township and range number may be used, or such
other description as may be necessary, including post-office
mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the

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individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
address shall be included on his or her registration record
card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
the place or places where he resided and the dates during which
he resided in such place or places during the year next
preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.
Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
or digitized form to the affidavit on both the original and
duplicate registration record cards.

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Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
description of the applicant in the space provided on the back
or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
following questions and record the answers thereto:
Father's first name.
Mother's first name.
From what address did the applicant last register?
Reason for inability to sign name.
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTY OF .......
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that this
location shall be my residence; that I am fully qualified to
vote, and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
..................................

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Signature of registration officer.
(To be signed in presence of registrant.)
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
identification in such manner as the county clerk may
determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so

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extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of

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the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
circuit court of the county in which the election authority
maintains the registration information. The costs of
furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business

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hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by the
county clerk to local political committees and governmental
entities at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable
cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be
the cost of duplication plus 15% for administration. The
individual representing a political committee requesting
copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
information shall be used only for bona fide political
purposes, including by or for candidates for office or
incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other electronic
data shall not be used under any circumstances by any political
committee or individuals for purposes of commercial
solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes contain
information on county residents related to the operations of
county government in addition to registration information,
that information shall not be used under any circumstances for
commercial solicitation or other business purposes. The
prohibition in this Section against using the computer tapes or
computer discs or other electronic data processing information
containing voter registration information for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act of
1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of

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a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was ............................
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
.................................
(Signature of Voter)

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Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
County, Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission
as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-20)
Sec. 4-20. The original registration cards shall remain
permanently in the office of the county clerk or election
authority except as destroyed as provided in Section 4-5.01;
shall be filed alphabetically without regard to precincts; and
shall be known as the master file. The master file may be kept
in a computer-based voter registration file or paper format,
provided a secondary digital back-up is kept off site. The
digital file shall be searchable and remain current with all
registration activity conducted by the county clerk or election
authority. The duplicate registration cards shall constitute
the official registry of voters for all elections subject to
the provisions of this Article 4, shall be filed by precincts
alphabetically or geographically so as to correspond with the
arrangement of the list for such precincts respectively,
compiled pursuant to Section 4-11 of this Article, and shall be
known as the precinct file. The duplicate cards for use in

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conducting elections shall be delivered to the judges of
election by the county clerk in a suitable binder or other
device, which shall be locked and sealed in accordance with the
directions to be given by the county clerk and shall also be
suitably indexed for convenient use by the precinct officers.
The duplicate cards shall be delivered to the judges of
election for use at the polls for elections at the same time as
the official ballots are delivered to them, and shall be
returned to the county clerk by the judges of election within
the time provided for the return of the official ballots. The
county clerk shall determine the manner of delivery and return
of such duplicate cards, and shall at all other times retain
them at his office except for such use of them as may be made
under this Article with respect to registration not at the
office of the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/4-33)
Sec. 4-33. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card that, except as otherwise provided in
this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
registration file as provided in this Section. The Board shall
prescribe the form and specifications, including but not
limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the cards.

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The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the information
required under Sections 4-8 and 4-21; provided that the cards
shall also contain: (i) A space for a person to fill in his or
her Illinois driver's license number if the person has a
driver's license; (ii) A space for a person without a driver's
license to fill in the last four digits of his or her social
security number if the person has a social security number.
(b) The election authority may develop and implement a
system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
registration file that includes a computer-stored image of the
signature of each voter. The computer-based voter registration
file may be used for all purposes for which the original
registration cards are to be used, provided that a system for
the storage of at least one copy of the original registration
cards remains in effect. In the case of voter registration
forms received via an online voter registration system, the
original registration cards will include the signature
received from the Secretary of State database. The electronic
file shall be the master file.
(b-2) The election authority may develop and implement a
system to maintain registration cards in digital form using
digitized signatures, which may be stored in a computer-based
voter registration file under subsection (b) of this Section.
The making and signing of any form, including an application to
register and a certificate authorizing cancellation of a
registration or authorizing a transfer of registration may be

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by a signature written in ink or by a digitized signature.
(c) Any system created, used, and maintained under
subsection (b) of this Section shall meet the following
standards:
(1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
election authority, and each access to the computer-based
voter registration file, other than an access solely for
inquiry, shall be recorded.
(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any
computer-based voter registration file that includes any
computer-stored image of the signature of any registered
voter shall be made available to the public outside of the
offices of the election authority.
(3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any
computer-based voter registration file that includes a
computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot be
reproduced.
(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature of
the registered voter.
(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based voter
registration file that includes computer-stored images of

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the signatures of registered voters and is used in a
polling place during an election shall be preserved by the
election authority in secure storage until the end of the
second calendar year following the election in which it was
used.
(d) Before the first election in which the election
authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
shall certify that the system used by the election authority
complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy of
the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of the
signatures of the registered voters.
(e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all of
its voter signatures into a computer-based registration file,
all references in this Act or any other Act to the use, other
than storage, of paper-based voter registration records shall
be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents.
(f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election authority
from submitting to the State Board of Elections a duplicate
copy of some, as the State Board of Elections shall determine,
or all of the data contained in each voter registration record
that is part of the electronic master file. The duplicate copy

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of the registration record shall be maintained by the State
Board of Elections under the same terms and limitations
applicable to the election authority and shall be of equal
legal dignity with the original registration record maintained
by the election authority as proof of any fact contained in the
voter registration record.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the county clerk may think it
proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
for such middle name, if any.
Sex.

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Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
included on his or her registration record card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30
days in the precinct.
Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.

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Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
or digitized form to the affidavit on the original and
duplicate registration record card.
Signature of Deputy Registrar.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
description of the applicant in the space provided at the
bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following
questions and record the answers thereto:
Father's first name .......................
Mother's first name .......................
From what address did you last register?
Reason for inability to sign name.
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois)
)ss
County of )
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified

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to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my residence
and that the above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
.........................................
Signature of Registration Officer.
(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case
may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
identification in such manner as the county clerk may
determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board

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hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
27 days before the date of any regular or special election.

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Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
circuit court of the county in which the election authority
maintains the registration information. The costs of
furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures

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adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available
for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
clerk to local political committees and governmental entities
at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of
the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost
of duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
representing a political committee requesting copies of such
tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or
for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
any circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. If such tapes contain information on county residents
related to the operations of county government in addition to
registration information, that information shall not be used
under any circumstances for commercial solicitation or other

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business purposes. The prohibition in this Section against
using the computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic
data processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)

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(city) and that my residence was .....
Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission
as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-28)
Sec. 5-28. The original registration record cards shall
remain permanently in the office of the county clerk or
election authority except as destroyed as provided in Section
5-6; shall be filed alphabetically without regard to precincts;
and shall be known as the master file. The master file may be
kept in a computer-based voter registration file or paper
format, provided a secondary digital back-up is kept off site.
The digital file shall be searchable and remain current with
all registration activity conducted by the county clerk or
election authority. The duplicate registration record cards
shall constitute the official registry of voters for all

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elections and shall be filed by precincts and townships. The
duplicate cards for use in conducting elections shall be
delivered to the judges of election by the county clerk in a
suitable binder or other device, which shall be locked and
sealed in accordance with the directions to be given by the
county clerk and shall also be suitably indexed for convenient
use by the precinct officers. The precinct files shall be
delivered to the judges of election for use at the polls for
elections at the same time as the official ballots are
delivered to them, and shall be returned to the county clerk by
the judges of election within the time provided for the return
of the official ballots. The county clerk shall determine the
manner of return and delivery of such file.
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
(10 ILCS 5/5-43)
Sec. 5-43. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card that, except as otherwise provided in
this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
registration file as provided in this Section. The Board shall
prescribe the form and specifications, including but not
limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the cards.
The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the information
required under Sections 5-7 and 5-28.1; provided that the cards

