Election proclamation: who issues it and what it must say

(a) No later than 4:30 p.m. on the tenth day before the close of filing in elections involving state offices, the chief election officer shall issue an election proclamation. In elections involving only county offices the clerk shall issue the proclamation. In elections involving both state and county offices the proclamation may be issued jointly. (b) The proclamation shall contain a statement of the purposes for which the election is to be held, and a designation of the offices and the terms thereof for which candidates are to be nominated or elected. It may also contain any other relevant matter including an offer of rewards for the detection and conviction of offenders against the election laws. The chief election officer or clerk shall cause the election proclamation to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation and no later than on the tenth day before the close of filing. (c) For any election conducted by ranked-choice voting pursuant to section 11-100, the election proclamation shall include a statement that votes shall be cast and tabulated using ranked-choice voting and shall provide an explanation of ranked-choice voting.