Illinois-2021-HB1901-Introduced

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1901

Introduced , by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`10 ILCS 5/2A-21`	`from Ch. 46, par. 2A-21`
`10 ILCS 5/7-10`	`from Ch. 46, par. 7-10`
`10 ILCS 5/7-34`	`from Ch. 46, par. 7-34`
`55 ILCS 5/3-9014 new`

Amends the State's Attorney Division of the Counties Code. Provides that, beginning on December 1, 2024, the Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County will include 5 elected Deputy State's Attorneys and one elected, at large, State's Attorney. Provides that each Deputy State's Attorney will represent a district, consisting of 3 Cook County judicial subcircuit districts, and have all powers and duties of the State's Attorney within that district, except that the State's Attorney will retain powers relating to: (i) the defense of Cook County; (ii) internal operations; (iii) performing the duties of a vacant office of a Deputy State's Attorney; and (iv) arbitration of disputes between Deputy State's Attorneys and approval of shared operations between the two or more jurisdictions. Contains other provisions about the election of Deputy State's Attorneys and vacancies in the office of a Deputy State's Attorney. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.

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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning local government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing

5 Sections 2A-21, 7-10, and 7-34 as follows:

6 (10 ILCS 5/2A-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-21)

7 Sec. 2A-21. State's Attorney and Deputy State's Attorney -

8 Time of Election.

9 (a)State's Attorneys shall be elected at the general

10 election in 1980 and at the general election every 4 years

11 thereafter.

12 (b) Deputy State's Attorneys in Cook County shall be

13 elected at the general election in 2024 and at the general

14 election every 4 years thereafter.

15 (Source: P.A. 80-936.)

16 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)

17 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no

18 candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or

19 township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward

20 committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate

21 delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed

22 upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has

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1 been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in

2 substantially the following form:

3 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the

4 .... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,

5 in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of

6 Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person

7 or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party

8 for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for

9 election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to

10 be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert

11 date).

12	`Name`	`Office`	`Address`
13	`John Jones`	`Governor`	`Belvidere, Ill.`
14	`Jane James`	`Lieutenant Governor`	`Peoria, Ill.`
15	`Thomas Smith`	`Attorney General`	`Oakland, Ill.`

16 Name.................. Address.......................

17 State of Illinois)

18 ) ss.

19 County of........)

20 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....

21 street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of

22 ....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen

23 of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet

24 were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the

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1 best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at

2 the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....

3 party, and that their respective residences are correctly

4 stated, as above set forth.

.........................

6 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).

.........................

8 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of

9 candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size

10 and shall contain above the space for signatures an

11 appropriate heading giving the information as to name of

12 candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is

13 signed; the office, the political party represented and place

14 of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.

15 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary

16 electors residing in the political division for which the

17 nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and

18 opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address

19 shall be written or printed. The residence address required to

20 be written or printed opposite each qualified primary

21 elector's name shall include the street address or rural route

22 number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the

23 signer's county, and city, village or town, and state. However

24 the county or city, village or town, and state of residence of

25 the electors may be printed on the petition forms where all of

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1 the electors signing the petition reside in the same county or

2 city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may

3 be used in writing the residence address, including street

4 number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition

5 shall be added a circulator statement signed by a person 18

6 years of age or older who is a citizen of the United States,

7 stating the street address or rural route number, as the case

8 may be, as well as the county, city, village or town, and

9 state; and certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the

10 petition were signed in his or her presence and certifying

11 that the signatures are genuine; and either (1) indicating the

12 dates on which that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating

13 the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or

14 (3) certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were

15 signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing

16 of the petition and certifying that to the best of his or her

17 knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of

18 signing the petitions qualified voters of the political party

19 for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall be

20 sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in

21 this State.

22 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days

23 preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing

24 of such petition.

25 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on

26 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any

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1 signature from the petition, provided that:

2 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial

3 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;

4 and

5 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a

6 certification listing the page number and line number of

7 each signature struck from the petition. Such

8 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.

9 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened

10 together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and

11 fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable

12 manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.

