SB0955ham004 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 5/28/2004

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 955

AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend Senate Bill 955 by replacing the title with the following:

"AN ACT concerning elections,"; and

by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

7		"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
8		Sections 1A-8, 1A-16, 4-6.2, 4-8, 5-7, 5-16.2, 6-35, 6-50.2,
9		7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-10, 7-34, 7-56, 7-58, 7-60, 7-61, 8-8, 9-1.5,
10		9-1.7, 9-1.8, 9-1.9, 9-1.14, 9-3, 9-4, 9-10, 9-28, 10-10,
11		10-14, 13-4, 14-1, 17-23, 17-29, 18A-5, 18A-15, 19-2.1, 19-4,
12		19-10, 20-4, 21-2, 22-1, 22-3, 22-7, 22-8, 22-9, 22-17, 24A-22,
13		and 24B-15.1 and by adding Article 12A and Sections 1A-17,
14		1A-18, 1A-19, 4-50, 5-50, 6-90, 7-100, 10-20, 12A-2, 12A-5,
15		12A-10, 12A-15, 12A-35, 12A-40, 12A-45, 12A-50, 12A-55,
16		13-2.5, 14-4.5, 17-100, 18-100, and 23-50 as follows:
17		(10 ILCS 5/1A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8)
18		Sec. 1A-8. The State Board of Elections shall exercise the
19		following powers and perform the following duties in addition
20		to any powers or duties otherwise provided for by law:
21		(1) Assume all duties and responsibilities of the State
22		Electoral Board and the Secretary of State as heretofore

1		provided in this Act;
2		(2) Disseminate information to and consult with
3		election authorities concerning the conduct of elections
4		and registration in accordance with the laws of this State
5		and the laws of the United States;
6		(3) Furnish to each election authority prior to each
7		primary and general election and any other election it
8		deems necessary, a manual of uniform instructions
9		consistent with the provisions of this Act which shall be
10		used by election authorities in the preparation of the
11		official manual of instruction to be used by the judges of
12		election in any such election. In preparing such manual,
13		the State Board shall consult with representatives of the
14		election authorities throughout the State. The State Board
15		may provide separate portions of the uniform instructions
16		applicable to different election jurisdictions which
17		administer elections under different options provided by
18		law. The State Board may by regulation require particular
19		portions of the uniform instructions to be included in any
20		official manual of instructions published by election
21		authorities. Any manual of instructions published by any
22		election authority shall be identical with the manual of
23		uniform instructions issued by the Board, but may be
24		adapted by the election authority to accommodate special or
25		unusual local election problems, provided that all manuals
26		published by election authorities must be consistent with
27		the provisions of this Act in all respects and must receive
28		the approval of the State Board of Elections prior to
29		publication; provided further that if the State Board does
30		not approve or disapprove of a proposed manual within 60
31		days of its submission, the manual shall be deemed
32		approved.
33		(4) Prescribe and require the use of such uniform
34		forms, notices, and other supplies not inconsistent with

1		the provisions of this Act as it shall deem advisable which
2		shall be used by election authorities in the conduct of
3		elections and registrations;
4		(5) Prepare and certify the form of ballot for any
5		proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of
6		Illinois, or any referendum to be submitted to the electors
7		throughout the State or, when required to do so by law, to
8		the voters of any area or unit of local government of the
9		State;
10		(6) Require such statistical reports regarding the
11		conduct of elections and registration from election
12		authorities as may be deemed necessary;
13		(7) Review and inspect procedures and records relating
14		to conduct of elections and registration as may be deemed
15		necessary, and to report violations of election laws to the
16		appropriate State's Attorney;
17		(8) Recommend to the General Assembly legislation to
18		improve the administration of elections and registration;
19		(9) Adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations in
20		the performance of its duties provided that all such rules
21		and regulations must be consistent with the provisions of
22		this Article 1A or issued pursuant to authority otherwise
23		provided by law;
24		(10) Determine the validity and sufficiency of
25		petitions filed under Article XIV, Section 3, of the
26		Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970;
27		(11) Maintain in its principal office a research
28		library that includes, but is not limited to, abstracts of
29		votes by precinct for general primary elections and general
30		elections, current precinct maps and current precinct poll
31		lists from all election jurisdictions within the State. The
32		research library shall be open to the public during regular
33		business hours. Such abstracts, maps and lists shall be
34		preserved as permanent records and shall be available for

1		examination and copying at a reasonable cost;
2		(12) Supervise the administration of the registration
3		and election laws throughout the State;
4		(13) Obtain from the Department of Central Management
5		Services, under Section 405-250 of the Department of
6		Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-250),
7		such use of electronic data processing equipment as may be
8		required to perform the duties of the State Board of
9		Elections and to provide election-related information to
10		candidates, public and party officials, interested civic
11		organizations and the general public in a timely and
12		efficient manner; and
13		(14) To take such action as may be necessary or
14		required to give effect to directions of the State central
15		committee of an established political party under Sections
16		7-8, 7-11 and 7-14.1 or such other provisions as may be
17		applicable pertaining to the selection of delegates and
18		alternate delegates to an established political party's
19		national nominating conventions; and .
20		(15) Notwithstanding any candidate certification
21		schedule contained in this Code, to take such action as may
22		be necessary or required, including certification, to give
23		effect to the certification by the national committee of an
24		established political party of the candidates for
25		President and Vice President selected at that party's 2004
26		national nominating convention, provided that those
27		certifications are received by the State Board of Elections
28		by September 15, 2004.
29		The Board may by regulation delegate any of its duties or
30		functions under this Article, except that final determinations
31		and orders under this Article shall be issued only by the
32		Board.
33		The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
34		be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,

1		the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
2		Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
3		Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
4		required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in
5		relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874,
6		as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State
7		Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
8		as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
9		Library Act.
10		(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
11		(10 ILCS 5/1A-16)
12		Sec. 1A-16. Voter registration information; internet
13		posting; processing of voter registration forms; content of
14		such forms. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
15		following provisions shall apply to voter registration under
16		this Code.
17		(a) Voter registration information; Internet posting of
18		voter registration form. Within 90 days after the effective
19		date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
20		State Board of Elections shall post on its World Wide Web site
21		the following information:
22		(1) A comprehensive list of the names, addresses, phone
23		numbers, and websites, if applicable, of all county clerks
24		and boards of election commissioners in Illinois.
25		(2) A schedule of upcoming elections and the deadline
26		for voter registration.
27		(3) A downloadable, printable voter registration form,
28		in at least English and in Spanish versions, that a person
29		may complete and mail or submit to the State Board of
30		Elections or the appropriate county clerk or board of
31		election commissioners.
32		Any forms described under paragraph (3) must state the
33		following:

1		If you do not have a driver's license or social
2		security number, and this form is submitted by mail, and
3		you have never registered to vote in the jurisdiction you
4		are now registering in, then you must send, with this
5		application, either (i) a copy of a current and valid photo
6		identification, or (ii) a copy of a current utility bill,
7		bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other
8		government document that shows the name and address of the
9		voter. If you do not provide the information required
10		above, then you will be required to provide election
11		officials with either (i) or (ii) described above the first
12		time you vote at a voting place or by absentee ballot.
13		(b) Acceptance of registration forms by the State Board of
14		Elections and county clerks and board of election
15		commissioners. The State Board of Elections, county clerks, and
16		board of election commissioners shall accept all completed
17		voter registration forms described in subsection (a)(3) of this
18		Section and Section 1A-17 that are:
19		(1) postmarked on or before the day that voter
20		registration is closed under the Election Code;
21		(2) not postmarked, but arrives no later than 5 days
22		after the close of registration;
23		(3) submitted in person by a person using the form on
24		or before the day that voter registration is closed under
25		the Election Code; or
26		(4) submitted in person by a person who submits one or
27		more forms on behalf of one or more persons who used the
28		form on or before the day that voter registration is closed
29		under the Election Code.
30		Upon the receipt of a registration form, the State Board of
31		Elections shall mark the date on which the form was received
32		and send the form via first class mail to the appropriate
33		county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case
34		may be, within 2 business days based upon the home address of

1		the person submitting the registration form. The county clerk
2		and board of election commissioners shall accept and process
3		any form received from the State Board of Elections.
4		(c) Processing of registration forms by county clerks and
5		boards of election commissioners. The county clerk or board of
6		election commissioners shall promulgate procedures for
7		processing the voter registration form.
8		(d) Contents of the voter registration form. The State
9		Board shall create a voter registration form, which must
10		contain the following content:
11		(1) Instructions for completing the form.
12		(2) A summary of the qualifications to register to vote
13		in Illinois.
14		(3) Instructions for mailing in or submitting the form
15		in person.
16		(4) The phone number for the State Board of Elections
17		should a person submitting the form have questions.
18		(5) A box for the person to check that explains one of
19		3 reasons for submitting the form:
20		(a) new registration;
21		(b) change of address; or
22		(c) change of name.
23		(6) a box for the person to check yes or no that asks,
24		"Are you a citizen of the United States?", a box for the
25		person to check yes or no that asks, "Will you be 18 years
26		of age on or before election day?", and a statement of "If
27		you checked 'no' in response to either of these questions,
28		then do not complete this form.".
29		(7) A space for the person to fill in his or her home
30		telephone number.
31		(8) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her first,
32		middle, and last names, street address (principal place of
33		residence), county, city, state, and zip code.
34		(9) Spaces for the person to fill in his or her mailing

1		address, city, state, and zip code if different from his or
2		her principal place of residence.
3		(10) A space for the person to fill in his or her
4		Illinois driver's license number if the person has a
5		driver's license.
6		(11) A space for a person without a driver's license to
7		fill in the last four digits of his or her social security
8		number if the person has a social security number.
9		(12) A space for a person without an Illinois driver's
10		license to fill in his or her identification number from
11		his or her State Identification card issued by the
12		Secretary of State.
13		(13) A space for the person to fill the name appearing
14		on his or her last voter registration, the street address
15		of his or her last registration, including the city,
16		county, state, and zip code.
17		(14) A space where the person swears or affirms the
18		following under penalty of perjury with his or her
19		signature:
20		(a) "I am a citizen of the United States.";
21		(b) "I will be at least 18 years old on or before
22		the next election.";
23		(c) "I will have lived in the State of Illinois and
24		in my election precinct at least 30 days as of the date
25		of the next election."; and
26		"The information I have provided is true to the
27		best of my knowledge under penalty of perjury. If I
28		have provided false information, then than I may be
29		fined, imprisoned, or if I am not a U.S. citizen,
30		deported from or refused entry into the United States."
31		(d) Compliance with federal law; rulemaking authority. The
32		voter registration form described in this Section shall be
33		consistent with the form prescribed by the Federal Election
34		Commission under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,

1		P.L. 103-31, as amended from time to time, and the Help America
2		Vote Act of 2002, P.L. 107-252, in all relevant respects. The
3		State Board of Elections shall periodically update the form
4		based on changes to federal or State law. The State Board of
5		Elections shall promulgate any rules necessary for the
6		implementation of this Section; provided that the rules comport
7		with the letter and spirit of the National Voter Registration
8		Act of 1993 and Help America Vote Act of 2002 and maximize the
9		opportunity for a person to register to vote.
10		(e) Forms available in paper form. The State Board of
11		Elections shall make the voter registration form available in
12		regular paper stock and form in sufficient quantities for the
13		general public. The State Board of Elections may provide the
14		voter registration form to the Secretary of State, county
15		clerks, boards of election commissioners, designated agencies
16		of the State of Illinois, and any other person or entity
17		designated to have these forms by the Election Code in regular
18		paper stock and form or some other format deemed suitable by
19		the Board. Each county clerk or board of election commissioners
20		has the authority to design and print its own voter
21		registration form so long as the form complies with the
22		requirements of this Section. The State Board of Elections,
23		county clerks, boards of election commissioners, or other
24		designated agencies of the State of Illinois required to have
25		these forms under the Election Code shall provide a member of
26		the public with any reasonable number of forms that he or she
27		may request. Nothing in this Section shall permit the State
28		Board of Elections, county clerk, board of election
29		commissioners, or other appropriate election official who may
30		accept a voter registration form to refuse to accept a voter
31		registration form because the form is printed on photocopier or
32		regular paper stock and form.
33		(f) Internet voter registration study. The State Board of
34		Elections shall investigate the feasibility of offering voter

1		registration on its website and consider voter registration
2		methods of other states in an effort to maximize the
3		opportunity for all Illinois citizens to register to vote. The
4		State Board of Elections shall assemble its findings in a
5		report and submit it to the General Assembly no later than
6		January 1, 2006. The report shall contain legislative
7		recommendations to the General Assembly on improving voter
8		registration in Illinois.
9		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
10		(10 ILCS 5/1A-17 new)
11		Sec. 1A-17. Voter registration outreach.
12		(a) The Secretary of State, the Department of Human
13		Services, the Department of Children and Family Services, the
14		Department of Public Aid, the Department of Employment
15		Security, and each public institution of higher learning in
16		Illinois must make available on its World Wide Web site a
17		downloadable, printable voter registration form that complies
18		with the requirements in subsection (d) of Section 1A-16 for
19		the State Board of Elections' voter registration form.
20		(b) Each public institution of higher learning in Illinois
21		must include voter registration information and a voter
22		registration form supplied by the State Board of Elections
23		under subsection (e) of Section 1A-16 in any mailing of student
24		registration materials to an address located in Illinois. Each
25		public institution of higher learning must provide voter
26		registration information and a voter registration form
27		supplied by the State Board of Elections under subsection (e)
28		of Section 1A-16 to each person with whom the institution
29		conducts in-person student registration.
30		(c) Each member of the General Assembly may make available,
31		or authorize his or her staff to make available, voter
32		registration forms supplied by the State Board of Elections
33		under subsection (e) of Section 1A-16 to the public at the

1		member's district office in a manner determined by the member.
2		(d) As used in this Section, a public institution of higher
3		learning means a public university, college, or community
4		college in Illinois.
5		(10 ILCS 5/1A-18 new)
6		Sec. 1A-18. Voter registration at State services
7		facilities. The Department of Human Services, the Department of
8		Children and Family Services, the Department of Public Aid, and
9		the Department of Employment Security shall provide voter
10		registration services at each facility where they provide
11		services to the public or to their clients. The voter
12		registration services shall be the same as, and the manner in
13		which they are provided shall be similar to, those provided by
14		the Secretary of State at driver services facilities in
15		compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993,
16		the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and
17		6-50.2 of this Code, and Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle
18		Code.
19		The Secretary of State, the Department of Human Services,
20		the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department
21		of Public Aid, and the Department of Employment Security are
22		subject to rules adopted by the State Board of Elections that
23		implement the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the
24		Help America Vote Act of 2002. The State Board of Elections
25		shall modify or adopt rules for the implementation of this
26		Section. In the interest of public welfare, the State Board of
27		Elections may initially modify or initially adopt rules
28		implementing this Section under the emergency rulemaking
29		provisions of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
30		Procedure Act.
31		The Secretary of State, the Department of Human Services,
32		the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department
33		of Public Aid, and the Department of Employment Security shall

1		adopt rules for the implementation of this Section. In the
2		interest of public welfare, the Secretary of State and each
3		Department may initially adopt rules implementing this Section
4		under the emergency rulemaking provisions of Section 5-45 of
5		the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
6
7
8		(10 ILCS 5/1A-19 new)
9		Sec. 1A-19. Effect of extension of canvassing period on
10		terms of public offices and official acts.
11		(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the
12		proclamation of election results for an elected office has not
13		been issued by the date of the commencement of the term of that
14		elected office because of the extension of canvassing periods
15		under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, then
16		the term of the elected office shall commence on a date 14 days
17		after the proclamation of election results is issued for that
18		elected office.
19		(b) If subsection (a) applies to the commencement date of
20		an elected official's term, and if the elected official is
21		authorized or required by law to perform an official act by a
22		date occurring before the commencement of his or her term of
23		office, including but not limited to holding an organizational
24		meeting of the public body to which the public official is
25		elected, then notwithstanding any law to the contrary the date
26		by which the act shall be performed shall be a date 14 days
27		after the date otherwise established by law.
28		(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or
29		of this Code to the contrary, the terms of office for Supreme,
30		Appellate, and Circuit Judges commence on the first Monday in
31		December following their election or retention. Judicial
32		election results must be proclaimed before that date.

1		(10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
2		Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
3		municipal and township or road district clerks or their duly
4		authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the
5		registration of all qualified residents of the State their
6		respective municipalities, townships and road districts. A
7		deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
8		municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
9		clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
10		than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
11		resident of the municipality, regardless of which county the
12		resident, municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of the
13		municipal clerk lives in.
14		The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
15		committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
16		accept the registration of any qualified resident of the State
17		county, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
18		The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
19		reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
20		located at driver's license examination stations and
21		designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
22		who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
23		the State county at any such driver's license examination
24		stations. The appointment of employees of the Secretary of
25		State as deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided
26		in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
27		The county clerk shall appoint deputy registrars
28		designated by the Department of Human Services, the Department
29		of Children and Family Services, the Department of Public Aid,
30		and the Department of Employment Security who may accept the
31		registration of qualified residents of the State as provided in
32		Section 1A-18.
33		The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named
34		persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such

1		persons:
2		1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
3		designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
4		situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
5		the registrations of any qualified resident of the State
6		county, at such library.
7		2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
8		the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
9		vocational school situated within the election
10		jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
11		qualified resident of the State county, at such school. The
12		county clerk shall notify every principal and
13		vice-principal of each high school, elementary school, and
14		vocational school situated within the election
15		jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
16		registrars and offer training courses for service as deputy
17		registrars at conveniently located facilities at least 4
18		months prior to every election.
19		3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
20		the president, of any university, college, community
21		college, academy or other institution of learning situated
22		within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
23		registrations of any resident of the State county, at such
24		university, college, community college, academy or
25		institution.
26		4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
27		labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
28		members designated by such official, who may accept the
29		registrations of any qualified resident of the State
30		county.
31		5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide
32		State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
33		of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
34		designated by such official, who may accept the

1		registration of any qualified resident of the State county.
2		In determining the number of deputy registrars that shall
3		be appointed, the county clerk shall consider the
4		population of the jurisdiction, the size of the
5		organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
6		convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
7		registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
8		registration activities of the organization and the need to
9		appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
10		registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
11		event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
12		applicable to every civic organization requesting
13		appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
14		Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
15		of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
16		shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
17		terminating on the first business day of the month
18		following the month of the general election, and shall be
19		valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
20		this Code during the terms of such appointments.
21		6. (Blank.) The Director of the Illinois Department of
22		Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated
23		by the Director and located at public aid offices, who may
24		accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
25		county at any such public aid office.
26		7. (Blank.) The Director of the Illinois Department of
27		Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
28		designated by the Director and located at unemployment
29		offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
30		resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
31		8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
32		Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
33		employees designated by such president, who may accept the
34		registrations of any qualified resident of the State

1		county.
2		If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
3		denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
4		the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
5		organization with written notice setting forth the specific
6		reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
7		appointed as deputy registrar.
8		The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
9		registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
10		appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
11		the convenience of the public is served, giving due
12		consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
13		of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
14		there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
15		parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
16		appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
17		appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
18		of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
19		party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
20		list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
21		year. The county clerk may require a Chairman of a County
22		Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
23		Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
24		other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
25		appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
26		within the county and shall take and subscribe to the following
27		oath or affirmation:
28		"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
29		will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
30		Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
31		faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
32		registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
33		person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
34		personal application before me.

1		............................
2		(Signature Deputy Registrar)"
3		This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
4		one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
5		acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
6		filed with the county clerk.
7		Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
8		except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
9		commencing on December 1 following the general election of each
10		even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
11		appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
12		general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
13		be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
14		convention following the general primary at which they were
15		elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
16		appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in his
17		office for public inspection a list of the names of all
18		appointees.
19		(b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
20		deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at
21		times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
22		clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
23		responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
24		registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
25		registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
26		removal for cause.
27		(c) Completed registration materials under the control of
28		deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
29		be returned to the appointing proper election authority within
30		7 days, except that completed registration materials received
31		by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
32		28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
33		registrars to the appointing proper election authority within
34		48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration

1		materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
2		preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
3		registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
4		materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
5		pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
6		next working day following the close of registration.
7		(d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
8		the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
9		any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
10		registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
11		possession.
12		(e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
13		or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
14		her duties.
15		(f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
16		liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
17		deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of the
18		county clerk.
19		(g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
20		registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be
21		transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to
22		the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of
23		residence.
24		(Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
25		(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
26		Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
27		number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
28		shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
29		consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
30		contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
31		required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
32		nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
33		record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration

1		as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
2		The registration record card shall contain the following
3		and such other information as the county clerk may think it
4		proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
5		registration:
6		Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
7		or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
8		for such middle name, if any.
9		Sex.
10		Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
11		other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
12		or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
13		number, and such additional clear and definite description as
14		may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
15		dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be
16		determined by street and number, then the section,
17		congressional township and range number may be used, or such
18		other description as may be necessary, including post-office
19		mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
20		individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
21		address shall be included on his or her registration record
22		card.
23		Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
24		This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
25		the place or places where he resided and the dates during which
26		he resided in such place or places during the year next
27		preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
28		Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
29		born.
30		Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
31		naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
32		naturalization.
33		Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
34		and year when applicant presented himself for registration.

1		Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
2		Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
3		of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
4		The county and state in which the applicant was last
5		registered.
6		Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
7		and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
8		registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
9		to the affidavit on both the original and duplicate
10		registration record cards.
11		Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
12		In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
13		his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
14		to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
15		description of the applicant in the space provided on the back
16		or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
17		following questions and record the answers thereto:
18		Father's first name.
19		Mother's first name.
20		From what address did the applicant last register?
21		Reason for inability to sign name.
22		Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
23		substantially the following form:
24		AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
25		STATE OF ILLINOIS
26		COUNTY OF .......
27		I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
28		United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
29		have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
30		precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that this
31		location shall be my residence; that I am fully qualified to
32		vote, and that the above statements are true.
33		..............................
34		(His or her signature or mark)

1		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
2		..................................
3		Signature of registration officer.
4		(To be signed in presence of registrant.)
5		Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
6		record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
7		registered thereon.
8		Each registration record card shall be numbered according
9		to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
10		identification in such manner as the county clerk may
11		determine.
12		The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
13		shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
14		except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
15		On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
16		intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
17		extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
18		records of the election authority during the period beginning
19		with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
20		28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
21		hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
22		of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
23		authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
24		sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
25		records but the election authority is not required to extend
26		its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
27		business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
28		extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
29		such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
30		inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
31		during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
32		Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
33		certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the

1		polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
2		to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
3		to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
4		or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
5		record cards.
6		Within 2 business days after completion of a voter
7		registration by any means authorized by law, the election
8		authority shall transmit the registration information to the
9		State Board of Elections, which must maintain the information
10		in an electronic format arranged by county.
11		Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
12		electronic data processing information containing voter
13		registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
14		within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
15		within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
16		State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
17		the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
18		27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
19		Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
20		the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
21		number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
22		precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
23		legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
24		noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
25		obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
26		the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
27		circuit court of the county in which the election authority
28		maintains the registration information. The costs of
29		furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
30		rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
31		jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
32		be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
33		Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
34		purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,

1		discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
2		political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
3		Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at
4		their request and at a reasonable cost. Copies of the tapes,
5		discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the county
6		clerk to local political committees at their request and at a
7		reasonable cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of
8		voter registration information, the disclosure of electronic
9		voter registration records to any person or entity other than
10		to a State or local political committee and other than to a
11		governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
12		prohibited. Copies of the tapes, discs, or other electronic
13		data shall be furnished by the county clerk to local political
14		committees and governmental entities at their request and at a
15		reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera
16		for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
17		administration. The individual representing a political
18		committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
19		affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona fide
20		political purposes, including by or for candidates for office
21		or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other
22		electronic data shall not be used under any circumstances by
23		any political committee or individuals for purposes of
24		commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such
25		tapes contain information on county residents related to the
26		operations of county government in addition to registration
27		information, that information shall not be used under any
28		circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business
29		purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the
30		computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
31		processing information containing voter registration
32		information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
33		business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
34		date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this

1		provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
2		The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
3		1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
4		uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
5		of voter registration information. The regulations shall
6		include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
7		medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
8		employed by the election authorities of this State in the
9		electronic data processing of voter registration information.
10		Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
11		of voter registration information shall comply with such
12		regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
13		If the applicant for registration was last registered in
14		another county within this State, he shall also sign a
15		certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
16		registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
17		following form:
18		To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
19		To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
20		This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
21		(city) and that my residence was ............................
22		Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
23		you to cancel said registration in your office.
24		Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
25		.................................
26		(Signature of Voter)
27		Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
28		County, Illinois.
29		The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
30		by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission
31		as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
32		registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
33		for cancellation of any previous registration.
34		(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;

1		93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
2		(10 ILCS 5/4-50 new)
3		Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
4		provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
5		shall establish procedures for the registration of voters
6		during the period from the close of registration for a primary
7		or election and until the 14th day before the primary or
8		election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
9		elector may register to vote in person in the office of the
10		election authority or at a voter registration location
11		specifically designated for this purpose by the election
12		authority. A registered voter may submit a change of address
13		form in person in the office of the election authority or at a
14		voter registration location specifically designated for this
15		purpose by the election authority during this period as well.
16		The election authority shall register that individual or
17		change his or her address in the manner provided by law. At the
18		time a person has completed registration or has submitted a
19		change of address during the grace period established under
20		this Section, the person shall sign and receive a document
21		dated and signed by the election authority or the election
22		authority's designated representative that states the
23		registrant's name and address and that the person is registered
24		to vote and is eligible to receive a ballot at the next
25		election or primary election after the date of registration or
26		change of address. The election authority or the election
27		authority's designated representative and the document itself
28		shall advise the registrant to retain the document and to have
29		the document available for inspection upon entering the polling
30		place on the next election day or primary election day after
31		registration, but failure to present the document is not a bar
32		to voting.
33		The election authority shall endeavor to complete all steps

1		necessary to make that individual's registration information
2		available within 48 hours after his or her registration.
3		(10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
4		Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
5		number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
6		shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
7		consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
8		contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
9		required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
10		nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
11		record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
12		as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
13		The registration record card shall contain the following
14		and such other information as the county clerk may think it
15		proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
16		registration:
17		Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
18		or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
19		for such middle name, if any.
20		Sex.
21		Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
22		other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
23		or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
24		number, and such additional clear and definite description as
25		may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
26		dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
27		address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
28		voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
29		included on his or her registration record card.
30		Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
31		precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
32		stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30
33		days in the precinct.

