Chapter 10, ELECTIONS

(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. T…

(10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66) Sec. 6-66. 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 City of ................. Ward .... Precinct …

(10 ILCS 5/6-67) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-67) Sec. 6-67. Upon application to vote at a primary election each registered elector shall sign his name or mark and write his address on a certificate substantially the same as that used in the general election except that it shall have a p…

(10 ILCS 5/6-67.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-67.01) Sec. 6-67.01. The provisions of this Article 6, 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 elect…

(10 ILCS 5/6-68) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-68) Sec. 6-68. All affidavits made before judges of election under the provisions of this Article or of Article 14 of this Act shall be immediately returned to the office of the board of election commissioners. Such affidavits, before being s…

(10 ILCS 5/6-69) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-69) Sec. 6-69. In the conduct of registrations subsequent to that first provided for under this Article, the board of election commissioners shall have authority to designate its officers and employees to take registrations at its office or a…

(10 ILCS 5/6-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-7) Sec. 6-7. Such canvass shall be made by such judges in the following manner: Before the name or names of any candidate on any ballot shall be canvassed, one of the judges, two sitting on either side of him and observing the canvass, shall s…

(10 ILCS 5/6-70) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-70) Sec. 6-70. Such election commissioners and the executive director of the Board of Election Commissioners shall be paid by the county. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, the city first adopting the provisions of this Act s…

(10 ILCS 5/6-71) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-71) Sec. 6-71. In the cities, villages and incorporated towns in counties having a population of 500,000 or more, which are operating under this Article, the compensation of deputy registrars and judges of registration provided for the first …

(10 ILCS 5/6-72) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-72) Sec. 6-72. Whenever this article (together with articles 14 and 18 of this Act) is adopted by any village or incorporated town, all its and their provisions shall be applicable and operative, except as in this article or in articles 14 an…

(10 ILCS 5/6-73) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-73) Sec. 6-73. Whenever any city, village or incorporated town may adopt this Article (together with Articles 14 and 18 of this Act), and which city, village or incorporated town shall lie within any county in which another city shall have pr…

(10 ILCS 5/6-74) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-74) Sec. 6-74. The returns of the judges of election of such village or incorporated town, mentioned in the last section, in case of a village or town election for any officer of such village or town, shall be made to the same officer as othe…

(10 ILCS 5/6-75) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-75) Sec. 6-75. The returns of the judges of election of such village or incorporated towns, in case of all other elections therein, shall be made to the same officers, as required by this Article or by Articles 14 or 18 of this Act, of return…

(10 ILCS 5/6-76) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-76) Sec. 6-76. All oaths in writing provided for in this Article or in Articles 14 or 18 of this Act, must have a jurat, or certificate of the officer taking the same, attached and signed by him, and said election commissioners and said judge…

(10 ILCS 5/6-77) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-77) Sec. 6-77. For the purpose of this Article the term "election" shall also include primary elections held in such city, village or incorporated town. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 2373.)

(10 ILCS 5/6-78) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-78) Sec. 6-78. During the hours of registration or revision of registration no person shall bring, take, order or send into, or shall attempt to bring, take or send into any place of registration or revision of registration, any distilled or …

(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…

(10 ILCS 5/6-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-8) Sec. 6-8. If no tally sheet shall be furnished to the judges of any precinct relating to such proposition, the tally judges shall use any piece of paper containing the headings written out by either of them: "For city election law", and "Ag…

(10 ILCS 5/6-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-9) Sec. 6-9. After ascertaining and announcing the result as aforesaid, such judges shall make, fill up and sign duplicate returns or statements of the votes cast for and against such proposition as aforesaid, in the form found in Section 6-3 …

(10 ILCS 5/6A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1) Sec. 6A-1. (a) Any county in which there is no city, village or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners may establish a county board of election commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or (2) by vote of …

(10 ILCS 5/6A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2) Sec. 6A-2. Submission to voters. (a) Whenever registered voters in a county described in subsection (a) of Section 6A-1, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8 of the number voting at the last preceding general election in the county, whichever …

(10 ILCS 5/6A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-3) Sec. 6A-3. Commissioners; filling vacancies. (a) If the county board adopts an ordinance providing for the establishment of a county board of election commissioners, or if a majority of the votes cast on a proposition submitted in accorda…

(10 ILCS 5/6A-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-4) Sec. 6A-4. Transfer of records. Upon the opening of an office of a county board of election commissioners, the county clerk and any municipal board of election commissioners in the county shall turn over to such county board all registry …

(10 ILCS 5/6A-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-5) Sec. 6A-5. The provisions of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act relating to boards of election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated towns shall, insofar as they can be made applicable, apply to and govern county boards of ele…

(10 ILCS 5/6A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6) Sec. 6A-6. Any references in this Act to the county clerk or the county board with respect to the registration of voters, filing of petitions, certification of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of election precincts, desig…

