Full Text of SB2930 93rd General Assembly
SB2930 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2930
Introduced 2/6/2004, by William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/11-2 |
from Ch. 46, par. 11-2 |
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Amends the Election Code. Increases the maximum number of voters per precinct from 800 to 1,600 in counties with a population under 750,000. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 11-2 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/11-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-2)
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| Sec. 11-2. The County Board in each county, except in | 8 |
| counties having
a population of 750,000
3,000,000 inhabitants | 9 |
| or over, shall, at its regular
meeting in June, divide its | 10 |
| election precincts which contain more than
1,600
800 voters, | 11 |
| into election districts so that each district shall contain,
as | 12 |
| near as may be practicable, 500 voters, and not more in any | 13 |
| case than
1,600
800 . Whenever the County Board ascertains that | 14 |
| any election precinct
contains more than 600 registered voters, | 15 |
| it may divide such precinct,
at its regular meeting in June, | 16 |
| into election precincts so that each
precinct shall contain, as | 17 |
| nearly as may be practicable, 500 voters. Insofar as
is | 18 |
| practicable, each precinct shall be situated within a single | 19 |
| congressional,
legislative and representative district and in | 20 |
| not more than one County Board
district and one municipal ward. | 21 |
| In order to situate each precinct within a
single district or | 22 |
| ward, the County Board shall change the boundaries of
election | 23 |
| precincts after each decennial census as soon as is practicable
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| following the completion of congressional and legislative | 25 |
| redistricting.
In determining whether a division of precincts | 26 |
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made, the county board may anticipate increased voter | 27 |
| registration in
any precinct in which there is in progress new | 28 |
| construction of dwelling
units which will be occupied by voters | 29 |
| more than 30 days before the next
election. Each district shall | 30 |
| be composed of contiguous territory in as
compact form as can | 31 |
| be for the convenience of the electors voting
therein. The | 32 |
| several county boards in establishing districts shall
describe |
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| them by metes and bounds and number them. And so often
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| thereafter as it shall appear by the number of votes cast at | 3 |
| the general
election held in November of any year, that any | 4 |
| election district or
undivided election precinct contains more | 5 |
| than 1,600
800 voters, the County
Board of the county in which | 6 |
| the district or precinct may be, shall at
its regular meeting | 7 |
| in June, or an adjourned meeting in July next, after
such | 8 |
| November election, redivide or readjust such election district | 9 |
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election precinct, so that no district or election precinct | 10 |
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contain more than the number of votes above specified. If | 11 |
| for any reason
the County Board fails in any year to redivide | 12 |
| or readjust the election
districts or election precinct, then | 13 |
| the districts or precincts as then
existing shall continue | 14 |
| until the next regular June meeting of the
County Board; at | 15 |
| which regular June meeting or an adjourned meeting in
July the | 16 |
| County Board shall redivide or readjust the election districts
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| or election precincts in manner as herein required. When at any | 18 |
| meeting
of the County Board any redivision, readjustment or | 19 |
| change in name or
number of election districts or election | 20 |
| precincts is made by the County
Board, the County Clerk shall | 21 |
| immediately notify the State Board of
Elections of such | 22 |
| redivision, readjustment or change. The County Board
in every | 23 |
| case shall fix and establish the places for holding elections
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| in its respective county and all elections shall be held at the | 25 |
| places
so fixed. The polling places shall in all cases be upon | 26 |
| the ground floor
in the front room, the entrance to which is in | 27 |
| a highway or public
street which is at least 40 feet wide, and | 28 |
| is as near the center of the
voting population of the precinct | 29 |
| as is practicable, and for the
convenience of the greatest | 30 |
| number of electors to vote thereat;
provided, however, where | 31 |
| the County Board is unable to secure a suitable
polling place | 32 |
| within the boundaries of a precinct, it may select a
polling | 33 |
| place at the most conveniently located suitable place outside
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| the precinct; but in no case shall an election be held in any | 35 |
| room used
or occupied as a saloon, dramshop, bowling alley or | 36 |
| as a place of resort
for idlers and disreputable persons, |
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| billiard hall or in any room
connected therewith by doors or | 2 |
| hallways. No person shall be permitted
to vote at any election | 3 |
| except at the polling place for the precinct in
which he | 4 |
| resides, except as otherwise provided in this Section or | 5 |
| Article 19 of this
Act. In counties having a population of | 6 |
| 750,000
3,000,000 inhabitants or over
the County Board shall | 7 |
| divide its election precincts that contain more than 800 voters | 8 |
| into election districts that contain, as nearly as possible, no | 9 |
| more than 500 voters and shall fix and
establish places for | 10 |
| holding elections as hereinbefore provided during
the month of | 11 |
| January instead of at its regular meeting in June or at an
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| adjourned meeting in July.
