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Declaring a Vacancy in the Office of County Board Member in the County of Kane (District 2)
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WHEREAS, section 25-2 of the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/25-2) sets out the events on which an elective office becomes vacant; and
WHEREAS, section 25-11 of the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/25-11) and section 2-28 of the Kane County Code set forth a procedure that is followed when a vacancy occurs in the office of county board member; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 25-11 of the Illinois Election Code, when a vacancy occurs in an elective county office, the county board must publicly declare that the vacancy exists and notice of the vacancy must be given to the county central committee of each established political party; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 25-11 of the Election Code, the vacancy shall be filled within sixty (60) days by appointment of the chair of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 25-11 of the Illinois Election Code, the appointee shall be a member of the same political party as the person he or she succeeds was at the time of his or her election and shall be otherwise eligible to serve, and the appointee must be a resident of the county board district; and
WHEREAS, on October 2, 2025, a vacancy occurred in the office of county board member in the County of Kane, District 2; and
WHEREAS, notice of this vacancy has been given to the county central committee of each established political party in Kane County; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 25-11 of the Illinois Election Code, because more than twenty-eight (28) months remain in the term for the office of county board member in the County of Kane, District 2, the appointment shall be until the next general election, which will occur on November 3, 2026, at which time this vacated office shall be filled by election for the remainder of the term; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 7-11.1 of the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/7-11.1), because the vacancy in the office of county board member in the County of Kane, District 2, has occurred before the first date provided in section 7-12 of the Illinois Election Code (10 ILCS 5/7-12) for filing nomination papers for county offices for the March 17, 2026, primary, nominations for the election to fill the remainder of the term for this vacancy shall be made pursuant to Article 7 of Illinois Election Code as provided for other county offices, which sets out that petitions for nomination for a county office shall be filed in the office of the Kane County Clerk not more than one hundred forty-one (141) days nor less than one hundred thirty-four (134) days prior to the date of the primary.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that a vacancy is declared in the office of county board member in the County of Kane, District 2.
Passed by the Kane County Board on October 14, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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