Bill Text: IL SB2651 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a judicial district committee for each judicial district and a judicial circuit committee for each judicial circuit, among other committees, are authorized and shall constitute the central or managing committees of each political party for the purpose of making nominations in certain instances under the Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0623 [SB2651 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2651-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a judicial district committee for each judicial district and a judicial circuit committee for each judicial circuit, among other committees, are authorized and shall constitute the central or managing committees of each political party for the purpose of making nominations in certain instances under the Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0623 [SB2651 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2651-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 1A-8, 7-5, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-12, 7-59, 13-1, 13-2, | ||||||
6 | 14-1, 17-16.1, 18-9.1, and 19-3 and by adding Sections 1-17 and | ||||||
7 | 22-19 as follows:
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8 | (10 ILCS 5/1-17 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 1-17. Election authority voting equipment | ||||||
10 | information. Every 2 years, each election authority shall | ||||||
11 | submit information on the voting equipment used within the | ||||||
12 | jurisdiction of the election authority to the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Elections. The information must include: | ||||||
14 | (1) the age and functionality of each item of voting | ||||||
15 | equipment; and | ||||||
16 | (2) a formal letter containing a general description of | ||||||
17 | the status of the voting equipment, the election | ||||||
18 | authority's perceived need for new voting equipment, and | ||||||
19 | the costs associated with obtaining new equipment. | ||||||
20 | Each election authority must publish the information | ||||||
21 | submitted under this Section online.
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22 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8)
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1 | Sec. 1A-8. The State Board of Elections shall exercise the | ||||||
2 | following
powers and perform the following duties in addition | ||||||
3 | to any powers or duties
otherwise provided for by law:
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4 | (1) Assume all duties and responsibilities of the State | ||||||
5 | Electoral Board
and the Secretary of State as heretofore | ||||||
6 | provided in this Code Act ;
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7 | (2) Disseminate information to and consult with | ||||||
8 | election authorities
concerning the conduct of elections | ||||||
9 | and registration in accordance with the
laws of this State | ||||||
10 | and the laws of the United States;
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11 | (3) Furnish to each election authority prior to each | ||||||
12 | primary and general
election and any other election it | ||||||
13 | deems necessary, a manual of uniform
instructions | ||||||
14 | consistent with the provisions of this Code Act which shall | ||||||
15 | be used
by election authorities in the preparation of the | ||||||
16 | official manual of
instruction to be used by the judges of | ||||||
17 | election in any such election. In
preparing such manual, | ||||||
18 | the State Board shall consult with representatives
of the | ||||||
19 | election authorities throughout the State. The State Board | ||||||
20 | may
provide separate portions of the uniform instructions | ||||||
21 | applicable to
different election jurisdictions which | ||||||
22 | administer elections under different
options provided by | ||||||
23 | law. The State Board may by regulation require
particular | ||||||
24 | portions of the uniform instructions to be included in any
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25 | official manual of instructions published by election | ||||||
26 | authorities. Any
manual of instructions published by any |
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1 | election authority shall be
identical with the manual of | ||||||
2 | uniform instructions issued by the Board, but
may be | ||||||
3 | adapted by the election authority to accommodate special or | ||||||
4 | unusual
local election problems, provided that all manuals | ||||||
5 | published by election
authorities must be consistent with | ||||||
6 | the provisions of this Code Act in all
respects and must | ||||||
7 | receive the approval of the State Board of Elections
prior | ||||||
8 | to publication; provided further that if the State Board | ||||||
9 | does not
approve or disapprove of a proposed manual within | ||||||
10 | 60 days of its
submission, the manual shall be deemed | ||||||
11 | approved.
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12 | (4) Prescribe and require the use of such uniform | ||||||
13 | forms, notices, and
other supplies not inconsistent with | ||||||
14 | the provisions of this Code Act as it shall
deem advisable | ||||||
15 | which shall be used by election authorities in the conduct
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16 | of elections and registrations;
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17 | (5) Prepare and certify the form of ballot for any | ||||||
18 | proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of | ||||||
19 | Illinois, or any referendum to be
submitted to the electors | ||||||
20 | throughout the State or, when required to do so
by law, to | ||||||
21 | the voters of any area or unit of local government of the | ||||||
22 | State;
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23 | (6) Require such statistical reports regarding the | ||||||
24 | conduct of elections
and registration from election | ||||||
25 | authorities as may be deemed necessary;
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26 | (7) Review and inspect procedures and records relating |
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1 | to conduct of
elections and registration as may be deemed | ||||||
2 | necessary, and to report
violations of election laws to the | ||||||
3 | appropriate State's Attorney or the Attorney General;
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4 | (8) Recommend to the General Assembly legislation to | ||||||
5 | improve the
administration of elections and registration;
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6 | (9) Adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations in | ||||||
7 | the performance of
its duties provided that all such rules | ||||||
8 | and regulations must be consistent
with the provisions of | ||||||
9 | this Article 1A or issued pursuant to authority
otherwise | ||||||
10 | provided by law;
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11 | (10) Determine the validity and sufficiency of | ||||||
12 | petitions filed under
Article XIV, Section 3, of the | ||||||
13 | Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970;
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14 | (11) Maintain in its principal office a research | ||||||
15 | library that includes,
but is not limited to, abstracts of | ||||||
16 | votes by precinct for general primary
elections and general | ||||||
17 | elections, current precinct maps and current precinct
poll | ||||||
18 | lists from all election jurisdictions within the State. The | ||||||
19 | research
library shall be open to the public during regular | ||||||
20 | business hours. Such
abstracts, maps and lists shall be | ||||||
21 | preserved as permanent records and shall
be available for | ||||||
22 | examination and copying at a reasonable cost;
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23 | (12) Supervise the administration of the registration | ||||||
24 | and election laws
throughout the State;
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25 | (13) Obtain from the Department of Central Management | ||||||
26 | Services,
under Section 405-250 of the Department of |
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1 | Central Management
Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-250),
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2 | such use
of electronic data processing equipment as may be | ||||||
3 | required to perform the
duties of the State Board of | ||||||
4 | Elections and to provide election-related
information to | ||||||
5 | candidates, public and party officials, interested civic
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6 | organizations and the general public in a timely and | ||||||
7 | efficient manner;
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8 | (14) To take such action as may be necessary or | ||||||
9 | required to give
effect to directions of the national | ||||||
10 | committee or State central committee of an established
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11 | political party under Sections 7-8, 7-11 , and 7-14.1 or | ||||||
12 | such other
provisions as may be applicable pertaining to | ||||||
13 | the selection of delegates
and alternate delegates to an | ||||||
14 | established political party's national
nominating | ||||||
15 | conventions or, notwithstanding any candidate | ||||||
16 | certification
schedule contained within this the Election | ||||||
17 | Code, the certification of the
Presidential and Vice
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18 | Presidential candidate selected by the established | ||||||
19 | political party's national nominating
convention;
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20 | (15) To post all early voting sites separated by | ||||||
21 | election authority and hours of operation on its website at | ||||||
22 | least 5 business days before the period for early voting | ||||||
23 | begins; and | ||||||
24 | (16) To post on its website the statewide totals, and | ||||||
25 | totals separated by each election authority, for each of | ||||||
26 | the counts received pursuant to Section 1-9.2 ; and . |
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1 | (17) To post on its website, in a downloadable format, | ||||||
2 | the information received from each election authority | ||||||
3 | under Section 1-17. | ||||||
4 | The Board may by regulation delegate any of its duties or
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5 | functions under this Article, except that final determinations | ||||||
6 | and orders
under this Article shall be issued only by the | ||||||
7 | Board.
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8 | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | ||||||
9 | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | ||||||
10 | the Minority Leader , and
the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
11 | Representatives , and the President, the Minority
Leader , and | ||||||
12 | the Secretary of the Senate , and the Legislative Research
Unit, | ||||||
13 | as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | ||||||
14 | Act "An Act to revise the law in relation
to the General | ||||||
15 | Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended , and
filing | ||||||
16 | such additional copies with the State Government Report | ||||||
17 | Distribution
Center for the General Assembly as is required | ||||||
18 | under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State Library Act.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; revised 9-21-17.)
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20 | (10 ILCS 5/7-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-5)
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21 | Sec. 7-5.
(a) Primary elections shall be held on the dates | ||||||
22 | prescribed in
Article 2A.
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23 | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no | ||||||
24 | primary
shall be held for an established political party in any | ||||||
25 | township,
municipality, or ward thereof, where the nomination |
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1 | of such
party for every office to be voted upon by the electors | ||||||
2 | of such
township, municipality, or ward thereof, is | ||||||
3 | uncontested. Whenever a
political party's nomination of | ||||||
4 | candidates is uncontested as to one or
more, but not all, of | ||||||
5 | the offices to be voted upon by the electors of a
township, | ||||||
6 | municipality, or ward thereof, then a primary shall
be held for | ||||||
7 | that party in such township, municipality, or ward thereof;
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8 | provided that the primary ballot shall not include those | ||||||
9 | offices
within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, | ||||||
10 | for which the
nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this | ||||||
11 | Article, the nomination of
an established political party of a | ||||||
12 | candidate for election to an office shall
be deemed to be | ||||||
13 | uncontested where not more than the number of persons to be
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14 | nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers seeking the | ||||||
15 | nomination
of such party for election to such office.
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16 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute, no | ||||||
17 | primary
election shall be held for an established political | ||||||
18 | party for any special
primary election called for the purpose | ||||||
19 | of filling a vacancy in the office
of representative in the | ||||||
20 | United States Congress where the nomination of
such political | ||||||
21 | party for said office is uncontested. For the purposes of
this | ||||||
22 | Article, the nomination of an established political party of a
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23 | candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be | ||||||
24 | uncontested
where not more than the number of persons to be | ||||||
25 | nominated have timely filed
valid nomination papers seeking the | ||||||
26 | nomination of such established party
for election to said |
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1 | office. This subsection (c) shall not apply if such
primary | ||||||
2 | election is conducted on a regularly scheduled election day.
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3 | (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the | ||||||
4 | contrary, in subsection (b) and (c) of this
Section whenever a | ||||||
5 | person who has not timely filed valid nomination papers
and who | ||||||
6 | intends to become a write-in candidate for a political party's
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7 | nomination in the general primary election for any office for | ||||||
8 | which the nomination is uncontested files a
written statement | ||||||
9 | or notice of that intent with the State Board of
Elections or | ||||||
10 | the local election official with whom nomination papers for
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11 | such office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a | ||||||
12 | primary
shall be held for that office. Such statement or notice | ||||||
13 | shall be filed on
or before the date established in this | ||||||
14 | Article for certifying candidates
for the primary ballot. Such | ||||||
15 | statement or notice shall contain (i) the
name and address of | ||||||
16 | the person intending to become a write-in candidate,
(ii) a | ||||||
17 | statement that the person is a qualified primary elector of the
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18 | political party from whom the nomination is sought, (iii) a | ||||||
19 | statement that
the person intends to become a write-in | ||||||
20 | candidate for the party's
nomination, and (iv) the office the | ||||||
21 | person is seeking as a write-in
candidate. An election | ||||||
22 | authority shall have no duty to conduct a primary
and prepare a | ||||||
23 | primary ballot for any office for which the nomination is
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24 | uncontested, unless a statement or notice meeting the | ||||||
25 | requirements of this
Section is filed in a timely manner.
