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ILLINOIS

ELECTION LAWS

1 908

PREPARED FOR THE USE OF
ELECTION OFFICERS

JAMES A. ROSE, Secretary of State.

SPRINGFIELD:
PHILLIPS BROS., STATE PBINTIRS.

I 908

ILLINOIS

ELECTION LAWS

1 908

PREPARED FOR THE USE OF
ELECTION OFFICERS

JAMES A. ROSE, Secretary of State.

SPRINGFIELD:
PHILLIPS BROS., STATB PRINTERS.

1908

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

EXPLANATORY NOTE i

ELECTION CALENDAR 5

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS 7

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 9

STATUTORY PROVISIONS:

Article I. Public Officers When Elected 16

Article II. Election Precincts and Officers 21

Article III. Registration at Electors 27

Article IV. Compensation of Election Officers 30

Article V. Nomination of Candidates 31

Article VI. Notice of Election 36

Article VII. Ballots and Instructions 37

Article VIII. BallotBoxes, Booths and Poll Books 41

Article IX. Qualification of Voters 42

Article X. Manner of Conducting Elections 45

Article XI. Canvassing Returns 52

Article XII. Contesting Elections 54

Article XIII. Offenses and Penalties , 58

Article XIV. Resignations and Vacancies 64

Article XV. Congressional Apportionment 67

Article XVI. Senatorial and Representative Apportionment 69

Article XVII. Judicial Apportionment 76

Article XVIII Publication of Propositions to be Voted for 78

Article XIX. Submission of Questions of Public Policy 79

Article XX. Voting Machines 79

Article XXI. Primary Elections The Primary Law of 1908 88

FORMS 119-121

INDEX TO GENERAL ELECTION LAWS 122

INDEX TO PRIMARY ELECTION LAW... 126

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EXPLANATORY.

Repealed and obsolete sections have been omitted in this edition, and the
sections in force have been renumbered in regular sequence corresponding
with the head notes.

In cities, towns and villages which have or may hereafter adopt the Act
entitled, "An Act regulating the holding of elections, and declaring the re-
sult thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved
June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, that Act supersedes the general registry
and election laws, when in conflict with that Act; but when not inconsistent
or in conflict with the provisions of that Act, these Acts continue in force
and are applicable to such cities, towns and villages the same as if that Act
had not been adopted. [Section 15 of the Act of 1885, the title of which is
recited above, and the provisions of which are not included in this compila-
tion.

The cities of Chicago, East St. Louis and Springfield have adopted the law
of 1885.

ELECTION CALENDAR.

GENERAL ELECTIONS.
The principal general elections in Illinois occur on the following dates:

TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER.

For Presidential Electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, State Senators in even
numbered districts, members of the Sta,te Board of Equalization, clerk of
superior court of Cook county, clerks of the circuit courts, State's attorneys,
county surveyors and county coroners, every fourth year, counting from 1908.

For State Treasurer, Representatives in Congress, Representatives in the
General Assembly, and three Trustees of the University of Illinois for term
of six years, every second year, counting from 1908.

For clerk of Supreme Court, every sixth year, counting from 1908.

For clerks of the appellate courts, every sixth year, counting from 1908.

For Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Senators in odd numbered
districts, clerk of the criminal court of Cook county, county clerks, county
judges, county treasurers, county superintendents of schools, and sheriffs,
every fourth year, counting from 1910.

For judges of the superior court of Cook county, six judges every sixth
year, counting from 1910; four judges every sixth year, counting from 1911.
[One judge, first Tuesday in April every sixth year, counting from 1907. One
judge, first Monday in June every sixth year, counting from 1909.]

For chief justice, clerk and bailiff of the municipal court of Chicago, every
sixth year, counting from 1912; for nine associate judges of said court for
term of six years, every second year, counting from 1908.

For county commissioners in counties not under township organization,
one each year for term of three years.

FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE.

For judges of the circuit court, every sixth year, counting from 1909.

For judges of the Supreme Court, Fifth district, every ninth year, counting
from 1909; Fourth district, every ninth year, counting from 1912; and First,
Second, Third, Sixth and Seventh districts, every ninth year, counting from
1915.

For one judge of the superior court of Cook county, every sixth year,
counting from 1909.

THIRD TUESDAY IN APRIL.

For officers of cities organized under the general law (except s^ch as con-
tain within their corporate limits one or more townships), annually.

For officers of villages organized under the general law (except where the
territorial limits coincide with the territorial limits of a township), annually.

FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL.

For one judge of the superior court of Cook county, every sixth year,
counting from 1907.

For all town (township) officers, officers in cities containing one or more
towns, and officers in villages whose boundaries coincide with the boundaries
of a town (township), annually.

THIRD SATURDAY IN APRIL.

For school directors in districts having a population of less than 1,000 in-
habitants, annually.

For members of the board of education in districts having a population of
not less than 1,000 and not more than 100,000 inhabitants, annually.

PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

LAST TUESDAY IN FEHRUARY.

To nominate candidates to be voted for at the election on the first Tuesday
in April. .

SECOND TUESDAY IN MARCH.

To nominate candidates to be voted for at the election on the third Tues-
day in April.

SECOND TUESDAY IN APRIL.

To nominate candidates to be voted for at the election on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, and to elect precinct, senatorial and State
central committeemen every second year, counting from 1908.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.

Table of Counties Showing to What Electoral Districts Each Belongs.

[The seventeen counties marked * are not under township organization. The other eighty-
five have adopted township organization.]

County.

County Seat.

Senatorial
District.

Congres-
sional
District.

Judicial
Circuit.

JUDICIAL, DISTRICTS.

Appellate.

Supreme.

Quincv .

36
50
47
8
30
37
36
12
30
24
40
34
42
42
34
1,2,3,4,5,
6, 7, 9, 11,
13, 15, 17,
19,21,23, f

48
40
35
28
34
41
22
48
42
40
26
50
43
48
38
20
51
32
48
33
37
20
44
46
46
38
12
51

15
25
22
12
20
16
20
13
20
19
21
18
24
23
19

U.2,3.4, |
\ 5.6,7, [
f 8, 9, 10 j

23
18
12
19
19
11
18
24
23
23
17
25
15
24
20
12
24
14
24
14
15
18
25
23
23
20
13
24

3
17
8
13
8
15
8
6
4
5
4
4
5

Not
numbered .

2
5
16
6
6
16
5
2
4
4
11
2
9
2
7
13
2
9
2
9
14
12
1
4
2
7
15
1

4
3

3
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
3

4
3
2
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
2

3
4
2
2
2
4
4
4
3
2
4

1
2
6
4
5
2
6
4
3
2
2
2
1
3

2
2
6
3
3
7
3
1
2
2
3
1
4
1
2
5
1
4
1
4
5
3
1
2
1
2
6
1

*Alexander

Cairo
Greenville

Bond

Boone

Belvidere
Mt Sterling

Brown
Bureau

Princeton

*Calhoun
Carroll

Hardin

Mt. Carroll
Virginia . .
Urbana
Taylorville
Marshall
Louisville
Carlyle
Charleston . .

*Cass
Champaign
Christian
Clark

Clay
Clinton

Coles

Cook

Crawford
Cumberland
DeKalb
DeWitt .

Chicago I

Robinson
Toledo

Sycamore
Clinton

Douglas
DuPage
Edgar
*Edwards
Efflngham
Fayette
Ford

Tuscola

Wheaton
Paris
Albion

Emngham
Vandalia
Paxton ....

Franklin
Fulton

Benton
Lewistown

Gallatin
Greene

Shawneetown
Carrollton

Grundy

Morris . .

Hamilton McLeansboro ....

Hancock na.rthn.p-p

*Hardin

Elizabethtown . .
Oquawka

Henderson

Henry .

Cambridge
Watseka

Iroquois

Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Jersey
JoDaviess ;

Murphysboro
Newton
Mt. Vernon
Jersey ville
Galena
Vienna

*Johnson I

Electoral Districts Concluded .

Senatorial

Congres-

Judicial

JUDICIAL I

)ISTRICTS.

County. f

County Seat.

District.

sional
District.

Circuit.

Appellate.

Supreme.

Kane

Geneva

Kankakee

Kendall

Yorkville

Knox

Galesburg ..

Lake

LaSalle

Ottawa

Lawrence

Lawrenceville

Lee

Dixon

Pontiac

Logan

Lincoln

Macon

Decatur

Macoupin
Madison

Carlinville
Edwardsville

21
22

7
3

3
4

2
2

Marion

Salem

Marshall
Mason

Lacon
Havana

16
30

16
20

2
3

5
4

*Massac
McDonou gh

VIetropolis
Macomb

51
32

24
14

1
9

1
4

McHenry
McLean .

Woodstock
Bloomington ....

8
26

11
17

17
11

2
3

6
3

*Menard
Mercer

Petersburg
Aledo

30
33

20
14

8
14

3
2

4
4

*Monroe

Waterloo . x

Hillsboro

*Morgan

Jacksonville

Moultrie
Ogle .

Sullivan
Oregon

24
10

19
13

6
15

3
2

3
6

Peoria
*Perry

Peoria
Pinckneyville

18
44

16
25

10
3

2
4

5
1

Piatt

Monticello

Pike

Pittsfleld ...

*Pope

Golconda

*Pulaski
Putnam .

Mound City
Hennepin

50
16

1
10

1
5

*Randolph
Richland .

Chester
Olney

25
23

3
2

4
4

1
2

Rock Island
Saline . . .

Rock Island
Harrisburg

33
51

14
24

14
1

Sangamon
Schuyler
*Scott .

Springfield
Rushville
Winchester

45
30
36

15
20

7
8

3
3
3

3
4
2

Shelby
Stark .

Shelbyville
Toulon

40
37

19
16

4
10

3
2

St. Glair

Belleville

Stephenson

Freeport

Tazewell

Pekin

*Union
Vermilion

Jonesboro
Danville

50
22

1
5

1
3

*Wabash

Mt. Carmel . . ...

Warren

Monmouth .

Washington
Wayne
White .

Nashville
Fairfi eld . . .
Carmi

22
24
24

3
2
2

4
4
4

1
1
1

Whiteside

Morrison .

Will
Williamson
Winnebago

Joliet
Marion
Rockf ord

41
50
10

11
25
12

1
17

2
4
2

7
1
6

Woodford

Eureka

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO

ELECTIONS.

ARTICLE IV.

TIME OF HOLDING.] Section 2. An election for members of the Gen-
eral Assembly shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, and every two years thereafter, in each county, at such
places therein as may be provided by law. When vacancies occur
in either house, the .Governor, or persons exercising the powers of
Governor, shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.

APPORTIONMENT SENATORIAL.-] Section 6. The General Assembly
shall apportion the State every ten years, beginning with the year
one thousand eight hundred and, seventy-one, by dividing the pop-
ulation of the State, as ascertained by the federal census, by the
number fifty-one and the quotient shall be the ratio of representation
in the Senate. The State shall be divided into fifty-one senatorial
districts, each of which shall elect one Senator, whose term of office
shall be four years. The Senators elected in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in districts bearing odd
numbers, shall vacate their offices at the end of two years, and those
elected in districts bearing even numbers at the end of four years ;
and vacancies occurring by the expiration of term shall be filled by
the election of Senators for the full term. Senatorial districts shall
be formed of contiguous and compact territory, bounded by county
lines, and contain as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhab-
itants ; but no district shall contain less than four-fifths of the sena-
torial ratio. Counties containing not less than the ratio and three-
fourths may be divided into separate districts, and shall be entitled
to two Senators, and to one additional Senator for each number of
inhabitants equal to the ratio contained by such counties in excess
of twice the number of said ratio.

MINORITY REPRESENTATION.] Sections 7 and 8. The House of
Representatives shall consist of three times the number of the mem-
bers of the Senate, and the term of office shall be tyvo years. Three
Representatives shall be elected in each senatorial district at the
general election in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two, and every two years thereafter. In all elections of
Representatives aforesaid, each qualified voter may cast as many

votes for one candidate as there are representatives to be elected, or
may distribute the same, or equal parts thereof, among the candi-
dates, as he shall see fit; and the candidates highest in votes shall be
declared elected.

ARTICLE V.

STATE OFFICERS.

TERMS RESIDENCE DUTIES.] Section i. The executive depart-
ment shall consist of a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of
Public Instruction and Attorney General, who shall each, with the
exception of the Treasurer, hold his office for the term of four years
from the second Monday in January next after his election, and until
his successor is elected and qualified. They shall, except the Lieu-
tenant Governor, reside at the seat of government during their term
of office, and keep the public records, books and papers there, and
shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law.

ELECTION OF.] Section 3. An election for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts and Attor-
ney General shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
of November, in the year of our Lord 1872, and every four years
thereafter; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November, in the year 1870, and every
four years thereafter ; and for Treasurer, on the day last above men-
tioned, and every two years thereafter, at such places and in such
manner as may be prescribed by law.

RETURNS OF ELECTION.] Section 4. The returns of every election
for the above named officers shall be sealed up and transmitted, by
the returning officers, to the Secretary of State, directed to "The
Speaker of the House of Representatives," who shall, immediately
after the organization of the House, and before proceeding to other
business, open and publish the same in the presence of a majority of
each house of the General Assembly, who shall, for that purpose,
assemble in the hall of the House of Representatives. The person
having the highest number of votes for either of said offices shall be
declared duly elected; but if two or more have an equal and the
highest number of votes, the General Assembly shall, by joint ballot,
choose one of such persons for said office. Contested elections for all
of said offices shall be determined by both houses of the General As-
sembly, by joint ballot, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE VI.
COURTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE ELECTION TERM.] Section 6. At the time of
voting on the adoption of this Constitution, one judge of the Supreme
Court shall be elected by, the electors thereof in each of said dis-
tricts numbered two, three, six and seven, who shall hold his office
for the term of nine years, from the first Monday of June in the year

of our Lord 1870. The term of offices of judges of Supreme Court,
elected after the adoption of this Constitution, shall be nine years;
and on the first Monday of June of the year in which the term of any
of the judges in office at the adoption of this Constitution, or of the
judges then elected, shall expire, and every nine years thereafter, there
shall be an election for the successor or successors of such judges, in
the respective districts wherein the terms of such judges shall expire.
The chief justice shall continue to act as such until the expiration -ef-
the term for which he was elected, after which the judges shall choose
one of their number chief justice.

*CLERK ELECTION TERM.] Section 10. At the time of the elec-
tion for Representatives in the General Assembly, happening next
preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the present clerks
of said court, one clerk of said court for each division shall be
elected, whose term of office shall be six years from said election, but
who shall not enter upon the duties of his office until the expiration
of the term of his predecessor, and every six years thereafter one
clerk of said court for each division shall be elected.*

TIMES OF HOLDING COURT ELECTION OF CIRCUIT JUDGES.] ' SeC-

tion 14. The General Assembly shall provide for the times of holding
court in each county, which shall not be changed, except by the Gen-
eral Assembly next preceding the general election for judges of said
courts, but additional terms may be provided for in any county. The
election for judges of the circuit courts shall be held on the first
Monday in June, in the year of our Lord 1873, an< ^ every six years
thereafter.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES.

ELECTION.] Section 21. Justices of the peace, police magistrates
and constables shall be elected in and for such districts, as are, or
may be provided by law, and the jurisdiction of such justices of the
peace and police magistrates shall be uniform.

STATE'S ATTORNEY.

ELECTION TERM.] Section 22. At the election for members of
the General Assembly in the year of our Lord 1872, and every four
years thereafter, there shall be elected a State's attorney in and for
each county, in lieu of the State's attorneys now provided by law,
whose term of office shall be four years.

COURTS OF COOK COUNTY.

COUNTY DECLARED ONE CIRCUIT.] Section 23. The county of Cook
shall be one judicial circuit. The circuit court of Cook county shall
consist of five judges until their number shall be increased as herein
provided. The present judge of the recorder's court of the city of
Chicago and the present judge of the circuit court of Cook county
shall be two of said judges and shall remain in office for the
terms for which they were respectively elected, and until their suc-

* Under authority conferred by section 4, article VI, of Constitution, the General Assembly
in 1897, provided for the election of a single clerk. See section 3a, ch. 37, R. S.

cessors shall be elected and qualified. The Superior Court of Chicago
shall be continued, and called the Superior Court of Cook county. The
General Assembly may increase, the number of said judges by adding
one to either of said courts for every additional 50,000 inhabitants in
said county, over and above a population of 400,000. The terms of
office of the judges of said courts hereafter elected, shall be six
years.

CLERKS OF COURTS OF COOK COUNTY.] Section 27. The present
clerk of the recorder's court of the city of Chicago shall be the clerk
of the criminal court of Cook county, during the term for which he
was elected. The present clerks of the Superior Court of Chicago,
and the present clerk of the circuit court of Cook county, shall con-
tinue in office during the terms for which they were respectively
elected ; and thereafter there shall be but one clerk of the Superior
Court, to be elected by the qualified electors of said county, who shall
hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor is
elected and qualified.

ARTICLE VIII.

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.] Section 5. There may be a county
superintendent of schools, in each county, whose qualifications, powers,
duties, compensation and time and manner of election and term of
office shall be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE X.

NO TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.] Section 6.

At the first election of county judges, under this Constitution, there
shall be elected in each of the counties in this State, not under town-
ship organization, three officers, who shall be styled, "the board of
county commissioners," who shall hold sessions for the transaction
of county business as shall be provided by law. One of said commis-
sioners shall hold his office for one year, one for two years, and one
for three years, to be determined by lot, and every year thereafter
one such officer shall be elected in each of said counties for the term
of three years.

COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.] Section 7. The county affairs
of Cook county shall be managed by a board of commissioners of
15 persons, ten of whom shall be elected from the city of Chicago and
five from towns outside of said city, in such manner as may be provided
by law.

ARTICLE IV.

ELIGIBILITY.

ELIGIBILITY TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.] Section 3. No person shall
be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years,
or a Representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-
one years. No person shall be a Senator or Representative who
shall not be a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have

been for five years a resident of this State, and for two years next
preceding his election a resident within the territory forming the dis-
trict from which he is elected. No judge or clerk of any court, Secre-
tary of State, Attorney General, State's attorney, recorder, sheriff, or
collector of public revenue, member of either house of Congress, or
person holding any lucrative office under the United States or this
State, or any foreign government, shall have a seat in the General
Assembly: 'Provided, that appointments in the militia and the officers
of notary public and justice of the peace shall not be considered -
lucrative. Nor shall any person holding any office of honor or profit
under any foreign government, or under the government of the United
States (except postmasters whose annual compensation does not ex-
ceed the sum of $300), hold any office of honor or profit under the au-
thority of this State.

DISQUALIFICATION FOR ALL OFFICERS.] Section 4. No person who-
has been, or hereafter shall be, convicted of bribery, perjury or other
infamous crime, nor any person who has been, or may be, a collector
or holder of public moneys, who shall not have accounted for and
paid over, according to law, all such moneys due from him, shall be
eligible to the General Assembly, or to any office of profit or trust in
this State.

ARTICLE V.

TREASURER TERM SECURITY.] Section 2. The Treasurer shall
hold his office for the term of two years and until his successor is
elected and qualified, and shall be ineligible to said office for two
years next after the end of the term for which he was elected. He
may be required by the Governor to give reasonable additional security^
and in default of so doing his office shall be deemed vacant.

GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OTHER STATE OFFICERS.] Sec-
tion 5. No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor or Lieu-
tenant Governor who shall not have attained the age of thirty years,
and been, for five years next preceding his election, a citizen of the
United States and of this State. Neither the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Super-
intendent of Public Instruction nor Attorney General shall be eligi-
ble to any other office during the period for which he shall have been
elected.

ARTICLE VI.

ELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE OF JUDGE.] Section 3. No person shall
be eligible to the office of judge of the Supreme Court unless he shall
be at least thirty years of age and a citizen of the United States, nor
unless he shall have resided in this State five years next preceding his
election, and be a resident of the district in which he shall be elected.

ELIGIBILITY FOR SEVERAL OFFICES.] Section 17. No person shall
be eligible to the office of judge of the circuit or any inferior court,
or to membership in the "board of county commissioners," unless he
shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and a citizen of the United

States, nor unless he shall have resided in this State five years next
preceding his election, and be a resident of the circuit, county, city,
cities or incorporated town in which he shall be elected.

OFFICERS TERM RESIDENCE DUTIES VACANCIES.] Section 32.
All officers provided for in this article shall hold their offices until
their successors shall be qualified, and they shall, respectively, reside
in the division, circuit, county or district for which they may be
elected or appointed. The terms of office of all such officers, where
not otherwise prescribed in this article, shall be four years. All
officers, where not otherwise provided for in this article, shall perform
such duties and receive such compensation as is or may be provided
by law. Vacancies in such elective offices shall be filled by election;
but where the unexpired term does not exceed one year, the vacancies
shall be filled by appointment, as follows: Of judges, by the Gov-
ernor; of clerks of courts, by the court to which the office appertains,
or by the judge or judges thereof; and of all such other offices, by
the board of supervisors or board of county commissioners in the
county where the vacancy occurs.

ARTICLE IX.

MUNICIPAL OFFICERS ELIGIBILITY SALARY.] Section n. No
person who is in default, as collector or custodian of money or prop-
erty belonging to a municipal corporation, shall be eligible to any office
in or under such corporation. The fees, salary or compensation of
no municipal officer who is elected or appointed for a definite term
of office shall be increased or diminished during such term.

ARTICLE X.

OFFICERS TERM.] Section 8. In each county there shall be
elected the following county officers, at the general election to be held
on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D., 1882. A
county judge, county clerk, sheriff and treasurer, and at the election
to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D.
1884, a coroner and clerk of the circuit court (who may be ex officio
recorder of deeds, except in counties having sixty thousand and more
inhabitants, in which counties a recorder of deeds shall be elected at
the general election in 1884). Each of said officers shall enter upon
the duties of his office, respectively, on the first Monday of December
after his election, and they shall hold their respective offices for the
term of four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified :
Provided, that no person having once been elected to the office of
sheriff or treasurer shall be eligible to re-election to said office for
four years after the expiration of the term for which he shall have
been elected.

ARTICLE V.

VACANCIES.

VACANCY SUCCESSOR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF MONEYS.] Section
20. If the office of Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Secretary

of State, Attorney General or Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the
duty of the Governor to fill the same by appointment, and the
appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and
qualified in such manner as may be provided by law. An account
shall be kept by the officers of the executive department, and of all
the public institutions of the State, of all moneys received or dis-
bursed by them, severally, from all sources, and for every service
performed, and a semi-annual report thereof be made to the Governor,
under oath; and any officer who makes a false report shall be guilty
of perjury and punished accordingly.

ARTICLE VII.

SUFFRAGE.

QUALIFICATION OF LEGAL VOTERS.] Section i. Every person hav-
ing resided in this State one year, in the county ninety days, and
in the election district thirty days next preceding any election therein,
who was an elector in this State on the first day of April, in the year
of our Lord 1848, or obtained a certificate of naturalization before any
court of record in this State prior to the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1870, or who shall be a male citizen of the United
States, above the age of 21 years, shall be entitled to vote at such
election.

BALLOT.] Section 2. All votes shall be by ballot.

VOTER PRIVILEGED FROM ARREST AND MILITARY DUTY.] Section 3.
Electors shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the
peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections,
and in going to and returning from the same. And no elector shall
be obliged to do military duty on the days of election, except in time
of war or public danger.

RESIDENCE WHEN NOT LOST.] Section 4. No elector shall be
deemed to have lost his residence in the State by reason of his ab-
sence on business of the United States, or of this State, or in the mili-
tary or naval service of the United States.

SOLDIER STATIONED HERE NOT RESIDENT.] Section 5. No soldier
seaman or marine in the army or navy of the United States shall be
deemed a resident of this State in consequence of being stationed
therein.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.] Section 6. No person shall be
elected or appointed to any office in this State, civil or military, who
is not a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have resided
in this State one year next preceding the election or appointment.

DISENFRANCHISEMENT FOR CRIME.] Section 7. The General As-
sembly shall pass laws excluding from the right of suffrage persons
convicted of infamous crimes.

STATUTORY PROVISIONS.

PUBLIC OFFICERS WHEN ELECTED.

1. ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES
ELECTION.! [ J > Ch. 4&, R. S.] That there shall be elected, by
general ticket, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem-
ber preceding the expiration of the term of office of each President of
the United States, as many electors of President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States as this State may be entitled to elect, which
election shall be conducted and returns thereof made as hereinafter
provided : Provided, that if Congress should hereafter fix a different
day for such election, then the election for electors shall be held on such
day as shall be named by Act of Congress.

2. RETURNS CANVASS TIE.] [ 2, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county
clerks of the several counties shall, within eight days next after
holding an election for electors of President and Vice President of
the United States, as is provided for in this. Act, make three copies of
the abstract of votes for electors, and transmit by mail one of said
copies to the Governor, another to the office of the Secretary of State,
and retain the third in his office, to be sent for by the Governor in
case both the others should be mislaid. Within twenty days after
the holding of such election, and sooner if all the returns are received
by either the Governor or by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
State, Auditor of Public Accounts and Treasurer, or any two of them
shall, in the presence of the Governor, proceed to open and canvass
said election returns, and to declare the persons having the highest
number of votes elected ; but should any two or more persons be
returned with an equal, and the highest vote, the said Secretary of
State shall cause a notice of the same to be published, which notice
shall name some day and place, not less than five days from the time
of the publication of such notice, upon which the said Secretary,
Auditor and Treasurer will decide by lot which of said persons so
equal and highest is elected. And upon the day and at the place so
appointed in said notice, the said Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer,
or any two of them, shall, in the presence of the Governor, decide by
lot which of the persons so equal and highest shall be elected.

3. RESULT TO BE PUBLISHED CERTIFICATE TO BE SENT PERSON
ELECTED.] [ 3, Ch. 46, R. S.] The Governor shall cause the result
of said election to be published, and shall transmit by mail, to the per-
sons elected, certificates of their election.

4. MEETING OF ELECTORS MILEAGE.] [ 4, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
electors, chosen as aforesaid, shall meet at the seat of government of
this State, at the time appointed by the laws of the United States, and
give their votes in, in the manner therein provided, and perform such
duties as are or may be required by law. Each elector shall receive
for every twenty miles necessary travel in going to the seat of gov-
ernment to give his vote, and returning to his residence, to be com-
puted by the most usual route, the sum of three dollars, to be paid,
on the warrant of the Auditor, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.

5. VACANCY FILLED.] [ 5, Ch. 46, R. S.] In case any person de-
clared duly elected an elector of President and Vice President of the
United States shall fail to attend at the State House, at the seat of
government of this State at or before the hour of twelve o'clock, at
noon, of the day on which his vote is required to be given, it shall be
the duty of the elector or electors of President and Vice President,
attending at the time and place, to appoint a person or persons to fill
such vacancy: Provided, that should the person or persons chosen
by the people, as aforesaid, arrive at the place aforesaid before the
votes for President and Vice President are actually given, the person
or persons appointed to fill such vacancy shall not act as elector of
President and Vice President.

STATE OFFICERS.

6. GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE, AUDI-
TOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.] [ 7, Ch. 46,

R. S.] The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Auditor of Public Accounts and Attorney General shall be elected
on Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, of the year of
our Lord 1872, and every four years thereafter.

7. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.] [ 8, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be elected on .Tues-
day next after the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord
1874, and every four years thereafter.

8. STATE TREASURER.] [ 9, Ch. 46, R. S.] The State Treasurer
shall be elected on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November,
in the year of our Lord 1872, and every two years thereafter.

9. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.] [ 17 and 18,
Ch. 144, R. S.] There shall be elected on Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November, in the year of our Lord 1888, and every two
year thereafter, three trustees of the University of Illinois, whose
term of office shall be six years from the second Tuesday of March
next succeeding the dates of their several elections, and until their
successors shall have been elected and qualified.

10. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.] [ 6, Ch. 46, R. S.] Repre-
sentatives in Congress shall be elected on Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November, in the year of our Lord 1872 and every
two years thereafter; but if Congress shall fix a different day, then such
election shall be held on the day so fixed by Congress.

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11. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.] [ 26, Ch. 46, R. S.] There
shall be elected in each Congressional district, on Tuesday next after
the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord 1872, and
every four years thereafter, a member of the State Board of Equal-
ization.

12. STATE SENATORS.] [ 14, Ch. 46, R. S.] State Senators shall
be elected as follows, to-wit : Those in districts bearing even numbers
shall be elected on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November,
in the year of our Lord 1872, and every four years thereafter. Those
in districts bearing odd numbers shall be elected on Tuesday next after
the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord 1874, and every
four years thereafter.

13. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.] [ 15, Ch.
46, R. S.] Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected
on Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in the year of
our Lord 1872, and every two years thereafter.

JUDGES.

14. JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.] [ 10, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
judges of the Supreme Court shall be elected as follows, to-wit: In
the First, Second, Third, Sixth and Seventh districts, on the first
Monday of June, in the year of our Lord 1879, and every nine years
thereafter. In the Fourth district, on the first Monday in June, in
the year of our Lord 1876, and every nine years thereafter. In the
Fifth district, on the first Monday in June, in the year of our Lord
1873, an d every nine years thereafter.

15. JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.] [ 7id, 72 and 74, Ch. 37,
R. S.] The judges of the circuit court, three for each circuit out-
side the county of Cook, and fourteen (14) in the county of Cook,
shall be elected on the first Monday in June, in the year of our Lord
1897, and every six vears thereafter.

16. JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY.] [Act Feb.
16, 1907, L 1907. p. 262.] That each of the sitting judges of the super-
ior court of Cook county shall hold his office until the expiration of the
term for which he was elected ; and from and after the passage of this
Act the twelve (12) judges of the superior court of Cook county shall
be elected as follows: Six (6) judges on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November in the year of our Lord 1910, and every six
(6) years thereafter, and four (4) judges on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November in the year of our Lord 1911, and every
six (6) years thereafter, and one (i) judge on the first. Tuesday in
April, in the year of our Lord 1907, and every six (6) years thereafter,
and one (i) judge on the first Monday in June in the year of our Lord
1909, and every six (6) years thereafter.

Each of the judges so elected as herein provided shall enter upon
the duties of his office on the first Monday in December next after his
election and shall hold office for a term of six (6) years and until his
successor is elected and qualified.

17. ELECTION OF COUNTY JUDGES.] [ 16, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
county judge, in each county, shall be elected on Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November, 1882, and every four years thereafter
and shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first Monday of
December after his election, and shall hold his office until his succes-
sor is elected and qualified.

1 8. JUDGES OF COURTS OF PROBATE.] [ 216 and 218, Ch. 37, R. S.]
A judge of the probate court, in each county having a population o
seventy thousand or more, shall be elected on Tuesday after the first
Monday of November, at the same election at which the county judge
is elected, and every fourth year thereafter, and shall enter upon the
duties of his office on the first Monday of December after his election,
and shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified.

19. JUDGES OF CITY COURTS.] [ 244, Ch. 37, R. S.] Judges of
city courts shall be elected in the same manner that the city officers
of such city are elected, but not at the same time, and shall hold their
offices for the term of four years, and until their successors are elected
and qualified.

CLERKS.

20. CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT.] [ 3a, Ch. 37, and 11, Ch.
46, R. S.] A clerk of the Supreme Court shall be elected on Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord
1902, and every six years thereafter.

21. CLERK OF THE APPELLATE COURT.] [ 20, Ch. 37, R. S.] One
clerk of the appellate court shall be elected in each appellate court
district; on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November,
1878, and every six years thereafter. Said clerk shall be commissioned
by the Governor.

22. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.] [ 18, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
clerks of the circuit court shall be elected on Tuesday next after the
first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord 1872, and every
four years thereafter.

23. CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY.] [ 19, Ch.
46, R. S.] The clerk of the superior court of Cook county shall be
elected on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, A. D.
1884, an d every four years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties
of his office on the first Monday of December after his election.

24. CLERK OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF COOK COUNTY.] [ 20, Ch.
46, R. S.] The clerk of the criminal court of Cook county shall be
elected on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, 1886,
and every four years thereafter.

25. COUNTY CLERKS.]. [ 16, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county clerks,
in each county, shall be elected on Tuesday next after the first Mon-
day of November, A. D. 1882, and every four years thereafter, and
shall enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday of De-
cember after their election.

26. PROBATE CLERKS.] [ 228, Ch. 37, R. S.] A clerk of probate
court, in each county where such court is established, shall be elected

at the same time as the probate judge is elected, and every four years
thereafter, and shall hold office until his successor is elected and qual-
ified.

27. CLERK OF THE CITY COURT.] [246, Ch. 37, R. S.] There
shall be elected, in like manner as judges are elected, for each city court
established by law, a clerk who shall hold his office for the term of
four years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.

COUNTY OFFICERS.

28. SHERIFFS.] [17, Ch. 46, R. S.] The sheriff, in each county,
shall be elected on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November,
A. D. 1882, and every four years thereafter, and shall enter upon the
duties of his office on the first Monday of December after his election.

29. CORONERS.] [ 17, Ch. 46, R. S.] A coroner, in each county,
shall be elected on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of No-
vember, A. D. 1884, and every four years thereafter, and shall enter
upon the duties of his office on the first Monday of December after
his election.

30. CLERKS OF CIRCUIT COURTS.] [ 18, Ch. 46, R. S.] The clerks
of the circuit courts shall "be elected on Tuesday next after the first
Monday of November, in the year of our Lord 1872, and every four
years thereafter.

31. COUNTY TREASURERS.] [ 21 and 22, Ch. 46, R. S.] County
treasurers shall be elected on Tuesday next after the first Monday of
November, 1882, and every four years thereafter ; they shall enter upon
the duties of their office on the first Monday of December after their
election. No person having once been elected county treasurer shall
be eligible to re-election to said office for four years after the expira-
tion of the term for which he shall have been elected.

32. COUNTY SURVEYORS.] [ 23, Ch. 46, R. S.] A county sur-
veyor shall be elected in and for each county on Tuesday next after
the first Monday of November, in the year 1884, and every four years
thereafter, and shall enter upon his office on the first Monday in De-
cember after his election.

33. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.] [ 24, Ch. 46, R. S.]
County superintendents of schools shall be elected on Tuesday next
after the first Monday of November 1882, and every four years there-
after ; they shall enter upon their offices on the first Monday of De-
cember after their election.

34. STATE'S ATTORNEYS.] [ 25, Ch. 46, R. S.] A State's attor-
ney shall be elected in each county on Tuesday next after the first
Monday of November, 1884, and every four years thereafter, and
shall enter upon his office on the first Monday in December after his
election.

35. RECORDERS OF DEEDS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.] [ 27, Ch. 46,
R. S.] In counties having a population of 60,000 or more there shall
be elected a recorder of deeds, on Tuesday next after the first Monday
of November, in the year of our Lord 1872, and every four years
thereafter.

36. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.] [ 28, Ch. 46, R. S.] In counties
not under township organization there shall be elected, on Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November in each year, one county
commissioner, who shall hold his office for the term of three years.

37. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COOK COUNTY.] [ 60 and 61, Ch.
34, R. S.] On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
A. D. 1894, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected in
Cook county fifteen (15) county commissioners, who shall hold their
offices, respectively, for the term of two years and until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified. Ten of said commissioners shall be
elected from the city of Chicago, by the legal voters of said city, and
five of said commissioners shall be elected from the towns outside of
said city, by the legal voters of said towns. Every legal voter in said
county may vote for and designate (upon his ballot cast for county
commissioners) one of the candidates for commissioner to be presi-
dent of the county board ; and the person who shall receive the high-
est number of such votes shall be declared elected president of such
board. Terms of office of said commissioners shall begin on the first
Monday of December after their election. Each of the commission-
ers shall have been a resident of said county for five years next pre-
ceding his election.

38. JUSTICES AND CONSTABLES.] [ i, Ch. 79, R. S.] That on
the first Tuesday in April, A. D. 1897, and at each quadrennial elec-
tion for town officers thereafter, there shall be elected in each town
in counties under township organization (except as to justices of the
peace in the city of Chicago^ in Cook county), and on Tuesday next
after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1897, and on the same day
quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected in each election pre-
cinct in counties not under township organization, two justices of the
peace and two constables, and one justice of the peace and one con-
stable for every 1,000 inhabitants exceeding 2,000 inhabitants of such
town or precinct: Provided, no more than five justices of the peace
and five constables shall be elected in any town or precinct, and that
in towns containing any portion of the city of Chicago, there shall be
elected one additional constable for each additional 10,000 inhabitants
of such towns exceeding 10,000 inhabitants and no more. The term
of office of justices of the peace and constables shall be for four years
and until their successors are elected and qualified. In counties
under township organization their terms shall commence on the first
Monday in May, and in counties not under township organization on
the first Monday in December after their election. No justice of the
peace shall hold the office of police magistrate.

ARTICLE II.

ELECTION PRECINCTS AND OFFICERS.

i. PRECINCTS.] [ 29, Ch. 46, R. S.] In counties not under
township organization, the election precincts shall remain as now
established until changed by the board of county commissioners, but
said county board may, from time to time, change the boundaries of
election precincts and establish new ones. In counties under town-
ship organization, each town shall constitute an election precinct.

2. CHANGE OF ELECTION PRECINCTS DIVIDING PRECINCTS INTO

DISTRICTS POLLING PLACES AT SOLDIERS' HOMES.] [ 30, Ch.< 46,

R. S.] The county board in each county shall, at its regular meet-
ing in the month of June, or an adjourned meeting in the month of
July, 1903, divide its election precincts which contain more than
four hundred and fifty (450) voters, into election districts, so that
each district shall contain, as near as may be practicable, four hun-
dred (400) voters, and not more in any case than four hundred anJ
fifty (450). Said district shall be composed of contiguous territory,
and in as compact form as can be for the convenience of the electors
voting therein. The several county boards in establishing said dis-
tricts, shall describe them by metes and bounds, and number them.
And so often thereafter as it shall appear by the number of votes
cast at the general election held in November of any year, that any
election district or undivided election precinct contatins more than
four hundred and fifty (450) voters, the county board of the county
in which said district or precinct may be, shall, at its regular meet-
ing in the month of June or an adjourned meeting in the month of
July, next, after such November election, redivide or readjust such
election district, or election precinct, so that no district or election
precinct shall contain more than the number of votes above specified.
If, for any reason, said county board shall fail in any year to redivide
or readjust said election districts or election precincts, then said dis-
tricts or precincts as then existing, shall continue until the next
regular June meeting of said county board ; at which regular June
meeting, or an adjourned meeting in the month of July, said county
board shall redivide or readjust said election districts, or election
precincts in manner as herein required. And on or before the first [ist]
day of September, 1903, the county clerk in each county shall make
a correct list of all election districts and election precincts into which
the county is divided, designating each by its name or number, or
name and number as the case may be, and forward said list to the
Secretary of State ; and, thereafter, when at any meeting of the county
board any redi vision, readjustment or change in name or number of
election districts or election precincts, is made by the said county
board, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to immediately notify
the Secretary of State of such redivision, readjustment or change.
The county board in every case shall fix and establish the places for
holding elections in its respective county, and all general and special
elections, town meeting elections or town elections, shall be held at
the places so fixed. The said polling places shall in all cases be upon
the ground floor in the front room, the entrance to which is in a
highway or public street, which is at least forty (40) feet wide, and
is as near to the center of the voting population of the district as is
practicable, and for the convenience of the greatest number of elec-
tors to vote thereat; and in no case shall an election be held in any
room used or occupied by a saloon, dram shop, bowling alley or as a
place of resort for idlers and disreputable persons, billar [billiard]
hall, or in any room connected therewith by doors or hallways. No
person shall be permitted to vote at any election, except in the district
in which he resides : Provided, that the county board may, if it deem

it for the best interest of the voters of any town or precinct, divide
any election precinct which contains more than three hundred (300)
legal voters, into two election precincts, said precincts to contain as
near two hundred (200) voters as is possible: Provided, further,
that it shall be the duty of the county board in each county where
any State soldiers' and sailors' home or homes or any national
home for disabled volunteer soldiers are located, the inhabitants of
which are entitled to vote, to fix and establish the place or places
for holding such election or elections, at some convenient and com-
fortable place or places easy of access on the ground or grounds, and
within the enclosures where such State soldiers' and sailors' home or
homes, or national home for disabled volunteer soldiers are located.

ELECTION OFFICERS.

3. JUDGES HOW APPOINTED.] [ 32, Ch. 46, R. S.] In counties
not under township organization, the county board of commission-
ers shall at its regular (or at a special) meeting in the month of
June or July in each year, appoint in each election precinct or
district, as the case may require (where judges have not been
elected therein) three capable and discreet electors to be judges
of election. No more than two persons of the same political party
shall be appointed judges of the same election district or undivided
precinct. The appointment shall be made in the following manner:
The members of said county board of commissioners who represent
the political party having the greatest number of votes on said county
board of commissioners, being less than the whole number, shall
select (and the county board of commissioners shall appoint such
selection when made) two persons, who are legal voters, as judges of
election in each election precinct or district in said county which gave
in the preceding general election in said election precinct or district
the higher number of votes to said political party having the greatest
number of votes upon said county board of commissioners, and shall
also select one person, who is a legal voter, as judge of election in each
of the other election precincts or districts in said county, which at the
preceding general election gave in said election precinct or district,
the second higher number of votes to said political party having the
greatest number of votes on said county board of commissioners.
The member of the county board of commissioners who represents the
political party having the next highest number of votes upon said
county board of commissioners shall have the power and authority to
select (and the county board of commissioners shall appoint such
selection when made) two persons who are legal voters as judges of
election in each election precinct or district, which at the preceding
general election gave in said election precinct or district, the
higher number of votes to said political party having the next highest
number of votes upon said county board of commissioners and said
member of the county board of commissioners representing said
political party having the next highest number of votes upon said
county board of commissioners shall also' select, and the county boarJ

of commissioners shall appoint the said selection, when made, one
person, who is a legal voter, as judge of election in each of the other
election precincts or districts in said county. In case the three mem-
bers of the county board of commissioners represent three different
political parties, then in that case, the member of the county board of
commissioners representing the political party casting the highest
number of votes at the preceding general election in any election pre-
cinct or district shall select the two judges of election to serve in such
election precinct or district, and the member of the county board of
commissioners who may represent the political party casting the next
highest number of votes at the preceding general election in any
election precinct or district, shall select the one judge of election to
serve in such election precinct or district: Provided, that if any
county board of commissioners shall be composed of members who
belong to any one political party entirely, then in that case the chair-
man of the county central committee of the political party casting the
highest or next highest number of votes at the last preceding general
election in each election precinct or district shall select the two judges
of election, or the one judge of election, as the case may be, and the
county board of commissioners shall appoint the said judge or judges
of election so selected by the chairman of the above mentioned county
central committee. Said election judges shall hold their office for one
year from their appointment, and until their successors are duly ap-
pointed in the manner heretofore provided. The said county board
of commissioners shall fill all vacancies in said office of judge of
election at any time in the manner heretofore provided.

4. QUALIFICATIONS OF JUDGES.] [31, Ch. 46, R. S.] Every
person elected or chosen judge of election shall be of fair character,
approved integrity, well informed, who can read, write and speak the
English language, and has resided in the election precinct or dis-
trict, in which he is to serve, for one year next preceding the election,
and is entitled to vote therein at such election.

5. JUDGES OF COUNTIES UNDER TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.] [ 33,
Ch. 46, R. S.] In counties under township organization the county
board shall, at its regular (or at a special) meeting in the month of
June of each year, except when such judges and clerks are appointed
by election commissioners, appoint in each election precinct or dis-
trict in the county, three capable and discreet electors to be judges of
election, and who shall possess the qualifications required by this Act
for such judges. No more than two persons of the same political
party shall be appointed judges in the same election district or undi-
vided precinct. The town supervisor shall be appointed as one of such
judges of election in the district or precinct in which he resides. The
appointment of the remaining judges of election in the various elec-
tion precincts and districts shall be made in the following manner :

The members of the county board of supervisors belonging to the
political party having the greatest number of votes upon said county
board of supervisors shall elect (and the county board shall appoint
the selection so made) the majority of the election judges in each
election district or precinct in each township in which said political

party cast the highest number of votes at the preceding general elec-
tion for Governor, and shall also select (and the county board shall
appoint the selection so made) the minority judge of election in each
election district or precinct in each township in which said political
party cast the second highest number of votes for Governor at the
preceding general election. The members of the county board of
supervisors belonging to the political party having the second greatest
number of votes upon said county board of supervisors shall select
(and the county board shall appoint the selection so made) the major-"
ity of the election judges in each election district or precinct in each
township in which said political party cast the highest number of
votes at the preceding general election for Governor, and shall also
select (and the county board shall appoint the selection so made) the
minority election judge in the election district or precinct in each
township in which said political party cast the second highest
number of votes at the preceding general election for Governor :
Provided, that if the county board of supervisors shall be composed
of members who belong to any one political party entirely, then, in
that case, the chairman of the county central committee of the other
political party casting the next highest number of votes in said
county at the preceding general election is hereby empowered and
authorized to make the selection of the minority judge of election,
who shall serve in each of the election districts or precincts in said
county, and the members of the county board of supervisors are here-
by directed to make the appointment of said minority judges of elec-
tion for each election district or precinct as selected by the chairman
of the above mentioned county central committee: And, provided,
further^ that where the county board shall be equally divided and
two political parties shall be represented by an equal number of mem-
bers, the selection and appointment of such judges of election shall
be made as in the case where there is a majority of members on the
county board belonging to one political party. The members repre-
senting the political party casting the highest number of votes in a
township at the preceding election for Governor shall select the ma-
jority judges of election in said township, and the members repre-
senting the political party that cast the second highest number of
votes at the preceding election for Governor in said township shall
select the minority judges of election in said township, and the county
board shall appoint the selection so made: And, provided, further,
that where a supervisor shall be elected in a township, said
supervisor representing a political party that neither has the highest
nor second highest number of votes for members on the said county
board, the said supervisor shall be authorized and empowered to
select a majority of the judges of election in the precincts or election
districts in said township, such persons to represent the same political
faith or belief as said supervisor, and the county board shall appoint
the selection so made. The members of the county board represent-
ing the political party casting the second highest number of votes in
said township at the preceding general election for Governor shall

select the minority judges of election in said township and the county
board shall appoint the selection so made. Such judges of elections
shall hold their office for one year from their appointment and until
their successors are duly appointed in the manner hereinbefore pro-
vided. The said county board of supervisors shall fill all vacancies
in said office of judges of elections at any time, in the manner here-
inbefore provided.

6. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.] [ 34, Ch. 46, R. S.] Immediately
on the appointment of such judges, the county clerk shall make out
and deliver to the sheriff of the county, a notice thereof, directed to
each person so appointed, and the sheriff shall, within twenty days
after the receipt of such notices deliver the same to the several judges
so appointed.

7. TERM OF OFFICE.] [35, Ch. 46, R. S.] The judges so ap-
pointed shall be and continue judges of all general and special elections
held within their respective precincts or districts until other judges shall
be appointed in like manner.

8. VACANCIES FILLED.] [ 36, Ch. 46, R. S.] If, at the time for
the opening of any election, any person appointed or constituted a
judge of election shall not be present, or will not act or take the oath
to act in such capacity, the judge or judges present may appoint
some other qualified elector to act in his place. If there be no judge
of election present, or he refuses to act, such electors of the precinct
or district as may then be present at the place of election, may fill
the places of such judges by election from their number. The judges
so appointed shall have the same power and be subject to the same
penalties as other judges of election.

9. CLERKS OF ELECTION.] [ 37, Ch. 46, R. S.] Each judge of
election shall choose a person having the qualifications of a judge of
election, to act as clerk of election, who may continue to act as such
during the pleasure of the_ judge making such appointment.

10. OATH.] [ 38, Ch. 46, R. S.] Previous to any votes being
taken, the judges and clerks of the election shall severally subscribe
and take an oath or affirmation in the following form, to-wit:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirrn, as the case may be) that I will
support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of
the State of Illinois, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties
of the office of judge of election (or clerk, as the case may be) as-
cording to the best of my ability, and that I have resided in this election
district for one year next preceding this election, and am entitled
to vote at this election."

11. BY WHOM ADMINISTERED.] [ 39, Ch. 46, R. S.] In case
there shall be no judge or justice of the peace present at the opening
of the election, or in case such judge or justice shall be appointed a
judge or clerk of election, it shall be lawful for the judges of the
election to administer the oath or affirmation to each other, and to
the clerks of election, and the person administering such oath or
affirmation shall cause an entry thereof to be made and subscribed by
him and prefixed to each poll book.

12. CONSTABLES COUNTY BOARD OR JUDGES, MAY APPOINT.]
[ 43, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county board may appoint one or more con-
stables to attend each place of holding elections and preserve order
during the election; if no constable is appointed by the county board
to attend any place of holding election, or if others shall be necessary
to preserve order, the judges of election may appoint one or more
constables for that purpose.

13. SPECIAL CONSTABLE.] [ 44, Ch. 46, R. S.] The judges_of_
election may appoint any suitable person to act as a special con-
stable during the election.

14. SUPPRESSION OF RIOT, ETC. ARREST.] [ 45, Ch. 46, R. S.]
Any constable attending such election may call to his aid a sufficient
number of citizens to arrest any disorderly person or suppress any
riot or disorder during the election. Whoever conducts himself in a
riotous or disorderly manner at any election, and persists in such con-
duct after being warned to desist, may be arrested without warrant.

ARTICLE III.

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.

1. BOARD OF REGISTRATION MEETING REGISTER.] [ 135, Ch.
46, R. S.] The persons authorized by law, or appointed pursuant to any
town or city ordinance, to act as judges or inspectors of elections in any
town, city or ward, or other election district or precinct shall constitute
a "board of registry" for their respective towns, cities, wards, districts
or precincts, and shall meet on Tuesday, three weeks preceding any
State election, at 9 :oo o'clock a. m., and proceed to make a list, as here-
inafter prescribed, of all persons qualified and entitled to vote at the
ensuing election in the election district of which they are judges, or in-
spectors, which list when completed shall constitute and be known as
the "register''' of electors of said election district. In election districts
in towns which lie wholly within the limits of an incorporated city, a
register of electors shall be made for all elections, whether general,
special, local or municipal, in the same manner as herein provided in
the case of State elections.

2. MANNER OF MAKING REGISTER, ETC. FIRST MEETING.] [ 136,
Ch. 46, R. S.] Said registers shall each contain a list of the persons
so qualified and entitled to vote in said election district, alphabetically
arranged according to their respective surnames, so as to show, in one
column, the name in full length, and in another column in cities, the
residence by the number of the dwelling, if there be a number, and
the name of the street or other location of the dwelling place of each
person. It shall be the duty of said board to enter in said list the
names of all persons residing in their election district, whose names
appear on the poll list kept in said district at the last preceding elec-
tion in cities the number of the dwelling and the name of the street
or other location, if the same shall be known to or can be ascertained
by such board and for this purpose said board is authorized to take
from the office in which they are filed the poll lists made and filed by
the judges or inspectors of such district, at the election held next prior

to the making of such register. In making said list, the board shall en-
ter thereon in addition to the names on the poll lists, the names of all
other persons who are well known to them to be electors in said dis-
trict ; and the names of all persons on the poll lists who have died or
removed from the district shall be omitted from the register. The
said board shall complete, as far as practicable, the said register on
the day of its meeting aforesaid, and shall make two copies thereof,
and certify the register and each of the copies to be a true list of
the voters in said district, so far as the same are known. Within two
days thereafter, the said original list, together with the list taken from
the office, as aforesaid, shall be filed by said board in the office of the
town clerk of the town in which said election district may be, but in
counties not adopting township organization, said lists shall be filed
with the judges or inspectors of election in the proper district, or, if
such election district is in a city, then it shall be filed in the office of the
city clerk of said city. And one copy of said list shall be kept by one
of said judges or inspectors, and carefully preserved by him for use on
the day or days hereinafter mentioned, for the revision and correction
of the same. One copy of said list shall, immediately after its com-
pletion, be posted in some conspicuous place where the last preceding
election in said district was held, and be accessible to any elector who
may desire to examine the same or make copies thereof.

3. NEW ELECTION DISTRICTS.] [ 137, Ch. 46, R. S.] In case a
new election district shall be formed by the organization of a new
town, or by the division of any town or ward, or the incorporation of a
city or town, the judges or inspectors of election in the new district thus
formed may make their registry of electors on the day prescribed by this
Act, in such a manner as a majority of them may direct, and for that
purpose may make a list, or cause to be made a certified copy of the poll
list or lists of the district in which such new district is situated, or
they may dispense with such list or lists and proceed to make a register
of electors from the best means at their command. Said lists shall
only embrace the names of such persons as are known to them to be
electors in said new district, and shall be posted up and copies thereof
made, as prescribed in the preceding section, and shall be corrected
in the same manner that other lists are corrected.

4. REVISING REGISTER SECOND MEETING.] [ 138, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The said board shall again meet on Tuesday of the week preceding
the said elections, in their respective election districts, at the place
designated for holding the polls of the election, for the purpose of
revising, correcting and completing said list; and for this purpose, in
cities, they shall meet at 8:00 o'clock in the morning and remain in
session until 9:00 o'clock p. m., and in other districts they shall meet
at 9 :oo o'clock in the morning and remain in session until 4 :oo o'clock
p. m.

5. PROCEEDINGS OPEN CORRECTIONS, ETC.] [ 139, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The proceedings of said board shall be open, and all persons residing
and entitled to vote in said district shall be entitled to be heard by said
board in relation to corrections or additions to said register. One of

the lists so kept by the judges or inspectors as aforesaid, shall be used
by them on the day or days of making corrections or additions, for the
purpose of completing the registry for such district.

6. REVISING REGISTER ADDITION OF NEW NAMES.] [ 140, Ch. 46,
R. S.] It shall be the duty of said board, at their meeting for revis-
ing and correcting said lists, to erase therefrom the name of any per-
son inserted therein who shall be proved by the oath of two legal
voters of said district, to the satisfaction of said board, to be non-
residents of said district, or otherwise not entitled to vote in said dis-
trict at the election then next to be held. Any elector residing in said
district, and entitled to vote therein, may appear before said board
and require his name to be recorded on said alphabetical list. Any
person so requiring his name to be so entered on said list shall make
the same statement as to the street and number thereof, and where he
resides, required by the provisions of this Act of persons offering their
votes at elections, and shall be subject to the same penalties for re-
fusing to give such information or for falsely giving the same, and
shall also be subject to challenge, either by the judges or inspectors, or
either of them or by any other elector whose name appears on said
alphabetical list ; and the same oaths may be administered by the judges
or inspectors as now provided in case of persons offering to vote at an
election ; and in case no challenge is made of any person requiring his
name to be entered on said alphabetical list, or in case of challenge, if
such person shall make oath that would entitle him to vote in case of
challenge at an election, then the name of any such person shall be
added to the alphabetical poll list of the last preceding year.

7. COPIES OF REGISTER FILING DELIVERY TO JUDGES VOTING

SWEARING IN VOTE, ETC.] [ 141, Ch. 46, R. S.] After said lists
shall have been fully completed, the said board shall, within three
days thereafter, cause two copies of the same to be made, each of
which shall be certified by them to be a correct list of the voters of
said district, one of which shall be filed in the office of the town clerk
of towns, and in the office of city clerks of cities, and one of which
copies shall be delivered to said judges or inspectors. It
shall be the duty of the said judges or inspectors so re-
ceiving such list, carefully to preserve the said list for their
use on election day, and to designate two of their number,
at the opening of the polls, to check the name of every voter voting
in such district whose name is on the register. 'No vote shall be re-
ceived at any State election if the name of the person offering to
vote be not on the said register made on the Tuesday preceding the
election, unless the person offering to vote shall furnish to the judges
of the election his affidavit, in writing, stating therein that he is an
inhabitant of said district and entitled to vote therein at such elec-
tion, and prove by the oath of a householder and registered voter of
the district in which he offers to vote that he knows such person to
be an inhabitant of the district, and, if in any city, giving the resi-
dence of such person within said district. The oath may be admin-
istered by one of the judges or inspectors of the election, at the poll
where the vote shall be offered, or by any other person authorized to
administer oaths, but no person shall be authorized to receive compen-

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sation for administering the oath. Said oath shall be preserved and
filed in the office of the town or city clerk, or in case there be no clerk,
then said oath shall be filed with and preserved by the judges or in-
spectors of the proper district. Any person may be challenged, and
the same oaths shall be put as are now or hereafter may be pre-
scribed by law.

8. POLL LIST AND REGISTER TO BE FILED.] [ 143, Ch. 46, R. S.]
After the canvass of the votes, one of said poll lists and said registers
so kept and checked, as aforesaid, shall be attached together and
shall be, on the following day, filed in the town or city clerk's office
(as the case may be) in which said district may be, or in case there
be no such clerk, then such poll lists and register shall be filed with
and preserved by the judges or inspectors to be used by the board of
registry in making the list of voters at the next State election ; the other
of the said poll lists and registers, so kept and checked, shall be re-
turned to the office of the county clerk of the county in which said dis-
trict may be, at the same time the returns of the election are made.

9. REGISTERS OPEN TO INSPECTION.] [ 144, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
registers shall at all times be open to public inspection, at the office
of the authorities in which they shall be deposited, without charge.

10. PRESERVING ORDER.] [ 146, Ch. 46, R. S.] The said board
shall have and exercise the same power in preserving order at their
meetings, under this Act, as are given to judges or inspectors of elec-
tions for preserving order on election days ; and vacancies in said board
shall be filled in the same manner that vacancies are now filled at
elections.

11. BLANKS TO BE FURNISHED.] [ 148, Ch. 46, R. S.I The
necessary blanks for making the registers required by law shall be
prepared by the Secretary of State, and transmitted to the persons
entitled to receive them, in the same manner that blank returns of
elections are now transmitted.

12. EXCEPTIONS.] This article does not apply to cities, villages
and incorporated towns that have adopted an Act entitled. "An Act
regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof
in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State," approved
June 19, 1885.

ARTICLE TV.

COMPENSATION OF ELECTION OFFICERS.

1. JUDGES AND CLERKS.] [ 63, Ch. 46, R. S.] All judges and
clerks of election in counties of the first and second class shall be
allowed the sum of three (3) dollars per day for their services, and
judges and clerks of election in counties of the third class the sum
of five (5) dollars each per day for their services.

2. SPECIAL CONSTABLE.] [ 44, Ch. 46, R. S.] Constables serving
at elections, by appointment of the county board or of the judges of
election, shall be paid out of the county treasury not exceeding two
dollars for each day's services.

3. BOARD OF REGISTRATION.] [ 145, Ch. 46, R. S.] Members of
the board of registration shall each receive two dollars per day for

each day actually employed, not exceeding two" days, in the making
and completion of the registry.

4. MODE OF PAYMENT.] [ 75 and 145, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county
clerk, on receipt of the returns of any general or special election, shall
make out his certificate, stating the compensation to which members of
the board of registration and judges and clerks of election are entitled
for their services, and lay the same before the county board at its
next session; and said board shall order the compensation aforesjaid_
to be paid out of the county treasury.

ARTICLE V.

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.

1. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.] [ 290, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any
convention of delegates and any caucus or meeting of qualified voters
as hereinafter defined, and individual voters to the number and in
the manner hereinafter specified, may nominate candidates for politi-
cal office, whose names shall be placed upon the ballots to be fur-
nished as hereinafter provided: Provided, that in any county, city,
village or incorporated town, respectively, in which an Act entitled,
"An Act providing for primary elections of delegates to nominating
conventions of political parties or organizations, and to promote the
purity thereof by regulating the conduct thereof, and to support the
privileges of free suffrage thereat by prohibiting certain acts and
practices in relation thereto, and providing for the punishment there-
of," shall be in force, no candidate nominated by any convention of
any political party or organization of any such county, city, village
or incorporated town or any part thereof, or for the Congress of the
United States, shall have his name printed on any official ballot printed
and distributed at the public expense in such county, city, village or
incorporated town, or any part thereof, unless such candidate shall
be nominated by a convention composed of delegates elected for that
purpose at the primary election of such political party last preceding
the holding of such convention, according to the Act entitled, "An
Act providing for primary elections of delegates to nominating con-
ventions of political parties or organizations and to promote the purity
thereof by regulating the conduct thereof, and to support the privi-
leges of free suffrage thereat by prohibiting certain acts and practices
in relation thereto, and providing for the punishment thereof."

2. CAUCUS NOMINATIONS CERTIFICATE AND REQUISITES.] [ 2QI,

Ch. 46, R. S.] Any convention of delegates, caucus or meeting rep-
resenting a political party which at the general election next preced-
ing polled at least two per cent of the entire vote cast in the State, or
in the electoral district or division thereof, or in the municipality
for which the nomination is made, may for the State, or for the elec-
toral district or division thereof, or municipality for which the con-
vention, caucus or meeting is held, as the case may be, by causing a
certificate of nomination to be duly filed, make one such nomination
for each office therein to be filled at the election. Every such certifi-
cate of nomination shall state such facts as are required in section
4 of this article, and shall be signed by the presiding officer and by
the secretary of the convention, caucus or meeting, who shall add to

their signatures their places of residence. Such certificates shall be
sworn to by them to be true to the best of their knowledge and belief.
and a certificate of the oath shall be annexed to the certificate of
nomination.

3. NOMINATIONS BY PETITIONS SIGNATURES.] [ 292, Ch. 46, R.
S.'J Nominations of candidates for any office to be rilled by the voters
of the State at large may also be made by nomination papers signed
in the aggregate for each candidate by not less than 1,000 qualified
voters of the State. Nominations of candidates for office within any
district or political division less than the State, and in all cities hav-
ing a poulation in excess of 5,000, may be made by nomination papers
signed in the aggregate for each candidate by qualified voters of such
district or political division, not less than one for each fifty persons
who voted at the next preceding general election in such district or
division, but in no case by less than twenty-five. In elections to be held
in a town, village, precinct or ward, and in all cities with a population
not exceeding 5,000, the signatures of voters thereof equaling 5 per
cent of the vote cast therein at the last preceding election shall be
sufficient for the nomination of a candidate who is to be voted for
only in such town, village, precinct, ward or city. Each voter signing
a nomination paper shall add to his signature his place of residence,
and each voter may subscribe to one nomination for each office to be
filled, and no more : Provided, that the name of any candidate whose
name may appear in any other place upon the ballot, shall not be
added by petition for the same office.

3a. NOMINATIONS BY PETITION REQUISITES.] [ 292a, Ch. 46,
R. S.] All petitions for nomination of candidates for public office in
this State shall, in addition to other requirements provided by law, be
as follows : Such petitions shall consist of sheets of uniform size and
each sheet shall contain, above the space for signatures, an appro-
priate heading, giving the information as to name of candidate or
candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed ; the office, the
party or political principle, place of residence and such other informa-
tion or wording as required to make same valid, and the heading of
each sheet shall be the same. Such petition shall be signed by the
qualified voters in their own proper persons only, and opposite the
signature of each signer his residence address shall be written (and if
a resident of a city having a population of over 10,000 by the then
last preceding federal census, the street and number of such residence
shall be given). No signature shall be valid or be counted in consid-
ering the validity or sufficiency of such petition unless the require-
ments of this section are complied with. At the bottom of each sheet
of such petition shall be added a statement, signed by an adult resi-
dent of the political division for which the candidate is nominated.
stating his residence address (and if a resident of a city having a
population of over 10,000 by the then last preceding federal census,
also stating the street and number of such residence), certifying that
the signatures on that sheet of said petition were signed in his pres-
ence and are genuine ; and that to the best of his knowledge and
belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing said petition

qualified voters (and in cities, villages and incorporated towns in
which voters are or may be required to be registered, that they are
also at the time of signing said petition duly registered voters) of
the political division for which the candidate is nominated, and that
their respective residences are correctly stated therein. Such state-
ment shall be sworn to before some officer of the county in which the
person making such statement resides, authorized to administer oaths
therein. Such sheets, before being filed, shall be neatly fastened^to-
gether in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and fastening
them together at one edge in a secure and suitable manner, and the
sheets shall then be numbered consecutively. The sheets shall not
be fastened by pasting them together end to end, so as to form a
continuous strip or roll. Said petition, when filed, shall not be with-
drawn or added to, and no signature shall be revoked except by revo-
cation filed in writing with the clerk with whom the petition is r-
quired to be filed, and before the filing of such petition. Whoever, in
making the sworn statement above prescribed, shall knowingly, wil-
fully and corruptly swear falsely, shall be deemed guilty of perjury,
and on conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly. Whoever
forges any name of a signer upon any petition shall be deemed guilty
of forgery, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
The word "petition" or "petition for nomination," as used herein, shall
mean what is sometimes known as nomination papers, in distinction
to what is known as a certificate of nomination. The words "political
division for which the candidate is nominated/' or its equivalent, shall
mean the largest political division in which all qualified voters may
vote upon such candidate, as the State in the case of- State officers ;
the town in the case of town officers, et cetera: Proinded, further,
that any person who has already voted at a primary election held to
nominate a candidate or candidates for any office or offices, to be
voted upon at any certain election, shall not be qualified to sign a peti-
tion of nomination for a candidate or candidates for the same office
or offices, to be voted upon at the same certain election.

4. NOMINATION PAPERS REQUISITES.] [ 293, Ch. 46, R. S.] All
certificates of nomination or nomination papers shall, besides con-
taining the names of the candidates, specify as to each :

1. The office to which he is nominated.

2. The party or political principle which he represents, expressed
in not more than five words.

3. His place of residence, with the street and number thereof, if
any. In the case of electors for President and Vice President of the
United States, the names of the candidates for President and Vice
President may be added to the party or political appellation.

5. CERTIFICATES TO BE FILED.] [ 294, Ch. 46, R. S.] Certifi-
cates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of
candidates for offices to be filled by the electors of the entire State,
or any division or district greater than a county, shall be filed with
the Secretary of State at least thirty days previous to the day of elec-
tion for which the candidates are nominated. All other certificates

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for the nomination of candidates shall be filed with the county clerk
of the respective counties at least thirty days previous to the day of
such election: Provided, that certificates of nomination and nomi-
nation papers for the nomination of candidates for the offices in cities,
villages and incorporated towns, and for town offices in counties under
township organization shall be filed with the clerks of the towns, cities,
villages and incorporated towns at least fifteen days previous to the
day of such election : Provided, that in cities having a population of
500,000 or more that certificates of nomination and nomination papers
for the nomination of candidates for the offices in such cities shall
be filed with the city clerk of such cities at least twenty-five days pre-
vious to the day of such election.

6. WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATIONS.] [ 295, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any
person whose name has been presented as a candidate or who has
been nominated by more than one convention, caucus or meeting of
qualified voters, may cause his name to be withdrawn from any such
nomination by his request in writing, signed by him and duly acknowl-
edged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgment of deeds,
and file with the Secretary of State not less than twenty-five (25)
days, or with the proper clerk not less than thirteen (13) days previous
to the day of election, and no name so withdrawn shall be printed upon
the ballots under the party appellation or title from which the candi-
date has withdrawn his name. In case the certificate of nomination
or petition as provided for in this Act shall contain or exhibit the
name of any candidate for any office upon more than one of said
certificates or petitions (for the same office), then, and in that case
the Secretary of State or county clerk, as the case may be, shall imme-
diately notify said candidate of said fact, and that his name appears
unlawfully upon more than one of .said certificates or petitions, and
that within three (3) days from the receipt of said notification, said
candidate must elect as to which of said political party appellations
or groups he desires his name to appear and remain under upon said
ballot, and if said candidate refuses, fails or neglects to comply with
the provisions herein, then, and in that case, the Secretary of State
or county clerk, as the case may be, shall not permit the name of said
candidate to appear, or be printed -or placed upon said ballot under
any or either of said political party appellations or groups. All cer-
tificates of nomination and nomination papers, when filed, shall be
open and, under proper regulation, to public inspection, and the Secre-
tary of State and the several clerks having charge of nomination
papers shall preserve the same in their respective offices not less than
six months.

7. DEATH OR DECLINATION OF CANDIDATE VACANCY.] [ 296, Ch.
46, R. S.] In case a candidate who has been duly nominated under
the provisions of this article die before election day, or decline the
nomination, as in this article provided, or should any certificate of
nomination be held insufficient or. inoperative by the officer with
whom they may be filed, the vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned
may be filled by the political party, or other persons making the
original nominations, or, if the time is insufficient therefor, then the

vacancy may be filled, if the nomination was by convention or cau-
cus in such manner as the convention or caucus had previously pro-
vided, or, in case of no such previous provision, then by regularly
elected general or executive committee representing the political
party or persons holding such convention, meeting or caucus. The
certificate of nomination made to supply such vacancy shall state, in
addition to the other facts required by section four of this article, the
name of the original nominee, the date of his death or declination -ef
nomination, or the fact that the former nomination has been held in-,
sufficient or inoperative, and the measures taken in accordance with
the above requirements for filling a vacancy, and it shall be signed
and sworn to by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention,
or caucus, or by the chairman and secretary of the duly authorized
committee, as the case may be.

8. CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION OBJECTIONS.] [ 297, Ch. 46,
R. S.] The certificates of nomination and nomination papers being
so filed and being in apparent conformity with the provisions of
this article shall be deemed to be valid, unless objection thereto is
duly made in writing. Such objections or other questions arising
in relation thereto, in the case of nomination of State officers, shall
be considered by the Secretary of the State and the Auditor and
Attorney General, and a decision of a majority of these officers
shall be final. ' Such objections or questions arising in the case of
nominations for officers to be elected by the voters of a division less
than the State and greater than the county, shall be considered by the
county judges of the counties embraced 'in such division, and the de-
cision of a majority of these officers shall be final. Such objections
or questions arising in the case of nominations of candidates for
county officers shall be considered by the county judge, county clerk,
and State's attorney for each county, and the decision of a majority
of said officers shall be final. Objections or questions arising in the
case of nominations of city, town or village officers shall be con-
sidered by the mayor or president of the board of trustees, and the
city, town or village clerk, with whom one alderman or trustee there-
of, as the case may be, chosen by lot, shall act, and the decision of a
majority of such officers shall be final. Such objections arising in
the case of nominations of town officers shall be considered by the
board of auditors of such town, and the decision of a majority of
such auditors shall be final. In any case, where such objection is
made, notice shall forthwith be given to the candidates affected there-
by, addressed to their places of residence as given in the nomination
papers, and stating the time and place, when and where such objec-
tions will be considered: Provided, that in cities, towns or villages
having a board of election commissioners, such questions shall be
considered by such board, and its decision shall be final.

