Section 6-210. Petitions and certificates; place and times for filing

1.
  Petitions and certificates specified in this title shall be  filed  with
  the county board of elections.
    2.  a. A certificate of party nomination for an office to be filled at
  the time of a general or special village election for offices  shall  be
  filed  not  earlier than fifty-four days nor later than forty-seven days
  preceding the election.
    b. A certificate of acceptance or declination of  a  party  nomination
  for  an  office to be filled at the time of a general or special village
  election shall be filed not later than forty-four  days  prior  to  such
  election.
    c.  A  certificate  to fill a vacancy caused by declination of a party
  nomination for an office to be filled  at  the  time  of  a  general  or
  special  village  election  shall be filed not later than forty-one days
  prior to such election.
    d. Party designating petitions for a village primary election shall be
  filed not earlier than twenty-two days nor later than fifteen days prior
  to the primary election.  Upon such a filing,  the  board  of  elections
  shall immediately notify the village election chairman of such party and
  the  person  or  persons designated in such petition of the fact of such
  filing and that such petition may be inspected in its office.
    e. A written declination of a party designation must be  filed  within
  three  days  of the date of the filing of the designating petition. Upon
  the filing of such declination, the board of elections shall, within one
  day notify the committee to fill vacancies  named  in  the  petition.  A
  certificate  to  fill  the  vacancy caused by a declination or any other
  reason must be filed within three days after the date of the  notice  to
  the  committee  to  fill  vacancies  and shall have appended thereto the
  written consent of the person or persons designated.
    3. a. An independent nominating petition for an office to be filled at
  the time of a general or special village election  shall  be  filed  not
  earlier  than  forty-two  days nor later than thirty-five days preceding
  the election.
    b. A certificate  of  acceptance  or  declination  of  an  independent
  nomination  for  an  office  to  be  filled  at the time of a general or
  special village election shall be filed not later than three days  after
  the   last  day  to  file  the  petition  which  made  such  independent
  nomination.
    c. A certificate to fill a vacancy  caused  by  a  declination  of  an
  independent  nomination  for  an  office  to  be filled at the time of a
  general or special village election for offices shall be filed not later
  than  three  days  after  the  last  day  to  file  the  certificate  of
  declination,  and shall have appended thereto the written consent of the
  person or persons nominated.