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26 | (d-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to |
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1 | the contrary, whenever a person who has not timely filed valid | ||||||
2 | nomination papers and who intends to become a write-in | ||||||
3 | candidate for a political party's nomination in the | ||||||
4 | consolidated primary election for any office for which the | ||||||
5 | nomination is uncontested files a written statement or notice | ||||||
6 | of that intent with the State Board of Elections or the local | ||||||
7 | election official with whom nomination papers for such office | ||||||
8 | are filed, no primary ballot shall be printed. Where no primary | ||||||
9 | is held, a person intending to become a write-in candidate at | ||||||
10 | the consolidated primary election may re-file a declaration of | ||||||
11 | intent to be a write-in candidate for the consolidated election | ||||||
12 | with the appropriate election authority or authorities. | ||||||
13 | (e) The polls shall be open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 86-873.)
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15 | (10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
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16 | Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in certain | ||||||
17 | instances as
provided in this Article and this Act, the | ||||||
18 | following committees are authorized
and shall constitute the | ||||||
19 | central or managing committees of each political
party, viz: A | ||||||
20 | State central committee, whose responsibilities include, but | ||||||
21 | are not limited to, filling by appointment vacancies in | ||||||
22 | nomination for statewide offices, including but not limited to | ||||||
23 | the office of United States Senator, a congressional committee | ||||||
24 | for each
congressional district, a county central committee for | ||||||
25 | each county, a
municipal central committee for each city, |
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1 | incorporated town or village, a
ward committeeman for each ward | ||||||
2 | in cities containing a population of
500,000 or more; a | ||||||
3 | township committeeman for each township or part of a
township | ||||||
4 | that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
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5 | more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more; a | ||||||
6 | precinct
committeeman for each precinct in counties having a | ||||||
7 | population of less than
2,000,000; a county board district | ||||||
8 | committee for each county board district
created under Division | ||||||
9 | 2-3 of the Counties Code; a State's Attorney committee
for each | ||||||
10 | group of 2 or more counties which jointly elect a State's | ||||||
11 | Attorney; a
Superintendent of Multi-County Educational Service | ||||||
12 | Region committee for each
group of 2 or more counties which | ||||||
13 | jointly elect a Superintendent of a
Multi-County Educational | ||||||
14 | Service Region; a judicial district committee for each judicial | ||||||
15 | district; a judicial circuit committee for each judicial | ||||||
16 | circuit; a judicial subcircuit
committee in
a judicial circuit | ||||||
17 | divided into subcircuits for each judicial subcircuit in
that | ||||||
18 | circuit; and
a board of review election district committee
for | ||||||
19 | each Cook County Board of Review election district ; and a | ||||||
20 | Committee for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District .
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21 | (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; | ||||||
22 | 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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23 | (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
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24 | Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of | ||||||
25 | one or two
members from each congressional district in the |
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1 | State and shall be elected as
follows:
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2 | State Central Committee
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3 | (a) Within 30 days after January 1, 1984 (the effective | ||||||
4 | date of Public Act 83-33), the State central committee of each | ||||||
5 | political party shall certify to
the State Board of Elections | ||||||
6 | which of the following alternatives it wishes
to apply to the | ||||||
7 | State central committee of that party.
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8 | Alternative A. At the primary in
1970 and at the general | ||||||
9 | primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
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10 | elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of | ||||||
11 | the State
central committee for the congressional district in | ||||||
12 | which he resides.
The candidate receiving the highest number of | ||||||
13 | votes shall be declared
elected State central committeeman from | ||||||
14 | the district. A political party
may, in lieu of the foregoing, | ||||||
15 | by a majority vote of delegates at any State
convention of such | ||||||
16 | party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
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17 | committeemen in the manner following:
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18 | At the county convention held by such political party, | ||||||
19 | State central
committeemen shall be elected in the same manner | ||||||
20 | as provided in this
Article for the election of officers of the | ||||||
21 | county central committee, and
such election shall follow the | ||||||
22 | election of officers of the county central
committee. Each | ||||||
23 | elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast
as | ||||||
24 | his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, | ||||||
25 | part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary | ||||||
26 | election of his
political party. In the case of a county lying |
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1 | partially within one
congressional district and partially | ||||||
2 | within another congressional district,
each ward, township or | ||||||
3 | precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect
to the | ||||||
4 | congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
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5 | township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional | ||||||
6 | district
which encompasses more than one county, each ward, | ||||||
7 | township or precinct
committeeman residing within the | ||||||
8 | congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each | ||||||
9 | ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or | ||||||
10 | precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
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11 | political party for one candidate of his party for member of | ||||||
12 | the State
central committee for the congressional district in | ||||||
13 | which he resides and
the Chairman of the county central | ||||||
14 | committee shall report the results of
the election to the State | ||||||
15 | Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify | ||||||
16 | the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
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17 | State central committeeman for that congressional district.
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18 | The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | ||||||
19 | for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | ||||||
20 | members of the State central
committee.
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21 | After August 6, 1999 (the
effective date of Public Act | ||||||
22 | 91-426), whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Chairman of | ||||||
23 | a State
central committee, or at the end of the term of office | ||||||
24 | of Chairman, the State
central committee of each political | ||||||
25 | party that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a Chairman | ||||||
26 | who shall not be required to be a member of the State Central
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1 | Committee. The Chairman shall be a
registered voter in this | ||||||
2 | State and of the same political party as the State
central | ||||||
3 | committee.
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4 | Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | ||||||
5 | 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a | ||||||
6 | person of the sex opposite that
of the incumbent member for | ||||||
7 | that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of | ||||||
8 | the State central committee until his or her successor
is | ||||||
9 | elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each | ||||||
10 | congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting | ||||||
11 | on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In | ||||||
12 | each congressional district at the
general primary election | ||||||
13 | held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the
male candidate | ||||||
14 | receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
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15 | candidates for State central committeeman, and the female | ||||||
16 | candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's | ||||||
17 | female candidates for
State central committeewoman, shall be | ||||||
18 | declared elected State central
committeeman and State central | ||||||
19 | committeewoman from the district. At the
general primary | ||||||
20 | election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
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21 | party's candidates for State central committeemen or State | ||||||
22 | central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of the | ||||||
23 | same sex, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | ||||||
24 | shall be declared elected a State central
committeeman or State | ||||||
25 | central committeewoman from the district, and, because of
a | ||||||
26 | failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a |
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1 | vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second | ||||||
2 | member of the State central
committee from the district. This | ||||||
3 | vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional | ||||||
4 | committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
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5 | fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional | ||||||
6 | district and of the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | ||||||
7 | committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | ||||||
8 | congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | ||||||
9 | on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
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10 | The Chairman of a State central committee composed as | ||||||
11 | provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the | ||||||
12 | committee's members.
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13 | Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the | ||||||
14 | selection of
the Chairman of the State central committee, under | ||||||
15 | both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
committee | ||||||
16 | of each political party shall be composed of members elected
or | ||||||
17 | appointed from the several congressional districts of the | ||||||
18 | State,
and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The | ||||||
19 | members of the State
central committee shall, within 41 days | ||||||
20 | after each quadrennial election of
the full committee, meet in | ||||||
21 | the city of Springfield and organize
by electing a chairman, | ||||||
22 | and may at such time
elect such officers from among their own | ||||||
23 | number (or otherwise), as they
may deem necessary or expedient. | ||||||
24 | The outgoing chairman of the State
central committee of the | ||||||
25 | party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify
each member of | ||||||
26 | the State central committee elected at the primary of the
time |
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1 | and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings | ||||||
2 | of
the State central committee, each State central committeeman | ||||||
3 | and State
central committeewoman shall have one vote for each | ||||||
4 | ballot voted in his or her
congressional district by the | ||||||
5 | primary electors of his or her party at the
primary election | ||||||
6 | immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
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7 | committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central | ||||||
8 | committee of any
political party, the vacancy shall be filled | ||||||
9 | by appointment of
the chairmen of the county central committees | ||||||
10 | of the
political party
of the counties located within the | ||||||
11 | congressional district in which the vacancy
occurs and,
if | ||||||
12 | applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
political
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13 | party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located | ||||||
14 | within the
congressional
district. If the congressional | ||||||
15 | district in which the vacancy occurs lies
wholly within a
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16 | county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township | ||||||
17 | committeemen
of the political party in that congressional | ||||||
18 | district shall vote to fill the
vacancy. In voting to fill the | ||||||
19 | vacancy, each chairman of a county central
committee and
each | ||||||
20 | ward and township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000
or
more | ||||||
21 | inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each | ||||||
22 | precinct of
the congressional district in which the vacancy | ||||||
23 | exists of
his or her
county, township, or ward cast by the | ||||||
24 | primary electors of his or her party
at the
primary election | ||||||
25 | immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
| ||||||
26 | State
central committee. The person appointed to fill the |
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| |||||||
1 | vacancy shall be a
resident of the
congressional district in | ||||||
2 | which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter,
and, in a | ||||||
3 | committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of | ||||||
4 | the
same
sex as his or her
predecessor. A political party may, | ||||||
5 | by a majority vote of the
delegates of any State convention of | ||||||
6 | such party, determine to return
to the election of State | ||||||
7 | central committeeman and State central
committeewoman by the | ||||||
8 | vote of primary electors.
Any action taken by a political party | ||||||
9 | at a State convention in accordance
with this Section shall be | ||||||
10 | reported to the State Board of Elections by the
chairman and | ||||||
11 | secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
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12 | Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
| ||||||
13 | (b) At the primary in 1972 and
at the general primary | ||||||
14 | election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in | ||||||
15 | cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one | ||||||
16 | candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeman. Each | ||||||
17 | candidate for ward committeeman
must be a resident of and in | ||||||
18 | the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
committeeman. The | ||||||
19 | one having the highest number of votes shall be such
ward | ||||||
20 | committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary | ||||||
21 | election
in 1970 and at the general primary election every 4 | ||||||
22 | years thereafter,
each primary elector in counties containing a | ||||||
23 | population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside of cities containing a | ||||||
24 | population of 200,000 or more, may
vote for one candidate of | ||||||
25 | his party for township committeeman. Each
candidate for | ||||||
26 | township committeeman must be a resident of and in the
township |
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1 | or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
| ||||||
2 | population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a | ||||||
3 | population of
2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part | ||||||
4 | of a township he seeks
to be elected township committeeman. The | ||||||
5 | one having the highest number
of votes shall be such township | ||||||
6 | committeeman of such party for such
township or part of a | ||||||
7 | township. At the primary
in 1970 and at the general primary | ||||||
8 | election every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
except | ||||||
9 | in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
| ||||||
10 | for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
| ||||||
11 | committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be | ||||||
12 | a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be | ||||||
13 | elected precinct
committeeman. The one having the highest | ||||||
14 | number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeman of such | ||||||
15 | party for such precinct. The official
returns of the primary | ||||||
16 | shall show the name of the committeeman of each
political | ||||||
17 | party.
| ||||||
18 | Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected | ||||||
19 | under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as such | ||||||
20 | committeemen until the
date of the primary to be held in the | ||||||
21 | second year after their election.
