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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="4-108.5" title_number="4" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “State Board” means the State Board of Elections.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Board shall prominently display on the State Board’s website:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a list of all upcoming regular municipal elections reported under subsection (d)(2) of this section that includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the name of the municipality;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the election date; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>each office to be voted on; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a list indicating which municipalities have not yet reported upcoming regular municipal elections under subsection (d)(2) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each municipality that maintains a website shall prominently display on the municipality’s website a list of all upcoming regular and special elections in the municipality, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the election date;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whether the election is a regular or special municipal election; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>each office to be voted on.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>On or before the date that is 3 months before the candidate filing deadline for a regular municipal election, the municipality shall submit to the State Board the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the municipal ballot.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Within 15 business days after a special municipal election is scheduled, the municipality shall report to the State Board:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>the date of the special election;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>each office on the special election ballot; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>the qualifications to be a candidate for each office on the special election ballot.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Immediately after a municipality submits the information required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the State Board shall publish the information on the State Board’s website.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>On or before the date that is 10 business days after the candidate filing deadline for a municipal election, including a special election, the municipality shall submit to the State Board:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a list of each qualified candidate for each office on the municipal ballot and, if the election is a partisan election, the party affiliation of each candidate; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>information on how to vote and where to vote in the municipal election.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Immediately after a municipality submits the information required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the State Board shall publish the information on the State Board’s website.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State Board shall, immediately after a municipality submits its election results, publish the election results on the State Board’s website.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The election results published under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be organized by election year and the name of the municipality.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 30 days after the results of a municipal election are certified, the municipality shall submit to the State Board an electronic copy of the election results for each office or question voted on at the election, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>vote totals for each office or question reported separately by each of the following voting methods, if applicable:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>in–person early voting;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>mail–in voting or vote–by–mail;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>provisional voting; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>in–person election day voting;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the municipality conducts partisan elections, the party affiliation of each candidate; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>the date of the next regular municipal election; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>each office to be voted on at the next regular municipal election.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “ranked–choice voting” means a method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters rank candidates in order of preference and votes are tabulated in a manner that reflects voter preference.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A municipality that conducts its elections using ranked–choice voting shall submit to the State Board the municipality’s regulations for the tabulation of ranked–choice ballots.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State Board shall publish the regulations submitted under paragraph (2) of this subsection on the State Board’s website.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