1		Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
2		born.
3		Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
4		naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
5		naturalization.
6		Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
7		and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
8		Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
9		Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
10		of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
11		The county and state in which the applicant was last
12		registered.
13		Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
14		and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
15		registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
16		to the affidavit on the original and duplicate registration
17		record card.
18		Signature of Deputy Registrar.
19		In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
20		his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
21		to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
22		description of the applicant in the space provided at the
23		bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following
24		questions and record the answers thereto:
25		Father's first name .......................
26		Mother's first name .......................
27		From what address did you last register?
28		Reason for inability to sign name.
29		Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
30		substantially the following form:
31		AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
32		State of Illinois)
33		)ss
34		County of )

1		I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
2		United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
3		have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
4		precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
5		to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my residence
6		and that the above statements are true.
7		..............................
8		(His or her signature or mark)
9		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
10		.........................................
11		Signature of Registration Officer.
12		(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
13		Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
14		record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
15		registered thereon.
16		Each registration record card shall be numbered according
17		to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case
18		may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
19		identification in such manner as the county clerk may
20		determine.
21		The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
22		shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
23		except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
24		On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
25		intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
26		extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
27		records of the election authority during the period beginning
28		with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
29		28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
30		hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
31		of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
32		authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
33		sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the

1		records but the election authority is not required to extend
2		its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
3		business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
4		extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
5		such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
6		inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
7		during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
8		Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
9		certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
10		polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
11		to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
12		to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
13		or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
14		record cards.
15		Within 2 business days after completion of a voter
16		registration by any means authorized by law, the election
17		authority shall transmit the registration information to the
18		State Board of Elections, which must maintain the information
19		in an electronic format arranged by county.
20		Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
21		electronic data processing information containing voter
22		registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
23		within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
24		within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
25		State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
26		the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
27		27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
28		Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
29		the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
30		number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
31		precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
32		legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
33		noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
34		obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of

1		the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
2		circuit court of the county in which the election authority
3		maintains the registration information. The costs of
4		furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
5		rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
6		jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
7		be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
8		Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
9		purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
10		discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
11		political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
12		Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at
13		their request and at a reasonable cost. To protect the privacy
14		and confidentiality of voter registration information, the
15		disclosure of electronic voter registration records to any
16		person or entity other than to a State or local political
17		committee and other than to a governmental entity for a
18		governmental purpose is specifically prohibited. Copies of the
19		tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the
20		county clerk to local political committees and governmental
21		entities at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable
22		cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be
23		the cost of duplication plus 15% for administration. The
24		individual representing a political committee requesting
25		copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
26		information shall be used only for bona fide political
27		purposes, including by or for candidates for office or
28		incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other electronic
29		data shall not be used under any circumstances by any political
30		committee or individuals for purposes of commercial
31		solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes contain
32		information on county residents related to the operations of
33		county government in addition to registration information,
34		that information shall not be used under any circumstances for

1		commercial solicitation or other business purposes. The
2		prohibition in this Section against using the computer tapes or
3		computer discs or other electronic data processing information
4		containing voter registration information for purposes of
5		commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
6		prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act of
7		1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of
8		a Class 4 felony.
9		The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
10		1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
11		uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
12		of voter registration information. The regulations shall
13		include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
14		medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
15		employed by the election authorities of this State in the
16		electronic data processing of voter registration information.
17		Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
18		of voter registration information shall comply with such
19		regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
20		If the applicant for registration was last registered in
21		another county within this State, he shall also sign a
22		certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
23		registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
24		following form:
25		To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election
26		Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
27		This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
28		(city) and that my residence was .....
29		Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
30		authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
31		Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
32		....................
33		(Signature of Voter)
34		Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.

1		The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
2		by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission
3		as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
4		registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
5		for cancellation of any previous registration.
6		(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
7		93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
8		(10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
9		Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
10		municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized deputies
11		as deputy registrars who may accept the registration of all
12		qualified residents of the State their respective counties. A
13		deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
14		municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal
15		clerk, of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
16		than one county may accept the registration of any qualified
17		resident of any county in which the municipality is located,
18		regardless of which county the resident, municipal clerk or the
19		duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
20		The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
21		committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
22		accept the registration of any qualified resident of the State
23		county, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
24		The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
25		reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
26		located at driver's license examination stations and
27		designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
28		who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
29		the State county at any such driver's license examination
30		stations. The appointment of employees of the Secretary of
31		State as deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided
32		in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
33		The county clerk shall appoint deputy registrars

1		designated by the Department of Human Services, the Department
2		of Children and Family Services, the Department of Public Aid,
3		and the Department of Employment Security who may accept the
4		registration of qualified residents of the State as provided in
5		Section 1A-18.
6		The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named
7		persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such
8		persons:
9		1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
10		designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
11		situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
12		the registrations of any qualified resident of the State
13		county, at such library.
14		2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
15		the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
16		vocational school situated within the election
17		jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
18		resident of the State county, at such school. The county
19		clerk shall notify every principal and vice-principal of
20		each high school, elementary school, and vocational school
21		situated within the election jurisdiction of their
22		eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
23		training courses for service as deputy registrars at
24		conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to
25		every election.
26		3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
27		the president, of any university, college, community
28		college, academy or other institution of learning situated
29		within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
30		registrations of any resident of the State county, at such
31		university, college, community college, academy or
32		institution.
33		4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
34		labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified

1		members designated by such official, who may accept the
2		registrations of any qualified resident of the State
3		county.
4		5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
5		State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
6		of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
7		designated by such official, who may accept the
8		registration of any qualified resident of the State county.
9		In determining the number of deputy registrars that shall
10		be appointed, the county clerk shall consider the
11		population of the jurisdiction, the size of the
12		organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
13		convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
14		registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
15		registration activities of the organization and the need to
16		appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
17		registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
18		event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
19		applicable to every civic organization requesting
20		appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
21		Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
22		of bona fide State civic organizations. Such appointments
23		shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
24		terminating on the first business day of the month
25		following the month of the general election, and shall be
26		valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
27		this Code during the terms of such appointments.
28		6. (Blank.) The Director of the Illinois Department of
29		Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated
30		by the Director and located at public aid offices, who may
31		accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
32		county at any such public aid office.
33		7. (Blank.) The Director of the Illinois Department of
34		Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees

1		designated by the Director and located at unemployment
2		offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
3		resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
4		8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
5		Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of
6		employees designated by such president, who may accept the
7		registrations of any qualified resident of the State
8		county.
9		If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
10		denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
11		the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
12		organization with written notice setting forth the specific
13		reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
14		appointed as deputy registrar.
15		The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
16		registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
17		appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
18		the convenience of the public is served, giving due
19		consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
20		of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
21		there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
22		parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
23		appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
24		appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
25		of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
26		party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
27		list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
28		year. The county clerk may require a Chairman of a County
29		Central Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
30		Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
31		other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
32		appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
33		within the county and shall take and subscribe to the following
34		oath or affirmation:

1		"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
2		will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
3		Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
4		faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
5		registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
6		person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
7		personal application before me.
8		...............................
9		(Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
10		This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
11		one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
12		acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
13		filed with the county clerk.
14		Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
15		except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
16		commencing on December 1 following the general election of each
17		even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
18		appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
19		general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
20		be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
21		convention following the general primary at which they were
22		elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
23		appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in his
24		office for public inspection a list of the names of all
25		appointees.
26		(b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
27		deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at
28		times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
29		clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
30		responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
31		registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
32		registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
33		removal for cause.
34		(c) Completed registration materials under the control of

1		deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
2		be returned to the appointing proper election authority within
3		7 days, except that completed registration materials received
4		by the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
5		28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
6		registrars to the appointing proper election authority within
7		48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
8		materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
9		preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
10		registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
11		materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
12		pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
13		next working day following the close of registration.
14		(d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
15		the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
16		any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
17		registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
18		possession.
19		(e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
20		or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
21		her duties.
22		(f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
23		liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
24		deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of the
25		county clerk.
26		(g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
27		registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be
28		transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to
29		the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction of
30		residence.
31		(Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
32		(10 ILCS 5/5-50 new)
33		Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other

1		provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
2		shall establish procedures for the registration of voters
3		during the period from the close of registration for a primary
4		or election and until the 14th day before the primary or
5		election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
6		elector may register to vote in person in the office of the
7		election authority or at a voter registration location
8		specifically designated for this purpose by the election
9		authority. A registered voter may submit a change of address
10		form in person in the office of the election authority or at a
11		voter registration location specifically designated for this
12		purpose by the election authority during this period as well.
13		The election authority shall register that individual or
14		change his or her address in the manner provided by law. At the
15		time a person has completed registration or has submitted a
16		change of address during the grace period established under
17		this Section, the person shall sign and receive a document
18		dated and signed by the election authority or the election
19		authority's designated representative that states the
20		registrant's name and address and that the person is registered
21		to vote and is eligible to receive a ballot at the next
22		election or primary election after the date of registration or
23		change of address. The election authority or the election
24		authority's designated representative and the document itself
25		shall advise the registrant to retain the document and to have
26		the document available for inspection upon entering the polling
27		place on the next election day or primary election day after
28		registration, but failure to present the document is not a bar
29		to voting.
30		The election authority shall endeavor to complete all steps
31		necessary to make that individual's registration information
32		available within 48 hours after his or her registration.
33		(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)

1		Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
2		provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the registration
3		of electors which shall be known as registration record cards
4		and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of
5		suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the data
6		hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards
7		of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
8		registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
9		registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
10		duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a carbon copy of the
11		original or a copy of the original made by the use of other
12		method or material used for making simultaneous true copies or
13		duplications.
14		The registration record card shall contain the following
15		and such other information as the Board of Election
16		Commissioners may think it proper to require for the
17		identification of the applicant for registration:
18		Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
19		or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
20		for such middle name, if any.
21		Sex.
22		Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
23		other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
24		or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
25		number, and such additional clear and definite description as
26		may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
27		dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
28		address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
29		voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
30		included on his or her registration record card.
31		Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
32		precinct.
33		Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
34		born.

1		Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
2		naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
3		naturalization.
4		Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
5		and year when the applicant presented himself for registration.
6		Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
7		Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
8		of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
9		The county and state in which the applicant was last
10		registered.
11		Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
12		in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
13		registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
14		to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
15		registration record card.
16		Signature of deputy registrar.
17		In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
18		his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration
19		officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
20		the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and
21		shall ask the following questions and record the answers
22		thereto:
23		Father's first name .........................
24		Mother's first name .........................
25		From what address did you last register? ....
26		Reason for inability to sign name ...........
27		Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
28		substantially the following form:
29		AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
30		State of Illinois )
31		)ss
32		County of ....... )
33		I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
34		United States, that on the day of the next election I shall

1		have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
2		precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
3		residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
4		above statements are true.
5		..............................
6		(His or her signature or mark)
7		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
8		......................................
9		Signature of registration officer
10		(to be signed in presence of registrant).
11		Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
12		record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
13		registered thereon.
14		Each registration record card shall be numbered according
15		to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially
16		or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the
17		Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
18		The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
19		shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
20		except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
21		On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
22		intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
23		extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
24		records of the election authority during the period beginning
25		with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
26		28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
27		hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
28		of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
29		authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
30		sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
31		records but the election authority is not required to extend
32		its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
33		business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
34		extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of

1		such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
2		inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
3		during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
4		Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
5		certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
6		polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
7		to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
8		to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
9		or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
10		record cards.
11		Within 2 business days after completion of a voter
12		registration by any means authorized by law, the election
13		authority shall transmit the registration information to the
14		State Board of Elections, which must maintain the information
15		in an electronic format arranged by county.
16		Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
17		electronic data processing information containing voter
18		registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
19		Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and May
20		15 each year and within 10 days after each registration period
21		is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed
22		by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
23		registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any
24		regular or special election. Registration information shall
25		include, but not be limited to, the following information:
26		name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any, age, party
27		affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county,
28		and representative, legislative and congressional districts.
29		In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
30		directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
31		nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
32		legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which
33		the election authority maintains the registration information.
34		The costs of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall

1		be paid at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in
2		the election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or
3		disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State
4		Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority
5		for such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
6		tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to
7		state political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
8		Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act at
9		their request and at a reasonable cost. To protect the privacy
10		and confidentiality of voter registration information, the
11		disclosure of electronic voter registration records to any
12		person or entity other than to a State or local political
13		committee and other than to a governmental entity for a
14		governmental purpose is specifically prohibited. Copies of the
15		tapes, discs or other electronic data shall be furnished by the
16		Board of Election Commissioners to local political committees
17		and governmental entities at their request and at a reasonable
18		cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this
19		purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
20		administration. The individual representing a political
21		committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn
22		affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona fide
23		political purposes, including by or for candidates for office
24		or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other
25		electronic data shall not be used under any circumstances by
26		any political committee or individuals for purposes of
27		commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such
28		tapes contain information on county residents related to the
29		operations of county government in addition to registration
30		information, that information shall not be used under any
31		circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business
32		purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the
33		computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
34		processing information containing voter registration

1		information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
2		business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
3		date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
4		provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
5		The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
6		1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
7		uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
8		of voter registration information. The regulations shall
9		include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
10		medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
11		employed by the election authorities of this State in the
12		electronic data processing of voter registration information.
13		Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
14		of voter registration information shall comply with such
15		regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
16		If the applicant for registration was last registered in
17		another county within this State, he shall also sign a
18		certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
19		registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
20		following form:
21		To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.
22		To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
23		This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
24		(city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your
25		(county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
26		registration in your office.
27		Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
28		....................
29		(Signature of Voter)
30		Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
31		Illinois.
32		The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
33		by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
34		(or Election Commission as the case may be) where the applicant

1		was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
2		full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
3		(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
4		93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
5		(10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
6		Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall
7		appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
8		jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
9		registration of any qualified resident of the State election
10		jurisdiction, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
11		The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars a
12		reasonable number of employees of the Secretary of State
13		located at driver's license examination stations and
14		designated to the election authority by the Secretary of State
15		who may accept the registration of any qualified residents of
16		the State county at any such driver's license examination
17		stations. The appointment of employees of the Secretary of
18		State as deputy registrars shall be made in the manner provided
19		in Section 2-105 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
20		The board of election commissioners shall appoint deputy
21		registrars designated by the Department of Human Services, the
22		Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of
23		Public Aid, and the Department of Employment Security who may
24		accept the registration of qualified residents of the State as
25		provided in Section 1A-18.
26		The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
27		the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
28		written request of such persons:
29		1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
30		designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
31		situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
32		the registrations of any qualified resident of the State
33		election jurisdiction, at such library.

1		2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
2		the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
3		vocational school situated within the election
4		jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
5		resident of the State election jurisdiction, at such
6		school. The board of election commissioners shall notify
7		every principal and vice-principal of each high school,
8		elementary school, and vocational school situated in the
9		election jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as
10		deputy registrars and offer training courses for service as
11		deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
12		least 4 months prior to every election.
13		3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
14		the president, of any university, college, community
15		college, academy or other institution of learning situated
16		within the State election jurisdiction, who may accept the
17		registrations of any resident of the election
18		jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
19		college, academy or institution.
20		4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
21		labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
22		members designated by such official, who may accept the
23		registrations of any qualified resident of the State
24		election jurisdiction.
25		5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
26		State civic organization, as defined and determined by rule
27		of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
28		designated by such official, who may accept the
29		registration of any qualified resident of the State
30		election jurisdiction. In determining the number of deputy
31		registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
32		commissioners shall consider the population of the
33		jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the geographic
34		size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the public, the

1		existing number of deputy registrars in the jurisdiction
2		and their location, the registration activities of the
3		organization and the need to appoint deputy registrars to
4		assist and facilitate the registration of non-English
5		speaking individuals. In no event shall a board of election
6		commissioners fix an arbitrary number applicable to every
7		civic organization requesting appointment of its members
8		as deputy registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by
9		rule provide for certification of bona fide State civic
10		organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a period
11		not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first business
12		day of the month following the month of the general
13		election, and shall be valid for all periods of voter
14		registration as provided by this Code during the terms of
15		such appointments.
16		6. (Blank.) The Director of the Illinois Department of
17		Public Aid, or a reasonable number of employees designated
18		by the Director and located at public aid offices, who may
19		accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
20		election jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
21		7. (Blank.) The Director of the Illinois Department of
22		Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
23		designated by the Director and located at unemployment
24		offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
25		resident of the election jurisdiction at any such
26		unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
27		deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
28		commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
29		request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
30		organization with written notice setting forth the
31		specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
32		request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
33		8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the
34		Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number of

1		employees designated by such president, who may accept the
2		registrations of any qualified resident of the State
3		election jurisdiction.
4		The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
5		additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
6		board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
7		deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
8		public is served, giving due consideration to both population
9		concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
10		registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number
11		from each of the 2 major political parties in the election
12		jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners, in
13		appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
14		appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chairman
15		of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
16		party. A Chairman of a County Central Committee shall submit a
17		list of applicants to the board by November 30 of each year.
18		The board may require a Chairman of a County Central Committee
19		to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
20		Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
21		other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All persons
22		appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered voters
23		within the election jurisdiction and shall take and subscribe
24		to the following oath or affirmation:
25		"I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
26		will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
27		Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
28		faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
29		officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
30		person nor cause the registration of any person except upon his
31		personal application before me.
32		....................................
33		(Signature of Registration Officer)"
34		This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of

1		the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
2		person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
3		shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
4		election commissioners. The members of the board of election
5		commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
6		provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
7		themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
8		authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
9		affidavits as are required by this Article.
10		Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
11		except precinct committeemen, shall be for 2-year terms,
12		commencing on December 1 following the general election of each
13		even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
14		appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
15		general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
16		be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
17		convention following the general primary at which they were
18		elected. The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
19		appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in his
20		office for public inspection a list of the names of all
21		appointees.
22		(b) The board of election commissioners shall be
23		responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
24		pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
25		convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
26		such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be
27		responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
28		registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
29		registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
30		removal for cause.
31		(c) Completed registration materials under the control of
32		deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
33		returned to the appointing proper election authority within 7
34		days, except that completed registration materials received by

1		the deputy registrars during the period between the 35th and
2		28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
3		registrars to the appointing proper election authority within
4		48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed registration
5		materials received by the deputy registrars on the 28th day
6		preceding an election shall be returned by the deputy
7		registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof. Unused
8		materials shall be returned by deputy registrars appointed
9		pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
10		next working day following the close of registration.
11		(d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
12		the case may be, must provide any additional forms requested by
13		any deputy registrar regardless of the number of unaccounted
14		registration forms the deputy registrar may have in his or her
15		possession.
16		(e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
17		or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
18		her duties.
19		(f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
20		criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
21		deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to
22		be employees of the board of election commissioners.
23		(g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
24		registrars for persons residing outside the election
25		jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election
26		commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election
27		authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
28		(Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
29		(10 ILCS 5/6-90 new)
30		Sec. 6-90. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
31		provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
32		shall establish procedures for the registration of voters
33		during the period from the close of registration for a primary

1		or election and until the 14th day before the primary or
2		election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
3		elector may register to vote in person in the office of the
4		election authority or at a voter registration location
5		specifically designated for this purpose by the election
6		authority. A registered voter may submit a change of address
7		form in person in the office of the election authority or at a
8		voter registration location specifically designated for this
9		purpose by the election authority during this period as well.
10		The election authority shall register that individual or
11		change his or her address in the manner provided by law. At the
12		time a person has completed registration or has submitted a
13		change of address during the grace period established under
14		this Section, the person shall sign and receive a document
15		dated and signed by the election authority or the election
16		authority's designated representative that states the
17		registrant's name and address and that the person is registered
18		to vote and is eligible to receive a ballot at the next
19		election or primary election after the date of registration or
20		change of address. The election authority or the election
21		authority's designated representative and the document itself
22		shall advise the registrant to retain the document and to have
23		the document available for inspection upon entering the polling
24		place on the next election day or primary election day after
25		registration, but failure to present the document is not a bar
26		to voting.
27		The election authority shall endeavor to complete all steps
28		necessary to make that individual's registration information
29		available within 48 hours after his or her registration.
30		(10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
31		Sec. 7-7. For the purpose of making nominations in certain
32		instances as provided in this Article and this Act, the
33		following committees are authorized and shall constitute the

1		central or managing committees of each political party, viz: A
2		State central committee, whose responsibilities include, but
3		are not limited to, filling by appointment vacancies in
4		nomination for statewide offices, including but not limited to
5		the office of United States Senator, a congressional committee
6		for each congressional district, a county central committee for
7		each county, a municipal central committee for each city,
8		incorporated town or village, a ward committeeman for each ward
9		in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more; a
10		township committeeman for each township or part of a township
11		that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
12		more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more; a
13		precinct committeeman for each precinct in counties having a
14		population of less than 2,000,000; a county board district
15		committee for each county board district created under Division
16		2-3 of the Counties Code; a State's Attorney committee for each
17		group of 2 or more counties which jointly elect a State's
18		Attorney; a Superintendent of Multi-County Educational Service
19		Region committee for each group of 2 or more counties which
20		jointly elect a Superintendent of a Multi-County Educational
21		Service Region; a judicial subcircuit committee in a judicial
22		circuit divided into subcircuits for each judicial subcircuit
23		in that circuit; and a board of review election district
24		committee for each Cook County Board of Review election
25		district.
26		(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03;
27		revised 9-22-03.)
28		(10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
29		Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
30		one or two members from each congressional district in the
31		State and shall be elected as follows:
32		State Central Committee
33		(a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this

1		amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
2		political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
3		which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
4		State central committee of that party.
5		Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in
6		March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years thereafter,
7		each primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party
8		for member of the State central committee for the congressional
9		district in which he resides. The candidate receiving the
10		highest number of votes shall be declared elected State central
11		committeeman from the district. A political party may, in lieu
12		of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
13		convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the
14		State central committeemen in the manner following:
15		At the county convention held by such political party State
16		central committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as
17		provided in this Article for the election of officers of the
18		county central committee, and such election shall follow the
19		election of officers of the county central committee. Each
20		elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast as
21		his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township,
22		part of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
23		election of his political party. In the case of a county lying
24		partially within one congressional district and partially
25		within another congressional district, each ward, township or
26		precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
27		congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
28		township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional
29		district which encompasses more than one county, each ward,
30		township or precinct committeeman residing within the
31		congressional district shall cast as his vote one vote for each
32		ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or
33		precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
34		political party for one candidate of his party for member of

1		the State central committee for the congressional district in
2		which he resides and the Chairman of the county central
3		committee shall report the results of the election to the State
4		Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall certify
5		the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
6		State central committeeman for that congressional district.
7		The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
8		for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
9		members of the State central committee.
10		After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
11		General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
12		Chairman of a State central committee, or at the end of the
13		term of office of Chairman, the State central committee of each
14		political party that has selected Alternative A shall elect a
15		Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State
16		Central Committee. The Chairman shall be a registered voter in
17		this State and of the same political party as the State central
18		committee.
19		Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
20		30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a
21		person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
22		that congressional district to serve as an additional member of
23		the State central committee until his or her successor is
24		elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
25		congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
26		on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
27		each congressional district at the general primary election
28		held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
29		receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
30		candidates for State central committeeman, and the female
31		candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's
32		female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be
33		declared elected State central committeeman and State central
34		committeewoman from the district. At the general primary

1		election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
2		party's candidates for State central committeemen or State
3		central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the
4		same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
5		shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State
6		central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
7		failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
8		vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
9		member of the State central committee from the district. This
10		vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional
11		committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
12		fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
13		district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
14		committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
15		congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
16		on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
17		The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
18		provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
19		committee's members.
20		Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the
21		selection of the Chairman of the State central committee, under
22		both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee
23		of each political party shall be composed of members elected or
24		appointed from the several congressional districts of the
25		State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The
26		members of the State central committee shall, within 30 days
27		after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in
28		the city of Springfield and organize by electing a chairman,
29		and may at such time elect such officers from among their own
30		number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient.
31		The outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the
32		party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of
33		the State central committee elected at the primary of the time
34		and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings

1		of the State central committee, each State central committeeman
2		and State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
3		ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the
4		primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
5		immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
6		committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
7		committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
8		by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
9		of the political party of the counties located within the
10		congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if
11		applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the political
12		party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located
13		within the congressional district. If the congressional
14		district in which the vacancy occurs lies wholly within a
15		county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township
16		committeemen of the political party in that congressional
17		district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the
18		vacancy, each chairman of a county central committee and each
19		ward and township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more
20		inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
21		precinct of the congressional district in which the vacancy
22		exists of his or her county, township, or ward cast by the
23		primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
24		immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
25		State central committee. The person appointed to fill the
26		vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district in
27		which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter, and, in a
28		committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of
29		the same sex as his or her predecessor. A political party may,
30		by a majority vote of the delegates of any State convention of
31		such party, determine to return to the election of State
32		central committeeman and State central committeewoman by the
33		vote of primary electors. Any action taken by a political party
34		at a State convention in accordance with this Section shall be

1		reported to the State Board of Elections by the chairman and
2		secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
3		Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
4		(b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
5		1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
6		cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
7		candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. Each
8		candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of and in
9		the ward where he seeks to be elected ward committeeman. The
10		one having the highest number of votes shall be such ward
11		committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary
12		election held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970, and every 4
13		years thereafter, each primary elector in counties containing a
14		population of 2,000,000 or more, outside of cities containing a
15		population of 200,000 or more, may vote for one candidate of
16		his party for township committeeman. Each candidate for
17		township committeeman must be a resident of and in the township
18		or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
19		population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a
20		population of 2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part
21		of a township he seeks to be elected township committeeman. The
22		one having the highest number of votes shall be such township
23		committeeman of such party for such township or part of a
24		township. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
25		1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector, except
26		in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
27		for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
28		committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be
29		a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
30		elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest
31		number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
32		party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary
33		shall show the name of the committeeman of each political
34		party.