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| However, in the event that additional divisions of election | 14 |
| precincts
are indicated after a division made by the County | 15 |
| Board in the month of
January, such additional divisions may be | 16 |
| made by the County Board in
counties having a population of | 17 |
| 750,000
3,000,000 inhabitants or over, at the
regular meeting | 18 |
| in June or at adjourned meeting in July. The county
board of | 19 |
| such county may divide or readjust precincts at any meeting of
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| the county board when the voter registration in a precinct has | 21 |
| increased
beyond 800 and an election is scheduled before the | 22 |
| next regular January
or June meeting of the county board.
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| When in any city, village or incorporated town territory | 24 |
| has been
annexed thereto or disconnected therefrom, which | 25 |
| annexation or
disconnection becomes effective after election | 26 |
| precincts or election
districts have been established as above | 27 |
| provided in this Section, the
clerk of the municipality shall | 28 |
| inform the county clerk thereof as
provided in Section 4-21, | 29 |
| 5-28.1, or 6-31.1, whichever is applicable. In
the event that a | 30 |
| regular meeting of the County Board is to be held after
such | 31 |
| notification and before any election, the County Board shall, | 32 |
| at
its next regular meeting establish new election precinct | 33 |
| lines in
affected territory. In the event that no regular | 34 |
| meeting of the County
Board is to be held before such election | 35 |
| the county clerk shall, within
5 days after being so informed, | 36 |
| call a special meeting of the county
board on a day fixed by |
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| him not more than 20 days thereafter for the
purpose of | 2 |
| establishing election precincts or election districts in the
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| affected territory for the ensuing elections.
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| At any consolidated primary or consolidated election at | 5 |
| which
municipal officers are to be elected, and at any | 6 |
| emergency referendum at
which a public question relating to a | 7 |
| municipality is to be voted on,
notwithstanding any other | 8 |
| provision of this Code, the election authority
shall establish | 9 |
| a polling place within such municipality, upon the request
of | 10 |
| the municipal council or board of trustees at least 60 days | 11 |
| before the
election and provided that the municipality provides | 12 |
| a suitable polling
place. To accomplish this purpose, the | 13 |
| election authority may establish an
election precinct | 14 |
| constituting a single municipality of under 500
population for | 15 |
| all elections, notwithstanding the minimum precinct size
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| otherwise specified herein.
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| Notwithstanding the above, when there
are no more than 50 | 18 |
| registered voters in a precinct who are entitled to
vote in a | 19 |
| local government or school district election, the election
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| authority having
jurisdiction over the precinct
is authorized | 21 |
| to reassign such voters to one or more polling
places in | 22 |
| adjacent precincts, within or without the
election authority's | 23 |
| jurisdiction, for that
election. For the purposes of such local | 24 |
| government or school district
election only, the votes of the | 25 |
| reassigned voters shall be tallied and
canvassed as votes from | 26 |
| the precinct of the polling place to which such
voters have | 27 |
| been reassigned. The election authority having
jurisdiction | 28 |
| over the precinct shall approve all administrative and polling
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| place procedures.
Such procedures shall take into account voter | 30 |
| convenience, and ensure that the
integrity of the election | 31 |
| process is maintained and that the secrecy of the
ballot is not | 32 |
| violated.
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| Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of heat | 34 |
| in a place
fixed or established by any county board or election | 35 |
| authority pursuant to
this Section as a polling place for an | 36 |
| election, no election authority
shall change the location of a |
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| polling place so established for any
precinct after notice of | 2 |
| the place of holding the election for that
precinct has been | 3 |
| given as required under Article 12 unless the election
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| authority notifies all registered voters in the precinct of the | 5 |
| change in
location by first class mail in sufficient time for | 6 |
| such notice to be
received by the registered voters in the | 7 |
| precinct at least one day prior to
the date of the election.
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| The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts, | 9 |
| including
those where voting machines or electronic voting | 10 |
| systems are used.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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