Q. NOMINATIONS TO FILL VACANCIES. [ 298, Ch. 46, R. S.]
When such certificate is filed with the Secretary of State, he shall,
in certifying nominations to the various county clerks, insert the
name of the person who has been thus nominated to fill vacancy in
place of the original nominee, and in the event that he has already

sent forward his certificate, he shall forthwith certify to the clerks of
the proper counties the name and description of the person so nomi-
nated to fill a vacancy, the office he is nominated for, with trie other
details mentioned in certificates of nomination filed with the Secre-
tary of State, and in cases where such clerk is not charged by this
Act, with the printing of ballots, he shall immediately certify the
name so supplied to the authorities charged with the printing of the
ballots. The names so supplied for the vacancy shall, if the ballots
are not already printed, be placed on the ballots in place of the name
of the original nominee, or if the ballots have been printed, new bal-
lots, whenever practicable, shall be furnished.

10. PASTERS STAMPING ON BALLOTS.] [ 299, Ch. 46, R. S.]
Whenever it may not be practicable to have new ballots printed, it
shall be the duty of the election officer having charge of the ballots,
to place the name supplied for the vacancy upon each ballot issued
before delivering it to the voter; the name so supplied may be placed
upon the ballots either by affixing a paster or by writing or stamping
the name on the ballot; and to enable this to be done the officer with
whom the certificates of nomination are to be filed shall immediately
furnish the name of such substituted nominee to all judges of elec-
tion within the territory in which such nominee may be a candidate.

11. NOTICE TO COUNTY CLERK.] [ 300, Ch. 46, R. S.] Not less
than fifteen days before an election to fill any public office, the Sec-
retary of State shall certify to the county clerk of each county within
which any of the electors may by law vote for candidates for such
office, the name and description of each person nominated for such
office, as specified in the certificates of nomination filed with the Sec-
retary of State.

ARTICLE VI.

NOTICE OF ELECTION.

i. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE.] [ 46 and 321, Ch. 46, R. S.] At
least thirty days previous to any general election, and at least twenty
days previous to any special election, except in cases otherwise pro-
vided for, the county clerk, in counties not under township organiza-
tion, shall make out and deliver to the sheriff of his county, or in
counties under township organization to the several supervisors of
his county three notices thereof for each precinct or district in which
the election in such county is to be held. The notice may be sub-
stantially as follows:

Notice is hereby given that on (give the date) at (give the place
of holding the election and the name of the precinct or district), in
the county of (name of county), an election will be held for (give the
title of the several offices to be filled, which election will be opened
at 7 :oo o'clock in the morning and continued open until 5 :oo o'clock in
the afternoon of that day.

Dated at , this day 01 in the year

of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

A. B., County Clerk.

2. SHERIFF OR SUPERVISOR TO POST.] [ 47, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
said sheriff or supervisor, to whom the notices are delivered, shall
post up, in three of the most public places in each precinct or dis-
trict, the three notices therefor, at least fifteen days before the time
of holding a general election, and at least eight days before the time
of holding a special election.

ARTICLE VII.
'BALLOTS AND INSTRUCTIONS.

1. BALLOTS PRINTED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE.] [ 288, Ch. 46, R. S.]
In all elections hereafter to be held in this State for public officers,
except for trustees of schools, school directors, members of boards of
education, officers of road districts in counties not under township
organization, the voting shall be by ballots printed and distributed
at public expense, as hereinafter provided, and no other ballots shall be
used.

2. EXPENSE BORNE BY CITIES, ETC.] [ 289, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
printing and delivery of the ballots and cards of instructions to voters,
hereinafter described, shall, in municipal elections in cities, villages
and incorporated towns, be paid for by the several cities, villages and
incorporated towns respectively, and in town elections by the town,
and in all other elections the printing of the ballots and cards of in-
structions for the voters in each county and the delivery of them to
the several voting precincts and election districts shall be paid for
by the several counties respectively. The term "general election/' as
used in this Act, shall apply to any election held for the choice of a
National, State, judicial, district or county officer, whether for the
full term or for the filling of a vacancy. The term "city election"
shall apply to any municipal election held in a city, village or incor-
porated town.

3. BALLOT WHAT TO CONTAIN HOW PRINTED FORM.] [ 301,
Ch. 46, R. S.] The names of all candidates to be voted for in each elec-
tion district or precinct shall be printed on one ballot, all nominations
of any political party or group of petitioners being placed under the
party appellation or title of such party or group as designated by
them in their certificates of nomination or petitions, or if none be
designated, then under some suitable title, and the ballots shall con-
tain no other names, except that in case of electors for President and
Vice President of the United States the names of the candidates for
President and Vice President may be added to the party or political
designation. If a constitutional amendment or other public measure
is submitted to a vote, such question shall be printed upon the ballot
after the list of candidates,* and words calculated to aid the voter in
his choice of candidates, or to answer any question submitted to vote,
may be added, such as : "Vote for one/' "vote for three," "yes," no,"
or the like. On the back or outside of the ballot so as to appear when
folded, shall be printed the words "Official ballot," followed by the

* See section 5, article VII, for provisions relating to separate ballots.

designation of the polling place for which the ballot is prepared, the
date of the election and a fac-simile of the signature of the clerk or
other officer who has caused the ballots to be printed. The ballots
shall be of plain white paper, through which the printing or writing
cannot be read. The party appellation or title shall be printed in
capital letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height, and a
circle one-half inch in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of
the line in which such appellation or title is printed. The names of
candidates shall be printed in capital letters not less than one-eighth
nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and at the beginning
of each line in which the name of a candidate is printed a square
shall be printed, the sides of which shall not be less than one-fourth
of an inch in length. The list of candidates of the several parlies
and groups of petitioners shall be placed in separate columns on the
ballot in such order as the uthorities charged with the printing of
the ballots shall decide.

As nearly as practicable the ballot shall be in the following form :

DEMOCRATIC.

For Governor.
JOHN M. PALMER.

For Lieutenant Governor,
ANDREW J. BELL.

For Secretary of State,
NEWELL D. RICKS.

REPUBLICAN.

For Governor,
JOSEPH W. FIFER.

For Lieutenant Governor,
LYMAN B. RAY.

For Secretary of State,
I. N. PEARSON.

PROHIBITION.

For Governor,
DAVID H. HARTS.

For Lieutenant Governor,
I JOS. L. WHITLOCK.

For Secretary of State,
JAMES R. HANNA.

[And continuing in like manner as to all candidates to be voted for
at such election.]

4. PRINTING OF BALLOTS BY WHAT OFFICERS.] [ 302, Ch. 46,
R. S.] For all elections to which this Act applies, the county clerks,
in their respective counties, shall have charge of the printing of the
ballots for all general elections, and shall furnish them to the judges
of election; the city, town or village clerk shall have charge thereof
and furnish them in all city elections; and the town clerk in counties
under township organization shall have charge thereof and furnish
the same in all town elections to which this Act applies: Provided,
that in cities, towns or villages having a board of election commis-
sioners, such board shall have charge of the printing of the ballots and
furnish them to the judges of election within the territory under their
jurisdiction. Ballots shall be printed and in possession of the officer
charged with their distribution at least two days before the election,
and subject to the inspection of candidates and their agents; if any
mistakes be discovered, they shall be corrected without delay. The
officer so charged with the printing of the ballots shall cause to be

delivered to the judges of election at the polling place of each pre-
cinct or district, not less than twelve hours before the time fixed by
law for the opening of the polls therein, one hundred ballots of the
kind to be voted in such precinct or district for every fifty votes cast
therein at the last preceding election for State officers; such ballots
shall be put up in separate sealed packages, with marks on the outside
clearly designating the polling place for which they are intended and
the number of ballots enclosed, and receipt therefor shall be given_by^
the judges of election to whom they are delivered, which receipt shall
be preserved by the officer charged with the printing of the ballots.
The officer or authorities charged with the printing and distribution
of the ballots shall provide and retain at his or their office an ample
supply of ballots in addition to those distributed to the several voting
precincts or districts, and if, at any time, on or before the day of elec-
tion the ballots furnished to any precinct or district shall be lost, de-
stroyed or exhausted before the polls are closed, on written applica-
tion by a majority of the judges of such precinct or district, or signed
and sworn to by one of such judges, he shall immediately cause to be
delivered to such judges, at the polling place, such additional supply of
ballots as may be required and sufficient to comply with the provisions
of this Act.

5. VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS SEPARATE BALLOT

FORM.*] [ 303, Ch. 46, R. S.] Whenever a constitutional amend-
ment or other public measure is proposed to be voted upon by the
people, the substance of such amendment or other public measure
shall be clearly indicated on a separate ballot, and two spaces shall
be left upon the right hand margin thereof, one for the votes favoring
the amendment or public measure, to be designated by the word "Yes/'
and one for votes for opposing the amendment or measure, to be desig-
nated by the word "No," as in the form herein given :

Proposed amendment to the Constitution (or other
measure)

YES.

Here print the substance of the amendment (or
other measure) . .

NO.

The elector shall designate his vote by a cross mark, thus: (X).
The said separate ballot shall be printed on paper of sufficient size
so that when folded once it shall be large enough to contain the fol-
lowing words, which shall be printed on the back: "Ballot for Con-
stitutional amendment," or the name of any and all public measures
then to be voted upon. This ballot shall be handed to the elector at
the same time as the ballot containing the names of the candidates
and returned therewith by the elector to the proper officer in the
manner described by this Act. All provisions of this Act relating to
ballots shall apply to this separate ballot.*

* For further provisions see articles XVIII and XIX.

6. CUMULATIVE VOTING.] [ 304, Ch. 46, R. S.] No number of
votes shall be printed on any ballot after the name of any candidate
for representative in the General Assembly. In canvassing the vote
for representatives in the General Assembly, the ballots shall be
counted in the following manner :

First. Where the names of three candidates for representatives in
the General Assembly are printed under one party appellation or title
and a cross, thus, X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such
party appellation or title and the ballot is not otherwise marked for
representatives in the General Assembly, it shall be counted one vote
for each of said candidates.

Second. Where the names of two candidates for representatives in
the General Assembly are printed under one party appellation or title
and a cross, thus, X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such
party appellation or title, and the ballot is not otherwise marked for
representatives in the General Assembly, it shall be counted one and
one-half votes for each of said candidates.

Third. Where the name of but one candidate for representative in
the General Assembly is printed under one party appellation or title
and a cross, thus, X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such
party appellation or title and the ballot is not otherwise marked for
representatives in the General Assembly, it shall be counted three
votes for said candidate.

Fourth. Whether a cross, thus, X, is placed at the appropriate
place preceding any party appellation or title, or not, whenever a cross
is placed in the square preceding the name of any one candidate for
representative in the General Assembly and the ballot is not otherwise
marked, the ballot shall be counted three votes for such candidate;
where a cross is placed in the squares preceding the names of any two
candidates for representatives in the General Assembly and the ballot
is not otherwise marked, the ballot shall be counted one and one-half
votes for each of said two candidates ; where a cross is placed in the
squares preceding the names of any three candidates for representa-
tives in the General Assembly and the ballot is not otherwise marked,
the ballot shall be counted one vote for each of said three candidates.

Fifth. Where the voter has indicated his intention by lawful mark-
ing of his ballot to divide his votes among the candidates in any man-
ner other than as specified in the foregoing sections, it shall be
counted for such candidates according to the intention of the voter as
disclosed by the marking of the ballot.

Sixth. If the ballot has been so marked as to indicate an intention
to cast more than three votes for representatives in the General As-
sembly, such ballot shall not be counted for any of such candidates.

7. PRINTED INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS.] [ 305, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The officer or officers whose duty it is to have the ballots printed,
shall prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at each elec-
tion as to obtaining ballots, as to the manner of marking them and
the method of gaining assistance, and as to obtaining new ballots in
place of those accidentally spoiled, and they shall respectively cause
the same, together with copies of section 4 of article VII, section n

of article IX, sections 6, 7 and 8 of article X, and sections 15 and 16
of article XIII, to be printed in large, clear type, on separate cards,
to be called cards of instruction ; and such officer or officers shall fur-
nish to the judges of election a sufficient number of such cards of
instruction to enable the judges of election to comply with the pro-
visions of this article.

8. INSTRUCTION CARDS AND SPECIMEN BALLOTS TO BE POSTED.*]
[ 306, Ch. 46, R. S.] The judges of election shall cause not less
than one of such cards to be posted in each voting booth provided
for the preparation of ballots, and not less than four of such cards to
be posted in and about the polling places upon the day of election.
Judges of election shall, not less than five days prior to an election,
cause to be conspicuously posted in five or more public places in their
voting precinct or election district a card of instruction, and a specimen
ballot printed on colored paper containing the names, residence and
party or political affiliation of all candidates nominated as herein pro-
vided and to be voted for in such precinct, substantially in the form
of the general ballot to be used herein. The officer or officers whose
duty it is to cause the printing and distribution of ballots shall have
printed a sufficient number of specimen ballots and deliver the same
to the judges of election so as to enable said judges to comply with
the provisions of this Act. In every county of not more than one
hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) inhabitants the officers or
authorities charged with the printing and distribution of the ballots
shall cause to be published, prior to the day of election, in a f least two
newspapers, if there be so many published in such county, representing
the political parties which cast at the preceding election the largest
and next largest number of votes, a list of all the nominations made
as herein provided and to be voted for at such elections as near as may
be in the form in which they shall appear upon the general ballot.*

9. JUDGES HAVE CHARGE OF BALLOTS.] [ 307, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The judges of election of their respective election precincts or elec-
tion districts shall have charge of the ballots and furnish them to the
voter as hereinafter set forth.

ARTICLE VHII.

BALLOT BOXES, BOOTHS AND POLL BOOKS.

1. BALLOT BOXES.] [ 40, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county board shall
provide a sufficient number of ballot boxes, with secure locks and
keys, at the expense of the county, for the several precincts and dis-
tricts. There shall be an opening in the lid of each box not larger
than is sufficient to admit a single closed ballot to be inserted therein
at one time, through which each ballot voted shall be put into
the box.

2. JUDGES TO KEEP BALLOT BOXES, ETC.] [ 41, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The ballot boxes shall be delivered to and kept by the judges of elec-
tion, and by them kept and delivered to their successors.

For further provisions see Articles XVIII and XIX,

3. BLANKS, POLL BOOKS, ETC.] [ 42, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county
clerk shall provide, at the expense of the county, proper blanks, poll
books and other necessary election blanks for each precinct and dis-
trict in his county, and cause a suitable number thereof to be deliv-
ered to the judges of election, at least ten days before any election
is to be held.

4. BOOTHS AT POLLING PLACES STATIONERY, ETC. BOOTHS PRI-
VATE.] [ 308, Ch. 46, R. S.] All officers upon whom is imposed by
law the duty of designating or providing polling places shall pro-
vide in each polling place so designated or provided a sufficient num-
ber of booths, which shall be provided with such supplies and con-
veniences, including shelves, pens, penholders, ink, blotters and pen-
cils, as will enable the voter to prepare his ballot for voting, and
in which voters may prepare their ballots screened from all observa-
tion as to the manner in which they do so; and the guard-rail shall
be so constructed and placed that only such persons as are inside
said rail can approach within six feet of the ballot box and of such
voting booths. The arrangement shall be such that the voting booths
can only be reached by passing within said guard-rail. They shall be
within plain view of the election officers; and both they and the
ballot boxes shall be within plain view of those outside of the guard-
rail. Each of said booths shall have three sides enclosed, one side, in
front, to be closed with a curtain. Each side of each booth shall be
six feet four inches high, and the curtain shall extend within two
feet of the floor, which shall be closed while the voter is preparing
his ballot. Each booth shall be at least 32 inches square, and shall con-
tain a shelf at least one foot wide, at a convenient height for writing.
No person other than the election officers and the challengers allowed
by law, and those admitted for the purpose of voting, as hereinafter
provided, shall be permitted within the guard-rail, except by authority
of the election officers to keep order and enforce the law. The num-
ber of such voting booths shall not be less than one to every 75 voters
or fraction thereof who voted at the last preceding election in the
district. The expense of providing booths and guard-rails and other
things required in this Act shall be paid in the same manner as other
election expenses.

ARTICLE IX.

QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS.

i. W HO MAY VOTE -] [ 65, Ch. 46, R. S.] Every person having
resided in this State one year, in the county 90 days, and in the elec-
tion district 30 days next preceding any election therein, who was an
elector in this State on the first day of April, in the year of our Lord
1848, or obtained a certificate of naturalization before any court of
record in this State prior to the first day of January, in the year of
our Lord 1870, or who shall be a male citizen of the United States,
above the age of 21 years, shall be entitled to vote at such election.

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2. RESIDENCE.] [ 66, Ch. 46, R. S.] A permanent abode is nec-
essary to constitute a residence within the meaning of the preceding
section.

3. WHEN INMATES OF POOR HOUSES, ASYLUMS, ETC., MAY VOTE.]
[ 66a, Ch. 46, R. S.] No pauper or inmate of any county poor
house, insane asylum or hospital in this State, shall by virtue of his
abode at such county poor house, insane asylum or hospital be deemed
a resident or legal voter in the town, city, village or election district
or precinct in which such poor house, insane asylum or hospital may
be situated; but every such person shall be deemed a resident of the
town, city, village, election district or precinct in which he resided
next prior to becoming an inmate of such county poor house, insane
asylum or hospital.

4. INMATES OF SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME.] [ 66b, Ch. 46,
R. S.] Every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who shall have
been an inmate of any Soldiers' or Sailors' Home within the State of
Illinois for 90 days or longer, and who shall have been a citizen of
the United States and resided in this State one year, in the county
where any such home is located 90 days, and in the election district
30 days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote in the
election district in which any such Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in
which he is an inmate thereof as aforesaid is located, for all officers
that now are or hereafter may be elected by the people, and upon all
questions that may be submitted to the vote of the people: Provide^,
that he shall declare upon oath, if required so to do by any officer of
election in said district, that it was his bona fide intention at the
time he entered said home to become a resident thereof.

5. AFFIDAVIT OF QUALIFICATION.] [ 67, Ch. 46, R. S.] Whenever,
at any general or special election, in any precinct, district, city, village,
town or ward, any person offering to vote is not personally known
to the judges of election to have the qualifications mentioned in sec-
tions i and 2 of this article, if his vote is challenged by a legal voter
at such election, he shall make and subcribe an affidavit in the follow-
ing form, which shall be retained by the judges of election and re-
turned by them with the poll book :

STATE O'F ILLINOIS, )
COUNTY OF COOK, ( ss *

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen

of the United States (or "that I was an elector on the first day of
April, A. D. 1848," or "that I obtained a certificate of naturalization
before a court of record in this State prior to the first day of Janu-,
ary, A. D. 1870," as the case may be) ; that I have resided in this
State one year, in this county 90 days and in this election district 30
days next preceding this election ; that I now reside at (here give the
particular house or place of residence, and, if in a town or city, the
street and number), in this election district; that I am 21 years of
age and have not voted at this election. So help me God (or "this I
do solemnly and sincerely affirm," as the case may be).

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of.

A. D. 18..

6. AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESS.] [ 68, Ch. 46, R. S.] In addition to
such affidavit, the person so challenged shall produce a witness per-
sonally known to the judges of election and resident in the precinct
or district, or who shall be proved by some legal voter of such pre-
cinct or district, known to the judges to be such, who shall take the
oath following, viz. :

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a resident of this election
precinct or district and entitled to vote at this election, and that I
have been a resident of this State far 1 one year last passed, and am
well acquainted with the person whose vote is now offered ; that he
is an actual and bona fide resident of this election precinct or dis-
trict, and has resided herein 30 days, and, as I verily believe, in this
county 90 days, and in this State one year next preceding this election.

7. WHO MAY ADMINISTER OATH.] [ 69, Ch. 46, R. S.] The oath,
in each case, may be administered by either of the judges of election,
or by any officer, resident in the precinct or district, authorized by
law to administer oaths.

8. CONVICTS DISQUALIFICATIONS.] [ 70, Ch. 46, R. S.] No
person who has been legally convicted of any crime, the punishment of
which is confinement in the penitentiary, or who shall be convicted
and sentenced under section i of article XII of this Act, shall be
permitted to vote at any election unless he shall be restored to the
right to vote by pardon; or by the expiration of the term of his dis-
franchisement under section 7 of article XIII of this Act.

?. WOMAN MAY VOTE FOR SCHOOL OFFICERS.] [ 332, Ch. 46, R.
Any woman of the age of 21 years and upwards, belonging to
either of the classes mentioned in article VII of the Constitution of
the State of Illinois, who shall have resided in this State one year,
in the county 90 days, and in the election district 30 days preced-
ing any election held for the purpose of choosing any officer of schools
under the general or special school laws of this State, shall be entitled
to vote at such election in the school district of which she shall at
the time have been for 30 days a resident: Provided, any woman so
desirous of voting at any such election shall have been registered in the
same manner as is provided for the registration of male voters.

10. BALLOT WHAT TO CONTAIN HOW DEPOSITED.] [ 333, Ch.
46 R. S.] Whenever the election of public school officers shall occur
at the same election at which other public officers are elected, the
ballot offered by any woman entitled to vote under this Act shall not
contain the name of any person to be voted for at such election except
such officers of public schools, and such ballots shall all be deposited
in a separate ballot box, but canvassed with other ballots cast for
school officers at such election.

11. ABSENCE FOR VOTING PURPOSES EMPLOYER PREVENTING PEN-
ALTY.] [ 312, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person entitled to vote at a gen-
eral election in this State shall, on the day of such election, be entitled
to absent himself from any services or employment in which he is
then engaged or employed for a period of two hours between the
time of opening and closing the polls ; and such voter shall not, be-
cause of so absenting himself, be liable to any penalty; nor shall any

deduction be made on account of such absence from his usual salary
or wages: Provided, however, that application for such leave of
absence shall be made prior to the day of election. The employer may
specify the hours during which said employe may absent himself
as aforesaid. (The above provision is preserved in section n of
article XIII.)

ARTICLE X.

MANNER OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.

1. TIME POLLS TO BE KEPT OPEN.] [ 48 and 321, Ch. 46, R. S.J
At all elections to which this Act applies, except at elections held in
cities, villages and incorporated towns which have heretofore adopted
or may hereafter adopt the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act
regulating the holding of elections and declaring the results thereof
in cities, villages and incorporated towns," approved June 19, 1885,.
the polls shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock in the morning and shall be
closed at 5 :oo in the evening : Provided, however, that cities, villages
and towns in counties of the third class may provide by c'ty or vil-
lage ordinance, or by resolution adopted at the annual town meeting,
that polls shall be opened at 6 :oo o'clock in the morning and be closed
at 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, and after the passage of such ordi-
nance or resolution and the filing of a certified copy thereof with
the county clerk of the county in which such city, village or town is
located, the polls shall open at 6:00 o'clock in the morning and close
at 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day at elections held in
such city, village or town, adopting such ordinance or resolution and
filing the same as herein provided. But if the judges shall not attend
at the hour of 7 o'clock in the morning, or if it shall be necessary for
the electors present to appoint judges to conduct the election as here-
inbefore prescribed, the polls may, in that case, be opened at any hour
before the time for closing the same shall arrive, as the case may
require.

2. PROCLAMATION.] [ 49, Ch. 46, R. S.] Upon opening- the
polls, one of the clerks or judges of election shall make proclamation
of the same, and at least 30 minutes before the closing of the poUs
proclamation shall be made in like manner and that the polls will be
closed in half an hour.

3. BALLOT BOX PUBLICLY EXHIBITED, ETC. LOCKED KEYS.] [ 50,
Ch. 46, R. S.] Before any ballot shall be deposited in the ballot box,
the ballot box shall be publicly opened and exhibited, and the judges
and clerks shall see that no ballot is in such box ; after which the box
shall be locked and the key delivered to one of the judges, and shall
not again be opened until the close of the polls.

4. POLL LISTS HOW KEPT.] [51, Ch. 46, R. S.] Each clerk of
election shall keep a poll list, which shall contain a column headed
"number" and another headed "names of voters." The name of e-> h
elector voting shall be entered upon each of the poll books by the
clerks, in regular succession, under the proper headings, and the num-
ber of such voter placed opposite his name in the column headed
"number."

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5. No ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS.] [ 156, Ch. 46, R. S.] After the
opening of the polls ,no adjournment shall be had, nor shall any recess
be taken, until all the votes cast at such election shall have been
counted and the results publicly announced.

6. MANNER OF VOTING CHECKING ON REGISTER LIST.] [ 309,
Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person desiring to vote shall give his name and
if required to do so, his residence, to the judges of election, one of
whom shall thereupon announce the name in a loud and distinct tone
of voice, clear and audible ; and if such name is found upon the regis-
ter of voters by the officer having charge thereof, he shall likewise
repeat said name, and the voter shall be allowed to enter the space
enclosed by the guard-rail as above provided. One of the judges
shall give the voter one, and only one ballot, on the back of which
such judge shall endorse his initials in such manner that they may be
seen when the ballot is properly folded, and the voter's name shall be
immediately checked on the register list. At all elections when a
registry may be required, if the name of any person so desiring to
vote at such election is not found on the register of voters, he shall
not receive a ballot until he shall have complied with the law pre-
scribing the manner and conditions of voting by unregistered voters.
If any person desiring to vote at any election shall be challenged, he
shall not receive a ballot until he shall have established his right to
vote in the manner provided by law; and if he shall be challenged
after he has received his ballot, he shall not be permitted to vote until
he has fully complied with such requirements of the law upon being
challenged. Besides the election officer, not more than two voters in
excess of the whole number of voting booths provided shall be
allowed in said enclosed space at one time.

7. MANNER OF PREPARING BALLOT.] [ 310, Ch. 46, R. S.] On
receipt of his ballot the voter shall forthwith, and without leaving the
enclosed space, retire alone to one of the voting booths so provided
and shall prepare hig ballot by making in the appropriate margin
or place a cross (X) opposite the name of the candidate of his choice
for each office to be filled, or by writing in the name of the candidate
of his choice in a blankr space on said ticket, making a cross (X) oppo-
site thereto ; and in case of a question submitted to the vote of the
people, by making in the appropriate margin or place a cross (X)
against the answer he desires to give: Provided, however, if he
shall desire to vote for all of the candidates of one political party or
group of petitioners, he may place such mark at the appropriate place
preceding the appellation or title under which the names of the can-
didates of such party or group of petitioners are printed, and the
ballot so marked shall be counted as cast for all of the candidates
named under that title: Provided, further, that the votjer may
place such mark at the appropriate place preceding the appellation or
title of one party or group of petitioners and may also mark, at the
appropriate place preceding the name or names of one or more can-
didates printed under the appellation or title of some other party or
group of petitioners, and a ballot so malrked shall be counted as cast
for all the candidates named under the appellation or title which has

been so marked, except as to the officers as to which he has placed such
mark preceding the name or names of some other candidate or candi-
dates printed under the title of some other party or group of petitioners,
and as to such it shall be counted as cast for the candidate or candidates
preceding whose name or names such mark may have been placed.
Before leaving the voting booth, the voter shall fold his ballot in such
manner as to conceal the marks thereon. He shall then vote forth-
with in the manner now provided by law, except that the number
corresponding to the number of the voter on the poll books shall not
be endorsed on the back of the ballot. He shall mark and deposit his
ballot without undue delay, and shall quit said enclosed space as soon
as he has voted. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth
already occupied by another, nor remain within said enclosed space
more than ten minutes, nor to occupy a voting booth more than five
minutes, in case all of said voting booths are in use and other voters
waiting to occupy the same. No voter, not an election officer, shall,
after having voted, be allowed to re-enter said enclosed space during
said election. No person shall take or remove any ballot from the
polling place before the close of the polls. No voter shall vote or
offer to vote any ballot except such as he has received from the
judge of election in charge of the ballots. Any voter who shall, by
accident or mistake, spoil his ballot, may, on returning said spoiled
ballot, receive another in place thereof.

8. , ASSISTANCE TO ILLITERATE VOTERS.] [ 311, Ch. 46, R. S.]
Any voter who may declare upon oath that he can not read the
English language, or that by reason of any physical disability, he is
unable to mark his ballot, shall, upon request, be assisted in marking
his ballot by two of the election officers, of different political parties,-
to be selected from the judges and clerks of the precinct or district
in which they are to act, to be designated by the judges of election
of each precinct at the opening of the polls. Such officers
shall mark the ballot as directed by the voter, and shall thereafter give
no information regarding the same. The clerks of election shall enter
upon the poll lists after the name of any elector who received such
assistance in marking his ballot a memorandum of the fact. Intoxi-
cation shall not be regarded as a physical disability, and no intoxi-
cated person shall be entitled to assistance in marking his ballot.

9. CUMULATIVE VOTES HOW VOTED.] [ 304, Ch. 46, R. S.] No
number of votes shall be printed on any ballot after the name of any
candidate for representative in the General Assembly. In canvassing
the vote for representatives in the General Assembly, the ballots shall
be counted in the manner following :

Second. Where the names of two candidates for representatives in
the General Assembly are printed under one party appellation or title

and a cross, thus, X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such
party appellation or title, and the ballot is not otherwise marked for
representatives in the General Assembly, it shall be counted one and
one-half votes for each of said candidates.

Third. Where the name of but one candidate for representative in
the General Assembly is printed under one party appellation or title
and a cross, thus, X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such
party appellation or title and the ballot is not otherwise marked for
representative in the General Assembly, it shall be counted three
votes for said candidate.

Fourth. Whether a cross, thus, X, is placed at the appropriate
place preceding any party appellation or title, or not, whenever a cross
is placed in the square preceding the name of any one candidate for
representative in the General Assembly and the ballot is not other-
wise marked, the ballot shall be counted three votes for said candi-
date; where a cross is placed in the squares preceding the names of
any two candidates for representatives in the General Assembly and
the ballot is not otherwise marked, the ballot shall be counted one
and one-half votes for each of said two candidates; where a cross is
placed in the squares preceding the names of any three candidates for
representatives in the General Assembly and the ballot is not other-
wise marked, the ballot shall be counted one vote for each of said
three candidates.

Fifth. Whether the voter has indicated his intention by lawful
marking of his ballot to divide his votes among the candidates in any
manner other than as specified in the foregoing directions, it shall be
counted for such candidates according to the intention of the voter as
disclosed by the marking of the ballot.

10. BALLOTS NOT COUNTED SPOILED BALLOTS. [ 313, Ch. 46,
R. S.] If the voter marks more names than there are persons to be
elected to an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine
the voter's choice for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be
counted for such office. No ballot without the official endorsement
shall be allowed to be deposited in the ballot box, and none but bal-
lots provided in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be
counted. Ballots not counted' shall be marked "defective" on the
back thereof, and ballots to which objection has been made by either
of the judges or challengers shall be marked "objected to" on the
back thereof, and a memorandum, signed by the judges, stating how
it was counted, shall be written upon the back of each ballot so
marked and all ballots marked "defective" or "objected to" shall be
enclosed in an envelope, securely sealed and so marked and endorsed
as to clearly disclose its contents. All ballots not voted, and all that
have been spoiled by voters while attempting to vote, shall be re-
turned by the judges of election to the officer or authorities charged
with the printing and distribution of the ballots, and a receipt taken
therefor, and shall be preserved six months ; such officer shall keep a

record of the number of ballots delivered for each polling place, the
name of the person to whom and the time when delivered, and he
shall also enter upon such record the number and character of bal-
lots returned, with the time when and the person by whom they are
returned.

ii. CANVASS OF BALLOTS.] [ 57, Ch. 46, R. S.] Immediately
upon closing the polls, the judges shall proceed to canvass the votes
polled. They shall first count the whole number of ballots in the
box. If two or more ballots are folded together, so as to appear to
have been cast by the same person, and the number of ballots exceeds
the number of names entered on each of the poll lists, the ballots so
folded together shall be rejected, and if the number of ballots still
exceeds the number of names entered upon each of the poll lists, said
ballots shall be replaced in the ballot box and the box closed and
well shaken and again opened, and one of the judges shall publicly
draw out and destroy so many ballots unopened as shall be equal to
such excess; and the number of the ballots agreeing with the poll
lists, or being made to agree, the board shall then proceed to count
and estimate and publish the votes; and when the judges of election
shall open and read the tickets, each clerk shall carefully and cor-
rectly mark down upon the tally lists the votes each candidate has re-
ceived, in a separate column prepared for that purpose, with the
name of such candidate at the head of such column, and the office
designated by the votes such candidate shall fill. The vote shall be
canvassed in the room or place where the election is held, and the
judges shall not allow the ballot box, or any of the ballots, or either
of the poll lists, or either of the tally papers, to be removed or carried
away from such room or place until the canvass of the votes is com-
pleted and the returns carefully enveloped and sealed up, as provided
by law.

ua. "STRAIGHT TICKETS/' HOW TALLIED SPLIT TICKETS, ETC.]
[ 323b, Ch. 46, R. S.] That hereafter at all general and special elec-
tions and primary elections held in this State, where the law shall pro-
vide that the clerks shall tally the votes received by candidates at such
election, it shall not be necessary for the clerks of such election to mark
upon the tally sheets .kept by them, separate marks or tallies for each
vote received by the candidates upon the ballots 'containing the same
names, commonly known and hereafter in this Act designated as
"straight tickets." But when the judges shall have counted and an-
nounced to the clerks, as near as may be as now or hereafter provided
by law, the number of votes received by each set of candidates upon
such "straight tickets," the clerks shall set each number of votes down,
in figures, opposite the names of the respective candidates, in a column
provided for that purpose upon the tally sheets; which column shall
immediately join upon the left the space reserved for the tallies, and
which shall be of convenient width and shall be headed, "Number of
votes received upon 'straight tickets.' ' : The judges shall then proceed
to count and announce the votes received by each candidate upon all
ballots other than "straight tickets," including all ballots known as

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"split tickets," and all ballots known as "scratched tickets," and the
clerks shall proceed to tally the same upon the tally sheets, and to com-
pare and announce the result thereof ; which counting, announcing and
tallying shall be conducted as now or hereafter provided by law. The
clerks shall set down, in figures, the number of votes received by each
candidate on ballots other than "straight tickets," as so ascertained and
announced, in a column provided for that purpose upon the tally sheets,
immediately adjoining on the right the space reserved for the tallies,
which column shall be of convenient width, and shall be headed
"Nnmber of votes received upon ballots other than 'straight tickets.' '
The clerks shall then proceed to add together the number of votes re-
ceived by each candidate, as shown in the column containing the
straight votes and the number as shown in the column containing the
votes other than straight votes ; which result will show the total number
of votes received by each candidate; and after comparing their results
and rinding that the same agree and are correct, they shall set down
the same, in figures, in a column provided upon the tally sheets for that
purpose, on the extreme right hand side thereof, which shall be of
convenient width and shall be headed "total number of votes."
Whereupon one of the clerks shall announce in a loud voice to the
judges the total number of voted [votes] received by and counted for
each candidate.

nb. REPEAL INTENT OF ACT.] [ 323^ Ch. 46, R. S.] All laws
and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Nothing
in this Act contained shall be construed to authorize or permit the
canvassing, counting or tallying ballots with any less degree of
strictness than now required by law; the intention of this Act being
to dispense with the individual tally marks only so far as the so-called
"straight tickets" are concerned; and all other operations of tallying,
counting and canvassing and announcing the votes shall proceed as
near as may be in accordance with the laws now or hereinafter provided
therefor.