(10 ILCS 5/6A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7) Sec. 6A-7. Dissolution. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any county which has established a board of election commissioners may subsequently vote to dissolve such board in the same manner as provided in Article 6 for cities, vill…

(10 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-1) Sec. 7-1. Application of Article. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the nomination of all candidates for all elective State, congressional, judicial, and county officers, State's Attorneys (whether elected from a single coun…

(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10) Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternat…

(10 ILCS 5/7-10.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.1) Sec. 7-10.1. Each petition or certificate of nomination shall include as a part thereof, a statement for each of the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition or certificate of nomination is filed, said statement shall be sub…

(10 ILCS 5/7-10.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.2) Sec. 7-10.2. In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition for nomination or certificate of nomination the candidate's given name or names, initial or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly known, or a c…

(10 ILCS 5/7-10.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10.3) Sec. 7-10.3. (A) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (C) of this Section, a candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating convention shall file with the State Board of Elections at the time of filing the …

(10 ILCS 5/7-100) Sec. 7-100. Definition of a vote. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the purpose of this Article, a person casts a valid vote on a punch card ballot when: (1) A chad on the card has at least one corner detached from the card; (2) The fibers of pape…

(10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11) Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of his political party by filing in the office of the State Board of Elections not more than 141 and not less than 134 days prio…

(10 ILCS 5/7-11.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11.1) Sec. 7-11.1. Whenever a vacancy in any elective county office is to be filled by election pursuant to Section 25-11 of this Code or Section 2-6003 of the Counties Code, nominations shall be made and any vacancy in nomination for a cou…

(10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12) Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by mail or in person as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, where the nomination is to be made for a State, congressional, or judicial office, or for any office a …

(10 ILCS 5/7-12.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12.1) Sec. 7-12.1. The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to objections to certificates of nomination and nomination papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall also apply to and govern objections to petitio…

(10 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13) Sec. 7-13. The board of election commissioners in cities of 500,000 or more population having such board, shall constitute an electoral board for the hearing and passing upon objections to nomination petitions for ward committeepersons. E…

(10 ILCS 5/7-13.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-13.1) Sec. 7-13.1. Certification of Candidates-Consolidated primary. Not less than 68 days before the date of the consolidated primary, each local election official of each political subdivision required to nominate candidates for the respe…

(10 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14) Sec. 7-14. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, not less than 68 days before the date of the general primary the State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all petitions filed under this Article 7, in the office of the St…

(10 ILCS 5/7-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14.1) Sec. 7-14.1. Delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating conventions shall be chosen according to one of the following alternative methods of allocating delegates for election. The State central committee of each politica…

(10 ILCS 5/7-14.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14.2) Sec. 7-14.2. Delegates and alternate delegates to national conventions other than national nominating conventions shall be chosen according to procedures established by the appropriate State central committee of a political party esta…

(10 ILCS 5/7-14a) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14a) Sec. 7-14a. Where there are 2 or more additional judgeships created in any judicial district or circuit, to be filled at the same general election and to be elected from the same district, circuit or county, each such additional judgesh…

(10 ILCS 5/7-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-15) Sec. 7-15. At least 60 days prior to each general and consolidated primary, the election authority shall provide public notice, calculated to reach elderly voters and voters with disabilities, of the availability of registration and votin…

(10 ILCS 5/7-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-16) Sec. 7-16. Each election authority in each county shall prepare and cause to be printed the primary ballot of each political party for each precinct in his respective jurisdiction. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the election a…

(10 ILCS 5/7-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-17) Sec. 7-17. Candidate ballot name procedures. (a) Each election authority in each county shall cause to be printed upon the general primary ballot of each party for each precinct in his jurisdiction the name of each candidate whose petitio…

(10 ILCS 5/7-18) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-18) Sec. 7-18. The primary ballot of each political party shall be separately printed upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the primary ballot of no two political parties shall be of the same color or tint. The election authori…

(10 ILCS 5/7-19) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-19) Sec. 7-19. The primary ballot of each political party for each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in the manner following: 1. Designating words. At the top of the ballot shall be printed in large capital letters, words d…

(10 ILCS 5/7-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-2) Sec. 7-2. A political party, which at the general election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary, polled more than 5 per cent of the entire vote cast in the State, is hereby declared to be a political party within the …

(10 ILCS 5/7-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-20) Sec. 7-20. On the back or outside of the primary ballot of each precinct, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words "Primary Ballot," followed by designation of said precinct, the date of the primary and a facsimile of the s…

(10 ILCS 5/7-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-21) Sec. 7-21. The election authority shall transmit or cause to be delivered to the primary judges, and to the respective local election officials prior to the consolidated primary, specimen ballots of each political party, substantially in …