1		Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
2		under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
3		committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
4		second year after their election. Except as otherwise provided
5		in this Section for certain State central committeemen who have
6		2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
7		committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such
8		committeemen until the date of primary to be held in the fourth
9		year after their election. However, a vacancy exists in the
10		office of precinct committeeman when a precinct committeeman
11		ceases to reside in the precinct in which he was elected and
12		such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have nor
13		exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that
14		precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
15		appointed.
16		(c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
17		the precinct committeemen of such party, in the multi-township
18		assessing district formed pursuant to Section 2-10 of the
19		Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set
20		forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In the
21		organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
22		Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
23		each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
24		his party at the primary at which he was elected.
25		County Central Committee
26		(d) The county central committee of each political party in
27		each county shall consist of the various township committeemen,
28		precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such
29		party in the county. In the organization and proceedings of the
30		county central committee, each precinct committeeman shall
31		have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the
32		primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
33		elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
34		each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the

1		case may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
2		election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
3		General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
4		county central committee; and in the organization and
5		proceedings of the county central committee, each ward
6		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
7		ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary
8		election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
9		General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
10		county central committee.
11		Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
12		(d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
13		each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
14		various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
15		that party in the portions of the county composing the board of
16		review election district. In the organization and proceedings
17		of each of the 3 election district committees, each township
18		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
19		or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
20		the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
21		election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
22		review election district committee; and in the organization and
23		proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
24		ward committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
25		his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the
26		primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
27		immediately preceding the meeting of the board of review
28		election district committee.
29		Congressional Committee
30		(e) The congressional committee of each party in each
31		congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
32		county central committees of the counties composing the
33		congressional district, except that in congressional districts
34		wholly within the territorial limits of one county, or partly

1		within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with the county
2		lines of all of such counties, the precinct committeemen,
3		township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of the
4		party representing the precincts within the limits of the
5		congressional district, shall compose the congressional
6		committee. A State central committeeman in each district shall
7		be a member and the chairman or, when a district has 2 State
8		central committeemen, a co-chairman of the congressional
9		committee, but shall not have the right to vote except in case
10		of a tie.
11		In the organization and proceedings of congressional
12		committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
13		committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination thereof,
14		each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
15		voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his party at
16		the primary at which he was elected, each township committeeman
17		shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or
18		part of a township as the case may be by the primary electors
19		of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
20		meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward
21		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
22		precinct of his ward located in such congressional district by
23		the primary electors of his party at the primary election
24		immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
25		committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
26		congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county
27		central committees of the counties within such district, each
28		chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
29		for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of
30		his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
31		meeting of the congressional committee.
32		Judicial District Committee
33		(f) The judicial district committee of each political party
34		in each judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of

1		the county central committees of the counties composing the
2		judicial district.
3		In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
4		committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
5		committees of the counties within such district, each chairman
6		of such county central committee shall have one vote for each
7		ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
8		at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
9		the judicial district committee.
10		Circuit Court Committee
11		(g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
12		each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
13		the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
14		composing the judicial circuit.
15		In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
16		committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
17		have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
18		primary electors of his party at the primary election
19		immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
20		committee.
21		Judicial Subcircuit Committee
22		(g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political
23		party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided
24		into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township
25		committeemen of the townships and wards composing the judicial
26		subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct committeemen of
27		the precincts composing the judicial subcircuit in any county
28		other than Cook County.
29		In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
30		subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
31		one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
32		township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the
33		primary electors of his party at the primary election
34		immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit

1		committee; each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
2		each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as the
3		case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors
4		of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
5		meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee; and each ward
6		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
7		ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial
8		subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the primary
9		election immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial
10		subcircuit committee.
11		Municipal Central Committee
12		(h) The municipal central committee of each political party
13		shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
14		committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
15		the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
16		town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, township
17		or ward committeeman on the municipal central committee shall
18		be the same as his voting strength on the county central
19		committee.
20		For political parties, other than a statewide political
21		party, established only within a municipality or township, the
22		municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
23		the party officers of the local established party. The party
24		officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the
25		chairman and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities
26		and townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
27		caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
28		vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
29		and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
30		candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
31		shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
32		primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
33		of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
34		party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's

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 it 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
27		committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially
28		within that Congressional District and in which there are no
29		ward or township committeemen. When voting for such proxy the
30		county chairman, ward committeeman or township committeeman,
31		as the case may be shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
32		his county, ward or township, or portion thereof within the
33		Congressional District, by the primary electors of his party at
34		the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State

1		central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy
2		when permitted by the rules of a political party which elects
3		its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
4		Section.
5		Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
6		ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
7		committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
8		statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of
9		conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
10		a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall
11		automatically become vacant.
12		(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03;
13		revised 9-22-03.)
14		(10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
15		Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
16		conventions.
17		(a) On the 29th day second Monday next succeeding the
18		primary at which committeemen are elected, the county central
19		committee of each political party shall meet within at the
20		county seat of the proper county and proceed to organize by
21		electing from its own number a chairman and either from its own
22		number, or otherwise, such other officers as such committee may
23		deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county central
24		committee shall be known as the county convention.
25		The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days
26		after the organization, forward to the State Board of
27		Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
28		precinct committeemen and representative committeemen elected
29		by his political party.
30		The county convention of each political party shall choose
31		delegates to the State convention of its party; but in any
32		county having within its limits any city having a population of
33		200,000, or over the delegates from such city shall be chosen

1		by wards, the ward committeemen from the respective wards
2		choosing the number of delegates to which such ward is entitled
3		on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
4		delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
5		convention from such county. In all counties containing a
6		population of 2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a
7		population of 200,000 or more, the delegates from each of the
8		townships or parts of townships as the case may be shall be
9		chosen by townships or parts of townships as the case may be,
10		the township committeemen from the respective townships or
11		parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of
12		delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the
13		case may be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph
14		(e) of this Section such delegates to be members of the
15		delegation to the State convention from such county.
16		Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
17		party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
18		(a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
19		ex officio.
20		Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
21		party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
22		(a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
23		Convention who must be residents of the member's Congressional
24		District.
25		(b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after
26		the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years
27		thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the
28		chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a
29		State convention within 180 days after the general primary.
30		The State convention of each political party has power to
31		make nominations of candidates of its political party for the
32		electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
33		and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined
34		by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to

1		choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
2		national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee
3		may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the
4		State convention.
5		(c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention
6		shall, within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of
7		Elections of this State a certificate setting forth the names
8		and addresses of all persons nominated by such State convention
9		for electors of President and Vice President of the United
10		States, and of any persons selected by the State convention for
11		delegates and alternate delegates at large to national
12		nominating conventions; and the names of such candidates so
13		chosen by such State convention for electors of President and
14		Vice President of the United States, shall be caused by the
15		State Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot
16		at the general election, in the manner required by law, and
17		shall be certified to the various county clerks of the proper
18		counties in the manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this
19		Article 7 for the certifying of the names of persons nominated
20		by any party for State offices. If and as long as this Act
21		prescribes that the names of such electors be not printed on
22		the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be certified
23		in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act
24		applicable thereto.
25		(d) Each convention may perform all other functions
26		inherent to such political organization and not inconsistent
27		with this Article.
28		(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
29		the chairman of the State central committee of each political
30		party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of
31		Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall
32		state, among other things, the time and place (designating the
33		building or hall) for holding the State convention. Such call
34		shall be signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary

1		of the committee. In such convention each county shall be
2		entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by the
3		primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to
4		be held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such
5		county, less than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of
6		ballots so voted is not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall
7		be one delegate for such group which is less than 500, or for
8		such group representing the number of votes over the multiple
9		of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each
10		primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
11		convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in
12		full and shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen
13		be calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of
14		delegates be chosen.
15		(f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when
16		elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
17		elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
18		in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
19		strength of each committeeman shall remain as provided in this
20		Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
21		(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
22		this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
23		provided in this Act.
24		(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
25		called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members
26		of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
27		committee in writing designating the time and place at which
28		such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
29		proposed to present at such special meeting.
30		(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
31		vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because
32		no one was elected to that office or because the precinct
33		committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct or for any other
34		reason, the chairman of the county central committee of the

1		appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such office
2		by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and the
3		appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though elected;
4		however, no such appointment may be made between the general
5		primary election and the 30th 14th day after the general
6		primary election.
7		(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
8		of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
9		Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
10		the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a
11		political party which elects its State Central Committee by
12		either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
13		Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
14		as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
15		their terms.
16		(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)
17		(10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
18		Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
19		candidate for nomination, or State central committeeman, or
20		township committeeman, or precinct committeeman, or ward
21		committeeman or candidate for delegate or alternate delegate to
22		national nominating conventions, shall be printed upon the
23		primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has been filed
24		in his behalf as provided in this Article in substantially the
25		following form:
26		We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
27		.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party, in
28		the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of Illinois,
29		do hereby petition that the following named person or persons
30		shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party for the
31		nomination for (or in case of committeemen for election to) the
32		office or offices hereinafter specified, to be voted for at the
33		primary election to be held on (insert date).

4		Name.................. Address.......................
5		State of Illinois)
6		) ss.
7		County of........)
8		I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
9		street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
10		....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
11		of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
12		were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the
13		best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
14		the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
15		party, and that their respective residences are correctly
16		stated, as above set forth.
17		.........................
18		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
19		.........................
20
21		Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
22		candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
23		and shall contain above the space for signatures an appropriate
24		heading giving the information as to name of candidate or
25		candidates, in whose behalf such petition is signed; the
26		office, the political party represented and place of residence;
27		and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
28		Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary electors
29		residing in the political division for which the nomination is
30		sought in their own proper persons only and opposite the
31		signature of each signer, his residence address shall be

1		written or printed. The residence address required to be
2		written or printed opposite each qualified primary elector's
3		name shall include the street address or rural route number of
4		the signer, as the case may be, as well as the signer's county,
5		and city, village or town, and state. However the county or
6		city, village or town, and state of residence of the electors
7		may be printed on the petition forms where all of the electors
8		signing the petition reside in the same county or city, village
9		or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may be used in
10		writing the residence address, including street number, if any.
11		At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
12		circulator statement signed by a person 18 years of age or
13		older who is a citizen of the United States, stating the street
14		address or rural route number, as the case may be, as well as
15		the county, city, village or town, and state; and certifying
16		that the signatures on that sheet of the petition were signed
17		in his or her presence and certifying that the signatures are
18		genuine; and either (1) indicating the dates on which that
19		sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating the first and last
20		dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3) certifying that
21		none of the signatures on the sheet were signed more than 90
22		days preceding the last day for the filing of the petition and
23		certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
24		the persons so signing were at the time of signing the
25		petitions qualified voters of the political party for which a
26		nomination is sought. Such statement shall be sworn to before
27		some officer authorized to administer oaths in this State.
28		No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
29		preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
30		of such petition.
31		The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
32		whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
33		signature from the petition, provided that:
34		(1) the person striking the signature shall initial the

1		petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
2		(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
3		certification listing the page number and line number of
4		each signature struck from the petition. Such
5		certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
6		Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
7		together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
8		fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
9		manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
10		The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
11		to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
12		sheets which are filed with the proper local election
13		officials, election authorities or the State Board of Elections
14		shall be the original sheets which have been signed by the
15		voters and by the circulator thereof, and not photocopies or
16		duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must include as a part
17		thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of the candidates
18		filing, or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
19		statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
20		office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
21		candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
22		the petition relates and is qualified for the office specified
23		(in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney it shall state
24		that the candidate is at the time of filing such statement a
25		licensed attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he
26		has filed (or will file before the close of the petition filing
27		period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
28		Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
29		candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall
30		be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some
31		officer authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State
32		and shall be in substantially the following form:
33		Statement of Candidacy

4		State of Illinois)
5		) ss.
6		County of .......)
7		I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
8		Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
9		State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
10		qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
11		candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
12		committeeman and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
13		office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be
14		held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
15		being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
16		requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
17		such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
18		close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
19		interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
20		and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
21		primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
22		of committeemen and delegates and alternate delegates) such
23		office.
24		Signed ......................
25		Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
26		who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
27		Signed ....................
28		(Official Character)
29		(Seal, if officer has one.)
30		The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
31		to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
32		filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election

1		authority or local election official with whom the petition is
2		required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
3		Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
4		by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
5		thereof shall be punished accordingly.
6		A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must
7		obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
8		his or her petition for nomination.
9		(a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
10		convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office or
11		as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national nominating
12		convention elected from the State at-large, then the
13		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 5,000
14		but not more than 10,000 signatures.
15		(b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
16		national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run for
17		United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
18		alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
19		convention elected from a congressional district, then the
20		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
21		number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
22		electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
23		district. In the first primary election following a
24		redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
25		petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures of
26		qualified primary electors of the candidate's political party
27		in his or her congressional district.
28		(c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
29		countywide office, including but not limited to county board
30		chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
31		basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the candidate's
32		petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
33		signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
34		her party who cast votes at the last preceding general election

1		in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to run for county
2		board member elected from a county board district, then the
3		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
4		number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
5		electors of his or her party in the county board district. In
6		the first primary election following a redistricting of county
7		board districts or the initial establishment of county board
8		districts, a candidate's petition for nomination must contain
9		at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
10		qualified electors of his or her party in the entire county who
11		cast votes at the last preceding general election divided by
12		the total number of county board districts comprising the
13		county board; provided that in no event shall the number of
14		signatures be less than 25.
15		(d) County office; Cook County only.
16		(1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
17		in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
18		nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
19		equal to 0.5% and not more than the number of signatures
20		equal to 1% of the qualified electors of his or her party
21		who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
22		Cook County.
23		(2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
24		Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination
25		must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
26		0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
27		in his or her county board district. In the first primary
28		election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
29		Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
30		nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
31		equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
32		in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
33		general election divided by the total number of county
34		board districts comprising the county board; provided that

1		in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
2		(3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
3		of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
4		pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
5		Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
6		contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
7		the total number of registered voters in his or her board
8		of review district in the last general election at which a
9		commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected from
10		that board of review district. In no event shall the number
11		of signatures required be greater than the requisite number
12		for a candidate who seeks countywide office in Cook County
13		under subsection (d)(1) of this Section. In the first
14		primary election following a redistricting of Cook County
15		Board of Review districts, a candidate's petition for
16		nomination must contain at least 4,000 signatures or at
17		least the number of signatures required for a countywide
18		candidate in Cook County, whichever is less, of the
19		qualified electors of his or her party in the district.
20		(e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
21		run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
22		petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
23		signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
24		his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
25		candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then the
26		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
27		number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
28		electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first primary
29		election following redistricting of aldermanic wards or
30		trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
31		establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition for
32		nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to at
33		least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the candidate
34		of that political party who received the highest number of

1		votes in the entire municipality at the last regular election
2		at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
3		the entire municipality, divided by the number of wards or
4		districts. In no event shall the number of signatures be less
5		than 25.
6		(f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
7		run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's
8		petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures of
9		the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
10		congressional district.
11		(g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
12		for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
13		elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
14		nomination must contain at least the number of signatures equal
15		to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from the
16		sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee of a
17		sanitary district in which trustees are elected from wards,
18		then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at
19		least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the primary
20		electors of his or her party in the ward of that sanitary
21		district. In the first primary election following
22		redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
23		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
24		signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her ward
25		of that sanitary district.
26		(h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for
27		judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition
28		for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
29		0.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the
30		candidate for his or her political party for the office of
31		Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was
32		elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a
33		candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a district,
34		circuit, or subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for

1		nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25%
2		of the number of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his
3		or her political party who received the highest number of votes
4		at the last general election at which a judicial officer from
5		the same district, circuit, or subcircuit was regularly
6		scheduled to be elected, but in no event less than 500
7		signatures.
8		(i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
9		candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the
10		candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10
11		signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the
12		precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward committeeperson,
13		then the candidate's petition for nomination must contain no
14		less than the number of signatures equal to 10% of the primary
15		electors of his or her party of the ward, but no more than 16%
16		of those same electors; provided that the maximum number of
17		signatures may be 50 more than the minimum number, whichever is
18		greater. If a candidate seeks to run for township
19		committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
20		must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 5%
21		of the primary electors of his or her party of the township,
22		but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided that the
23		maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
24		number, whichever is greater.
25		(j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
26		for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
27		attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
28		than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
29		must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
30		the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
31		comprising the counties.
32		(j-5) MWRD commissioner. If a candidate seeks to run for
33		commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of
34		Greater Chicago, then the candidate's petition for nomination

1		must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5%,
2		but not more than 1%, of the registered voters of the District.
3		(k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
4		office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
5		contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
6		registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
7		division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
8		whichever is greater.
9		Whenever this Section or any other provision of law
10		specifies a maximum number of signatures that a petition of
11		nomination may contain and a petition contains more than that
12		maximum number, the number of signatures on the petition shall
13		be counted from the first signature on the first petition sheet
14		and no signatures after the maximum number is attained shall be
15		counted or used for any purpose.
16		For purposes of this Section the number of primary electors
17		shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in the
18		applicable district, for the candidate for that political party
19		who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at the
20		last general election in the State at which electors for
21		President of the United States were elected. For political
22		subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
23		determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
24		that political party who received the highest number of votes
25		in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
26		which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
27		that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
28		subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
29		determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
30		that political party who received the highest number of votes
31		in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
32		an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that ward
33		or district.
34		A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign

1		petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
2		party.
3		The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
4		the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
5		except for item (3) of subsection (d).
6		Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
7		specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
8		names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
9		the same or different offices.
10		(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-129, eff. 7-20-01;
11		93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
12		(10 ILCS 5/7-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-34)
13		Sec. 7-34. Pollwatchers in a primary election shall be
14		authorized in the following manner:
15		(1) Each established political party shall be entitled to
16		appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. Such pollwatchers must be
17		affiliated with the political party for which they are
18		pollwatching and must be a registered voter in Illinois.
19		(2) Each candidate shall be entitled to appoint two
20		pollwatchers per precinct. For Federal, State, and county,
21		township, and municipal primary elections, the pollwatchers
22		must be registered to vote in Illinois.
23		(3) Each organization of citizens within the county or
24		political subdivision, which has among its purposes or
25		interests the investigation or prosecution of election frauds,
26		and which shall have registered its name and address and the
27		names and addresses of its principal officers with the proper
28		election authority at least 40 days before the primary
29		election, shall be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per
30		precinct. For all primary elections, the pollwatcher must be
31		registered to vote in Illinois.
32		(4) Each organized group of proponents or opponents of a
33		ballot proposition, which shall have registered the name and

1		address of its organization or committee and the name and
2		address of its chairman with the proper election authority at
3		least 40 days before the primary election, shall be entitled to
4		appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. The pollwatcher must be
5		registered to vote in Illinois.
6		(5) In any primary election held to nominate candidates for
7		the offices of a municipality of less than 3,000,000 population
8		that is situated in 2 or more counties, a pollwatcher who is a
9		resident of a county in which any part of the municipality is
10		situated shall be eligible to serve as a pollwatcher in any
11		polling place located within such municipality, provided that
12		such pollwatcher otherwise complies with the respective
13		requirements of subsections (1) through (4) of this Section and
14		is a registered voter whose residence is within Illinois.
15		All pollwatchers shall be required to have proper
16		credentials. Such credentials shall be printed in sufficient
17		quantities, shall be issued by and under the facsimile
18		signature(s) of the election authority and shall be available
19		for distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the election. Such
20		credentials shall be authorized by the real or facsimile
21		signature of the State or local party official or the candidate
22		or the presiding officer of the civic organization or the
23		chairman of the proponent or opponent group, as the case may
24		be.
25		Pollwatcher credentials shall be in substantially the
26		following form:
27		POLLWATCHER CREDENTIALS
28		TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
29		In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, the
30		undersigned hereby appoints ........... (name of pollwatcher)
31		at .......... (address) in the county of ...........,
32		.......... (township or municipality) of ........... (name),
33		State of Illinois and who is duly registered to vote from this

1		address, to act as a pollwatcher in the ........... precinct of
2		the .......... ward (if applicable) of the ...........
3		(township or municipality) of ........... at the ...........
4		election to be held on (insert date).
5		........................ (Signature of Appointing Authority)
6		........................ TITLE (party official, candidate,
7		civic organization president,
8		proponent or opponent group chairman)
9		Under penalties provided by law pursuant to Section 29-10
10		of the Election Code, the undersigned pollwatcher certifies
11		that he or she resides at .............. (address) in the
12		county of ........., ......... (township or municipality) of
13		.......... (name), State of Illinois, and is duly registered to
14		vote in Illinois.
15		........................... ..........................
16		(Precinct and/or Ward in (Signature of Pollwatcher)
17		Which Pollwatcher Resides)
18		Pollwatchers must present their credentials to the Judges
19		of Election upon entering the polling place. Pollwatcher
20		credentials properly executed and signed shall be proof of the
21		qualifications of the pollwatcher authorized thereby. Such
22		credentials are retained by the Judges and returned to the
23		Election Authority at the end of the day of election with the
24		other election materials. Once a pollwatcher has surrendered a
25		valid credential, he may leave and reenter the polling place
26		provided that such continuing action does not disrupt the
27		conduct of the election. Pollwatchers may be substituted during
28		the course of the day, but established political parties,
29		candidates, qualified civic organizations and proponents and
30		opponents of a ballot proposition can have only as many
31		pollwatchers at any given time as are authorized in this
32		Article. A substitute must present his signed credential to the
33		judges of election upon entering the polling place. Election

1		authorities must provide a sufficient number of credentials to
2		allow for substitution of pollwatchers. After the polls have
3		closed, pollwatchers shall be allowed to remain until the
4		canvass of votes is completed; but may leave and reenter only
5		in cases of necessity, provided that such action is not so
6		continuous as to disrupt the canvass of votes.
7		Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality
8		encompassing 2 or more counties shall be admitted to any and
9		all polling places throughout such district or municipality
10		without regard to the counties in which such candidates are
11		registered to vote. Actions of such candidates shall be
12		governed in each polling place by the same privileges and
13		limitations that apply to pollwatchers as provided in this
14		Section. Any such candidate who engages in an activity in a
15		polling place which could reasonably be construed by a majority
16		of the judges of election as campaign activity shall be removed
17		forthwith from such polling place.
18		Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality
19		encompassing 2 or more counties who desire to be admitted to
20		polling places on election day in such district or municipality
21		shall be required to have proper credentials. Such credentials
22		shall be printed in sufficient quantities, shall be issued by
23		and under the facsimile signature of the election authority of
24		the election jurisdiction where the polling place in which the
25		candidate seeks admittance is located, and shall be available
26		for distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the election. Such
27		credentials shall be signed by the candidate.
28		Candidate credentials shall be in substantially the
29		following form:
30		CANDIDATE CREDENTIALS
31		TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
32		In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, I
33		...... (name of candidate) hereby certify that I am a candidate

1		for ....... (name of office) and seek admittance to .......
2		precinct of the ....... ward (if applicable) of the .......
3		(township or municipality) of ....... at the ....... election
4		to be held on (insert date).
5		......................... .......................
6		(Signature of Candidate) OFFICE FOR WHICH
7		CANDIDATE SEEKS
8		NOMINATION OR
9		ELECTION
10		Pollwatchers shall be permitted to observe all proceedings
11		and all records relating to the conduct of the election,
12		provided the secrecy of the ballot is not impinged, and to
13		station themselves in a position in the voting room as will
14		enable them to observe the judges making the signature
15		comparison between the voter application and the voter
16		registration record card; provided, however, that such
17		pollwatchers shall not be permitted to station themselves in
18		such close proximity to the judges of election so as to
19		interfere with the orderly conduct of the election and shall
20		not, in any event, be permitted to handle election materials.
21		Pollwatchers may challenge for cause the voting qualifications
22		of a person offering to vote and may call to the attention of
23		the judges of election any incorrect procedure or apparent
24		violations of this Code.
25		If a majority of the judges of election determine that the
26		polling place has become too overcrowded with pollwatchers so
27		as to interfere with the orderly conduct of the election, the
28		judges shall, by lot, limit such pollwatchers to a reasonable
29		number, except that each candidate and each established or new
30		political party shall be permitted to have at least one
31		pollwatcher present.
32		Representatives of an election authority, with regard to an
33		election under its jurisdiction, the State Board of Elections,

1		and law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to a
2		United States Attorney, a State's attorney, the Attorney
3		General, and a State, county, or local police department, in
4		the performance of their official election duties, shall be
5		permitted at all times to enter and remain in the polling
6		place. Upon entering the polling place, such representatives
7		shall display their official credentials or other
8		identification to the judges of election.
9		Uniformed police officers assigned to polling place duty
10		shall follow all lawful instructions of the judges of election.
11		The provisions of this Section shall also apply to
12		supervised casting of absentee ballots as provided in Section
13		19-12.2 of this Act.
14		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
15		(10 ILCS 5/7-56) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-56)
16		Sec. 7-56. As soon as complete returns are delivered to the
17		proper election authority, the returns shall be canvassed for
18		all primary elections as follows:
19		1. In the case of the nomination of candidates for city
20		offices, by the mayor, the city attorney and the city clerk.
21		2. In the case of nomination of candidates for village
22		offices, by the president of the board of trustees, one member
23		of the board of trustees, and the village clerk.
24		3. In the case of nomination of candidates for township
25		offices, by the town supervisor, the town assessor and the town
26		clerk; in the case of nomination of candidates for incorporated
27		town offices, by the corporate authorities of the incorporated
28		town.
29		3.5. For multi-township assessment districts, by the
30		chairman, clerk, and assessor of the multi-township assessment
31		district.
32		4. For road district offices, by the highway commissioner
33		and the road district clerk.

