The registered voters of a county included in the District may petition the State Board of Elections requesting the submission of the question of whether the county should be disconnected from the District to the electors of the county. The petition shall be circulated in the manner required by § 28-3 of the Election Code and objections thereto and the manner of their disposition shall be in accordance with § 28-4 of the Election Code. If a petition is filed with the State Board of Elections, signed by not less than 5% of the registered voters of the county, requesting that the question of disconnection be submitted to the electors of the county, the State Board of Elections must certify the question to the proper election authority, which must submit the question at a regular election held at least 78 days after the petition is filed in accordance with the Election Code.
     The question must be submitted in substantially the following form:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1832/172

  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

        Shall (name of county) be disconnected from the
    
Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District?
The votes must be recorded as “Yes” or “No”.
     If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, the county shall be disconnected from the District.
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