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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3094 Introduced 2/6/2020, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 10 ILCS 5/11-7 | from Ch. 46, par. 11-7 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that election authorities may cluster up to 4 contiguous precincts during general elections and general primary elections (previously only allowed during consolidated elections, consolidated primaries, special municipal primary elections, or emergency referenda).
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB3094 | | LRB101 17839 SMS 67274 b |
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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 Section |
| 5 | | 11-7 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)
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| 7 | | Sec. 11-7.
For the purpose of the conduct of any general |
| 8 | | election, general primary election, consolidated election,
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| 9 | | consolidated primary election, special
municipal primary |
| 10 | | election or emergency referendum, an election
authority may |
| 11 | | cluster up to four contiguous precincts as provided in
this |
| 12 | | Section, which shall constitute a clustered voting zone. The
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| 13 | | common polling place for the clustered voting zone shall be |
| 14 | | located
within the territory comprising the clustered |
| 15 | | precincts. Unless the election
authority specifies a larger |
| 16 | | number, only one election judge shall be appointed
for each of |
| 17 | | the precincts in each clustered voting zone.
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| 18 | | The judges so appointed may not all be affiliated with the |
| 19 | | same
political party.
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| 20 | | The conduct of an election in a clustered voting zone shall |
| 21 | | be under
the general supervision of all the judges of election |
| 22 | | designated to
serve in the clustered voting zone. The |
| 23 | | designated judges may perform
the duties of election judges for |