{"data":{"id":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-17-16.1","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"10 ILCS 5/17-16.1","heading":"","body":"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 election. 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.\nForms 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 election as a write-in candidate.\nThe 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 election.\nA candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that general or consolidated election.\nA candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her nomination at such caucus is ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that general or consolidated election.\nA candidate seeking election to an office for which candidates are nominated at a primary election on a nonpartisan basis and who is defeated for his or her nomination at the primary election is ineligible to file a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for election in that general or consolidated election.\nNothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to votes cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 16-5.01.","path":["CHAPTER 10 ELECTIONS","Election Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=170\u0026ChapterID=3\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:12Z","sha256":"673a7fca26835eb40b0126a3143fd8db7b008253fa830c7ca44ff83c9f146c2a","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-17-16","next":"us-il/10-ilcs-5-17-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}