Chapter 10 — ELECTIONS

(10 ILCS 5/2A-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-20) Sec. 2A-20. Regional Superintendent of Schools - Time of Election. Except in counties or educational service regions in which that office has been abolished, the Regional Superintendents of Schools shall be elected at the general electi…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-21) Sec. 2A-21. State's Attorney - Time of Election. State's Attorneys shall be elected at the general election in 1980 and at the general election every 4 years thereafter. (Source: P.A. 80-936.)

(10 ILCS 5/2A-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-22) Sec. 2A-22. Cook County - Commissioner - President - Time of Election. County Commissioners and the President of the County Board of Cook County, and the Chief Executive officer in other home rule counties, shall be elected at the gener…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-23) Sec. 2A-23. County Board Members - Time of Election. County Board members in counties under township organization shall be elected at the general election in each even-numbered year to succeed members whose terms expire prior to the nex…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-24) Sec. 2A-24. County Commissioners - Non Township Counties - Time of Election. A County Commissioner shall be elected at each general election in counties not under township organization to succeed each incumbent Commissioner whose term e…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-25) Sec. 2A-25. Chicago - Mayor - Clerk - Treasurer - Time of Election. The Mayor, a city clerk and a city treasurer of the City of Chicago shall be elected at the consolidated election in 1979 and at the consolidated election every 4 years…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-26) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-26) Sec. 2A-26. Chicago alderpersons. Alderpersons of the City of Chicago shall be elected at the consolidated primary election in 1979 and at the consolidated primary election every 4 years thereafter. The runoff election where necessary, …

(10 ILCS 5/2A-27) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-27) Sec. 2A-27. Cities generally; mayor; clerk; treasurer; time of election. A mayor, a city clerk, and a city treasurer shall be elected in each city that elects those officers (except the City of Chicago) at the consolidated election in 1…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-28) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-28) Sec. 2A-28. Cities generally - alderpersons - time of election. An alderperson of a city other than the City of Chicago shall be elected at the consolidated or general primary election in each year to succeed each incumbent alderperson …

(10 ILCS 5/2A-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-29) Sec. 2A-29. Cities under Commission Form of Government - Commissioners and Mayor - Time of Election. A mayor and the commissioners of all municipalities which have adopted the commission form of municipal government shall be elected at …

(10 ILCS 5/2A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-3) Sec. 2A-3. United States Senator - Time of Election. A United States Senator shall be elected at the general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of an incumbent United States Senator from this State. (Source: P.A. 80…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-30) Sec. 2A-30. Villages and incorporated towns with population of less than 50,000; president; trustees; clerk. In villages and incorporated towns with a population of less than 50,000, a president shall be elected at the consolidated elec…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-30a) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-30a) Sec. 2A-30a. Trustees in villages under 5,000; time of election. In villages of under 5,000 population that provide by resolution and referendum that the village board of trustees shall be comprised of 4 members as provided by Section…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-31) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-31) Sec. 2A-31. Villages over 50,000; president; trustees; clerk; time of election. (a) In villages with a population of 50,000 or more, a president shall be elected at the consolidated election in 1979 or 1981 (in whichever of those years …

(10 ILCS 5/2A-32) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-32) Sec. 2A-32. Incorporated Towns with Population of 50,000 or More - President - Clerk - Collector - Assessor - Supervisor - Trustee - Time of Election. In each incorporated town with a population of 50,000 or more, a president, a clerk, …

(10 ILCS 5/2A-33) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-33) Sec. 2A-33. Town - Supervisors - Trustees - Township Collectors - Township Clerks - Township Assessors - Time of Election. In each town where such officials are elected, supervisors, township trustees, township collectors, township cler…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-34) Sec. 2A-34. Highway Commissioners - Road District Clerks - Time of Election. Highway commissioners and road district clerks shall be elected at the consolidated election in 1985 and at the consolidated election every 4 years thereafter.…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-36) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-36) Sec. 2A-36. Fire Protection District - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of a Fire Protection District which elects its trustees shall be elected at each consolidated election in odd-numbered years to succeed each incumbent trustee …

(10 ILCS 5/2A-37) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-37) Sec. 2A-37. Library District - Trustee - Time of Election. A trustee of a Library District shall be elected, at the consolidated election in odd-numbered years which immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trust…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-38) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-38) Sec. 2A-38. General Park District - Commissioners - Time of Election. A commissioner of a General Park District shall be elected at the consolidated election in odd-numbered years to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term expire…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-39) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-39) Sec. 2A-39. Township Park District - Commissioner - Time of Election. A commissioner of a Township Park District shall be elected at the consolidated election of each odd-numbered year to succeed each incumbent commissioner whose term e…

(10 ILCS 5/2A-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-4) Sec. 2A-4. United States Representative - Time of Election. The Representatives in the United States Congress from this State shall be elected at each general election, and vacancies shall be filled at special elections pursuant to writs …

(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-53) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-53) Sec. 2A-53. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)

(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 …