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shall also contain: (i) A space for the person to fill in his
or her Illinois driver's license number if the person has a
driver's license; (ii) A space for a person without a driver's
license to fill in the last four digits of his or her social
security number if the person has a social security number.
(b) The election authority may develop and implement a
system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
registration file that includes a computer-stored image of the
signature of each voter. The computer-based voter registration
file may be used for all purposes for which the original
registration cards are to be used, provided that a system for
the storage of at least one copy of the original registration
cards remains in effect. In the case of voter registration
forms received via an online voter registration system, the
original registration cards will include the signature
received from the Secretary of State database. The electronic
file shall be the master file.
(b-2) The election authority may develop and implement a
system to maintain registration cards in digital form using
digitized signatures, which may be stored in a computer-based
voter registration file under subsection (b) of this Section.
The making and signing of any form, including an application to
register and a certificate authorizing cancellation of a
registration or authorizing a transfer of registration may be
by a signature written in ink or by a digitized signature.
(c) Any system created, used, and maintained under

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subsection (b) of this Section shall meet the following
standards:
(1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
election authority, and each access to the computer-based
voter registration file, other than an access solely for
inquiry, shall be recorded.
(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any
computer-based voter registration file that includes any
computer-stored image of the signature of any registered
voter shall be made available to the public outside of the
offices of the election authority.
(3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any
computer-based voter registration file that includes a
computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot be
reproduced.
(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature of
the registered voter.
(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based voter
registration file that includes computer-stored images of
the signatures of registered voters and is used in a
polling place during an election shall be preserved by the

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election authority in secure storage until the end of the
second calendar year following the election in which it was
used.
(d) Before the first election in which the election
authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
shall certify that the system used by the election authority
complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy of
the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of the
signatures of the registered voters.
(e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all of
its voter signatures into a computer-based registration file,
all references in this Act or any other Act to the use, other
than storage, of paper-based voter registration records shall
be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents.
(f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election authority
from submitting to the State Board of Elections a duplicate
copy of some, as the State Board of Elections shall determine,
or all of the data contained in each voter registration record
that is part of the electronic master file. The duplicate copy
of the registration record shall be maintained by the State
Board of Elections under the same terms and limitations

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applicable to the election authority and shall be of equal
legal dignity with the original registration record maintained
by the election authority as proof of any fact contained in the
voter registration record.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the registration
of electors which shall be known as registration record cards
and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of
suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the data
hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards
of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a carbon copy of the
original or a copy of the original made by the use of other
method or material used for making simultaneous true copies or
duplications.
The registration record card shall contain the following
and such other information as the Board of Election
Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
identification of the applicant for registration:
Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial

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for such middle name, if any.
Sex.
Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
number, and such additional clear and definite description as
may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
included on his or her registration record card.
Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
precinct.
Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
born.
Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
naturalization.
Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
and year when the applicant presented himself for registration.
Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
The county and state in which the applicant was last
registered.
Electronic mail address, if any.

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Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
or digitized form to the affidavit on both the original and the
duplicate registration record card.
Signature of deputy registrar.
In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration
officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and
shall ask the following questions and record the answers
thereto:
Father's first name .........................
Mother's first name .........................
From what address did you last register? ....
Reason for inability to sign name ...........
Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
State of Illinois )
)ss
County of ....... )
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my

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residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
above statements are true.
..............................
(His or her signature or mark)
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
......................................
Signature of registration officer
(to be signed in presence of registrant).
Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
registered thereon.
Each registration record card shall be numbered according
to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially
or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the
Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
records of the election authority during the period beginning
with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election

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authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
records but the election authority is not required to extend
its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
record cards.
Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
electronic data processing information containing voter
registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and May
15 each year and within 10 days after each registration period
is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed
by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any
regular or special election. Registration information shall
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name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any, age, party
affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county,
and representative, legislative and congressional districts.
In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which
the election authority maintains the registration information.
The costs of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall
be paid at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in
the election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or
disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State
Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority
for such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to
state political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
registration records to any person or entity other than to a
State or local political committee and other than to a
governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
prohibited except as follows: subject to security measures
adopted by the State Board of Elections which, at a minimum,
shall include the keeping of a catalog or database, available

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for public view, including the name, address, and telephone
number of the person viewing the list as well as the time of
that viewing, any person may view the centralized statewide
voter registration list on a computer screen at the Springfield
office of the State Board of Elections, during normal business
hours other than during the 27 days before an election, but the
person viewing the list under this exception may not print,
duplicate, transmit, or alter the list. Copies of the tapes,
discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the Board
of Election Commissioners to local political committees and
governmental entities at their request and at a reasonable
cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this
purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
administration. The individual representing a political
committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona fide
political purposes, including by or for candidates for office
or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other
electronic data shall not be used under any circumstances by
any political committee or individuals for purposes of
commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such
tapes contain information on county residents related to the
operations of county government in addition to registration
information, that information shall not be used under any
circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business
purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the

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computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
processing information containing voter registration
information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
of voter registration information. The regulations shall
include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
employed by the election authorities of this State in the
electronic data processing of voter registration information.
Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
of voter registration information shall comply with such
regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
If the applicant for registration was last registered in
another county within this State, he shall also sign a
certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
following form:
To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
(city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your

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(county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
registration in your office.
Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
....................
(Signature of Voter)
Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
Illinois.
The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
(or Election Commission as the case may be) where the applicant
was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 10-1-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-65) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-65)
Sec. 6-65.
The duplicate registration record cards shall remain
permanently in the office of the Board of Election
Commissioners; shall be filed alphabetically without regard to
wards or precincts; and shall be known as the master file. The
master file may be kept in a computer-based voter registration
file or paper format, provided a secondary digital back-up is
kept off site. The digital file shall be searchable and remain
current with all registration activity conducted by the Board
of Election Commissioners. The original registration record
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voters; shall be filed by wards and precincts; and shall be
known as the precinct file. The original cards shall be
delivered to the judges of election by the Board of Election
Commissioners in a suitable binder or other device, which shall
be locked and sealed in accordance with directions to be given
by the Board of Election Commissioners and shall also be
suitably indexed for convenient use by the precinct officers.
The precinct files shall be delivered to the precinct officers
for use at the polls, on the day of election and shall be
returned to the Board of Election Commissioners immediately
after the close of the polls. The board shall determine by
rules the manner of delivery and return to such file. At all
other times the precinct file shall be retained at the office
of the Board of Election Commissioners except for such use of
it as may be made under this Article with respect to
registration not at the office of the Board of Election
Commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 78-934.)
(10 ILCS 5/6-79)
Sec. 6-79. Computerization of voter records.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall design a
registration record card that, except as otherwise provided in
this Section, shall be used in duplicate by all election
authorities in the State adopting a computer-based voter
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prescribe the form and specifications, including but not
limited to the weight of paper, color, and print of the cards.
The cards shall contain boxes or spaces for the information
required under Sections 6-31.1 and 6-35; provided that the
cards shall also contain: (i) A space for the person to fill in
his or her Illinois driver's license number if the person has a
driver's license; (ii) A space for a person without a driver's
license to fill in the last four digits of his or her social
security number if the person has a social security number.
(b) The election authority may develop and implement a
system to prepare, use, and maintain a computer-based voter
registration file that includes a computer-stored image of the
signature of each voter. The computer-based voter registration
file may be used for all purposes for which the original
registration cards are to be used, provided that a system for
the storage of at least one copy of the original registration
cards remains in effect. In the case of voter registration
forms received via an online voter registration system, the
original registration cards will include the signature
received from the Secretary of State database. The electronic
file shall be the master file.
(b-2) The election authority may develop and implement a
system to maintain registration cards in digital form using
digitized signatures, which may be stored in a computer-based
voter registration file under subsection (b) of this Section.
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register and a certificate authorizing cancellation of a
registration or authorizing a transfer of registration may be
by a signature written in ink or by a digitized signature.
(c) Any system created, used, and maintained under
subsection (b) of this Section shall meet the following
standards:
(1) Access to any computer-based voter registration
file shall be limited to those persons authorized by the
election authority, and each access to the computer-based
voter registration file, other than an access solely for
inquiry, shall be recorded.
(2) No copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any
computer-based voter registration file that includes any
computer-stored image of the signature of any registered
voter shall be made available to the public outside of the
offices of the election authority.
(3) Any copy, summary, list, abstract, or index of any
computer-based voter registration file that includes a
computer-stored image of the signature of a registered
voter shall be produced in such a manner that it cannot be
reproduced.
(4) Each person desiring to vote shall sign an
application for a ballot, and the signature comparison
authorized in Articles 17 and 18 of this Code may be made
to a copy of the computer-stored image of the signature of
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(5) Any voter list produced from a computer-based voter
registration file that includes computer-stored images of
the signatures of registered voters and is used in a
polling place during an election shall be preserved by the
election authority in secure storage until the end of the
second calendar year following the election in which it was
used.
(d) Before the first election in which the election
authority elects to use a voter list produced from the
computer-stored images of the signatures of registered voters
in a computer-based voter registration file for signature
comparison in a polling place, the State Board of Elections
shall certify that the system used by the election authority
complies with the standards set forth in this Section. The
State Board of Elections may request a sample poll list
intended to be used in a polling place to test the accuracy of
the list and the adequacy of the computer-stored images of the
signatures of the registered voters.
(e) With respect to a jurisdiction that has copied all of
its voter signatures into a computer-based registration file,
all references in this Act or any other Act to the use, other
than storage, of paper-based voter registration records shall
be deemed to refer to their computer-based equivalents.
(f) Nothing in this Section prevents an election authority
from submitting to the State Board of Elections a duplicate
copy of some, as the State Board of Elections shall determine,