Except as otherwise provided | ||||||
22 | in this Section for certain State central
committeemen who have | ||||||
23 | 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
| ||||||
24 | committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such | ||||||
25 | committeemen
until the date of primary to be held in the fourth | ||||||
26 | year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | office of precinct committeeman
when a precinct committeeman | ||||||
2 | ceases to reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and | ||||||
3 | such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have
nor | ||||||
4 | exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that | ||||||
5 | precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | ||||||
6 | appointed.
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7 | (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | ||||||
8 | the precinct
committeemen of such party, in the multi-township | ||||||
9 | assessing district formed
pursuant to Section 2-10 of the | ||||||
10 | Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set | ||||||
11 | forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In the | ||||||
12 | organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | ||||||
13 | Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote
for | ||||||
14 | each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of | ||||||
15 | his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
| ||||||
16 | County Central Committee
| ||||||
17 | (d) The county central committee of each political party in | ||||||
18 | each
county shall consist of the various township committeemen, | ||||||
19 | precinct
committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such | ||||||
20 | party in the county.
In the organization and proceedings of the | ||||||
21 | county central committee,
each precinct committeeman shall | ||||||
22 | have one vote for each ballot voted in
his precinct by the | ||||||
23 | primary electors of his party at the primary at
which he was | ||||||
24 | elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
| ||||||
25 | each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the | ||||||
26 | case may
be by the primary electors of his party at the primary |
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1 | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | ||||||
2 | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
3 | county central committee; and
in the organization and | ||||||
4 | proceedings of the county central committee,
each ward | ||||||
5 | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
| ||||||
6 | ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
7 | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | ||||||
8 | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
9 | county central committee.
| ||||||
10 | Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
| ||||||
11 | (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | ||||||
12 | each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
| ||||||
13 | various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of | ||||||
14 | that party in
the portions of the county composing the board of | ||||||
15 | review election district. In
the organization and proceedings | ||||||
16 | of each of the 3 election
district committees, each township | ||||||
17 | committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his | ||||||
18 | or her township or part of a township, as the case may be,
by
| ||||||
19 | the primary electors of his or her party at the primary | ||||||
20 | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of | ||||||
21 | review election district committee; and
in the organization and | ||||||
22 | proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, each | ||||||
23 | ward committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in
| ||||||
24 | his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the | ||||||
25 | primary
electors of his or her party at the primary election | ||||||
26 | immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review |
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| |||||||
1 | election district committee.
| ||||||
2 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Committee | ||||||
3 | (d-2) The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District | ||||||
4 | Committee of each political party in Cook County shall consist | ||||||
5 | of the various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if | ||||||
6 | any, of that party in the portions of the County composing the | ||||||
7 | district. In the organization and proceedings of the Committee, | ||||||
8 | each township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot | ||||||
9 | voted in his or her township or part of a township, as the case | ||||||
10 | may be, by the primary electors of his or her party at the | ||||||
11 | primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the board | ||||||
12 | of review election district committee; and in the organization | ||||||
13 | and proceedings of the Committee, each ward committeeman shall | ||||||
14 | have one vote for each ballot voted in his or her ward or part | ||||||
15 | of that ward, as the case may be, by the primary electors of | ||||||
16 | his or her party at the primary election immediately preceding | ||||||
17 | the meeting of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District | ||||||
18 | Committee. This Committee may only make nominations to fill a | ||||||
19 | vacancy in nomination under Sections 7-60 and 7-61. | ||||||
20 | Congressional Committee
| ||||||
21 | (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | ||||||
22 | congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the | ||||||
23 | county central
committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
24 | congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | ||||||
25 | wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, the | ||||||
26 | precinct
committeemen, township committeemen and ward |
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| |||||||
1 | committeemen, if any, of
the party representing the precincts | ||||||
2 | within the limits of the
congressional district, shall compose | ||||||
3 | the congressional committee. A
State central committeeman in | ||||||
4 | each district shall be a member and the
chairman or, when a | ||||||
5 | district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman
of the | ||||||
6 | congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
vote | ||||||
7 | except in case of a tie.
| ||||||
8 | In the organization and proceedings of congressional | ||||||
9 | committees
composed of precinct committeemen or township | ||||||
10 | committeemen or ward
committeemen, or any combination thereof, | ||||||
11 | each precinct committeeman
shall have one vote for each ballot | ||||||
12 | voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of his party at | ||||||
13 | the primary at which he was elected, each
township committeeman | ||||||
14 | shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or | ||||||
15 | part of a township as the case may be by the primary
electors | ||||||
16 | of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
| ||||||
17 | meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward | ||||||
18 | committeeman shall
have one vote for each ballot voted in each | ||||||
19 | precinct of his ward located
in such congressional district by | ||||||
20 | the primary electors of his party at
the primary election | ||||||
21 | immediately preceding the meeting of the
congressional | ||||||
22 | committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
| ||||||
23 | congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county | ||||||
24 | central
committees of the counties within such district, each | ||||||
25 | chairman of such
county central committee shall have one vote | ||||||
26 | for each ballot voted in
his county by the primary electors of |
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| |||||||
1 | his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the | ||||||
2 | meeting of the congressional committee.
| ||||||
3 | Judicial District Committee
| ||||||
4 | (f) The judicial district committee of each political party | ||||||
5 | in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of | ||||||
6 | the county
central committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
7 | judicial district.
| ||||||
8 | In the organization and proceedings of judicial district | ||||||
9 | committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | ||||||
10 | committees of the
counties within such district, each chairman | ||||||
11 | of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | ||||||
12 | ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party | ||||||
13 | at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | ||||||
14 | the judicial district committee. A judicial district committee | ||||||
15 | may only make nominations to fill a vacancy in nomination under | ||||||
16 | Sections 7-60 and 7-61.
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17 | Circuit Court Committee
| ||||||
18 | (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | ||||||
19 | each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | ||||||
20 | the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | ||||||
21 | composing the judicial
circuit.
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22 | In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | ||||||
23 | committees, each
chairman of a county central committee shall | ||||||
24 | have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the | ||||||
25 | primary electors of his party at the
primary election | ||||||
26 | immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
|
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1 | committee. A circuit court committee may only make nominations | ||||||
2 | to fill a vacancy in nomination under Sections 7-60 and 7-61.
| ||||||
3 | Judicial Subcircuit Committee
| ||||||
4 | (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | ||||||
5 | party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided | ||||||
6 | into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township | ||||||
7 | committeemen
of the townships and wards composing the judicial | ||||||
8 | subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct committeemen of | ||||||
9 | the precincts
composing the judicial subcircuit in any county | ||||||
10 | other than Cook County.
| ||||||
11 | In the organization and proceedings of each judicial | ||||||
12 | subcircuit committee,
each township committeeman shall have | ||||||
13 | one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a | ||||||
14 | township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the | ||||||
15 | primary electors of his party at the primary election
| ||||||
16 | immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | ||||||
17 | committee;
each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for | ||||||
18 | each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as the | ||||||
19 | case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary electors | ||||||
20 | of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the | ||||||
21 | meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
and
each ward | ||||||
22 | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
| ||||||
23 | ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial | ||||||
24 | subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
25 | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial | ||||||
26 | subcircuit committee. A judicial subcircuit committee may only |
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| |||||||
1 | make nominations to fill a vacancy in nomination under Sections | ||||||
2 | 7-60 and 7-61.
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3 | Municipal Central Committee
| ||||||
4 | (h) The municipal central committee of each political party | ||||||
5 | shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward | ||||||
6 | committeemen, as the case may
be, of such party representing | ||||||
7 | the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, incorporated | ||||||
8 | town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township | ||||||
9 | or ward committeeman on the municipal central
committee shall | ||||||
10 | be the same as his voting strength on the county central
| ||||||
11 | committee.
| ||||||
12 | For political parties, other than a statewide political | ||||||
13 | party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the | ||||||
14 | municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | ||||||
15 | the party officers of the local established party. The party | ||||||
16 | officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the | ||||||
17 | chairman and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities | ||||||
18 | and townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | ||||||
19 | caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling | ||||||
20 | vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities | ||||||
21 | and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate | ||||||
22 | candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
| ||||||
23 | shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the | ||||||
24 | primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions | ||||||
25 | of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the | ||||||
26 | party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's |
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| |||||||
1 | officers.
| ||||||
2 | Powers
| ||||||
3 | (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | ||||||
4 | usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | ||||||
5 | thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. | ||||||
6 | The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power | ||||||
7 | to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other | ||||||
8 | person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed | ||||||
9 | to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership | ||||||
10 | proper and necessary subcommittees.
| ||||||
11 | (j) The State central committee of a political party which | ||||||
12 | elects its
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
13 | Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate | ||||||
14 | selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy | ||||||
15 | of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by | ||||||
16 | a national political party.
| ||||||
17 | (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | ||||||
18 | Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | ||||||
19 | central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
State | ||||||
20 | central committee of a political party which elects its members | ||||||
21 | by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy | ||||||
22 | shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township | ||||||
23 | committeemen, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie | ||||||
24 | entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from | ||||||
25 | which the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman | ||||||
26 | was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central |
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| |||||||
1 | committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially | ||||||
2 | within
that Congressional District and in which there are no | ||||||
3 | ward or township
committeemen. When voting for such proxy, the | ||||||
4 | county chairman, ward
committeeman or township committeeman, | ||||||
5 | as the case may be, shall have one
vote for each ballot voted | ||||||
6 | in his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the | ||||||
7 | Congressional District, by the primary electors of his
party at | ||||||
8 | the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
| ||||||
9 | central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy | ||||||
10 | when permitted
by the rules of a political party which elects | ||||||
11 | its members by Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
12 | Section.
