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10 ILCS 5/13-2

(10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)

Sec. 13-2.

In counties under the township organization the county
board shall at its meeting in July in each even-numbered year
except in counties containing a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or
over and except when such judges are appointed by election
commissioners, select in each election precinct in the county, 5 capable
and discreet persons to be judges of election who shall
possess the
qualifications required by this Act for such judges. 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. 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.

However, the county board 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.

In addition to such precinct judges, the county board 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 number of special panels on the number of registered
voters in the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at
recent elections or any combination of such factors.

No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be appointed
judges in the same election district or undivided precinct. The election
of the judges of election in the various election precincts shall be
made in the following manner: The county board shall
select and approve 3 of the election judges in each precinct from a
certified list furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee
of the first leading political party in such election precinct and shall also
select and approve 2 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 in such election precinct. 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.  The respective
County Central Committee chair shall notify the county board by June 1 of
each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual meeting of the county
board whether or not such certified list will be filed by such chair. 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. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the county
clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of the county board. The
county board 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 the list is incomplete (that is, no
names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for certain election
precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list from the names
contained in the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,
further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be redistricted,
in whole or in part, subsequent to one general election for Governor, and prior
to the next, the judges of election to be selected for all new or altered
precincts shall be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which
shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances of the particular
case, but the majority of such judges for each such precinct shall be selected
from the first leading political party, and the minority judges from the second
leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties having a
population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of election
shall be made in the same manner in all respects as in other counties, except
that the provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such counties
and except that the county board shall meet during the month of January for the
purpose of making such selection, each township committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities given to the chair of the county central committee in this Section for the precincts within his or her township, and the township committeeperson shall notify the county board by the preceding October 1 whether or
not the certified list will be filed. Such judges of election 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 shall fill all
vacancies in the office of judges of elections at any time in the manner herein
provided.

Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by the circuit
court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.

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