Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 Elections: Article 28 - Submitting Public Questions

• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-1
  The initiation and submission of all public questions to be voted upon by the electors of the State or of any political subdivision or...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-2
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, petitions for the submission of public questions to referendum must be filed with the appropriate officer or...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-3
  Form of petition for public question. Petitions for the submission of public questions shall consist of sheets of uniform size and each sheet shall contain,...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-4
  The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to objections to nominating petitions, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall apply to and govern,...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-5
  Not less than 68 days before a regularly scheduled election, each local election official shall certify the public questions to be submitted to the voters...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-6
  Petitions; filing. (a) On a written petition signed by a number of voters equal to at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-7
  In any case in which Article VII or paragraph (a) of Section 5 of the Transition Schedule of the Constitution authorizes any action to be...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-8
  If a referendum held in accordance with Section 28-7 of this Act involved the question of whether a unit of local government shall become a...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-8.1
  Proposition publication. (a) Whenever any proposition required by law to be voted upon before its adoption, other than a constitutional amendment, is submitted to...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-9
  Petitions for proposed amendments to Article IV of the Constitution pursuant to Section 3, Article XIV of the Constitution shall be signed by a number...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-10
  Upon receipt of an original petition for a proposed statewide advisory public question, the designated Board staff shall examine the petition sheets in each election...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-11
  The Board shall design a standard and scientific random sampling method for the verification of petition signatures for statewide advisory referenda and shall conduct a...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-12
  Upon receipt of the certificates of the election authorities showing the results of the sample signature verification, the Board shall: 1. Based on the sample,...
• Illinois Election Code. - 10 ILCS 5, Section 28-13
  Each political party and civic organization as well as the registered proponents and opponents of a proposed statewide advisory public question shall be entitled to...

Last modified: February 18, 2015