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or all of the data contained in each voter registration record
that is part of the electronic master file. The duplicate copy
of the registration record shall be maintained by the State
Board of Elections under the same terms and limitations
applicable to the election authority and shall be of equal
legal dignity with the original registration record maintained
by the election authority as proof of any fact contained in the
voter registration record.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
(10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
conventions.
(a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which
committeemen are elected, the county central committee of each
political party shall meet within the county and proceed to
organize by electing from its own number a chairman and either
from its own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such
committee may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the
county central committee shall be known as the county
convention.
The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days
after the organization, forward to the State Board of
Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
precinct committeemen and representative committeemen elected
by his political party.

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The county convention of each political party shall choose
delegates to the State convention of its party, if the party
chooses to hold a State convention; but in any county having
within its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or
over the delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the
ward committeemen from the respective wards choosing the number
of delegates to which such ward is entitled on the basis
prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such delegates to
be members of the delegation to the State convention from such
county. In all counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more,
the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships
as the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of
townships as the case may be, the township committeemen from
the respective townships or parts of townships as the case may
be choosing the number of delegates to which such townships or
parts of townships as the case may be are entitled, on the
basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
convention from such county.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
(a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.
Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph

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(a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention,
who must be residents of the member's Congressional District.
(b) State conventions may shall be held within 180 days
after the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years
thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the
chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a
State convention within 180 days after the general primary.
The State convention of each political party, if the party
chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
nominations of candidates of its political party for the
electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined
by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to
choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee
may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the
State convention.
(c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention, if
the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall, within 2
days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses
of all persons nominated by such State convention for electors
of President and Vice President of the United States, and of
any persons selected by the State convention for delegates and
alternate delegates at large to national nominating

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conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such
State convention for electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, shall be caused by the State Board of
Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at the general
election, in the manner required by law, and shall be certified
to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the
manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the
certifying of the names of persons nominated by any party for
State offices. If and as long as this Act prescribes that the
names of such electors be not printed on the ballot, then the
names of such electors shall be certified in such manner as may
be prescribed by the parts of this Act applicable thereto.
(d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State
convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chairman
of the State central committee of each political party shall
file in the principal office of the State Board of Elections a
call for the State convention. Such call shall state, among
other things, the time and place (designating the building or
hall) for holding the State convention. Such call shall be
signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary of the
committee. In such convention each county shall be entitled to
one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by the primary electors
of the party in such county at the primary to be held next

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after the issuance of such call; and if in such county, less
than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so
voted is not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one
delegate for such group which is less than 500, or for such
group representing the number of votes over the multiple of
500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each
primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in
full and shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen
be calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of
delegates be chosen.
(f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when
elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
strength of each committeeman shall remain as provided in this
Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
provided in this Act.
(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members
of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
committee in writing designating the time and place at which
such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
proposed to present at such special meeting.

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(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because
no one was elected to that office or because the precinct
committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct or for any other
reason, the chairman of the county central committee of the
appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such office
by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and the
appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though elected;
however, no such appointment may be made between the general
primary election and the 30th day after the general primary
election.
(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a
political party which elects its State Central Committee by
either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
their terms.
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
(10 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-3)
Sec. 9-3. Political committee statement of organization.
(a) Every political committee shall file with the State
Board of Elections a statement of organization within 10

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business days of the creation of such committee, except any
political committee created within the 30 days before an
election shall file a statement of organization within 2
business days in person, by facsimile transmission, or by
electronic mail. Any change in information previously
submitted in a statement of organization shall be reported, as
required for the original statement of organization by this
Section, within 10 days following that change. A political
committee that acts as both a state political committee and a
local political committee shall file a copy of each statement
of organization with the State Board of Elections and the
county clerk. The Board shall impose a civil penalty of $50 per
business day upon political committees for failing to file or
late filing of a statement of organization. Such penalties
shall not exceed $5,000, and shall not exceed $10,000 for
statewide office political committees. There shall be no fine
if the statement is mailed and postmarked at least 72 hours
prior to the filing deadline.
In addition to the civil penalties authorized by this
Section, the State Board of Elections or any other political
committee may apply to the circuit court for a temporary
restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction
against the political committee to cease the expenditure of
funds and to cease operations until the statement of
organization is filed.
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the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller.
(b) The statement of organization shall include:
(1) the name and address of the political committee and
the designation required by Section 9-2;
(2) the scope, area of activity, party affiliation, and
purposes of the political committee;
(3) the name, address, and position of each custodian
of the committee's books and accounts;
(4) the name, address, and position of the committee's
principal officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and
officers and members of its finance committee, if any;
(5) the name and address of any sponsoring entity;
(6) a statement of what specific disposition of
residual fund will be made in the event of the dissolution
or termination of the committee;
(7) a listing of all banks or other financial
institutions, safety deposit boxes, and any other
repositories or custodians of funds used by the committee;
and
(8) the amount of funds available for campaign
expenditures as of the filing date of the committee's
statement of organization.
For purposes of this Section, a "sponsoring entity" is (i)
any person, organization, corporation, or association that
contributes at least 33% of the total funding of the political

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committee or (ii) any person or other entity that is registered
or is required to register under the Lobbyist Registration Act
and contributes at least 33% of the total funding of the
political committee.
(c) Each statement of organization required to be filed in
accordance with this Section shall be verified, dated, and
signed by either the treasurer of the political committee
making the statement or the candidate on whose behalf the
statement is made and shall contain substantially the following
verification:
"VERIFICATION:
I declare that this statement of organization (including
any accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined by
me and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is a true,
correct, and complete statement of organization as required by
Article 9 of the Election Code. I understand that willfully
filing a false or incomplete statement is subject to a civil
penalty of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
................ ..........................................
(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)".
(d) The statement of organization for a ballot initiative
committee also shall include a verification signed by the
chairperson of the committee that (i) the committee is formed
for the purpose of supporting or opposing a question of public
policy, (ii) all contributions and expenditures of the
committee will be used for the purpose described in the