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13 | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | ||||||
14 | ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | ||||||
15 | committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | ||||||
16 | statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of | ||||||
17 | conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of | ||||||
18 | a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall | ||||||
19 | automatically become vacant.
| ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
| ||||||
21 | (10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
| ||||||
22 | Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State | ||||||
23 | conventions.
| ||||||
24 | (a) On the 27th 29th day next succeeding the primary at | ||||||
25 | which
committeemen are elected, the county central committee of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | each political
party shall meet within the county and proceed | ||||||
2 | to
organize by electing from its own number a chairman and | ||||||
3 | either from its
own number, or otherwise, such other officers | ||||||
4 | as such committee may deem
necessary or expedient. Such meeting | ||||||
5 | of the county central committee
shall be known as the county | ||||||
6 | convention. Such convention shall not be scheduled to conflict | ||||||
7 | with a scheduled session of the General Assembly. If the county | ||||||
8 | central committee is unable to organize on the 27th day, the | ||||||
9 | convention may be recessed. If the convention is recessed, it | ||||||
10 | shall be to a date and time certain on or before the 36th day | ||||||
11 | next succeeding the primary at which committeemen are elected. | ||||||
12 | Notice of the recessed convention, including the recessed date | ||||||
13 | and time shall be given to each committeeman.
| ||||||
14 | The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days | ||||||
15 | after the
organization, forward to the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Elections, the names and
post office addresses of the officers, | ||||||
17 | precinct committeemen and
representative committeemen elected | ||||||
18 | by his political party.
| ||||||
19 | The county convention of each political party shall choose | ||||||
20 | delegates
to the State convention of its party, if the party | ||||||
21 | chooses to hold a State convention; but in any county having | ||||||
22 | within
its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or | ||||||
23 | over the
delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the | ||||||
24 | ward committeemen
from the respective wards choosing the number | ||||||
25 | of delegates to which such
ward is entitled on the basis | ||||||
26 | prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such delegates to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | be members of the delegation to the State
convention from such | ||||||
2 | county. In all counties containing a population of
2,000,000 or | ||||||
3 | more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
more, | ||||||
4 | the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships | ||||||
5 | as
the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of | ||||||
6 | townships as
the case may be, the township committeemen from | ||||||
7 | the respective townships
or parts of townships as the case may | ||||||
8 | be choosing the number of
delegates to which such townships or | ||||||
9 | parts of townships as the case may
be are entitled, on the | ||||||
10 | basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such | ||||||
11 | delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
| ||||||
12 | convention from such county.
| ||||||
13 | Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | ||||||
14 | party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | ||||||
15 | (a) of Section 7-8
shall be a delegate to the State Convention, | ||||||
16 | if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.
| ||||||
17 | Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | ||||||
18 | party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | ||||||
19 | (a) of Section 7-8 may
appoint 2 delegates to the State | ||||||
20 | Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, | ||||||
21 | who must be residents of the
member's Congressional District.
| ||||||
22 | (b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after the
| ||||||
23 | general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years thereafter. | ||||||
24 | In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,
the chairman of | ||||||
25 | a State central committee may issue a call for a State
| ||||||
26 | convention within 180 days after the general primary.
|
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| |||||||
1 | The State
convention of each political party, if the party | ||||||
2 | chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
| ||||||
3 | nominations of candidates of its political party for the | ||||||
4 | electors of
President and Vice President of the United States, | ||||||
5 | and to adopt any party
platform, and, to the
extent determined | ||||||
6 | by the State central committee as provided in Section
7-14, to | ||||||
7 | choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
| ||||||
8 | national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee | ||||||
9 | may adopt
rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the | ||||||
10 | State convention.
| ||||||
11 | (c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention, if | ||||||
12 | the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall,
within 2 | ||||||
13 | days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
| ||||||
14 | this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses | ||||||
15 | of all
persons nominated by such State convention for electors | ||||||
16 | of President and
Vice President of the United States, and of | ||||||
17 | any persons selected by the State
convention for
delegates and | ||||||
18 | alternate delegates at large to national nominating
| ||||||
19 | conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such | ||||||
20 | State
convention for electors of President and Vice President | ||||||
21 | of the United
States, shall be caused by
the State Board of | ||||||
22 | Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at
the general | ||||||
23 | election, in the manner required by law, and shall be
certified | ||||||
24 | to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the
| ||||||
25 | manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the | ||||||
26 | certifying
of the names of persons nominated by any party for |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | State offices. If and
as long as this Act prescribes that the | ||||||
2 | names of such electors be not
printed on the ballot, then the | ||||||
3 | names of such electors shall be
certified in such manner as may | ||||||
4 | be prescribed by the parts of this Act
applicable thereto.
| ||||||
5 | (d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State | ||||||
6 | convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
| ||||||
7 | political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
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8 | (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention, | ||||||
9 | if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chairman | ||||||
10 | of the State central committee of each political
party shall | ||||||
11 | file in the principal office of the State Board of
Elections a | ||||||
12 | call for the State convention. Such call shall state, among
| ||||||
13 | other things, the time and place (designating the building or | ||||||
14 | hall) for
holding the State convention. Such call shall be | ||||||
15 | signed by the chairman
and attested by the secretary of the | ||||||
16 | committee. In such convention each
county shall be entitled to | ||||||
17 | one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by
the primary electors | ||||||
18 | of the party in such county at the primary to be
held next | ||||||
19 | after the issuance of such call; and if in such county, less
| ||||||
20 | than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so | ||||||
21 | voted is
not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one | ||||||
22 | delegate for such
group which is less than 500, or for such | ||||||
23 | group representing the number
of votes over the multiple of | ||||||
24 | 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of
one vote for each | ||||||
25 | primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
| ||||||
26 | convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in |
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1 | full and
shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen | ||||||
2 | be calculated in
compliance herewith and that such number of | ||||||
3 | delegates be chosen.
| ||||||
4 | (f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when | ||||||
5 | elected as
provided in this Section shall serve as though | ||||||
6 | elected at large
irrespective of any changes that may be made | ||||||
7 | in precinct, township or
ward boundaries and the voting | ||||||
8 | strength of each committeeman shall
remain as provided in this | ||||||
9 | Section for the entire time for which he is
elected.
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10 | (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in | ||||||
11 | this
Section shall serve until their successors are elected as | ||||||
12 | provided in
this Act.
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13 | (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be | ||||||
14 | called by the
chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members | ||||||
15 | of such committee, by
giving 5 days notice to members of such | ||||||
16 | committee in writing designating
the time and place at which | ||||||
17 | such special meeting is to be held and the
business which it is | ||||||
18 | proposed to present at such special meeting.
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19 | (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a | ||||||
20 | vacancy
exists in the office of precinct committeeman because | ||||||
21 | no one was elected
to that office or because the precinct | ||||||
22 | committeeman ceases to reside in
the precinct or for any other | ||||||
23 | reason, the chairman of the county
central committee of the | ||||||
24 | appropriate political party may fill the
vacancy in such office | ||||||
25 | by appointment of a qualified resident of the
county and the | ||||||
26 | appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though
elected; |
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1 | however, no such appointment may be made between the general
| ||||||
2 | primary election and the 30th day after the general primary | ||||||
3 | election.
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4 | (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State | ||||||
5 | of Illinois
is reduced as a result of reapportionment of | ||||||
6 | Congressional Districts
following a federal decennial census, | ||||||
7 | the State Central Committeemen and
Committeewomen of a | ||||||
8 | political
party which elects its State Central
Committee by | ||||||
9 | either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
of | ||||||
10 | Section 7-8 who were
previously elected shall continue to serve | ||||||
11 | as if no reapportionment had
occurred until the expiration of | ||||||
12 | their terms.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
| ||||||
14 | (10 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-12)
| ||||||
15 | Sec. 7-12. All petitions for nomination shall be filed by | ||||||
16 | mail or
in person as follows: | ||||||
17 | (1) Where the nomination is to be made for a State, | ||||||
18 | congressional, or
judicial office, or for any office a | ||||||
19 | nomination for which is made for a
territorial division or | ||||||
20 | district which comprises more than one county or
is partly | ||||||
21 | in one county and partly in another county or counties, | ||||||
22 | then,
except as otherwise provided in this Section, such | ||||||
23 | petition for nomination
shall be filed in the principal | ||||||
24 | office of the State Board of Elections not
more than 113 | ||||||
25 | and not less than 106 days prior to the date of the |
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1 | primary,
but, in the case of petitions for nomination to | ||||||
2 | fill a vacancy by special
election in the office of | ||||||
3 | representative in Congress from this State, such
petition | ||||||
4 | for nomination shall be filed in the principal office of | ||||||
5 | the State
Board of Elections not more than 85 days and not | ||||||
6 | less than 82 days prior to
the date of the primary.
| ||||||
7 | Where a vacancy occurs in the office of Supreme, | ||||||
8 | Appellate or Circuit
Court Judge within the 3-week period | ||||||
9 | preceding the 106th day before a
general primary election, | ||||||
10 | petitions for nomination for the office in which
the | ||||||
11 | vacancy has occurred shall be filed in the principal office | ||||||
12 | of the
State Board of Elections not more than 92 nor less | ||||||
13 | than 85 days prior to
the date of the general primary | ||||||
14 | election.
| ||||||
15 | Where the nomination is to be made for delegates or | ||||||
16 | alternate
delegates to a national nominating convention, | ||||||
17 | then such petition for
nomination shall be filed in the | ||||||
18 | principal office of the State Board of
Elections not more | ||||||
19 | than 113 and not less than 106 days prior to the date of
| ||||||
20 | the primary; provided, however, that if the rules or | ||||||
21 | policies of a national
political party conflict with such | ||||||
22 | requirements for filing petitions for
nomination for | ||||||
23 | delegates or alternate delegates to a national nominating
| ||||||
24 | convention, the chairman of the State central committee of | ||||||
25 | such national
political party shall notify the Board in | ||||||
26 | writing, citing by reference the
rules or policies of the |
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| |||||||
1 | national political party in conflict, and in such
case the | ||||||
2 | Board shall direct such petitions to be filed in accordance | ||||||
3 | with the delegate selection plan adopted by the state | ||||||
4 | central committee of such national political party.
| ||||||
5 | (2) Where the nomination is to be made for a county | ||||||
6 | office or trustee
of a sanitary district then such petition | ||||||
7 | shall be filed in the office
of the county clerk not more | ||||||
8 | than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the
date of the | ||||||
9 | primary.
| ||||||
10 | (3) Where the nomination is to be made for a municipal | ||||||
11 | or township
office, such petitions for nomination shall be | ||||||
12 | filed in the office of
the local election official, not | ||||||
13 | more than 99 nor less than 92 days
prior to the date of the | ||||||
14 | primary; provided, where a municipality's or
township's | ||||||
15 | boundaries are coextensive with or are entirely within the
| ||||||
16 | jurisdiction of a municipal board of election | ||||||
17 | commissioners, the petitions
shall be filed in the office | ||||||
18 | of such board; and provided, that petitions
for the office | ||||||
19 | of multi-township assessor shall be filed with the election
| ||||||
20 | authority.
| ||||||
21 | (4) The petitions of candidates for State central | ||||||
22 | committeeman shall
be filed in the principal office of the | ||||||
23 | State Board of Elections not
more than 113 nor less than | ||||||
24 | 106 days prior to the date of the primary.
| ||||||
25 | (5) Petitions of candidates for precinct, township or | ||||||
26 | ward
committeemen shall be filed in the office of the |
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| |||||||
1 | county clerk not more
than 113 nor less than 106 days prior | ||||||
2 | to the date of the primary.
| ||||||
3 | (6) The State Board of Elections and the various | ||||||
4 | election authorities
and local election officials with | ||||||
5 | whom such petitions for nominations
are filed shall specify | ||||||
6 | the place where filings shall be made and upon
receipt | ||||||
7 | shall endorse thereon the day and hour on which each | ||||||
8 | petition
was filed. All petitions filed by persons waiting | ||||||
9 | in line as of 8:00
a.m. on the first day for filing, or as | ||||||
10 | of the normal opening hour of
the office involved on such | ||||||
11 | day, shall be deemed filed as of 8:00 a.m.