1		5. The officers who are charged by law with the duty of
2		canvassing returns of general elections made to the county
3		clerk, shall also open and canvass the returns of a primary
4		made to such county clerk. Upon the completion of the canvass
5		of the returns by the county canvassing board, said canvassing
6		board shall make a tabulated statement of the returns for each
7		political party separately, stating in appropriate columns and
8		under proper headings, the total number of votes cast in said
9		county for each candidate for nomination by said party,
10		including candidates for President of the United States and for
11		State central committeemen, and for delegates and alternate
12		delegates to National nominating conventions, and for precinct
13		committeemen, township committeemen, and for ward
14		committeemen. Within one day following two (2) days after the
15		completion of said canvass by said canvassing board the county
16		clerk shall (i) send mail to the State Board of Elections a
17		certified copy of such tabulated statement of returns in a
18		sealed envelope addressed to the State Board of Elections via
19		overnight mail so that it arrives at the address the following
20		day or (ii) transmit an electronic version of the tabulated
21		statement of returns to the State Board of Elections, but only
22		if the county clerk receives verification the same day that the
23		electronic version was received by the State Board and only if
24		the county clerk also sends a certified copy of the tabulation
25		statement of returns to the State Board by United States mail.
26		Provided, however, that the number of votes cast for the
27		nomination for offices, the certificates of election for which
28		offices, under this Act or any other laws are issued by the
29		county clerk shall not be included in such certified copy of
30		said tabulated statement of returns, nor shall the returns on
31		the election of precinct, township or ward committeemen be so
32		certified to the State Board of Elections. The said officers
33		shall also determine and set down as to each precinct the
34		number of ballots voted by the primary electors of each party

1		at the primary.
2		6. In the case of the nomination of candidates for offices,
3		including President of the United States and the State central
4		committeemen, and delegates and alternate delegates to
5		National nominating conventions, certified tabulated statement
6		of returns for which are filed with the State Board of
7		Elections, said returns shall be canvassed by the board. And,
8		provided, further, that within 5 days after said returns shall
9		be canvassed by the said Board, the Board shall cause to be
10		published in one daily newspaper of general circulation at the
11		seat of the State government in Springfield a certified
12		statement of the returns filed in its office, showing the total
13		vote cast in the State for each candidate of each political
14		party for President of the United States, and showing the total
15		vote for each candidate of each political party for President
16		of the United States, cast in each of the several congressional
17		districts in the State.
18		7. Where in cities or villages which have a board of
19		election commissioners, the returns of a primary are made to
20		such board of election commissioners, said return shall be
21		canvassed by such board, and, excepting in the case of the
22		nomination for any municipal office, tabulated statements of
23		the returns of such primary shall be made to the county clerk.
24		8. Within 48 hours following tabulation of provisional
25		ballots of the delivery of complete returns of the consolidated
26		primary to the election authority, the election authority shall
27		deliver an original certificate of results to each local
28		election official, with respect to whose political
29		subdivisions nominations were made at such primary, for each
30		precinct in his jurisdiction in which such nominations were on
31		the ballot. Such original certificate of results need not
32		include any offices or nominations for any other political
33		subdivisions. The local election official shall immediately
34		transmit the certificates to the canvassing board for his

1		political subdivisions, which shall open and canvass the
2		returns, make a tabulated statement of the returns for each
3		political party separately, and as nearly as possible, follow
4		the procedures required for the county canvassing board. Such
5		canvass of votes shall be conducted within 21 7 days after the
6		close of the consolidated primary.
7		(Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
8		(10 ILCS 5/7-58) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-58)
9		Sec. 7-58. Each of the canvassing boards respectively
10		shall, within one day following upon completion of the
11		canvassing of the returns, make and transmit to the State Board
12		of Elections and to each election authority whose duty it is to
13		print the official ballot for the election for which the
14		nomination is made a proclamation of the results of the
15		primary. The county clerk shall (i) send the proclamation in a
16		sealed envelope addressed to the State Board of Elections via
17		overnight mail so that it arrives at the address the following
18		day or (ii) transmit an electronic version of the proclamation
19		to the State Board of Elections, but only if the county clerk
20		receives verification the same day that the electronic version
21		was received by the State Board and only if the county clerk
22		also sends the proclamation to the State Board by United States
23		mail. The proclamation shall state the name of each candidate
24		of each political party so nominated or elected, as shown by
25		the returns, together with the name of the office for which he
26		or she was nominated or elected, including precinct, township
27		and ward committeemen, and including in the case of the State
28		Board of Elections, candidates for State central committeemen,
29		and delegates and alternate delegates to National nominating
30		conventions. If a notice of contest is filed, such canvassing
31		board shall, within one business day after receiving a
32		certified copy of the court's judgment or order, amend its
33		proclamation accordingly and proceed to file an amended

1		proclamation with the appropriate election authorities and
2		with the State Board of Elections.
3		The State Board of Elections shall issue a certificate of
4		election to each of the persons shown by the returns and the
5		proclamation thereof to be elected State central committeemen,
6		and delegates and alternate delegates to National nomination
7		conventions; and the county clerk shall issue a certificate of
8		election to each person shown by the returns to be elected
9		precinct, township or ward committeeman. The certificate
10		issued to such precinct committeeman shall state the number of
11		ballots voted in his or her precinct by the primary electors of
12		his or her party at the primary at which he or she was elected.
13		The certificate issued to such township committeeman shall
14		state the number of ballots voted in his or her township or
15		part of a township, as the case may be, by the primary electors
16		of his or her party at the primary at which he or she was
17		elected. The certificate issued to such ward committeeman shall
18		state the number of ballots voted in his or her ward by the
19		primary electors of his or her party at the primary at which he
20		or she was elected.
21		(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
22		(10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
23		Sec. 7-60. Not less than 67 days before the date of the
24		general election, the State Board of Elections shall certify to
25		the county clerks the names of each of the candidates who have
26		been nominated as shown by the proclamation of the State Board
27		of Elections as a canvassing board or who have been nominated
28		to fill a vacancy in nomination and direct the election
29		authority to place upon the official ballot for the general
30		election the names of such candidates in the same manner and in
31		the same order as shown upon the certification, except as
32		otherwise provided in this Section.
33		Not less than 61 days before the date of the general

1		election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of
2		the candidates for county offices who have been nominated as
3		shown by the proclamation of the county canvassing board or who
4		have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination and declare
5		that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
6		shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general
7		election in the same manner and in the same order as shown upon
8		the certification, except as otherwise provided by this
9		Section. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the
10		certification on file in his or her office and at the same time
11		issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such
12		certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county
13		there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than
14		61 days before the date of the general election, issue to such
15		board a copy of the certification that has been filed in the
16		county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
17		certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
18		Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
19		commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the general
20		election in that election jurisdiction the names of all
21		candidates that are listed on such certifications, in the same
22		manner and in the same order as shown upon such certifications,
23		except as otherwise provided in this Section.
24		Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
25		same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
26		name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
27		number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for such
28		office, as shown by the official election returns of the
29		primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
30		offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
31		party for such offices shall follow in the order of the number
32		of votes received by them respectively at the primary election
33		as shown by the official election results.
34		No person who is shown by the canvassing board's

1		proclamation to have been nominated at the primary as a
2		write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified unless
3		such person shall have filed with the certifying office or
4		board within 10 days after the canvassing board's proclamation
5		a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section 7-10 and a
6		statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1. No write-in candidate
7		shown to be elected at the primary shall be required to file a
8		statement of candidacy or a loyalty oath.
9		Each county clerk and board of election commissioners shall
10		determine by a fair and impartial method of random selection
11		the order of placement of established political party
12		candidates for the general election ballot. Such determination
13		shall be made within 30 days following the canvass and
14		proclamation of the results of the general primary in the
15		office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners
16		and shall be open to the public. Seven days written notice of
17		the time and place of conducting such random selection shall be
18		given, by each such election authority, to the County Chairman
19		of each established political party, and to each organization
20		of citizens within the election jurisdiction which was
21		entitled, under this Article, at the next preceding election,
22		to have pollwatchers present on the day of election. Each
23		election authority shall post in a conspicuous, open and public
24		place, at the entrance of the election authority office, notice
25		of the time and place of such lottery. However, a board of
26		election commissioners may elect to place established
27		political party candidates on the general election ballot in
28		the same order determined by the county clerk of the county in
29		which the city under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
30		Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
31		following:
32		(1) The political party affiliation of the candidates for
33		the respective offices;
34		(2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to an

1		office from the State, political subdivision or district;
2		(3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
3		candidate for an office;
4		(4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
5		less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
6		political subdivision are for different terms.
7		The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
8		case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
9		is discovered that the original certification is in error.
10		(Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028.)
11		(10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
12		Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
13		provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination of
14		candidates to be voted for at such special election.
15		In cases where a primary election is required the officer
16		or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions of
17		this Act relating to general elections to call an election,
18		shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination of
19		candidates to be voted for at such special election. Notice of
20		such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior to the
21		maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for such a
22		primary as provided in Section 7-12.
23		Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
24		Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
25		certification of candidates by the certifying board or officer,
26		must be filled prior to the date of certification. Any vacancy
27		in nomination occurring after certification but prior to 15
28		days before the general election shall be filled within 8 days
29		after the event creating the vacancy. The resolution filling
30		the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or personal delivery to
31		the certifying officer or board within 3 days of the action by
32		which the vacancy was filled; provided, if such resolution is
33		sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on the envelope containing

1		such resolution is dated prior to the expiration of such 3 day
2		limit, the resolution shall be deemed filed within such 3 day
3		limit. Failure to so transmit the resolution within the time
4		specified in this Section shall authorize the certifying
5		officer or board to certify the original candidate. Vacancies
6		shall be filled by the officers of a local municipal or
7		township political party as specified in subsection (h) of
8		Section 7-8, other than a statewide political party, that is
9		established only within a municipality or township and the
10		managing committee (or legislative committee in case of a
11		candidate for State Senator or representative committee in the
12		case of a candidate for State Representative in the General
13		Assembly or State central committee in the case of a candidate
14		for statewide office, including but not limited to the office
15		of United States Senator) of the respective political party for
16		the territorial area in which such vacancy occurs.
17		The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
18		duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
19		acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face, the
20		following information:
21		(a) the name of the original nominee and the office
22		vacated;
23		(b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
24		(c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
25		the vacancy and the date of selection.
26		The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
27		accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
28		Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
29		indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of economic
30		interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
31		The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating to
32		objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
33		papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
34		apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a

1		vacancy in nomination.
2		Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less before
3		the consolidated election or the general election shall not be
4		filled. In this event, the certification of the original
5		candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on the official
6		ballot to be voted at the general election.
7		A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
8		been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
9		before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or after
10		the day of the primary), or declines the nomination; provided
11		that nominations may become vacant for other reasons.
12		If the name of no established political party candidate was
13		printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a particular
14		office and if no person was nominated as a write-in candidate
15		for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be created which
16		may be filled in accordance with the requirements of this
17		Section. If the name of no established political party
18		candidate was printed on the general primary ballot for a
19		particular office and if no person was nominated as a write-in
20		candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination shall be
21		created, but no candidate of the party for the office shall be
22		listed on the ballot at the general election unless such
23		vacancy is filled in accordance with the requirements of this
24		Section within 60 days after the date of the general primary.
25		A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
26		partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
27		for his or her nomination at such primary election, is
28		ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
29		consolidated election as a candidate of another political
30		party.
31		A candidate seeking election to an office for which
32		candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
33		a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
34		nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the

1		ballot at that general or consolidated election as a candidate
2		of another political party.
3		In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
4		vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each precinct,
5		township, ward, county or congressional district, as the case
6		may be, shall through its representative on such central or
7		managing committee, be entitled to one vote for each ballot
8		voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or congressional
9		district, as the case may be, by the primary electors of its
10		party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting
11		at which such vacancy is to be filled.
12		For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
13		"certification" shall refer to the act of officially declaring
14		the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon the
15		official ballot at an election and directing election
16		authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
17		official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer to
18		the local election official, election authority or the State
19		Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom nomination
20		papers, including certificates of nomination and resolutions
21		to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and whose duty it is
22		to "certify" candidates.
23		(Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-1348; 87-1052.)
24		(10 ILCS 5/7-100 new)
25		Sec. 7-100. Definition of a vote.
26		(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the
27		purpose of this Article, a person casts a valid vote on a punch
28		card ballot when:
29		(1) A chad on the card has at least one corner detached
30		from the card;
31		(2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the
32		chad are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be
33		seen through the card; or

1		(3) An indentation on the chad from the stylus or other
2		object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable
3		intent of the voter to vote based on the totality of the
4		circumstances, including but not limited to any pattern or
5		frequency of indentations on other ballot positions from
6		the same ballot card.
7		(b) Write-in votes shall be counted in a manner consistent
8		with the existing provisions of this Code.
9		(c) For purposes of this Section, a "chad" is that portion
10		of a ballot card that a voter punches or perforates with a
11		stylus or other designated marking device to manifest his or
12		her vote for a particular ballot position on a ballot card as
13		defined in subsection (a).
14		(d) Prior to the original counting of any punch card
15		ballots, an election judge may not alter a punch card ballot in
16		any manner, including, but not limited to, the removal or
17		manipulation of chads.
18		(10 ILCS 5/8-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-8)
19		Sec. 8-8. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
20		candidate for nomination shall be printed upon the primary
21		ballot unless a petition for nomination shall have been filed
22		in his behalf as provided for in this Section. Each such
23		petition shall include as a part thereof the oath required by
24		Section 7-10.1 of this Act and a statement of candidacy by the
25		candidate filing or in whose behalf the petition is filed. This
26		statement shall set out the address of such candidate, the
27		office for which he is a candidate, shall state that the
28		candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to which
29		the petition relates, is qualified for the office specified and
30		has filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
31		Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the
32		candidate's name be placed upon the official ballot and shall
33		be subscribed and sworn by such candidate before some officer

1		authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in this State and
2		may be in substantially the following form:
3		State of Illinois)
4		) ss.
5		County ..........)
6		I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
7		street in the city (or village of) .... in the county of ....
8		State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
9		qualified primary voter of .... party; that I am a candidate
10		for nomination to the office of .... to be voted upon at the
11		primary election to be held on (insert date); that I am legally
12		qualified to hold such office and that I have filed a statement
13		of economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
14		Ethics Act and I hereby request that my name be printed upon
15		the official primary ballot for nomination for such office.
16		Signed ....................
17		Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
18		who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
19		Signed .... (Official Character)
20		(Seal if officer has one.)
21		The receipt issued by the Secretary of State indicating
22		that the candidate has filed the statement of economic
23		interests required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act must
24		be filed with the petitions for nomination as provided in
25		subsection (8) of Section 7-12 of this Code.
26		All petitions for nomination for the office of State
27		Senator shall be signed by 1% or 1,000 600, whichever is
28		greater, of the qualified primary electors of the candidate's
29		party in his legislative district, except that for the first
30		primary following a redistricting of legislative districts,
31		such petitions shall be signed by at least 1,000 600 qualified
32		primary electors of the candidate's party in his legislative
33		district.
34		All petitions for nomination for the office of

1		Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
2		least 1% or 500 300, whichever is greater, of the qualified
3		primary electors of the candidate's party in his or her
4		representative district, except that for the first primary
5		following a redistricting of representative districts such
6		petitions shall be signed by at least 500 300 qualified primary
7		electors of the candidate's party in his or her representative
8		district.
9		Opposite the signature of each qualified primary elector
10		who signs a petition for nomination for the office of State
11		Representative or State Senator such elector's residence
12		address shall be written or printed. The residence address
13		required to be written or printed opposite each qualified
14		primary elector's name shall include the street address or
15		rural route number of the signer, as the case may be, as well
16		as the signer's county and city, village or town.
17		For the purposes of this Section, the number of primary
18		electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
19		the applicable district, for the candidate for such political
20		party who received the highest number of votes, state-wide, at
21		the last general election in the State at which electors for
22		President of the United States were elected.
23		A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
24		petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
25		party.
26		In the affidavit at the bottom of each sheet, the petition
27		circulator, who shall be a person 18 years of age or older who
28		is a citizen of the United States, shall state his or her
29		street address or rural route number, as the case may be, as
30		well as his or her county, city, village or town, and state;
31		and shall certify that the signatures on that sheet of the
32		petition were signed in his or her presence; and shall certify
33		that the signatures are genuine; and shall certify that to the
34		best of his or her knowledge and belief the persons so signing

1		were at the time of signing the petition qualified primary
2		voters for which the nomination is sought.
3		In the affidavit at the bottom of each petition sheet, the
4		petition circulator shall either (1) indicate the dates on
5		which he or she circulated that sheet, or (2) indicate the
6		first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or (3)
7		certify that none of the signatures on the sheet were signed
8		more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing of the
9		petition. No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90
10		days preceding the last day provided in Section 8-9 for the
11		filing of such petition.
12		All petition sheets which are filed with the State Board of
13		Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
14		by the voters and by the circulator, and not photocopies or
15		duplicates of such sheets.
16		The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
17		whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
18		signature from the petition, provided that:
19		(1) the person striking the signature shall initial the
20		petition at the place where the signature is struck; and
21		(2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
22		certification listing the page number and line number of
23		each signature struck from the petition. Such
24		certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
25		(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
26		92-129, eff. 7-20-01.)
27		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.5) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5)
28		Sec. 9-1.5. Expenditure defined.
29		"Expenditure" means-
30		(1) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,
31		deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, in
32		connection with the nomination for election, or election,
33		of any person to public office, in connection with the

1		election of any person as ward or township committeeman in
2		counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection
3		with any question of public policy. "Expenditure" also
4		includes a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,
5		deposit, or gift of money or anything of value that
6		constitutes an electioneering communication regardless of
7		whether the communication is made in concert or cooperation
8		with or at the request, suggestion, or knowledge of a the
9		candidate, a the candidate's authorized local political
10		committee, a State political committee, a political
11		committee in support of or opposition to a question of
12		public policy, or any of their agents. However, expenditure
13		does not include -
14		(a) the use of real or personal property and the cost
15		of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily provided
16		by an individual in rendering voluntary personal services
17		on the individual's residential premises for
18		candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
19		service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a
20		reporting period;
21		(b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for
22		use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the
23		normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
24		candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such
25		food or beverage to the vendor.
26		(2) a transfer of funds between political committees.
27		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
28		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.7) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
29		Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the
30		candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
31		committee, association, corporation, or other organization or
32		group of persons which:
33		(a) accepts contributions or grants or makes

1		expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate
2		amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a
3		candidate or candidates for public office who are required
4		by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements
5		of economic interests with the county clerk, or on behalf
6		of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for
7		election to the office of ward or township committeeman in
8		counties of 3,000,000 or more population;
9		(b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
10		any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
11		in support of or in opposition to any question of public
12		policy to be submitted to the electors of an area
13		encompassing no more than one county; or
14		(c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
15		any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
16		and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of
17		governmental, political or social values, is organized on a
18		not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or
19		publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public
20		office who are required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
21		Act to file statements of economic interest with the County
22		Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the office of ward
23		or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
24		population; or .
25		(d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
26		any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
27		for electioneering communications relating to any
28		candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) or any
29		question of public policy described in paragraph (b).
30		(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
31		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
32		Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the
33		candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,

1		committee, association, corporation, or any other organization
2		or group of persons which--
3		(a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures
4		during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding
5		$3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or
6		candidates for public office who are required by the Illinois
7		Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of economic
8		interests with the Secretary of State,
9		(b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
10		12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in
11		support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to
12		be submitted to the electors of an area encompassing more than
13		one county, or
14		(c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
15		12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has
16		as its primary purpose the furtherance of governmental,
17		political or social values, is organized on a not-for-profit
18		basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes a
19		candidate or candidates for public office who are required by
20		the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
21		economic interest with the Secretary of State; or .
22		(d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
23		12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 for
24		electioneering communications relating to any candidate or
25		candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public
26		policy described in paragraph (b).
27		(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
28		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.9) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9)
29		Sec. 9-1.9. "Political committee" includes State central
30		and county central committees of any political party, and also
31		includes local political committees and state political
32		committees, but does not include any candidate who does not
33		accept contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month

1		period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000, nor does it
2		include, with the exception of State central and county central
3		committees of any political party, any individual, trust,
4		partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any other
5		organization or group of persons which does not (i) accept
6		contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month period
7		in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in
8		opposition to a candidate or candidates or to any question of
9		public policy or (ii) accept contributions or make expenditures
10		during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding
11		$3,000 for electioneering communications relating to any
12		candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) of Section
13		9-1.7 or 9-1.8 or any question of public policy described in
14		paragraph (b) of Section 9-1.7 or 9-1.8, and such candidates
15		and persons shall not be required to comply with any filing
16		provisions in this Article.
17		(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
18		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.14)
19		Sec. 9-1.14. Electioneering communication defined.
20		(a) "Electioneering communication" means, for the purposes
21		of this Article, any form of communication, in whatever medium,
22		including but not limited to a , newspaper, radio, television,
23		or Internet communication and newspaper communications, that
24		(1) refers to a clearly identified candidate or , candidates who
25		will appear on the ballot, refers to a clearly identified or
26		political party, or refers to a clearly identified question of
27		public policy that will appear on the ballot and (2) is made
28		within (i) 60 days before a general election or consolidated
29		election for the office sought by the candidate or (ii) 30 days
30		before a general primary election for the office sought by the
31		candidate.
32		(b) "Electioneering communication" does not include:
33		(1) A communication, other than an advertisement

1		advertisements, appearing in a news story, commentary, or
2		editorial distributed through the facilities of any
3		legitimate news organization, unless the facilities are
4		owned or controlled by any political party, political
5		committee, or candidate.
6		(2) A communication made solely to promote a candidate
7		debate or forum that is made by or on behalf of the person
8		sponsoring the debate or forum.
9		(3) A communication made as part of a non-partisan
10		activity designed to encourage individuals to vote or to
11		register to vote.
12		(4) A communication by an organization operating and
13		remaining in good standing under Section 501(c)(3) of the
14		Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
15		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03;
16		revised 1-5-04.)
17		(10 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-3)
18		Sec. 9-3. Every state political committee and every local
19		political committee shall file with the State Board of
20		Elections, and every local political committee shall file with
21		the county clerk, a statement of organization within 10
22		business days of the creation of such committee, except any
23		political committee created within the 30 days before an
24		election shall file a statement of organization within 5
25		business days. A political committee that acts as both a state
26		political committee and a local political committee shall file
27		a copy of each statement of organization with the State Board
28		of Elections and the county clerk. The Board shall impose a
29		civil penalty of $25 per business day upon political committees
30		for failing to file or late filing of a statement of
31		organization, except that for committees formed to support
32		candidates for statewide office, the civil penalty shall be $50
33		per business day. Such penalties shall not exceed $5,000, and

1		shall not exceed $10,000 for statewide office political
2		committees. There shall be no fine if the statement is mailed
3		and postmarked at least 72 hours prior to the filing deadline.
4		In addition to the civil penalties authorized by this
5		Section, the State Board of Elections or any other affected
6		political committee may apply to the circuit court for a
7		temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent
8		injunction against the political committee to cease the
9		expenditure of funds and to cease operations until the
10		statement of organization is filed.
11		For the purpose of this Section, "statewide office" means
12		the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
13		Attorney General, State Treasurer, and State Comptroller.
14		The statement of organization shall include -
15		(a) the name, and address, and telephone number of the
16		political committee (the name of the political committee must
17		include the name of any sponsoring entity);
18		(b) the scope, area of activity, party affiliation,
19		candidate affiliation and his county of residence, and purposes
20		of the political committee;
21		(c) the name, address, and position of each custodian of
22		the committee's books and accounts;
23		(d) the name, address, and position of the committee's
24		principal officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and
25		officers and members of its finance committee, if any;
26		(e) (Blank);
27		(f) a statement of what specific disposition of residual
28		fund will be made in the event of the dissolution or
29		termination of the committee;
30		(g) a listing of all banks or other financial institutions,
31		safety deposit boxes, and any other repositories or custodians
32		of funds used by the committee;
33		(h) the amount of funds available for campaign expenditures
34		as of the filing date of the committee's statement of

1		organization.
2		For purposes of this Section, a "sponsoring entity" is (i)
3		any person, political committee, organization, corporation, or
4		association that contributes at least 33% of the total funding
5		of the political committee or (ii) any person or other entity
6		that is registered or is required to register under the
7		Lobbyist Registration Act and contributes at least 33% of the
8		total funding of the political committee.
9		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
10		(10 ILCS 5/9-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-4)
11		Sec. 9-4. The statement of organization required by this
12		Article to be filed in accordance with Section 9-3 shall be
13		verified, dated, and signed by either the treasurer of the
14		political committee making the statement or the candidate on
15		whose behalf the statement is made, and shall contain
16		substantially the following:
17		STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
18		(a) name, and address, and telephone number of the
19		political committee:
20		.............................................................
21
22		(b) scope, area of activity, party affiliation, candidate
23		affiliation and his county of residence, and purposes of the
24		political committee:
25		.............................................................
26		.............................................................
27		.............................................................
28		.............................................................
29
30		(c) name, address, and position of each custodian of the
31		committee's books and accounts:
32		.............................................................
33		.............................................................

1
2		(d) name, address, and position of the committee's
3		principal officers, including the chairman, treasurer, and
4		officers and members of its finance committee, if any:
5		.............................................................
6		.............................................................
7		.............................................................
8
9		(e) a statement of what specific disposition of residual
10		funds will be made in the event of the dissolution or
11		termination of the committee:
12		.............................................................
13		.............................................................
14
15		(f) a listing of all banks or other financial
16		institutions, safety deposit boxes, and any other repositories
17		or custodians of funds used by the committee:
18		.............................................................
19		.............................................................
20
21		(g) the amount of funds available for campaign
22		expenditures as of the filing date of the committee's statement
23		of organization:
24		.............................................................
25
26		VERIFICATION:
27		"I declare that this statement of organization (including
28		any accompanying schedules and statements) has been examined by
29		me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a true,
30		correct and complete statement of organization as required by
31		Article 9 of The Election Code. I understand that willfully
32		filing a false or incomplete statement is a business offense
33		subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000 ."
34		................ ..........................................