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statement of organization, (iii) the committee may accept
unlimited contributions from any source, provided that the
ballot initiative committee does not make contributions or
expenditures in support of or opposition to a candidate or
candidates for nomination for election, election, or
retention, and (iv) failure to abide by these requirements
shall deem the committee in violation of this Article.
(d-5) The statement of organization for an independent
expenditure committee also shall include a verification signed
by the chairperson of the committee that (i) the committee is
formed for the exclusive purpose of making independent
expenditures, (ii) all contributions and expenditures of the
committee will be used for the purpose described in the
statement of organization, (iii) the committee may accept
unlimited contributions from any source, provided that the
independent expenditure committee does not make contributions
to any candidate political committee, political party
committee, or political action committee, and (iv) failure to
abide by these requirements shall deem the committee in
violation of this Article.
(e) For purposes of implementing the changes made by this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, every political
committee in existence on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 96th General Assembly shall file the statement
required by this Section with the Board by December 31, 2010.
(Source: P.A. 96-832, eff. 7-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)

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(10 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-6)
Sec. 10-6. Time and manner of filing. Certificates of
nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
candidates for offices to be filled by electors of the entire
State, or any district not entirely within a county, or for
congressional, state legislative or judicial offices, shall be
presented to the principal office of the State Board of
Elections not more than 141 nor less than 134 days previous to
the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. The
State Board of Elections shall endorse the certificates of
nomination or nomination papers, as the case may be, and the
date and hour of presentment to it. Except as otherwise
provided in this section, all other certificates for the
nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk
of the respective counties not more than 141 but at least 134
days previous to the day of such election. Certificates of
nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
candidates for school district offices to be filled at
consolidated elections shall be filed with the county clerk or
county board of election commissioners of the county election
authority in which the principal office of the school district
is located not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the
consolidated election. Certificates of nomination and
nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for the
other offices of political subdivisions to be filled at regular

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elections other than the general election shall be filed with
the local election official of such subdivision:
(1) (Blank);
(2) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
the consolidated election; or
(3) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to
the general primary in the case of municipal offices to be
filled at the general primary election; or
(4) not more than 99 nor less than 92 days before the
consolidated primary in the case of municipal offices to be
elected on a nonpartisan basis pursuant to law (including
without limitation, those municipal offices subject to
Articles 4 and 5 of the Municipal Code); or
(5) not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the
municipal primary in even numbered years for such
nonpartisan municipal offices where annual elections are
provided; or
(6) in the case of petitions for the office of
multi-township assessor, such petitions shall be filed
with the election authority not more than 113 nor less than
106 days before the consolidated election.
However, where a political subdivision's boundaries are
co-extensive with or are entirely within the jurisdiction of a
municipal board of election commissioners, the certificates of
nomination and nomination papers for candidates for such
political subdivision offices shall be filed in the office of

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such Board.
(Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3)
Sec. 19-3. The application for vote by mail ballot shall be
substantially in the following form:
APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT
To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and
State of Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of
.... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in the City of ....
I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the
(1) *township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in
the city of .... residing at .... in such city or town in the
county of .... and State of Illinois; that I have lived at such
address for .... month(s) last past; that I am lawfully
entitled to vote in such precinct at the .... election to be
held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail
ballot.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
to be voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall
return such ballot or ballots to the official issuing the same
prior to the closing of the polls on the date of the election
or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than midnight
preceding election day, for counting no later than during the
period for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which
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I understand that this application is made for an official
vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the
election specified in this application and that I must submit a
separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or
ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election.
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
....
*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).
Post office address to which ballot is mailed:
...............
However, if application is made for a primary election
ballot, such application shall require the applicant to
designate the name of the political party with which the
applicant is affiliated.
If application is made electronically, the applicant shall
mark the box associated with the above described statement
included as part of the online application certifying that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct,
and a signature is not required.
Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return to
an election authority the application for vote by mail ballot.
Upon receipt, the appropriate election authority shall accept
and promptly process any application for vote by mail ballot
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this Section, including any substantially similar production
or reproduction generated by the applicant.
(Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13;
98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots; time.
Immediately upon the receipt of such application either by mail
or electronic means, not more than 90 days nor less than 5 days
prior to such election, or by personal delivery not more than
90 days nor less than one day prior to such election, at the
office of such election authority, it shall be the duty of such
election authority to examine the records to ascertain whether
or not such applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as
requested, including a verification of the applicant's
signature by comparison with the signature on the official
registration record card, and if found so to be entitled to
vote, to post within one business day thereafter the name,
street address, ward and precinct number or township and
district number, as the case may be, of such applicant given on
a list, the pages of which are to be numbered consecutively to
be kept by such election authority for such purpose in a
conspicuous, open and public place accessible to the public at
the entrance of the office of such election authority, and in
such a manner that such list may be viewed without necessity of
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the name and other information of an applicant for a vote by
mail ballot, the election authority shall transmit by
electronic means pursuant to a process established by the State
Board of Elections that name and other posted information to
the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those names
and other information in an electronic format on its website,
arranged by county and accessible to State and local political
committees. Within 2 business days after posting a name and
other information on the list within its office, but no sooner
than 40 days before an election, the election authority shall
mail, postage prepaid, or deliver in person in such office an
official ballot or ballots if more than one are to be voted at
said election. Mail delivery of Temporarily Absent Student
ballot applications pursuant to Section 19-12.3 shall be by
nonforwardable mail. However, for the consolidated election,
vote by mail ballots for certain precincts may be delivered to
applicants not less than 25 days before the election if so much
time is required to have prepared and printed the ballots
containing the names of persons nominated for offices at the
consolidated primary. The election authority shall enclose
with each vote by mail ballot or application written
instructions on how voting assistance shall be provided
pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document, written and approved
by the State Board of Elections, informing the vote by mail
voter of the required postage for returning the application and
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is authorized to vote by vote by mail ballot pursuant to this
Article; such document shall also include a statement informing
the applicant that if he or she falsifies or is solicited by
another to falsify his or her eligibility to cast a vote by
mail ballot, such applicant or other is subject to penalties
pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the Election
Code. Each election authority shall maintain a list of the
name, street address, ward and precinct, or township and
district number, as the case may be, of all applicants who have
returned vote by mail ballots to such authority, and the name
of such vote by mail voter shall be added to such list within
one business day from receipt of such ballot. If the vote by
mail ballot envelope indicates that the voter was assisted in
casting the ballot, the name of the person so assisting shall
be included on the list. The list, the pages of which are to be
numbered consecutively, shall be kept by each election
authority in a conspicuous, open, and public place accessible
to the public at the entrance of the office of the election
authority and in a manner that the list may be viewed without
necessity of requesting permission for viewing.
Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
election of the voters to whom it has issued vote by mail
ballots. The list shall be maintained for each precinct within
the jurisdiction of the election authority. Prior to the
opening of the polls on election day, the election authority
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list of registered voters in that precinct to whom vote by mail
ballots have been issued by mail.
Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
election of voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent
student ballots. The list shall be maintained for each election
jurisdiction within which such voters temporarily abide.
Immediately after the close of the period during which
application may be made by mail or electronic means for vote by
mail ballots, each election authority shall mail to each other
election authority within the State a certified list of all
such voters temporarily abiding within the jurisdiction of the
other election authority.
In the event that the return address of an application for
ballot by a physically incapacitated elector is that of a
facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care Act,
the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the
ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, within the
jurisdiction of the election authority, and the applicant is a
registered voter in the precinct in which such facility is
located, the ballots shall be prepared and transmitted to a
responsible judge of election no later than 9 a.m. on the
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday immediately preceding the
election as designated by the election authority under Section
19-12.2. Such judge shall deliver in person on the designated
day the ballot to the applicant on the premises of the facility
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by mail notify the applicant in such facility that the ballot
will be delivered by a judge of election on the designated day.
All applications for vote by mail ballots shall be
available at the office of the election authority for public
inspection upon request from the time of receipt thereof by the
election authority until 30 days after the election, except
during the time such applications are kept in the office of the
election authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and except during
the time such applications are in the possession of the judges
of election.
(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13;
98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-180, eff.
7-29-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/19-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-8)
Sec. 19-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
(a) (Blank.)
(b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
and received by that election authority before the closing of
the polls on election day shall be endorsed by the receiving
election authority with the day and hour of receipt and may be
processed by the election authority beginning on the 15th day
before election day it is received by the election authority in
the central ballot counting location of the election authority,
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day of the election after 7:00 p.m., except as provided in
subsections (g) and (g-5).
(c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority and postmarked no later than election day,
but that is received by the election authority after the polls
close on election day and before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots.
Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is
received by the election authority after the polls close on
election day and before the close of the period for counting
provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by
the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
if the certification date is a date preceding the election day
or earlier and the ballot is otherwise found to be valid under
the requirements of this Section, counted at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the period
for counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
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barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an election
authority absent a postmark may be counted if the intelligent
mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope was mailed
no later than election day.
(d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
this Article, and received by the election authority at any
time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the same
period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote by mail
voter's blank ballots that are mailed to an election authority
and postmarked no later than election day, but that are
received by the election authority after the polls close on
election day and before the closing of the period for counting
provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by
the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt and
shall be counted at the central ballot counting location of the
election authority during the same periods provided for
counting vote by mail voters' ballots under subsection (c).
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots received by the election authority after the
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the election authority receiving them with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
authority for the period of time required for the preservation
of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
election.
(f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail voters'
ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
required to be counted on election day have been counted.
(g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 of this
Code shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
addition, within 2 days after a vote by mail ballot is
received, but in all cases before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots, the election judge or official
shall compare the voter's signature on the certification
envelope of that vote by mail ballot with the signature of the
voter on file in the office of the election authority. If the
election judge or official determines that the 2 signatures
match, and that the vote by mail voter is otherwise qualified
to cast a vote by mail ballot, the election authority shall
cast and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot
is determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the

