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§8c. The ballot for use in the election shall be in substantially the following form:

For the proposition of electing village trustees one from each of six districts.

Against the proposition of electing village trustees one from each. of six districts.

If the question so submitted receives the favorable vote of a majority of all votes cast for and against the proposition, the board of trustees shall proceed to district such village and the election of trustees for such village thereafter shall be in accordance with the provisions. of this amendatory Act.

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AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, by amending Article XII thereof by adding thereto twelve new sections to be known as sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part Four.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended by subsequent Acts, be and the same is hereby amended, in pursuance of section 34 of Article IV of the Constitution, by adding to Article XII thereof twelve new sections to be know as sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of Part Four thereof, said new sections to read as follows:

PART FOUR.

4. To WHOM APPLICABLE. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all elections for aldermen; in the City of Chicago. The name person shall be printed upon the official ballot as a candidate for

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alderman, unless the terms of this Act shall have been complied with. If recall elections are provided for, to be held within the City of Chicago, the provisions of this Art shall apply to such elections, except to the extent that provisions inconsistent herewith are made by law providing for such recall elections.

§ 5. TIMES FOR ELECTIONS.] General elections for aldermen shall be held in the year or years fixed by law for holding the same, on the last Tuesday of February of such year. Any supplementary election for aldermen held under the provisions of this Act shall be held on the first Tuesday of April next following the holding of such general aldermanic election. Special aldermanic elections shall be held on the date provided for by the ordinance calling the same, and if followed by a supplementary election, such supplementary election shall be held four weeks thereafter.

If any general municipal election for alderman is held at any date other than the last Tuesday in February, the supplementary municipal election following the same shall be held four weeks after the date of such general municipal election.

§ 6. CANDIDATE RECEIVING MAJORITY ELECTED SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTIONS.] The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for alderman in each ward at any general or special election shall be declared elected. In the event that no candidate receives a majority of such votes in any ward or wards a supplementary election shall be held at the time prescribed in the preceding section. At such supplementary election the names of the candidates in each of such wards receiving the highest and second highest number of votes at the preceding general or special election and no others shall be placed on the official ballot: Provided, however, that if there be any candidate who, under the provisions of this section would have been entitled to a place on the ballot at the supplementary election except for the fact that some other candidate received an equal number of votes, then all such candidates receiving such equal number of votes shall have their names printed on the ballot as candidates at such succeeding supplementary election. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes at such supplementary election shall be declared elected. Such supplementary election shall be deemed a special election under the election and ballot laws in force in the City of Chicago and shall be governed thereby except in so far as such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

§ 7. NOMINATION BY PETITION.] All nominations for alderman of any ward in the city shall be by petition. All petitions for nominations of candidates shall be signed by such a number of legal voters as will aggregate not less than two per cent and not more than five per cent of all the votes cast for alderman in such ward at the last preceding general election. All such petitions, and procedure with respect thereto, shall conform in other respects in the provisions of the election and ballot laws then in force in the City of Chicago concerning the nomination of independent candidates for public office by petition. The method of nomination herein provided is exclusive of and replaces all other methods heretofore provided by law.

§ 8. CANDIDATES MAY WITHDRAW.] Any candidate for alderman under the provisions of this Act may withdraw his name as a candidate by filing with the board of election commissioners of the City of Chicago not later than 20 days before the holding of the election his written request signed by him and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take acknowledgments of deeds, whereupon his name shall not be printed as a candidate upon the official ballot.

"If any candidate at an aidermanic election who was not elected as provided for herein but who shall have received sufficient votes to entitle him to a place on the official ballot at the ensuing supplementary election shall die or withdraw his candidacy before such supplementary election, the name of the candidate who shall receive the next highest number of votes shall be printed on the ballot in lieu of the name of the candidate who shall have died or withdrawn his candidacy.

$9. FORM OF BALLOT.] Ballots to be used at any general, supplementary or special election held under the provisions of this Act, in addition to other requirements of law, shall conform to the following requirements:

(1). At the top of the ballots shall be printed in capital letters the words designating the ballot. If a general aldermanic election the words shall be Official aldermanic election ballot'; if a supplementary election the designating words shall be 'Official supplementary aldermanie election ballot'; if a special aldermanic election, the words shall be Special aldermanic election ballot'.

(2) Beginning not less than one inch below such designating words and extending across the face of the ballot, the title of each office to be filled shall be printed in capital letters.

(3). The names of candidates for different-terms of service therein (if any there be), shall be arranged and printed in groups according to the length of such terms.

(4). Immediately below the title of each office or group heading indicating the term of office, shall be printed in small letters the directions to voters, 'Vote for one.'

(5). Following thereupon shall be printed the names of the candidates for such office according to the title and the term thereof and below the name of each candidate shall be printed his place of residence, stating the street and number (if any). The names of candidates shall be printed in capital letters not less than one-eighth nor more than one-quarter of an inch in height, and immediately at the left of the name of each candidate shall be printed a square, the sides of which shall not be less than one-quarter of an inch in length. The names of all the candidates for each office shall be printed in a column and arranged in the order hereinafter designated; all the names of candidates shall be printed in uniform type; the places of residence of such candidates shall be printed in uniform type; and squares upon said ballots shall be of uniform size; and spaces between the names of the candidates for the same office shall be of uniform size.