1		(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
2		(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
3		(10 ILCS 5/9-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-10)
4		Sec. 9-10. Financial reports.
5		(a) The treasurer of every state political committee and
6		the treasurer of every local political committee shall file
7		with the Board, and the treasurer of every local political
8		committee shall file with the county clerk, reports of campaign
9		contributions, and semi-annual reports of campaign
10		contributions and expenditures on forms to be prescribed or
11		approved by the Board. The treasurer of every political
12		committee that acts as both a state political committee and a
13		local political committee shall file a copy of each report with
14		the State Board of Elections and the county clerk. Entities
15		subject to Section 9-7.5 shall file reports required by that
16		Section at times provided in this Section and are subject to
17		the penalties provided in this Section.
18		(b) Reports of campaign contributions shall be filed no
19		later than the 15th day next preceding each election including
20		a primary election in connection with which the political
21		committee has accepted or is accepting contributions or has
22		made or is making expenditures. Such reports shall be complete
23		as of the 30th day next preceding each election including a
24		primary election. The Board shall assess a civil penalty not to
25		exceed $5,000 for a violation of this subsection, except that
26		for State officers and candidates and political committees
27		formed for statewide office, the civil penalty may not exceed
28		$10,000. The fine, however, shall not exceed $500 for a first
29		filing violation for filing less than 10 days after the
30		deadline. There shall be no fine if the report is mailed and
31		postmarked at least 72 hours prior to the filing deadline. For
32		the purpose of this subsection, "statewide office" and "State
33		officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney

1		General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
2		However, a continuing political committee that does not make
3		neither accepts contributions nor makes expenditures in excess
4		of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate or
5		public question on the ballot at an election shall not be
6		required to file the reports heretofore prescribed but may file
7		in lieu thereof a Statement of Nonparticipation in the Election
8		with the Board or the Board and the county clerk; except that
9		if the political committee, by the terms of its statement of
10		organization filed in accordance with this Article, is
11		organized to support or oppose a candidate or public question
12		on the ballot at the next election or primary, that committee
13		must file reports required by this subsection (b) and by
14		subsection (b-5).
15		(b-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) and
16		Section 1.25 of the Statute on Statutes, any contribution of
17		more than $500 received in the interim between the last date of
18		the period covered by the last report filed under subsection
19		(b) prior to the election and the date of the election shall be
20		filed with and must actually be received by the State Board of
21		Elections within 2 business days after receipt of such
22		contribution. The State Board shall allow filings of reports of
23		contributions of more than $500 under this subsection (b-5) by
24		political committees that are not required to file
25		electronically to be made by facsimile transmission. For the
26		purpose of this subsection, a contribution is considered
27		received on the date the public official, candidate, or
28		political committee (or equivalent person in the case of a
29		reporting entity other than a political committee) actually
30		receives it or, in the case of goods or services, 2 business
31		days after the date the public official, candidate, committee,
32		or other reporting entity receives the certification required
33		under subsection (b) of Section 9-6. Failure to report each
34		contribution is a separate violation of this subsection. In the

1		final disposition of any matter by the Board on or after the
2		effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
3		Assembly, the Board may impose fines for violations of this
4		subsection not to exceed 100% of the total amount of the
5		contributions that were untimely reported, but in no case when
6		a fine is imposed shall it be less than 10% of the total amount
7		of the contributions that were untimely reported. When
8		considering the amount of the fine to be imposed, the Board
9		shall consider, but is not limited to, the following factors:
10		(1) whether in the Board's opinion the violation was
11		committed inadvertently, negligently, knowingly, or
12		intentionally;
13		(2) the number of days the contribution was reported
14		late; and
15		(3) past violations of Sections 9-3 and 9-10 of this
16		Article by the committee.
17		(c) In addition to such reports the treasurer of every
18		political committee shall file semi-annual reports of campaign
19		contributions and expenditures no later than July 31st,
20		covering the period from January 1st through June 30th
21		immediately preceding, and no later than January 31st, covering
22		the period from July 1st through December 31st of the preceding
23		calendar year. Reports of contributions and expenditures must
24		be filed to cover the prescribed time periods even though no
25		contributions or expenditures may have been received or made
26		during the period. The Board shall assess a civil penalty not
27		to exceed $5,000 for a violation of this subsection, except
28		that for State officers and candidates and political committees
29		formed for statewide office, the civil penalty may not exceed
30		$10,000. The fine, however, shall not exceed $500 for a first
31		filing violation for filing less than 10 days after the
32		deadline. There shall be no fine if the report is mailed and
33		postmarked at least 72 hours prior to the filing deadline. For
34		the purpose of this subsection, "statewide office" and "State

1		officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
2		General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
3		(c-5) A political committee that acts as either (i) a State
4		and local political committee or (ii) a local political
5		committee and that files reports electronically under Section
6		9-28 is not required to file copies of the reports with the
7		appropriate county clerk if the county clerk has a system that
8		permits access to, and duplication of, reports that are filed
9		with the State Board of Elections. A State and local political
10		committee or a local political committee shall file with the
11		county clerk a copy of its statement of organization pursuant
12		to Section 9-3.
13		(d) A copy of each report or statement filed under this
14		Article shall be preserved by the person filing it for a period
15		of two years from the date of filing.
16		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03;
17		revised 12-17-03.)
18		(10 ILCS 5/9-28)
19		Sec. 9-28. Electronic filing and availability. The Board
20		shall by rule provide for the electronic filing of expenditure
21		and contribution reports as follows:
22		Beginning July 1, 1999, or as soon thereafter as the Board
23		has provided adequate software to the political committee,
24		electronic filing is required for all political committees that
25		during the reporting period (i) had at any time a balance or an
26		accumulation of contributions of $25,000 or more, (ii) made
27		aggregate expenditures of $25,000 or more, or (iii) received
28		loans of an aggregate of $25,000 or more.
29		Beginning July 1, 2003, electronic filing is required for
30		all political committees that during the reporting period (i)
31		had at any time a balance or an accumulation of contributions
32		of $10,000 or more, (ii) made aggregate expenditures of $10,000
33		or more, or (iii) received loans of an aggregate of $10,000 or

1		more.
2		The Board may provide by rule for the optional electronic
3		filing of expenditure and contribution reports for all other
4		political committees. The Board shall promptly make all reports
5		filed under this Article by all political committees publicly
6		available by means of a searchable database that is accessible
7		through the World Wide Web. When making a report publicly
8		available via the World Wide Web, the State Board must post the
9		political committee's name, address, and telephone number.
10		The Board shall provide all software necessary to comply
11		with this Section to candidates, public officials, political
12		committees, and election authorities.
13		The Board shall implement a plan to provide computer access
14		and assistance to candidates, public officials, political
15		committees, and election authorities with respect to
16		electronic filings required under this Article.
17		For the purposes of this Section, "political committees"
18		includes entities required to report to the Board under Section
19		9-7.5.
20		(Source: P.A. 90-495, eff. 8-18-97; 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
21		(10 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10)
22		Sec. 10-10. Within 24 hours after the receipt of the
23		certificate of nomination or nomination papers or proposed
24		question of public policy, as the case may be, and the
25		objector's petition, the chairman of the electoral board other
26		than the State Board of Elections shall send a call by
27		registered or certified mail to each of the members of the
28		electoral board, and to the objector who filed the objector's
29		petition, and either to the candidate whose certificate of
30		nomination or nomination papers are objected to or to the
31		principal proponent or attorney for proponents of a question of
32		public policy, as the case may be, whose petitions are objected
33		to, and shall also cause the sheriff of the county or counties

1		in which such officers and persons reside to serve a copy of
2		such call upon each of such officers and persons, which call
3		shall set out the fact that the electoral board is required to
4		meet to hear and pass upon the objections to nominations made
5		for the office, designating it, and shall state the day, hour
6		and place at which the electoral board shall meet for the
7		purpose, which place shall be in the county court house in the
8		county in the case of the County Officers Electoral Board, the
9		Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the Township Officers
10		Electoral Board or the Education Officers Electoral Board. The
11		Township Officers Electoral Board may meet in the township
12		offices, if they are available, rather than the county
13		courthouse. In those cases where the State Board of Elections
14		is the electoral board designated under Section 10-9, the
15		chairman of the State Board of Elections shall, within 24 hours
16		after the receipt of the certificate of nomination or
17		nomination papers or petitions for a proposed amendment to
18		Article IV of the Constitution or proposed statewide question
19		of public policy, send a call by registered or certified mail
20		to the objector who files the objector's petition, and either
21		to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or nomination
22		papers are objected to or to the principal proponent or
23		attorney for proponents of the proposed Constitutional
24		amendment or statewide question of public policy and shall
25		state the day, hour and place at which the electoral board
26		shall meet for the purpose, which place may be in the Capitol
27		Building or in the principal or permanent branch office of the
28		State Board. The day of the meeting shall not be less than 3
29		nor more than 5 days after the receipt of the certificate of
30		nomination or nomination papers and the objector's petition by
31		the chairman of the electoral board.
32		The electoral board shall have the power to administer
33		oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and at the request
34		of either party the chairman may issue subpoenas requiring the

1		attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum requiring the
2		production of such books, papers, records and documents as may
3		be evidence of any matter under inquiry before the electoral
4		board, in the same manner as witnesses are subpoenaed in the
5		Circuit Court.
6		Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
7		other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
8		the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
9		law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who causes
10		the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so served
11		shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such subpoena, or
12		to testify, the electoral board shall at once file a petition
13		in the circuit court of the county in which such hearing is to
14		be heard, or has been attempted to be heard, setting forth the
15		facts, of such knowing refusal or neglect, and accompanying the
16		petition with a copy of the citation and the answer, if one has
17		been filed, together with a copy of the subpoena and the return
18		of service thereon, and shall apply for an order of court
19		requiring such person to attend and testify, and forthwith
20		produce books and papers, before the electoral board. Any
21		circuit court of the state, excluding the judge who is sitting
22		on the electoral board, upon such showing shall order such
23		person to appear and testify, and to forthwith produce such
24		books and papers, before the electoral board at a place to be
25		fixed by the court. If such person shall knowingly fail or
26		refuse to obey such order of the court without lawful excuse,
27		the court shall punish him or her by fine and imprisonment, as
28		the nature of the case may require and may be lawful in cases
29		of contempt of court.
30		The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
31		adopt rules of procedure for the introduction of evidence and
32		the presentation of arguments and may, in its discretion,
33		provide for the filing of briefs by the parties to the
34		objection or by other interested persons.

1		When the State Board of Elections is serving as the State
2		Electoral Board, it is authorized to receive electronic voter
3		registration records with signatures from any election
4		authority whose jurisdiction includes any electors entitled to
5		vote for or against the candidate or question against whose
6		petitions an objection has been filed.
7		In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
8		objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of the
9		Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
10		Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public policy
11		to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
12		certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
13		commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
14		signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
15		accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
16		valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed in
17		the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and 28-12 of
18		this Code. Either party, however, may introduce evidence at
19		such hearing to dispute the findings as to particular
20		signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the absence of
21		competent evidence presented at such hearing by a party
22		substantially challenging the results of a random sample, or
23		showing a different result obtained by an additional sample,
24		this certificate of a county clerk or board of election
25		commissioners shall be presumed to establish the ratio of valid
26		to invalid signatures within the particular election
27		jurisdiction.
28		The electoral board shall take up the question as to
29		whether or not the certificate of nomination or nomination
30		papers or petitions are in proper form, and whether or not they
31		were filed within the time and under the conditions required by
32		law, and whether or not they are the genuine certificate of
33		nomination or nomination papers or petitions which they purport
34		to be, and whether or not in the case of the certificate of

1		nomination in question it represents accurately the decision of
2		the caucus or convention issuing it, and in general shall
3		decide whether or not the certificate of nomination or
4		nominating papers or petitions on file are valid or whether the
5		objections thereto should be sustained and the decision of a
6		majority of the electoral board shall be final subject to
7		judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1. The electoral
8		board must state its findings in writing and must state in
9		writing which objections, if any, it has sustained.
10		Upon the expiration of the period within which a proceeding
11		for judicial review must be commenced under Section 10--10.1,
12		the electoral board shall, unless a proceeding for judicial
13		review has been commenced within such period, transmit, by
14		registered or certified mail, a certified copy of its ruling,
15		together with the original certificate of nomination or
16		nomination papers or petitions and the original objector's
17		petition, to the officer or board with whom the certificate of
18		nomination or nomination papers or petitions, as objected to,
19		were on file, and such officer or board shall abide by and
20		comply with the ruling so made to all intents and purposes.
21		(Source: P.A. 91-285, eff. 1-1-00.)
22		(10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
23		Sec. 10-14. Not less than 67 61 days before the date of the
24		general election the State Board of Elections shall certify to
25		the county clerk of each county the name of each candidate
26		whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination or
27		resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed with
28		the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk to
29		place upon the official ballot for the general election the
30		names of such candidates in the same manner and in the same
31		order as shown upon the certification. The name of no candidate
32		for an office to be filled by the electors of the entire state
33		shall be placed upon the official ballot unless his name is

1		duly certified to the county clerk upon a certificate signed by
2		the members of the State Board of Elections. The names of group
3		candidates on petitions shall be certified to the several
4		county clerks in the order in which such names appear on such
5		petitions filed with the State Board of Elections.
6		Not less than 61 55 days before the date of the general
7		election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of
8		the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
9		certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy in
10		nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare that the
11		names of such candidates for the respective offices shall be
12		placed upon the official ballot for the general election in the
13		same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
14		certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the
15		certification on file in his or her office and at the same time
16		issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such
17		certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county
18		there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than
19		55 days before the election, certify to the board of election
20		commissioners the name of the person or persons nominated for
21		such office as shown by the certificate of the State Board of
22		Elections, together with the names of all other candidates as
23		shown by the certification of county officers on file in the
24		clerk's office, and in the order so certified. The county clerk
25		or board of election commissioners shall print the names of the
26		nominees on the ballot for each office in the order in which
27		they are certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided,
28		that in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of
29		such nominees have also been nominated by one or more political
30		parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the name of such
31		candidate on the ballot for nominations made under this Article
32		shall be precisely in the same order in which it appears on the
33		certification of the State Board of Elections to the county
34		clerk.

1		For the general election, the candidates of new political
2		parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
3		the established political party candidates and in the order of
4		new political party petition filings.
5		Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
6		following:
7		(1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
8		candidates for the respective offices;
9		(2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to an
10		office from the State, political subdivision or district;
11		(3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
12		candidate for an office;
13		(4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
14		less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
15		political subdivision are for different terms.
16		The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
17		case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
18		is discovered that the original certification is in error.
19		(Source: P.A. 86-867.)
20		(10 ILCS 5/10-20 new)
21		Sec. 10-20. Maximum number of petition signatures.
22		Whenever this Code or any other provision of law specifies a
23		maximum number of signatures that a petition of nomination may
24		contain and a petition contains more than that maximum number,
25		the number of signatures on the petition shall be counted from
26		the first signature on the first petition sheet and no
27		signatures after the maximum number is attained shall be
28		counted or used for any purpose.
29		(10 ILCS 5/Art. 12A heading new)
30		ARTICLE 12A.
31		VOTERS' GUIDE

1		(10 ILCS 5/12A-2 new)
2		Sec. 12A-2. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless
3		the context otherwise requires:
4		"Board" means the State Board of Elections.
5		"Internet Guide" refers to information disseminated by the
6		State Board of Elections on a website, pursuant to Section
7		12A-5.
8		"Local election authority" means a county clerk or board of
9		election commissioners.
10		"Public question" or "question" means any question,
11		proposition, or referendum submitted to the voters under
12		Article 28 of this Code.
13		"Statewide candidate" means any candidate who runs for a
14		statewide office, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
15		Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller,
16		United States President, or United States Senator.
17		"Voters' guide" means any information disseminated by the
18		State Board of Elections pursuant to Section 12A-5.
19		(10 ILCS 5/12A-5 new)
20		Sec. 12A-5. Internet Guide. The Board shall publish, no
21		later than the 45th day before a general election in which a
22		statewide candidate appears on the ballot, an Internet website
23		with the following information:
24		(1) The date and time of the general election.
25		(2) Requirements for a citizen to qualify as an
26		elector.
27		(3) The deadline for registering as an elector in the
28		State of Illinois for the next election.
29		(4) Contact information for local election
30		authorities.
31		(5) A description of the following offices, when they
32		appear on the ballot, including their term of office, basic
33		duties, and base salary: United States President, United

1		States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
2		General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Comptroller.
3		(6) The names and party affiliations of qualified
4		candidates for the following offices, when these offices
5		appear on the ballot: United States President, United
6		States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
7		General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Comptroller.
8		(7) Challenged candidates. Where a candidate's right
9		to appear on the general election ballot has been
10		challenged, and any appeal remains pending regarding those
11		challenges, the challenged candidate may appear on the
12		Internet Guide, subject to the other provisions of Section
13		12A-10. In this instance, the Board may note that the
14		candidate's candidacy has been challenged and that he or
15		she may be removed from the ballot prior to election day.
16		If the candidate is removed from the ballot prior to
17		election day, the Board shall remove the candidate's name
18		and other information from the Internet Guide.
19		(8) Any personal statement and photograph submitted by
20		a candidate named in the Internet Guide, subject to
21		Sections 12A-10 and 12A-35.
22		(9) A means by which an elector may determine what type
23		of balloting equipment is used by his or her local election
24		authority, and the instructions for properly using that
25		equipment.
26		(10) The text of any public question that may appear on
27		the ballot.
28		(11) A mechanism by which electors may determine in
29		which congressional, legislative, representative, and
30		judicial districts they reside. The Internet Guide shall
31		allow visitors to search for candidates by office (e.g.,
32		Governor or United States Senator) and candidate's name.
33		(12) Information concerning how to become an election
34		judge.

1		The Board shall archive the contents of the Internet Guide
2		for a period of at least 5 years.
3		In addition, the Board has the discretion to publish a
4		voters' guide before a general primary election in the manner
5		provided in this Article.
6		(10 ILCS 5/12A-10 new)
7		Sec. 12A-10. Candidate statements and photographs in the
8		Internet Guide.
9		(a) Any candidate whose name appears in the Internet Guide
10		may submit a written statement and a photograph to appear in
11		the Internet Guide, provided that:
12		(1) No personal statement may exceed a brief biography
13		(name, age, education, and current employment) and an
14		additional 400 words.
15		(2) Personal statements may include contact
16		information for the candidate, including the address and
17		phone number of the campaign headquarters, and the
18		candidate's website.
19		(3) Personal statements may not mention a candidate's
20		opponents by name.
21		(4) No personal statement may include language that may
22		not be legally sent through the mail.
23		(5) The photograph shall be a conventional photograph
24		with a plain background and show only the face, or the
25		head, neck, and shoulders, of the candidate.
26		(6) The photograph shall not (i) show the candidate's
27		hands, anything in the candidate's hands, or the candidate
28		wearing a judicial robe, a hat, or a military, police, or
29		fraternal uniform or (ii) include the uniform or insignia
30		of any organization.
31		(b) The Board must note in the text of the Internet Guide
32		that personal statements were submitted by the candidate or his
33		or her designee and were not edited by the Board.

1		(c) Where a candidate declines to submit a statement, the
2		Board may note that the candidate declined to submit a
3		statement.
4		(d) The candidate must pay $1,000 for inclusion of his or
5		her personal statement and photograph, and the Board shall not
6		include photographs or statements from candidates who do not
7		pay the fee. The Board may adopt rules for refunding that fee
8		at the candidate's request, provided that the Board may not
9		include a statement or photograph from a candidate who has
10		requested a refund of a fee.
11		(e) Anyone other than the candidate submitting a statement
12		or photograph from a candidate must attest that he or she is
13		doing so on behalf and at the direction of the candidate. The
14		Board may assess a civil fine of no more than $1,000 against a
15		person or entity who falsely submits a statement or photograph
16		not authorized by the candidate.
17		(f) Nothing in this Article makes the author of any
18		statement exempt from any civil or criminal action because of
19		any defamatory statements offered for posting or contained in
20		the Internet Guide. The persons writing, signing, or offering a
21		statement for inclusion in the Internet Guide are deemed to be
22		its authors and publishers, and the Board shall not be liable
23		in any case or action relating to the content of any material
24		submitted by any candidate.
25		(g) The Board may set reasonable deadlines for the
26		submission of personal statements and photographs, provided
27		that a deadline may not be less than 5 business days after the
28		last day for filing new party petitions.
29		(h) The Board may set formats for the submission of
30		statements and photographs. The Board may require that
31		statements and photographs are submitted in an electronic
32		format.
33		(i) Fees and fines collected pursuant to subsections (d)
34		and (e), respectively, of this Section shall be deposited into

1		the Voters' Guide Fund, a special fund created in the State
2		treasury. Moneys in the Voters' Guide Fund shall be
3		appropriated solely to the State Board of Elections for use in
4		the implementation and administration of this Article 12A.
5		(10 ILCS 5/12A-15 new)
6		Sec. 12A-15. Language. The Board may translate all of the
7		material it is required to provide for the Internet Guide into
8		other languages as it deems necessary to comply with the
9		federal Voting Rights Act or at its discretion. Visitors to the
10		site shall have the option of viewing the Guide in all
11		languages into which the Guide has been translated. Candidates
12		may, at their option and expense, submit statements in
13		languages other than English. The Board shall not be
14		responsible for translating candidate statements.
15		(10 ILCS 5/12A-35 new)
16		Sec. 12A-35. Board's review of candidate photograph and
17		statement; procedure for revision.
18		(a) If a candidate files a photograph and statement under
19		item (8) of Section 12A-5 in a voters' guide, the Board shall
20		review the photograph and statement to ensure that they comply
21		with the requirements of Section 12A-10. Review by the Board
22		under this Section shall be limited to determining whether the
23		photograph and statement comply with the requirements of
24		Section 12A-10 and may not include any determination relating
25		to the accuracy or truthfulness of the substance or contents of
26		the materials filed.
27		(b) The Board shall review each photograph and statement
28		not later than 3 business days following the deadline for
29		filing a photograph and statement. If the Board determines that
30		the photograph or statement of a candidate must be revised in
31		order to comply with the requirements of Section 12A-10, the
32		Board shall attempt to contact the candidate not later than the

1		5th day after the deadline for filing a photograph and
2		statement. A candidate contacted by the Board under this
3		Section may file a revised photograph or statement no later
4		than the 7th business day following the deadline for filing a
5		photograph and statement.
6		(c) If the Board is required to attempt to contact a
7		candidate under subsection (b) of this Section, the Board shall
8		attempt to contact the candidate by telephone or by using an
9		electronic transmission facsimile machine, if such contact
10		information is provided by the candidate.
11		(d) If the Board is unable to contact a candidate, if the
12		candidate does not file a revised photograph or statement, or
13		if the revised filing under subsection (b) again fails to meet
14		the standards of review set by the Board:
15		(1) If a photograph does not comply with Section
16		12A-10, the Board may modify the photograph. The candidate
17		shall pay the expense of any modification before
18		publication of the photograph in the voters' guide. If the
19		photograph cannot be modified to comply with Section
20		12A-10, the photograph shall not be printed in the guide.
21		(2) If a statement does not comply with Section 12A-10,
22		the statement shall not be published in the voters' guide.
23		(e) If the photograph or statement of a candidate filed
24		under item (8) of Section 12A-5 does not comply with a
25		requirement of Section 12A-10 and the Board does not attempt to
26		contact the candidate by the deadline specified in subsection
27		(b) of this Section, then, for purposes of this Section only,
28		the photograph or statement shall be published as filed.
29		(f) A candidate revising a photograph or statement under
30		this Section shall make only those revisions necessary to
31		comply with Section 12A-10.
32		(g) The Board may by rule define the term "contact" as used
33		in this Section.

1		(10 ILCS 5/12A-40 new)
2		Sec. 12A-40. Exemption from public records laws.
3		Notwithstanding any other provision of law, materials filed by
4		a candidate, political party, political committee, or other
5		person for inclusion in a voters' guide are exempt from public
6		inspection until the 4th business day after the final date for
7		filing the materials.
8		(10 ILCS 5/12A-45 new)
9		Sec. 12A-45. Material submitted for inclusion in any
10		voters' guide may not be admitted as evidence in any suit or
11		action against the Board to restrain or enjoin the publication
12		of a voters' guide.
13		(10 ILCS 5/12A-50 new)
14		Sec. 12A-50. Order of appearance within the guides. For all
15		guides disseminated by the Board, all information about offices
16		and candidates on the ballot shall be listed together in the
17		same part of the guide or insert. All candidates for one
18		office, together with their statements and photographs if any,
19		shall be listed before information on other offices and
20		candidates is listed. To the extent possible, offices and
21		candidates shall be listed in the same order in which they
22		appear on the ballot.
23		(10 ILCS 5/12A-55 new)
24		Sec. 12A-55. Constitutional issues. If a constitutional
25		amendment appears on the ballot, the contents of the pamphlet
26		issued by the Secretary of State under Section 2 of the
27		Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act may be included in any
28		guide issued by the Board.
29		(10 ILCS 5/13-2.5 new)
30		Sec. 13-2.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.

1		Any person who is appointed as an election judge under Section
2		13-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his or her employer at least 20
3		days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of work
4		for the purpose of serving as an election judge. An employer
5		may not penalize an employee for that absence other than a
6		deduction in salary for the time the employee was absent from
7		his or her place of employment.
8		This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than
9		25 employees. An employer with more than 25 employees shall not
10		be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be
11		absent under this Section on the same election day.
12		(10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
13		Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
14		(a) All persons elected or chosen judge of election must:
15		(1) be citizens of the United States and entitled to vote at
16		the next election, except as provided in subsection (b) or (c);
17		(2) be of good repute and character; (3) be able to speak, read
18		and write the English language; (4) be skilled in the four
19		fundamental rules of arithmetic; (5) be of good understanding
20		and capable; (6) not be candidates for any office at the
21		election and not be elected committeemen; and (7) reside in the
22		precinct in which they are selected to act, except that in each
23		precinct, not more than one judge of each party may be
24		appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge selected to
25		serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled to vote must
26		reside within and be entitled to vote elsewhere within the
27		county which encompasses the precinct in which such judge is
28		appointed, except as provided in subsection (b) or (c). Such
29		judge must meet the other qualifications of this Section.
30		(b) An election authority may establish a program to permit
31		a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
32		election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
33		person serves as a judge, he or she:

1		(1) is a U.S. citizen;
2		(2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
3		or private secondary school;
4		(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
5		at least 2.5 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
6		(4) has the written approval of the principal of the
7		secondary school he or she attends at the time of
8		appointment;
9		(5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
10		legal guardian;
11		(6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
12		for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1 and
13		13-2.2; and
14		(7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
15		service as an election judge.
16		No more than one election judge qualifying under this
17		subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
18		appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
19		certify in writing to the election authority the political
20		party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
21		Students appointed as election judges under this
22		subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
23		day they serve as judges.
24		(c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
25		a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or county
26		to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date of the
27		election at which the person serves as a judge, he or she:
28		(1) is a U.S. citizen;
29		(2) is currently enrolled in a public or private
30		Illinois university or college;
31		(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
32		at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale;
33		(4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
34		for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1 and

1		13-2.2; and
2		(5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
3		service as an election judge.
4		No more than one election judge qualifying under this
5		subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
6		appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
7		certify in writing to the election authority the political
8		party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
9		Students appointed as election judges under this
10		subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
11		day they serve as judges.
12		(Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
13		(10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
14		Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
15		established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
16		in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5
17		persons, men or women, as judges of election for each precinct
18		in such city, village or incorporated town.
19		Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
20		or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
21		commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
22		board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
23		the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
24		precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
25		addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
26		In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
27		election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
28		judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
29		pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote after the
30		closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the same
31		qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
32		with the same division between political parties as is provided
33		for judges of election. The foregoing provisions relating to

1		the appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties
2		with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
3		(b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
4		(1) be citizens of the United States;
5		(2) be of good repute and character;
6		(3) be able to speak, read and write the English
7		language;
8		(4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
9		arithmetic;
10		(5) be of good understanding and capable;
11		(6) not be candidates for any office at the election
12		and not be elected committeemen;
13		(7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
14		which they are selected to serve, except that in each
15		precinct not more than one judge of each party may be
16		appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge so
17		appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not
18		entitled to vote must be entitled to vote elsewhere within
19		the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
20		judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise meet the
21		qualifications of this Section, except as provided in
22		subsection (c) or (c-5).
23		(c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
24		a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
25		election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
26		person serves as a judge, he or she:
27		(1) is a U.S. citizen;
28		(2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
29		or private secondary school;
30		(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
31		at least 2.5 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
32		(4) has the written approval of the principal of the
33		secondary school he or she attends at the time of
34		appointment;

1		(5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
2		legal guardian;
3		(6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
4		for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
5		13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
6		(7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
7		service as an election judge.
8		No more than one election judge qualifying under this
9		subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
10		appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
11		certify in writing to the election authority the political
12		party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
13		Students appointed as election judges under this
14		subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
15		day they serve as judges.
16		(c-5) An election authority may establish a program to
17		permit a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or
18		county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date
19		of the election at which the person serves as a judge, he or
20		she:
21		(1) is a U.S. citizen;
22		(2) is currently enrolled in a public or private
23		Illinois university or college;
24		(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
25		at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale;
26		(4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
27		for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
28		13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
29		(5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
30		service as an election judge.
31		No more than one election judge qualifying under this
32		subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
33		appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
34		certify in writing to the election authority the political

1		party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
2		Students appointed as election judges under this
3		subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
4		day they serve as judges.
5		(d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
6		additional judges of election, one from each of the major
7		political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
8		precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
9		11-3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
10		prescribed in this Section.
11		(Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
12		(10 ILCS 5/14-4.5 new)
13		Sec. 14-4.5. Time off from work to serve as election judge.
14		Any person who is appointed as an election judge under Section
15		13-1 or 13-2 may, after giving his or her employer at least 20
16		days' written notice, be absent from his or her place of work
17		for the purpose of serving as an election judge. An employer
18		may not penalize an employee for that absence other than a
19		deduction in salary for the time the employee was absent from
20		his or her place of employment.
21		This Section does not apply to an employer with fewer than
22		25 employees. An employer with more than 25 employees shall not
23		be required to permit more than 10% of the employees to be
24		absent under this Section on the same election day.
25		(10 ILCS 5/17-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-23)
26		Sec. 17-23. Pollwatchers in a general election shall be
27		authorized in the following manner:
28		(1) Each established political party shall be entitled to
29		appoint two pollwatchers per precinct. Such pollwatchers must
30		be affiliated with the political party for which they are
31		pollwatching. For all elections, the pollwatchers must be
32		registered to vote in Illinois.

