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10 ILCS 5/13-1

(10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)

Sec. 13-1.

In counties not under township organization, the county
board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July

in each
even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5 capable and
discreet persons meeting the qualifications of Section 13-4 to
be judges of election. Where neither voting machines nor electronic,
mechanical or electric voting systems are used, the county board may,
for any precinct with respect to which the board considers such action
necessary or desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
general elections for any precinct containing more than 600 registered
voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5
tally judges. In such precincts the judges of election shall preside
over the election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant
to Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the polls.
However, the County Board of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of election
to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any odd-year regular
election or in any special primary or special election called
for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in
the United States Congress or to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of election to 3 for primary elections.
The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner and with the same division between
political parties as is provided for judges of election.

In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the same
manner and with the same division between political parties as is
provided for other judges of election. The number of such panels of
judges required shall be determined by regulations of the State Board of
Elections which shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of vote by mail
 ballots voted at recent elections, or any combination of such factors.

Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as provided in
Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3 persons of the same
political party shall be appointed judges of the same election precinct
or election judge panel. The appointment shall be made in the following
manner: The county board of commissioners shall select and approve 3
persons as judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
list, furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee of the
first leading political party in such precinct; and the county board of
commissioners shall also select and approve 2 persons as judges of
election in each election precinct from a certified list, furnished by
the chair of the County Central Committee of the second leading
political party. However, if only 3 judges of election serve in each
election precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political party shall
be judges of election in the same election precinct; and which political
party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political party is
entitled to one judge of election shall be determined in the same manner as
set forth in the next two preceding sentences with regard to 5 election
judges in each precinct.  Such certified list shall be filed with the county
clerk not less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county
board of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
precincts. The chair of each county central committee shall, insofar
as possible, list persons who reside within the precinct in which they
are to serve as judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit
the names of persons who reside outside the precinct but within the
county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for
each precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit the
name of at least one resident of the precinct for each precinct in which
his party is to have 2 judges. The county board of commissioners shall
acknowledge in writing to each county chair the names of all persons
submitted on such certified list and the total number of persons listed
thereon. If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for certain
election precincts), the county board of commissioners shall make or
complete such list from the names contained in the supplemental list
provided for in Section 13-1.1. The election judges shall hold their
office for 2 years from their appointment, and until their successors
are duly appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county board
of commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge of
election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)