Chapter 10, ELECTIONS

(10 ILCS 5/2A-40) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-40) Sec. 2A-40. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago shall be elected at each general election to succeed each incumbent trustee w…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-41) Sec. 2A-41. Sanitary District - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of a Sanitary District which elects its trustees, other than the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago or the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, shall …

(10 ILCS 5/2A-43) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-43) Sec. 2A-43. Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority - Commissioner - Time of Election. A commissioner of the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority shall be elected at the consolidated election…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-44) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-44) Sec. 2A-44. Board of Library Trustees - Members - Time of Election. A member of an elected Board of Library Trustees shall be elected at the consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of an incumbent tru…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-45) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-45) Sec. 2A-45. Community Buildings - Board of Managers - Member - Time of Election. A member of a Board of Managers, which may have authority over township community buildings, shall be elected at the consolidated election of each odd-numb…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-46) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-46) Sec. 2A-46. Board of Stadium Commissioners - Commissioner - Time of election. A commissioner of a city Board of Stadium Commissioners shall be elected at each consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term o…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48) Sec. 2A-48. Chicago Board of Education and Board of School Directors; member; time of election. Except as otherwise provided, a member of a Board of School Directors or a member of an elected Board of Education, as the case may be, shal…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49) Sec. 2A-49. Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time of Election. A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall be elected at the consolidated election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent school ins…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-5) Sec. 2A-5. Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller - Time of Election. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Comptroller shall be elected at the general electi…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50) Sec. 2A-50. Regional Board of School Trustees - Trustee - Time of Election. Except in educational service regions having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, a trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees shall be elected at…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51) Sec. 2A-51. Schools - Trustee - Time of Election. Except in a township in which all school districts located therein have withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools under the provisions of subsection (b) of…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-52) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-52) Sec. 2A-52. Community College District - Member - Time of Election. A member of the Board of a Community College District shall be elected at each consolidated election to succeed each elected incumbent member of the Board whose term ex…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54) Sec. 2A-54. In those cases in which the election to an office is changed by the consolidation of elections to an earlier or later month in the same year or to a different year, the term of any incumbent serving on December 1, 1980 is ex…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-55) Sec. 2A-55. Forest preserve districts; commissioners; time of election. A forest preserve district commissioner elected under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act shall be elected at each consolidated election to succeed each incumbent commi…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-6) Sec. 2A-6. State Treasurer - Time of Election. The State Treasurer shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and at the general election every 4 years thereafter. (Source: P.A. 80-936.)

(10 ILCS 5/2A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-7) Sec. 2A-7. State Senator - Time of Election. A State Senator shall be elected in a legislative district at the general election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of that district's incumbent Senator. (Source: P.A. 80-9…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-8) Sec. 2A-8. State Representative - Time of Election. Members of the State House of Representatives shall be elected at the general election in 1978 and at each general election every 2 years thereafter. (Source: P.A. 80-936.)

(10 ILCS 5/2A-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-9) Sec. 2A-9. Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Judges. (a) If one of the following events occurs 134 or more days before a general primary election at which judges are to be nominated, the term of an incumbent judge will expire on the first Mo…

(10 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1) Sec. 3-1. Every person (i) who has resided in this State and in the election district 30 days next preceding any election therein, or (ii) who has resided in and is registered to vote from the election district 30 days next preceding any el…

(10 ILCS 5/3-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.2) Sec. 3-1.2. Eligibility to sign petition. For the purpose of determining eligibility to sign a nominating petition or a petition proposing a public question the terms "voter", "registered voter", "qualified voter", "legal voter", "elect…

(10 ILCS 5/3-1.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-1.3) Sec. 3-1.3. Whenever this Code or another statute requires that a nominating petition or a petition proposing a public question shall be signed by a specified percentage of the registered voters of the State, a political subdivision or …

(10 ILCS 5/3-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-2) Sec. 3-2. (a) A permanent abode is necessary to constitute a residence within the meaning of Section 3-1. No elector or spouse shall be deemed to have lost his or her residence in any precinct or election district in this State by reason of…

(10 ILCS 5/3-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-3) Sec. 3-3. Every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who is an inmate of any soldiers' and sailors' home within the State of Illinois, any person who is a resident of a facility licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act,…

(10 ILCS 5/3-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-4) Sec. 3-4. No patient who has resided for less than 180 days in any hospital or mental institution in this State shall by virtue of his abode at such hospital or mental institution be deemed a resident or legal voter in the town, city, villa…

(10 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 3-5) Sec. 3-5. No person who has been legally convicted, in this or another state or in any federal court, of any crime, and is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution, or who has been convicted under any Section of this Code …

(10 ILCS 5/3-6) Sec. 3-6. Voting and registration age. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, general primary election, or consolidated primary election and who is otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at t…