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results to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If
the election judge or official determines that the signatures
do not match, or that the vote by mail voter is not qualified
to cast a vote by mail ballot, then without opening the
certification envelope, the judge or official shall mark across
the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
shall not cast or count the ballot.
In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a vote
by mail ballot may be rejected by the election judge or
official:
(1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
and resealed;
(2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
period ballot;
(3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
(4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
If the election judge or official determines that any of
these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
shall not cast or count the ballot.
(g-5) If a vote by mail ballot is rejected by the election
judge or official for any reason, the election authority shall,
within 2 days after the rejection but in all cases before the
close of the period for counting provisional ballots, notify
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notice shall inform the voter of the reason or reasons the
ballot was rejected and shall state that the voter may appear
before the election authority, on or before the 14th day after
the election, to show cause as to why the ballot should not be
rejected. The voter may present evidence to the election
authority supporting his or her contention that the ballot
should be counted. The election authority shall appoint a panel
of 3 election judges to review the contested ballot,
application, and certification envelope, as well as any
evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No more than 2
election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same
political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall
make a final determination as to the validity of the contested
vote by mail ballot. The judges' determination shall not be
reviewable either administratively or judicially.
A vote by mail ballot subject to this subsection that is
determined to be valid shall be counted before the close of the
period for counting provisional ballots.
(g-10) All vote by mail ballots determined to be valid
shall be added to the vote totals for the precincts for which
they were cast in the order in which the ballots were opened.
(h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
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(10 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2)
Sec. 20-2. Any member of the United States Service,
otherwise qualified to vote, who expects in the course of his
duties to be absent from the county in which he resides on the
day of holding any election may make application for a vote by
mail ballot to the election authority having jurisdiction over
his precinct of residence on the official postcard or on a form
furnished by the election authority as prescribed by Section
20-3 of this Article not less than 10 days before the election.
A request pursuant to this Section shall entitle the applicant
to a vote by mail ballot for every election in one calendar
year. The original application for ballot shall be kept in the
office of the election authority for one year as authorization
to send a ballot to the voter for each election to be held
within that calendar year. A certified copy of such application
for ballot shall be sent each election with the vote by mail
ballot to the election authority's central ballot counting
location to be used in lieu of the original application for
ballot. No registration shall be required in order to vote
pursuant to this Section.
Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election
authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this
Article and not otherwise. Ballots voted under this Section
must be returned postmarked no later than midnight preceding
election day and received for counting at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the period

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for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the
14th day following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.1)
Sec. 20-2.1. Citizens of the United States temporarily
residing outside the territorial limits of the United States
who are not registered but otherwise qualified to vote and who
expect to be absent from their county of residence during the
periods of voter registration provided for in Articles 4, 5 or
6 of this Code and on the day of holding any election, may make
simultaneous application to the election authority having
jurisdiction over their precinct of residence for registration
by mail and vote by mail ballot not less than 30 days before
the election. Such application may be made on the official
postcard or on a form furnished by the election authority as
prescribed by Section 20-3 of this Article or by facsimile or
electronic transmission. A request pursuant to this Section
shall entitle the applicant to a vote by mail ballot for every
election in one calendar year. The original application for
ballot shall be kept in the office of the election authority
for one year as authorization to send a ballot to the voter for
each election to be held within that calendar year. A certified
copy of such application for ballot shall be sent each election
with the vote by mail ballot to the election authority's
central ballot counting location to be used in lieu of the

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original application for ballot.
Registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant to
this Section. However, if the election authority receives one
of such applications after 30 days but not less than 10 days
before a Federal election, said applicant shall be sent a
ballot containing the Federal offices only and registration for
that election shall be waived.
Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the
election authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of
this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the
applicant and the election authority has the capability, by
facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission.
Ballots voted under this Section must be returned
postmarked no later than midnight preceding election day and
received for counting at the central ballot counting location
of the election authority during the period for counting
provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day
following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.2)
Sec. 20-2.2. Any non-resident civilian citizen, otherwise
qualified to vote, may make application to the election
authority having jurisdiction over his precinct of former
residence for a vote by mail ballot containing the Federal
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Such application may be made on the official postcard or by
facsimile or electronic transmission. A request pursuant to
this Section shall entitle the applicant to a vote by mail
ballot for every election in one calendar year at which Federal
offices are filled. The original application for ballot shall
be kept in the office of the election authority for one year as
authorization to send a ballot to the voter for each election
to be held within that calendar year at which Federal offices
are filled. A certified copy of such application for ballot
shall be sent each election with the vote by mail ballot to the
election authority's central ballot counting location to be
used in lieu of the original application for ballot. No
registration shall be required in order to vote pursuant to
this Section. Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by
the election authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5
of this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the
applicant and the election authority has the capability, by
facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission. Ballots
voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no later
than midnight preceding election day and received for counting
at the central ballot counting location of the election
authority during the period for counting provisional ballots,
the last day of which is the 14th day following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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Sec. 20-2.3. Members of the Armed Forces and their spouses
and dependents. Any member of the United States Armed Forces
while on active duty, and his or her spouse and dependents,
otherwise qualified to vote, who expects in the course of his
or her duties to be absent from the county in which he or she
resides on the day of holding any election, in addition to any
other method of making application for vote by mail ballot
under this Article, may make application for a vote by mail
ballot to the election authority having jurisdiction over his
or her precinct of residence by a facsimile machine or
electronic transmission not less than 10 days before the
election.
Ballots under this Section shall be delivered by the
election authority in the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of
this Article in person, by mail, or, if requested by the
applicant and the election authority has the capability, by
facsimile transmission or by electronic transmission. Ballots
voted under this Section must be returned postmarked no later
than midnight preceding election day and received for counting
at the central ballot counting location of the election
authority during the period for counting provisional ballots,
the last day of which is the 14th day following election day.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-3)
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following applications for registration by mail or vote by mail
ballot which shall be considered a method of application in
lieu of the official postcard.
1. Members of the United States Service, citizens of the
United States temporarily residing outside the territorial
limits of the United States, and certified program participants
under the Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic
Violence Act may make application within the periods prescribed
in Sections 20-2 or 20-2.1, as the case may be. Such
application shall be substantially in the following form:
"APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
To be voted at the............ election in the precinct in
which is located my residence at..............., in the
city/village/township of ............(insert home address)
County of........... and State of Illinois.
I state that I am a citizen of the United States; that on
(insert date of election) I shall have resided in the State of
Illinois and in the election precinct for 30 days; that on the
above date I shall be the age of 18 years or above; that I am
lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct at that election;
that I am (check category 1, 2, or 3 below):
1. ( ) a member of the United States Service,
2. ( ) a citizen of the United States temporarily residing
outside the territorial limits of the United States and that I
expect to be absent from the said county of my residence on the
date of holding such election, and that I will have no

