10 ILCS 5/16-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 (from Ch. 46, par. 16-7)Sec. 16-7.         Whenever a public question is to be submitted to be voted  upon and has been initiated and certified in accordance with Article 28  of this Code, the election authorities to whom the question is certified  shall print the question on the ballot for the proper election, and  shall cause it to be submitted in the proper precincts to those electors  entitled by reason of their residency to vote on such question.The substance of such 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 public measure, to be designated  by the word, "Yes", and one for the votes opposing the measure, to be  designated by the word, "No", as in the form herein given:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall (here print               YESthe substance of the           -------------------------------public measure).                    NO--------------------------------------------------------------The elector shall designate his vote by a cross mark, thus: (X).  Any  such separate ballot shall be printed on paper of sufficient size so  that when folded once it shall be large enough to contain the following  words, which shall be printed on the back, "Ballot for (name of public  measure to be voted on)." Such 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 office in the manner  designated by this Act.  All provisions of this Act relating to ballots  shall apply to such separate ballot, except as herein otherwise  provided.  Such separate ballot or ballots shall be printed upon paper  of a distinctly different color from any other ballot for candidates  used at such election and from those for the question of retention in  office of judges and of constitutional amendments and as near as may be  practicable, be of uniform size. Any variation in the size of such  ballots shall not impair their validity.In the case of a public question described in subsection (b) of Section  28-6, the election authority shall include on the ballot the description of  the territory concerning which the question is to be submitted, as set  forth in the certification of the public question or, where the question is  initiated by petition filed with the authority, as set forth in such  petition. If the election authority determines the description  cannot be included within the space limitations of the ballot, the election  authority shall prepare large printed copies of a notice  of the public question, which shall include the description.  The notice  shall be prominently displayed in the polling  place of each precinct in which the question is to be submitted.In precincts in which voting machines are used, separate ballots  shall not be required if such voting machines permit the casting of  votes on such proposition.An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may be used in  voting and tabulating the ballots on a public measure.  When an  electronic voting system is used, which utilizes a ballot label booklet  and ballot card, there shall be used in the ballot label booklet a  separate ballot label page or pages as required for such public measures  or propositions. The page or pages for such public measures or  propositions shall be of a color separate and distinct from the ballot  label page or pages used for candidates and from those used for the  propositions of retention in office of judges and of constitutional  amendments.  The ballot card provided for recording the voter's vote or  choice on public measures or propositions may be the same card as is  used for recording his vote for candidates. More than one public measure  or proposition may be placed on the same ballot label page or series of  pages and may be voted or recorded on the same column or series of  columns on the same ballot card, and all columns on the ballot card may  be of the same color.However, at the nonpartisan, consolidated primary, and consolidated  elections, the proposition for a public question relating to a political  subdivision shall be placed on the ballot together with the ballot for the  nomination or election of officers of such political subdivision to be  voted upon at the same election, unless such placement is not feasible.    (Source: P.A. 84-1467.)