or the normal | ||||||
12 | opening hour, as the case may be. Petitions filed by mail
| ||||||
13 | and received after midnight of the first day for filing and | ||||||
14 | in the first
mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be | ||||||
15 | deemed as filed as of 8:00
a.m. of that day or as of the | ||||||
16 | normal opening hour of such day, as the
case may be. All | ||||||
17 | petitions received thereafter shall be deemed as filed
in | ||||||
18 | the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions | ||||||
19 | filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be | ||||||
20 | deemed filed simultaneously. Where 2 or more petitions are | ||||||
21 | received
simultaneously, the State Board of Elections or | ||||||
22 | the various election
authorities or local election | ||||||
23 | officials with whom such petitions are
filed shall break | ||||||
24 | ties and determine the order of filing, by means of a
| ||||||
25 | lottery or other fair and impartial method of random | ||||||
26 | selection approved
by the State Board of Elections. Such |
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| |||||||
1 | lottery shall be conducted within
9 days following the last | ||||||
2 | day for petition filing and shall be open to the
public. | ||||||
3 | Seven days written notice of the time and place of | ||||||
4 | conducting such
random selection shall be given by the | ||||||
5 | State Board of Elections to the
chairman of the State | ||||||
6 | central committee of each established political
party, and | ||||||
7 | by each election authority or local election official, to | ||||||
8 | the
County Chairman of each established political party, | ||||||
9 | and to each
organization of citizens within the election | ||||||
10 | jurisdiction which was
entitled, under this Article, at the | ||||||
11 | next preceding election, to have
pollwatchers present on | ||||||
12 | the day of election. The State Board of Elections,
election | ||||||
13 | authority or local election official shall post in a | ||||||
14 | conspicuous,
open and public place, at the entrance of the | ||||||
15 | office, notice of the time
and place of such lottery. The | ||||||
16 | State Board of Elections shall adopt rules
and regulations | ||||||
17 | governing the procedures for the conduct of such lottery.
| ||||||
18 | All candidates shall be certified in the order in which | ||||||
19 | their petitions
have been filed. Where candidates have | ||||||
20 | filed simultaneously, they shall be
certified in the order | ||||||
21 | determined by lot and prior to candidates who filed
for the | ||||||
22 | same office at a later time.
| ||||||
23 | (7) The State Board of Elections or the appropriate | ||||||
24 | election
authority or local election official with whom | ||||||
25 | such a petition for
nomination is filed shall notify the | ||||||
26 | person for whom a petition for
nomination has been filed of |
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| |||||||
1 | the obligation to file statements of
organization, reports | ||||||
2 | of campaign contributions, and annual reports of
campaign | ||||||
3 | contributions and expenditures under Article 9 of this Act.
| ||||||
4 | Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by | ||||||
5 | paragraph (7) of
Section 9-16 of this Code.
| ||||||
6 | (8) Nomination papers filed under this Section are not | ||||||
7 | valid if the
candidate named therein fails to file a | ||||||
8 | statement of economic interests
as required by the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Governmental Ethics Act in relation to his
candidacy with | ||||||
10 | the appropriate officer by the end of the period for the
| ||||||
11 | filing of nomination papers unless he has filed a statement | ||||||
12 | of economic
interests in relation to the same governmental | ||||||
13 | unit with that officer
within a year preceding the date on | ||||||
14 | which such nomination papers were
filed. If the nomination | ||||||
15 | papers of any candidate and the statement of
economic | ||||||
16 | interest of that candidate are not required to be filed | ||||||
17 | with
the same officer, the candidate must file with the | ||||||
18 | officer with whom the
nomination papers are filed a receipt | ||||||
19 | from the officer with whom the
statement of economic | ||||||
20 | interests is filed showing the date on which such
statement | ||||||
21 | was filed. Such receipt shall be so filed not later than | ||||||
22 | the
last day on which nomination papers may be filed.
| ||||||
23 | (9) Any person for whom a petition for nomination, or | ||||||
24 | for committeeman or
for delegate or alternate delegate to a | ||||||
25 | national nominating convention has
been filed may cause his | ||||||
26 | name to be withdrawn by request in writing, signed
by him |
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| |||||||
1 | and duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
| ||||||
2 | acknowledgments of deeds, and filed in the principal or | ||||||
3 | permanent branch
office of the State Board of Elections or | ||||||
4 | with the appropriate election
authority or local election | ||||||
5 | official, not later than the date of
certification of | ||||||
6 | candidates for the consolidated primary or general primary
| ||||||
7 | ballot. No names so withdrawn shall be certified or printed | ||||||
8 | on the
primary ballot. If petitions for nomination have | ||||||
9 | been filed for the
same person with respect to more than | ||||||
10 | one political party, his name
shall not be certified nor | ||||||
11 | printed on the primary ballot of any party.
If petitions | ||||||
12 | for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or
| ||||||
13 | more offices which are incompatible so that the same person | ||||||
14 | could not
serve in more than one of such offices if | ||||||
15 | elected, that person must
withdraw as a candidate for all | ||||||
16 | but one of such offices within the
5 business days | ||||||
17 | following the last day for petition filing. A candidate in | ||||||
18 | a judicial election may file petitions for nomination for | ||||||
19 | only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only one vacancy in a | ||||||
20 | circuit in any one filing period, and if petitions for | ||||||
21 | nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or | ||||||
22 | more vacancies in the same circuit or subcircuit in the | ||||||
23 | same filing period, his or her name shall be certified only | ||||||
24 | for the first vacancy for which the petitions for | ||||||
25 | nomination were filed. If he fails to
withdraw as a | ||||||
26 | candidate for all but one of such offices within such time
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1 | his name shall not be certified, nor printed on the primary | ||||||
2 | ballot, for any
office. For the purpose of the foregoing | ||||||
3 | provisions, an office in a
political party is not | ||||||
4 | incompatible with any other office.
| ||||||
5 | (10)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | ||||||
6 | statute, no primary
shall be held for an established | ||||||
7 | political party in any township,
municipality, or ward | ||||||
8 | thereof, where the nomination of such
party for every | ||||||
9 | office to be voted upon by the electors of such
township, | ||||||
10 | municipality, or ward thereof, is uncontested. Whenever a
| ||||||
11 | political party's nomination of candidates is uncontested | ||||||
12 | as to one or
more, but not all, of the offices to be voted | ||||||
13 | upon by the electors of a
township, municipality, or ward | ||||||
14 | thereof, then a primary shall
be held for that party in | ||||||
15 | such township, municipality, or ward thereof;
provided | ||||||
16 | that the primary ballot shall not include those offices
| ||||||
17 | within such township, municipality, or ward thereof, for | ||||||
18 | which the
nomination is uncontested. For purposes of this | ||||||
19 | Article, the nomination
of an established political party | ||||||
20 | of a candidate for election to an office
shall be deemed to | ||||||
21 | be uncontested where not more than the number of persons
to | ||||||
22 | be nominated have timely filed valid nomination papers | ||||||
23 | seeking the
nomination of such party for election to such | ||||||
24 | office.
| ||||||
25 | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other | ||||||
26 | statute, no primary
election shall be held for an |
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| |||||||
1 | established political party for any special
primary | ||||||
2 | election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the | ||||||
3 | office
of representative in the United States Congress | ||||||
4 | where the nomination of
such political party for said | ||||||
5 | office is uncontested. For the purposes of
this Article, | ||||||
6 | the nomination of an established political party of a
| ||||||
7 | candidate for election to said office shall be deemed to be | ||||||
8 | uncontested
where not more than the number of persons to be | ||||||
9 | nominated have timely filed
valid nomination papers | ||||||
10 | seeking the nomination of such established party
for | ||||||
11 | election to said office. This subsection (b) shall not | ||||||
12 | apply if such
primary election is conducted on a regularly | ||||||
13 | scheduled election day.
| ||||||
14 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to | ||||||
15 | the contrary in subparagraph (a) and (b) of this
paragraph | ||||||
16 | (10) , whenever a person who has not timely filed valid | ||||||
17 | nomination
papers and who intends to become a write-in | ||||||
18 | candidate for a political
party's nomination in the general | ||||||
19 | primary election for any office for which the nomination is | ||||||
20 | uncontested
files a written statement or notice of that | ||||||
21 | intent with the State Board of
Elections or the local | ||||||
22 | election official with whom nomination papers for
such | ||||||
23 | office are filed, a primary ballot shall be prepared and a | ||||||
24 | primary
shall be held for that office. Such statement or | ||||||
25 | notice shall be filed on
or before the date established in | ||||||
26 | this Article for certifying candidates
for the primary |
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| |||||||
1 | ballot. Such statement or notice shall contain (i) the
name | ||||||
2 | and address of the person intending to become a write-in | ||||||
3 | candidate,
(ii) a statement that the person is a qualified | ||||||
4 | primary elector of the
political party from whom the | ||||||
5 | nomination is sought, (iii) a statement that
the person | ||||||
6 | intends to become a write-in candidate for the party's
| ||||||
7 | nomination, and (iv) the office the person is seeking as a | ||||||
8 | write-in
candidate. An election authority shall have no | ||||||
9 | duty to conduct a primary
and prepare a primary ballot for | ||||||
10 | any office for which the nomination is
uncontested unless a | ||||||
11 | statement or notice meeting the requirements of this
| ||||||
12 | Section is filed in a timely manner.
| ||||||
13 | (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to | ||||||
14 | the contrary, whenever a person who has not timely filed | ||||||
15 | valid nomination papers and who intends to become a | ||||||
16 | write-in candidate for a political party's nomination in | ||||||
17 | the consolidated primary election for any office for which | ||||||
18 | the nomination is uncontested files a written statement or | ||||||
19 | notice of that intent with the State Board of Elections or | ||||||
20 | the local election official with whom nomination papers for | ||||||
21 | such office are filed, no primary ballot shall be printed. | ||||||
22 | Where no primary is held, a person intending to become a | ||||||
23 | write-in candidate at the consolidated primary election | ||||||
24 | may re-file a declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
25 | candidate for the consolidated election with the | ||||||
26 | appropriate election authority or authorities. |
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1 | (11) If multiple sets of nomination papers are filed | ||||||
2 | for a candidate to
the same office, the State Board of | ||||||
3 | Elections, appropriate election
authority or local | ||||||
4 | election official where the petitions are filed shall
| ||||||
5 | within 2 business days notify the candidate of his or her | ||||||
6 | multiple petition
filings and that the candidate has 3 | ||||||
7 | business days after receipt of the
notice to notify the | ||||||
8 | State Board of Elections, appropriate election
authority | ||||||
9 | or local election official that he or she may cancel prior | ||||||
10 | sets
of petitions. If the candidate notifies the State | ||||||
11 | Board of Elections,
appropriate election authority or | ||||||
12 | local election official, the last set of
petitions filed | ||||||
13 | shall be the only petitions to be considered valid by the
| ||||||
14 | State Board of Elections, election authority or local | ||||||
15 | election official. If
the candidate fails to notify the | ||||||
16 | State Board of Elections, election authority
or local
| ||||||
17 | election official then only the first set of petitions | ||||||
18 | filed shall be valid
and all subsequent petitions shall be | ||||||
19 | void.
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20 | (12) All nominating petitions shall be available for | ||||||
21 | public inspection
and shall be preserved for a period of | ||||||
22 | not less than 6 months.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 99-221, eff. 7-31-15.)