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opportunity to vote in person on that day.
3. ( ) a certified program participant under the Address
Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Act.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
to be voted by me at such election if I am absent from the said
county of my residence, and I agree that I shall return said
ballot or ballots to the election authority postmarked no later
than midnight preceding election day, for counting no later
than during the period for counting provisional ballots, the
last day of which is the 14th day following election day or
shall destroy said ballot or ballots.
(Check below only if category 2 or 3 and not previously
registered)
( ) I hereby make application to become registered as a
voter and agree to return the forms and affidavits for
registration to the election authority not later than 30 days
before the election.
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
.........................
Post office address or service address to which
registration materials or ballot should be mailed
.........................
.........................
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........................"
If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the political party
with which the applicant is affiliated.
Such applications may be obtained from the election
authority having jurisdiction over the person's precinct of
residence.
2. A spouse or dependent of a member of the United States
Service, said spouse or dependent being a registered voter in
the county, may make application on behalf of said person in
the office of the election authority within the periods
prescribed in Section 20-2 which shall be substantially in the
following form:
"APPLICATION FOR BALLOT to be voted at the........... election
in the precinct in which is located the residence of the person
for whom this application is made at.............(insert
residence address) in the city/village/township of.........
County of.......... and State of Illinois.
I certify that the following named person................
(insert name of person) is a member of the United States
Service.
I state that said person is a citizen of the United States;
that on (insert date of election) said person shall have
resided in the State of Illinois and in the election precinct
for which this application is made for 30 days; that on the
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that said person is lawfully entitled to vote in such precinct
at that election; that said person is a member of the United
States Service, and that in the course of his duties said
person expects to be absent from his county of residence on the
date of holding such election, and that said person will have
no opportunity to vote in person on that day.
I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots
to be voted by said person at such election and said person
agrees that he shall return said ballot or ballots to the
election authority postmarked no later than midnight preceding
election day, for counting no later than during the period for
counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th
day following election day, or shall destroy said ballot or
ballots.
I hereby certify that I am the (mother, father, sister,
brother, husband or wife) of the said elector, and that I am a
registered voter in the election precinct for which this
application is made. (Strike all but one that is applicable.)
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this application are true and correct.
Name of applicant ......................
Residence address ........................
City/village/township........................
Service address to which ballot should be mailed:
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.........................
.........................
........................"
If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
application shall designate the name of the political party
with which the person for whom application is made is
affiliated.
Such applications may be obtained from the election
authority having jurisdiction over the voting precinct in which
the person for whom application is made is entitled to vote.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-8)
Sec. 20-8. Time and place of counting ballots.
(a) (Blank.)
(b) Each vote by mail voter's ballot returned to an
election authority, by any means authorized by this Article,
and received by that election authority may be processed by the
election authority beginning on the 15th day before election
day it is received by the election authority in the central
ballot counting location of the election authority, but the
results of the processing may not be counted until the day of
the election after 7:00 p.m., except as provided in subsections
(g) and (g-5).
(c) Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority and postmarked no later than election day,

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but that is received by the election authority after the polls
close on election day and before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be
endorsed by the receiving authority with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot counting
location of the election authority during the period for
counting provisional ballots.
Each vote by mail voter's ballot that is mailed to an
election authority absent a postmark or a barcode usable with
an intelligent mail barcode tracking system, but that is
received by the election authority after the polls close on
election day and before the close of the period for counting
provisional ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by
the receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt,
opened to inspect the date inserted on the certification, and,
if the certification date is a date preceding the election day
or earlier and the ballot is otherwise found to be valid under
the requirements of this Section, counted at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the period
for counting provisional ballots. Absent a date on the
certification, the ballot shall not be counted.
If an election authority is using an intelligent mail
barcode tracking system, a ballot that is mailed to an election
authority absent a postmark may be counted if the intelligent
mail barcode tracking system verifies the envelope was mailed
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(d) Special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
returned to an election authority, by any means authorized by
this Article, and received by the election authority at any
time before the closing of the polls on election day shall be
endorsed by the receiving election authority with the day and
hour of receipt and shall be counted at the central ballot
counting location of the election authority during the same
period provided for counting vote by mail voters' ballots under
subsections (b), (g), and (g-5). Special write-in vote by mail
voter's blank ballot that are mailed to an election authority
and postmarked no later than by midnight preceding the opening
of the polls on election day, but that are received by the
election authority after the polls close on election day and
before the closing of the period for counting provisional
ballots cast at that election, shall be endorsed by the
receiving authority with the day and hour of receipt and shall
be counted at the central ballot counting location of the
election authority during the same periods provided for
counting vote by mail voters' ballots under subsection (c).
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, vote by
mail voters' ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's
blank ballots received by the election authority after the
closing of the polls on the day of election shall be endorsed
by the person receiving the ballots with the day and hour of
receipt and shall be safely kept unopened by the election
authority for the period of time required for the preservation

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of ballots used at the election, and shall then, without being
opened, be destroyed in like manner as the used ballots of that
election.
(f) Counting required under this Section to begin on
election day after the closing of the polls shall commence no
later than 8:00 p.m. and shall be conducted by a panel or
panels of election judges appointed in the manner provided by
law. The counting shall continue until all vote by mail voters'
ballots and special write-in vote by mail voter's blank ballots
required to be counted on election day have been counted.
(g) The procedures set forth in Articles 17 and 18 of this
Code shall apply to all ballots counted under this Section. In
addition, within 2 days after a ballot subject to this Article
is received, but in all cases before the close of the period
for counting provisional ballots, the election judge or
official shall compare the voter's signature on the
certification envelope of that ballot with the signature of the
voter on file in the office of the election authority. If the
election judge or official determines that the 2 signatures
match, and that the voter is otherwise qualified to cast a
ballot under this Article, the election authority shall cast
and count the ballot on election day or the day the ballot is
determined to be valid, whichever is later, adding the results
to the precinct in which the voter is registered. If the
election judge or official determines that the signatures do
not match, or that the voter is not qualified to cast a ballot

