Article

The Making of Nominations By Political Parties

10 ILCS 5/7-1— Application of Article
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10 ILCS 5/7-4— The following words and phrases in this Article 7 shall, unless the same be inconsistent with the context, be construed as follows: 1
10 ILCS 5/7-5— (a) Primary elections shall be held on the dates prescribed in Article 2A
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10 ILCS 5/7-8.01
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10 ILCS 5/7-8.03— State central committees; discrimination and harassment policies
10 ILCS 5/7-9— County central committee; county and State conventions
10 ILCS 5/7-9.1
10 ILCS 5/7-10— Form of petition for nomination
10 ILCS 5/7-10.1
10 ILCS 5/7-10.2— 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 combination thereof, may be used in addition to the candidate's surname
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10 ILCS 5/7-13— 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
10 ILCS 5/7-13.1— Certification of Candidates-Consolidated primary
10 ILCS 5/7-14— 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 State Board of Elections
10 ILCS 5/7-14.1— Delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating conventions shall be chosen according to one of the following alternative methods of allocating delegates for election
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10 ILCS 5/7-16— 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
10 ILCS 5/7-17— Candidate ballot name procedures
10 ILCS 5/7-18— 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
10 ILCS 5/7-19— The primary ballot of each political party for each precinct shall be arranged and printed substantially in the manner following: 1
10 ILCS 5/7-20— 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 signature of the election authority who furnished the ballots
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10 ILCS 5/7-22— Primary ballot boxes shall be furnished by the same authorities and in the same manner and shall be of the same style and description as ballot boxes furnished for the purpose of general elections, under the provisions of this Act
10 ILCS 5/7-23— All necessary primary poll books, official poll records, tally sheets, return blanks, stationery and other necessary primary supplies shall be furnished by the same authorities upon whom is imposed the duty of furnishing such supplies at general elections, by this Act
10 ILCS 5/7-24— The primary poll books shall be substantially in the following form: Primary poll books of the primary held in the
10 ILCS 5/7-25— The tally sheets for each political party participating in the primary election shall be substantially in the following form: "Tally sheet for ....(name of political party) for the
10 ILCS 5/7-26— The judges of general elections for state and county officers are hereby constituted the judges of primary elections in their respective precincts, under the provisions of this Article
10 ILCS 5/7-27— It is hereby made the duty of the respective judges of general elections to act as judges of primary elections in their respective precincts until their successors, as judges of general elections, are duly appointed and qualified
10 ILCS 5/7-28— If, at the time for opening of a primary, one of the primary judges be absent, or refuse to act, the judges present shall appoint some qualified primary elector of the precinct to act in his place
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10 ILCS 5/7-31— In case there is no notary public present at the opening of a primary, or in case such notary public is appointed one of the primary judges, the primary judges may administer the oath or affirmation to each other
10 ILCS 5/7-32— The primary judges, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall perform the same duties, have the same powers, and be subject to the same penalties as judges of general elections under this Act
10 ILCS 5/7-33— Primary judges shall receive the same pay, and shall be paid by the same authorities and in the same manner as judges of general elections under this Act
10 ILCS 5/7-34— Pollwatchers in a primary election shall be authorized in the following manner: (1) Each established political party shall be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct
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10 ILCS 5/7-38— The primaries herein provided for shall be held at the regular polling places now established, or which may hereafter be established, for the purposes of a general election
10 ILCS 5/7-39— Upon the opening of the polls one of the primary judges shall make proclamation of the same
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10 ILCS 5/7-42— (a) Any person entitled to vote at such primary shall, on the day of such primary, with the consent of his employer, be entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed for a period of 2 hours between the time of opening and closing the polls
10 ILCS 5/7-43— Every person having resided in this State 6 months and in the precinct 30 days next preceding any primary therein who shall be a citizen of the United States of the age of 18 or more years shall be entitled to vote at such primary
10 ILCS 5/7-44— Any person desiring to vote at a primary shall state his name, residence and party affiliation to the primary judges, one of whom shall thereupon announce the same in a distinct tone of voice, sufficiently loud to be heard by all persons in the polling place
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10 ILCS 5/7-47— Before leaving the booth, the primary elector shall fold his primary ballot in such manner as to conceal the marks thereon
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10 ILCS 5/7-49— After the opening of the polls at a primary no adjournment shall be had nor recess taken until the canvass of all the votes is completed and the returns carefully enveloped and sealed
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10 ILCS 5/7-52— Immediately upon closing the polls, the primary judges shall proceed to canvass the votes in the manner following: (1) They shall separate and count the ballots of each political party
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10 ILCS 5/7-56— As soon as complete returns are delivered to the proper election authority, the returns shall be canvassed for all primary elections as follows
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10 ILCS 5/7-57— The death of any candidate prior to, or on, the date of the primary shall not affect the canvass of the ballots
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10 ILCS 5/7-60.1— Certification of candidates - consolidated election
10 ILCS 5/7-61— Whenever a special election is necessary, the provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of candidates to be voted for at such special election
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10 ILCS 5/7-64— Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to prevent the nomination of independent candidates by petition, as is now or may hereafter be provided by this Act or any other law
10 ILCS 5/7-65— The invalidity of any portion of this Article 7 shall not affect the validity of any other portion hereof, which can be given effect without such invalid part
10 ILCS 5/7-66— Precinct tabulation optical scan technology voting equipment
10 ILCS 5/7-67— Nominations; regional superintendents of schools
10 ILCS 5/7-68— Nominations for special election for Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, or Treasurer
10 ILCS 5/7-100— Definition of a vote