Section 4-106. Certification of offices to be filled at general or special elections; state board of elections, county, city, village and town clerks

1.  The  state  board of elections shall, at least eight months before
  each general election, make and transmit to the board  of  elections  of
  each  county,  a  certificate  stating each office, except county, city,
  village and town offices to be  voted  for  at  such  election  in  such
  county.
    2.  Each  county,  city, village and town clerk, at least eight months
  before each general election, shall make and transmit to  the  board  of
  elections  a  certificate  stating  each  county,  city, village or town
  office, respectively to be voted for at each such election. Each village
  clerk, at  least  five  months  before  each  general  village  election
  conducted  by  the  board of elections, shall make, and transmit to such
  board, a certificate stating each village office to be  filled  at  such
  election.
    3.  If any such office is for an unexpired term, the certificate shall
  so state.  The state board of elections shall forthwith, upon the filing
  of a governor's proclamation ordering a special  election,  transmit  to
  the  board  of elections in each county in which the special election is
  to be held, a notice of such  proclamation  and  a  certificate  of  the
  offices to be voted for at such special election.
    4.  Within three days after the occurrence of any vacancy in an office
  required to be filled at the next  general  election  or  a  general  or
  special  village  election  or  other  special election conducted by the
  board of elections, the state board of elections or  the  county,  city,
  town  or  village  clerk  as  is appropriate, shall file with the county
  board of elections, a  certificate  indicating  the  occurrence  of  the
  vacancy and the position which is to be filled.