55 ILCS 5/6-4008
If a petition is filed with the county clerk not later than 28 days after the first publication or the posting of the resolution, signed by not less than 5% of the number of legal voters who voted at the last general election in such county, requesting that the question of establishing an annual tax levy for the purpose of obtaining funds to construct, reconstruct or remodel a courthouse be submitted to the electors of the county, the county clerk shall certify the question to the proper election officials for submission at the next regular scheduled election in accordance with the general election law.
The question shall be substantially in the following form:
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Shall ......... county issue bond in the amount of YES $........ to construct ----------------------------------------------------- (or reconstruct or remodel NO a courthouse)?
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The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election law, at the nonpartisan election in 1981.
If a majority of the voters voting upon the aforesaid question vote in favor of it, the bonds may be issued by such county, but if a majority of the voters voting upon the question vote against the question the county may not issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, or remodeling a courthouse under the provisions of this Division.
55 ILCS 5/6-4008