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under this Article, then without opening the certification
envelope, the judge or official shall mark across the face of
the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and shall not
cast or count the ballot.
In addition to the voter's signatures not matching, a
ballot subject to this Article may be rejected by the election
judge or official:
(1) if the ballot envelope is open or has been opened
and resealed;
(2) if the voter has already cast an early or grace
period ballot;
(3) if the voter voted in person on election day or the
voter is not a duly registered voter in the precinct; or
(4) on any other basis set forth in this Code.
If the election judge or official determines that any of
these reasons apply, the judge or official shall mark across
the face of the certification envelope the word "Rejected" and
shall not cast or count the ballot.
(g-5) If a ballot subject to this Article is rejected by
the election judge or official for any reason, the election
authority shall, within 2 days after the rejection but in all
cases before the close of the period for counting provisional
ballots, notify the voter that his or her ballot was rejected.
The notice shall inform the voter of the reason or reasons the
ballot was rejected and shall state that the voter may appear
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the election, to show cause as to why the ballot should not be
rejected. The voter may present evidence to the election
authority supporting his or her contention that the ballot
should be counted. The election authority shall appoint a panel
of 3 election judges to review the contested ballot,
application, and certification envelope, as well as any
evidence submitted by the vote by mail voter. No more than 2
election judges on the reviewing panel shall be of the same
political party. The reviewing panel of election judges shall
make a final determination as to the validity of the contested
ballot. The judges' determination shall not be reviewable
either administratively or judicially.
A ballot subject to this subsection that is determined to
be valid shall be counted before the close of the period for
counting provisional ballots.
(g-10) All ballots determined to be valid shall be added to
the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in
the order in which the ballots were opened.
(h) Each political party, candidate, and qualified civic
organization shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher
for each panel of election judges therein assigned.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-10)
Sec. 20-10. Pollwatchers shall be permitted to be present
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political party, candidate and qualified civic organization
shall be entitled to have present one pollwatcher for each
panel of election judges therein assigned. Such pollwatchers
shall be subject to the same provisions as are provided for
pollwatchers in Sections 7-34 and 17-23 of this Code, and shall
be permitted to observe the election judges making the
signature comparison between that which is on the ballot
envelope and that which is on the permanent voter registration
record card taken from the master file and the vote of any vote
by mail voter may be challenged for cause the same as if he
were present and voted in person, and the judges of the
election or a majority thereof shall have power and authority
to hear and determine the legality of such ballot; Provided,
however, that if a challenge to any vote by mail voter's right
to vote is sustained, notice of the same must be given by the
judges of election by mail addressed to the voter's mailing
address as stated in the certification and application for
ballot.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-1)
Sec. 21-1. Choosing and election of electors of President
and Vice-President of the United States shall be in the
following manner:
(a) In each year in which a President and Vice-President of
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this State shall choose by its State Convention or State
central committee electors of President and Vice-President of
the United States and such State Convention or State central
committee of such party or group shall also choose electors at
large, if any are to be appointed for this State and such State
Convention or State central committee of such party or group
shall by its chairman and secretary certify the total list of
such electors together with electors at large so chosen to the
State Board of Elections.
The filing of such certificate with the Board, of such
choosing of electors shall be deemed and taken to be the
choosing and selection of the electors of this State, if such
party or group is successful at the polls as herein provided in
choosing their candidates for President and Vice-President of
the United States.
(b) The names of the candidates of the several political
parties or groups for electors of President and Vice-President
shall not be printed on the official ballot to be voted in the
election to be held on the day in this Act above named. In lieu
of the names of the candidates for such electors of President
and Vice-President, immediately under the appellation of party
name of a party or group in the column of its candidates on the
official ballot, to be voted at said election first above named
in subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2, there
shall be printed within a bracket the name of the candidate for
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such party or group with a square to the left of such bracket.
Each voter in this State from the several lists or sets of
electors so chosen and selected by the said respective
political parties or groups, may choose and elect one of such
lists or sets of electors by placing a cross in the square to
the left of the bracket aforesaid of one of such parties or
groups. Placing a cross within the square before the bracket
enclosing the names of President and Vice-President shall not
be deemed and taken as a direct vote for such candidates for
President and Vice-President, or either of them, but shall only
be deemed and taken to be a vote for the entire list or set of
electors chosen by that political party or group so certified
to the State Board of Elections as herein provided. Voting by
means of placing a cross in the appropriate place preceding the
appellation or title of the particular political party or
group, shall not be deemed or taken as a direct vote for the
candidates for President and Vice-President, or either of them,
but instead to the Presidential vote, as a vote for the entire
list or set of electors chosen by that political party or group
so certified to the State Board of Elections as herein
provided.
(c) Such certification by the respective political parties
or groups in this State of electors of President and
Vice-President shall be made to the State Board of Elections
within 2 days after such State convention or meeting of the
State central committee in which the electors were chosen.

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(d) Should more than one certificate of choice and
selection of electors of the same political party or group be
filed by contesting conventions or contesting groups, it shall
be the duty of the State Board of Elections within 10 days
after the adjournment of the last of such conventions to meet
and determine which set of nominees for electors of such party
or group was chosen and selected by the authorized convention
of such party or group. The Board, after notice to the chairman
and secretaries or managers of the conventions or groups and
after a hearing shall determine which set of electors was so
chosen by the authorized convention and shall so announce and
publish the fact, and such decision shall be final and the set
of electors so determined upon by the electoral board to be so
chosen shall be the list or set of electors to be deemed
elected if that party shall be successful at the polls, as
herein provided.
(e) Should a vacancy occur in the choice of an elector in a
congressional district, such vacancy may be filled by the
executive committee of the party or group for such
congressional district, to be certified by such committee to
the State Board of Elections. Should a vacancy occur in the
office of elector at large, such vacancy shall be filled by the
State committee of such political party or group, and certified
by it to the State Board of Elections.
(Source: P.A. 84-861.)

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(10 ILCS 5/24C-12)
Sec. 24C-12. Procedures for Counting and Tallying of
Ballots. In an election jurisdiction where a Direct Recording
Electronic Voting System is used, the following procedures for
counting and tallying the ballots shall apply:
Before the opening of the polls, the judges of elections
shall assemble the voting equipment and devices and turn the
equipment on. The judges shall, if necessary, take steps to
activate the voting devices and counting equipment by inserting
into the equipment and voting devices appropriate data cards
containing passwords and data codes that will select the proper
ballot formats selected for that polling place and that will
prevent inadvertent or unauthorized activation of the
poll-opening function. Before voting begins and before ballots
are entered into the voting devices, the judges of election
shall cause to be printed a record of the following: the
election's identification data, the device's unit
identification, the ballot's format identification, the
contents of each active candidate register by office and of
each active public question register showing that they contain
all zero votes, all ballot fields that can be used to invoke
special voting options, and other information needed to ensure
the readiness of the equipment and to accommodate
administrative reporting requirements. The judges must also
check to be sure that the totals are all zeros in the counting
columns and in the public counter affixed to the voting

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devices.
After the judges have determined that a person is qualified
to vote, a voting device with the proper ballot to which the
voter is entitled shall be enabled to be used by the voter. The
ballot may then be cast by the voter by marking by appropriate
means the designated area of the ballot for the casting of a
vote for any candidate or for or against any public question.
The voter shall be able to vote for any and all candidates and
public measures appearing on the ballot in any legal number and
combination and the voter shall be able to delete, change or
correct his or her selections before the ballot is cast. The
voter shall be able to select candidates whose names do not
appear upon the ballot for any office by entering
electronically as many names of candidates as the voter is
entitled to select for each office.
Upon completing his or her selection of candidates or
public questions, the voter shall signify that voting has been
completed by activating the appropriate button, switch or
active area of the ballot screen associated with end of voting.
Upon activation, the voting system shall record an image of the
completed ballot, increment the proper ballot position
registers, and shall signify to the voter that the ballot has
been cast. Upon activation, the voting system shall also print
a permanent paper record of each ballot cast as defined in
Section 24C-2 of this Code. This permanent paper record shall
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easily reviewed by the voter for completeness and accuracy and
(ii) either be self-contained within the voting device or be
deposited by the voter into a secure ballot box. No permanent
paper record shall be removed from the polling place except by
election officials as authorized by this Article. All permanent
paper records shall be preserved and secured by election
officials in the same manner as paper ballots and shall be
available as an official record for any recount, redundant
count, or verification or retabulation of the vote count
conducted with respect to any election in which the voting
system is used. The voter shall exit the voting station and the
voting system shall prevent any further attempt to vote until
it has been properly re-activated. If a voting device has been
enabled for voting but the voter leaves the polling place
without casting a ballot, 2 judges of election, one from each
of the 2 major political parties, shall spoil the ballot.
Throughout the election day and before the closing of the
polls, no person may check any vote totals for any candidate or
public question on the voting or counting equipment. Such
equipment shall be programmed so that no person may reset the
equipment for reentry of ballots unless provided the proper
code from an authorized representative of the election
authority.
The precinct judges of election shall check the public
register to determine whether the number of ballots counted by
the voting equipment agrees with the number of voters voting as