1		(2) Each candidate shall be entitled to appoint two
2		pollwatchers per precinct. For all elections, the pollwatchers
3		must be registered to vote in Illinois.
4		(3) Each organization of citizens within the county or
5		political subdivision, which has among its purposes or
6		interests the investigation or prosecution of election frauds,
7		and which shall have registered its name and address and the
8		name and addresses of its principal officers with the proper
9		election authority at least 40 days before the election, shall
10		be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. For all
11		elections, the pollwatcher must be registered to vote in
12		Illinois.
13		(4) In any general election held to elect candidates for
14		the offices of a municipality of less than 3,000,000 population
15		that is situated in 2 or more counties, a pollwatcher who is a
16		resident of Illinois shall be eligible to serve as a
17		pollwatcher in any poll located within such municipality,
18		provided that such pollwatcher otherwise complies with the
19		respective requirements of subsections (1) through (3) of this
20		Section and is a registered voter in Illinois.
21		(5) Each organized group of proponents or opponents of a
22		ballot proposition, which shall have registered the name and
23		address of its organization or committee and the name and
24		address of its chairman with the proper election authority at
25		least 40 days before the election, shall be entitled to appoint
26		one pollwatcher per precinct. The pollwatcher must be
27		registered to vote in Illinois.
28		All pollwatchers shall be required to have proper
29		credentials. Such credentials shall be printed in sufficient
30		quantities, shall be issued by and under the facsimile
31		signature(s) of the election authority and shall be available
32		for distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the election. Such
33		credentials shall be authorized by the real or facsimile
34		signature of the State or local party official or the candidate

1		or the presiding officer of the civic organization or the
2		chairman of the proponent or opponent group, as the case may
3		be.
4		Pollwatcher credentials shall be in substantially the
5		following form:
6		POLLWATCHER CREDENTIALS
7		TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
8		In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, the
9		undersigned hereby appoints .......... (name of pollwatcher)
10		who resides at ........... (address) in the county of
11		..........., .......... (township or municipality) of
12		........... (name), State of Illinois and who is duly
13		registered to vote from this address, to act as a pollwatcher
14		in the ........... precinct of the ........... ward (if
15		applicable) of the ........... (township or municipality) of
16		........... at the ........... election to be held on (insert
17		date).
18		........................ (Signature of Appointing Authority)
19		......................... TITLE (party official, candidate,
20		civic organization president,
21		proponent or opponent group chairman)
22		Under penalties provided by law pursuant to Section 29-10
23		of the Election Code, the undersigned pollwatcher certifies
24		that he or she resides at ................ (address) in the
25		county of ............, ......... (township or municipality)
26		of ........... (name), State of Illinois, and is duly
27		registered to vote in Illinois.
28		.......................... .......................
29		(Precinct and/or Ward in (Signature of Pollwatcher)
30		Which Pollwatcher Resides)
31		Pollwatchers must present their credentials to the Judges

1		of Election upon entering the polling place. Pollwatcher
2		credentials properly executed and signed shall be proof of the
3		qualifications of the pollwatcher authorized thereby. Such
4		credentials are retained by the Judges and returned to the
5		Election Authority at the end of the day of election with the
6		other election materials. Once a pollwatcher has surrendered a
7		valid credential, he may leave and reenter the polling place
8		provided that such continuing action does not disrupt the
9		conduct of the election. Pollwatchers may be substituted during
10		the course of the day, but established political parties,
11		candidates and qualified civic organizations can have only as
12		many pollwatchers at any given time as are authorized in this
13		Article. A substitute must present his signed credential to the
14		judges of election upon entering the polling place. Election
15		authorities must provide a sufficient number of credentials to
16		allow for substitution of pollwatchers. After the polls have
17		closed pollwatchers shall be allowed to remain until the
18		canvass of votes is completed; but may leave and reenter only
19		in cases of necessity, provided that such action is not so
20		continuous as to disrupt the canvass of votes.
21		Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality
22		encompassing 2 or more counties shall be admitted to any and
23		all polling places throughout such district or municipality
24		without regard to the counties in which such candidates are
25		registered to vote. Actions of such candidates shall be
26		governed in each polling place by the same privileges and
27		limitations that apply to pollwatchers as provided in this
28		Section. Any such candidate who engages in an activity in a
29		polling place which could reasonably be construed by a majority
30		of the judges of election as campaign activity shall be removed
31		forthwith from such polling place.
32		Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality
33		encompassing 2 or more counties who desire to be admitted to
34		polling places on election day in such district or municipality

1		shall be required to have proper credentials. Such credentials
2		shall be printed in sufficient quantities, shall be issued by
3		and under the facsimile signature of the election authority of
4		the election jurisdiction where the polling place in which the
5		candidate seeks admittance is located, and shall be available
6		for distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the election. Such
7		credentials shall be signed by the candidate.
8		Candidate credentials shall be in substantially the
9		following form:
10		CANDIDATE CREDENTIALS
11		TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
12		In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, I
13		...... (name of candidate) hereby certify that I am a candidate
14		for ....... (name of office) and seek admittance to .......
15		precinct of the ....... ward (if applicable) of the .......
16		(township or municipality) of ....... at the ....... election
17		to be held on (insert date).
18		......................... .......................
19		(Signature of Candidate) OFFICE FOR WHICH
20		CANDIDATE SEEKS
21		NOMINATION OR
22		ELECTION
23		Pollwatchers shall be permitted to observe all proceedings
24		and all records relating to the conduct of the election,
25		provided the secrecy of the ballot is not impinged, and to
26		station themselves in a position in the voting room as will
27		enable them to observe the judges making the signature
28		comparison between the voter application and the voter
29		registration record card; provided, however, that such
30		pollwatchers shall not be permitted to station themselves in
31		such close proximity to the judges of election so as to
32		interfere with the orderly conduct of the election and shall

1		not, in any event, be permitted to handle election materials.
2		Pollwatchers may challenge for cause the voting qualifications
3		of a person offering to vote and may call to the attention of
4		the judges of election any incorrect procedure or apparent
5		violations of this Code.
6		If a majority of the judges of election determine that the
7		polling place has become too overcrowded with pollwatchers so
8		as to interfere with the orderly conduct of the election, the
9		judges shall, by lot, limit such pollwatchers to a reasonable
10		number, except that each established or new political party
11		shall be permitted to have at least one pollwatcher present.
12		Representatives of an election authority, with regard to an
13		election under its jurisdiction, the State Board of Elections,
14		and law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to a
15		United States Attorney, a State's attorney, the Attorney
16		General, and a State, county, or local police department, in
17		the performance of their official election duties, shall be
18		permitted at all times to enter and remain in the polling
19		place. Upon entering the polling place, such representatives
20		shall display their official credentials or other
21		identification to the judges of election.
22		Uniformed police officers assigned to polling place duty
23		shall follow all lawful instructions of the judges of election.
24		The provisions of this Section shall also apply to
25		supervised casting of absentee ballots as provided in Section
26		19-12.2 of this Act.
27		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
28		(10 ILCS 5/17-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-29)
29		Sec. 17-29. (a) No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other
30		person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering
31		or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion
32		within any polling place or within 100 feet of any polling
33		place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or oppose any voter

1		while approaching within 100 feet of any polling place for the
2		purpose of voting. Judges of election shall enforce the
3		provisions of this Section.
4		(b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small
5		United States national flags, or some other marker a distance
6		of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by
7		voters to engage in voting, which shall be known as the polling
8		room. If the polling room is located within a building that is
9		a private business, a public or private school, or a church or
10		other organization founded for the purpose of religious worship
11		and the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the
12		interior of the building, then the markers shall be placed
13		outside of the building at each entrance used by voters to
14		enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare
15		or walkway. If the polling room is located within a public or
16		private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is
17		located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed
18		100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room used
19		by voters to engage in voting. If the polling room is located
20		in a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the
21		polling room is located on a floor above or below the ground
22		floor, then the markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet
23		from the nearest elevator or staircase used by voters on the
24		ground floor to access the floor where the polling room is
25		located. The area within where the markers are placed shall be
26		known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited
27		pursuant to this subsection.
28		The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free
29		zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum
30		for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the
31		request of election officers any publicly owned building must
32		be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall
33		have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on
34		any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the

1		campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the placement
2		of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed
3		liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all
4		polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the
5		time that the polls are open on an election day.
6		(c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
7		property on an election day, including but not limited to the
8		placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
9		function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
10		electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
11		subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and
12		limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
13		(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
14		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
15		(10 ILCS 5/17-100 new)
16		Sec. 17-100. Definition of a vote.
17		(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the
18		purpose of this Article, a person casts a valid vote on a punch
19		card ballot when:
20		(1) A chad on the card has at least one corner detached
21		from the card;
22		(2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the
23		chad are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be
24		seen through the card; or
25		(3) An indentation on the chad from the stylus or other
26		object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable
27		intent of the voter to vote based on the totality of the
28		circumstances, including but not limited to any pattern or
29		frequency of indentations on other ballot positions from
30		the same ballot card.
31		(b) Write-in votes shall be counted in a manner consistent
32		with the existing provisions of this Code.
33		(c) For purposes of this Section, a "chad" is that portion

1		of a ballot card that a voter punches or perforates with a
2		stylus or other designated marking device to manifest his or
3		her vote for a particular ballot position on a ballot card as
4		defined in subsection (a).
5		(d) Prior to the original counting of any punch card
6		ballots, an election judge may not alter a punch card ballot in
7		any manner, including, but not limited to, the removal or
8		manipulation of chads.
9		(10 ILCS 5/18-100 new)
10		Sec. 18-100. Definition of a vote.
11		(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the
12		purpose of this Article, a person casts a valid vote on a punch
13		card ballot when:
14		(1) A chad on the card has at least one corner detached
15		from the card;
16		(2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the
17		chad are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be
18		seen through the card; or
19		(3) An indentation on the chad from the stylus or other
20		object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable
21		intent of the voter to vote based on the totality of the
22		circumstances, including but not limited to any pattern or
23		frequency of indentations on other ballot positions from
24		the same ballot card.
25		(b) Write-in votes shall be counted in a manner consistent
26		with the existing provisions of this Code.
27		(c) For purposes of this Section, a "chad" is that portion
28		of a ballot card that a voter punches or perforates with a
29		stylus or other designated marking device to manifest his or
30		her vote for a particular ballot position on a ballot card as
31		defined in subsection (a).
32		(d) Prior to the original counting of any punch card
33		ballots, an election judge may not alter a punch card ballot in

1		any manner, including, but not limited to, the removal or
2		manipulation of chads.
3		(10 ILCS 5/18A-5)
4		Sec. 18A-5. Provisional voting; general provisions.
5		(a) A person who claims to be a registered voter is
6		entitled to cast a provisional ballot under the following
7		circumstances:
8		(1) The person's name does not appear on the official
9		list of eligible voters, whether a list of active or
10		inactive voters, for the precinct in which the person seeks
11		to vote;
12		(2) The person's voting status has been challenged by
13		an election judge, a pollwatcher, or any legal voter and
14		that challenge has been sustained by a majority of the
15		election judges; or
16		(3) A federal or State court order extends the time for
17		closing the polls beyond the time period established by
18		State law and the person votes during the extended time
19		period; or .
20		(4) The voter registered to vote by mail and is
21		required by law to present identification when voting
22		either in person or by absentee ballot, but fails to do so.
23		(b) The procedure for obtaining and casting a provisional
24		ballot at the polling place shall be as follows:
25		(1) After first verifying through an examination of the
26		precinct register that the person's address is within the
27		precinct boundaries, an An election judge at the polling
28		place shall notify a person who is entitled to cast a
29		provisional ballot pursuant to subsection (a) that he or
30		she may cast a provisional ballot in that election. An
31		election judge must accept any information provided by a
32		person who casts a provisional ballot that the person
33		believes supports his or her claim that he or she is a duly

1		registered voter and qualified to vote in the election.
2		However, if the person's residence address is outside the
3		precinct boundaries, the election judge shall inform the
4		person of that fact, give the person the appropriate
5		telephone number of the election authority in order to
6		locate the polling place assigned to serve that address,
7		and instruct the person to go to the proper polling place
8		to vote.
9		(2) The person shall execute a written form provided by
10		the election judge that shall state or contain all of the
11		following that is available:
12		(i) an affidavit stating the following:
13		State of Illinois, County of ................,
14		Township ............., Precinct ........, Ward
15		........, I, ......................., do solemnly
16		swear (or affirm) that: I am a citizen of the United
17		States; I am 18 years of age or older; I have resided
18		in this State and in this precinct for 30 days
19		preceding this election; I have not voted in this
20		election; I am a duly registered voter in every
21		respect; and I am eligible to vote in this election.
22		Signature ...... Printed Name of Voter ....... Printed
23		Residence Address of Voter ...... City ...... State
24		.... Zip Code ..... Telephone Number ...... Date of
25		Birth ....... and Illinois Driver's License Number
26		....... or Last 4 digits of Social Security Number
27		...... or State Identification Card Number issued to
28		you by the Illinois Secretary of State........
29		(ii) Written instruction stating the following:
30		In order to expedite the verification of your voter
31		registration status, the .... (insert name of county
32		clerk of board of election commissioners here)
33		requests that you include your phone number and both
34		the last four digits of your social security number and

1		your driver's license number or State Identification
2		Card Number issued to you by the Secretary of State. At
3		minimum, you are required to include either (A) your
4		driver's license number or State Identification Card
5		Number issued to you by the Secretary of State or (B)
6		the last 4 digits of your social security number.
7		(ii) (iii) A box for the election judge to check one of
8		the 4 3 reasons why the person was given a provisional
9		ballot under subsection (a) of Section 18A-5.
10		(iii) (iv) An area for the election judge to affix his
11		or her signature and to set forth any facts that support or
12		oppose the allegation that the person is not qualified to
13		vote in the precinct in which the person is seeking to
14		vote.
15		The written affidavit form described in this subsection
16		(b)(2) must be printed on a multi-part form prescribed by the
17		county clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case
18		may be.
19		(3) After the person executes the portion of the written
20		affidavit described in subsection (b)(2)(i) of this Section,
21		the election judge shall complete the portion of the written
22		affidavit described in subsection (b)(2)(iii) and (b)(2)(iv).
23		(4) The election judge shall give a copy of the completed
24		written affidavit to the person. The election judge shall place
25		the original written affidavit in a self-adhesive clear plastic
26		packing list envelope that must be attached to a separate
27		envelope marked as a "provisional ballot envelope". The
28		election judge shall also place any information provided by the
29		person who casts a provisional ballot in the clear plastic
30		packing list envelope. Each county clerk or board of election
31		commissioners, as the case may be, must design, obtain or
32		procure self-adhesive clear plastic packing list envelopes and
33		provisional ballot envelopes that are suitable for
34		implementing this subsection (b)(4) of this Section.

1		(5) The election judge shall provide the person with a
2		provisional ballot, written instructions for casting a
3		provisional ballot, and the provisional ballot envelope with
4		the clear plastic packing list envelope affixed to it, which
5		contains the person's original written affidavit and, if any,
6		information provided by the provisional voter to support his or
7		her claim that he or she is a duly registered voter. An
8		election judge must also give the person written information
9		that states that any person who casts a provisional ballot
10		shall be able to ascertain, pursuant to guidelines established
11		by the State Board of Elections, whether the provisional vote
12		was counted in the official canvass of votes for that election
13		and, if the provisional vote was not counted, the reason that
14		the vote was not counted.
15		(6) After the person has completed marking his or her
16		provisional ballot, he or she shall place the marked ballot
17		inside of the provisional ballot envelope, close and seal the
18		envelope, and return the envelope to an election judge, who
19		shall then deposit the sealed provisional ballot envelope into
20		a securable container separately identified and utilized for
21		containing sealed provisional ballot envelopes. Ballots that
22		are provisional because they are cast after 7:00 p.m. by court
23		order shall be kept separate from other provisional ballots.
24		Upon the closing of the polls, the securable container shall be
25		sealed with filament tape provided for that purpose, which
26		shall be wrapped around the box lengthwise and crosswise, at
27		least twice each way, and each of the election judges shall
28		sign the seal.
29		(c) Instead of the affidavit form described in subsection
30		(b), the county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
31		the case may be, may design and use a multi-part affidavit form
32		that is imprinted upon or attached to the provisional ballot
33		envelope described in subsection (b). If a county clerk or
34		board of election commissioners elects to design and use its

1		own multi-part affidavit form, then the county clerk or board
2		of election commissioners shall establish a mechanism for
3		accepting any information the provisional voter has supplied to
4		the election judge to support his or her claim that he or she
5		is a duly registered voter. In all other respects, a county
6		clerk or board of election commissioners shall establish
7		procedures consistent with subsection (b).
8		(d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners, as
9		the case may be, shall use the completed affidavit form
10		described in subsection (b) to update the person's voter
11		registration information in the State voter registration
12		database and voter registration database of the county clerk or
13		board of election commissioners, as the case may be. If a
14		person is later determined not to be a registered voter based
15		on Section 18A-15 of this Code, then the affidavit shall be
16		processed by the county clerk or board of election
17		commissioners, as the case may be, as a voter registration
18		application.
19		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
20		(10 ILCS 5/18A-15)
21		Sec. 18A-15. Validating and counting provisional ballots.
22		(a) The county clerk or board of election commissioners
23		shall complete the validation and counting of provisional
24		ballots within 14 calendar days of the day of the election. The
25		county clerk or board of election commissioners shall have 7
26		calendar days from the completion of the validation and
27		counting of provisional ballots to conduct its final canvass.
28		The State Board of Elections shall complete within 31 calendar
29		days of the election or sooner if all the returns are received,
30		its final canvass of the vote for all public offices.
31		(b) If a county clerk or board of election commissioners
32		determines that all of the following apply, then a provisional
33		ballot is valid and shall be counted as a vote:

1		(1) The provisional voter cast the provisional ballot
2		in the correct precinct based on the address provided by
3		the provisional voter;
4		(2) The affidavit executed by the provisional voter
5		pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of Section 18A-5 contains, at
6		a minimum, the provisional voter's first and last name,
7		house number and street name, and signature or mark 18A-10
8		is properly executed; and
9		(3) the provisional voter is a registered voter based
10		on information available to the county clerk or board of
11		election commissioners provided by or obtained from any of
12		the following:
13		i. the provisional voter;
14		ii. an election judge;
15		iii. the statewide voter registration database
16		maintained by the State Board of Elections;
17		iv. the records of the county clerk or board of
18		election commissioners' database; or
19		v. the records of the Secretary of State.
20		(c) With respect to subsection (b)(3) of this Section, the
21		county clerk or board of election commissioners shall
22		investigate whether each of the 5 types of information is
23		available and record whether this information is or is not
24		available. If one or more types of information is available,
25		then the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall
26		obtain all relevant information from all sources identified in
27		subsection (b)(3) or until satisfied that the provisional voter
28		is registered and entitled to vote. The county clerk or board
29		of election commissioners shall use any information it obtains
30		as the basis for determining the voter registration status of
31		the provisional voter. If a conflict exists among the
32		information available to the county clerk or board of election
33		commissioners as to the registration status of the provisional
34		voter, then the county clerk or board of election commissioners

1		shall make a determination based on the totality of the
2		circumstances. In a case where the above information equally
3		supports or opposes the registration status of the voter, the
4		county clerk or board of election commissioners shall decide in
5		favor of the provisional voter as being duly registered to
6		vote. If the statewide voter registration database maintained
7		by the State Board of Elections indicates that the provisional
8		voter is registered to vote, but the county clerk's or board of
9		election commissioners' voter registration database indicates
10		that the provisional voter is not registered to vote, then the
11		information found in the statewide voter registration database
12		shall control the matter and the provisional voter shall be
13		deemed to be registered to vote. If the records of the county
14		clerk or board of election commissioners indicates that the
15		provisional voter is registered to vote, but the statewide
16		voter registration database maintained by the State Board of
17		Elections indicates that the provisional voter is not
18		registered to vote, then the information found in the records
19		of the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall
20		control the matter and the provisional voter shall be deemed to
21		be registered to vote. If the provisional voter's signature on
22		his or her provisional ballot request varies from the signature
23		on an otherwise valid registration application solely because
24		of the substitution of initials for the first or middle name,
25		the election authority may not reject the provisional ballot.
26		(d) In validating the registration status of a person
27		casting a provisional ballot, the county clerk or board of
28		election commissioners shall not require a provisional voter to
29		complete any form other than the affidavit executed by the
30		provisional voter under subsection (b)(2) of Section 18A-5. In
31		addition, the county clerk or board of election commissioners
32		shall not require all provisional voters or any particular
33		class or group of provisional voters to appear personally
34		before the county clerk or board of election commissioners or

1		as a matter of policy require provisional voters to submit
2		additional information to verify or otherwise support the
3		information already submitted by the provisional voter. The
4		provisional voter may, within 2 calendar days after the
5		election, submit additional information to the county clerk or
6		board of election commissioners. This information must be
7		received by the county clerk or board of election commissioners
8		within the 2-calendar-day period.
9		(e) If the county clerk or board of election commissioners
10		determines that subsection (b)(1), (b)(2), or (b)(3) does not
11		apply, then the provisional ballot is not valid and may not be
12		counted. The provisional ballot envelope containing the ballot
13		cast by the provisional voter may not be opened. The county
14		clerk or board of election commissioners shall write on the
15		provisional ballot envelope the following: "Provisional ballot
16		determined invalid.".
17		(f) If the county clerk or board of election commissioners
18		determines that a provisional ballot is valid under this
19		Section, then the provisional ballot envelope shall be opened.
20		The outside of each provisional ballot envelope shall also be
21		marked to identify the precinct and the date of the election.
22		(g) The provisional ballots determined to be valid shall be
23		added to the vote totals for the precincts from which they were
24		cast in the order in which the ballots were opened. The county
25		clerk or board of election commissioners may, in the
26		alternative, create a separate provisional-voter precinct for
27		the purpose of counting and recording provisional ballots and
28		adding the recorded votes to its official canvass. The
29		validation and counting of provisional ballots shall be subject
30		to the provisions of this Code that apply to pollwatchers. If
31		the provisional ballots are a ballot of a punch card voting
32		system, then the provisional ballot shall be counted in a
33		manner consistent with Article 24A. If the provisional ballots
34		are a ballot of optical scan or other type of approved

1		electronic voting system, then the provisional ballots shall be
2		counted in a manner consistent with Article 24B.
3		(h) As soon as the ballots have been counted, the election
4		judges or election officials shall, in the presence of the
5		county clerk or board of election commissioners, place each of
6		the following items in a separate envelope or bag: (1) all
7		provisional ballots, voted or spoiled; (2) all provisional
8		ballot envelopes of provisional ballots voted or spoiled; and
9		(3) all executed affidavits of the provisional ballots voted or
10		spoiled. All provisional ballot envelopes for provisional
11		voters who have been determined not to be registered to vote
12		shall remain sealed. The county clerk or board of election
13		commissioners shall treat the provisional ballot envelope
14		containing the written affidavit as a voter registration
15		application for that person for the next election and process
16		that application. The election judges or election officials
17		shall then securely seal each envelope or bag, initial the
18		envelope or bag, and plainly mark on the outside of the
19		envelope or bag in ink the precinct in which the provisional
20		ballots were cast. The election judges or election officials
21		shall then place each sealed envelope or bag into a box, secure
22		and seal it in the same manner as described in item (6) of
23		subsection (b) of Section 18A-5. Each election judge or
24		election official shall take and subscribe an oath before the
25		county clerk or board of election commissioners that the
26		election judge or election official securely kept the ballots
27		and papers in the box, did not permit any person to open the
28		box or otherwise touch or tamper with the ballots and papers in
29		the box, and has no knowledge of any other person opening the
30		box. For purposes of this Section, the term "election official"
31		means the county clerk, a member of the board of election
32		commissioners, as the case may be, and their respective
33		employees.
34		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

1		(10 ILCS 5/19-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2.1)
2		Sec. 19-2.1. At the consolidated primary, general primary,
3		consolidated, and general elections, electors entitled to vote
4		by absentee ballot under the provisions of Section 19-1 may
5		vote in person at the office of the municipal clerk, if the
6		elector is a resident of a municipality not having a board of
7		election commissioners, or at the office of the township clerk
8		or, in counties not under township organization, at the office
9		of the road district clerk if the elector is not a resident of
10		a municipality; provided, in each case that the municipal,
11		township or road district clerk, as the case may be, is
12		authorized to conduct in-person absentee voting pursuant to
13		this Section. Absentee voting in such municipal and township
14		clerk's offices under this Section shall be conducted from the
15		22nd day through the day before the election.
16		Municipal and township clerks (or road district clerks) who
17		have regularly scheduled working hours at regularly designated
18		offices other than a place of residence and whose offices are
19		open for business during the same hours as the office of the
20		election authority shall conduct in-person absentee voting for
21		said elections. Municipal and township clerks (or road district
22		clerks) who have no regularly scheduled working hours but who
23		have regularly designated offices other than a place of
24		residence shall conduct in-person absentee voting for said
25		elections during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 9:00
26		a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weekdays, and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on
27		Saturdays, but not during such hours as the office of the
28		election authority is closed, unless the clerk files a written
29		waiver with the election authority not later than July 1 of
30		each year stating that he or she is unable to conduct such
31		voting and the reasons therefor. Such clerks who conduct
32		in-person absentee voting may extend their hours for that
33		purpose to include any hours in which the election authority's

1		office is open. Municipal and township clerks (or road district
2		clerks) who have no regularly scheduled office hours and no
3		regularly designated offices other than a place of residence
4		may not conduct in-person absentee voting for said elections.
5		The election authority may devise alternative methods for
6		in-person absentee voting before said elections for those
7		precincts located within the territorial area of a municipality
8		or township (or road district) wherein the clerk of such
9		municipality or township (or road district) has waived or is
10		not entitled to conduct such voting. In addition, electors may
11		vote by absentee ballot under the provisions of Section 19-1 at
12		the office of the election authority having jurisdiction over
13		their residence.
14		In conducting absentee voting under this Section, the
15		respective clerks shall not be required to verify the signature
16		of the absentee voter by comparison with the signature on the
17		official registration record card. However, the clerk shall
18		reasonably ascertain the identity of such applicant, shall
19		verify that each such applicant is a registered voter, and
20		shall verify the precinct in which he or she is registered and
21		the proper ballots of the political subdivisions in which the
22		applicant resides and is entitled to vote, prior to providing
23		any absentee ballot to such applicant. The clerk shall verify
24		the applicant's registration and from the most recent poll list
25		provided by the county clerk, and if the applicant is not
26		listed on that poll list then by telephoning the office of the
27		county clerk.
28		Absentee voting procedures in the office of the municipal,
29		township and road district clerks shall be subject to all of
30		the applicable provisions of this Article 19. Pollwatchers may
31		be appointed to observe in-person absentee voting procedures
32		and all records relating to the conduct of the election,
33		provided the secrecy of the ballot is not impinged, at the
34		office of the municipal, township or road district clerks'

