Bill Text: IL HR0145 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for appointment of a Task Force on Consolidating Special Elections to study the feasibility of consolidating special elections to fill vacancies from Illinois in the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-04 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0145 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0145-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Federal law requires a special election to be held | ||||||
| 3 | to fill the vacancy in the office of any member of the United | ||||||
| 4 | States House of Representatives; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, There is ongoing discussion in Illinois and in the | ||||||
| 6 | nation about using a special election to fill any vacancies in | ||||||
| 7 | the United States Senate; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The cost of holding a statewide special election | ||||||
| 9 | has been estimated to be as much as $50,000,000; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Minimizing the time it takes to fill a vacancy is | ||||||
| 11 | almost as important as minimizing the cost of conducting a | ||||||
| 12 | special election because voters suffer when they do not have a | ||||||
| 13 | Representative or Senator to advocate on their behalf while | ||||||
| 14 | there is a vacancy; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The biggest cost driver of conducting special | ||||||
| 16 | elections is the requirement to hold 2 separate elections which | ||||||
| 17 | doubles the cost of election administration; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Consolidating the 2 elections into one would cut | ||||||
| 19 | the cost of conducting a special election in half and would | ||||||
| 20 | reduce the time it takes to fill a vacancy; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that a | ||||||
| 3 | Task Force on Consolidating Special Elections be established to | ||||||
| 4 | consider the administrative feasibility of consolidating 2 | ||||||
| 5 | special elections into one in order to minimize the time and | ||||||
| 6 | expense of filling vacancies in Congress; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force be appointed equally by the | ||||||
| 8 | Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and | ||||||
| 9 | be composed of members of the State Board of Elections, | ||||||
| 10 | officers or members of the State's election authorities, 2 | ||||||
| 11 | representatives of FairVote, and any other experts on election | ||||||
| 12 | administration and consolidation of elections; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force on Consolidating Special | ||||||
| 15 | Elections report to the House of Representatives as soon as | ||||||
| 16 | possible with any findings for deliberation and consideration.
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