12. CANVASS OF VOTES PROCLAMATION BALLOTS DESTROYED.]
[ 314, Ch. 46, R. S.] When the canvass of the ballots shall have
been completed, as now provided by law, the clerks shall announce to
the judges the total number of votes received by each candidate ; each
judge of the election shall proclaim in a loud voice the total number
of votes received by each of the persons voted for and the office for
which he is designated, and the number of votes for and the number
of votes against any proposition which shall have been submitted to
a vote of the people; such proclamation shall be prima facie evidence
of the result of such canvass of the ballots. Immediately after mak-
ing such proclamation, and before separating, the judges shall fold in
two folds, and string closely upon a single piece of flexible wire, all
ballots which have been counted by them, except those marked "ob-
jected to," unite the ends of such wire in a firm knot, seal the knot in
such manner that it cannot be untied without breaking the seal, en-
close the ballots so strung in a secure canvass covering and securely
tie and seal such canvass covering with official wax impression seals,
to be provided by the judges, in such manner that it cannot be opened
without breaking the seals, and return said ballots, together with the

package containing the ballots marked "defective" or "objected to" in
such sealed canvass covering to the proper clerk or to the board of
election commissioners, as the case may be, and such officer shall
carefully preserve said ballots for six months, and at the expiration of
that time shall destroy them by burning without previously open-
ing the package. Such ballots shall be destroyed in the presence of
the official custodian thereof and two electors of approved integrity
and good repute and members respectively of the two leading political
parties. The said electors shall be designated by the county judge
of the county in which such ballots are kept : Provided, that if any
contest of the election of any officer voted for at such election shall be
pending at the expiration of said time, the said ballots shall not be
destroyed until such contest is finally determined. In all cases of
contested elections the parties contesting the same shall have the
right to have said ballots opened and to have all errors of the judges
in counting or refusing to count any ballots corrected by the court or
body trying such contest, but such ballots shall be opened only in
open court or in open session of such body and in the presence of the
officer having the custody thereof.

13. FORM OF RETURN. T [ 61, Ch. 56, R. S.] When the votes
shall have been examined and counted, the clerks shall set down in
their poll-books the name of every person voted for, written at full
length, the office for which such person received such votes, and the
number he did receive, the number being expressed in words, at full
length ; such entry to be made, as nearly as circumstances will admit,
in the following form, to-wit :

At an election held at in the county of

and State of Illinois, on the day of in the year

of our Lord one thousand hundred and the fol-
lowing named persons received the number of votes annexed to their
respective names for the following described offices, to-wit. (Name
of candidate) had (number of votes) for (title of office), (and in the
same manner for any other persons voted for.) Certified by us.

A B

C D

E F

fudges of Election.

14. RETURNS TO BE MADE TO COUNTY CLERK, ETC. CANVASS, ETC.]
[ 62, Ch. 46, R. S.] One of the lists of voters, with such certificate
written thereon, and one of the tally papers footed up so as to show
the correct number of votes cast for each person voted for, shall be
carefully enveloped and sealed up, and put into the hands of one of
the judges of election, who shall within 24 hours thereafter, deliver the
same to the county clerk or his deputy, at the office of said county
clerk, who shall safely keep the same. Another of the lists of voters,
with such certificate written thereon, and another of the tally papers
footed up as aforesaid, shall be carefully enveloped and sealed up
and duly directed to the Secretary of State, and by another of the
judges of election, deposited in the nearest postoffice within six hours
after the completion of the canvass of the votes cast at such election,

which poll book and tally list shall be filed and kept by the Secretary
of State for one year, and certified copies thereof shall be evidence
in all courts, proceedings and election contests. Another of the ksts
of voters, with such certificates written thereon, and another of the
tally papers footed as aforesaid, shall be carefully enveloped and sealed
up and delivered by the third one of the judges, without delay, in
counties under township organization, to the town clerk of the town
in which the district may be; and in counties not under township
organization, thev shall be retained by one of the judges of election,
and safely kept by said town clerk or judge, for the use and inspec-
tion of the voters of such district until the next general election.
Before said returns are sealed up, as aforesaid, the judges shall com-
pare said tally papers, footings and certificates, and see that they are
correct and duplicates of each other, and certify to the correctness of
the same : Provided, that the lists of voters and tally papers required
by this Act to be forwarded to the Secretary of State, shall be trans-
mitted in envelopes furnished to the various county clerks by the
Secretary of State for that purpose. Said envelopes shall bear the
name and address of the Secretary of State, printed in plain legible
type, together with a blank form printed in convenient shape for
designating the county and voting precinct or district where it is
to be used, and also the words "poll book and tally list only," and the
date of the election for which they are to be used. Said envelopes,
printed as aforesaid, shall be forwarded by the Secretary of State to
the various county clerks, in the same manner in which registration
books are now sent, and in ample time for each general election. And
it shall be the duty of the county clerk of each county, upon receipt
of said envelopes, to properly fill out the blank form on one copy of
same for each voting precinct or district in his county, according to
the list of precincts forwarded to him in pursuance of law, to the
office of the Secretary of State. Said county clerks shall attach to
each of said envelopes, sufficient stamps to fully prepay the postage
on the list of voters and tally paper which it is to contain. Said
envelopes, properly filled out and stamped as aforesaid, shall be dis-
tributed by the various county clerks to the election officers entitled
to receive them, together with their regular quota of other election
supplies.

15. CHALLENGERS.] [ 64, Ch. 46, R. S.] The judges of election
shall allow at least one, and not more than two legal voters of each
party to the contest, to be chosen by the parties respectively, to be in
the room where the election is held, to act as challengers of voters at
such election; and such challengers may remain with the board of
election until the votes are all canvassed and the result declared.

ARTICLE XI.

CANVASSING RETURNS.

i. CANVASSING RETURNS ABSTRACTS.] [ 71, Ch. 46, R. S.]
Within seven days after the close of the election the county clerks of
the respective counties, with the assistance of two justices of the peace

of the county, shall open the returns and make abstracts of the votes
in the following manner, as the case may require :

Of votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, on one sheet; of
votes for State officers, on another sheet; of votes for Presidential
Electors, on another sheet; of votes for Representatives to Congress,
on another sheet; of votes for Judges of the Supreme Court, on
another sheet; of votes for members of the State Board of Equaliza-
sheet; of votes for Judges of the Circuit Court, on another sheet; of
votes for Senators and Representatives to the General Assembly, on
another sheet ; of votes for members of the State Board of Equaliza-
tion, on another sheet; of votes for Trustees of the University of
Illinois, on another sheet; of votes for amendments to the Constitu-
tion, and for other propositions submitted to the electors of the entire
State, on another sheet; of votes for county officers and for proposi-
tions submitted to the electors of the county only, on another sheet.
The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the county clerk in the
office.

2. CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.] [ 72, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county
clerk shall make out a certificate of election to each of the persons
having the highest number of votes for the several county officers,
and deliver such certificate to the person entitled to it, on his appli-
cation.

3. TIE VOTE.] [ 73, Ch. 46, R. S.] When two or more persons
receive an equal and the highest number of votes for an office to be
filled by the county alone, the county clerk shall issue a notice to
such persons of such tie vote, and require them to appear at his office,
on a day named in the notice, within ten days from the day of elec-
tion, and determine by lot which of them is to be declared elected.

4. DRAWING LOTS CERTIFICATES.] [ 74, Ch. 46, R. S.] On the
day appointed, the clerk and other canvassers, or in case of their ab-
sence, the State's attorney or sheriff, shall attend, and the parties
interested shall appear and determine by lot which of them is to be
declared elected; and the clerk shall issue his certificate of election
to the person thus declared elected.

5. ABSTRACTS SENT TO SECRETARY OF STATE.] [ 76, Ch. 46 V ,R.
S.] Immediately after the completion of the abstracts of votes ^thp
county clerk shall make two correct copies of the abstracts of votes
for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of
Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney General and Superintendent of
Public Instruction, both of which said copies he shall envelop and
seal up, and endorse upon the envelopes in substance, "Abstracts of

votes for State officers from county," and he shall address

one of the envelopes containing said copies of abstracts of votes for
State officers to "the Speaker of the House of Representatives," ahd
the other he shall address to "the Secretary of State." The county
clerk shall, at the same time, envelop and seal up a copy of each of
the abstracts of votes for other officers and amendments to the Con-
stitution and other propositions voted on, and endorse the same so as
to show the contents of the package, and address the same to the Sec-
retary of State. The several packages shall then be placed in one
envelope and addressed to the Secretary of State.

6. How ABSTRACTS SENT.] [ 77, Ch. 46, R. S.] Such abstracts
shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State by mail, or, in case it
shall be necessary, by special messenger.

7. CANVASS BY SECRETARY OF STATE TIE VOTE COMMISSION
PROCLAMATION.] [ 78, Ch. 46, R. S.] The Secretary of State, Au-
ditor, Treasurer and Attorney General, or any two of them, in the
presence of the Governor, shall proceed within 20 days after the elec-
tion, and sooner if all the returns are received, to canvass the votes
given for Representatives to Congress, Judges of the Supreme Court,
Clerk of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Circuit Court, Senators,
Representatives to the General Assembly, members of the State
Board of Equalization and Trustees of the University of Illinois, re-
spectively, and the persons having the highest number of votes for
the respective officers shall be declared duly elected ; but if it appears
that more than the number of persons to be elected have the highest
and equal number of votes for the same office, the Secretary of State,
in the presence of the other officers and the Governor, shall decide by
lot which of such persons shall be elected; and to each person duly
elected, the Governor shall give a certificate of election or commis-
sion, as the case may require, and shall cause proclamation to be
made of the result of the canvass, and they shall at the same time and
in the same manner canvass the vote cast upon amendments to the
Constitution and upon other propositions submitted to the electors
of the entire State; and the Governor shall cause to be made such
proclamation of the result of the canvass as the statutes elsewhere
provide.

ARTICLE XII.

CONTESTING ELECTIONS.

1. WHEN LEGISLATURE TO HEAR.] [ 94, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
Legislature, in joint meeting, shall hear and determine cases of
contested elections of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of
Public Instruction, and Attorney General. The meeting of the two
Houses, to decide upon such election, shall be held in the hall of the
House of Representatives, and the Speaker of the House shall preside.

2. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.] [ 95, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
Senate and House of Representatives shall severally hear and deter-
mine contests of election of their respective members.

3. BY CIRCUIT COURT.] [ 96, Ch. 46, R. S.] The circuit court
shall hear and determine contests of the election of Judges of the
Supreme Court, clerks of the Supreme Court, judges of the circuit
court, judges of the Superior Court of Cook county, and members of
the State Board of Equalization, but no judge of the circuit court
shall sit upon the hearing of any case in which he is a party.

4. BY CIRCUIT AND SUPERIOR COURTS.] [ 97, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
circuit courts in thle respective counties, and in Cook county the

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Superior Court also, may have [hear] and determine contests of the
election of judges of the county courts, mayors of cities, presidents
of county boards, presidents of villages, in reference to the removal
of county seafts and in reference to any other subject which may be
submitted to the vote of the people of the county, and concurrent
jurisdiction with the county court in all cases mentioned in section
ninety-eight (98).

5. BY COUNTY COURT.] [ 98, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county court
shall hear and determine contests of election of all other county, town
and precinct officers, and all other officers for the contesting of whose
election no provision is made.

6. ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS PETITION OF CONTESTANT.]
[ 99, Ch. 46, R. S.] When any elector shall desire to contest the
election of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Aud-
itor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion or Attorney General, he shall, within ten days after the result of
the election shall have been determined, present a petition to the
General Assembly, setting forth the points on which he will contest
such election and praying for leave to produce his proof,

7. JOINT COMMITTEE TO TAKE TESTIMONY.] [ IOO, Ch. 46, R. S.]

The General Assembly shall appoint a t joint committee to take the tes-
timony on the part of the petitioner, and the person whose place is
contested.

8. POWERS OF JOINT COMMITTEE.] [ 101, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
committee so appointed shall have power to send for witnesses, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers,
issue commissions under the hand of its chairman to any officer au-
thorized to take depositions in other cases, to take the depositions of
witnesses upon the points set forth in the petition, at such time and
place as the commission shall direct.

9. NOTICE.] v[ 1 02, Ch. 46, R. S.] Reasonable notice shall be
given by the party in whose favor the deposition is to be taken, to
the opposite party, of the time and place of taking the same.

10. TESTIMONY.] [ 103, Ch. 46, R. S.] No testimony shall be
taken except upon the points set forth in the petition.

11. REPORT OF COMMITTEE HEARING DECISION.] [! 104, Ch.
46, R. S.] The committee shall report the facts to the House, and a
day shall be fixed by a joint resolution for the meeting of the two
Houses to decide upon the same, in which decision the yeas and nays
shall be taken and entered upon the journal.

12. WHO MAY CONTEST SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE.] [ IO5,

Ch. 46, R. S.] The election of any member declared duly elected to
a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives of the General As-
sembly may be contested by any qualified voter of th'e county or dis-
trict to be represented by such Senator or Representative.

13. NOTICE OF CONTEST.] [ 106, Ch. 46, R. S.] The contestant
shall, within 30 days after the result of the election shall have been
determined, serve on the person whose election he will contest, a
notice of his intention to contest such election, expressing the points

on which the same will be contested ; and shall, also, on or before the
next session of the General Assembly, deliver a copy of such notice
to the Secretary of State. In case the person whose election is con-
tested is absent, or can not be found, service may be had by leaving
a copy of such notice at his usual place of residence.

14. TESTIMONY HOW TAKEN.] [ 107, Ch. 46, R. S.] Whenever
a notice shall have been given of intention to contest an election, as
provided in the preceding section, either party may proceed to take
testimony of any witness before any judge, justice of the peace, clerk
of a court, master in chancery or notary public, on giving to the ad-
verse party, or his attorney, ten days' notice of the time and place of
taking the same, and one day in addition thereto (Sunday exclusive)
for every fifty miles' travel from the place of residence of such party
to the place where such deposition is to be taken. If the party en-
titled to notice resides in the county where the deposition is to be taken,
five days' notice shall be sufficient.

15. POWER OF OFFICER TAKING TESTIMONY.] [ IO8, Ch. 46, R. S.]

The officer before whom depositions are taken shall have power to
compel the production of papers and the attendance of witnesses ; and
the same proceedings may be had to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses as are provided in the case of taking depositions to be used in
courts of law and equity.

16. DEPOSITIONS, ETC., TO BE SENT TO SECRETARY OF STATE.]
[ 109, Ch. 46, R. S.] A copy of the notice to take depositions, with
proof of the service thereof, with the deposition, shall be sealed up
and transmitted by mail or otherwise, to the Secretary of State, with
an indorsement thereon, showing the names of the contesting parties,
the office contested, and the nature of the papers.

17. DELIVERY OF NOTICE OF CONTEST, ETC. DUTY OF PRESIDING
OFFICER.] [ no, Ch. 46, R. S.] The Secretary of State shall de-
liver the copy of the notice deposited with him by the contestant and
the depositions unopened to the presiding officer of the branch of the
General Assembly to which the contest relates on or before the second
day of the session next after the receipt of the same; and the pre-
siding officer shall immediately give notice to his house that such papers
are in his possession.

18. RIGHTS OF EITHER HOUSE SAVED.] [ in, Ch. 46, R. S.]
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to abridge the right of
either branch of the General Assembly to grant commissions to take
depositions, or to send for and examine any witness it may desire to
hear on such trial.

19. WHO MAY CONTEST ELECTION OF OTHER OFFICERS.] [ 112,

Ch. 46, R. S.] The election of any person declared elected to any
office, other than Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Attorney General, Senator or Representative, may be con-
tested by an elector of the State, judicial division, district, county,
town or precinct in and for which the person is declared elected.

20. CONTESTANT TO FILE STATEMENT, ETC.] [ 113, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The person desiring to contest such election shall, within 30 days
after the person whose election is contested is declared elected, file
with the clerk of the proper court a statement, in writing, setting
forth the points on which he will contest the election, which statement
shall be verified by affidavit in the same manner as bills in chancery
may be verified.

21. SUMMONS.] [ 114, Ch. 46, R. S,]. Upon the filing of such
statement, summons shall issue against the person whose office is con-
tested, and he may be served with process, or notified to appear, in the
same manner as is provided in cases in chancery.

22. EVIDENCE.] [ 115, Ch. 46, R. S.] Evidence may be taken
in the same manner and upon like notice as in cases in chancery.

23. TRIAL.] [ 116, Ch. 46, R. S.] The case shall be tried in
like manner as cases in chancery, and may be heard and determined
by the court in term time, or by the judge in vacation, at any time
not less than ten (10) days after service of process, or at any time
after the defendant is required by notification to appear, and shall have
preference in the order of hearing to all other cases. The court, in
term time, or the judge, in vacation, may make and enforce all neces-
sary orders for the preservation and production of the ballots, poll
books, tally papers, returns, registers and other papers or evidence
that may bear upon the contest.

24. OTHER ELECTIONS CONTESTED.] [ 117, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any
five electors of the county may contest an election upon any subject
which may by law be submitted to a vote of the people of the county
upon filing in the circuit court, within 30 days after the result of the
election shall have been determined, a written statement in like form
as in other cases of contested elections in the circuit court. The
county shall be made defendant, and process shall be served as in suits
against the county, and like proceedings shall be had as in other cases
of contested elections before such court.

25. WHEN ELECTOR MAY DEFEND FOR COUNTY.] [ 118, Ch. 46,
R. S.] In case the county board shall fail or refuse properly to de-
fend such contest, the court shall allow any, one or more electors of
the county to appear and defend, in which case the electors so de-
fending shall be liable for the costs, in case the judgment of the court
shall be in favor of the contestants.

26. JUDGMENT.] [ 119, Ch. 46, R. S.] The judgment of the
court, in cases of contested elections, shall confirm or annul the elec-
tion, according to the right of the matter ; or, in case the contest is in
relation to the election of some person to an office, shall declare as
elected the person who shall appear to be duly elected.

27. TIE.] [ 120, Ch. 46, R. S.] If it appears that two or more
persons have, or would have had, if the legal ballots cast, or intended
to be cast for them had been counted, the highest, and an equal num-
ber of votes for the same office, the persons receiving such vote shall
decide by lot, in such manner as the court shall direct, which of them
shall be declared duly elected; and the judgment shall be entered ac-
cordingly.

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28. CERTIFIED COPY OF JUDGMENT.] [ 121, Ch. 46, R. S.] A
certified copy of the judgment of the court shall have the same effect
as to the result of the election, as if it had been so declared by the can-
vassers.

29. WHEN ELECTION ADJUDGED VOID.] [ 122, Ch. 46, R. S.]
When the person whose election is contested is found to have received
the highest number of legal votes, but the election is declared null by
reason of legal disqualification on his part, or for other causes, the
person receiving the next highest number of votes shall not be de-
clared elected, but the election shall be declared void.

30. APPEAL.] [ 123, Ch. 46, R. S.] In all cases of contested
elections in the circuit courts or county courts, appeals may be taken
to the Supreme Court in the same manner, and upon like conditions
as is provided by law for taking appeals in cases in chancery from the
circuit courts.

31. BALLOTS TO BE OPENED.] [ 60 and 314, Ch. 46, R. S.] In
all cases of contested elections, the parties contesting the same shall
have the right to have the said package of ballots opened,
and to have all errors of the judges in counting or refusing
to count any ballot, corrected by the court or body trying such con-
test; but such ballots shall be opened only in open court, or in open
session of such body, and in the presence of the officer having the cus-
tody thereof.

ARTICLE XIII.

OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.

1. LIQUOR.] [ 79, Ch. 46, R. S.] No spirituous, malt, vinous or
intoxicating liquor shall be sold or given away at retail, nor shall any
saloon or barroom or place where such liquor is so sold or given away,
be open upon any general or special election day within one mile of the
place of holding an election. Whoever violates the provisions of this
section shall be fined in a sum not less than $25.00 nor more than
$100.00. It shall be the duty of the sheriff, coroner, constables and
other officers of the county, and magistrates, to see that the provisions
of this section are enforced.

2. FALSE SWEARING.] [ 80, Ch. 46, R. S.] If any person whose
vote is challenged, or any witness sworn under the provisions of this
Act, shall knowingly, wilfully and corruptly swear falsely, he shall be
deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof shall be punished
accordingly.

3. REGISTRY.] [Part 142, Ch. 46, R. S.I Any person who shall
wilfully make to any board of registry, any false statement in rela-
tion to his location, residence or qualification to vote, or to be regis-
tered at any election, or in any election precinct or district, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be pun-
ished with a fine of $50.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for
a period of ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

4. FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION FALSE SWEARING, ETC.] [Part
147, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person who shall cause his name to be
registered in more than one election district, or who shall cause his
name to be registered, knowing that he is not a qualified voter in the
district where such registry is made, or who shall falsely personate
any registered voter, and any person causing, aiding or abeting any
person, in any manner, in either of said Acts, shall be punished, for
each and every offense, by imprisonment in the State prison for not
less than one year. All intentional false swearing before said board
of registration shall be deemed wilful and corrupt perjury, and, on
conviction, punished as such.

5. ILLEGAL VOTING.] [ 81, Ch. 46, R. S.] Whoever unlawfully
votes more than once at any election, or offers to vote after having
once voted at such election, or knowing that he is not a qualified vote*
at an election, wilfully votes at such election, shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment in
thd county jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of
the court.

6. OTHER OFFENSES.] [ 82, Ch. 49, R. S.] Whoever wilfully
aids or abets any one not legally qualified to vote at an election in
voting or attempting to vote at such election ; or

Second Furnishes an elector with a ticket or ballot, informing him
that it contains a name different from that which appears thereon,
with intent to induce him to vote contrary to his inclination ; or

Third Changes a ballot of an elector with intent to deprive such
elector of voting for such person as he intended; or

Fourth By unlawful means prevents, or attempts to prevent, any
voter from attending or voting at an election; or

Fifth Gives, or offers to give any valuable thing or bribe to any
judge or clerk of election, as a consideration for some act to be done,
or omitted to be done, contrary to his official duty in relation to such
election, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding
$1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year, or
both in the discretion of the court. And any judge or clerk who shall
receive, request or demand any bribe or reward forbidden by this act
shall, upon conviction, be liable to the same penalties as are pre-
scribed in this article for the giving, or offering to give, such bribe or
reward.

7. RECEIVING, REQUESTING, ETC., BRIBES, ETC. UPON SECOND OF-
FENSE.] [ 83, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person who shall solicit, request,
demand or receive, directly or indirectly, any money, intoxicating
liquors or other thing of value, or the promise thereof, either to
influence his vote, or to be used, or under the pretense of being used,
to procure the vote of any other person or persons, or to be used
at any poll or other place prior to or on the day of an election for
or against any candidate for office, or for or against any measure or
question to be voted upon at such election, shall be deemed guilty
of the infamous crime of bribery in elections and upon conviction
thereof in any court of record, shall be sentenced to disfranchisement
by the judge of such court for a term of not less than five nor more

than fifteen years, and to the county jail not less than three months
nor more than one year, and to pay the costs of prosecution and
stand committed to the county jail until such costs shall be fully
paid. That for a conviction of a second offense under this section,
the first being alleged and proven, such second offender shall be by
the sentence of the court, forever thereafter disfranchised and deprived
of the right to vote at an election in this State, and be imprisoned
in the county jail not less than one year, and be committed to jail in
default of payment of costs of prosecution until such costs are fully
paid. Prosecution may be had under this section by indictment in
the circuit court, or by information in the county courts, and the ef-
fect of a sentence of disfranchisement in either of said courts, both
having jurisdiction of offenses hereunder, shall be to deprive such
persons sentenced of the right to vote at any general or special elec-
tion or town meeting, within this State for the period of time fixed
by the court where such person shall be convicted under this section.
Any candidate or other person paying, furnishing or promising to
pay or furnish, or bribing such person with money, intoxicating liquor
or other thing of value, or the promise thereof, shall not be liable
to punishment therefor, but shall be a competent witness and com-
pelled to testify in prosecutions under this section. Solicitation by
any person of a loan of money, or the purchase of anything of value,
or of liquor by the drink or treat to influence or effect his vote, or any
other subterfuge, shall be deemed a violation hereof.

8. PERSONS DISFRANCHISED.] [Last part 83, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any
person who shall have been legally convicted and disfranchised by a
court of competent jurisdiction who shall, before the expiration of his
term of disfranchisement, vote or offer to vote, at any general or
special election or town meeting, shall, upon indictment and convic-
tion thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, be confined in the
penitentiary for a term of years not less than one nor more than ten.

9. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.] [ 84, Ch. 46, R. S.] Whoever is dis-
orderly at any election shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $25.

10. BETTING ON ELECTION.] [ 85, Ch. 46, R. S.] Whoever bets
or wagers any money, property or other valuable thing upon the
result of an election which may be held under the Constitution or
laws of this State, or bets or wagers money, property or other val-
uable thing upon the number of votes which may be given to any
person at an election, or upon who will recive the greatest number
of votes at an election, or agrees to pay any other person any money,
property or other valuable thing in the event that an election shall
result in one way, or in the event that any person shall or shall not
be elected, or shall receive a greater number of votes than others,
upon conviction thereof he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000,
or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the
discretion of the court.

11. ABSENCE FOR VOTING PURPOSES EMPLOYER PREVENTING, PEN-
ALTY.] [Part 312, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person or corporation
who shall refuse to an employe the privilege of absenting himself
two hours from service or employment for the purpose of voting, as

provided in this Act, or shall subject an employe to a penalty or de-
duction of wages because of the exercise of such privilege, or who shall
directly or indirectly violate the provisions of this section, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined in any sum not less than
$5 or more than $100.

12. CARRYING AWAY, DEFACING, ETC., POLL BOOKS, ETC.] [ 93,
Ch. 46, R. S.] Whoever shall, wilfully and wrongfully, take or carry
away from the place where it has been deposited for safe keeping, or
deface, mutilate or change any poll book, ballot or tally list, or any
name or figure therein, shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not ex-
ceeding $1,000.00, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one
year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

13. DESTROYING POSTED LISTS, ETC. PENALTY.] [ 136 and 317,
Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person who shall, prior to an election, wilfully
take down or destroy any list of voters posted by any board of reg-
istration, or any list of candidates posted in accordance with the
provisions of this Act, or who, during an election, shall wilfully de-
face, tear down, remove or destroy any card of instructions or speci-
men ballots printed and posted for the instruction of voters, or who
shall, during an election, wilfully remove or destroy any of the sup-
plies or conveniences furnished to enable voters to prepare their
ballots, or shall wilfully hinder the voting of others, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00.

14. DESTROYING, ETC., CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION SPURIOUS
BALLOTS, ETC. PENALTY.] [ 318, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person who
shall falsely make or wilfully destroy any certificate of nomination or
nomination papers, or any part thereof ; or any letter of withdrawal,
or file any certificate of nomination or nomination papers, knowing
the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppress any
certificate of nomination or nomination papers, or any part thereof,
which has been duly filed, or forge or falsely make the official en-
dorsement on any ballot, or shall take from the polling place any
official ballot or substitute therefor any spurious or counterfeit bal-
lot, or make, use, circulate, or cause to be made or circulated as an
official ballot any paper printed in imitation or resemblance thereof,
or wilfully destroy or deface any ballot, or wilfully delay the delivery
of any ballots, shall be punished by a fine not less than $100.00 and
not exceeding $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not
less than one year and not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.

15. ELECTIONEERING AT POLLS PROHIBITED PENALTY.] [ 315,
Ch. 46, R. S.] No person whatever shall do any electioneering or
soliciting of votes on election day within any polling place or within
100 feet of any polling place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or
oppose any voter while approaching the polling place for the purpose
of voting. Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section shall
be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00
for each and every offense; and it shall be the duty of the judges of
election to enforce the provisions of this section.

16. UNLAWFUL EXHIBITION OF BALLOT FALSE STATEMENT PEN-
ALTY.] [ 316, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any voter who shall, except as herein

otherwise provided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person with an
apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote, or
who shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot,
or any person who shall interfere, or attempt to interfere, with any
voter when inside said enclosed space, or when marking his ballot, or
who shall endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he
marks or has marked his ballot, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and it shall
be the duty of the election judges to enforce the provisions of this
section.

17. WHEN OTHER PERSON ASCERTAINS OR DISCLOSES VOTE.] [ 88,
Ch. 46, R. S.] If any person shall wilfully or corruptly ascertain or
publish or reveal how any elector voted at an election, he shall, on con-
viction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000, or imprisoned
in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of
the court.

BY ELECTION OFFICERS.

18. OFFENSES OF JUDGE' OF ELECTION.] [ 86, Ch. 46, R. S.] If
any judge of any election shall permit a person to vote, whose vote is
challenged, without the proof required in this Act ; or

Second Shall knowingly and wilfully permit a person to testify
as a witness contrary to the provisions of this Act ; or

Third Shall knowingly permit a person to vote who is not quali-
fied according to law ; or

Fourth shall knowingly receive and count more than one vote
from the same person at the same election for the same officer, except
as allowed by law; or

Fifth Shall refuse to receive the vote of a qualified elector at such
election who will make the affidavit and proof required by this Act ; or

Sixth Shall be guilty of any fraud, corruption, partiality or mani-
fest misbehavior; or

Seventh Shall open or unfold any ballot when the same is pre-
sented to be deposited in the ballot box; or

Eighth Shall wilfully neglect to perform any of the duties re-
quired of him by this Act, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a
sum not exceeding $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not ex-
ceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

19. WHEN JUDGE OR CLERK ASCERTAINS OR DISCLOSES VOTE.] [
87, Ch. 46, R. S.] If any judge or clerk of election shall wilfully
or corruptly ascertain by comparison of the poll book with the ballot, or
shall allow any other person to ascertain by such comparison or other-
wise, or shall wilfully publish or reveal how any elector voted at an
election, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not ex-
ceeding $1,000, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one
year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

20. NEGLECT OF DUTY BY CLERK.] [ 89, Ch. 46, R. S.] If any
clerk of an election shall wilfully neglect to perform any duty re-
quired of him as clerk of election, or shall be guilty of fraud, corrup-
tion or misbehavior as such clerk, he shall, on conviction, be fined in

a sum not exceeding $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not ex-
ceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

21. FAILURE TO DELIVER POLL BOOKS, ETC.] [ 90, Ch. 46, R. S.]
If any judge, clerk or messenger, after having been deputed by the
judges of election to carry the poll books, tally list, and votes of such
election to the place where, by law, they are required to be canvassed,
wilfully or negligently fails to deliver such poll books, tally list or
ballots within the time prescribed by law, with the seal unbroken, he
shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding $500, or im-
prisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both, in the
discretion of the court.

22. NEGLECT BY COUNTY CLERK.] [ 91, Ch. 46, R. S.] If the
county clerk wilfully neglects or refuses to perform any duty required
of him by this Act, he shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not
exceeding $500, and shall be liable to the person injured by reason of
such neglect or refusal, in an amount not exceeding $500, to be recov-
ered in an action on the case.

23. FRAUD IN CANVASSING.] [ 92, Ch. 46, R. S.] If any county
clerk or justice of the peace shall be guilty of any fraud, corruption
or misbehavior, in canvassing the votes or making any abstract of
votes or issuing any certificate of election, he shall, on conviction,
be fined in any sum not exceeding $500, or imprisoned in the county
jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.

24. REFUSAL OF SUPERVISOR, ETC., TO ACT PENALTY.] [ 93^,
Ch. 46, R. S.] If any supervisor, county commissioner, or member of
any county board, shall wilfully refuse, neglect or fail to do any Act,
or perform any duty required of him by the election laws of this State,
he shall be deemed guilt of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction fined
not exceeding $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding
six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

25. NEGLECT OF OFFICER TO PERFORM DUTIES.] [ 319, Ch. 46,
R. S.] Any public officer upon whom a duty is imposed by this Act
[June 22, 1891], who shall wilfully neglect to perform such duty, or
who shall wilfully perform it in such way as to hinder the object of
this Act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more
than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less
than one year, and not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.

26. PENALTY FOR MISCONDUCT OF BOARD OF REGISTRATION.] [
147, Ch. 46, R. S.] If any member or officer of any board of regis-
tration shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this Act [July
15, 1865], or be guilty of any fraud' in the execution of the duties of
his office, he shall be punished for each and every offense by imprison-
ment in the State prison for not less than one year.

27. REPEAL.] [ 322, Ch. 46, R. S.] This Act shall not repeal
an Act entitled, "An Act regulating the holding of elections and de-
claring the results thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns,"
approved June 19, 1885, or any of the amendments thereto; but all
elections in cities, villages and incorporated towns which may have
heretofore adopted or which may hereafter adopt the said Act, shall

be held in accordance with the provisions thereof. Except as to the
manner of making nominations for office, the manner of providing
printing and distributing ballots, the form of ballot, the arrangement
and the furnishing of polling places and voting booths, and the man-
ner of voting and the numbering and preserving the ballots, all of
which shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Act. No pen-
alty provided for a violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall
be construed as a substitute for, or a repeal of any penalty provided
in the aforesaid Act of June 19, 1885, for a violation of any of the
provisions of said Act.

ARTICLE XIV.

RESIGNATIONS AND VACANCIES.

1. OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS.] [ 124, Ch. 46, R. S.] Resignations
of elective offices shall be made to the officer, court or county board
authorized by law to fill a vacancy in such office by appointment, or
to order an election to fill such vacancy.

2. WHEN OFFICE BECOMES VACANT.] [ 125, Ch. 46, R. S.]
Every elective office shall become vacant on the happening of either of
the following events before the expiration of the term of such office ;

First The death of the incumbent.

Second His resignation.

Third His becoming insane.

Fourth His ceasing to be an inhabitant of the State, or, if the office
is local, his ceasing to be an inhabitant of the district, county, town
or precinct for which he was elected.

Fifth His conviction of an infamous crime, or of any offense in-
volving a violation of official oath.

Sixth His removal from office.

