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10 ILCS 5/7-14a (2026)

Where there are 2 or more additional judgeships created in any judicial district or circuit, to be filled at the same general election and to be elected from the same district, circuit or county, each such additional judgeship shall be designated by the State Board of Elections by a letter of the alphabet beginning with the letter "A"

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(10 ILCS 5/7-14a) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14a)
    Sec. 7-14a. Where there are 2 or more additional judgeships created in any judicial district or circuit, to be filled at the same general election and to be elected from the same district, circuit or county, each such additional judgeship shall be designated by the State Board of Elections by a letter of the alphabet beginning with the letter "A". Such designation shall be made no later than one day prior to the first day for filing of nominating petitions for such additional judgeships. Each candidate for such additional judgeship shall specify to the State Board of Elections upon the filing of his nominating petitions the judgeship for which he seeks nomination. Such candidates shall be nominated and elected for the judgeships which they have designated.
(Source: P.A. 85-903.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2020–2020 · leading case: Pilz v. McHenry Cnty. Electoral Bd. of Commissioners, 2020 IL App (2d) 200128-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
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Pilz v. McHenry Cnty. Electoral Bd. of Commissioners, 2020 IL App (2d) 200128-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 3× “” 10 ILCS 5/7-14a (West 2018). ¶ 22 From this, the objector determines that the actual name of the office sought by the candidate is “Additional Judgeship A.”
Pilz v. McHenry Cnty. Electoral Bd. of Commissioners, 2020 IL App (2d) 200127-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 3× “” 10 ILCS 5/7-14a (West 2018). ¶ 24 From this, the objector determines that the actual name of the office sought by the candidate is “Additional Judgeship A.”
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