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24 | (10 ILCS 5/7-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)
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25 | Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of |
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| |||||||
1 | votes at a
primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination | ||||||
2 | for an office shall
be the candidate of that party for such | ||||||
3 | office, and his name as such
candidate shall be placed on the | ||||||
4 | official ballot at the election then
next ensuing; provided, | ||||||
5 | that where there are two or more persons to be
nominated for | ||||||
6 | the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
| ||||||
7 | receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and | ||||||
8 | their names
shall be placed on the official ballot at the | ||||||
9 | following election.
| ||||||
10 | Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act, | ||||||
11 | the
person receiving the highest number of votes of his party | ||||||
12 | for
State central committeeman of his congressional district | ||||||
13 | shall be
declared elected State central committeeman from said | ||||||
14 | congressional
district.
| ||||||
15 | Unless a national political party specifies that delegates | ||||||
16 | and
alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be | ||||||
17 | allocated by
proportional selection representation according | ||||||
18 | to the results of a
Presidential preference primary, the | ||||||
19 | requisite number of persons
receiving the highest number of | ||||||
20 | votes of their party for delegates and
alternate delegates to | ||||||
21 | National nominating conventions from the State at
large, and | ||||||
22 | the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
| ||||||
23 | votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to | ||||||
24 | National
nominating conventions in their respective | ||||||
25 | congressional districts shall be
declared elected delegates | ||||||
26 | and alternate delegates to the National
nominating conventions |
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1 | of their party.
| ||||||
2 | A political party which elects the members to its State | ||||||
3 | Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of | ||||||
4 | Section 7-8 shall select its
congressional district delegates | ||||||
5 | and alternate delegates to its national
nominating convention | ||||||
6 | by proportional selection representation according to
the | ||||||
7 | results of a Presidential preference primary in each | ||||||
8 | congressional
district in the manner provided by the rules of | ||||||
9 | the national political
party and the State Central Committee, | ||||||
10 | when the rules and policies of the
national political party so | ||||||
11 | require.
| ||||||
12 | A political party which elects the members to its State | ||||||
13 | Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of | ||||||
14 | Section 7-8 shall select its
at large delegates and alternate | ||||||
15 | delegates to its national
nominating convention by | ||||||
16 | proportional selection representation according to
the results | ||||||
17 | of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
| ||||||
18 | manner provided by the rules of the national political party | ||||||
19 | and the State
Central Committee, when the rules and policies of | ||||||
20 | the national political
party so require.
| ||||||
21 | The person receiving the highest number of votes of his | ||||||
22 | party for
precinct committeeman of his precinct shall be | ||||||
23 | declared elected precinct
committeeman from said precinct.
| ||||||
24 | The person receiving the highest number of votes of his | ||||||
25 | party for
township committeeman of his township or part of a | ||||||
26 | township as the case
may be, shall be declared elected township |
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| |||||||
1 | committeeman from said
township or part of a township as the | ||||||
2 | case may be. In cities where ward
committeemen are elected, the | ||||||
3 | person receiving the highest number of
votes of his party for | ||||||
4 | ward committeeman of his ward shall be declared
elected ward | ||||||
5 | committeeman from said ward.
| ||||||
6 | When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest | ||||||
7 | number of
votes for the nomination for the same office or for | ||||||
8 | committeeman of the
same political party, or where more than | ||||||
9 | one person of the same
political party is to be nominated as a | ||||||
10 | candidate for office or
committeeman, if it appears that more | ||||||
11 | than the number of persons to be
nominated for an office or | ||||||
12 | elected committeeman have the highest and an
equal number of | ||||||
13 | votes for the nomination for the same office or for
election as | ||||||
14 | committeeman, the election authority by which the returns of | ||||||
15 | the primary
are canvassed shall decide by lot which of said | ||||||
16 | persons shall be
nominated or elected, as the case may be. In | ||||||
17 | such case the election authority shall issue notice in writing | ||||||
18 | to such persons of such tie vote
stating therein the place, the | ||||||
19 | day (which shall not be more than 5 days thereafter) and the | ||||||
20 | hour when such nomination or election shall
be so determined.
| ||||||
21 | (b) Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who | ||||||
22 | have filed
notarized declarations of intent to be write-in | ||||||
23 | candidates with the proper
election authority or authorities no | ||||||
24 | more than 106 days before, and not later than 61 days prior to
| ||||||
25 | the primary. However, whenever an objection to a candidate's | ||||||
26 | nominating papers or petitions for any office is sustained |
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| |||||||
1 | under Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the election, | ||||||
2 | then write-in votes shall be counted for that candidate if he | ||||||
3 | or she has filed a notarized declaration of intent to be a | ||||||
4 | write-in candidate for that office with the proper election | ||||||
5 | authority or authorities not later than 7 days prior to the | ||||||
6 | election.
| ||||||
7 | Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
8 | candidate shall be
supplied by the election authorities. A | ||||||
9 | declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall include: | ||||||
10 | (1) the name and address of the person intending to | ||||||
11 | become a write-in candidate; | ||||||
12 | (2) the office sought; | ||||||
13 | (3) the date of the election; and | ||||||
14 | (4) the notarized signature of the candidate or | ||||||
15 | candidates. | ||||||
16 | A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate that | ||||||
17 | does not include the information required by paragraphs (1) | ||||||
18 | through (4) shall not be accepted. | ||||||
19 | Persons intending to become write-in candidates for | ||||||
20 | the offices of President of the United States and Vice | ||||||
21 | President of the United States or Governor and Lieutenant | ||||||
22 | Governor shall file one joint declaration of intent to be a | ||||||
23 | write-in candidate that identifies the candidate for each | ||||||
24 | office. Such declaration shall specify the
office for which | ||||||
25 | the person seeks nomination or election as a write-in
| ||||||
26 | candidate.
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| |||||||
1 | The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list | ||||||
2 | of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the election | ||||||
3 | judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the primary.
| ||||||
4 | (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | ||||||
5 | Section, where
the number of candidates whose names have been | ||||||
6 | printed on a party's
ballot for nomination for or election to | ||||||
7 | an office at a primary is less
than the number of persons the | ||||||
8 | party is entitled to nominate for or elect
to the office at the | ||||||
9 | primary, a person whose name was not printed on the
party's | ||||||
10 | primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to | ||||||
11 | the
office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a | ||||||
12 | result of a
write-in vote at the primary unless the number of | ||||||
13 | votes he received equals
or exceeds the number of signatures | ||||||
14 | required on a petition for nomination
for that office; or | ||||||
15 | unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the
number of | ||||||
16 | votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names | ||||||
17 | were
printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or | ||||||
18 | election to the same
office.
| ||||||
19 | (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where | ||||||
20 | the number
of candidates whose names have been printed on the | ||||||
21 | party's ballot for
nomination for or election to the office at | ||||||
22 | the primary equals or exceeds
the number of persons the party | ||||||
23 | is entitled to nominate for or elect to the
office at the | ||||||
24 | primary.
| ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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| |||||||
1 | (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization, the | ||||||
3 | county
board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July
in | ||||||
4 | each
even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5 | ||||||
5 | capable and
discreet persons meeting the qualifications of | ||||||
6 | Section 13-4 to
be judges of election. Where neither voting | ||||||
7 | machines nor electronic,
mechanical or electric voting systems | ||||||
8 | are used, the county board may,
for any precinct with respect | ||||||
9 | to which the board considers such action
necessary or desirable | ||||||
10 | in view of the number of voters, and shall for
general | ||||||
11 | elections for any precinct containing more than 600 registered
| ||||||
12 | voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of election a team | ||||||
13 | of 5
tally judges. In such precincts the judges of election | ||||||
14 | shall preside
over the election during the hours the polls are | ||||||
15 | open, and the tally
judges, with the assistance of the holdover | ||||||
16 | judges designated pursuant
to Section 13-6.2, shall count the | ||||||
17 | vote after the closing of the polls.
However, the County Board | ||||||
18 | of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of election
to serve in | ||||||
19 | lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
| ||||||
20 | Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any | ||||||
21 | odd-year regular
election or in any special primary or special | ||||||
22 | election called
for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the | ||||||
23 | office of representative in
the United States Congress or to | ||||||
24 | nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county board | ||||||
25 | passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of election | ||||||
26 | to 3 for primary elections. In addition, an election authority |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | may reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct | ||||||
2 | from 5 to 3 for any election.
The tally judges shall possess | ||||||
3 | the same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same | ||||||
4 | manner and with the same division between
political parties as | ||||||
5 | is provided for judges of election.
| ||||||
6 | In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
| ||||||
7 | commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, | ||||||
8 | who shall
possess the same qualifications and shall be | ||||||
9 | appointed in the same
manner and with the same division between | ||||||
10 | political parties as is
provided for other judges of election. | ||||||
11 | The number of such panels of
judges required shall be | ||||||
12 | determined by regulations of the State Board of
Elections which | ||||||
13 | shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
number | ||||||
14 | of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of vote | ||||||
15 | by mail
ballots voted at recent elections, or any combination | ||||||
16 | of such factors.
| ||||||
17 | Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as | ||||||
18 | provided in
Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3 | ||||||
19 | persons of the same
political party shall be appointed judges | ||||||
20 | of the same election precinct
or election judge panel. The | ||||||
21 | appointment shall be made in the following
manner: The county | ||||||
22 | board of commissioners shall select and approve 3
persons as | ||||||
23 | judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
| ||||||
24 | list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee | ||||||
25 | of the
first leading political party in such precinct; and the | ||||||
26 | county board of
commissioners shall also select and approve 2 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | persons as judges of
election in each election precinct from a | ||||||
2 | certified list, furnished by
the chairman of the County Central | ||||||
3 | Committee of the second leading
political party. However, if | ||||||
4 | only 3 judges of election serve in each
election precinct, no | ||||||
5 | more than 2 persons of the same political party shall
be judges | ||||||
6 | of election in the same election precinct; and which political
| ||||||
7 | party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political | ||||||
8 | party is
entitled to one judge of election shall be determined | ||||||
9 | in the same manner as
set forth in the next two preceding | ||||||
10 | sentences with regard to 5 election
judges in each precinct. | ||||||
11 | Such certified list shall be filed with the county
clerk not | ||||||
12 | less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county
board | ||||||
13 | of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
| ||||||
14 | precincts. The chairman of each county central committee shall, | ||||||
15 | insofar
as possible, list persons who reside within the | ||||||
16 | precinct in which they
are to serve as judges. However, he may, | ||||||
17 | in his sole discretion, submit
the names of persons who reside | ||||||
18 | outside the precinct but within the
county embracing the | ||||||
19 | precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
however, submit | ||||||
20 | the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for
each | ||||||
21 | precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit | ||||||
22 | the
name of at least one resident of the precinct for each | ||||||
23 | precinct in which
his party is to have 2 judges. The county | ||||||
24 | board of commissioners shall
acknowledge in writing to each | ||||||
25 | county chairman the names of all persons
submitted on such | ||||||
26 | certified list and the total number of persons listed
thereon. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
| ||||||
2 | no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for | ||||||
3 | certain
election precincts), the county board of commissioners | ||||||
4 | shall make or
complete such list from the names contained in | ||||||
5 | the supplemental list
provided for in Section 13-1.1. The | ||||||
6 | election judges shall hold their
office for 2 years from their | ||||||
7 | appointment, and until their successors
are duly appointed in | ||||||
8 | the manner provided in this Act. The county board
of | ||||||
9 | commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge | ||||||
10 | of
election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
| ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17.)