1		offices where such absentee voting is conducted. Such
2		pollwatchers shall qualify and be appointed in the same manner
3		as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23, except each candidate,
4		political party or organization of citizens may appoint only
5		one pollwatcher for each location where in-person absentee
6		voting is conducted. Pollwatchers must be registered to vote in
7		Illinois and possess valid pollwatcher credentials. All
8		requirements in this Article applicable to election
9		authorities shall apply to the respective local clerks, except
10		where inconsistent with this Section.
11		The sealed absentee ballots in their carrier envelope shall
12		be delivered by the respective clerks, or by the election
13		authority on behalf of a clerk if the clerk and the election
14		authority agree, to the proper polling place before the close
15		of the polls on the day of the general primary, consolidated
16		primary, consolidated, or general election.
17		Not more than 23 days before the nonpartisan, general and
18		consolidated elections, the county clerk shall make available
19		to those municipal, township and road district clerks
20		conducting in-person absentee voting within such county, a
21		sufficient number of applications, absentee ballots,
22		envelopes, and printed voting instruction slips for use by
23		absentee voters in the offices of such clerks. The respective
24		clerks shall receipt for all ballots received, shall return all
25		unused or spoiled ballots to the county clerk on the day of the
26		election and shall strictly account for all ballots received.
27		The ballots delivered to the respective clerks shall
28		include absentee ballots for each precinct in the municipality,
29		township or road district, or shall include such separate
30		ballots for each political subdivision conducting an election
31		of officers or a referendum on that election day as will permit
32		any resident of the municipality, township or road district to
33		vote absentee in the office of the proper clerk.
34		The clerks of all municipalities, townships and road

1		districts may distribute applications for absentee ballot for
2		the use of voters who wish to mail such applications to the
3		appropriate election authority. Such applications for absentee
4		ballots shall be made on forms provided by the election
5		authority. Duplication of such forms by the municipal, township
6		or road district clerk is prohibited.
7		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
8		(10 ILCS 5/19-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
9		Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots - Time.)
10		Immediately upon the receipt of such application either by
11		mail, not more than 40 days nor less than 5 days prior to such
12		election, or by personal delivery not more than 40 days nor
13		less than one day prior to such election, at the office of such
14		election authority, it shall be the duty of such election
15		authority to examine the records to ascertain whether or not
16		such applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as requested, and
17		if found so to be, to post within one business day thereafter
18		the name, street address, ward and precinct number or township
19		and district number, as the case may be, of such applicant
20		given on a list, the pages of which are to be numbered
21		consecutively to be kept by such election authority for such
22		purpose in a conspicuous, open and public place accessible to
23		the public at the entrance of the office of such election
24		authority, and in such a manner that such list may be viewed
25		without necessity of requesting permission therefor. Within
26		one business day after posting the name and other information
27		of an applicant for an absentee ballot, the election authority
28		shall transmit that name and other posted information to the
29		State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those names and
30		other information in an electronic format on its website,
31		arranged by county and accessible to State and local political
32		committees. , and Within 2 business days after posting a name
33		and other information on the list within its office, the

1		election authority shall thereafter to mail, postage prepaid,
2		or deliver in person in such office an official ballot or
3		ballots if more than one are to be voted at said election. Mail
4		delivery of Temporarily Absent Student ballot applications
5		pursuant to Section 19-12.3 shall be by nonforwardable mail.
6		However, for the consolidated election, absentee ballots for
7		certain precincts may be delivered to applicants not less than
8		25 days before the election if so much time is required to have
9		prepared and printed the ballots containing the names of
10		persons nominated for offices at the consolidated primary. The
11		election authority shall enclose with each absentee ballot or
12		application written instructions on how voting assistance
13		shall be provided pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document,
14		written and approved by the State Board of Elections,
15		enumerating the circumstances under which a person is
16		authorized to vote by absentee ballot pursuant to this Article;
17		such document shall also include a statement informing the
18		applicant that if he or she falsifies or is solicited by
19		another to falsify his or her eligibility to cast an absentee
20		ballot, such applicant or other is subject to penalties
21		pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the Election
22		Code. Each election authority shall maintain a list of the
23		name, street address, ward and precinct, or township and
24		district number, as the case may be, of all applicants who have
25		returned absentee ballots to such authority, and the name of
26		such absent voter shall be added to such list within one
27		business day from receipt of such ballot. If the absentee
28		ballot envelope indicates that the voter was assisted in
29		casting the ballot, the name of the person so assisting shall
30		be included on the list. The list, the pages of which are to be
31		numbered consecutively, shall be kept by each election
32		authority in a conspicuous, open, and public place accessible
33		to the public at the entrance of the office of the election
34		authority and in a manner that the list may be viewed without

1		necessity of requesting permission for viewing.
2		Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
3		election of the voters to whom it has issued absentee ballots.
4		The list shall be maintained for each precinct within the
5		jurisdiction of the election authority. Prior to the opening of
6		the polls on election day, the election authority shall deliver
7		to the judges of election in each precinct the list of
8		registered voters in that precinct to whom absentee ballots
9		have been issued by mail.
10		Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
11		election of voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent
12		student ballots. The list shall be maintained for each election
13		jurisdiction within which such voters temporarily abide.
14		Immediately after the close of the period during which
15		application may be made by mail for absentee ballots, each
16		election authority shall mail to each other election authority
17		within the State a certified list of all such voters
18		temporarily abiding within the jurisdiction of the other
19		election authority.
20		In the event that the return address of an application for
21		ballot by a physically incapacitated elector is that of a
22		facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care Act,
23		within the jurisdiction of the election authority, and the
24		applicant is a registered voter in the precinct in which such
25		facility is located, the ballots shall be prepared and
26		transmitted to a responsible judge of election no later than 9
27		a.m. on the Saturday, Sunday or Monday immediately preceding
28		the election as designated by the election authority under
29		Section 19-12.2. Such judge shall deliver in person on the
30		designated day the ballot to the applicant on the premises of
31		the facility from which application was made. The election
32		authority shall by mail notify the applicant in such facility
33		that the ballot will be delivered by a judge of election on the
34		designated day.

1		All applications for absentee ballots shall be available at
2		the office of the election authority for public inspection upon
3		request from the time of receipt thereof by the election
4		authority until 30 days after the election, except during the
5		time such applications are kept in the office of the election
6		authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and except during the time
7		such applications are in the possession of the judges of
8		election.
9		(Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96; 90-101, eff. 7-11-97.)
10		(10 ILCS 5/19-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-10)
11		Sec. 19-10. Pollwatchers may be appointed to observe
12		in-person absentee voting procedures and all records relating
13		to the conduct of the election, provided the secrecy of the
14		ballot is not impinged, at the office of the election authority
15		as well as at municipal, township or road district clerks'
16		offices where such absentee voting is conducted. Such
17		pollwatchers shall qualify and be appointed in the same manner
18		as provided in Sections 7-34 and 17-23, except each candidate,
19		political party or organization of citizens may appoint only
20		one pollwatcher for each location where in-person absentee
21		voting is conducted. Pollwatchers must be registered to vote in
22		Illinois and possess valid pollwatcher credentials.
23		In the polling place on election day, pollwatchers shall be
24		permitted to be present during the casting of the absent
25		voters' ballots and the vote of any absent voter may be
26		challenged for cause the same as if he were present and voted
27		in person, and the judges of the election or a majority thereof
28		shall have power and authority to hear and determine the
29		legality of such ballot; Provided, however, that if a challenge
30		to any absent voter's right to vote is sustained, notice of the
31		same must be given by the judges of election by mail addressed
32		to the voter's place of residence.
33		Where certain absent voters' ballots are counted on the day

1		of the election in the office of the election authority as
2		provided in Section 19-8 of this Act, each political party,
3		candidate and qualified civic organization shall be entitled to
4		have present one pollwatcher for each panel of election judges
5		therein assigned. Such pollwatchers shall be subject to the
6		same provisions as are provided for pollwatchers in Sections
7		7-34 and 17-23 of this Code, and shall be permitted to observe
8		the election judges making the signature comparison between
9		that which is on the ballot envelope and that which is on the
10		permanent voter registration record card taken from the master
11		file.
12		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
13		(10 ILCS 5/20-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-4)
14		Sec. 20-4. Immediately upon the receipt of the official
15		postcard or an application as provided in Section 20-3 within
16		the times heretofore prescribed, the election authority shall
17		ascertain whether or not such applicant is legally entitled to
18		vote as requested. If the election authority ascertains that
19		the applicant is lawfully entitled to vote, it shall enter the
20		name, street address, ward and precinct number of such
21		applicant on a list to be posted in his or its office in a place
22		accessible to the public. Within one business day after posting
23		the name and other information of an applicant for a ballot,
24		the election authority shall transmit that name and posted
25		information to the State Board of Elections, which shall
26		maintain the names and other information in an electronic
27		format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
28		State and local political committees. As soon as the official
29		ballot is prepared the election authority shall immediately
30		deliver the same to the applicant in person or by mail, in the
31		manner prescribed in Section 20-5.
32		If any such election authority receives a second or
33		additional application which it believes is from the same

1		person, he or it shall submit it to the chief judge of the
2		circuit court or any judge of that court designated by the
3		chief judge. If the chief judge or his designate determines
4		that the application submitted to him is a second or additional
5		one, he shall so notify the election authority who shall
6		disregard the second or additional application.
7		The election authority shall maintain a list for each
8		election of the voters to whom it has issued absentee ballots.
9		The list shall be maintained for each precinct within the
10		jurisdiction of the election authority. Prior to the opening of
11		the polls on election day, the election authority shall deliver
12		to the judges of election in each precinct the list of
13		registered voters in that precinct to whom absentee ballots
14		have been issued.
15		(Source: P.A. 81-0155; 81-0953; 81-1509.)
16		(10 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-2)
17		Sec. 21-2. The county clerks of the several counties shall,
18		within 21 8 days next after holding the election named in
19		subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2 make 2 copies
20		of the abstract of the votes cast for electors by each
21		political party or group, as indicated by the voter, as
22		aforesaid, by a cross in the square to the left of the bracket
23		aforesaid, or as indicated by a cross in the appropriate place
24		preceding the appellation or title of the particular political
25		party or group, and transmit by mail one of the copies to the
26		office of the State Board of Elections and retain the other in
27		his office, to be sent for by the electoral board in case the
28		other should be mislaid. Within 31 20 days after the holding of
29		such election, and sooner if all the returns are received by
30		the State Board of Elections, the State Board of Election,
31		shall proceed to open and canvass said election returns and to
32		declare which set of candidates for President and
33		Vice-President received, as aforesaid, the highest number of

1		votes cast at such election as aforesaid; and the electors of
2		that party whose candidates for President and Vice-President
3		received the highest number of votes so cast shall be taken and
4		deemed to be elected as electors of President and
5		Vice-President, but should 2 or more sets of candidates for
6		President and Vice-President be returned with an equal and the
7		highest vote, the State Board of Elections shall cause a notice
8		of the same to be published, which notice shall name some day
9		and place, not less than 5 days from the time of such
10		publication of such notice, upon which the State Board of
11		Elections will decide by lot which of the sets of candidates
12		for President and Vice-President so equal and highest shall be
13		declared to be highest. And upon the day and at the place so
14		appointed in the notice, the board shall so decide by lot and
15		declare which is deemed highest of the sets of candidates for
16		President and Vice-President so equal and highest, thereby
17		determining only that the electors chosen as aforesaid by such
18		candidates' party or group are thereby elected by general
19		ticket to be such electors.
20		(Source: P.A. 84-861.)
21		(10 ILCS 5/22-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
22		Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 7 days after the
23		close of the election at which candidates for offices
24		hereinafter named in this Section are voted upon, the county
25		clerks of the respective counties, with the assistance of the
26		chairmen of the county central committees of the Republican and
27		Democratic parties of the county, shall open the returns and
28		make abstracts of the votes on a separate sheet for each of the
29		following:
30		A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
31		B. For State officers;
32		C. For presidential electors;
33		D. For United States Senators and Representatives to

1		Congress;
2		E. For judges of the Supreme Court;
3		F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
4		G. For judges of the circuit court;
5		H. For Senators and Representatives to the General
6		Assembly;
7		I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more counties;
8		J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other
9		propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State;
10		K. For county officers and for propositions submitted to
11		the electors of the county only;
12		L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
13		M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
14		N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees.
15		Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared
16		and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the
17		county central committee of each of the then existing
18		established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or
19		his duly authorized representative immediately after the
20		completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals
21		have been compiled.
22		The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the county
23		clerk in his office.
24		Whenever any county chairman is also county clerk or
25		whenever any county chairman is unable to serve as a member of
26		such canvassing board the vice-chairman or secretary of his
27		county central committee, in that order, shall serve in his
28		place as member of such canvassing board; provided, that if
29		none of these persons is able to serve, the county chairman may
30		appoint a member of his county central committee to serve as a
31		member of such canvassing board.
32		The powers and duties of the county canvassing board are
33		limited to those specified in this Section. In no event shall
34		such canvassing board open any package in which the ballots

1		have been wrapped or any envelope containing "defective" or
2		"objected to" ballots, or in any manner undertake to examine
3		the ballots used in the election, except as provided in Section
4		22-9.1 or when directed by a court in an election contest. Nor
5		shall such canvassing board call in the precinct judges of
6		election or any other persons to open or recount the ballots.
7		(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
8		(10 ILCS 5/22-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-3)
9		Sec. 22-3. When two (2) or more persons receive an equal
10		and the highest number of votes for an office to be filled by
11		the county alone, the county clerk shall issue a notice to such
12		persons of such tie vote, and require them to appear at his
13		office, on a day named in the notice, no later than 21 days
14		following an election within ten (10) days from the day of
15		election, and determine by lot which of them is to be declared
16		elected.
17		(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
18		(10 ILCS 5/22-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
19		Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation
20		of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within
21		31 20 days after the election, and sooner if all the returns
22		are received, to canvass the votes given for United States
23		Senators and Representatives to Congress, State executive
24		officers, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate
25		Court, judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives
26		to the General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional
27		Superintendents of Schools elected from 2 or more counties,
28		respectively, and the persons having the highest number of
29		votes for the respective offices shall be declared duly
30		elected, but if it appears that more than the number of persons
31		to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for
32		the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which

1		of such persons shall be elected; and to each person duly
2		elected, the Governor shall give a certificate of election or
3		commission, as the case may require, and shall cause
4		proclamation to be made of the result of the canvass, and they
5		shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass the vote
6		cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other
7		propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; and
8		the Governor shall cause to be made such proclamation of the
9		result of the canvass as the statutes elsewhere provide. The
10		State Board of Elections shall transmit to the State
11		Comptroller a list of the persons elected to the various
12		offices. The State Board of Elections shall also transmit to
13		the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to judgeships in
14		adversary elections and the names of judges who fail to win
15		retention in office.
16		(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
17		(10 ILCS 5/22-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-8)
18		Sec. 22-8. In municipalities operating under Article 6 of
19		this Act, within 21 7 days after the close of such election, a
20		judge of the circuit court, with the assistance of the city
21		attorney and the board of election commissioners, who are
22		hereby declared a canvassing board for such city, shall open
23		all returns left respectively, with the election
24		commissioners, the county clerk, and city comptroller, and
25		shall make abstracts or statements of the votes in the
26		following manner, as the case may require, viz: All votes for
27		Governor and Lieutenant Governor on one sheet; all votes for
28		other State officers on another sheet; all votes for
29		presidential electors on another sheet; all votes for United
30		States Senators and Representatives to Congress on another
31		sheet; all votes for judges of the Supreme Court on another
32		sheet; all votes for judges of the Appellate Court on another
33		sheet; all votes for Judges of the Circuit Court on another

1		sheet; all votes for Senators and Representatives to the
2		General Assembly on another sheet; all votes for State's
3		Attorneys where elected from 2 or more counties on another
4		sheet; all votes for County Officers on another sheet; all
5		votes for City Officers on another sheet; all votes for Town
6		Officers on another sheet; and all votes for any other office
7		on a separate and appropriate sheet; all votes for any
8		proposition, which may be submitted to a vote of the people, on
9		another sheet, and all votes against any proposition, submitted
10		to a vote of the people, on another sheet.
11		Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared
12		and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the
13		county central committee of each of the then existing
14		established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or
15		his duly authorized representative immediately after the
16		completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals
17		have been compiled.
18		(Source: P.A. 77-2626.)
19		(10 ILCS 5/22-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-9)
20		Sec. 22-9. It shall be the duty of such Board of Canvassers
21		to canvass, and add up and declare the result of every election
22		hereafter held within the boundaries of such city, village or
23		incorporated town, operating under Article 6 of this Act, and
24		the judge of the circuit court shall thereupon enter of record
25		such abstract and result, and a certified copy of such record
26		shall thereupon be filed with the County Clerk of the county;
27		and such abstracts or results shall be treated, by the County
28		Clerk in all respects, as if made by the Canvassing Board now
29		provided by the foregoing sections of this law, and he shall
30		transmit the same to the State Board of Elections, or other
31		proper officer, as required hereinabove. The county clerk or
32		board of election commissioners, as the case may be, shall (i)
33		send the abstract and result in a sealed envelope addressed to

1		the State Board of Elections via overnight mail so it arrives
2		at the address the following calendar day or (ii) transmit an
3		electronic version of the abstract and results to the State
4		Board of Elections, but only if the county clerk or board of
5		election commissioners receives verification the same day that
6		the electronic version was received by the State Board and only
7		if the county clerk or board of election commissioners sends
8		the abstract and results to the State Board by United States
9		mail. And such abstracts or results so entered and declared by
10		such judge, and a certified copy thereof, shall be treated
11		everywhere within the state, and by all public officers, with
12		the same binding force and effect as the abstract of votes now
13		authorized by the foregoing provisions of this Act.
14		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
15		(10 ILCS 5/22-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-17)
16		Sec. 22-17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the
17		canvass of votes cast at the nonpartisan and consolidated
18		elections shall be conducted by the following canvassing boards
19		within 21 7 days after the close of such elections:
20		1. For city offices, by the mayor, the city attorney
21		and the city clerk.
22		2. For village and incorporated town offices, by the
23		president of the board of trustees, one member of the board
24		of trustees, and the village or incorporated town clerk.
25		3. For township offices, by the township supervisor,
26		the eligible town trustee elected in the township who has
27		the longest term of continuous service as town trustee, and
28		the township clerk.
29		4. For road district offices, by the highway
30		commissioner and the road district clerk.
31		5. For school district or community college district
32		offices, by the school or community college district board.
33		6. For special district elected offices, by the board

1		of the special district.
2		7. For multi-county educational service region
3		offices, by the regional board of school trustees.
4		8. For township trustee of schools or land
5		commissioner, by the township trustees of schools or land
6		commissioners.
7		9. For park district offices, by the president of the
8		park board, one member of the board of park commissioners
9		and the secretary of the park district.
10		10. For multi-township assessment districts, by the
11		chairman, clerk, and assessor of the multi-township
12		assessment district.
13		(b) The city canvassing board provided in Section 22-8
14		shall canvass the votes cast at the nonpartisan and
15		consolidated elections for offices of any political
16		subdivision entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal
17		board of election commissioners.
18		(c) The canvass of votes cast upon any public questions
19		submitted to the voters of any political subdivision, or any
20		precinct or combination of precincts within a political
21		subdivision, at any regular election or at any emergency
22		referendum election, including votes cast by voters outside of
23		the political subdivision where the question is for annexation
24		thereto, shall be canvassed by the same board provided for in
25		this Section for the canvass of votes of the officers of such
26		political subdivision. However, referenda conducted throughout
27		a county and referenda of sanitary districts whose officers are
28		elected at general elections shall be canvassed by the county
29		canvassing board. The votes cast on a public question for the
30		formation of a political subdivision shall be canvassed by the
31		circuit court that ordered the question submitted, or by such
32		officers of the court as may be appointed for such purpose,
33		except where in the formation or reorganization of a school
34		district or districts the regional superintendent of schools is

1		designated by law as the canvassing official.
2		(d) The canvass of votes for offices of political
3		subdivisions cast at special elections to fill vacancies held
4		on the day of any regular election shall be conducted by the
5		canvassing board which is responsible for canvassing the votes
6		at the regularly scheduled election for such office.
7		(Source: P.A. 87-738; 87-1052.)
8		(10 ILCS 5/23-50 new)
9		Sec. 23-50. Definition of a vote. For the purpose of any
10		recount of votes under this Code, a vote is defined as provided
11		in Sections 7-100, 17-100, 18-100, 24A-22, 24B-9.1, or 24C-10,
12		depending upon the type of voting equipment or system used to
13		cast the vote.
14		(10 ILCS 5/24A-22)
15		Sec. 24A-22. Definition of a vote.
16		(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the
17		purpose of this Article, a person casts a valid vote on a punch
18		card ballot when:
19		(1) A chad on the card has at least one corner detached
20		from the card;
21		(2) The fibers of paper on at least one edge of the
22		chad are broken in a way that permits unimpeded light to be
23		seen through the card; or
24		(3) An indentation on the chad from the stylus or other
25		object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable
26		intent of the voter to vote based on the totality of the
27		circumstances, including but not limited to any pattern or
28		frequency of indentations on other ballot positions from
29		the same ballot card.
30		(b) Write-in votes shall be counted in a manner consistent
31		with the existing provisions of this Code.
32		(c) For purposes of this Section, a "chad" is that portion

1		of a ballot card that a voter punches or perforates with a
2		stylus or other designated marking device to manifest his or
3		her vote for a particular ballot position on a ballot card as
4		defined in subsection (a). Chads shall be removed from ballot
5		cards prior to their processing and tabulation in election
6		jurisdictions that utilize a ballot card as a means of
7		recording votes at an election. Election jurisdictions that
8		utilize a mechanical means or device for chad removal as a
9		component of their tabulation shall use that means or device
10		for chad removal.
11		(d) Prior to the original counting of any punch card
12		ballots, an election judge may not alter a punch card ballot in
13		any manner, including, but not limited to, the removal or
14		manipulation of chads.
15		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
16		(10 ILCS 5/24B-15.1)
17		Sec. 24B-15.1. Discovery, recounts and election contests.
18		Except as provided, discovery recounts and election contests
19		shall be conducted as otherwise provided for in this Code. The
20		automatic Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology
21		tabulating equipment shall be tested prior to the discovery
22		recount or election contest as provided in Section 24B-9, and
23		then the official ballots shall be recounted on the automatic
24		tabulating equipment. In addition, (a) the ballots shall be
25		checked for the presence or absence of judges' initials and
26		other distinguishing marks, and (b) the ballots marked
27		"Rejected", "Defective", "Objected To" and "Absentee Ballot"
28		shall be examined to determine the propriety of the labels, and
29		(c) the "Duplicate Absentee Ballots", "Duplicate Overvoted
30		Ballots" and "Duplicate Damaged Ballots" shall be compared with
31		their respective originals to determine the correctness of the
32		duplicates.
33		Any person who has filed a petition for discovery recount

1		may request that a redundant count be conducted in those
2		precincts in which the discovery recount is being conducted.
3		The additional costs of a redundant count shall be borne by the
4		requesting party.
5		The log of the computer operator and all materials retained
6		by the election authority in relation to vote tabulation and
7		canvass shall be made available for any discovery recount or
8		election contest.
9		(Source: P.A. 89-394, eff. 1-1-97.)

10		Section 7. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
11		Section 5.625 and by changing Section 8h as follows:
12		(30 ILCS 105/5.625 new)
13		Sec. 5.625. The Voters' Guide Fund.
14		(30 ILCS 105/8h)
15		Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund.
16		Notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary, the
17		Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget may
18		from time to time direct the State Treasurer and Comptroller to
19		transfer a specified sum from any fund held by the State
20		Treasurer to the General Revenue Fund in order to help defray
21		the State's operating costs for the fiscal year. The total
22		transfer under this Section from any fund in any fiscal year
23		shall not exceed the lesser of 8% of the revenues to be
24		deposited into the fund during that year or 25% of the
25		beginning balance in the fund. No transfer may be made from a
26		fund under this Section that would have the effect of reducing
27		the available balance in the fund to an amount less than the
28		amount remaining unexpended and unreserved from the total
29		appropriation from that fund for that fiscal year. This Section
30		does not apply to any funds that are restricted by federal law
31		to a specific use or to any funds in the Motor Fuel Tax Fund or

1		the Hospital Provider Fund or the Voters' Guide Fund.
2		Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the total
3		transfer under this Section from the Road Fund or the State
4		Construction Account Fund shall not exceed 5% of the revenues
5		to be deposited into the fund during that year.
6		In determining the available balance in a fund, the
7		Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget may
8		include receipts, transfers into the fund, and other resources
9		anticipated to be available in the fund in that fiscal year.
10		The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the
11		amounts designated under this Section as soon as may be
12		practicable after receiving the direction to transfer from the
13		Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
14		(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04.)