Seventh His refusal or neglect to take his oath of office, or to give
or renew his official bond, or to deposit or file such oath or bond within
the time prescribed by law.

Eighth The decision of a competent tribunal declaring his elec-
tion void.

3. WHO MAY DETERMINE WHEN VACANCY EXISTS.] [g 126, Ch,

46, R. S.] Whenever it is alleged that a. vacancy in any office exists,
the officer, court or county board, whose duty it is to fill the vacancy
by appointment, or to order an election to fill such vacancy, shall have
power to determine whether or not the facts occasioning such va-
cancy exist.

4. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR VACANT.] [ 127, Ch.
46, R. S.] In case of vacancies in the offices of Governor and Lien-
tenant Governor, the officer performing the duties of the office of
Governor, or if there is no such officer, the Secretary of State shall
issue a proclamation appointing a day for a special election to fill such
vacancies, and shall issue a writ of election to the county clerks of the
several counties in the State, and shall also, when necessary call a
special session of the General Assembly to canvass the votes cast at
such election; but if such vacancy shall occur not more than ninety
(90) days before a general election for members of the Legislature,
the vacancy shall be filled at such general election, in which case no

special session of the General Assembly to canvass votes shall be
deemed necessary.

5. STATE TREASURER AND AUDITOR.] [ 4, Ch. 15 and 4, Ch.
130, R. S.] If any person elected to the office of State Treasurer or
Auditor of Public Accounts shall fail to give bond or take the oath re-
quired of him within ten days after he is declared elected, the office
shall be deemed vacant, and if the Treasurer or Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, being required by the Governor to give additional bond fails
to do so within twenty days after such requirement, his office may, in
the discretion of the Governor, be declared vacant and filled as pro-
vided by law.

6. OTHER STATE OFFICERS.] [ 128, Ch. 46, R. S.] When a va-
cancy shall occur in the office of Secretary of State, Auditor of Public
Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public In-
struction or member of the State Board of Equalization, the Governor
shall fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his
office during the remainder of the term, and until his successor is
elected and qualified.

7. SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE.] [ 129, Ch. 46, R. S.] When
a vacancy shall occur in the office of Senator or Representative in the
General Assembly, it shall be the duty of- the county clerk of the
county in which the member whose office is vacant resided, to notify
the Governor of such vacancy. Whereupon the Governor shall issue
a writ of election to the county clerk or clerks of the county or coun-
ties in which the vacancy is to be filled, fixing a day upon which an
election shall be held to fill such vacancy ; but unless the General As-
sembly shall be in session at the time the vacancy occurs, or there
shall be a session between the time vacancy occurs and the next suc-
ceeding general election, no special election shall be ordered to fill
such vacancy.

8. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.] [ 130, Ch. 46, R. S.] When
any vacancy shall occur in the office of Representative in Congress
from this State, the Governor shall issue a writ of election to the
county clerks of the several counties in the district where the vacancy
exists, appointing a day to hold a special election to fill such vacancy.

9. JUDGES.] [ 131, Ch. 46, R. S.] When a vacancy shall occur
in the office of Judge of the Supreme Court, judge of the circuit court,
judge of the Superior Court of Cook county, or judge of the county
court, the clerk of the court in which the vacancy exists, shall notify
the Governor of such vacancy. If such vacancy shall occur within one
year before the expiration of the term of the office, made vacant, the
Governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment ; but if the unexpired
term exceeds one year, the Governor shall issue a writ of election as
in other cases of vacancies to be filled by election.

10. CLERKS OF COURTS.] [ 132, Ch. 46, R. S.] When a vacancy
shall occur in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, or in the
office of clerk of the Superior Court of Cook county, or clerk of the
circuit court of any of the counties of this State, and the unexpired
term of such clerk shall exceed one year, it shall be the duty of the

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court, or, if in vacation, of the judge or judges of the court in which
such vacancy may occur, to appoint a clerk pro tempore; and such
appointee shall qualify in the same manner, and give bond as required
by law of the clerk of the court to which he is appointed, to be ap-
proved by the court, or, if in vacation, by the judge or judges making
the appointment; and thereupon such appointee shall be authorized
to perform all duties and receive all emoluments allowed by law to the
duly elected clerk of such court, and shall hold such office until an
election can be held to fill the same, and until the person so elected
shall have qualified according to law. Whenever an appointment shall
be made, as provided by this Act, it shall be the duty of the court, or
the judge or judges making such appointment, to notify the Governor
forthwith of the vacancy filled by such appointment ; and upon receiv-
ing such notice it shall be the duty of the Governor, as soon thereafter
as may be practicable, to issue a writ of election as in other cases of va-
cancies to be filled by election, in the same manner as if no appointment
had been made ; and when any such vacancy shall occur, and the un ex-
pired term does not exceed one year, such vacancy shall be filled by
appointment by the court to which such office appertains, or by the
judge or judges thereof.

11. COUNTY OFFICERS, PRECINCT OFFICERS, ETC.] [ 133, Ch. 46,
R. S.] When a vacancy shall occur in the office of county commis-
sioner, State's attorney, sheriff, coroner, county clerk, recorder of
deeds, county treasurer, county surveyor, justice of the peace, con-
stable, or other county or precinct officer not otherwise provided
for by law, within one year before the expiration of the term of such
vacant office, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the county
board of the county in which the vacancy exists; but if such tin-
expired term exceeds one year, the county clerk, or, in case of a
vacancy in his office, the chairman of the county board, shall issue an
order appointing a day for an election to fill such vacancy, and cause'
notice thereof to be given as in other cases of election.

12. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.] [ 14, Ch. 122, R. S.] When the
office of county superintendent of schools shall become vacant by
death, resignation, the removal of the incumbent by the county board
or otherwise, the county board shall fill such vacancy by appointment,
and the person so appointed shall hold his office until the next election
of county officers, at which election the county board shall order the
election of a successor : Provided, that if a vacancy shall not be filled
by the county board within thirty days of the time the vacancy occurs
by reason of a tie vote of said board upon the vote to fill the vacancy,
or from any other cause, then it shall be the duty of the clerk to the
county board to summons the county judge of the county in which the
vacancy exists to meet with the county board at a time and place to
be designated by the clerk, of which meeting the members of the
county board shall have notice; and said county board and county
judge, when so notified, shall meet at the time and place designated,
of [at] which meeting the county judge shall preside, and in case of
a tie vote he shall give the casting vote. Upon the appointment of a
person t fill the vacancy of county superintendent of schools, the

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clerk of the county board shall notify the person so selected and ap-
pointed by the board of his selection and appointment, and he shall hold
his office until the next election of county officers, at which election the
county board shall order the election of a successor.

13. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLE.] [ 7, Ch. 79, R. S.]
When a vacancy occurs in the office of a justice of the peace or con-
stable, by death, resignation, removal from the town or precinct, or
other cause, if the unexpired term exceeds one year his office shall be
filled by special election ; and it shall be the duty of the town clerk in
counties under township organization, and county clerks in counties
not under township organization, in case of such vacancy, to issue his
order to the judges of election of the proper town or precinct, requir-
ing them, on a certain day therein named, not less than 20 days from
the issuing of such order, to hold an election to fill such vacancy ; and
at the same time the county or town clerk shall deliver to such judges
three copies of a notice of such election, two of which notices shall be
posted up in such town or precinct in two public places therein ; and an
election shall be held pursuant to such order, and conducted as other
elections. If the unexpired term of his office does not exceed one year,
the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the county board.

14. JUDGE OF CITY COURTS.] [ 244, Ch. 37, R. S.] Vacancies in
the office of judge of city courts shall be filled for the unexpired term,
at a special election, to be called and held by the same authority and in
the same manner that other city elections may be held, where such un-
expired term exceeds one year; but where the same does not exceed
one year, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor.

15. TO WHAT ELECTIONS THIS ACT MAY APPLY.] [ 134, Ch. 46,

R. S.] The provisions of this article shall apply, as far as practi-
cable, to all elections in this State, whether general, special, local or
municipal, except so far as they are modified or contravened by other
legal enactments.

ARTICLE XV.

CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT

(Act of 1901)

i. DISTRICTS.] [ 150, Ch. 46, R. S.] The State of Illinois be
and the same hereby is apportioned into 25 congressional districts, and
that the same are hereby established and shall be respectively composed
as herein set forth, to-wit:

The FIRST district shall be composed of the First ward, the Second
ward, that part of the Third ward east of the center line of Stewart
avenue, that part of the Fourth ward lying east of the center line of
Hoisted street, that part of the Sixth ward north of the center line of
Forty-third street, all in the city of Chicago.

The SECOND district shall be composed of that part of the Sixth
ward south of the center line of Forty-third street, the Seventh ward,
the Eighth ward, and the Thirty-third ward, in the city of Chicago.

The THIRD district shall be composed of the towns of Lemont,
Palos, Worth, Orland, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, Bloom and Calumet
in Cook county, and that part of the Twenty-ninth ward south of the
center line of Fifty-first street, that part of the Thirtieth ward south

of the center line of Fifty-first street, the Thirty-first ward and the
Thirty-second ward, in the city of Chicago.

The FOURTH district shall be composed of that part of the Third
ward lying" west of the center line of Stewart avenue, that part of the
Fourth ward lying west of the center line of Halsted street, the Fifth
ward, that part of the Eleventh ward south of the center line of
Twenty-second street, that part of the Twelfth ward lying south of
the center line of Twenty-second street, that part of the Twenty-ninth
ward north of the center line of Fifty-first street, and that part of the
Thirtieth ward north of the center line of Fifty-first street, in the city
of Chicago.

The FIFTH district shall be composed of the Ninth ward, the Tenth
ward, that part of the Eleventh ward north of the center line of
Twenty-second street, and that part of the Twelfth ward north of the
center line of Twenty-second street, in the city of Chicago.

The SIXTH district shall be composed of the towns of Proviso, Cicero,
Riverside, Stickney and Lyons, in Cook county, and the Thirteenth
ward, the Twentieth ward, the Thirty-fourth ward, and that part of
the Thirty-fifth ward south of the south line of the right of way of
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, in the city of
Chicago.

The SEVENTH district shall be composed of the towns of Hanover,
Schaumberg, Elk Grove, Maine, Leyden, Harrington, Palatine,
Wheeling and Norwood Park, in Cook county, the Fourteenth ward
that part of the Fifteenth ward west of the center line of Robey street
the Twenty-seventh ward, the Twenty-eighth ward, and that part of
the Thirty-fifth ward north of the south line of the right of way of
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, in the city of
Chicago.

The EIGHTH district shall be composed of that part of the Fifteenth
ward east of the center line of Robey street, the Sixteenth ward, the
Seventeenth ward, the Eighteenth ward and the Nineteenth ward, in
the city of Chicago.

The NINTH district shall be composed of the Twenty-first ward, the
Twenty-second ward, that part of the Twenty-third ward east of the
center line of Halsted street, and that part of the Twenty-fifth ward
south of the center line of Graceland avenue, in the city of Chicago.

The TENTH district shall be composed of that part of the Twenty-
third ward west of the center line of Halsted street, the Twenty-fourth
ward, that part of the Twenty-fifth ward north of the center line of
Graceland avenue and the Twenty-sixth ward, in the city of Chicago ;
also the towns of Evanston, Niles, New Trier and Northfield in Cook
county, and the county of Lake.

The ELEVENTH district shall be composed of the counties of DuPaps,
Kane, McHenry and Will.

The TWELFTH district shall be composed of the counties of Boone,
DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle and Winnebago.

The THIRTEENTH district shall be composed of the counties of Car-
roll, JoDaviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson and Whiteside.

The FOURTEENTH district shall be composed of the counties of Han-
cock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and Warren.

The FIFTEENTH district shall be composed of the counties of Adams,
Fulton, Henry, Knox and Schuyler.

The SIXTEENTH district shall be composed of the counties of Bureau,
Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark and Tazewell.

The SEVENTEENTH district shall be composed of the counties of
Ford, Livingston, Logan, McLean and Woodford.

The EIGHTEENTH district shall be composed of the counties of Clark,
Cumberland, Edgar, Iroquois, Kankakee and Vermilion.

The NINETEENTH ; district shall be composed of the counties of
Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby and
Piatt.

The TWENTIETH district shall be composed of the counties of Brown,
Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Jersey, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Pike and
Scott.

The TWENTY-FIRST district shall be composed of the counties of
Christian, Macoupin, Montgomery and Sangamon.

The TWENTY-SECOND district shall be composed of the counties of
Bond, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair and Washington.

The TWENTY-THIRD district shall be composed of the counties of
Clinton, Crawford, Efrmgham, Fayette, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence,
Marion, Richland and Wabash.

The TWENTY-FOURTH district shall be composed of the counties of
Clay, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope,
Saline, Wayne and White.

The TWENTY-FIFTH district shall be composed of the counties of
Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, Union and
Williamson.

2. ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DISTRICT.] [ 151, Cti. 46,

R. S.] One Representative to the Congress of the United States shall
be elected in each of the districts before enumerated on the Tuesday
after the first Monday of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and two (1902), and one in each of said dis-
tricts every two years thereafter; such election shall be held, and the
returns thereof made and canvassed, in the manner provided by law.

3. DEFINES WARD IN CHICAGO.] [ 1510, Ch. 46, R. S.] When-
ever the word "ward" or "wards," in the city of Chicago, are used in
this Act, they shall be construed as meaning the wards as existing in
said city at the time of the passage of this Act.

4. REPEAL.] [ 151^ Ch. 46, R. S.] An Act entitled "An Act
to apportion the State of Illinois into twenty-two Congressional dis-
tricts, and establish the same, and provide for the election of Repre-
sentatives therein," approved June 9, 1893, in force July I, 1893, is
hereby repealed.

ARTICLE XVI.

SENATORIAL AND REPRESENTATIVE APPORTIONMENT.

(Act of 1901.)

i. APPORTIONMENT.] [ 152, Ch. 46, R. S.] That until the taking
and return of the next federal census and the apportionment there-
under, as provided in the Constitution, the State shall be divided into

Senatorial districts ; each of which shall be entitled to one Senator and
three Representatives as follows, to-wit:

First The First and Second wards in the city of Chicago, in the
county of Cook, shall constitute the First district.

Second That part of the Eleventh ward lying north of the center
line of Sixteenth street ; that part of the Twelfth ward lying north of
the center line of Sixteenth street and east of the center line of Cali-
fornia avenue, and the Twentieth ward in the city of Chicago, in the
county of Cook, shall constitute the Second district.

Third The Third ward, that part of the Fourth ward lying east of
the center line of Halsted street, and that part of the Fifth ward
bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Thirty-third
street and Union avenue, and running south along the center line of
Union avenue to the center line of Thirty-fifth street, thence running
east along the center line of Thirty-fifth street to the center line of
Parnell avenue, thence running north along the center line of Par-
nell avenue td the center line of Thirty-third street, thence running
west along the center line of Thirty-third street to the place of be-
ginning, and that part of the Sixth ward lying north of the center
line of Forty-third street, said center line being extended easterly to
Lake Michigan, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall
constitute the Third district.

^Fourth The Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth wards, and that part of
the Thirty-first ward lying north of the center line of Fifty-seventh
place and east of the east line of the right of way of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, in the city of Chicago, in
the county of Cook, shall constitute the Fourth district.

Fifth The Sixth ward, except that part thereof lying north of the
center line of Forty-third street, said center line being extended
easterly to Lake Michigan, and the Seventh ward, except that part
thereof lying south of the center line of Sixty-third street, said center
line being extended easterly to Lake Michigan, and east of the center
line of Cottage Grove avenue, in the city of Chicago, in the county
of Cook, shall constitute the Fifth district.

Sixth The Twenty-fourth ward, that part of the Twenty-fifth
ward lying north of the center line of Devon avenue, that part of
the Twenty-third ward lying west of the center line of Halsted
street, and the Twenty-sixth ward in the city of Chicago ; also
all that part of the town of Evanston lying outside of the city of
Chicago, and those parts of the towns of Niles and New Trier lying
within the city of Evanston, all in the county of Cook, shall consti-
tute the Sixth district.

Seventh The towns of Thornton, Bloom, Rich, Bremen, Orland,
Lemont, Palos, Worth, Lyons, Stickney, Proviso, Leyden, Elk Grove,
Schaumberg, Hanover, Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Northfield,
that part of the town of New Trier lying outside of the city of Evans-
ton, that part of the town of Niles lying outside of the city of Chi-
cago and outside of the city of Evanston, and those parts of the towns
of Norwood Park and Maine lying outside of the city of Chicago, all
in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Seventh district.

Eighth The counties of Lake, McHenry and Boone, shall consti-
tute the Eighth district.

Ninth That part of the Fourth ward lying west of the center line
of Halsted street, the Fifth ward, except that part bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at the intersection of Thirty-third street and
Union avenue and running along the center line of Union avenue to
the center line of Thirty-fifth street, thence running east along the
center line of Thirty-fifth street to the center line of Parnell avenue,
thence running north along the center line of Parnell avenue to the
center line of Thirty-third street, thence running west along the cen-
ter line of Thirty-third street to the place of beginning, and that part
of the Twelfth ward lying south and east of a line beginning at the
intersection of Hoyne avenue and Sixteenth street and running west
along the center line of Sixteenth street to the center line of Cali-
fornia avenue, thence running south lalong the center line of Cali-
fornia avenue to the north line of the right of way of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, thence running in a south-
westerly direction along said north line of the right of way of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to the center line
of Clifton Park avenue, thence running south along the center line of
Clifton Park avenue to the center line of Twenty-fourth street, thence
running west along the center line of Twenty-fourth street to the
center line of Central Park avenue, and thence running south along
the center line of Central Park avenue to the Illinois and Michigan
canal, in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the
Ninth district.

Tenth The counties of Ogle and Winnebago shall constitute the*
Tenth district.

Eleventh The Thirty-first ward, except that part thereof lying
north of the center line of Fifty-seventh Place and east of the east line
of the right of way of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way Company, and the Thirty-second ward, in the city of Chicago, in
the county of Cook, shall constitute the Eleventh district.

Twelfth The counties of Stephenson, Jo Daviess and Carroll shall
constitute the Twelfth district.

Thirteenth That part of the Seventh ward lying south of the cen-
ter line of Sixty-third street, said center line being extended easterly
to Lake Michigan and east of the center line of Cottage Grove ave-
nue, the Eighth and Thirty-third wards, in the city of Chicago, and
that part of the town of Calumet lying outside of the city of Chi-
cago, and all in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Thirteenth dis-
trict.

Fourteenth The counties of Kane and Kendall shall constitute the
Fourteenth district.

Fifteenth The Ninth ward, except that part thereof lying north
and west of a line beginning at the intersection of Morgan and Four-
teenth streets and running east along the center line of Fourteenth
street to the center line of Johnson street, thence running north along
the center line of Johnson street to the center line of Maxwell street,
and thence running east along the center line of Maxwell street to
the south branch of the Chicago river, the Tenth ward except that
part thereof lying north and west of a line beginning at the intersec-
section of Laflin and Sixteenth streets and running east along the cen-

ter line of Sixteenth street to the center line of Throop street, thence
north along the center line of Throop street to the center line of Four-
teenth street, and thence running east along the center line of Four-
teenth street to the center line of Morgan street, and that part of the
Eleventh ward lying south of the center line of Sixteenth street, in the
city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Fifteenth
district.

Sixteenth The counties of Marshall, Putnam, Livingston and
Woodford shall constitute the Sixteenth district.

Seventeenth That part of the Ninth ward lying north and west of
a line beginning at the intersection of Morgan and Fourteenth streets
and running east along the center line of Fourteenth street to the cen-
ter line of Johnson street ; thence running north along the center line
of Johnson street to the center line of Maxwell street, and thence run-
ning east along the center line of Maxwell street to the south branch
of the Chicago river, that part of the Tenth ward lying north and west
of a line beginning at the intersection of Laflin and Sixteenth streets
and running east on the center line of Sixteenth street to the center
line of Throop street, thence running north along the center line of
Throop street to the center line of Fourteenth street, and thence run-
ning east along the center line of Fourteenth street to the center line
of Morgan street, and the Nineteenth ward, in the city of Chicago, in
the county of Cook, shall constitute the Seventeenth district.

Eighteenth The county of Peoria shall constitute the Eighteenth
district.

Nineteenth That part of the Twelfth ward lying north and west
of a line beginning at the intersection of Twelfth street and California
avenue and running south along the center line of California avenue
to the north line of the right of way of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company, and thence running in a southwesterly di-
rection along said north line of the said right of way to the center line
of Clifton Park avenue, the Thirteenth and the Thirty-fourth wards, in
the city of Chicago, that part of the town of Cicero lying south of the
center line of Twelfth street and the town of Riverside, all in the
county of Cook, shall constitute the Nineteenth district.

Twentieth The counties of Kankakee, Grundy and Iroquois shall
constitute the twentieth district.

Twenty-first The Fourteenth ward, that part of the Seventeenth
ward lying south of a line beginning at the intersection of Ashland ave-
nue and Augusta street and running thence east along the center line
of Augusta street to the center line of Holt street, thence running south
along the center line of Holt street to the center line of Cornell street,
thence running east along the center line of Cornell street to the center
line, of Milwaukee avenue, thence running southeasterly along the cen-
ter line of Milwaukee avenue to the center line of Green street, and
thence south along the center line of Green street to the center line
of Kinzie street, and that part of the Thirty-fifth ward lying south of
a line beginning at the intersection of Chicago avenue and Homan ave-
nue and running thence west along the center line of Chicago avenue
to the center line of Park avenue, thence south along the center line of
Park avenue to the center line of Lake street, and thence running west

along the center line of Lake street to the center line of Austin avenue,
in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook shall constitute the
Twenty-first district.

Twenty-second The counties of Vermilion and Edgar shall con-
stitute the Twenty-second district.

Twenty-third The Fifteenth ward, that part of the Sixteenth ward
bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of North avenue
and Ashland avenue and running west on the center line of North
avenue to the center line of Robey street, thence running south along
the center line of Robey street to the center line of Division street,
thence running east along the center line of Division street to the
center line of Ashland avenue, thence running north along the center
line of Ashland avenue to the place of beginning, that part of the
Thirty-fifth ward lying north of a line beginning at the intersection
of Kedzie and Chicago avenues and running west along the center
line of Chicago avenue to the center line of Park avenue, thence
running south along the center line of Park avenue to the center line
of Lake street, and thence running west along the center line of Lake
street to the center line of Austin avenue, in the city of Chicago, and
that part of the town of. Cicero lying north of the center line of
Twelfth street, all in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Twenty-
third district.

Twenty- fourth The counties of Champaign, Piatt and Moultrie
shall constitute the Twenty-fourth district.

Twenty-fifth The Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth wards in
the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the
Twenty-fifth district.

Twenty-sixth The counties of McLean and Ford shall constitute
the Twenty-sixth district.

Twenty-seventh The Sixteenth ward, except that part bounded as
follows : Beginning at the intersection of North avenue and Ash-
land avenue, and running west on the center line of North avenue to
the center line of Robey street, thence running south along the center
line of Robey street to the center line of Division street, thence run-
ning east along the center line of Division street to the center line
of Ashland avenue, thence running north along the center line of
Ashland avenue to the place of beginning, that part of the Seven-
teenth ward bounded as follows: Beginning at the intersection of
Ashland avenue and Division street and running south along the
center line of Ashland avenue to the center line of Augusta street,
thence running east along the center line of Augusta street to the
center line of Holt street, thence running south along the center line
of Holt street to the center line of Cornell street, thence running
east along the center line of Cornell street to the center line of Mil-
waukee avenue, thence running southeast along the center line of
Milwaukee avenue to the center line of Green street, thence running
south along the center line of Green street to the center line of Kinzie
street, thence running east along the center line of Kinzie street to
the north branch of the Chicago river, thence running northwest
along the north branch of the Chicago river to the center line of
Division street, thence running west along the center line of Division

street to the place of beginning, and the Eighteenth ward, in the city
of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Twenty-seventh
district.

Twenty-eighth -The counties of Logan, DeWitt and Macon shall
constitute the Twenty-eighth district.

Twenty-ninth The Twenty-first ward, except that part thereof
lying north of a line beginning at the intersection of Goethe and
Sedgwick streets and running east along the center line of Goethe
street to the center line of State street, thence running north along
the center line of State street to the center line of Schiller street,
and thence running east along the center line of Schiller street to
Lake Michigan, and the Twenty-second ward, except that part there-
of lying west of the center line of Halsted street, and except that part
of said ward lying north and west of a line beginning at the intersec-
tion of North avenue and Sedgwick street and running south along
the center line of Sedgwick street to the center line of Sigel street,
thence running west along the center line of Sigel street to the center
line of Cleveland avenue, thence running south along the center line
of Cleveland avenue to the center line of Clybourn avenue, thence
running in a northwesterly direction along the center line of Clybourn
avenue to the center line of Larrabee street, thence running south
along the center line of Larrabee street to the center line of Division
street, and thence west along the center line of Division street to
the center line of Halsted street, in the city of Chicago, in the county
of Cook, shall constitute the Twenty-ninth district.

Thirtieth The counties of Tazewell, Mason, Menard, Cass, Brown
and Schuyler shall constitute the Thirtieth district.

Thirty-first That part of the Twenty-first ward lying north of a
line beginning at the intersection of Goethe and Sedgwick streets
and running east along the center line of Goethe street to the center
line of State street, thence running north along the center line of
State street to the center line of Schiller street, and thence running
east along the center line of Schiller street to Lake Michigan, all
that part of the Twenty-second ward lying west of the center line
of Halsted street and that part of the Twenty-second ward lying
east of the center line of Halsted street and north of a line beginning
at the intersection of Halsted and Division streets and running east
along the center line of Division street to the center line of Larrabee
street, thence running north along the center line of Larrabee street
to the center line of Clybourn avenue, thence running in a south-
easterly direction along the center line of Clybourn avenue to the
center line of Cleveland avenue, thence running north along the
center line of Cleveland avenue to the center line of Sigel street, and
thence running east along the center line of Sigel street to the center
line of Sedgwick street, that part of the Twenty-third ward lying
east of the center line of Halsted street, and that part of the Twenty-
fifth ward lying south of the center line of Devon avenue, all in the
city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, shall constitute the Thirty-
first district.

Thirty-second The counties of McDonough, Hancock and Warren
shall constitute the Thirty-second district.

Thirty-third The counties of Rock Island, Mercer and Henderson
shall constitute the Thirty-third district.

Thirty-fourth The counties of Douglas, Coles and Clark shall con-
stitute the Thirty-fourth district.

Thirty-fifth The counties of Whiteside, Lee and DeKalb shall
constitute the Thirty-fifth district.

Thirty-sixth The counties of Scott, Calhoun, Pike and Adams
shall constitute the Thirty-sixth district.

Thirty-seventh The counties of Henry, Bureau and Stark shall
constitute the Thirty-seventh district.

Thirty-eighth The counties of Greene, Montgomery, Jersey and
Macoupin shall constitute the Thirty-eighth district.

Thirty-ninth The county of LaSalle shall constitute the Thirty-
ninth district.

Fortieth The counties of Christian, Shelby, Fayette and Cumber-
land shall constitute the Fortieth district.

Forty-first The counties of DuPage and Will shall constitute the
Forty-first district.

Forty-second The counties of Clinton, Marion, Gay and Efnng-
ham shall constitute the Forty-second district.

Forty-third The counties of Knox and Fulton shall constitute the
Forty-third district.

Forty-fourth The counties of Washington, Randolph, Perry, Mon-
roe and Jackson shall constitute the Forty-fourth district.

Forty-fifth The counties of Morgan and Sangamon shall consti-
tute the Forty-fifth district.

Forty-sixth The counties of Jefferson, Wayne, Richland and Jas-
per shall constitute the Forty-sixth district.

Forty-seventh The counties of Madison and Bond shall constitute
the Forty-seventh district.

Forty-eighth The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Edwards,
Wabash, Lawrence and Crawford shall constitute the Forty-eighth
district.

Forty-ninth The county of St. Clair shall constitute the Forty-
ninth district.

Fiftieth The counties of Franklin, Williamson, Union, Alexander
and Pulaski shall constitute the Fiftieth district.

Fifty-first The counties of Hamilton, Saline, Pope, Johnson and
Massac shall constitute the Fifty-first district.

2. WARD DEFINED.] [ 153, Ch. 46, R. S.] Wherever the words
"ward" or "wards," or "street" or "streets" or "avenue" or "avenues,"
or "boulevard" or "boulevards," and all other boundary lines of what-
ever name or description, in the city of Chicago, are used in this Act,
they shall be construed as meaning the ward or wards, and street or
streets, and avenue or avenues, and boulevard or boulevards, or other
proper description, as existing in the said city at the time of the
passage of this Act.

3. REPEAL. [ 154, Ch. 46, R. S.] An Act entitled, "An Act to
apportion the State of Illinois into senatorial districts, and to repeal

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certain Acts therein named," approved June 15, 1893, m force July i,
1893, and an Act entitled, "An Act to amend sections I and 2 of an
Act to apportion the State of Illinois into senatorial districts, and to
repeal certain Acts therein named," approved January n, 1898, in
force July I, 1898, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.

ARTICLE XVII.

JUDICIAL APPORTIONMENT.

Supreme Court.

1. DISTRICTS.] [ i, ia and ib, Ch. 37, R. S.] The State shall be
divided into seven districts for the election of judges, and until other-
wise provided by law they shall be as follows :

First District The counties of St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Jef-
ferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Perry,
Randolph, Monroe, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Hardin,
Pope, Union, Johnson, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac.

Second District The counties of Madison, Bond, Marion, Clay,
Richland, Lawrence, Crawford, Jasper, Effing-ham, Fayette, Mont-
gomery, Macoupin, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Greene, Jersey, Cal-
houn, Christian, Pike and Scott.

Third District The counties of Sangamon, Macon, Logan, De-
Witt, Piatt, Douglas, Champaign, Vermilion, McLean, Livingston,
Ford, Iroquois, Coles, Edgar, Moultrie and Tazewell.

Fourth District The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, Warren,
Henderson, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock, Adams, Schuyler, Brown,
Mason, Menard, Morgan and Cass.

Fifth District The counties of Knox, Henry, Stark, Peoria, Mar-
shall, Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle, Grundy and Woodford.

Sixth District The counties of Whiteside, Carroll, JoDaviess, Ste-
phenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, Lee
and Ogle.

Seventh District The counties of Lake, Cook, Will, Kankakee and
DuPage.

The boundaries of the districts may be changed at the session of the
General Assembly next preceding the election for judges therein, and
at no other time; but whenever such alteration shall be made the
same shall be upon the rule of equality of population, as nearly as
county boundaries will allow, and the districts shall be composed of
contiguous counties, in as nearly compact form as circumstances will
permit. The alteration of the districts shall not affect the tenure of
office of any judge.

Appellate Courts.

2. DISTRICTS.] [ i and 18, Ch. 37, R. S. 1895.] There are
hereby created four Appellate Courts in this State, to be called the
Appellate Courts in and for the districts hereby created :

First District The county of Cook.

Second District The counties of Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb,
DuPage, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, JoDaviess, Kane,
Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Marshall.
McHenry, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Steph-
enson, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford.

Third District The counties of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass,
Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas,
Edgar, Ford, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, Macon,
Macoupin, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Montgomery, Mor-
gan, Moultrie, Piatt, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Taze-
well and Vermilion.

Fourth District The counties of Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton,
Crawford, Edwards, Efrmgham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton,
Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison,
Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland,
Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White and
Williamson.

Circuit Courts.

3. CIRCUITS.] [ 73, Ch. 37, R. S.] That in lieu of the circuit
courts provided by law, and now existing, the State of Illinois, ex-
clusive of the county of Cook, shall be and the same is hereby divided
into judicial circuits, as follows:

First Circuit The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope,
Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.

Second Circuit The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamil-
ton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Law-
rence and Crawford.

Third Circuit The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madi-
son, Bond, Washington and Perry.

Fourth Circuit The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette,
Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian.

Fifth Circuit The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumber-
land and Coles.

Sixth Circuit The counties of Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie,
Macon, DeWitt and Piatt.

Seventh Circuit The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, Morgan,
Scott, Greene and Jersey.

Eighth Circuit The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Cass,
Brown, Pike, Calhoun and Menard.

Ninth Circuit The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Han-
cock, McDonough and Fulton.

Tenth Circuit The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark
and Tazewell.

Eleventh Circuit The counties of McLean, Livingston, Logan,
Ford and Woodford.

Twelfth Circuit The counties of Will, Kankakee and Iroquois.

Thirteenth Circuit The counties of Bureau, LaSalle and Grundy.

Fourteenth Circuit The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, White-
side and Henry.

Fifteenth Circuit The counties of JoDaviess, Stephenson, Carroll,
Ogle and Lee.

Sixteenth Circuit The counties of Kane, DuPage, DeKalb and
Kendall.

Seventeenth Circuit The counties of Winnebago, Boone, McHenry
and Lake.

4. ELECTION OF JUDGES TERM.] [ 74, Ch. 37, R. S.] On the
first Monday of June, A. D. 1897, there shall be elected in each of
said circuits by the electors thereof by the general ticket, as provided
by law for general elections, three judges of the circuit court, whose
term of office shall be six years; and every six years thereafter there
shall in like manner be elected in each of said circuits, three judges
of the circuit court^ whose term of office shall be as aforesaid.

5. TERMS OF COURT.] [ 75, Ch. 37, R. S.] The terms of the
circuit courts in the respective counties shall be held at the times and
places now provided, or which may hereafter be provided by law.

6. REPEAL.] [ 76, Ch. 37, R. S.] All Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

ARTICLE XVIII.

PUBLICATION OF PROPOSITIONS TO BE VOTED FOR.

1. SECRETARY OF STATE TO PREPARE STATEMENT TO BE SUBMITTED
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.] [ 9, Ch. 7a, R. S.] ' That whenever any
constitutional amendment or other proposition required by law to be
voted upon before its adoption, shall be submitted to the people, it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of State to prepare a statement setting
forth in detail the section or sections of the Constitution or law
sought to be amended by said vote, together with such statements
and suggestions as may be necessary for a proper understanding of
said proposition, which said statements and suggestions shall be sub-
mitted to the Attorney General for his approval.

2. STATEMENT TO BE SENT TO EACH COUNTY CLERK.] [ 10, Ch.
7a, R. "S.] It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, after said
statements and suggestions shall have been approved by the Attorney
General as provided in section i of this Act, to certify to each county
clerk, under seal, said statements and suggestions.

3. STATEMENT TO BE PUBLISHED AND POSTED".] [ n, Ch. 7a, R.
S.] It is hereby made the duty of the county clerk to have the state-
ments and suggestions mentioned in sections i and 2 of this Act pub-
lished and posted at the same time, in the same manner and at the
same places that the sample ballots and instructions to voters are
required by law to be posted.

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ARTICLE XIX.

SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY.