| ||||||
12 | (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
| ||||||
13 | Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the | ||||||
14 | county
board shall at its meeting in July in each even-numbered | ||||||
15 | year
except in counties containing a population of 3,000,000 | ||||||
16 | inhabitants or
over and except when such judges are appointed | ||||||
17 | by election
commissioners, select in each election precinct in | ||||||
18 | the county, 5 capable
and discreet persons to be judges of | ||||||
19 | election who shall
possess the
qualifications required by this | ||||||
20 | Act for such judges. Where neither
voting machines nor | ||||||
21 | electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
are used, the | ||||||
22 | county board may, for any precinct with respect to which
the | ||||||
23 | board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of | ||||||
24 | the
number of voters, and shall for general elections for any | ||||||
25 | precinct
containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | addition to the 5
judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. | ||||||
2 | In such precincts the
judges of election shall preside over the | ||||||
3 | election during the hours the
polls are open, and the tally | ||||||
4 | judges, with the assistance of the
holdover judges designated | ||||||
5 | pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the
vote after the | ||||||
6 | closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the
same | ||||||
7 | qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and | ||||||
8 | with
the same division between political parties as is provided | ||||||
9 | for judges of
election.
| ||||||
10 | However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election | ||||||
11 | to serve in
lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required | ||||||
12 | by this Section (1) to serve
in any emergency referendum, or in | ||||||
13 | any odd-year regular election
or in any special primary or | ||||||
14 | special election called for the purpose of
filling a vacancy in | ||||||
15 | the office of representative in the United States Congress
or | ||||||
16 | to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county | ||||||
17 | board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of | ||||||
18 | election to 3 for primary elections. In addition, an election | ||||||
19 | authority may reduce the number of judges of election in each | ||||||
20 | precinct from 5 to 3 for any election.
| ||||||
21 | In addition to such precinct judges, the county board shall | ||||||
22 | appoint
special panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the | ||||||
23 | same
qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner | ||||||
24 | and with the
same division between political parties as is | ||||||
25 | provided for other judges
of election. The number of such | ||||||
26 | panels of judges required shall be
determined by regulations of |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the State Board of Elections, which shall
base the required | ||||||
2 | number of special panels on the number of registered
voters in | ||||||
3 | the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at
| ||||||
4 | recent elections or any combination of such factors.
| ||||||
5 | No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be | ||||||
6 | appointed
judges in the same election district or undivided | ||||||
7 | precinct. The election
of the judges of election in the various | ||||||
8 | election precincts shall be
made in the following manner: The | ||||||
9 | county board shall
select and approve 3 of the election judges | ||||||
10 | in each precinct from a
certified list furnished by the | ||||||
11 | chairman of the County Central Committee
of the first leading | ||||||
12 | political party in such election precinct and shall also
select | ||||||
13 | and approve 2 judges of election in each election precinct from | ||||||
14 | a
certified list furnished by the chairman of the County | ||||||
15 | Central Committee
of the second leading political party in such | ||||||
16 | election precinct. However,
if only 3 judges of election serve | ||||||
17 | in each election precinct, no more than 2
persons of the same | ||||||
18 | political party shall be judges of election in the same
| ||||||
19 | election precinct; and which political party is entitled to 2 | ||||||
20 | judges of
election and which political party is entitled to one | ||||||
21 | judge of election shall
be determined in the same manner as set | ||||||
22 | forth in the next two preceding
sentences with regard to 5 | ||||||
23 | election judges in each precinct. The respective
County Central | ||||||
24 | Committee chairman shall notify the county board by June 1 of
| ||||||
25 | each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual | ||||||
26 | meeting of the county
board whether or not such certified list |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | will be filed by such chairman. Such
list shall be arranged | ||||||
2 | according to precincts. The chairman of each county
central | ||||||
3 | committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside | ||||||
4 | within
the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. | ||||||
5 | However, he may, in his sole
discretion, submit the names of | ||||||
6 | persons who reside outside the precinct but
within the county | ||||||
7 | embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
| ||||||
8 | however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the | ||||||
9 | precinct for each
precinct in which his party is to have 3 | ||||||
10 | judges and must submit the name of at
least one resident of the | ||||||
11 | precinct for each precinct in which his party is to
have 2 | ||||||
12 | judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the | ||||||
13 | county
clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of | ||||||
14 | the county board. The
county board shall acknowledge in writing | ||||||
15 | to each county chairman the names of
all persons submitted on | ||||||
16 | such certified list and the total number of persons
listed | ||||||
17 | thereon. If no such list is filed or the list is incomplete | ||||||
18 | (that is, no
names or an insufficient number of names are | ||||||
19 | furnished for certain election
precincts), the county board | ||||||
20 | shall make or complete such list from the names
contained in | ||||||
21 | the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,
| ||||||
22 | further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be | ||||||
23 | redistricted,
in whole or in part, subsequent to one general | ||||||
24 | election for Governor, and prior
to the next, the judges of | ||||||
25 | election to be selected for all new or altered
precincts shall | ||||||
26 | be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances of | ||||||
2 | the particular
case, but the majority of such judges for each | ||||||
3 | such precinct shall be selected
from the first leading | ||||||
4 | political party, and the minority judges from the second
| ||||||
5 | leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties | ||||||
6 | having a
population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the | ||||||
7 | selection of judges of election
shall be made in the same | ||||||
8 | manner in all respects as in other counties, except
that the | ||||||
9 | provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such | ||||||
10 | counties
and except that the county board shall meet during the | ||||||
11 | month of January for the
purpose of making such selection, each | ||||||
12 | township committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities | ||||||
13 | given to the chairman of the county central committee in this | ||||||
14 | Section for the precincts within his or her township, and the | ||||||
15 | township committeeperson shall notify the county board by the | ||||||
16 | preceding October 1 whether or
not the certified list will be | ||||||
17 | filed. Such judges of election shall hold their
office for 2 | ||||||
18 | years from their appointment and until their successors are | ||||||
19 | duly
appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county | ||||||
20 | board shall fill all
vacancies in the office of judges of | ||||||
21 | elections at any time in the manner herein
provided.
| ||||||
22 | Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by | ||||||
23 | the circuit
court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
| ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17.)
| ||||||
25 | (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners | ||||||
2 | established
or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and | ||||||
3 | in the
manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose no | ||||||
4 | less than 3 5 persons,
men or women, as judges of election for | ||||||
5 | each precinct in such
city, village or incorporated town.
| ||||||
6 | Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical | ||||||
7 | or
electric voting systems are used, the board of election
| ||||||
8 | commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
| ||||||
9 | board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
| ||||||
10 | the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
| ||||||
11 | precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint
in | ||||||
12 | addition to the 5 judges of election chosen under this | ||||||
13 | subsection a team of 5 tally judges.
In such precincts the | ||||||
14 | judges of election shall preside over the
election during the | ||||||
15 | hours the polls are open, and the tally
judges, with the | ||||||
16 | assistance of the holdover judges designated
pursuant to | ||||||
17 | Section
14-5.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the | ||||||
18 | polls.
The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications | ||||||
19 | and
shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same | ||||||
20 | division
between political parties as is provided for judges of | ||||||
21 | election.
The foregoing provisions relating to the appointment | ||||||
22 | of tally
judges are inapplicable in counties with a population | ||||||
23 | of
1,000,000 or more.
| ||||||
24 | (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
| ||||||
25 | (1) be citizens of the United States;
| ||||||
26 | (2) be of good repute and character and not subject to |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | the registration requirement of the Sex Offender | ||||||
2 | Registration Act;
| ||||||
3 | (3) be able to speak, read and write the English | ||||||
4 | language;
| ||||||
5 | (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of | ||||||
6 | arithmetic;
| ||||||
7 | (5) be of good understanding and capable;
| ||||||
8 | (6) not be candidates for any office at the election | ||||||
9 | and not
be elected committeemen;
| ||||||
10 | (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in | ||||||
11 | which
they are selected to serve, except that in each | ||||||
12 | precinct not
more than one judge of each party may be | ||||||
13 | appointed from outside
such precinct. Any judge so | ||||||
14 | appointed to serve in any precinct
in which he is not | ||||||
15 | entitled to vote must be entitled to vote
elsewhere within | ||||||
16 | the county which encompasses the precinct in
which such | ||||||
17 | judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise
meet the | ||||||
18 | qualifications of this Section, except as provided in | ||||||
19 | subsection (c)
or (c-5).
| ||||||
20 | (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit | ||||||
21 | a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an | ||||||
22 | election judge if, as of the date of the election at
which the | ||||||
23 | person serves as a judge, he or she:
| ||||||
24 | (1) is a U.S. citizen;
| ||||||
25 | (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in | ||||||
26 | a public or private secondary
school;
|
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| |||||||
1 | (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to | ||||||
2 | at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
| ||||||
3 | (4) has the written approval of the principal of the | ||||||
4 | secondary school he
or she attends at the time of | ||||||
5 | appointment;
| ||||||
6 | (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or | ||||||
7 | legal guardian;
| ||||||
8 | (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course | ||||||
9 | for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1, | ||||||
10 | 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
| ||||||
11 | (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and | ||||||
12 | service as an
election judge.
| ||||||
13 | No more than one election judge qualifying under this | ||||||
14 | subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to | ||||||
15 | appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must | ||||||
16 | certify
in writing to the election authority the political | ||||||
17 | party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
| ||||||
18 | Students appointed as election judges under this | ||||||
19 | subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the | ||||||
20 | day they serve as judges.
| ||||||
21 | (c-5) An election authority may establish a program to | ||||||
22 | permit a person who
is not entitled to vote in that precinct or | ||||||
23 | county to be appointed as an
election judge if, as of the date | ||||||
24 | of the election at which the person serves as
a judge, he or | ||||||
25 | she:
| ||||||
26 | (1) is a U.S. citizen;
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (2) is currently enrolled in a community college, as | ||||||
2 | defined in the Public Community College Act, or a public or | ||||||
3 | private Illinois university or
college;
| ||||||
4 | (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to | ||||||
5 | at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
| ||||||
6 | (4) has satisfactorily completed the training course | ||||||
7 | for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1, | ||||||
8 | 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
| ||||||
9 | (5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and | ||||||
10 | service as an
election judge.
| ||||||
11 | No more than one election judge qualifying under this | ||||||
12 | subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to | ||||||
13 | appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must | ||||||
14 | certify
in writing to the election authority the political | ||||||
15 | party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
| ||||||
16 | Students appointed as election judges under this | ||||||
17 | subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the | ||||||
18 | day they serve as judges.
| ||||||
19 | (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2 | ||||||
20 | additional
judges of election, one from each of the major | ||||||
21 | political parties,
for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any | ||||||
22 | precinct having more
than 600 voters as authorized
by Section | ||||||
23 | 11-3. These additional judges must meet the
qualifications | ||||||
24 | prescribed in this Section.
| ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07; 95-818, eff. 1-1-09; | ||||||
26 | 96-328, eff. 8-11-09 .)
