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10 ILCS 5/7-62 (2026)

In cities having a board of election commissioners, the duties herein imposed upon the county, city, incorporated town or village clerk, as the case may be, shall be discharged by the board of election commissioners in the same manner, as near as may be, and to the same extent and with like effect that the similar duties imposed by this Article are discharged by the county, city, incorporated town or village clerk, as the case may be; and the ballots for the nomination of all candidates to be voted for in such city shall be printed by the board of election commissioners and the returns of the primary held in such city shall be made to such board of election commissioners

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(10 ILCS 5/7-62) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-62)
    Sec. 7-62. In cities having a board of election commissioners, the duties herein imposed upon the county, city, incorporated town or village clerk, as the case may be, shall be discharged by the board of election commissioners in the same manner, as near as may be, and to the same extent and with like effect that the similar duties imposed by this Article are discharged by the county, city, incorporated town or village clerk, as the case may be; and the ballots for the nomination of all candidates to be voted for in such city shall be printed by the board of election commissioners and the returns of the primary held in such city shall be made to such board of election commissioners.
(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)

    
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Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: Cook v. Orr, 2018 IL App (1st) 180246, 98 N.E.3d 625.
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Cook v. Orr, 2018 IL App (1st) 180246, 98 N.E.3d 625. “" 10 ILCS 5/7-62 (West 2016). Thus, contrary to plaintiff's assertion, the duties of the clerk of the county as election authority, for a county which has a city that has a municipal board of election commissioners (including the City of Chicago), are expressly transferred to…”
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