1. PETITION DUTY OF ELECTION OFFICERS.] [ 428, Ch. 46, R.
S.] That on a written petition signed by 25 per cent of the registered
voters of any incorporated town, village, city, township, county or
school district; or 10 per cent of the registered votes [voters] of the
State, it shall be the duty, of the proper election officers in each casts
to submit any question of public policy so petitioned for, to the electors
of the incorporated town, village, city, township, county, school dis-
trict or State, as the case may be, at any general or special election
named in the petition: Provided, such petition is filed with the
proper election officers, in each case not less than sixty (60) days
before the date of the election at which the question or questions
petitioned for are to be submitted. Not more than three propositions
shall be submitted at the same election, and such propositions shall be
submitted in the order of its filing.

2. FORM OF BALLOT.] [ 429, Ch. 46, R. S.] Every question sub-
mitted to electors shall be printed in plain, prominent type, upon a
separate ballot, in form required by law, the same as a constitutional
amendment or other public measure proposed to be voted upon by the
people.

ARTICLE XX.

VOTING MACHINES USE AUTHORIZED.

AN ACT to provide for the use of voting machines at elections, for
casting, registering, recording and counting ballots or votes; also
creating a board of voting machine commissioners, and defining its
duties. [Approved May 14, 1903. Laws 1903, p. 178.
i. SUBMISSION OF QUESTION OF ADOPTING VOTING MACHINE CON-
STRUCTION OF MACHINE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED.] [ 430, Ch. 46,

R. S.] Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented
in the General Assembly: That any body or board of public officials,
or any officer or officers charged by law with the duty of providing
material and supplies for holding an election or elections in any city,
village, incorporated town, county, precinct, election district or other
civil division of the State, may, at any general or special election, sub-
mit a proposition to the qualified voters thereof to adopt a voting
machine or voting machines ; and whenever a majority of the electors
of any such city, village, incorporated town, county, precinct, election
district or other civil division voting upon said proposition shall have
declared therefor, may purchase or lease a voting machine or voting
machines for any or all of the election precincts for which he, it or
they are by law charged with the duty of providing material and
supplies for holding an election or elections at the expense of the
city, village, incorporated town, county, precinct, election district or

other civil division of the State now chargeable by law with the ex-
penses of the material and supplies for holding general elections in
such civil division or divisions. If the question of using a voting
machine or voting machines be not submitted to the voters by the
proper public officials, a petition, signed by ten per cent of the voters
of any city, village, incorporated town, county, precinct, election dis-
trict or other civil division of the State and addressed to them at
least sixty days before any general election asking the submission oi
the question of adopting a voting machine or voting machines^ shall
compel the submission of the question to the voters at that election.
Use of such machines may be discontinued on resubmission of the
question, and a vote in favor thereof at any subsequent election : Pro-
vided, however, that no such voting machine shall be used, purchased,
leased or adopted until the board of voting machine commissioners
hereinafter provided for, or a majority thereof, shall have made and
filed a report certifying that they have examined such machine ; that
it affords each elector an opportunity to vote in absolute secrecy ;
that it enables each elector to vote a straight party ticket ; that it
enables each elector to vote a ticket selected in part from the nom-
inees of one party, and in part from the nominees of any or all other
parties, and in part from an independent nomination, and in part of
persons not in nomination by any party or upon any independent ticket ;
that it' enables each elector to vote a written or printed ballot of his
own selection, for any person for any office for which he may desire ;
that it enables each elector to vote for all candidates for whom he is
entitled to vote, and prevents him from voting for any candidate for
any office more than once, unless he is lawfully entitled to cast more
than one vote for one candidate, and in that event permits him to
cast only as many votes for that candidate as he is by law entitled,
and no more; that it prevents the elector from voting for more than
one person for the same office, unless he is lawfully entitled to vote
for more than one person therefor, and in that event permits him to
vote for as many persons for that office as he is by law entitled, and
no more ; and that such machine will register correctly by means of
exact counters every vote cast for the regular tickets thereon ; and
has the capacity to contain the tickets of seven political parties with
the names of all the candidates thereon, together with all propositions
to be voted upon, except that it may be so constructed that the names
of all candidates for presidential electors will not occur thereon, but
in lieu thereof, one ballot label in each party column or row shall con-
tain only the words "Presidential Electors," preceded by the party
name ; that all votes cast on the machine on a regular ballot or ballots
shall be registered ; that voters may, by means of irregular ballots
or otherwise, vote for any person for any office, although such person
may not have been nominated by any party and his name may not
appear on such machine ; then when a vote is cast for any person for
any such office, when his name does not appear on the machine, the
elector cannot vote for any name on the machine for the same office ;
that each elector can understandingly and within the period of one

minute cast his vote for all candidates of his choice; that in case the
machine is so constructed that the candidates for presidential electors
of any party can be voted for only by voting for the ballot label con-
taining the words "Presidential Electors," by voting an irregular
ticket as hereinafter defined, the elector may vote for anyi person or
persons he may choose for presidential electors ; that the machine is
provided with a lock or locks by the use of which any movement of
the voting or registering mechanism is absolutely prevented so that it
cannot be tampered with or manipulated for any fraudulent purpose;
that the machine is susceptible of being closed during the progress
of the voting so that no person can see or know the number of votes
registered for any candidate: Provided, also, that no such machine
or machines shall be purchased, unless the party or parties making the
sale shall guarantee in writing to keep the machine or machines in
good working order for five years without additional cost, and shall
give a sufficient bond conditioned to that effect.

2. MACHINE MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED.] [ 431,
Ch. 46, R. S] The voting machine or machines to .be used, adopted,
leased or purchased as herein provided, must be so constructed as to
meet all requirements specified in this Act.

3. BOARD OF VOTING MACHINE COMMISSIONERS TERM OF OFFICE

EXAMINATION OF MACHINE REPORT APPROVAL COMPENSATION.]

[ 432, Ch. 46, R. S.] The Secretary of State and two persons ap-
pointed by the Governor, who shall be mechanical experts and not
members of the same political party, shall constitute a board of voting
machine commissioners. Their term of office shall be four years,
except that the commissioners appointed by the Governor shall be
subject to removal at his pleasure, and that any Secretary of State
on surrendering the duties of his office shall be succeeded on the
board by the succeeding Secretary of State. If the office of Secretary
of State for any reason shall become vacant, the Attorney General
of the State shall be a member of the board until the office of Secretary
of State is filled. No member of the board shall have any interest in
any voting machine. Any person or corporation owning or being in-
terested in any voting machine may apply to said board to examine
such machine and report on its accuracy, efficiency, capacity and
safety. The commissioners shall examine the machine and make full
report thereon, in the office of the Secretary of State. They shall
state in the report whether or not the kind of machine so examined
complies with the requirements of this Act, and can be safely used
by voters at elections under the conditions prescribed in this Act. If
the report be in the affirmative upon said questions the machine shall
be deemed approved by the board, and machines of its kind may be
adopted for use at elections as herein provided. When the machine
has been so approved any improvement or change that does not impair
its accuracy, efficiency, capacity or safety shall not render necessary
a re-examination or re-approval thereof. 'Any form of voting machine
not so approved cannot be used at any elections. Each of the two

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mechanical experts on the board shall be entitled to one hundred dol-
lars ($100) for his compensation and expenses in making such exam-
ination and report, to be paid by the person or corporation applying
for such examination, which sum may be demanded in advance of
making the examination and which shall be the sole compensation to
be received by any such expert. The board may, if it consents to do
so, go to any point in the State for the purpose of examining a ma-
chine, but it shall not be compelled to make such examination at
any place other than the capital of the State : Provided, that each of
the two commissioners appointed as mechanical experts shall not re-
ceive and retain to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) and rea-
sonable expenses in any one year, and all sums collected for such
examinations, over and above said maximum salaries and reasonable
expenses, shall be turned into the State treasury.

4. EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITTED.] [ 433, Ch. 46, R. S.] The
authorities of any city, village, incorporated town, county, precinct,
election district or other civil division authorized by section i of this
Act to adopt a voting machine or voting machines, may provide for
the experimental use, at any election or elections, in one or more elec-
tion precincts, of a machine which it might lawfully adopt, without
a formal adoption thereof, and its use at such elections shall be as
valid for all purposes as if it had been lawfully adopted.

5- HOW PAYMENT FOR MACHINE MAY BE PROVIDED FOR.] [ 434,

Ch. 46, R. S.] The local authorities, on the adoption and lease or
purchase of a voting machine or voting machines, may provide for
the payment thereof in such manner as may be deemed for the best
interest of the city, village, incorporated town or county. They may
for that purpose make leases, issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness,
or other obligations, which shall be a charge on the city, village, in-
corporated town or county. Such bonds, certificates or other obliga-
tions may be issued with or without interest, payable at such time or
times as the authorities may determine, but shall not be issued or sold
at less than par.

6. ELECTION PRECINCTS IN WHICH MACHINES USED NUMBER OF
VOTERS RE-DIVISION OF PRECINCTS.] [ 435, Ch. 46, R. S.] For any
election in any city, village, incorporated town, county, election dis-
trict or other civil division in which voting machines are to be used,
the election precincts in which such machines are to be used may be
created by the officers charged with the duty of creating election
precincts so as to contain as near as may be six hundred voters each.
Such redistricting or redivision shall be made under such regulation
as to time and manner as are now provided by law. Thereafter, so
long as voting machines are used, no redivision of such election pre-
cinct shall be made until at some general election the number of
votes cast in one or more of such precincts shall exceed seven hundred.

7. SUPPLYING PRECINCTS WITH MACHINE.] [ 436, Ch. 46, R. S.]
The local authorities adopting a voting machine or voting machines,
shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, provide for each polling place

a voting machine in complete working order, and shall thereafter
preserve and keep it in repair, and shall have the custody thereof, and
of the furniture and equipment of the polling place when not in use
at an election. If it shall be impracticable to supply each election pre-
cinct with a voting machine at the election following such adoption,
as many may be supplied as it is practicable to procure and the same
may be used in such election precinct or precincts within the city, vil-
lage, incorporated town, county, election district or other civil division,
as the officers adopting the same may direct.

8. HOW MACHINE SHALL BE PLACED IN ROOM ONE MINUTE

FOR VOTING.] [ 437, Ch. 46, R. S.] The room in which the
election is held shall have a railing separating the part of the
room occupied by the judges and the clerks of election from
that part of the room occupied by the voting machine. The
exterior of the voting machine, and every part of the polling place
shall be in plain view of the election officers. The voting machine
shall be placed at least three feet from every wall and partition of
the polling place, and at least four feet from any election officer or
table used by them, and it shall be so placed that no person on the
opposite side of the railing can see or determine from the outside of
the room how the voter casts his vote. After the opening of the
polls, the election judges shall allow no person to pass within the
railing to the part of the room where the machine is situated, except
for the purpose of voting, except as is provided in the next succeding
section of this Act; and they shall not permit more than one voter
at a time to be in such part of the room. They shall not themselves
remain, or permit any other person to remain in any position, or
near any position, that would permit one to see or ascertain how a
voter votes, or how he has voted. No voter shall remain within the
voting booth or compartment longer than one minute, and if any
voter shall refuse to leave after the lapse of that time, he shall at
once be removed by the election officers, or upon their order.

9. WHERE VOTER CAN NOT READ OR is UNABLE TO USE MACHINE
INTOXICATED PERSON.] [ 438, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any voter who may
declare upon oath that he cannot read the English language, or that
by reason of physical disability he is unable to use the voting machine,
shall, upon request, be assisted by two of the election officers of dif-
ferent parties, to be selected from the judges and clerks of the pre-
cinct in which they are to act, to be designated by the judges of elec-
tion at the opening of the polls. Such officers, in the voter's presence
and in the presence of each other, shall register his vote upon the
machine for the candidates of his choice, and shall thereafter give
no information regarding the same. The clerks of election shall enter
upon the poll list after the name of any elector who received such as-
sistance in registering his vote, a memorandum of the fact. Intoxica-
tion shall not be regarded as a physical disability, and no intoxicated
person shall be entitled to assistance in registering his vote.

10. WHERE VOTER ASKS FOR INSTRUCTION CONCERNING MANNER OF
VOTING.] [ 439, Ch. 46, R. S.] In case any elector after entering the
voting machine booth shall ask for further instructions concerning the

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manner of voting, two judges of opposite political parties shall give
such instructions to him; but no judge or other election officer, or
person assisting an elector, shall in any manner request, suggest or
seek to pursuade, or induce any such elector to vote any particular
ticket, or for any particular candidate, or for or against any partic-
ular amendment, question or proposition. After receiving such in-
structions, such elector shall vote as in the case of an unassisted voter.

11. BALLOT LABEL.] [ 440, Ch. 46, R. S.] That portion of card-
board, paper or other material placed on the front of the machine and
containing the names of the candidates, or a statement of the proposed
constitutional amendment or other question or proposition to be voted
on, shall be known in this Act as a ballot label. The ballot label shall
be supplied by the official or officials charged by law with providing
material for the holding of an election or elections, and shall be printed
in black ink on clear white material of such size as will fit the machine,
and in plain, clear type, as large as the space will reasonably permit.
The party name or other designation shall be prefixed to the list of
candidates of such party. The order of the lists of candidates of the
several parties shall be arranged as is now provided by law, except
that the lists may x be placed in horizontal rows of vertical columns,
which parties may, if desired, be divided into parallel and contiguous
rows or columns, and except that where presidential electors are to be
voted for at any election, and the machine to be used will not carry the
names of all candidates for such electors, then there may be placed on
the ballot label the words "Presidential Electors," under the name of
each political party.

12. SAMPLE BALLOT LABEL.] [ 441, Ch. 46, R. S.] The officers
or board charged with the duty of providing ballots and ballot labels
for any polling place shall provide therefor two sample ballot labels,
which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram, showing the entire
front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official ballot
labels are arranged for voting on election day. Such sample ballot
labels shall be displayed for public inspection at such polling place
during the day preceding election day.

13. FOUR SETS OF BALLOT LABELS PROVIDED DUTY OF OFFICERS IN

PUTTING MACHINE IN ORDER, ETC DELIVERY OF MACHINE IN ROOM

WHERE ELECTION IS HELD DUTY OF JUDGES AND CLERKS.] [ 442, Ch.

46, R. S.] Four sets of ballot labels for use in the voting machine
shall be provided for each polling place for each election by the officer
or officers now charged by law with the duty of furnishing such elec-
tion precincts with ballots. In such manner shall be furnished, also,
all other necessary material for the use of the voting machines. The
same officer or officers shall, before the day of election, cause the
proper ballot labels to be put upon each machine corresponding with
the sample ballot labels herein provided for, and the machine in every
way to be put in order, set and adjusted, ready for use in voting when
delivered at the precinct; and for the purpose of so labeling the ma-
chine, putting in order, setting and adjusting the same they may em-
ploy one or more competent persons, and cause him or them to be

paid in the same manner as other election officers are paid. And the
same officer or officers shall cause the machine so labeled in order, set
and adjusted, to be delivered at the voting precinct, together with all
necessary furniture and appliances that go with the same, in the room
where the election is to be held in the precinct, not later than 6:00
o'clock, p. m. of the day preceding the election. After the delivery of
the machine, and on the same day, the judges and clerks of election
of the precinct may meet at said room, open the package containing
the sample ballots, and if necessary the ballot labels, and see that the
machine is correctly labeled, set and adjusted ready for use in voting;
and if the same is not so labeled, set and adjusted and in order, they
shall cause it to be done. On the morning of the election, the election
officers shall meet in the said room at least one hour before the time for
opening the polls. They shall see that the sample ballot labels and in-
struction cards are posted properly, and everything put in readiness
for the voting at the hour of opening the polls. The officers shall com-
pare ballot labels on the machine with the sample ballots, see that
they are correct, examine and see that all the counters in the machine
are set at naught or zero (o), and that the machine is otherwise in per-
fect order, and they shall not thereafter permit the counters to be
operated or moved except by electors in voting, and they shall also see
that all necessary arrangements and adjustments are made for voting
irregular ballots on the machine.

14. IRREGULAR BALLOTS.] [ 443, Ch. 46, R. S.] Ballots voted for
any person whose name does not appear on the ballot label on the
machine as a candidate for office, are herein referred to as irregular
ballots. In voting for presidential electors, a voter may vote an ir-
regular ticket made up of the names of persons in nomination by dif-
ferent parties, or partially of the names of persons so in nomination
and partially of persons not in nomination by any party. Such ir-
regular ballots shall be deposited, written or affixed in or upon the
receptacle or device provided on the machine for that purpose.

15. WITH CLOSE OF POLLS, MACHINE LOCKED AND COUNTING COM-
PARTMENT OPENED.] [ 444, Ch. 46, R. S.] As soon as the polls are
closed, the voting machine shall be locked against voting, and the
counting compartment opened in the presence of all the judges and
clerks of election, and all other persons who may be lawfully within the
room, giving full view of the numbers announcing the votes cast for
each candidate, and for and against the various constitutional amend-
ments, questions or other propositions.

16. ASCERTAINING NUMBER OF VOTES WRITTEN STATEMENTS TO

BE SIGNED BY ELECTION OFFICERS IRREGULAR BALLOTS MACHINE TO

BE LOCKED FOR THIRTY DAYS.] [ 445, Ch. 46, R. S.] The election
officers shall then ascertain the number of votes which the candidates
have received both on the machine and by the voting of irregular bal-
lots, if any, and one of the judges shall publicly announce in a dis-
tinct voice the total vote for each candidate thus ascertained in the
order of the offices as their titles are arranged on the ballot label. ^ He
shall then announce in the same manner the vote on each constitutional

amendment, proposition or other question. Before leaving the room
and before closing and locking the counting compartment, the election
officers shall make and sign written statements or returns of such elec-
tion, as now required by law. When irregular ballots have been voted,
they shall be returned, preserved and finally destroyed as is now pro-
vided by law in the case of other election ballots. The written state-
ments or returns so made, after having been properly signed, shall be
distinctly and clearly read in the hearing of all persons present, and
ample opportunity shall be given to compare the results so certified
with the counter dials of the machine. After such comparison and cor-
rection, if any is made, the election officers shall then close the count-
ing compartment and lock the same. Thereafter the machine shall
remain locked for a period of at least thirty days, unless otherwise
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

17. KEYS TO BE RETURNED WITH WRITTEN STATEMENT.] [ 446,

Ch. 46, R. S.] When the machine is locked at the close of an election
in the manner required by this Act, the judges shall place all keys of
the machine on a single piece of flexible wire; unite the ends of such
wire in a firm knot, label the same with the make and number of the
machine and the precinct at which it was used at such election, and re-
turn such keys along with the written statements or returns of such
election.

18. WHERE MACHINE SUPPLIED WITH RECORDING DEVICE.] [ 447,
Ch. 46, R. S.] A voting machine which possesses all the qualities re-
quired by this Act, may be supplied in addition with any recording de-
vice on which all the votes registered on the mechanical counters will
be separately recorded. When a machine is supplied with such device,
the same shall not be taken out or examined by the election officers
who make the returns from the precinct, but such machine shall be
locked with such device therein, and so remain for a period of at least
thirty days, unless within that time the machine shall be ordered
opened by some court of competent jurisdiction. At the end of thirty
days, such device may be taken out, unless otherwise ordered by a court
of competent jurisdiction.

19. PENALTY FOR PERSON TAMPERING WITH MACHINE.] [ 448,
Ch. 46, R. S.] Any person, not an election officer or other public
officer, who shall tamper or attempt to tamper with such voting ma-
chine or voting machines, or in any way intentionally impair or attempt
to impair its use, and any such person who shall be guilty of or shall
attempt any dishonest practice upon any such machine, or with or
by its use, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be punishable
by a fine of from $100 to $1,000, or by imprisonment for a term of
from one to five years, or by both fine and imprisonment.

20. PENALTY FOR OFFICIAL TAMPERING, ETC., WITH MACHINE.]
[ 449, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any clerk or judge of an election, or any other
public officer authorized to take part in the holding of an election or
in preparing for an election, who, with intent to cause or permit any
voting machine to fail to register correctly all votes cast thereon ; who

tampers with, or disarranges such machine in any way, or any part
or appliance thereof y or who causes or consents to said machine being
used for voting at any election with knowledge of the fact that the
same is not in order, or not perfectly set and adjusted so that it will
correctly register all votes cast thereon ; or who, with the purpose of
defrauding or deceiving any voter, or of causing it to be doubtful for
what ticket or candidate or candidates or proposition any vote is cast,
or of causing it to appear on said machine that votes cast for one
ticket, candidate or proposition, were cast for another ticket, candi-
date or proposition, removes, changes or mutilates any ballot label on
said machine or any part thereof, or does any other thing intended to
interfere with the validity of the election, shall be deemed guilty of a
felony, and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the State prison
not less than one year nor more than ten years, to which may be added
a fine not exceeding $1,000.

21. PENALTY FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY BY PUBLIC OFFICER OR ELECTION
OFFICER.] [ 450, Ch. 46, R. S.] Any public officer, or any election
officer upon whom any duty is imposed by this Act, and who shall wil-
fully omit or neglect to perform such duty, or who shall do any act
prohibited herein for which punishment is not otherwise provided
herein, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the State prison for
not less than one year nor more than ten years, or be fined in any. sum
not exceeding $1,000, or may be punished by both such imprisonment
and fine.

22. PROVISIONS OF ELECTION LAW NOT INCONSISTENT WITH ACT AP-
PLY.] [451, Ch. 46, R. S.] All the provisions of the election law,
not inconsistent with this Act, shall apply to all the elections in the pre-
cincts where such voting machines are used. Any provisions of law
which conflict with the use of such machine or machines as herein set
forth, shall not apply to the precinct or precincts in which an election
is conducted by the use of such machine or machines.

Approved May 14, 1903; in force July I, 1903.

PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

(Index on Page 127.)

What candidates nominated

16.

committeemen exemptions

proviso.

17.

Political party defined.

18.

Party vote how determined.

19.

Words and phrases how con-

strued.

20.

Polling places.

Dates of primaries hours.

21.

Voter's leave of absence.

22.

Committees central or managing.

23.

Committees composition or-

24.

ganization powers, etc.

(1) State central committee.

25.

(2) Precinct committee.

26.

(3) County central commit-

tee.

27.

(4) Senatorial committee.

(5) Congressional commit-

28.

tee.

29.

(6) City central committee.

(7) Powers and duties of

committees.

30.

(8) Existing party commit-
tees recognized.

31.

10.

Convention dates organization
delegates call, etc.

32.

33.

(a) County conventions.

(b) Senatorial conventions.

34.

tions.

DO.

(d) State conventions.

36.

(e) Functions of conven-

tions.

37.

(f) Calls for convention

filing form.

38.

11.

Representatives in General As-
sembly number how voted for.

39.
40.

12.

Aldermen under minority represen-

tation.

41.

13.

Notice of primary duty of clerks.

42.

14.

Judges of primary.

43.

15.

Judges hold over.

44.

Judges absent, etc. vacancies.
Clerks of primary.

Oath of judges and clerks form
liability.

Oath of judges and clerks admin
istration.

Judges and clerks powers and du-
ties.

Judges and clerks pay.

Challengers.

Booths electioneering prohibited.

Ballot boxes.

Supplies.

Expenses.

Poll books form certificates.

Tally sheets form.

U. S. Senator petition advisory
vote.

Petition form number of signers.

Petition filing withdrawal.

Certificate to county clerk.

Ballots by whom printed.

Ballots names printed on.

Ballots color size, etc.

Ballots form.

Ballots endorsement.

Specimen ballots.

Ballots delivery to judges.

Ballots receipt for.

Extra ballots.

Polls opening and closing.

Ballot box care and custody.

Qualifications of voters.

45. Voter party affiliation, etc.

46. Challenged voter affidavits.

47. Ballot how marked.

48. Ballot how voted.

49. Assistance to voter.

50. No adjournment or recess.

51. Canvass at polling place.

52. Ballots "defective," etc.

53. Canvass of ballots.

54. Canvass of ballots certificates.

55. Ballots strung, sealed and en-

dorsed.

56. Precinct returns how made.

57. Canvass of returns.

58. Certificates of nomination and elec-

tion.

59. Plurality nominations tie vote.

60. Ballot for general election.

61. Special elections filling vacancies.

62. Board of election commissioners

duties.

63. Contests.

64. Independent candidates.

65. Liquor penalty.

66. False swearing deemed perjury.

67. Illegal voting bribery, etc. pen-
alty.

68. Bribery defined prosecution pem-
alty.

69. Disorderly conduct penalty.

70. Wagers penalty.

71. Offenses of judges penalty.

72. Disclosing how elector voted
penalty.

73. Offenses of clerk penalty.

74. Failure to deliver returns, etc.
penalty.

75. Neglect or refusal of clerk pen-
alty.

76. Offenses in canvassing returns
penalty.

77. Stealing or defacing returns
penalty.

78. False entries etc. penalty.

79. Other violations penalty.

80. Repeal.

81. Invalidity.

(SENATE BILL No. 606. APPROVED FEBRUARY 21, 1908.)

AN ACT to provide for the holding of primary elections by political

parties.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly: The nomination of all candi-
dates for all elective State, congressional, senatorial, county, city and
village (including officers of the municipal court of Chicago), town
and judicial offices, members of the State board of equalization,
clerks of the appellate courts, trustees of sanitary districts, and for the
election of precinct, senatorial and State central committeemen, by all
political parties, as defined by section 2 of this Act, shall be made in
the manner provided in this Act, and not otherwise: Provided, this
Act shall not apply to the nomination of candidates for electors of
President and Vice President of the United States, and trustees of the
University of Illinois : And, provided, further, that this Act shall not
apply to township and school elections.

The name of no person, nominated by a party required hereunder
to make nominations of candidates shall be placed upon the official
ballot to be voted at the election to be held the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in the month of November, A. D. 1908, as a candi-
date for any office, when provision is made herein for nominating
candidates for such office, except President and Vice President
of the United States, unless such person shall have been nominated

for such office under the provisions of this Act, and all nominations
made prior to July i, A. D. 1908, of candidates for any such office
to be voted for. at said election are hereby declared of no effect and
no nomination for any such office made prior to July i, A. D. 1908,
shall entitle any person, so nominated, to have his name placed upon
the official ballot to be voted at said election.

2. A political party, which at the general election for State and
county officers then next preceding a primary, polled more than two
per cent of the entire vote cast in the State, is hereby declared to be
a political party within the State, and shall nominate all candidates
provided for in this Act under the provisions hereof.

A political party, which at the general election for State and
county officers then next preceding a primary cast more than two
per cent of the entire vote cast within any congressional or senatorial
district, is hereby declared to be a political party within the meaning
of this Act, within such congressional or senatorial district and shall
nominate its candidates for representative in Congress, for member
of the State board of equalization and for senatorial offices within
said district, under the provisions hereof.

A political party, which at the general election for State and
county officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than two
per cent of the entire vote cast in any county, is hereby declared to be
a political party within the meaning of this Act, within said county,
and shall nominate all county officers in said county under the pro-
visions hereof.

A political party, which at the general election for city and village
officers then next preceding a primary, cast more than two per cent
of the entire vote cast in any city or village, is hereby declared to be
a political party within the meaning of this Act, within said city or
village, and shall nominate all city or village officers in said city
or village under the provisions hereof.

A political party, which at the general election for town officers
then next preceding a primary, cast more than two per cent of the
entire vote cast in said town, is hereby declared to be a political party
within the meaning of this Act, within said town, and shall nominate
all town officers in said town under the provisions hereof.

A political party, which at the general election in any other munici-
pality or political subdivision, except townships and school districts,
for municipal or other offices therein, then next preceding a primary,
cast more than two per cent of the entire vote cast in such municipality
or political subdivision, is hereby declared to be a political party within
the meaning -of this Act within said municipality or political subdivision,
and shall nominate all municipal or other officers therein under the
provisions hereof.

3. In determining the total vote of a political party, whenever
required by this Act, the test shall be the total vote cast by such
political party for its candidate who received the greatest number of
rotes.

4- The following words and phrases in this Act shall, unless the
same be inconsistent with the context, be construed as follows:

1. The word "primary," the primary election provided for in this
Act.

2. The word "election," a general election, as distinguished from a
special election or a primary election.

3. The word "precinct," a voting district heretofore or hereafter
established by law within which all qualified electors vote at one polling
place.

4. The words "State offices" or "State officer," an office to be
filled, or an officer voted for, by the qualified electors of the entire
State.

5. The words "congressional office" or "congressional officer,"
representatives in Congress and members of the State board of equali-
zation.

6. The words "senatorial office" or "senatorial officer," State sena-
tor and representative in the General Assembly.

7. The words "judicial office" or "judicial officer," judges of tht
supreme and circuit courts and judges of the superior court of Cook
county.

8. The words "county office" or "county officer," an office to be filled,
or an officer to be voted for, by the qualified electors of the entir
county ; members of the board of assessors and county commissioners
of Cook county.

9. The words "city office" and "village office," or "city officer,"
and "village officer," an office to be filled or an officer to be voted for
by the qualified electors of the entire city or village, as the case may
be, including aldermen.

10. The words "town office" or "town officer," an office to be filled
or an officer to be voted for, by the qualified electors of an entire
town.

11. The word "town" as used in this Act shall be construed to
mean an incorporated town.

5. The primary herein provided for shall be held at the regular
polling places, as now established, or which may hereafter be estab-
lished, for the purpose of a general election.

6. A primary shall be held on the second Tuesday in April in every
year except the year A. D. 1908, in which year a primary shall be held
on the 8th day of August, A. D. 1908, in which officers are to be voted
for on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of such
year, for the nomination of candidates for such offices as are to be
voted for at such November election, and shall be known as the April
primary : Provided, however, that wherever in this Act the term "April
primary," or equivalent words shall appear, such term or such words
shall be construed, as to the primary held in August, A. D. 1908, to
refer to and govern such primary so held in August, A. D. 1908.

A primary shall be held on the second Tuesday in April in any year
in which judges of the supreme court, judges of the circuit court and
judges of the superior court of Cook county, or any of them, are to

be elected at an election to be held on the first Monday in June of
each year for the nomination of candidates for such offices respectively.

A primary shall be held on the last Tuesday in February in each
year for the nomination of such officers as are to be voted for on the
first Tuesday in April of such year.

A primary shall be held on the second Tuesday in March in each year
for the nomination of such officers as are to be voted for on the third
Tuesday in April of such year.

A primary for the nomination for all other officers, nominations
for which are required to be made under the provisions of this Act,
shall be held three weeks preceding the date of the general election
for such offices respectively.

The polls shall be open from six o'clock a. m. to five o'clock p. m.

7. Any person entitled to vote at such primary shall, on the day
of such primary, be entitled to absent himself from any service or
employment in which he is then engaged or employed for a period
of two hours between the time of opening and closing the polls, and
such primary elector shall not, because of so absenting himself, be
liable to any penalty nor shall any reduction be made on account
of such absence, from his usual salary or wages: Provided, however,
that applications for such leave of absence shall be made prior to the
day of primary. The employer may specify the hours during which
said employe may absent himself.

8. The following committees shall constitute the central or man-
aging committees of each political party, viz :

A State central committee ; a congressional committee for each con-
gressional district; a senatorial committee for each senatorial district;
a county central committee for each county; a city central committee
for each city or village; and a precinct committee for each precinct:
Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent a politi-
cal party from electing or appointing in accordance with its practice
other committees.

9. (i). The State central committee shall be composed of one
member from each congressional district in the State, and shall be
elected as follows :

At the August primary held in the year A. D. 1908, and at the
April primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector
may vote for one candidate of his party for member of the State
central committee for the congressional district in which he resides.
The State central committee of each political party shall be composed
of members elected from the several congressional districts of the
State as herein provided, and of no other person or persons whomso-
ever. The members of the State central committee shall, within
thirty days after their election, meet in the city of Springfield, and
organize by electing from among their number a chairman and may
at such time elect such other officers from among their own number,
or otherwise, as they may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing
chairman of the State central committee of the party shall, ten days
before the meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
elected at the primary of the time and place cf such meeting.

(2) At the August primary held in August, A. D. 1908, and at the
April primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector
may write or attach in the space left on the primary ballot for that
purpose the name of one qualified primary elector of his party in the
precinct for member of his political party precinct committee. The
one having the highest number of votes shall be such committeeman
of such party for such precinct. In case of a tie the primary judges
shall cast lots. The official returns of the primary judges shall show
the name and address of the committeeman of each political party.

(3) The county central committee of each political party shall
consist of the members of the various precinct committees of such party
in the county.

(4- The senatorial committee of each political party shall be
elected as follows:

(a) In senatorial districts comprised of three or more counties,
the senatorial committee shall be composed of one member elected from
each county of such senatorial district.

At the August primary held in the year A. D. 1908, and at the
April primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector,
may vote for one candidate of his party residing in his county for
member of the senatorial committee of his party.

(b) In senatorial districts comprised of two counties the senatorial
committee shall be composed of three members, two of whom shall be
elected from the county in which such political party, at the general
election for State and county officers then next preceding a primary
polled the larger number of votes in such senatorial district, and one
of whom shall be elected from the other county of such senatorial
district.

At the August primary held in the year A. D. 1908, and at the
April primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector,
residing in a county in which such political party at the general election
for State and county officers then next preceding a primary, polled
the larger number of votes in such senatorial district, may vote for
two candidates of his party, residing in his county, for members of
the senatorial committee of his party ( and at such primary in the other
county of such senatorial district, each primary elector may vote for
one candidate of his party) residing in his county for member of the
senatorial committee of his party.

(c) In senatorial districts composed of one county, and in sena-
torial districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county or
partly within the territorial limits of one county and partly within
the territorial limits of another county, the senatorial committee shall
be composed of three members elected from such senatorial district.

At the August primary held in the year A. D. 1908, and at the April
primary held every two years thereafter, each primary elector may
vote for three candidates of his party, residing in such senatorial dis-
trict, for members of the senatorial committee of his party.

Within thirty days after its election, the senatorial committee shall
meet and proceed to organize by electing from among its own number
a chairman, and either from among its own number or otherwise,

such other officers as said committee may deem necessary or ex-
pedient. The outgoing chairman of the senatorial committee of the
party shall notify the members elected of the time and place (which
shall be in the limits of such senatorial district) of such meeting.

(5) The congressional committee of each political party shall be
composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of the
counties composing the congressional district, excepting that in con-
gressional districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
or partly within the territorial limits of one county and partly within
the territorial limits of another county, then the members of the pre-
cinct committees of the party residing within the limits of the con-
gressional district shall compose the congressional committee.

(6) The city central committee of each political party shall be
composed of the precinct committeemen of such party residing in such
city.

(7) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers usually
exercised by such committees, and by the officers thereof, not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. The several committees herein
provided for shall not have power to delegate any of their powers
or functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this shall
not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership, proper and necessary sub-committees, and particu-
larly defining, by resolution, the duties of such sub-committees.

