10 ILCS 5/7-59
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 7 - The Making Of Nominations By Political Parties

 (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)Sec. 7-59. (a) 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.Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act, the  person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for  State central committeeperson of his congressional district shall be  declared elected State central committeeperson from said congressional  district.Unless a national political party specifies that delegates and  alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be allocated by  proportional selection representation according to the results of a  Presidential preference primary, the requisite number of persons  receiving the highest number of votes of their party for delegates and  alternate delegates to National nominating conventions from the State at  large, and the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of  votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to National  nominating conventions in their respective congressional districts shall be  declared elected delegates and alternate delegates to the National  nominating conventions of their party.A political party which elects the members to its State Central Committee  by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 shall select its  congressional district delegates and alternate delegates to its national  nominating convention by proportional selection representation according to  the results of a Presidential preference primary in each congressional  district in the manner provided by the rules of the national political  party and the State Central Committee, when the rules and policies of the  national political party so require.A political party which elects the members to its State Central Committee  by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 shall select its  at large delegates and alternate delegates to its national  nominating convention by proportional selection representation according to  the results of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the  manner provided by the rules of the national political party and the State  Central Committee, when the rules and policies of the national political  party so require.The person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for  precinct committeeperson of his precinct shall be declared elected precinct committeeperson   from said precinct.The person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for  township committeeperson of his township or part of a township as the case  may be, shall be declared elected township committeeperson from said  township or part of a township as the case may be. In cities where ward committeepersons   are elected, the person receiving the highest number of  votes of his party for ward committeeperson of his ward shall be declared  elected ward committeeperson from said ward.When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of  votes for the nomination for the same office or for committeeperson 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 committeeperson, if it appears that more than the number of persons to be  nominated for an office or elected committeeperson have the highest and an  equal number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for  election as committeeperson, the election authority by which the returns of the primary  are canvassed shall decide by lot which of said persons shall be  nominated or elected, as the case may be. In such case the election authority shall issue notice in writing to such persons of such tie vote  stating therein the place, the day (which shall not be more than 5 days thereafter) and the hour when such nomination or election shall  be so determined.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who have filed  notarized declarations of intent to be write-in candidates with the proper  election authority or authorities not later than 61 days prior to   the primary. However, whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that office with the proper election authority or authorities not later than 7 days prior to the election.Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be  supplied by the election authorities.  Such declaration shall specify the  office for which the person seeks nomination or election as a write-in  candidate.The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list of all persons  who have filed such declarations to the election judges in the appropriate  precincts prior to the primary.(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, where  the number of candidates whose names have been printed on a party's  ballot for nomination for or election to an office at a primary is less  than the number of persons the party is entitled to nominate for or elect  to the office at the primary, a person whose name was not printed on the  party's primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to the  office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a result of a  write-in vote at the primary unless the number of votes he received equals  or exceeds the number of signatures required on a petition for nomination  for that office; or unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the  number of votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names were  printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or election to the same  office.(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where the number  of candidates whose names have been printed on the party's  ballot for  nomination for or election to the office at the primary equals or exceeds  the number of persons the party is entitled to nominate for or elect to the  office at the primary.  (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)