13 The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end

14 to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition

15 sheets which are filed with the proper local election

16 officials, election authorities or the State Board of

17 Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed

18 by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not

19 photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must

20 include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of

21 the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is

22 filed. This statement shall set out the address of such

23 candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state

24 that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to

25 which the petition relates and is qualified for the office

26 specified (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorneyor

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1 Deputy State's Attorney, it shall state that the candidate is

2 at the time of filing such statement a licensed

3 attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he has filed

4 (or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a

5 statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois

6 Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's

7 name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall be

8 subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer

9 authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and

10 shall be in substantially the following form:

11 Statement of Candidacy

12	`Name`	`Address`	`Office`	`District`	`Party`
13	`John Jones`	`102 Main St.`	`Governor`	`Statewide`	`Republican`
14		`Belvidere,`
15		`Illinois`

16 State of Illinois)

17 ) ss.

18 County of .......)

19 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....

20 Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,

21 State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a

22 qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a

23 candidate for nomination (for election in the case of

24 committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the

25 office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be

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1 held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including

2 being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility

3 requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold

4 such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the

5 close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic

6 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act

7 and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official

8 primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case

9 of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)

10 such office.

Signed ......................

12 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,

13 who is to me personally known, on (insert date).

Signed ....................

15 (Official Character)

16 (Seal, if officer has one.)

17 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added

18 to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation

19 filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election

20 authority or local election official with whom the petition is

21 required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.

22 Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required

23 by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction

24 thereof shall be punished accordingly.

25 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must

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1 obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on

2 his or her petition for nomination.

3 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating

4 convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office

5 or as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national

6 nominating convention elected from the State at-large, then

7 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least

8 5,000 but not more than 10,000 signatures.

9 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a

10 national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run

11 for United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or

12 alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating

13 convention elected from a congressional district, then the

14 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the

15 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary

16 electors of his or her party in his or her congressional

17 district. In the first primary election following a

18 redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's

19 petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures

20 of qualified primary electors of the candidate's political

21 party in his or her congressional district.

22 (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any

23 countywide office, including but not limited to county board

24 chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large

25 basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the

26 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the

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1 number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors

2 of his or her party who cast votes at the last preceding

3 general election in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to

4 run for county board member elected from a county board

5 district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must

6 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the

7 qualified primary electors of his or her party in the county

8 board district. In the first primary election following a

9 redistricting of county board districts or the initial

10 establishment of county board districts, a candidate's

11 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of

12 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or

13 her party in the entire county who cast votes at the last

14 preceding general election divided by the total number of

15 county board districts comprising the county board; provided

16 that in no event shall the number of signatures be less than

17 25.

18 (d) County office; Cook County only.

19 (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office

20 in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for

21 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures

22 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party

23 who cast votes at the last preceding general election in

24 Cook County.

25 (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board

26 Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination

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1 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to

2 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party

3 in his or her county board district. In the first primary

4 election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of

5 Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for

6 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures

7 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party

8 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding

9 general election divided by the total number of county

10 board districts comprising the county board; provided that

11 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.

12 (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board

13 of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district

14 pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property

15 Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination

16 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to

17 0.5% of the total number of registered voters in his or her

18 board of review district in the last general election at

19 which a commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected

20 from that board of review district. In no event shall the

21 number of signatures required be greater than the

22 requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide

23 office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this

24 Section. In the first primary election following a

25 redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a

26 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least

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1 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures

2 required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,

3 whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her

4 party in the district.

5 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to

6 run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's

7 petition for nomination must contain at least the number of

8 signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of

9 his or her party in the municipality or township. If a

10 candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then

11 the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least

12 the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified

13 primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first

14 primary election following redistricting of aldermanic wards

15 or trustee districts of a municipality or the initial

16 establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition

17 for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to

18 at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the

19 candidate of that political party who received the highest

20 number of votes in the entire municipality at the last regular

21 election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be

22 elected from the entire municipality, divided by the number of

23 wards or districts. In no event shall the number of signatures

24 be less than 25.

25 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to

26 run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's

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1 petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures

2 of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her

3 congressional district.

4 (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run

5 for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not

6 elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for

7 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures

8 equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from

9 the sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee

10 of a sanitary district in which trustees are elected from

11 wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must

12 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the

13 primary electors of his or her party in the ward of that

14 sanitary district. In the first primary election following

15 redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a

16 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the

17 signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her

18 ward of that sanitary district.