(6). Said ballots shall be prepared in as many series as there are candidates in the group in which there are the most names; the ballots of the first series shall contain all the names of the candidates for

each group to be filled, on [one] immediately following the other in alphabetical order according to their surnames; the ballots of the second series shall be like those of the first series, and the names of the candidates in the second series shall be arranged in the same order as those of the first series, except that the name appearing first in the list of candidates for each group in said first series shall, in said second series, be printed after all the other names in the list of candidates for such group; the ballots of the third series shall be like those of the second series, and the names of the candidates in the third series shall be arranged in the same order as those of the second series, except that the name first appearing in the list of candidates for each group in said second series shall, in said third series, be printed after all the other names in the list of candidates for such group; and so on successively, the name at the top of any list of candidates for each group in any series being placed at the bottom of the respective lists of candidates for such group in each succeeding series, and the name next to the top name in any list of candidates for each group being successively advanced to the top of the list of any succeeding series, until the name of each candidate for each group shall appear at the head of the list of candidates for such

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$10. ALLOTMENT OF BALLOTS BY PRECINCTS.] Each precinct of any ward shall be alloted at least ten per cent more ballots of any one series than there are registered voters in such precinct. Every precinct in such ward shall be allotted a different series of ballots unless there are more precincts in such ward than there are series of ballots printed for such ward. The first precinct of each ward shall be allotted the first series of ballots, the second precinct of such ward the second series, and so on successively until the entire series of ballots shall have been exhausted, whereupon the next precinct of such ward shall be allotted the first series of ballots, and so on in rotation until all the precincts of such ward shall have been supplied with the requisite number of ballots: Provided, however, that in the event that there are more series of ballots than there are precincts in any ward, then the ballots for such ward shall be so distributed in said ward that an equal number of each series of ballots as nearly as possible shall be allotted to such ward irrespective of the number of precincts in such ward.

On the back or outside of the ballot of each precinct so as to appear when folded shall be printed the appropriate words designating said ballot, followed by the designation of said precinct, the date of the election, and a facsimile of the proper election official.

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§ 11. PARTY DESIGNATIONS PROHIBITED BALLOT TO BE SEPARATE FROM OTHER BALLOTS.] No party name, party initial, party circle, platform, principle, appelation or distinguishing mark of any kind shall be printed upon any election ballot used at any election held under the provisions of this Act.

If any party primary election or any election for any office other than aldermanic shall be held at the same time with any aldermanic election, the ballots for aldermen shall be separate from all other ballots, except that any question of public policy not required by law to

be submitted on a separate ballot from that containing names of persons to be voted for may be submitted in the manner provided by law upon the same ballot as that used for an aldermanic election: Provided, that the polls shall be opened and closed for any aldermanic election at the same time as is provided for the opening and closing any party primary election for any office other than alderman held at the same time.

§ 12. CHALLENGERS AND WATCHERS.] Any candidate for alderman under the terms of this Act may appoint in writing over his signature not more than one representative for each place of voting, who shall have the right to act as challenger and watcher for such candidate at any election at which his name is. being voted upon. Such challenger and watcher shall have the same powers and privileges as a challenger and watcher under the election laws of this State applicable to Chicago. No political party shall have the right to keep any challenger or watcher at any polling place at any election held under the provisions of this Act unless candidates for some office other than alderman are to be voted for at the same time.

$13. CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION.] No certificate of election shall he given to any candidate who shall be declared elected at any general aldermanic election until after the date fixed by this Act for the holding at [of] the supplementary election herein provided for.

$ 14. ELECTION LAWS APPLY WHEN CONSISTENT HEREWITH.] All laws in force in the City of Chicago governing elections for municipal offices or applicable thereto and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall apply to and govern all elections held under the terms of this Act.

§ 2. ADOPTION OF THIS ACT.] This Act shall not be in force in the City of Chicago until the question of its adoption shall first have been submitted to the legal voters of the City of Chicago and approved by a majority of those voting thereon.

The question of the adoption of this Act by the City of Chicago shall be submitted to such legal voters at the first general, municipal, or special election in and for the entire city to be held after the passage of this Act, or before that time at a special election to be called by the city Council by ordinance.

If this Act shall fail to be adopted at the election aforesaid by a majority of the legal voters of the City of Chicago voting thereon, the city council of the City of Chicago may by ordinance direct that the question of the adoption of this Act again be submitted to such legal voters at any general, municipal, or special election in and for the entire rity to be held not less than thirty days from and after the passage of such ordinance. The city clerk of the City of Chicago shall promptly certify the passage of such ordinance to the board of election commissioners of the City of Chicago and it shall thereupon be the duty of said board of election commissioners to submit the question of the adoption of this Act to such legal voters at such election.

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