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| |||||||
1 | (10 ILCS 5/17-16.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-16.1)
| ||||||
2 | Sec. 17-16.1. Write-in votes shall be counted only for | ||||||
3 | persons who have
filed notarized declarations of intent to be | ||||||
4 | write-in candidates with
the proper election authority or | ||||||
5 | authorities no more than 106 days before, and not later than 61 | ||||||
6 | days prior to
the election. However, whenever an objection to a | ||||||
7 | candidate's nominating papers or petitions for any office is | ||||||
8 | sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the | ||||||
9 | election, then write-in votes shall be counted for that | ||||||
10 | candidate if he or she has filed a notarized declaration of | ||||||
11 | intent to be a write-in candidate for that office with the | ||||||
12 | proper election authority or authorities not later than 7 days | ||||||
13 | prior to the election.
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14 | Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
15 | candidate shall
be supplied by the election authorities. A | ||||||
16 | declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall include: | ||||||
17 | (1) the name and address of the person intending to | ||||||
18 | become a write-in candidate; | ||||||
19 | (2) the office sought; | ||||||
20 | (3) the date of the election; and | ||||||
21 | (4) the notarized signature of the candidate or | ||||||
22 | candidates. | ||||||
23 | A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate that | ||||||
24 | does not include the information required by paragraphs (1) | ||||||
25 | through (4) shall not be accepted. |
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1 | Persons intending to become write-in candidates for | ||||||
2 | the offices of President of the United States and Vice | ||||||
3 | President of the United States or Governor and Lieutenant | ||||||
4 | Governor shall file one joint declaration of intent to be a | ||||||
5 | write-in candidate that identifies the candidate for each | ||||||
6 | office. A vote cast for either candidate shall constitute a | ||||||
7 | valid write-in vote for the team of candidates. Such | ||||||
8 | declaration shall specify
the office for which the person | ||||||
9 | seeks election as a write-in candidate.
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10 | The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list | ||||||
11 | of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the election | ||||||
12 | judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the election.
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13 | A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a | ||||||
14 | partisan
candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated | ||||||
15 | for his or her
nomination at the primary election is ineligible | ||||||
16 | to file a declaration of
intent to be a write-in candidate for | ||||||
17 | election in that general or consolidated
election.
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18 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
19 | candidates of
political parties are nominated by caucus who is | ||||||
20 | a participant in the
caucus and who is defeated for his or her | ||||||
21 | nomination at such caucus is
ineligible to file a declaration | ||||||
22 | of intent to be a write-in candidate for
election in that | ||||||
23 | general or consolidated election.
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24 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
25 | candidates are
nominated at a primary election on a nonpartisan | ||||||
26 | basis and who is defeated
for his or her nomination at the |
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1 | primary election is ineligible to file a
declaration of intent | ||||||
2 | to be a write-in candidate for election in that
general or | ||||||
3 | consolidated election.
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4 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to | ||||||
5 | votes
cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
6 | 16-5.01.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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8 | (10 ILCS 5/18-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 18-9.1)
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9 | Sec. 18-9.1. Write-in votes shall be counted only for | ||||||
10 | persons who have
filed notarized declarations of intent to be | ||||||
11 | write-in candidates with
the proper election authority or | ||||||
12 | authorities no more than 106 days before, and not later than 61 | ||||||
13 | days prior to
the election. However, whenever an objection to a | ||||||
14 | candidate's nominating papers or petitions is sustained under | ||||||
15 | Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the election, then | ||||||
16 | write-in votes shall be counted for that candidate if he or she | ||||||
17 | has filed a notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
18 | candidate for that office with the proper election authority or | ||||||
19 | authorities not later than 7 days prior to the election.
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20 | Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in | ||||||
21 | candidate shall
be supplied by the election authorities. A | ||||||
22 | declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall include: | ||||||
23 | (1) the name and address of the person intending to | ||||||
24 | become a write-in candidate; | ||||||
25 | (2) the office sought; |
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1 | (3) the date of the election; and | ||||||
2 | (4) the notarized signature of the candidate or | ||||||
3 | candidates. | ||||||
4 | A declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate that | ||||||
5 | does not include the information required by paragraphs (1) | ||||||
6 | through (4) shall not be accepted. | ||||||
7 | Persons intending to become write-in candidates for | ||||||
8 | the offices of President of the United States and Vice | ||||||
9 | President of the United States or Governor and Lieutenant | ||||||
10 | Governor shall file one joint declaration of intent to be a | ||||||
11 | write-in candidate that identifies the candidate for each | ||||||
12 | office. A vote cast for either candidate shall constitute a | ||||||
13 | valid write-in vote for the team of candidates. Such | ||||||
14 | declaration shall specify
the office for which the person | ||||||
15 | seeks election as a write-in candidate.
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16 | The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list | ||||||
17 | of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the election | ||||||
18 | judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the election.
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19 | A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a | ||||||
20 | partisan
candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated | ||||||
21 | for his or her
nomination at the primary election, is | ||||||
22 | ineligible to file a declaration of
intent to be a write-in | ||||||
23 | candidate for election in that general or
consolidated | ||||||
24 | election.
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25 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
26 | candidates of
political parties are nominated by caucus who is |
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1 | a participant in the
caucus and who is defeated for his or her | ||||||
2 | nomination at such caucus is
ineligible to file a declaration | ||||||
3 | of intent to be a write-in candidate for
election in that | ||||||
4 | general or consolidated election.
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5 | A candidate seeking election to an office for which | ||||||
6 | candidates are
nominated at a primary election on a nonpartisan | ||||||
7 | basis and who is defeated
for his or her nomination at the | ||||||
8 | primary election is ineligible to file a
declaration of intent | ||||||
9 | to be a write-in candidate for election in that
general or | ||||||
10 | consolidated election.
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11 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to apply to | ||||||
12 | votes
cast under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
13 | 16-5.01.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)
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15 | (10 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-3) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 19-3. The
application for vote by mail ballot shall be | ||||||
17 | substantially in the
following form: | ||||||
18 | APPLICATION FOR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT | ||||||
19 | To be voted at the .... election in the County of .... and | ||||||
20 | State of
Illinois, in the .... precinct of the (1) *township of | ||||||
21 | .... (2) *City of
.... or (3) *.... ward in the City of .... | ||||||
22 | I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the | ||||||
23 | (1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in | ||||||
24 | the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the | ||||||
25 | county of .... and
State of Illinois; that I have lived at such |
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1 | address for .... month(s)
last past; that I am lawfully | ||||||
2 | entitled to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be | ||||||
3 | held therein on ....; and that I wish to vote by vote by mail | ||||||
4 | ballot. | ||||||
5 | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | ||||||
6 | to be
voted by me at such election, and I agree that I shall | ||||||
7 | return such ballot or ballots to the
official issuing the same | ||||||
8 | prior to the closing of the polls on the date
of the election | ||||||
9 | or, if returned by mail, postmarked no later than election day, | ||||||
10 | for counting no later than during the period for counting | ||||||
11 | provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | ||||||
12 | following election day. | ||||||
13 | I understand that this application is made for an official | ||||||
14 | vote by mail ballot or ballots to be voted by me at the | ||||||
15 | election specified in this application and that I must submit a | ||||||
16 | separate application for an official vote by mail ballot or | ||||||
17 | ballots to be voted by me at any subsequent election. | ||||||
18 | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | ||||||
19 | 29-10 of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | ||||||
20 | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct. | ||||||
21 | .... | ||||||
22 | *fill in either (1), (2) or (3). | ||||||
23 | Post office address to which ballot is mailed: | ||||||
24 | ............... | ||||||
25 | However, if application is made for a primary election | ||||||
26 | ballot, such
application shall require the applicant to |
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1 | designate the name of the political party with which
the | ||||||
2 | applicant is affiliated. | ||||||
3 | If application is made electronically, the applicant shall | ||||||
4 | mark the box associated with the above described statement | ||||||
5 | included as part of the online application certifying that the | ||||||
6 | statements set forth in this application are true and correct, | ||||||
7 | and a signature is not required. | ||||||
8 | Any person may produce, reproduce, distribute, or return to | ||||||
9 | an election authority the application for vote by mail ballot. | ||||||
10 | Any campaign, party, or other organization or individual that | ||||||
11 | engages in a vote by mail operation in which voters are sent | ||||||
12 | applications for vote by mail ballots shall also provide the | ||||||
13 | voter with a return envelope addressed only to the appropriate | ||||||
14 | local election authority for that registered voter. Removing, | ||||||
15 | tampering with, or otherwise knowingly making the postmark on | ||||||
16 | the application unreadable by the election authority shall | ||||||
17 | establish a rebuttable presumption of a violation of this | ||||||
18 | paragraph. Upon receipt, the appropriate election authority | ||||||
19 | shall accept and promptly process any application for vote by | ||||||
20 | mail ballot submitted in a form substantially similar to that | ||||||
21 | required by this Section, including any substantially similar | ||||||
22 | production or reproduction generated by the applicant. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; | ||||||
24 | 99-522, eff. 6-30-16.)
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25 | (10 ILCS 5/22-19 new) |
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1 | Sec. 22-19. Risk-limiting election audits. | ||||||
2 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election | ||||||
3 | authority is authorized to conduct a risk-limiting audit before | ||||||
4 | the certification of the results of an election as provided | ||||||
5 | under Section 22-18. The determination to conduct a | ||||||
6 | risk-limiting audit, the scope of an audit, and the uses of the | ||||||
7 | results of an audit are entirely within the discretion of the | ||||||
8 | election authority. The provisions of the law regarding the | ||||||
9 | anonymity of the ballot and chain of custody shall be observed | ||||||
10 | in any process conducted under this subsection (a). | ||||||
11 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election | ||||||
12 | authority is authorized to conduct a risk-limiting audit after | ||||||
13 | the results of an election have been certified and the period | ||||||
14 | for filing an election contest has expired. The determination | ||||||
15 | to conduct a risk-limiting audit, the scope of an audit, and | ||||||
16 | the uses of the results of an audit are entirely within the | ||||||
17 | discretion of the election authority. | ||||||
18 | (c) The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules to | ||||||
19 | create a certification process for certifying that the | ||||||
20 | procedure to be used by an election authority comports with the | ||||||
21 | requirements of this Section, uses generally-accepted | ||||||
22 | statistical methods, and meets the standards for best practices | ||||||
23 | to insure statistically sound results. Upon application by an | ||||||
24 | election authority, accompanied by a sufficient showing of the | ||||||
25 | statistical soundness of an election authority's risk-limiting | ||||||
26 | audit methods, the State Board of Elections may waive the |
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1 | certification process requirement for that election authority, | ||||||
2 | notwithstanding the rules adopted under this subsection (c). | ||||||
3 | (d) For the purposes of this Section, "risk-limiting audit" | ||||||
4 | means a process of examining election materials, including | ||||||
5 | ballots, under an audit protocol that makes use of statistical | ||||||
6 | methods and is designed to limit the risk of the certification | ||||||
7 | of an incorrect election outcome. The method used in a | ||||||
8 | risk-limiting audit shall be capable of producing an outcome | ||||||
9 | that demonstrates a strong statistical likelihood that the | ||||||
10 | outcome of an election is correct.
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11 | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | ||||||
12 | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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