19 (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for

20 judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition

21 for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to

22 0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the

23 candidate for his or her political party for the office of

24 Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was

25 elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a

26 candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or

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1 subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must

2 contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number

3 of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her

4 political party who received the highest number of votes at

5 the last general election at which a judicial officer from the

6 same circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be

7 elected, but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in

8 circuits and subcircuits located in the First Judicial

9 District or 500 signatures in every other Judicial District.

10 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a

11 candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the

12 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10

13 signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the

14 precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward

15 committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination

16 must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 10%

17 of the primary electors of his or her party of the ward, but no

18 more than 16% of those same electors; provided that the

19 maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum

20 number, whichever is greater. If a candidate seeks to run for

21 township committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for

22 nomination must contain no less than the number of signatures

23 equal to 5% of the primary electors of his or her party of the

24 township, but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided

25 that the maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the

26 minimum number, whichever is greater.

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1 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools

2 for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's

3 attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more

4 than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination

5 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of

6 the primary electors of his or her party in the territory

7 comprising the counties.

8 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other

9 office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must

10 contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the

11 registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or

12 division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,

13 whichever is greater.

14 For purposes of this Section the number of primary

15 electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in

16 the applicable district, for the candidate for that political

17 party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at

18 the last general election in the State at which electors for

19 President of the United States were elected. For political

20 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be

21 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for

22 that political party who received the highest number of votes

23 in the political subdivision at the last regular election at

24 which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from

25 that subdivision. For wards or districts of political

26 subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be

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1 determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for

2 that political party who received the highest number of votes

3 in the ward or district at the last regular election at which

4 an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that

5 ward or district.

6 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign

7 petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one

8 party.

9 The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of

10 the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,

11 except for item (3) of subsection (d).

12 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein

13 specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the

14 names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for

15 the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of

16 Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including

17 one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.

18 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

19 (10 ILCS 5/7-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-34)

20 Sec. 7-34. Pollwatchers in a primary election shall be

21 authorized in the following manner:

22 (1) Each established political party shall be entitled

23 to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. Such pollwatchers

24 must be affiliated with the political party for which they

25 are pollwatching and must be a registered voter in

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1 Illinois.

2 (2) Each candidate shall be entitled to appoint two

3 pollwatchers per precinct. For Federal, State, county,

4 township, and municipal primary elections, the

5 pollwatchers must be registered to vote in Illinois.

6 (3) Each organization of citizens within the county or

7 political subdivision, which has among its purposes or

8 interests the investigation or prosecution of election

9 frauds, and which shall have registered its name and

10 address and the names and addresses of its principal

11 officers with the proper election authority at least 40

12 days before the primary election, shall be entitled to

13 appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. For all primary

14 elections, the pollwatcher must be registered to vote in

15 Illinois.

16 (3.5) Each State nonpartisan civic organization within

17 the county or political subdivision shall be entitled to

18 appoint one pollwatcher per precinct, provided that no

19 more than 2 pollwatchers appointed by State nonpartisan

20 civic organizations shall be present in a precinct polling

21 place at the same time. Each organization shall have

22 registered the names and addresses of its principal

23 officers with the proper election authority at least 40

24 days before the primary election. The pollwatchers must be

25 registered to vote in Illinois. For the purpose of this

26 paragraph, a "State nonpartisan civic organization" means

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1 any corporation, unincorporated association, or

2 organization that:

3 (i) as part of its written articles of

4 incorporation, bylaws, or charter or by separate

5 written declaration, has among its stated purposes the

6 provision of voter information and education, the

7 protection of individual voters' rights, and the

8 promotion of free and equal elections;

9 (ii) is organized or primarily conducts its

10 activities within the State of Illinois; and

11 (iii) continuously maintains an office or business

12 location within the State of Illinois, together with a

13 current listed telephone number (a post office box

14 number without a current listed telephone number is

15 not sufficient).

16 (4) Each organized group of proponents or opponents of

17 a ballot proposition, which shall have registered the name

18 and address of its organization or committee and the name

19 and address of its chair with the proper election

20 authority at least 40 days before the primary election,

21 shall be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct.

22 The pollwatcher must be registered to vote in Illinois.

23 (5) In any primary election held to nominate

24 candidates for the offices of a municipality of less than

25 3,000,000 population that is situated in 2 or more

26 counties, a pollwatcher who is a resident of a county in

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1 which any part of the municipality is situated shall be

2 eligible to serve as a pollwatcher in any polling place

3 located within such municipality, provided that such

4 pollwatcher otherwise complies with the respective

5 requirements of subsections (1) through (4) of this

6 Section and is a registered voter whose residence is

7 within Illinois.