(8) The various political party committees now in existence are
hereby recognized and continued, and shall exercise the powers and
perform the duties herein prescribed until their successors are chosen,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

10. (a) On the second Wednesday next succeeding the April
primary, the county central committee of each political party shall
meet at the county seat of the proper county, and proceed to organize
by electing from among its own number a chairman, and either from
among its own number or otherwise, such other officers as said com-
mittee may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county
central committee shall be known as the county convention. The
county convention of each political party shall choose delegates to the
senatorial, congressional and State convention of its party: Provided,
only precinct committeemen residing within the limits of a senatorial
or congressional district shall participate in the selection of delegates
to senatorial and congressional conventions respectively: And, pro-
vided, further, that in the county convention that each delegate to the
county convention shall have one vote and one additional vote for each
fifty or major fraction thereof of his party as cast in his precinct at the
last general election.

(b) All senatorial conventions shall be held on the third Wednesday
next succeeding the April primary.

(c) All congressional conventions shall be held on the fourth
Wednesday next succeeding the April primary. The congressional
convention of each political party shall have power to choose and
select delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating con-
ventions and to recommend to the State convention of its party the

nomination of candidate or candidates from such congressional district
for elector or electors of President and Vice President of the United
States.

(d) All State conventions shall be held on the fifth Wednesday
next succeeding the April primary. The State convention of each
political party shall have power to make nominations of candidates
for the electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
and for trustees of the University of Illinois, and to adopt any party
platform and to choose and select in accordance with the rules and
regulations of its party delegates and alternate delegates to national
nominating conventions.

(e) Each convention may perform all other functions inherent to
such political organization and not inconsistent with this Act.

(f) At least thirty-three (33) days before the April primary the
State, congressional and senatorial committee, respectively, of each
political party shall file in the office of the county clerk in each county
of the State or in each county of the congressional or senatorial dis-
trict, a call for the State, congressional and senatorial conventions.
Said call shall state, among other things, the time and place (desig-
nating the building or hall) for holding the State, congressional and
senatorial conventions, respectively, the total number of delegates
which shall compose each of said conventions, and the call for State
conventions shall state, among other things, the number of delegates
to which each county is entitled in the State convention; and the call
for the congressional and senatorial conventions shall state, among
other things, the number of delegates to which each county or political
sub-division of any county, as the case may be, is entitled to in the re-
spective congressional and senatorial conventions. Such call shall be
signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary of the respective
committees.

ii. At least thirty-three (33) days prior to the date of the
April primary the senatorial committee of each political party shall
meet and, by resolution, fix and determine the number of candidates
to be nominated by their party at the primary for representative in the
General Assembly. A copy of said resolution, duly certified by the
chairman and attested by the secretary of the committee, shall, within
five days thereafter, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State,
and in the office of the county clerk of each county in the senatorial
district.

In all primaries for the nomination of candidates for representatives
in the General Assembly, each qualified primary elector, may cast one
vote for each of as many candidates as are to be nominated by his
party, as above provided. And the said candidates for nomination
highest in votes shall be declared nominated.

. 12. In cities which have adopted minority representation in the
city council, the city central committee shall, at least thirty (30) days
prior to the date of the primary, by resolution, fix and determine the
number of candidates for alderman in each of the wards of their city
to be nominated by their party at the primary for the nomination of
candidates for city offices.

A copy of said resolution, duly certified by the chairman and attested
by the secretary, shall, within two days thereafter, be filed in the office
of the city clerk.

In all primaries for the nomination of candidates for alderman under
minority representation, each qualified primary elector may cast as
many votes for one candidate as there are candidates to be nominated,
or may distribute the same, or equal parts thereof, among the candi-
dates for nomination as he shall see fit and the candidate for nomina-
tion highest in votes shall be declared nominated.

13. At least twenty (20) days before each primary, the county
clerk of each county, or the city, village or town or other clerk, whose
duty it is to give notice of general elections under the general election
laws of this State, for the election of officers whose nomination is
required to be made under the provisions of this Act, shall prepare
in the manner provided in the general election laws of this State, a
notice of such primary, which notice shall state the time and place of
holding the primary, the hours during which the polls will be open,
the offices for which candidates will be nominated at such primary
and the political parties entitled to participate therein. Such notices
shall be posted at least fifteen (15) days prior to the primary by the
same authorities and in the same manner as notices of election under
the general election laws are required to be posted.

14. The judges of general elections for State and county officers,
for city and village officers and for town and other municipal officers,
are hereby constituted respectively, the judges of primary elections
in their respective precincts, under the provisions of this Act.

i<>. it is hereby made the duty of the respective judges of general
elections to act as judges of primary elections in their respective pre-
cincts until their successors, as judges of general elections, are duly
appointed and qualified.

16. 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. If
two of the primary judges be absent or refuse to act, the judge present
shall fill the vacancies in the same manner as above provided. If
all three of the primary judges be absent, or refuse to act, the primary
electors present, who reside in the precinct, shall select three of their
number to act as primary judges. The judges so selected and ap-
pointed shall take the same oath, have the same powers, and perform
the same duties and be subject to the same penalties as regularly con-
stituted election judges.

17. The primary judges in each precinct, except in cities having
a board of election commissioners, shall select three qualified primary
electors of said precinct to act as primary clerks, who shall continue
to serve during the pleasure of said primary judges; but no more
than two persons of the same political party shall be chosen primary
clerks in the same precinct.

In cities having a board of election commissioners, the regularly
appointed clerks of election shall act as clerks of the primary in their
respective precincts.

i8. Previous to any vote being taken, the primary judges and
clerks shall severally ^ subscribe and take an oath or affirmation, in the
following form, to-wit :

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will
support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of
the State of Illinois, and will faithfully and honestly discharge the
duties of primary judge (or clerk, as the case may be) according to
the best of my ability, and that I have resided in this State for one
year, in this county for ninety days, and in this precinct thirty days
next preceding this primary, and am entitled to vote at this primary."

All persons subscribing the oath as aforesaid, and all persons ac-
tually serving as primary judges and clerks, whether sworn or not,
shall be deemed to be and are hereby declared to be officers of the
county court of their respective counties ;and such persons shall be liable
to punishment by such court in a proceeding for contempt for any
misbehavior as such primary judges or clerks, to be tried in open court,
on oral testimony, in a .summary manner, without ' written pleadings,
but such trial, or punishment for contempt of court, shall not be any
bar to any criminal proceedings against such primary judges or clerks
for any violation of this Act.

19. In case there shall be no justice of the peace or notary pub-
lic present at the opening of a primary, or in case such justice of the
peace or notary public shall be appointed one of the primary judges
or clerks, it shall be lawful for the primary judges to administer the
oath or affirmation to each other, and to the primary clerks.

J2O. The primary judges and clerks, except as otherwise pro-
ed in this Act, shall perform the same duties, have the same powers,
and be subject to the same penalties as judges and clerks of general
elections, under the election laws of this State.

21. Primary judges and clerks shall receive the same pay, and
shall be paid by the same authorities and in the same manner as judges
and clerks under the election laws of this State.

22. The precinct committeeman of each party may appoint in
writing over his signature two party agents or representatives, with an
alternate for each, who shall act as challengers for their respective
parties for said precinct. Such challengers shall be protected in the
discharge of ther duties by the primary judges and peace officers and
shall be permitted to remain within the polling place in such position
as will enable them to see each person as he offers his vote, and said
challengers may remain within the polling place throughout the can-
vass of the vote and until the returns are signed. All challengers
shall be qualified primary electors in their respective precincts and
shall have the same powers as challengers at general elections: Pro-
vided, that until precinct committeemen are elected hereunder, the
county central committee of each party in the respective counties shall
designate said challengers.

23. All officers upon whom is. imposed by law the duty of desig-
nating and providing polling places for general elections, shall pro-
vide in each such polling place so designated and provided, a sufficient

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number of booths for such primary election, which booths shall be pro-
vided with shelves, such supplies and pencils as will enable the voter
to prepare his ballot for voting and in which voters may prepare their
ballots screened from all observation as to the manner in which they
do so ; and the guard rail shall be so constructed and placed that only
such persons as are inside said rail can approach within six feet of the
ballot box and of such voting booths. The arrangement shall be
such that the voting booths can only be reached by passing within
said rail. Such booths shall be within plain view of the election officers
and both they and the ballot boxes shall be within plain view of those
outside the guard rail. No person other than the election officers and
the challengers allowed by law and those admitted for the purpose
of voting, as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted within the guard
rail, except by authority of the primary officers to keep order and
enforce the law.

The number of such voting booths shall not be less than one to
every seventy-five voters or fraction thereof, who voted at the last
preceding election in the precinct or election district.

No person whatever shall do any electioneering or soliciting of
votes on primary day within any polling place or within one hundred
feet of any polling place.

24. Primary ballot boxes shall be furnished by the same au-
thorities and in the same manner and shall be of the same style and de-
scription as ballot boxes furnished for the purpose of general elections,
under the general election laws of this State.

25. All necessary primary poll books, tally sheets, return blanks,
stationery and other necessary primary supplies shall be furnished by
the same authorities upon whom is imposed by law the duty of furnish-
ing such supplies at general elections.

26. The expense of conducting such primary, including the per
diem of judges and clerks, furnishing, warming, lighting and main-
taining the polling place, and all other expenses necessarily incurred
in the preparation for or conducting such primary shall be paid in
the same manner, and by the same authorities or officers respectively
as in the case of elections.

27. The primary poll books shall be substantially in the follow-
ing form.

PRIMARY POLL BOOKS.

Of a primary held in the Precinct

in the county of on the

day of , A. D

Party Affiliation.

Name of Voter.

Residence, Street, and
Number.

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;

John Jones . .

Richard Smith

John Doe.

Richard Doe

Charles Lee

This is to certify that the above and foregoing is a correct list of

primary voters at a primary held on the day of

A. D in the precinct, in

county and State of Illinois. That at said primary the undersigned
judges and clerks served as required by law and are entitled to pay
therefor.

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Clerks of Primary.

Judges of Primary.

Said primary poll books shall otherwise be in form and shall contain
the same certificates as nearly as may be as the poll books used in the
regular election and shall be signed and attested in the same manner,
as nearly as may be, as the poll books used for the purposes of regular
elections.

28. The tally sheets for each political party participating in the
primary election shall be substantially in the following form:

"Tally sheets for (Name of political party)

for the precinct, in the county of '.

for a primary held on the day of A. D. . . .

The names of the candidates for nomination and for State central
committeemen, senatorial committeemen and precinct committeemen,
shall be placed on the tally sheets of each political party by the primary
clerks in the order in which they appear on the primary ballot."

29. Any candidate for United States Senator may have his name
printed upon the primary ballot of his political party by filing in the
office of the Secretary of State, not less than thirty (30) days prior to
the date of the April primary, in any year, a petition signed by not less

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than three thousand (3000) primary electors, nor more than five thous-
and (5000) members of and affiliated with the party of which he is a
candidate, and no candidate for United States Senator, who fails to
comply with the provisions of this Act, shall have his name printed
upon any primary ballot : Provided, that the vote upon candidates for
United States Senator shall be had for the sole purpose of ascertain-
ing the sentiment of the voters of the respective parties.

30. The name of no candidate for nomination, or State central
committeemen, or senatorial committeemen, shall be printed upon the
primary ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
in his behalf, as provided in this Act in substantially the following
form:

We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the

party and qualified primary electors of said party, in the

of in the county of

and State of Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named per-
son or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the

party for the nomination for the office or offices hereinafter specified,

to be voted for at the primary election held on the day of

A. D

NAME OFFICE ADDRESS

John Jones Governor Belvidere, Illinois

Thomas Smith Sheriff Oakland, Illinois

Name Address

State of Illinois, )
County \ s

I, do hereby certify that I

am upwards of the age of twenty-one years, that I reside at No

street, in the of county of

and State of Illinois, and that the sig-
natures on this sheet were signed in my presence, and are genuine,
and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing
were at the time of signing said petitions qualified voters and that their
respective residences are correctly stated, as above set forth.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this .day

of. ..A. D..

Such petitions shall consist of sheets of uniform size, and each sheet
shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate heading
giving the information as to name of candidate or candidates, in whose
behalf such petition is signed ; the office, the political party represented,
place of residence, and such other information or wording as required
to make same valid ; and the heading of each- sheet shall be the same.
Such petitions shall be signed by qualified primary electors in their own
proper persons only, and opposite the signature of each signer, his resi-

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dence address shall be written (and if a resident of a city having a
population of over 10,000 by the then last preceding federal census,
the street number of such residence shall be given). No signature
shall be valid or be counted in considering the validity or sufficiency of
such petition, unless the requirements of this section are complied
with, except as herein otherwise provided. At the bottom of each
sheet of such petition shall be added a statement, signed by an adult
resident of the political division for which the candidate is seeking
a nomination, stating his residence address (and if a resident of a city
having a population of over 10,000 by the then last preceding federal
census, also stating the street and number of such residence) certify-
ing that the signatures on that sheet of said petition were signed in
his presence, and are genuine; and that to the best of his knowledge
and belief the persons so signing were at the time of signing said
petition qualified voters of the political party for which a nomination
is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before some officer of the
county in which the person making such statement resides, authorized
to administer the oaths therein. Such sheets before being filed, shall
be neatly fastened together in book form, by placing the sheets in a
pile and fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively. The
sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end to end, so as
to form a continuous strip or roll. Said petition, when filed, shall not
be withdrawn or added to, and no signatures shall be revoked except
by revocation filed in writing with the clerk or other proper officer
with whom the petition is required to be filed, and before the filing of
such petition. Whoever, in making the sworn statement above pre-
scribed, shall knowingly, wilfully and corruptly swear falsely, shall
be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof, shall be pun-
ished accordingly. Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any
petition required by this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a forgery, and
on conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.

Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein specified, to
be filed with the same officer, may contain the names of two or more
candidates of the same political party for the same or different offices.

Such petitions for nomination shall be signed :

(a) If for a State office, by not less than one thousand (1000) nor
more than two thousand (2000) primary electors of his party;

(b) If for a congressional or senatorial office, by at least one-half
of one per cent of the qualified primary electors of his party in his
congressional or senatorial district, as the case may be ;

(c) If for a judicial office, by at least one-half of one per cent of
the qualified primary electors of his party in the district or division for
which the nomination is made ;

(d) If for a county office, by at least one-half of one per cent of
the qualified primary electors of his party in his county: Provided,
that if for the nomination for county commissioner of Cook county,
then by at least one-half of one per cent of the qualified primary elec-
tors of his party in his county in the district or division in which such
person is a candidate for nomination.

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(e) If for a city or village office, to be rilled by the electors of the
entire city or village, by at least one-half of one per cent of the qualified
primary electors of his party in his city or village ; if for alderman,
by at least one-half of one per cent of the voters of his party of his
ward;

(f) If for State central committeeman, by at least one hundred
(100) of the primary electors of his party of his congressional dis-
trict ;

(g) If for senatorial committeeman by at least ten (ip) of the
primary electors of his party of the county where the senatorial district
is co-extensive with one county or is composed of more than one
county ; but in case the senatorial district is wholly within the terri-
torial limits of one county, or partly within the territorial limits of
one county and partly within the territorial limits of another county,
then such petition shall be signed by at least ten (10) of the primary
electors of his party of his senatorial district.

(h) If for a candidate for trustee of a sanitary district, by at least
one-half of one per cent of the primary electors of his party from such
sanitary district;

(i) If for a candidate for clerk of the appellate court, by at least
one-half of one per cent of the primary electors of his party of the
district ;

(j) If for any other office, by at least ten (10) primary electors
of his party of the district or division for which nomination is made.

31. All petitions for nomination shall be filed as follows:

1. Where the nomination is to be made for an office to be filled by
the electors of the entire State, or any division or district greater than
a county, including congressional, senatorial and judicial offices, then
such petition for nomination shall be filed in the office of the Secretary
of State not more than sixty (60) nor less than thirty (30) days prior
to the date of the primary.

2. Where the nomination is to be made for an office to be filled
by the electors of an entire county, and for county commissioners of
Cook county, except senatorial offices, the petitions for nomination shall
be filed in the office of the county clerk not more than sixty (60) nor
less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the primary;

3. Where the nomination is to be made for an office to be filled by
the electors of an entire city or village, including aldermen, such petit-
ions for nomination shall be filed in the office of the city or village
clerk not more than thirty (30) nor less than fifteen (15) days prior
to the date of the primary ;

4. Where the nomination is to be made for an office to be filled by
the electors of a town, then such petition for nomination shall be filed
in the office of the town clerk not more than thirty (30) and not less
than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the primary;

5. The petitions of candidates and for State central committeemen
shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State not more than sixty
(60) and not less than thirty (30) days prior to the primary;

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6. The petitions of candidates for senatorial committeemen shall
be filed in the office of the county clerk not more than sixty (60) and
not less than thirty (30) days prior to the primary;

7. The Secretary of State and the various clerks with whom such
petitions for nominations are filed shall endorse thereon the day and
hour on which each petition was filed.

8. Any person for whom a petition for nomination or for commit-
teeman has been filed may cause his name to be withdrawn by his
request in writing, signed by him and duly acknowledged before an
officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds and filed in the
office of the Secretary of State not less than twenty-five (25) or with
the proper clerk not less than twelve (12) days prior to the date of the
primary, and no name so withdrawn shall be certified by the Secretary
of State to the county clerk, or printed on the primary ballot.

32. Not less than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the pri-
mary, the Secretary of State shall certify to the county clerk of each
county the names of all candidates for United States Senator, and of
all candidates for members of the State central committee, and of all
candidates for the nomination for all offices, as specified in the petitions
for nominations on file in his office, which are to be voted for in such
county, stating in such certificates the political affiliation of each can-
didate for nomination, or committeeman, as specified in said petition.
The Secretary of State shall, in his certificate to the county clerk, cer-
tify to said county clerk the names of the offices and the names of the
candidates in the order in which said offices and said names shall appear
upon the primary ballot, said names to appear in the order in which
petitions shall have been filed in his office.

33. The county clerk of each county and in cities, villages and
towns, the clerk thereof, as the case may be, shall prepare and cause
to be printed the primary ballot of each political party for each pre-
cinct in his respective county, city, village or town.

34. It is hereby made the duty of the county clerk of each county
to cause to be printed upon the primary ballot of each party for each
precinct in his county the name of each candidate whose petition for
nomination has been filed in the office of the county clerk as herein pro-
vided ; and also the name of each candidate whose name has been cer-
tified to his office by the Secretary of State, and in the order so cer-
tified.

It shall be the duty of the city or village or town clerk, as the case
may be, to cause to be printed upon the primary ballot of each political
party for each precinct in his city, village or town, as the case may be,
the name of each candidate whose petition for nomination has been
filed in his office, as herein provided, and which is to be voted for in
such precinct.

35. The primary ballot of each political party shall be separately
printed upon paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the pri-
mary ballot of no two political parties shall be of the same color or
tint.

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The clerk, whose duty it shall be to cause to be printed the pri-
mary ballot, shall, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the
primary, post in a conspicuous place in his office an announcement of
the color of the primary ballots of the respective parties, and, in the
case of the county clerk, shall also publish such announcement for at
least one (i) week in at least three (3) newspapers of general circula-
tion in the county. In the case of the city clerk, such publication shall
be made at least one (i) week in three (3) newspapers printed and
published in the city, if there be three newspapers printed and published
in said city.

36. The primary ballot of each political party for each precinct
shall be arranged and printed substantially in the manner following :

1. At the top of the ballot shall be printed in large capital letters,
words designating the ballot if a Republican ballot, the designating
words shall be : "REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT ;" if a Dem-
ocratic ballot, the designating words shall be: "DEMOCRATIC PRI-
MARY BALLOTT," and in like manner for each political party.

2. Beginning not less than one inch below the designating words,
the name of each office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters
and in the following order, to-wit: United States Senator, State
offices, congressional offices, senatorial offices, judicial offices, clerks of
the appellate courts, members of the State central committee, members
of the senatorial committee, trustees of sanitary districts, county offices,
city and village offices, town offices, or of such of said offices as can-
didates are to be nominated for at such primary, and precinct com-
mitteeman.

Below the name of each office shall be printed in small letters the
directions to the voters : "Vote for one ;" "Vote for two ;" "Vote for
three ;" or a spelled number designating how many persons under that
head are to be voted for.

Below the name of each office shall be printed in capital letters the
names of all candidates (arranged in the order in which their petitions
for nomination were filed) for the nomination for said office which are
entitled to be placed upon the respective party primary ballot. The
names of all candidates upon the primary ballot shall be printed in type
of uniform size and the names shall be printed in a column. Immed-
iately opposite and in front of the name of each candidate shall be
printed a square and all squares upon the primary ballot shall be of
uniform size. Spaces between the names of candidates under each
office shall be uniform, and sufficient spaces shall separate the names
of candidates for one office from the names of candidates for another
office, to avoid confusion.

3. At the bottom of the primary ballot and under the heading
"for precinct committeeman," a space sufficiently large shall be left in
which the primary elector may write or attach the name of one pri-
mary elector of his party in the precinct as his choice for precinct com-
mitteeman. No square need be placed in front of the name of the
person voted for precinct committeeman.

37. On the back or outside of the primary ballot of each precinct,
so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words "Primary

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Ballot," followed by the designation of said precinct, the date of the
primary and a fac simile of the signature of the clerk who furnished the
ballots.

38. The officer whose duty it shall be to cause the printing of the
primary ballots shall, not less than five (5) days prior to the primary,
transmit or cause to be delivered to the primary judges, specimen bal-
lots of each political party, substantially in the form of the official pri-
mary ballots, to be used at the primary, which specimen ballot shall be
printed upon paper of a different texture and color from the official
primary ballot, and it shall be the duty of the primary judges to post
not less than five (5) of each such specimen ballots in the precinct,
one of each such specimen ballots to be posted at the polling place.

39. The officer so charged with the printing of primary ballots
shall cause to be delivered to the primary judges of each precinct not
less than twelve (12) hours before the time fixed for the opening of
the polls, the official primary ballot of each political party, and the num-
ber thereof for each political party in each precinct shall be one hundred
(100) for each fifty (50) votes cast in said precinct by said political
party at the last preceding election.

40. The official primary ballots shall be put in separate sealed
packages with marks on the outside thereof clearly designating the
precinct for which they are intended, and the number of ballots en-
closed for each political party and a receipt therefor shall be given by
the primary judge to whom such ballots are delivered, which receipt
shall be filed by the proper clerk in his office.

41. The officer so charged with the printing of primary ballots
shall provide and retain in his office until after the primary, an ample
supply of extra primary ballots for each political party in each pre-
cinct and if at any time before or during the primary, ballots of any
precinct shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted, on written application
signed by the primary judges of said precinct, or any of them, he shall
immediately cause to be delivered to said primary judges such supply
of extra ballots as may be required to comply with the provisions of
this Act.

42. Upon the opening of the polls one of the primary judges
shall make proclamation of the same. And at least thirty (30) minutes
before the closing of the polls proclamation shall be made in like man-
ner that the polls will be closed in half an hour.

43. Before voting begins, the ballot box shall be emptied and it
shall be opened and shown to those present to be empty, after which
it shall be locked and the key delivered to one of the primary judges
and such ballot box shall not be removed from public view from the
time it is shown to be empty until after the close of the polls.

44. No person shall vote at a primary unless he shall be a legally
qualified voter, under the general election laws of this State, and unless
he declares his party affiliation, as required by this Act, and in all
cases where registration is required as a condition precedent to. voting
at regular elections only registered voters shall be entitled to vote at
such primary: Provided, however, that at such primary, any legal

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voter of a precinct, who has not registered, shall be entitled to vote
in case he shall file with the primary judges an affidavit, stating the
time when he removed into such precinct, and the length of his legal
residence in such precinct, county and State, and that he has removed
into that precinct since the last registration of electors at the last elec-
tion and that he is a legal voter of such precinct, supported by an
affidavit of a registered voter and householder of such precinct, that
he knows such voter and that his statements as to the time of his resi-
dence, as aforesaid, are correct, and that such person is a legal voter
in such precinct.

And no person shall be allowed to vote at a primary who shall have
signed the petition for nomination of a candidate of any party that
he does not affiliate with, when such candidate is to be voted for at the
primary.

And no person shall be allowed to vote who shall have signed the
nominating papers of an independent candidate for any office for which
office candidates are to be voted for at said primary, or if he shall have
voted at a primary of another political party within a period of two
years next preceding such primary: Provided, participation by a pri-
mary elector in a primary of a political party which, under the pro-
visions of section 2 of this Act, is a political party within a city, village
or town only, and entitled hereunder to make nominations of candi-
dates for city, village or town offices only, and for no other office or
offices, shall not disqualify such primary elector from participating in
other primaries of his party when, at such city, village or town pri-
mary, no candidate or candidates of the political party with which
the primary elector declares himself affiliated had their name or names
printed on the primary ballot of their party.

45. 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. If the
person desiring to vote is not challenged, one of the primary judges
shall give to him one, and only one, primary ballot of the political
party with which he declares himself affiliated, on the back of which
such primary judge shall endorse his initials in such manner that they
may be seen when the primary ballot is properly folded. If the person
desiring to vote is challenged he shall not receive a primary ballot from
the primary judges until he shall have established his right to vote as
hereinafter provided. No person who refuses to state his party affilia-
tion shall be allowed to vote at a primary.

46. \Vhenever a person offering to vote at a primary is chal-
lenged, the person so challenged shall make and subscribe an affidavit
in the following form, which shall be presented to and retained by the
primary judges and clerks, and returned by them with the primary
poll books :

State of Illinois, )

County of \ ss *

I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that

I am a citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years or
over, and am qualified to vote under and by virtue of the constitution
and laws of the State of Illinois, and am a legally qualified voter of

this precinct ; that I now reside at (insert street

and number, if any) in this precinct, and am a member of and affiliated

with the party ; that I have not voted at a primary of

another political party within a period of two years prior to this date ;

and that I voted at the city, village or town primary,

with the political party at the election held

in A. D , which said political party

was entitled at said primary to make nominations of candidates for
city, village or town offices only, and for no other offices, and that the

name or names of no candidate or candidates of the political

party (the political party with which the primary elector declares
himself affiliated) were, at such city, village or town primary, printed
on the primary ballot ; that I have not signed the petition for nomination
of a candidate of a political party with which I am not affiliated, and
that I have not signed the nominating papers of an independent can-
didate for any office for which office candidates for nomination are
voted for at this primary.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of

A. D. 190

Judge of Primary.

In addition to such affidavit the person so challenged shall produce
the affidavit of one householder of the precinct who shall be a qualified
voter at such primary, and who shall be personally known or proved to
the judges to be a householder in the precinct, which affidavit shall be
in the following form :

State of Illinois, )

County of , ( ss *

I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a house-
holder of this precinct and entitled to vote at this primary; that I am

acquainted with (name of the party challenged),

whose right to vote at this primary has been challenged; that I know
him to be an actual bona fide resident of this precinct, and that he has
resided herein thirty days, and I verily believe he has resided in this
county ninety days; and in this State one year next preceding this
primary ; that I verily believe he is a member of and affiliated with the
party.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of

A. D. 190

Judge of Primary.

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47. On receiving from the primary judges a primary ballot of
his party the primary elector shall forthwith and without leaving the
polling place, retire alone to one of the voting booths and prepare such
primary ballot by marking a cross (X) in the square in front of and
opposite the name of each candidate of his choice for each office to be
filled. At the primary at which a precinct committeeman is to be elec-
ted the primary elector may write or attach at the bottom of his primary
bollot, in the space provided for that purpose, the name of one primary
elector of his precinct, member of and affiliated with his political party,
for precinct committeeman. No other mark or designation shall be
necessary in indicate the primary elector's choice for precinct commit-
teeman.

Any primary elector may, instead of voting for any candidate for
nomination or for committeeman whose name is printed on the primary
ballot, write in the name of any other person affiliated with such party
as a candidate for the nomination for any office, or for committeeman,
and indicate his choice of such candidate or committeeman by placing
to the left of and opposite the name thus written a square and by plac-
ing in the square a cross (X.) And at the primary at which precinct
committeemen are to be elected he shall write at the bottom of his
primary ballot, in the space provided for that purpose, the name of
one primary elector of his precinct, member of and affiliated with his
political party, for precinct committeeman. No squares need be placed
in front of the names of the persons so voted for for precinct com-
mitteemen.

48. Before leaving the booth, the primary elector shall fold his
primary ballot in such manner as to conceal the marks thereon. Such
voter shall then vote forthwith by handing the primary judge the
primary ballot received by such voter. Thereupon the primary judge
shall deposit such primary ballot in the ballot box. The primary
clerk shall thereupon enter in the primary poll book the name of the
primary elector, his residence and his party affiliation.

49. Any primary elector who may declare upon oath that he can-
not read the English language, or that by reason of any physical dis-
ability he 'is unable to mark his ballot shall, upon request, be assisted
in marking his primary ballot in the same manner as provided by the
general election laws of this State.

50. 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 com-
pleted and the returns carefully enveloped and sealed.

51. The votes shall be canvassed in the room or place where the
primary is held and the primary judges shall not allow the ballot box
or any of the ballots, or the primary poll book, or any of the tally sheets
to be removed or carried away from such room or polling place unti!
the canvass of the votes is completed and the returns carefully en-
veloped and sealed.

52. If the primary elector marks more names upon the primary
ballot than there are persons to be nominated as candidates for an
office, or for State central committeeman or senatorial committeeman,

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or precinct committeeman, or if for any reason it is impossible to de-
termine the primary elector's choice of a candidate for the nomination
for an office, or committeeman, his primary ballot shall not be counted
for the nomination for such office or for the election of delegate, alter-
nate or committeeman.

No primary ballot, without the endorsement of the judges' initials
thereon, shall be counted. Any judge wilfully omitting to endorse his
initials on a primary ballot, as required by this Act, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars for each offense.

Primary ballots not counted shall be marked "defective" on the back
thereof; and primary ballots to which objections have been made by
either of the primary judges or challengers shall be marked "objected
to" on the back thereof; and a memorandum signed by the primary
judges stating how it was counted shall be written on the back of
each primary ballot so marked, and all primary ballots marked "de-
fective" or "objected to" shall be enclosed in an envelope and securely
sealed, and so marked and endorsed as to clearly disclose its contents.

All primary ballots not voted, and all that have been spoiled by
voters while attempting to vote, shall be returned to the proper clerk,
by the primary judges, and a receipt taken therefor, and shall be pre-
served three months. Such official shall keep a record of the number
of primary ballots delivered for each polling place, and he or they
shall also enter upon such record the number and character of primary
ballots returned, with the time when and the persons by whom they
are returned.

53. 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 ;

(2) They shall then proceed to ascertain the number of names
entered on the primary poll books under each party affiliation ;

(3) If the primary ballots of any political party exceed in number
the names of voters of such political party entered on the primary poll
books, the primary ballots of such political party shall be folded and
replaced in the ballot box, the box closed, well shaken and again opened
and one of the primary judges, who shall be blindfolded, shall draw out
and destroy so many of the primary ballots of such political party as
shall be equal to such excess ;

(4) The primary judges shall then proceed to count the primary
ballots of each political party separately; and as the primary judges
shall open and read the primary ballots, each primary clerk shall care-
fully and correctly mark upon the tally sheets the votes which each
candidate of the party whose name is written or printed on the primary
ballot has received, in a separate column for that purpose, with the
name of such candidate, the name of his political party and the name
of the office for which he is a candidate for nomination at the head of
such column.

54. As soon as the ballots of a political party shall have been read
and the votes of said political party counted, as provided in the last

above section, the primary clerks shall foot up the tally sheets so as
to show the total number of votes cast for each candidate of said po-
litical party and for each candidate for State central committeeman,
senatorial committeeman and precinct committeeman, and certify the
same to be correct. Thereupon, the primary judges shall set down in
the primary poll books, under the name of said political party, the
name of each candidate voted for upon the primary ballot, written
at full length, the name of the office for which he is a candidate for
nomination or for committeeman, the total number of votes which said
candidate received, and the primary judges shall certify the same to be
true and correct; said entry in the primary poll books to be made
substantially in the following form:

" PARTY.

At the primary election held in this precinct on the

day of A. D., 19. . ., the respective candidates

whose names were written or printed on the primary ballot of said . .
party, received respectively the following votes:

Name of Candidate. Title of Office. No. of Votes

John Jones Governor 100

Sam Smith Governor 7

Frank Martin Attorney General 150

William Preston Representative in Congress 206

Tom Johnson State Senator 74

Frederick John County Judge 59

And so on for each candidate.

\Ve hereby certify the above and foregoing to be true and correct.
Dated this day of A. D., 19. ..

Judges of Primary.

55- After the votes of a political party have been counted and
set down and the tally sheets footed and the entry made in the primary
poll books, as above provided, all f he primary ballots of said political
party, except those marked "defective" or "objected to" shall be
strung upon a strong thread of twine separately for each political
party in the order in which said primary ballots have been read, and
shall thereupon be carefully sealed in an envelope, which envelope
shall be endorsed as follows:

"Primary ballots of the party

of the precinct of the county of

and State of Illinois."

Below each endorsement, each primary judge shall write his name.

56. The primary poll books, with the certificates of the primary
judges written thereon, and the tally sheets, together with the en-
velopes containing the ballots, shall be carefully enveloped and sealed
up together, properly endorsed and put into the hands of the primary
judges, who shall, within fortv-eight (48) hours thereafter, deliver

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the same to the clerk from whom the primary ballots were obtained,
which clerk shall safely keep the same for three (3) months.

57. As soon as complete returns are delivered to the proper
clerk, the returns shall be canvassed as follows:

1. In the case of the nomination of candidates for city offices, by
the mayor, the city attorney and the city clerk ;

2. In the case of the nomination of candidates for village offices^
by the president of the board of trustees, one member of the board of
trustees and the village clerk ;

3. The officers who are charged by law with the duty of canvass-
ing returns of general elections made to the county clerk, shall also
open and canvass the returns of a primary made to such county clerk.
Upon the completion of the canvass of the returns by the county can-
vassing board, said canvassing board shall make a tabulated statement
of the returns for each political party separately, stating in appropriate
columns and under proper headings, the total number of votes cast in
said county for each candidate for nomination by said party, including
candidates for United States Senator, and State central committee-
men. Within two (2) days after the completion of said canvass by
said county canvassing board, the county clerk shall mail to the Sec-
retary of State a certified copy of such tabulated statement of returns :
Provided, hoivever, that the number of votes cast for the nomination
for offices, the certificate of election for which offices, under the gen-
eral election laws, are issued by the county clerk, shall not be in-
cluded in such certified copy of said tabulated statement of returns ;

4. In the case of the nomination of candidates for offices, includ-
ing United States Senator and State central committeemen, certified
tabulated statement of returns for which are filed with the Secretary
of State, such returns shall be canvassed by the Governor, Secretary
of State and State Treasurer ;

5. Where, in cities or villages which have a board of election com-
missioners, the returns of a primary are made to such board of elec-
tion commissioners, said returns shall be canvassed by such board,
and, excepting in the case of the nomination of candidates for any
city or town office in such city, tabulated statements of the returns
of such primary shall be made to the county clerk.

