10 ILCS 5/16-6.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 16 - Ballots

 (from Ch. 46, par. 16-6.1)Sec. 16-6.1.   In elections held pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of  Article VI of the Constitution relating to retention of judges in office,  the form of the proposition to be submitted for each candidate shall be  as provided in paragraph (1) or (2), as the election authority may choose.(1) The names of all persons seeking retention in the     same office shall be listed, in the order provided in this Section, with one proposition that reads substantially as follows: "Shall each of the persons listed be retained in office as (insert name of office and court)?". To the right of each candidate's name must be places for the voter to mark "Yes" or "No".  If the list of candidates for retention in the same office exceeds one page of the ballot, the proposition must appear on each page upon which the list of candidates continues.(2) The form of the proposition for each candidate     shall be substantially as follows:------------------------------------------------------Shall ....... (insert name           YESof candidate) be retained in        ---------------office as ..... (insert name           NOof office and Court)?------------------------------------------------------The names of all candidates thus submitting their names for retention in  office in any particular judicial district or circuit shall appear on the  same ballot which shall be separate from all other ballots voted on at the  general election.Propositions on Supreme Court judges, if any are seeking retention,  shall appear on the ballot in the first group, for judges of the Appellate  Court in the second group immediately under the first, and for circuit  judges in the last group.  The grouping of candidates for the same office  shall be preceded by a heading describing the office and the court.  If  there are two or more candidates for each office, the names of such  candidates in each group shall be listed in the order determined as  follows: The name of the person with the greatest length of time served in  the specified office of the specified court shall be listed first in each  group.  The rest of the names shall be listed in the appropriate order based  on the same seniority standard.  If two or more candidates for each office  have served identical periods of time in the specified office, such  candidates shall be listed alphabetically at the appropriate place in the  order of names based on seniority in the office as described.  Circuit  judges shall be credited for the purposes of this section with service as  associate judges prior to July 1, 1971 and with service on any court the  judges of which were made associate judges on January 1, 1964 by virtue of  Paragraph 4, subparagraphs (c) and (d) of the Schedule to Article VI of the  former Illinois Constitution.At the top of the ballot on the same side as the propositions on the  candidates are listed shall be printed an explanation to read substantially  as follows: "Vote on the proposition with respect to all or any of the  judges listed on this ballot.  No judge listed is running against any other  judge.  The sole question is whether each judge shall be retained in his or her  present office".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 judicial candidates  seeking retention in office".  Such ballot shall be handed to the elector at  the same time as the ballot containing the names of other candidates for  the general election and shall be returned therewith by the elector to the  proper officer in the manner designated by this Act.  All provisions of this  Act relating to ballots shall apply to such separate ballot, except as  otherwise specifically provided in this section.  Such separate ballot shall  be printed upon paper of a green color.  No other ballot at the same  election shall be green in color.In precincts in which voting machines are used, the special ballot  containing the propositions on the retention of judges may be placed on the  voting machines if such voting machines permit the casting of votes on such  propositions.An electronic voting system authorized by Article 24A may be used in  voting and tabulating the judicial retention ballots.  When an electronic  voting system is used which utilizes a ballot label booklet and ballot  card, there shall be used in the label booklet a separate ballot label page  or pages as required for such proposition, which page or pages for such  proposition shall be of a green color separate and distinct from the ballot  label page or pages used for any other proposition or candidates.  (Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)