8 All pollwatchers shall be required to have proper

9 credentials. Such credentials shall be printed in sufficient

10 quantities, shall be issued by and under the facsimile

11 signature(s) of the election authority and shall be available

12 for distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the election. Such

13 credentials shall be authorized by the real or facsimile

14 signature of the State or local party official or the

15 candidate or the presiding officer of the civic organization

16 or the chair of the proponent or opponent group, as the case

17 may be.

18 Pollwatcher credentials shall be in substantially the

19 following form:

20 POLLWATCHER CREDENTIALS

21 TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:

22 In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code,

23 the undersigned hereby appoints ........... (name of

24 pollwatcher) at .......... (address) in the county of

25 ..........., .......... (township or municipality) of

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1 ........... (name), State of Illinois and who is duly

2 registered to vote from this address, to act as a pollwatcher

3 in the ........... precinct of the .......... ward (if

4 applicable) of the ........... (township or municipality) of

5 ........... at the ........... election to be held on (insert

6 date).

7 ........................ (Signature of Appointing Authority)

8 ........................ TITLE (party official, candidate,

9 civic organization president,

10 proponent or opponent group chair)

11 Under penalties provided by law pursuant to Section 29-10

12 of the Election Code, the undersigned pollwatcher certifies

13 that he or she resides at .............. (address) in the

14 county of ........., ......... (township or municipality) of

15 .......... (name), State of Illinois, and is duly registered

16 to vote in Illinois.

17 ........................... ..........................

18 (Precinct and/or Ward in (Signature of Pollwatcher)

19 Which Pollwatcher Resides)

20 Pollwatchers must present their credentials to the Judges

21 of Election upon entering the polling place. Pollwatcher

22 credentials properly executed and signed shall be proof of the

23 qualifications of the pollwatcher authorized thereby. Such

24 credentials are retained by the Judges and returned to the

25 Election Authority at the end of the day of election with the

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1 other election materials. Once a pollwatcher has surrendered a

2 valid credential, he may leave and reenter the polling place

3 provided that such continuing action does not disrupt the

4 conduct of the election. Pollwatchers may be substituted

5 during the course of the day, but established political

6 parties, candidates, qualified civic organizations and

7 proponents and opponents of a ballot proposition can have only

8 as many pollwatchers at any given time as are authorized in

9 this Article. A substitute must present his signed credential

10 to the judges of election upon entering the polling place.

11 Election authorities must provide a sufficient number of

12 credentials to allow for substitution of pollwatchers. After

13 the polls have closed, pollwatchers shall be allowed to remain

14 until the canvass of votes is completed; but may leave and

15 reenter only in cases of necessity, provided that such action

16 is not so continuous as to disrupt the canvass of votes.

17 Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality

18 encompassing 2 or more counties shall be admitted to any and

19 all polling places throughout such district or municipality

20 without regard to the counties in which such candidates are

21 registered to vote. Actions of such candidates shall be

22 governed in each polling place by the same privileges and

23 limitations that apply to pollwatchers as provided in this

24 Section. Any such candidate who engages in an activity in a

25 polling place which could reasonably be construed by a

26 majority of the judges of election as campaign activity shall

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1 be removed forthwith from such polling place.

2 Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality

3 encompassing 2 or more counties who desire to be admitted to

4 polling places on election day in such district or

5 municipality shall be required to have proper credentials.

6 Such credentials shall be printed in sufficient quantities,

7 shall be issued by and under the facsimile signature of the

8 election authority of the election jurisdiction where the

9 polling place in which the candidate seeks admittance is

10 located, and shall be available for distribution at least 2

11 weeks prior to the election. Such credentials shall be signed

12 by the candidate.

13 Candidate credentials shall be in substantially the

14 following form:

15 CANDIDATE CREDENTIALS

16 TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:

17 In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, I

18 ...... (name of candidate) hereby certify that I am a

19 candidate for ....... (name of office) and seek admittance to

20 ....... precinct of the ....... ward (if applicable) of the

21 ....... (township or municipality) of ....... at the .......

22 election to be held on (insert date).

23 ......................... .......................