(10 ILCS 5/3-7) Sec. 3-7. Voters in consolidating and merging townships. (a) In the consolidated election where township trustees are elected next following the certification of a successful referendum to consolidate townships under Article 22 of the Township Code, the qualified …

(10 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-1) Sec. 4-1. Except as provided in this Article 4, it is unlawful for any person residing in a county containing a population of less than 500,000, to vote at any election at which any officers are to be nominated or elected, or at any electio…

(10 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10) Sec. 4-10. Except as herein provided, no person shall be registered, unless he applies in person to a registration officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of him by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit of …

(10 ILCS 5/4-105) Sec. 4-105. First time voting. A person must vote for the first time in person and not a vote by mail ballot if the person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient proof of identity and the e…

(10 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-11) Sec. 4-11. At least 2 weeks prior to the general November election in each even numbered year and the consolidated election in each odd-numbered year the county clerk shall cause a list to be made for each precinct of all names upon the r…

(10 ILCS 5/4-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-12) Sec. 4-12. Any voter or voters in the township, city, village or incorporated town containing such precinct, and any precinct committeeperson in the county, may, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of Monday and Tuesday of the se…

(10 ILCS 5/4-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-13) Sec. 4-13. A docket of all applications to the county clerk, whether such application shall be made for the purpose of being registered, or restored, or for the purpose of erasing a name on the register or for completing registration, sha…

(10 ILCS 5/4-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14) Sec. 4-14. In all registrations it shall be the duty of every board of registry conducting a registration under Section 4-7 of this Article, at the time of making delivery of its registration records to the county clerk, to make a report …

(10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1) Sec. 4-14.1. Cancellation of deceased voter's registration. Upon establishment of an electronic reporting system for death registrations as provided in the Vital Records Act, the county clerk of the county where a decedent last reside…

(10 ILCS 5/4-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-15) Sec. 4-15. Within 5 days after a person registers or transfers his registration with the office of the election authority, such election authority shall send by mail, and by electronic mail if the registrant has provided the election auth…

(10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16) Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence from one address to another within the same county wherein this Article is in effect, may have his registration transferred to his new address by making and signing an application …

(10 ILCS 5/4-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-17) Sec. 4-17. Following the general election in November, 1946, and following the November election every 4 years thereafter, the county clerk shall examine the registration record cards, and shall send to every voter who has not voted durin…

(10 ILCS 5/4-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-18) Sec. 4-18. The county clerk on his or her own initiative or upon the order of the county board or of the circuit court shall at all times have authority to conduct investigations and to make canvasses of the registered voters in any preci…

(10 ILCS 5/4-18.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-18.01) Sec. 4-18.01. Each registered voter lacking a permanent abode shall be canvassed by the county clerk before each election. The canvass shall be by mail sent not later than 49 days preceding the election to the mailing address listed…

(10 ILCS 5/4-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-19) Sec. 4-19. If either the original or duplicate registration card, or both, of any elector shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated in whole or in part, the county clerk shall prepare two new registration cards, an original and a duplicate an…

(10 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-2) Sec. 4-2. No person shall be entitled to be registered in and from any precinct unless such person shall by the date of the election next following have resided in the State and within the precinct 30 days and be otherwise qualified to vote…

(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 …

(10 ILCS 5/4-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-21) Sec. 4-21. For use in connection with referenda and the nonpartisan and consolidated elections, each election authority shall maintain permanent records of the boundaries of all political subdivisions partially or wholly within its jurisd…

(10 ILCS 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22) Sec. 4-22. Except as otherwise provided in this Section upon application to vote each registered elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a certificate substantially as follows: CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER C…

(10 ILCS 5/4-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-23) Sec. 4-23. The provisions of this Article 4, so far as they require the registration of voters as a condition to their being allowed to vote, shall not apply to persons otherwise entitled to vote, who are, at the time of the election, or …

(10 ILCS 5/4-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-24) Sec. 4-24. In the event that any city, village or incorporated town within a county shall become subject to the authority of a board of election commissioners, by the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act, or shall cease to be sub…

(10 ILCS 5/4-24.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-24.1) Sec. 4-24.1. If any area becomes subject to a board of election commissioners by reason of annexation to a city, village or incorporated town subject to such a board or ceases to be subject to a board of election commissioners by reas…

(10 ILCS 5/4-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-25) Sec. 4-25. The compensation of the deputy registrars and judges of registration appointed by the county board to conduct the registrations under Section 4-6.3 and Section 4-7, shall be fixed by the county board, but in no case shall such …

(10 ILCS 5/4-27) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-27) Sec. 4-27. At each regular special or primary election to which this Article 4 is applicable, the judges of election shall personally affix all affidavits made before them in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4-15, 4-16, 4-22, 4-…