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shown by the applications for ballot. If the same do not agree,
the judges of election shall immediately contact the offices of
the election authority in charge of the election for further
instructions. If the number of ballots counted by the voting
equipment agrees with the number of voters voting as shown by
the application for ballot, the number shall be listed on the
"Statement of Ballots" form provided by the election authority.
The totals for all candidates and propositions shall be
tabulated. One copy of an "In-Precinct Totals Report" shall be
generated by the automatic tabulating equipment for return to
the election authority. One copy of an "In-Precinct Totals
Report" shall be generated and posted in a conspicuous place
inside the polling place, provided that any authorized
pollwatcher or other official authorized to be present in the
polling place to observe the counting of ballots is present.
The judges of election shall provide, if requested, a set for
each authorized pollwatcher or other official authorized to be
present in the polling place to observe the counting of
ballots. In addition, sufficient time shall be provided by the
judges of election to the pollwatchers to allow them to copy
information from the copy which has been posted.
Until December 31, 2019 2015, in elections at which
fractional cumulative votes are cast for candidates, the
tabulation of those fractional cumulative votes may be made by
the election authority at its central office location, and 4
copies of a "Certificate of Results" shall be printed by the

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automatic tabulation equipment and shall be posted in 4
conspicuous places at the central office location where those
fractional cumulative votes have been tabulated.
If instructed by the election authority, the judges of
election shall cause the tabulated returns to be transmitted
electronically to the offices of the election authority via
modem or other electronic medium.
The precinct judges of election shall select a bi-partisan
team of 2 judges, who shall immediately return the ballots in a
sealed container, along with all other election materials and
equipment as instructed by the election authority; provided,
however, that such container must first be sealed by the
election judges with filament tape or other approved sealing
devices provided for the purpose in a manner that the ballots
cannot be removed from the container without breaking the seal
or filament tape and disturbing any signatures affixed by the
election judges to the container. The election authority shall
keep the office of the election authority, or any receiving
stations designated by the authority, open for at least 12
consecutive hours after the polls close or until the ballots
and election material and equipment from all precincts within
the jurisdiction of the election authority have been returned
to the election authority. Ballots and election materials and
equipment returned to the office of the election authority
which are not signed and sealed as required by law shall not be
accepted by the election authority until the judges returning

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the ballots make and sign the necessary corrections. Upon
acceptance of the ballots and election materials and equipment
by the election authority, the judges returning the ballots
shall take a receipt signed by the election authority and
stamped with the time and date of the return. The election
judges whose duty it is to return any ballots and election
materials and equipment as provided shall, in the event the
ballots, materials or equipment cannot be found when needed, on
proper request, produce the receipt which they are to take as
above provided.
(Source: P.A. 96-1549, eff. 3-10-11; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
(10 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-5)
Sec. 29-5. Voting more than once. Any person who, having
voted once, knowingly during any election on the same election
day where the ballot or machine lists any of the same
candidates and issues listed on the ballot or machine
previously used for voting by that person, (a) files an
application to vote in the same or another polling place, or
(b) accepts a ballot or enters a voting machine (except to
legally give assistance pursuant to the provisions of this
Code), shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony; however, if a
person has delivered a ballot or ballots to an election
authority as a vote by mail voter and due to a change of
circumstances is able to and does vote in the precinct of his
residence on election day, shall not be deemed to be in

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violation of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
(10 ILCS 5/20-6 rep.)
Section 10. The Election Code is amended by repealing
Section 20-6.
Section 15. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 45-20 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/45-20)
Sec. 45-20. Caucus result; filing nomination papers;
certifying candidates.
(a) The township central committee shall canvass and
declare the result of the caucus.
(b) The chairman of the township central committee shall,
not more than 113 nor less than 106 days before the township
election, file nomination papers as provided in this Section.
The nomination papers shall consist of (i) a certification by
the chairman of the names of all candidates for office in the
township nominated at the caucus and (ii) a statement of
candidacy by each candidate in the form prescribed in the
general election law. The nomination papers shall be filed in
the office of the township clerk, except that if the township
is entirely within the corporate limits of a city, village, or
incorporated town under the jurisdiction of a board of election

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commissioners, the nomination papers shall be filed in the
office of the board of election commissioners instead of the
township clerk.
(c) The township clerk shall certify the candidates so
nominated to the proper election authorities not less than 68
61 days before the township election. The election shall be
conducted in accordance with the general election law.
(Source: P.A. 97-81, eff. 7-5-11.)
Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section
9-10 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-10)
Sec. 9-10. Candidates for office - Nominating petitions.
Candidates for the office of school director shall be nominated
by petition signed by at least 25 voters or 5% of the voters,
whichever is less, residing within the district and filed with
the county clerk or the county board of election commissioners,
as the case may be, of the county in which the principal office
of the school district is located.
Nominations for members of boards of education, including
non-high school boards of education shall be made by a petition
signed by at least 50 voters or 10% of the voters, whichever is
less, residing within the district and shall be filed with the
county clerk or the county board of election commissioners, as
the case may be, of the county in which the principal office of

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the school district is located. In addition to the requirements
of the general election law, the form of such petitions shall
be substantially as follows:
NOMINATING PETITIONS
(LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
To the (County Clerk or County Board of Election
Commissioners) .... of .... County:
We the undersigned, being (.... or more) (or 10% or more)
(or 5% or more) of the voters residing within said district,
hereby petition that .... who resides at .... in the (city or
village) of .... in Township .... (or who resides outside any
city, village or incorporated town and in Township ....) in
said district shall be a candidate for the office of .... of
the board of education (or board of directors) (full term)
(vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on (insert
date).
Name: .................. Address: ...................
In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition
for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial or
initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known,
or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the
candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's name

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on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as (list
all prior names during the 3-year period) until name changed on
(list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the petition
must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit stating the
candidate's previous names during the period specified in
clause (i) and the date or dates each of those names was
changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be grounds
for denying certification of the candidate's name for the
ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name changes
resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's or
parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or
dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of
marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, such
as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the
Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or
implying possession of a title, degree or professional status,
or similar information may be used in connection with the
candidate's surname.
Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
unless the candidate named therein files with the county clerk
or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may
be, of the county in which the principal office of the school
district is located a receipt from the county clerk showing
that the candidate has filed a statement of economic interests
as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such
receipt shall be so filed either previously during the calendar

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year in which his nomination papers were filed or within the
period for the filing of nomination papers in accordance with
the general election law.
All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of
education shall be filed with the county clerk or the county
board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the
county in which the principal office of the school district is
located within the time provided for by the general election
law. The county clerk or the county board of election
commissioners shall receive and file only those petitions which
include a statement of candidacy, the required number of voter
signatures, the notarized signature of the petition circulator
and a receipt from the County Clerk showing that the candidate
has filed a statement of economic interest on or before the
last day to file as required by the Illinois Governmental
Ethics Act. The county clerk or the county board of election
commissioners may have petition forms available for issuance to
potential candidates, and may give notice of the petition
filing period by publication in a newspaper of general
circulation within the school district not less than 10 days
prior to the first day of filing. The county clerk or the
county board of election commissioners shall make
certification to the proper election authorities in accordance
with the general election law.
The county clerk or the county board of election
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principal office of the school district is located shall notify
the candidates for whom a petition for nomination is filed or
the appropriate committee of the obligations under the Campaign
Financing Act as provided in the general election law. Such
notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the State Board
of Elections and in accordance with the requirements of the
general election law. The county clerk or county board of
election commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the
last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the petition.
A candidate for membership on the board of education or for
office as a school director, who has petitioned for nomination
to fill a full term and to fill a vacant term to be voted upon
at the same election, must withdraw his or her petition for
nomination from either the full term or the vacant term by
written declaration.
In all newly organized districts the petition for the
nomination of candidates for members of the board of education
at the first election shall be addressed to and filed with the
regional superintendent of schools in the manner herein
specified for the petitions for members of a board of
education. For such election the regional superintendent shall
fulfill all duties otherwise assigned to the secretary of the
board of education.
(Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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