24 (Signature of Candidate) OFFICE FOR WHICH

25 CANDIDATE SEEKS

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1 NOMINATION OR

2 ELECTION

3 Pollwatchers shall be permitted to observe all proceedings

4 and view all reasonably requested records relating to the

5 conduct of the election, provided the secrecy of the ballot is

6 not impinged, and to station themselves in a position in the

7 voting room as will enable them to observe the judges making

8 the signature comparison between the voter application and the

9 voter registration record card; provided, however, that such

10 pollwatchers shall not be permitted to station themselves in

11 such close proximity to the judges of election so as to

12 interfere with the orderly conduct of the election and shall

13 not, in any event, be permitted to handle election materials.

14 Pollwatchers may challenge for cause the voting qualifications

15 of a person offering to vote and may call to the attention of

16 the judges of election any incorrect procedure or apparent

17 violations of this Code.

18 If a majority of the judges of election determine that the

19 polling place has become too overcrowded with pollwatchers so

20 as to interfere with the orderly conduct of the election, the

21 judges shall, by lot, limit such pollwatchers to a reasonable

22 number, except that each candidate and each established or new

23 political party shall be permitted to have at least one

24 pollwatcher present.

25 Representatives of an election authority, with regard to

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1 an election under its jurisdiction, the State Board of

2 Elections, and law enforcement agencies, including but not

3 limited to a United States Attorney, a State's attorney,a

4 Deputy State's Attorney, the Attorney General, and a State,

5 county, or local police department, in the performance of

6 their official election duties, shall be permitted at all

7 times to enter and remain in the polling place. Upon entering

8 the polling place, such representatives shall display their

9 official credentials or other identification to the judges of

10 election.

11 Uniformed police officers assigned to polling place duty

12 shall follow all lawful instructions of the judges of

13 election.

14 The provisions of this Section shall also apply to

15 supervised casting of vote by mail ballots as provided in

16 Section 19-12.2 of this Act.

17 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)

18 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section

19 3-9014 as follows:

20 (55 ILCS 5/3-9014 new)

21 Sec. 3-9014. Cook County Office of State's Attorney.

22 (a) Beginning on December 1, 2024, the Office of the

23 State's Attorney of Cook County will include 5 elected Deputy

24 State's Attorneys and one elected, at large, State's Attorney.

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1 Beginning with the general election held in 2024 and at each

2 succeeding general election, the Deputy State's Attorneys

3 shall be elected from 5 districts as follows:

4 (1) District 1: Cook County judicial subcircuit

5 districts 9, 12, and 13.

6 (2) District 2: Cook County judicial subcircuit

7 districts 4, 10, and 11.

8 (3) District 3: Cook County judicial subcircuit

9 districts 6, 7, and 8.

10 (4) District 4: Cook County judicial subcircuit

11 districts 3, 5, and 14.

12 (5) District 5: Cook County judicial subcircuit

13 districts 1, 2, and 15.

14 Each Deputy State's Attorney must be a resident of the

15 district to which he or she is elected for at least one year

16 prior to the commencement of the term of office. Nomination of

17 candidates for each Deputy State's Attorney at the initial and

18 each succeeding election shall be made by petition signed in

19 the aggregate for each candidate by not less than 1,000

20 qualified voters of the district.

21 (b) On and after December 1, 2024, each Deputy State's

22 Attorney elected under this Section has the powers and duties

23 enumerated for a State's Attorney under the law except those

24 powers of the Cook County State's Attorney listed under

25 subsection (c).

26 (c) On and after December 1, 2024, the Cook County State's

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1 Attorney powers and duties are limited to: (i) those duties

2 under item (4) of subsection (a) of section 3-9005; (ii) those

3 duties under subsection (a) of Section 3-9006, including the

4 internal operations of the office of each Deputy State's

5 Attorney; (iii) performing the duties of a vacant office of a

6 Deputy State's Attorney until the vacancy is filled; and (iv)

7 to arbitrate any disputes between Deputy State's Attorneys

8 concerning powers, jurisdiction, operations, and negotiate and

9 approve any shared operations between two or more offices of

10 Deputy State's Attorneys.

11 (d) Vacancies within the office of a Deputy State's

12 Attorney shall be filled in the same manner provided to fill

13 vacancies of the office of the State's Attorney under this

14 Division.

15 (e) Cook County may not organize or operate the Cook

16 County Office of the State's Attorney in a manner inconsistent

17 with this Section. This Section is a limitation under

18 subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois

19 Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of

20 powers and functions exercised by the State.