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This bill amends the Election Code to streamline the process for hearing objections to election nominations across different types of local offices. Specifically, the bill consolidates the responsibilities of various electoral boards (municipal, township, and education officers electoral boards) into a single county officers electoral board. For counties with less than 3 million residents, the county officers electoral board will now hear and pass upon objections to nominations for municipal, county, township, school district, and community college district offices. In counties with 3 million or more residents, the same board will handle similar nomination objections. The bill also clarifies that for jurisdictions spanning multiple counties, the county where the principal office is located will handle nomination objections. The changes simplify the electoral process by eliminating separate electoral boards for different types of local offices and creating a more uniform approach to reviewing nomination challenges. This consolidation should help standardize the objection process and potentially reduce administrative complexity in local election procedures.

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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2150&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104