58. Each of said canvassing boards, respectively, shall, upon
completion of the canvassing of the returns, make proclamation of the
result of said primary for each political party, and shall make and
execute a certificate, and, unless a notice of contest shall have been
filed with said canvassing board, ten (10) days after the completion
of the canvass, shall file such certificates in the office of -the Secretary
of State, or in the office of the clerk whose duty it is to print the
official ballot for the election for which the nomination is made, as
the case may be, stating therein the name of each candidate of each
political party so nominated, as shown by the returns, together with
the name of the office for which he was nominated, including in the
case of the State primary canvassing board, candidates for State
central committeemen. In case a notice of contest shall be filed with
any canvassing board, such canvassing board shall withhold its cer-

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tificate until a certified copy of the decree or order of the Court hear-
ing such contest shall h'ave been filed with such canvassing board.
The said canvassing board shall, within one (i) day after receiving
a certified copy of said decree or order, proceed to finish the canvass
of the returns as corrected by such decree, and make proclamation
accordingly.

Upon the filing of said certificate in the office of the Secretary of
State, or in the office of the proper clerk, as the case may be, the Sec-
retary of State, or proper clerk, as the case may be, shall, within one
(i) day thereafter, issue a certificate of nomination to each of the
candidates so proclaimed nominated, except United States Senator.

The Secretary of State shall also issue a certificate of election to
each of the persons shown by the returns and the proclamation there-
of to be elected State central committeeman.

The county canvassing board, or the board of election commission-
ers, as the case may be, shall issue a certificate of election to the requi-
site number of persons of each political party shown by the returns
to be elected members of the senatorial committee.

Sec. 59. The person receiving the highest number of votes at a
primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination for an office
shall be the candidate of that party for such office and his name as
such candidate shall be placed on the official ballot at the election then
next ensuing: Provided, that where there are two or more persons
to be nominated for the same office or board, the requisite number of
persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be, nominated and
their names shall be placed on the official ballot at the following
election.

In the case of candidates for nomination for members of the board
of assessors, where five are to be elected, four of whom are to be
elected from any one city and the city has the requisite number, then
the candidate for nomination living outside of such city having the
highest number of votes of his party shall be nominated, and his name
shall be placed on the official ballot at the following election.

The person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for
State central committeeman of his congressional district shall be de-
clared elected State central committeeman from said congressional
district.

The requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
votes as candidates of their party in any county, or senatorial district,
as the case may be, for senatorial committeemen shall be declared
elected senatorial committeemen from such county or senatorial dis-
trict.

When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number
of votes for the nomination for the same office or for committeeman
of the same political party or where more than one person of the
same political party is to be nominated as a candidate for office or
committeeman, if it appears that more than the number of persons to
be nominated for an office or elected committeemen, have the highest
and an equal number of votes for the nomination for the same office
or for election as committeemen, the board by which the returns of the

primary are canvassed shall decide by lot which of such persons shall
be nominated or elected, as the case may be. In such case such can-
vassing board shall issue notice in writing to such persons of such tie
vote, stating therein the place, the day (which shall not be more than
five (5) days thereafter) and the hour when such nomination or
election shall be so determined.

Sec. 60. When the nomination is made for an office to be filled by
the electors of an entire county, and where it is the duty of the county-
clerk to prepare the official ballot for the election, it shall be the duty
of the county clerk, under this Act, to place upon the official ballot
to be voted at the election the names of all candidates nominated for
office, as herein provided, as shown by the certificate of the canvassing
board on file in his office.

When the nomination is made for an office to be filled by the electors
of an entire city or village, including alderman, and where it is the
duty of the city or village clerk to prepare the official ballot for the
election, it shall be the duty of the city or village clerk, under this
Act, to place upon the official ballot to be voted at the election the names
of all candidates nominated for office, as herein provided, as shown by
the certificate of the canvassing board on file in his office.

When the nomination is made for an office to be filled by the
electors of an entire town, and where it is the duty of the town clerk
to prepare the official ballot for the election, it shall be the duty of the
town clerk, under this Act, to place upon the official ballot to be voted
at the election, the names of all candidates nominated for office, as
herein provided, as shown by the certificate of the canvassing board
on file in his office.

Not less than fifteen (15) days before an election to fill any office,
the Secretary of State shall certify to the county clerk of each county
within which any of the electors may, by law, vote for such candidates
for such offices, the name and description of each person nominated
for such office, as shown by the certificate of the canvassing board
on file in his office.

6 1.. Whenever a special election shall be necessary, the provisions
of this Act shall be applicable to the nomination of candidates to be
voted for at such special election. The officer or board or commission
whose duty it is, under the general election laws of this State, to call
an election shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of can-
didates to be voted for at such special election. At least fifteen (15)
days' notice shall be given of such primary.

In case a candidate who has been nominated under the provisions
of this Act shall die before election or decline the nomination, or should
the nomination for any other reason become vacant, the managing
committee of the respective political parties for the territorial area
in which such vacancy occurs, shall nominate a candidate or candidates
of the respective parties to fill such vacancies on the ticket.

62. In cities, having a board of election commissioners, the dut-
ies herein imposed upon the county, city or village clerk, as the case
may be, shall be discharged by the board of election commissioners,

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in the same manner, as near as may be, and to the same extent and
with like effect that the similar duties imposed by this Act are dis-
charged by the county, city or village clerk, as the case may be; and,
the ballots for the nomination of all candidates to be voted for in such
city, shall be printed by the board of election commissioners and the
returns of the primary held in such city shall be made to such board
of election commissioners.

63. Any candidate whose name appears upon the primary ballot
of any political party in any precinct may contest the election of the
candidates nominated by his political party, upon the face
of the returns, if he so desires, and may, in said county
or any of the precincts thereof as to the office for which
he was a candidate, contest the election in such county or
precinct by filing with the clerk of the county court, ex-
cept in the case of candidates for the nominations for State, congres-
sional and senatorial offices and for the office of county judge, a
petition in writing setting forth the grounds of contest, which petition
shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner or other person, and
which petition shall be filed within five (5) days after the completion
of the canvas of the returns. The contestant shall also file with the
canvassing board, which canvasses the returns for such nomination
(and if for the nomination for an office, certified tabulated statements
of the returns of which are to be filed with the Secretary of State)
also with the county canvassing board, a notice of the pendency of the
contest. In the case of a contest for the nomination for State, con-
gressional and senatorial offices and for the office of county judge,
said petition shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court.

Authority and jurisdiction are hereby vested in the county court or
in the judge thereof in vacation, or in the circuit court or in the judges
thereof in vacation, as the case may be, to hear and determine primary
contests. When a petition to contest a primary shall be filed in the
office of the clerk of the court, said petition shall forthwith be pre-
sented to the judge thereof, who shall note thereon the day of present-
ation, and shall also note thereon the day when he will hear the same,
which shall not be more than five (5) days thereafter and shall order
issuance of summons to each defendant named in the petition.

Summons shall forthwith issue to each defendant named in the pe-
tition and shall be served in the same manner as is provided in cases
in chancery. Summons may be issued and served in any county in the
State. The case may be heard and determined by the county or cir-
cuit court in term time, or by the judges thereof in vacation, at any
time not less than three (3) days after service of process and shall
have preference in the order of hearing to all other cases. The pe-
titioner shall give securitv for all costs.

If, in the opinion of the Court, in which the petition is filed, the
grounds for contest alleged are insufficient in law, the petition shall
be dismissed. If the grounds alleged are sufficient in law, the Court
shall proceed iti a summary manner and may hear evidence, examine
the returns, re-count the ballots and make such orders and enter such
judgment as justice may require. The Court shall ascertain and de-
clare by a decree, as in chancery, to be entered of record in the proper

court, the result of such election in the territorial area for which the
contest is made. The judgment of the Court shall be final. A certified
copy of said decree shall forthwith be made by the clerk of the court
and transmitted to the board canvassing the returns for such office
and in case of contest, if for nomination for an office, tabulated state-
ments of returns for which are filed with the Secretary of State, also
in the office of the county clerk of the proper county. The proper
canvassing board, or boards, as the case may be, shall correct the
returns or the tabulated statement of returns in accordance with said
decree.

64. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to prevent
the nomination of independent candidates by petition as is now or may
hereafter be provided by law.

65. No spiritous, malt, vinous, or intoxicating liquor shall be
sold or given away, nor shall any saloon, bar room or place where
such liquor is sold or given away, be open during the holding of any
primary. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be fined
in a sum not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than one hundred
(100) dollars. It shall be the duty of the sheriff, constable, coroner
and other officers of the county, the magistrates and mayors of cities
to see that the provisions of this section are enforced.

66. If any person whose vote is challenged, or any witness
sworn under the provisions of this Act, shall knowingly, wilfully and
corruptly swear falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury and on
conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.

67. (i) Whoever unlawfully votes more than once at any pri-
mary or offers to vote after having once voted at such primary, or
knowing that he is not a qualified elector at a primary, wilfully votes
at such primary, shall on conviction thereof be fined in a sum not
exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars, or imprisoned in the county
jail not exceeding one (i) year, or both in the discretion of the Court;

(2) Whoever wilfully aids or abets any one not legally qualified
to vote at a primary in voting or attempting to vote at such pri-
mary; or

(3) By unlawful means prevents or attempts to prevent any pri-
mary elector from attending or voting at a primary ; or

(4) Gives or offers to give any valuable thing or bribe to any
judge or clerk of a primary, as a consideration of some act to be done
or omitted to be done contrary to his official duty in relation to such
primary shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding
one thousand (1000) dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not ex-
ceeding one (i) year, or both, in the discretion of the Court; any
judge or clerk who shall receive, request or demand any bribe or re-
ward forbidden by this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to the same
penalties as prescribed in this Act for giving or offering to give such
bribe or reward.

68. (i) Any person who shall solicit, request, demand or re-
ceive, directly or indirectly, any money, intoxicating liquor or other
thing of value, or the promise thereof, either to influence his vote, or

to be used, or under the pretense of being used to procure the vote of
any other person or persons or to be used at any poll or other place
prior to or on the day of a primary for or against any candidate for
office, or for or against any measure or question to be voted upon at
such primary, shall be deemed guilty of the infamous crime of bribery
in primaries and upon conviction thereof in any court of record, shall
be sentenced to disfranchisement by the judge of such court for a term
of not less than five and not more than fifteen years, and to the county
jail not less than three months nor more than one year, and to pay the
cost of prosecution and stand committed to the county jail until such
costs are fully paid. That for a conviction of a second offense under
this section, the first being alleged and proven, such offender shall
be by sentence of the court forever thereafter disfranchised and de-
prived of the right to vote at a primary in this State, and be impris-
oned in the county jail not less than one year, and be committed to jail
in default of the payment of costs of prosecution until such costs are
fully paid. Prosecutions may be had under this section by indictment
in the circuit court, or by information in the county courts, and the
effect of a sentence of disfranchisement in either of said courts both
having jurisdiction of offenses hereunder, shall be to deprive such per-
sons sentenced of the right to vote at any primary within this State for
the period of time fixed by the court where such person shall be con-
victed under this section. Any candidate, or other person paying,
furnishing or promising to pay or furnish' or bribing such person, with
money, intoxicating liquor, or any other thing of value, or the promise
thereof, shall not be liable to punishment therefor, but shall be a com-
petent witness and compelled to testify in prosecutions under this sec-
tion. Solicitations of any person or a loan of money, or the purchase
of anything of value, or any other subterfuge, shall be deemed a viola-
tion thereof.

(2) Any person who shall have been legally convicted and dis-
franchised by a court of competent jurisdiction, who shall before the
expiration of his term of disfranchisement, vote or offer to vote at any
primary within this State shall, upon indictment and conviction thereof
in a court of competent jurisdiction, be confined in the penitentiary for
a term of years not less than one nor more than ten years.

69. Whoever is disorderly at a primary shall forfeit a sum not
exceeding twenty-five (25) dollars.

70. Whoever bets or wagers any money, property or other valu-
able thing upon the result of the primary or bets or wagers money,
property or other valuable thing upon the number of votes which may
be given to any person at a primary, or who shall receive the greatest
number of votes at a primary ; or agrees to pay any other person any
money, property or other valuable thing in the event that a primary
shall result in one way or in the event that any person shall or shall
not be nominated or shall receive a greater number of votes than
others, upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding
one thousand (1000) dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not
exceeding- one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

7 1 - (i) If any judge of a primary shall permit a person to vote,
whose vote is challenged, without the proof required in this Act ; or

(2) Shall knowingly and wilfully permit a person to testify as a
witness contrary to the provisions of this Act ; or

(3) Shall knowingly permit a person to vote who is not qualified
according to law ; or

(4) Shall knowingly receive and count more than one vote from
the same person at the same primary for the same office, except as
allowed by law ; or

(5) Shall refuse to receive the vote of a qualified primary elector
at such primary, who will make the affidavit of and proof required by
this Act ; or

(6) Shall be guilty of any fraud, corruption or manifest misbe-
havior; or

(7) Shall open or unfold any ballot when the same is presented to
be deposited in the ballot box ; or

(8) Shall wilfully neglect to perform any of the duties required
of him by this Act ; shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not
exceeding one thousand (1000) dollars, or imprisoned in the county
jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

72. If any person wilfully or corruptly ascertains, publishes or
reveals how a primary elector voted at a primary, he shall, on convic-
tion thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand (1000)
dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year, or
both, in the discretion of the Court.

73. If any clerk of a primary shall wilfully neglect to perform
any duty required of him as primary clerk, or shall be guilty of fraud,
corruption, or misbehavior, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in
a sum not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars, or imprisoned in the
county jail not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the
Court.

74. If any judge, clerk or messenger, after having been deputed by
the primary judges to carry the primary poll books, tally sheets and
returns of such election to the place where by law they are required
to be canvassed, wilfully or negligently fails to deliver such primary
poll books, tally sheets or returns within a time prescribed by law, with
the seal unbroken, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum
not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars or imprisoned in the county
jail not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

75. If any county, city or town clerk wilfully or refuses to per-
form any duty required of him by this Act, he shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars
and shall be liable to the person injured by reason of such neglect or
refusal in an amount not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars, to be
recovered in an action on the case.

76. If any person whose duty it is to canvass the returns or
make a tabulated statement thereof, shall be guilty of fraud, corrup-
tion or misbehavior, in so canvassing the returns or making a tabulated
statement thereof, he shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not

exceeding five hundred (500) dollars or be imprisoned in the county
jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

77. Whoever shall wilfully and wrongfully take or carry away
from the place where it has been deposited for safe keeping, or deface,
mutilate or change any primary poll book, tally sheet or ballot, or any
name or figure therein, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a
sum not exceeding one thousand (1000) dollars or imprisoned in the
county jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the
Court.

78. Any person or member of a board or any primary judge,
clerk or other officer, who is guilty of stealing, wilfully and wrong-
fully .breaking, destroying, mutilating, defacing, falsifying, or unlaw-
fully moving or secreting or detaining the whole or any part of any
ballot box, or any record, primary poll book, tally sheet, or copy
thereof, oath, returns, or any other paper or document provided for in
this Act, or who shall fraudulently make any entry, erasure or altera-
tion therein, except as allowed and directed by the provisions of this
Act, or who permits any other person so to do, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand (1000) dollars,
or imprisoned in the county jail, not exceeding one year, or both,
in the discretion of the Court.

79. If any person shall commit any act prohibited herein or re-
frain from doing any act or duty required to be done herein, and if any
person shall in any manner be guilty of a violation of this Act, whether
the same is denominated an offense or not, and for which no punish-
ment is herein specially provided, such person shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than
one hundred (100) dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceed-
ing one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

80. An Act entitled "An Act to regulate primary elections of
voluntary political associations and to punish frauds therein," approved
June 6, 1889, in force July I, 1889; an Act entitled "An Act providing
for primary elections of delegates to nominating conventions of polit-
ical parties or associations, and to provide for the purity thereof,"
approved April 24, 1899, in force July I, 1899; an Act entitled "An
Act providing for primary elections of delegates to nominating con-
ventions of political parties or associations and to promote the purity
thereof, by regulating the conduct thereof and to support the privileges
of free suffrage thereat by prohibiting certain acts and practices in re-
lation thereto and providing for the punishment thereof," approved
and in force February 10, 1898, as amended by an Act approved May
n, 1901, in force July I, 1901, and all other Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

81. That the invalidity of any portion of this Act shall not affect
the validity of any other portion thereof, which can be given effect
without such invalid part.

Approved February 21, 1908.

PRIMARY PETITION.

(For number of signatures, time and place of niina , etc., see sections HO and HI of the
Primary Law of HHIX. )

To the (Name of Filing Officer) :

We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the

party, and qualified primary electors of said party, in the

of in the county of

and State of Illinois, do hereby petition that

who resides at in the county of

and State of Illinois, shall be a candidate of the party

for the nomination for the office of to be voted for at

the primary election to be held on the day of

..A. D. 19..

Signature.

Address: With street number in
cities of over 10, 000.

11
12

[25 lines for signatures.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
COUNTY OF

ss.

I, do hereby certify that I

upwards of the age of twenty-one years, that I reside at Number

street, in the of county

of and State of Illinois, and that the signatures on

this sheet were signed in my presence and are genuine, and that to the best
of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of sign-
ing said petition qualified voters, and that their respective residences are
correctly stated as above set forth.

Subscribed and sworn to before
-..A. D. 19....

[SEAL.]

me this day of .

SHEET NO.

120

INDEPENDENT PETITION.

(For number of signatures, time and place of ftlina. etc., see article V,p. 31.)

To the (Name of Filing Officer) :

We, the undersigned qualified voters of the (name of

political division) here nominate of

county of State of Illinois, as the candidate of the

party for the office of for the politi-
cal division aforesaid, and we certify that we have not voted at a primary
election nor signer any other petition for the nomination of any candidate
for the office aforesaid:

Signature.

Address: With street number in
cities of over 10, 000.

[25 lines for signatures.]

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
County.

I, , an adult resident of the

(name of political division), do hereby certify that my residence address is

No street, , Illinois ; that the

signatures on this sheet were signed in my presence and are genuine; that,
to the best of my knowledge and belief, the persons so signing were, at the
time of signing, qualified and duly registered voters of the political division
aforesaid and that their respective addresses are correctly stated therein

Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of

..A. D. 19..

[SEAL.]

Notary Public.

SHEET NO.

121

CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION.
UNDEE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT LAW.

(For number of signatures, time and place of filing, etc., see article V, p. 31.)

To the (Name of Filing Officer) :

THIS is TO CERTIFY, in accordance with the law relating thereto, that at a

convention of delegates representing the party in

the (name of political division) , held in the

of county of and State of Illinois,

on the day of A. D. 19. . ., the following

nominations were made for the offices herein designated, viz.:

Office to be
Filled.

Name of Candidate.

Residence,
(Street and No., if any.)

Given under our hands this.
A. D. 19..

,day of,

of Illinois,

Chairman of the Convention.

of Illinois,

Secretary of the Convention.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

County,

Personally appeared before me this day of A. D.

19 and , whose

names are subscribed to the above certificate, who, being duly sworn, on their
oaths say that they severally subscribed the same as chairman and secretary,
respectively, of the convention aforesaid, and that the same is true to the
best of their knowledge and belief.

(Imp. of Seal.)

Notary Public.

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INDEX TO ELECTION LAWS.

GENERAL ELECTIONS.

AFFIDAVITS : PAGE.

Of voter 43

Of witness 44

AMENDMENTS :

Constitutional, publication of 78

Constitutional, voting on 39

APPORTIONMENT :

Congressional 67

Judicial-
Appellate courts 76

Circuit courts 11, 77

Supreme courts 10, 76

Representative and Senatorial 9, 69

ATTORNEY GENERAL :

Election, term, residence, duties.. 10, 17

AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS :

Election, term, residence, duties. .10, 17

BALLOT :

All votes by 15

Forms of 37, 44, 79

Publication of 38, 41

Separate for propositions to be

voted on 39, 79

BALLOT BOXES :

County board to provide 41

Publicly exhibited, locked, keys to. 45

BALLOTS :

Canvass and disposition of 49

Cumulative 40, 47

Form of how printed 37, 41, 44

Manner of preparing 46

Manner of voting 46

Pasters on 36

Printed at public expense 37

Specimens to be posted 41

Spoiled and not counted 48

To be counted in contest 58

Unlawful exhibition of 61

What to contain 37, 44

Women's 44

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION :

Election of members, term, etc. ... 18

PAQB.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION :

Compensation of members 30

Meetings, duties, etc 27, 30

Offenses and penalties 63

BOOTHS :

Description, number, stationery for 42

CANDIDATES :

Death declination, etc 34

Nomination of 31, 32

To fill vacancy 35

Withdrawal, vacancy, etc 34

CANVASS OF BALLOTS :

, How made, proclamation, etc 49

CANVASS OF RETURNS :

How made by county clerk 52

How made by Secretary of State . , 54

Proclamation by Governor 54

CERTIFICATES :
Of Election

Issued by county clerk 53

Issued by Governor 54

Of Nomination

Blank, Australian ballot law... 121

By petition 32

Objections to, how decided 35

Where filed 33

Withdrawal, vacancy, etc 34

CHALLENGERS :

Two allowed for each party 52

CLERKS :

General provisions concerning elec-
tion of 19

City, Village or Town

Charged with printing and distri-
tion of ballots 38,41

County

Duty in canvassing returns 52

Duty in case of tie vote 53

Election, term, etc 19

I2 3

Index, General Elections Continued.

CLERKS Concluded. PAGE.

County Concluded.

Have charge of printing ballots,

etc T. 38,41

Issues certificates of election ... 53
Makes returns to Secretary of

State 53

Neglect of duty 63

To furnish blanks, poll books,

etc . 42

Of Courts

Appellate, election, term, etc
Circuit, election, term, etc...
City, election, term, etc

Cook county, election, term,.
Criminal, election, term, etc.
Probate, election, term, etc . .
Superior, election, term, etc. .
Supreme, election, term, etc.

. 19
. 19
. 19
12,19
. 19
. 19
. 19
11,19

Of Election

Appointments, oath, etc 26

Compensation 30

Offenses and penalties 62

COMMISSIONERS :
County

Cook county, election, term... 12, 20

Election, term, etc 12, 21

Of Elections

Charged with printing and dis-
tribution of ballots 38,41

Voting Machine

Appointment, term, duties 79

COMPENSATION :

Of election officers.

CONGRESS :

Apportionment for 67

Election of representatives 17

CONSTABLES :

Appointment by county board or

judges 27

Compensation 30

Election 11

Special 27

Suppressing riots, arrests 27

CONTESTS :

Nominations, how decided 35

Who may contest, notices, etc .... 54

Who may hear and determine. . 35, 54

CONVICTS :

Disqualified to vote 44

CORONER :

Election, term, etc 20

COURTS :
Appellate

Apportionment 76

Election of clerk, term, etc 19

COURTS Concluded. PAGE.

Circuit-
Apportionment, election of judges

11,77

Clerks election, term, etc. .11, 13, 19

Cook county one circuit 11

Judges election, term, etc. 11, 13, 18

City-
Clerks election, term, etc. 13, 14, 19
Judges election, term, etc 13,19

County

Clerks election, term, etc.... 14, 19
Judges election, term, etc. . . .13, 19

Criminal, Cook County

Clerk election, term, etc 12, 19

Probate

Clerk election, term, etc 19

Judges election, term, etc... 13, 19

Superior

Clerks election, term, etc 12,19

Judges election, term, etc. .12, 13, 18

Supreme

Apportionment 76

Chief Justice election, term, etc 11

Clerks election, term, etc 11,19

Judges election, term, etc. 10, 13, 18

CUMULATIVE VOTES :

How voted 40,47

ELECTIONS :

Calendar of 5

Contesting, notices, depositions, etc 54

Manner of conducting 45

No adjournment or recess 46

Primary see "Primary Elections"

index : 126

Proclamation on opening and clos-
ing polls 45

Returns, canvass of 52, 53

Time polls kept open 45

Voting machines authorized 79

ELECTION PRECINCTS :

Change, division, etc 22

ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE

PRESIDENT :

Election, certificates, returns, meet-
Ing, etc 16

ELIGIBILITY :
Constitutional provisions concerning 12

FORMS :

Blanks 119

GENERAL ASSEMBLY :

Election of members 9, 11, 18

GOVERNOR :

Election, term, residence 10,17

Issues certificates of election 16, 53

Present during canvass of returns. 54
Proclamation of, concerning result

of canvass 54

124

Index, General Elections Continued.

-GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT : PAGE.

Election, term, residence, duties. .10, 17

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS :

Election officers to print and post. 41

JUDGES :

General provisions concerning elec-
tion of 13,18

Of Circuit Courts

Election, term, etc 11,13,18,78

Of City Courts

Election, term, etc 19

Of County Courts

Election, term, etc.. 13,19

Of Elections

Appointment, qualifications, etc. 23

Compensation 30

Offenses and penalties 62

To allow challengers 52

To keep ballot boxes 41

To post specimen ballots, etc. . 41

Of Probate Courts

Election, term, etc 19

Of Superior Courts

Additional judges 11

Election, term, etc 11,13,18

Of Super! or -Court

Election, term, etc 10,13,18

JUSTICE :

Chief. Supreme Court, election,

term 11

JUSTICES AND CONSTABLES :

Election, term, jurisdiction, etc.. 11, 21

LIQUOB :

Offenses and penalties regarding. . . 59

MEMBERS OP CONGRESS :

Apportionment 67

Election, term, etc 17

MINORITY REPRESENTATION:

Constitutional provisions concern-
Ing 9

MUNICIPAL OFFICERS :

Eligibility, salary, etc 14

NOMINATIONS :

Blank forms for certificates of.... 121
Caucus nominations, requisites. .31, 32

Contests, how decided 35

Nominations, papers, signatures,

etc 32

Publication of lists of 41

Secretary of State to certify 36

To fill vacancy 35

NOTICES :

Manner of giving election notices . . 36
Secretary of State to certify nom-
inations 36

OATHS :

Of challenged voter and witness. . 43
Of judges and clerks of election. . 26

OFFENSES AND PENALTIES : PAGE.

By election officers 62

By other persons 59

OFFICERS :

County

Election, terms, etc 14,20

Election

Appointment, qualifications ... 23

Compensation of 30

To post specimen ballots 41

Municipal

Eligibility, salary, etc 14

Public

Eligibility to office 12

Offenses and penalties 63

State

Election, term, residence, du-
ties 10, 17

Returns of election 10, 53

PETITIONS :

Blank forms 119, 120

POLL BOOKS :

County clerk to provide 42

How kept 45

To be filed with tally lists 52

POLL LISTS :

Manner of making and revising. .27, 28
Where filed 29

POLLS :

Electioneering at, prohibited 61

No adjournment or recess 46

Time kept open 45

PRECINCTS, ELECTION :

Change of, division, etc 22

Polling places at Soldiers' Home. . 22

PRIMARIES :

See "Primary Elections," index.

126

PROCLAMATION :

On opening and closing polls 45

PUBLICATION :

Of ballot 39,41

Of lists 41

Of propositions to be voted for. . .39, 78

QUALIFICATIONS :

Of clerks of elections 26

Of electors 15, 42

Of inmates of charitable institu-
tions 43

Of judges of elections 23

Of public officers 13, 15

Of witness 44

Of women 44

QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY :

Submission to electors 79

RECORDER OF DEEDS :

Election, term, etc 14, 20

125

Index, General Elections Concluded.

Blanks furnished by Secretary of

State 30

Checking list of voters 46

Corrections, revisions 29

Exceptions in making 30

Piling, delivery, voting by, etc .... 29

Manner of making 27

Open to inspection 30

Women must register 44

REGISTRATION :
Board of

Compensation 30

Meetings, register, etc 27, 28

Offenses and penalties 63

Exceptions in making register .... 30

Fraudulent false swearing, etc. . 59

REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS :

Apportionment 67

Election, term, etc 17

REPRESENTATIVES, STATE :

Apportionment 69

Cumulative vote for 40, 47

Election, term, number '...9,17

RESIGNATIONS AND VACANCIES :

Constitutional provisions 14

Resignations, how made 64

Vacancies, how filled 26, 64

Who may determine vacancies. ... 64

RETURNS OF ELECTION :

Electors of President and Vice

President 16

How made to county clerk, form

and canvass 51

How made for State officers. .10, 52, 54

SECRETARY OF STATE :

Election, term, residence, duties. 10, 17

To canvass returns 54

To decide by lot in case of tie 53

SENATORS, STATE :

Apportionment for 9, 69

Election, term, number 9,18

SHERIFF :

Election, term, etc 4,20

To post notices of election 36

STATE'S ATTORNEY :

Election, term, etc 11,20

SUFFRAGE :

Constitutional provisions 15

SUPERINTENDENT, COUNTY :

Election, term, etc 12, 20

PAGE.

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUC-
TION :
Election, term, residence, duties. 10, 17

SUPERVISOR :

Refusal or neglect of duty 63

To post notices of election 37

SURVEYOR :

Election, term, etc 20

TALLY LISTS :

How made . . 49, 50

Where filed 51

TIE VOTE:

Duty of county clerk in case of . . . 53
Duty of Secretary of State in case

of 54

TREASURER, COUNTY :

Election, term, etc 4, 20

TREASURER, STATE :

Election, term, residence 10, 13, 17

TRUSTEES OP UNIVERSITY OF ILLI-
NOIS :
Election, term, etc 17

VACANCIES :

See "Resignations and Vacancies". 64

VOTERS :

Assistance, when and how given. . 47
Cumulative votes, how voted .... 40, 47
Entitled to two hours ; to give

notice 44

Inmates of charitable institutions. 43
Instructions to, printed cards, etc. 41

Manner of voting 46

Offenses and penalties 58

Privileged from arrest and military

duty 15

Qualifications 15, 42

VOTING MACHINES :

Use authorized 79

WITNESS :

Affidavit of 44

Offenses and penalties 58

WOMEN :

May vote for school officers ; must

126

PRIMARY ELECTIONS ACT OF 1908.

[References are to sections.]

AFFIDAVIT : SECTION.

Of voter and witness. . 46

ALDERMEN :
Under minority representation ? . . .

BALLOT Box:

Care and custody 43

What used 24

BALLOTS :

Canvass of 51-56

Color, size, etc 35

Defective, objected to, etc 52

Delivery to judges, receipt 39, 40

Extra for emergency 41

For general election 60

Form, how endorsed, etc 36,37,55

How marked 47

How printed 33, 34, 36

How voted and preserved .... 48, 52, 56
Specimen 38

BOABD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS :
Duties 57, 62

BOOTHS :

Provisions concerning 23

BRIBERY :

Term denned, penalty 67, 68

CANDIDATES :

Certification of nomination or elec-
tion 58, 60

Contests regulated 63

Independent nominations by peti-
tion 64

Names on ballot 28,32,34,36,60

Nominations by plurality vote .... 59

Petition, form, filing, etc 30, 31

Tie vote, how decided 59

Under minority representation. . . .11, 12
Vacancies filled by committee. ... 61

What nominated 1

Withdrawal (8) 31

CANVASS OF BALLOTS :

How conducted 51-56

Offenses and penalties 74, 78

CANVASS OF RETURNS :

How conducted 57

Offenses and penalties 76-78

CERTIFICATES : SECTION.

Of names to county clerk 32, 60

Of nomination and election 58, 60

To poll book 27, 54

CHALLENGERS :

Who to act 22

CLERKS _

Canvass of returns 57, 58

Offenses and penalties 73-78

Primary, oath 18, 19

Officers of county court 18

Payment 21

Who to act 17

To announce color of ballots, etc. . 35

To give notice of primary 13, 61

To prepare ballots 33,34,60

COMMITTEEMEN :

Election 1, 9

Precinct, blank on ballot for name.36. 47
To appoint challengers 22

COMMITTEES :

Central or managing 8

Composition, organization, powers. 9

Existing recognized (8) 9

Vacancies filled by 61

CONVENTIONS :

Call, date, organization, etc ...... 10

DATES :

Announcement of color of ballots. . 35
Certifying names to county clerk . 32, 60

Deciding tie vote 59

Delivery of ballots 38, 39

Filing call for convention (8) .... 10
Filing contest notice and hearing. 63
Filing petition for nomination ... 29, 31
Filing resolution under minority

representation 11, 12

Filing revocation of signature to

petition 30

Filing withdrawal of candidate ... 31

Holding conventions 10

Holding regular and special pri-
mary 6, 51

Issuing certificate to nominee or

committeemen 58, 60

Issuing notice of primary 13,61

I2 7

Index, Primary Election Concluded.

DATES Concluded. SECTION.

Making returns of primary 56, 57

Meeting and organization of com-
mittee 9

Posting specimen ballots 38

Preserving ballots 52, 56

DEFINITIONS :

Words and phrases denned 2,4,68

DELEGATES :

How chosen . 10

EXPENSES :
Payment

FORMS :

Affidavit of voter and witness .... 46

Ballots 36,37,55

Certificate to county clerk 32, 60

Contest petition 63

Convention call 10

Notice of election 13, 61

Oath of Judge and clerk 18

Petition of candidate 30

Poll book 27, 54

Tally sheet 28

JUDGES :

Oath 18,19

Offenses and penalties 71-79

Officers of county court 18

Payment 21

To canvass ballots 51-56

To fill vacancies 16

Who to act 13,14

LIQUOR :

Offenses and penalties 65

MINORITY REPRESENTATION :

Alderman and representative 11,12

NOMINATIONS :
See "Candidates."

NOTICES :

Contest 63

Primary, regular and special .... 13, 61

OATHS :

Judge and clerk 18, 19

OFFENSES AND PENALTIES :

Betting 70

Bribery 67, 68

Canvassing returns 76-78

Clerks 73-78

Disclosing how elector voted 72

Disorderly conduct 69

Electioneering near polls 23

False swearing 30, 66

Illegal voting 67, 68

Judges 71, 74, 78

Liquor selling, etc 65

PERJURY :

False swearing deemed.

PETITIONS : SECTION.

See "Candidates."

POLITICAL PARTY :

Existing committees (8) 9

Term defined 2

Total vote, how determined 3

POLL BOOKS :

False entries . . .
Form, certificate,

etc 27,54

POLLS :

Adjournment prohibited 50

Opening and closing 6, 42

Place of holding 5

REPEAL :

Acts of 1889, 1898 and 1899

REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL AS-
SEMBLY :
Provisions concerning 11

RETURNS OF ELECTION :
How made and canvassed

56-58

SECRETARY OF STATE :

Certificate to county clerk 32, 60

Certificate to nominee or commit-

teeman 58

SPECIAL ELECTION :
Provisions concerning

.30,66

SUPPLIES :

How furnished 25

TALLY SHEETS :

Form 28

TIE VOTE :

How decided 59

UNITED STATES SENATOR:

Petition, etc 29

VACANCIES :

Committee to fill 61

Judges to fill 16

Special election, when necessary . . 61

VOTER :

Affidavit of challenged 46

Assistance 49

Bribery, illegal voting, eto. . .67, 68, 72

Leave of absence 7

Party affiliation to be stated 45

Qualifications 44

Revoking signature to petition .... 30

WORDS AND PHRASES:

How construed . 4

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