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| Public Act 100-0337
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| HB0539 Enrolled | LRB100 06922 MLM 16973 b |
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
Sections 13-1 and 13-2 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
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Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization, the |
county
board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July
in |
each
even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5 |
capable and
discreet persons meeting the qualifications of |
Section 13-4 to
be judges of election. Where neither voting |
machines nor electronic,
mechanical or electric voting systems |
are used, the county board may,
for any precinct with respect |
to which the board considers such action
necessary or desirable |
in view of the number of voters, and shall for
general |
elections for any precinct containing more than 600 registered
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voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of election a team |
of 5
tally judges. In such precincts the judges of election |
shall preside
over the election during the hours the polls are |
open, and the tally
judges, with the assistance of the holdover |
judges designated pursuant
to Section 13-6.2, shall count the |
vote after the closing of the polls.
However, the County Board |
of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of election
to serve in |
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lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
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Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any |
odd-year regular
election or in any special primary or special |
election called
for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the |
office of representative in
the United States Congress or to |
nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county board |
passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of election |
to 3 for primary elections.
The tally judges shall possess the |
same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner |
and with the same division between
political parties as is |
provided for judges of election.
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In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
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commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, |
who shall
possess the same qualifications and shall be |
appointed in the same
manner and with the same division between |
political parties as is
provided for other judges of election. |
The number of such panels of
judges required shall be |
determined by regulations of the State Board of
Elections which |
shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
number |
of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of vote |
by mail
ballots voted at recent elections, or any combination |
of such factors.
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Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as |
provided in
Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3 |
persons of the same
political party shall be appointed judges |
of the same election precinct
or election judge panel. The |
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appointment shall be made in the following
manner: The county |
board of commissioners shall select and approve 3
persons as |
judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
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list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee |
of the
first leading political party in such precinct; and the |
county board of
commissioners shall also select and approve 2 |
persons as judges of
election in each election precinct from a |
certified list, furnished by
the chairman of the County Central |
Committee of the second leading
political party. However, if |
only 3 judges of election serve in each
election precinct, no |
more than 2 persons of the same political party shall
be judges |
of election in the same election precinct; and which political
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party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political |
party is
entitled to one judge of election shall be determined |
in the same manner as
set forth in the next two preceding |
sentences with regard to 5 election
judges in each precinct. |
Such certified list shall be filed with the county
clerk not |
less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county
board |
of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
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precincts. The chairman of each county central committee shall, |
insofar
as possible, list persons who reside within the |
precinct in which they
are to serve as judges. However, he may, |
in his sole discretion, submit
the names of persons who reside |
outside the precinct but within the
county embracing the |
precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
however, submit |
the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for
each |
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precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit |
the
name of at least one resident of the precinct for each |
precinct in which
his party is to have 2 judges. The county |
board of commissioners shall
acknowledge in writing to each |
county chairman the names of all persons
submitted on such |
certified list and the total number of persons listed
thereon. |
If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
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no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for |
certain
election precincts), the county board of commissioners |
shall make or
complete such list from the names contained in |
the supplemental list
provided for in Section 13-1.1. The |
election judges shall hold their
office for 2 years from their |
appointment, and until their successors
are duly appointed in |
the manner provided in this Act. The county board
of |
commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge |
of
election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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(10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
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Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the |
county
board shall at its meeting in July in each even-numbered |
year
except in counties containing a population of 3,000,000 |
inhabitants or
over and except when such judges are appointed |
by election
commissioners, select in each election precinct in |
the county, 5 capable
and discreet persons to be judges of |
election who shall
possess the
qualifications required by this |
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Act for such judges. Where neither
voting machines nor |
electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
are used, the |
county board may, for any precinct with respect to which
the |
board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of |
the
number of voters, and shall for general elections for any |
precinct
containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in |
addition to the 5
judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. |
In such precincts the
judges of election shall preside over the |
election during the hours the
polls are open, and the tally |
judges, with the assistance of the
holdover judges designated |
pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the
vote after the |
closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the
same |
qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and |
with
the same division between political parties as is provided |
for judges of
election.
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However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election |
to serve in
lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required |
by this Section (1) to serve
in any emergency referendum, or in |
any odd-year regular election
or in any special primary or |
special election called for the purpose of
filling a vacancy in |
the office of representative in the United States Congress
or |
to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county |
board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of |
election to 3 for primary elections.
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In addition to such precinct judges, the county board shall |
appoint
special panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the |
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same
qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner |
and with the
same division between political parties as is |
provided for other judges
of election. The number of such |
panels of judges required shall be
determined by regulations of |
the State Board of Elections, which shall
base the required |
number of special panels on the number of registered
voters in |
the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at
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recent elections or any combination of such factors.
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No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be |
appointed
judges in the same election district or undivided |
precinct. The election
of the judges of election in the various |
election precincts shall be
made in the following manner: The |
county board shall
select and approve 3 of the election judges |
in each precinct from a
certified list furnished by the |
chairman of the County Central Committee
of the first leading |
political party in such election precinct and shall also
select |
and approve 2 judges of election in each election precinct from |
a
certified list furnished by the chairman of the County |
Central Committee
of the second leading political party in such |
election precinct. However,
if only 3 judges of election serve |
in each election precinct, no more than 2
persons of the same |
political party shall be judges of election in the same
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election precinct; and which political party is entitled to 2 |
judges of
election and which political party is entitled to one |
judge of election shall
be determined in the same manner as set |
forth in the next two preceding
sentences with regard to 5 |
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election judges in each precinct. The respective
County Central |
Committee chairman shall notify the county board by June 1 of
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each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual |
meeting of the county
board whether or not such certified list |
will be filed by such chairman. Such
list shall be arranged |
according to precincts. The chairman of each county
central |
committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside |
within
the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. |
However, he may, in his sole
discretion, submit the names of |
persons who reside outside the precinct but
within the county |
embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
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however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the |
precinct for each
precinct in which his party is to have 3 |
judges and must submit the name of at
least one resident of the |
precinct for each precinct in which his party is to
have 2 |
judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the |
county
clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of |
the county board. The
county board shall acknowledge in writing |
to each county chairman the names of
all persons submitted on |
such certified list and the total number of persons
listed |
thereon. If no such list is filed or the list is incomplete |
(that is, no
names or an insufficient number of names are |
furnished for certain election
precincts), the county board |
shall make or complete such list from the names
contained in |
the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,
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further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be |
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redistricted,
in whole or in part, subsequent to one general |
election for Governor, and prior
to the next, the judges of |
election to be selected for all new or altered
precincts shall |
be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which
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shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances of |
the particular
case, but the majority of such judges for each |
such precinct shall be selected
from the first leading |
political party, and the minority judges from the second
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leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties |
having a
population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the |
selection of judges of election
shall be made in the same |
manner in all respects as in other counties, except
that the |
provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such |
counties
and except that the county board shall meet during the |
month of January for the
purpose of making such selection, each |
township committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities |
given to the chairman of the county central committee in this |
Section for the precincts within his or her township, and the |
township committeeperson shall notify the county board by the |
preceding October 1 whether or
not the certified list will be |
filed. Such judges of election shall hold their
office for 2 |
years from their appointment and until their successors are |
duly
appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county |
board shall fill all
vacancies in the office of judges of |
elections at any time in the manner herein
provided.
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Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by |