15		Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
16		Sections 50-15 and 50-40 as follows:
17		(60 ILCS 1/50-15)
18		Sec. 50-15. Time of entering upon duties.
19		(a) In all counties, the township collectors elected at the
20		township election shall enter upon their duties on January 1
21		next following their election and qualification.
22		(b) In all counties, township supervisors and township
23		clerks shall enter upon their duties on the third first Monday
24		of May following their election.
25		(c) Beginning with elections in 1981 in all counties, the
26		township and multi-township assessors shall enter upon their
27		duties on January 1 next following their election.
28		(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
29		(60 ILCS 1/50-40)
30		Sec. 50-40. Township trustees; time of election and terms.
31		Except in townships organized under Article 15, at the regular

1		township election provided in the general election law there
2		shall be elected 4 members to serve on the township board. They
3		shall be known as township trustees and shall hold their office
4		for a term of 4 years beginning the third first Monday of May
5		following their election and until their successors are elected
6		and qualified.
7		(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)

8		Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
9		changing Sections 3.1-10-5, 3.1-10-15, 3.1-20-25, 3.1-25-75,
10		5-2-2, 5-2-11, and 5-5-1 as follows:
11		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
12		Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
13		(a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
14		office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
15		municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
16		year next preceding the election.
17		(b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
18		office if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or
19		other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
20		convicted in any court located in the United States of any
21		infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
22		(c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman of
23		a ward or trustee of a district unless that person has resided
24		in the ward or district that the person seeks to represent
25		municipality at least one year next preceding the election or
26		appointment, except as provided in subsection (c) of Section
27		3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2,
28		or Section 5-2-11.
29		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)
30		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15)
31		Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected

1		municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or
2		special meeting of the corporate authorities during the month
3		of May April following the proclamation of the results of the
4		regular municipal election at which the officers were elected,
5		except as otherwise provided by ordinance fixing the date for
6		inauguration of newly elected officers of a municipality. The
7		ordinance shall not, however, fix the time for inauguration of
8		newly elected officers later than the first regular or special
9		meeting of the corporate authorities in the month of June May
10		following the election.
11		(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
12		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25)
13		Sec. 3.1-20-25. Redistricting a city.
14		(a) In the formation of wards, the number of inhabitants of
15		the city immediately preceding the division of the city into
16		wards shall be as nearly equal in population, and the wards
17		shall be of as compact and contiguous territory, as
18		practicable. Wards shall be created in a manner so that, as far
19		as practicable, no precinct shall be divided between 2 or more
20		wards.
21		(b) Whenever an official census shows that a city contains
22		more or fewer wards than it is entitled to, the city council of
23		the city, by ordinance, shall redistrict the city into as many
24		wards as the city is entitled. This redistricting shall be
25		completed not less than 30 days before the first day set by the
26		general election law for the filing of candidate petitions for
27		the next succeeding election for city officers. At this
28		election there shall be elected the number of aldermen to which
29		the city is entitled, except as provided in subsection (c).
30		(c) If it appears from any official census that a city has
31		the requisite number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase
32		the number of aldermen, the city council shall immediately
33		proceed to redistrict the city and shall hold the next city

1		election in accordance with the new redistricting. At this
2		election the aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring
3		shall be considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in
4		which their residences are situated. At this election a
5		candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward that
6		contains a part of the ward in which he or she resided at least
7		one year next preceding the election that follows the
8		redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be reelected
9		from the new ward he or she represents if he or she resides in
10		that ward for at least one year next preceding reelection. If
11		there are 2 or more aldermen with terms of office not expiring
12		and residing in the same ward under the new redistricting, the
13		alderman who holds over for that ward shall be determined by
14		lot in the presence of the city council, in the manner directed
15		by the council, and all other aldermen shall fill their
16		unexpired terms as aldermen-at-large. The aldermen-at-large,
17		if any, shall have the same powers and duties as all other
18		aldermen, but upon the expiration of their terms the offices of
19		aldermen-at-large shall be abolished.
20		(d) If the redistricting results in one or more wards in
21		which no aldermen reside whose terms of office have not
22		expired, 2 aldermen shall be elected in accordance with Section
23		3.1-20-35, unless the city elected only one alderman per ward
24		pursuant to a referendum under subsection (a) of Section
25		3.1-20-20.
26		(e) A redistricting ordinance that has decreased the number
27		of wards of a city because of a decrease in population of the
28		city shall not be effective if, not less than 60 days before
29		the time fixed for the next succeeding general municipal
30		election, an official census is officially published that shows
31		that the city has regained a population that entitles it to the
32		number of wards that it had just before the passage of the last
33		redistricting ordinance.
34		(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

1		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-25-75) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-25-75)
2		Sec. 3.1-25-75. Districts; election of trustees.
3		(a) After a village with a population of 5,000 or more
4		adopts the provisions of this Section in the manner prescribed
5		in Section 3.1-25-80, the board of trustees by ordinance shall
6		divide and, whenever necessary thereafter, shall redistrict
7		the village into 6 compact and contiguous districts of
8		approximately equal population as required by law. This
9		redistricting shall be completed not less than 30 days before
10		the first day for the filing of nominating petitions for the
11		next succeeding election of village officers held in accordance
12		with the general election law. (b) Each of the districts shall
13		be represented by one trustee who shall have been an actual
14		resident of the district for at least 6 months immediately
15		before his or her election in the first election after a
16		redistricting. Only the electors of a district shall elect the
17		trustee from that district.
18		(b) In the election following a redistricting, a candidate
19		for trustee may be elected from any district that contains a
20		part of the district in which he or she resided at the time of
21		redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be reelected
22		from the new district he or she represents if he or she resides
23		in that district for one year prior to reelection.
24		(c) The provisions of this Code relating to terms of office
25		of aldermen in cities shall also apply to the terms of office
26		of trustees under this Section.
27		(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
28		(65 ILCS 5/5-2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-2)
29		Sec. 5-2-2. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-2-3,
30		the number of aldermen, when not elected by the minority
31		representation plan, shall be as follows: In cities not
32		exceeding 3,000 inhabitants, 6 aldermen; exceeding 3,000, but

1		not exceeding 15,000, 8 aldermen; exceeding 15,000 but not
2		exceeding 20,000, 10 aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but not
3		exceeding 30,000, 14 aldermen; and 2 additional aldermen for
4		every 20,000 inhabitants over 30,000. In all cities of less
5		than 500,000, 20 aldermen shall be the maximum number permitted
6		except as otherwise provided in the case of aldermen-at-large.
7		No redistricting shall be required in order to reduce the
8		number of aldermen heretofore provided for. Two aldermen shall
9		be elected to represent each ward.
10		If it appears from any census specified in Section 5-2-5
11		and taken not earlier than 1940 that any city has the requisite
12		number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase the number of
13		aldermen, the city council shall immediately proceed to
14		redistrict the city in accordance with the provisions of
15		Section 5-2-5, and it shall hold the next city election in
16		accordance with the new redistricting. At this election the
17		aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring shall be
18		considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in which
19		their residences are situated. At this election a candidate for
20		alderman may be elected from any ward that contains a part of
21		the ward in which he or she resided at least one year next
22		preceding the election that follows the redistricting, and, if
23		elected, that person may be reelected from the new ward he or
24		she represents if he or she resides in that ward for at least
25		one year next preceding reelection. If there are 2 or more
26		aldermen with terms of office not expiring and residing in the
27		same ward under the new redistricting, the alderman who holds
28		over for that ward shall be determined by lot in the presence
29		of the city council, in whatever manner the council shall
30		direct and all other aldermen shall fill their unexpired terms
31		as aldermen-at-large. The aldermen-at-large, if any, shall
32		have the same power and duties as all other aldermen but upon
33		expiration of their terms the offices of aldermen-at-large
34		shall be abolished.

1		If the re-districting results in one or more wards in which
2		no aldermen reside whose terms of office have not expired, 2
3		aldermen shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of
4		Section 5-2-8.
5		(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
6		(65 ILCS 5/5-2-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-11)
7		Sec. 5-2-11. In any village which adopts this Article 5,
8		the board of trustees by ordinance shall divide and, whenever
9		necessary thereafter, shall redistrict the village into 6
10		compact and contiguous districts of approximately equal
11		population. Each of the districts shall be represented by one
12		trustee who shall have been an actual resident of the district
13		for at least 6 months prior to his election. Only the electors
14		of a district shall elect the trustee from that district.
15		In the election following a redistricting, a candidate for
16		trustee may be elected from any district that contains a part
17		of the district in which he or she resided at the time of
18		redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be reelected
19		from the new district he or she represents if he or she resides
20		in that district for at least one year next preceding
21		reelection.
22		The provisions of Section 5-2-8 relating to terms of office
23		of aldermen in cities shall also apply to the terms of office
24		of trustees under this section.
25		(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

26		(65 ILCS 5/5-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-5-1)
27		Sec. 5-5-1. Petition for abandonment of managerial form;
28		referendum; succeeding elections of officers and aldermen or
29		trustees.
30		(a) A city or village that has operated for 4 years or more
31		under the managerial form of municipal government may abandon
32		that organization as provided in this Section. For the purposes

1		of this Article, the operation of the managerial form of
2		municipal government shall be deemed to begin on the date of
3		the appointment of the first manager in the city or village.
4		When a petition for abandonment signed by electors of the
5		municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of
6		votes cast for candidates for mayor at the preceding general
7		quadrennial municipal election is filed with the circuit court
8		for the county in which that city or village is located, the
9		court shall set a date not less than 10 nor more than 30 days
10		thereafter for a hearing on the sufficiency of the petition.
11		Notice of the filing of the petition and of the date of the
12		hearing shall be given in writing to the city or village clerk
13		and to the mayor or village president at least 7 days before
14		the date of the hearing. If the petition is found sufficient,
15		the court shall enter an order directing that the proposition
16		be submitted at an election other than a primary election for
17		the municipality. The clerk of the court shall certify the
18		proposition to the proper election authorities for submission.
19		The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
20		Shall (name of city or village) retain the managerial
21		form of municipal government?
22		(b) If the majority of the votes at the election are "yes",
23		then the proposition to abandon is rejected and the
24		municipality shall continue operating under this Article 5. If
25		the majority of the votes are "no", then the proposition to
26		abandon operation under this Article 5 is approved.
27		(c) If the proposition for abandonment is approved, the
28		city or village shall become subject to Article 3.1 or Article
29		4, whichever Article was in force in the city or village
30		immediately before the adoption of the plan authorized by this
31		Article 5, upon the election and qualification of officers to
32		be elected at the next succeeding general municipal election.
33		Those officers shall be those prescribed by Article 3.1 or
34		Article 4, as the case may be, but the change shall not in any

1		manner or degree affect the property rights or liabilities of
2		the city or village. The mayor, clerk, and treasurer and all
3		other elected officers of a city or village in office at the
4		time the proposition for abandonment is approved shall continue
5		in office until the expiration of the term for which they were
6		elected.
7		(d) If a city or village operating under this Article 5 has
8		aldermen or trustees elected from wards or districts and a
9		proposition to abandon operation under this Article 5 is
10		approved, then the officers to be elected at the next
11		succeeding general municipal election shall be elected from the
12		same wards or districts as exist immediately before the
13		abandonment.
14		(e) If a city or village operating under this Article 5 has
15		a council or village board elected from the municipality at
16		large and a proposition to abandon operation under this Article
17		5 is approved, then the first group of aldermen, board of
18		trustees, or commissioners so elected shall be of the same
19		number as was provided for in the municipality at the time of
20		the adoption of a plan under this Article 5, with the same ward
21		or district boundaries in cities or villages that immediately
22		before the adoption of this Article 5 had wards or districts,
23		unless the municipal boundaries have been changed. If there has
24		been such a change, the council or village board shall so alter
25		the former ward or district boundaries so as to conform as
26		nearly as possible to the former division. If the plan
27		authorized by this Article 5 is abandoned, the next general
28		municipal election for officers shall be held at the time
29		specified in Section 3.1-10-75 or 3.1-25-15 for that election.
30		The aldermen or trustees elected at that election shall, if the
31		city or village was operating under Article 3 at the time of
32		adoption of this Article 5 and had at that time staggered 4
33		year terms of office for the aldermen or trustees, choose by
34		lot which shall serve initial 2 year terms as provided by

1		Section 3.1-20-35 or 3.1-15-5, whichever may be applicable, in
2		the case of election of those officers at the first election
3		after a municipality is incorporated.
4		(f) The proposition to abandon the managerial form of
5		municipal government shall not be submitted in any city or
6		village oftener than once in 12 46 months.
7		(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

8		Section 20. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is
9		amended by changing Sections 21-5, 21-12, 21-14, 21-22, and
10		21-28 as follows:
11		(65 ILCS 20/21-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-5)
12		Sec. 21-5. Mayor; Term of office.
13		(a) The mayor of the city of Chicago shall be elected in
14		1943 and quadrennially thereafter in a nonpartisan election.
15		The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for mayor
16		at the consolidated primary election shall be declared mayor.
17		If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a runoff
18		election shall be held at the consolidated election, when only
19		the names of the candidates receiving the highest and second
20		highest number of votes at the consolidated primary election
21		shall appear on the ballot. If more than one candidate received
22		the highest or second highest number of votes at the
23		consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
24		receiving the highest and second highest number of votes shall
25		appear on the ballot at the consolidated election. The
26		candidate receiving the highest number of votes at the
27		consolidated election shall be declared elected.
28		(b) The mayor shall hold his or her office for 4 years
29		beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May following
30		his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected
31		and qualified.
32		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)

1		(65 ILCS 20/21-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-12)
2		Sec. 21-12. City clerk and city treasurer; Election;
3		Tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be
4		elected also a city clerk and a city treasurer. The candidates
5		receiving a majority of the votes cast for clerk and treasurer
6		at the consolidated primary election shall be declared the
7		clerk and treasurer. If no candidate receives a majority of the
8		votes for one of the offices, a runoff election shall be held
9		at the consolidated election, when only the names of the
10		candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of
11		votes for that office at the consolidated primary election
12		shall appear on the ballot. If more than one candidate received
13		the highest or second highest number of votes for one of the
14		offices at the consolidated primary election, the names of all
15		candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of
16		votes for that office shall appear on the ballot at the
17		consolidated election. The candidate receiving the highest
18		number of votes at the consolidated election shall be declared
19		elected.
20		The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a term
21		of 4 years beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May
22		following the election and until a successor is elected and
23		qualified. No person, however, shall be elected to the office
24		of city treasurer for 2 terms in succession.
25		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)
26		(65 ILCS 20/21-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-14)
27		Sec. 21-14. Member residency before election; member not to
28		hold other office.
29		(a) No member may be elected or appointed to the city
30		council after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
31		93rd 91st General Assembly unless he or she has resided in the
32		ward he or she seeks to represent at least one year next

1		preceding 2 years before the date of the election or
2		appointment. In the election following redistricting, a
3		candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward containing
4		a part of the ward in which he or she resided for at least one
5		year next preceding the 2 years before the election that
6		follows the redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be
7		reelected from the new ward he or she represents if he or she
8		resides in that ward for at least one year next preceding 18
9		months before the reelection.
10		(b) No member of the city council shall at the same time
11		hold any other civil service office under the federal, state or
12		city government, except if such member is granted a leave of
13		absence from such civil service office, or except in the
14		National Guard, or as a notary public, and except such honorary
15		offices as go by appointment without compensation.
16		(Source: P.A. 91-358, eff. 7-29-99.)
17		(65 ILCS 20/21-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-22)
18		Sec. 21-22. General election for aldermen; vacancies.
19		(a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the
20		year 1943 and every 4 years thereafter, at which one alderman
21		shall be elected from each of the 50 wards provided for by this
22		Article. The aldermen elected shall serve for a term of 4 years
23		beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May following
24		the election of city officers, and until their successors are
25		elected and have qualified. All elections for aldermen shall be
26		in accordance with the provisions of law in force and operative
27		in the City of Chicago for such elections at the time the
28		elections are held.
29		(b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall be
30		filled in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies in
31		Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code. An
32		appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 days
33		after the vacancy occurs. The requirement that an appointment

1		be made within 60 days is an exclusive power and function of
2		the State and is a denial and limitation under Article VII,
3		Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of the
4		power of a home rule municipality to require that an
5		appointment be made within a different period after the vacancy
6		occurs.
7		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)
8		(65 ILCS 20/21-28) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-28)
9		Sec. 21-28. Nomination by petition.
10		(a) All nominations for alderman of any ward in the city
11		shall be by petition. All petitions for nominations of
12		candidates shall be signed by such a number of legal voters of
13		the ward as will aggregate not less than two per cent of all
14		the votes cast for alderman in such ward at the last preceding
15		general election. For the election following the redistricting
16		of wards petitions for nominations of candidates shall be
17		signed by the number of legal voters of the ward as will
18		aggregate not less than 2% of the total number of votes cast
19		for mayor at the last preceding municipal election divided by
20		the number of wards.
21		(b) All nominations for mayor, city clerk, and city
22		treasurer in the city shall be by petition. Each petition for
23		nomination of a candidate must be signed by at least 12,500
24		legal voters of the city.
25		(c) All such petitions, and procedure with respect thereto,
26		shall conform in other respects to the provisions of the
27		election and ballot laws then in force in the city of Chicago
28		concerning the nomination of independent candidates for public
29		office by petition. The method of nomination herein provided is
30		exclusive of and replaces all other methods heretofore provided
31		by law.
32		(Source: P.A. 81-1535.)

1		Section 25. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
2		changing Section 4a as follows:
3		(70 ILCS 705/4a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.1)
4		Sec. 4a. Any fire protection district organized under this
5		Act may determine, in either manner provided in the following
6		items (1) and (2) of this Section, to have an elected, rather
7		than an appointed, board of trustees.
8		(1) If the district lies wholly within a single
9		township but does not also lie wholly within a
10		municipality, the township board of trustees may
11		determine, by ordinance, to have an elected board of
12		trustees.
13		(2) Upon presentation to the board of trustees of a
14		petition, signed by not less than 10% of the electors of
15		the district, requesting that a proposition for the
16		election of trustees be submitted to the electors of the
17		district, the secretary of the board of trustees shall
18		certify the proposition to the appropriate election
19		authorities who shall submit the proposition at a regular
20		election in accordance with the general election law. The
21		general election law shall apply to and govern such
22		election. The proposition shall be in substantially the
23		following form:
24		-------------------------------------------------------------
25		Shall the trustees of...... YES
26		Fire Protection District be -------------------------
27		elected, rather than appointed? NO
28		-------------------------------------------------------------
29		If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition are
30		in the affirmative, the trustees of the district shall
31		thereafter be elected as provided by this Section.
32		At the next regular election for trustees as provided by
33		the general election law, a district that has approved by

1		ordinance or referendum to have its trustees elected rather
2		than appointed shall elect 3, 5, or 7 trustees, as previously
3		determined by the organization of the district or as increased
4		under Section 4.01 or 4.02. The initial elected trustees shall
5		be elected for 2, 4, and 6 year terms. In a district with 3
6		trustees, one trustee shall be elected for a term of 2 years,
7		one for a term of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years. In a
8		district with 5 trustees, 2 shall be elected for terms of 2
9		years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years. In
10		a district with 7 trustees, 3 shall be elected for terms of 2
11		years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and 2 for terms of 6 years.
12		Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election
13		Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence on the
14		third first Monday of the month following the month of his
15		election and until his successor is elected and qualified. The
16		length of the terms of the trustees first elected shall be
17		determined by lot at their first meeting. Except as otherwise
18		provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, thereafter,
19		each trustee shall be elected to serve for a term of 6 years
20		commencing on the third first Monday of the month following the
21		month of his election and until his successor is elected and
22		qualified.
23		No party designation shall appear on the ballot for
24		election of trustees. The provisions of the general election
25		law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of
26		trustees.
27		The provisions of Section 4 relating to eligibility, powers
28		and disabilities of trustees shall apply equally to elected
29		trustees.
30		Whenever a fire protection district determines to elect
31		trustees as provided in this Section, the trustees appointed
32		pursuant to Section 4 shall continue to constitute the board of
33		trustees until the third first Monday of the month following
34		the month of the first election of trustees. If the term of

1		office of any appointed trustees expires before the first
2		election of trustees, the authority which appointed that
3		trustee under Section 4 of this Act shall appoint a successor
4		to serve until a successor is elected and has qualified. The
5		terms of all appointed trustees in such district shall expire
6		on the third first Monday of the month following the month of
7		the first election of trustees under this Section or when
8		successors have been elected and have qualified, whichever
9		occurs later.
10		(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

11		Section 30. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is
12		amended by changing Section 3.5 as follows:
13		(70 ILCS 805/3.5)
14		Sec. 3.5. Elected board of commissioners.
15		(a) In counties with a population more than 30,000 but less
16		than 90,000, in each forest preserve district organized after
17		the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 or in which,
18		on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, the
19		commissioners of the district are appointed by the presiding
20		officer of the county board under Section 3a, the commissioners
21		shall be elected as provided in this Section, rather than
22		appointed, beginning with the first consolidated election
23		following the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
24		There shall be 5 elected commissioners, elected from the
25		district at large. Each commissioner must be a resident of the
26		district. The terms of all elected commissioners shall commence
27		on the third first Monday of the month following the month of
28		election. No party designation shall appear on the ballot for
29		the election of commissioners. The terms of all commissioners
30		appointed under Section 3a in a district to which this Section
31		applies shall expire on the third first Monday of the month
32		following the month of the first election of commissioners in

1		that district under this Section.
2		If before August 20, 1993 (the effective date of Public Act
3		88-443) in a county with a population of 30,000 or less a
4		presiding officer of a county board appointed the commissioners
5		of the forest preserve district and if that presiding officer
6		has, since August 20, 1993, continued to appoint the
7		commissioners of the forest preserve district, then those
8		appointments made after August 20, 1993, if made in compliance
9		with Section 3a, are validated.
10		(b) The initial elected commissioners shall, no later than
11		45 days after taking office, divide themselves publicly by lot
12		as equally as possible into 2 groups. Commissioners or their
13		successors from one group shall be elected for terms of 4
14		years; the initial elected commissioners from the second group
15		shall serve for terms of 2 years, and their successors shall be
16		elected for terms of 4 years.
17		(c) The commissioners shall elect from among their number a
18		president of the board of commissioners.
19		(d) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
20		commissioner, whether by death, resignation, refusal to
21		qualify, no longer residing in the district, or for any other
22		reason, the board of commissioners shall declare that a vacancy
23		exists. The vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by
24		appointment of the president of the board of commissioners,
25		with the advice and consent of the other commissioners. The
26		appointee shall be eligible to serve as commissioner. The
27		appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. If,
28		however, more than 28 months remain in the term, the
29		appointment shall be until the next consolidated election, at
30		which time the vacated office of commissioner shall be filled
31		by election for the remainder of the term.
32		If a vacancy occurs in the office of president of the board
33		of commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall elect one
34		of their number to serve as president for the balance of the

1		unexpired term of the president in whose office the vacancy
2		occurred.
3		(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, elected
4		commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall
5		be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by
6		commissioners before the effective date of this amendatory Act
7		of 1993.
8		(Source: P.A. 90-190, eff. 7-24-97.)

9		Section 35. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
10		amended by changing Sections 30-10 and 30-40 as follows:
11		(75 ILCS 16/30-10)
12		Sec. 30-10. Election and terms of trustees.
13		(a) Trustees shall be elected every 2 years at the regular
14		election scheduled for trustees of public library districts
15		under the Election Code for 6-year terms. Seven trustees shall
16		constitute a board.
17		(b) The trustees' terms shall be staggered. After the first
18		election, the trustees shall determine, by lot, 2 trustees to
19		serve for terms of 2 years, 2 trustees to serve for terms of 4
20		years, and 3 trustees to serve for terms of 6 years. The terms
21		of all trustees shall begin on the third 1st Monday of the
22		month next following the month of the election.
23		(c) At each election of trustees after the first election,
24		the trustees elected to succeed those whose terms have expired
25		shall hold office for the full term of 6 years from the third
26		1st Monday of the month next following the election and until
27		their respective successors are elected and qualified.
28		(d) A district may provide by resolution of the board that
29		the term of its trustees shall be 4 years. If the board adopts
30		such a resolution, then if 3 trustees are to be elected at the
31		next election or if 2 trustees are to be elected at each of the
32		next 2 elections, one of the trustees elected at the next

1		election (to be determined by lot at the first meeting after
2		that election) shall serve a 2 year term.
3		(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
4		(75 ILCS 16/30-40)
5		Sec. 30-40. Organization of board; qualification and oath
6		of trustees.
7		(a) Within 74 60 days after their election or appointment,
8		the incumbent and new trustees shall take their oath of office
9		as prescribed by law and meet to organize the board.
10		(b) The first action taken at the meeting shall be the
11		election of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a
12		treasurer from among the trustees. The secretary shall then
13		record the membership of the board.
14		(c) Trustees duly elected or appointed as certified by the
15		appropriate election authority or appointing authority shall
16		be qualified to serve as trustees under this Act. The required
17		oath shall be taken and subscribed before a notary public or
18		the secretary of the board.
19		(d) Within 60 days after the organization of the board, the
20		secretary shall file, with the county clerk of the county
21		containing all or a larger portion of the district and with the
22		Illinois State Librarian, a statement listing the names and
23		addresses of the trustees and officers and their respective
24		terms in office. The secretary shall report a vacancy on the
25		board to the county clerk and the State Librarian within 60
26		days after it occurs and shall report the filling of a vacancy
27		within 60 days after it is filled.
28		(e) The first officers shall serve until the next regular
29		election of trustees. Thereafter, officers shall serve for
30		terms set by ordinance but not to exceed 2 years, ending on the
31		third first Monday of the month following each regular election
32		or until their successors are duly elected by the board. A
33		vacancy in any office shall be filled by the board for the

1		unexpired term.
2		(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

3		Section 40. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
4		5-14, 6-17, 10-5, and 10-16 as follows:
5		(105 ILCS 5/5-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-14)
6		Sec. 5-14. Term of office of successors - Vacancies.
7		Successors to the trustees whose terms of office expire at the
8		time prescribed in Section 5-13, and their successors, shall
9		hold their offices for 6 years and until their respective
10		successors are elected and qualified. Trustees of schools shall
11		enter upon the duties of their office on the third first Monday
12		of the month following their election.
13		Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining trustees shall
14		fill the vacancy until the next regular school election, at
15		which election a successor shall be elected to serve the
16		remainder of the unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs
17		with less than 28 months remaining in the term, or if the
18		vacancy occurs less than 88 days before the next regularly
19		scheduled election for this office then the person so appointed
20		shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and no
21		election to fill the vacancy shall be held. The successor shall
22		have the same residential qualifications as his predecessor.
23		Should they fail so to act, within 30 days after the vacancy
24		occurs, the regional superintendent of the region in which the
25		township lies, or if the township is divided by a county line
26		or lines, the regional superintendent of the region in which a
27		majority of the children, who reside in districts subject to
28		the jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of such township,
29		attend school, shall within 15 days after the remaining
30		trustees have failed to fill the vacancy, fill the vacancy as
31		provided for herein. The successor shall have the same type of
32		residential qualifications as his predecessor.

1		(Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
2		(105 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-17)
3		Sec. 6-17. Election of president - Terms of members. Except
4		as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, on
5		the third first Monday in May, following the first election, or
6		if such day is a holiday then the next day, the regional
7		superintendent of schools who shall be the ex-officio secretary
8		of the board shall convene the newly elected regional board of
9		school trustees for the purpose of organization. Except as
10		provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, at this meeting
11		the members shall elect a president from among their number who
12		shall serve as president for a term of 2 years and shall
13		determine by lot the length of the term of each member so that
14		2 shall serve for a term of 2 years, 2 for 4 years and 3 for 6
15		years from the third first Monday of the month following the
16		date of their election. Except as provided in Section 2A-54 of
17		the Election Code, thereafter members shall be elected to serve
18		for a term of 6 years from the third first Monday of the month
19		following the date of their election or until their successors
20		are elected and qualified.
21		All succeeding meetings for the purpose of organization
22		shall be held on the third first Monday in May following the
23		election; however, in case the third first Monday in May is a
24		holiday the organization meeting shall be held on the next day.
25		If educational service regions are consolidated under
26		Section 3A-3 or 3A-4 of this Act, however, the expiring terms
27		of members of each regional board of school trustees in those
28		regions being consolidated shall be extended so as to terminate
29		on the first Monday of August of the year that consolidation
30		takes effect, as defined in Section 3A-5 of this Act, and, on
31		such day, the Regional Superintendent of the consolidated
32		region shall convene all the members of each regional board of
33		school trustees in the consolidated region, and shall by lot

1		select from among such trustees an interim regional board of
2		school trustees for the consolidated region in accord with the
3		specifications as to membership and residency in Section 6-2.
4		The interim board so selected shall serve until their
5		successors are elected at the succeeding regular election of
6		regional school trustees and have qualified. A single regional
7		board of school trustees shall be elected at such succeeding
8		regular election to take office on the third first Monday of
9		the month following such election. The board elected for the
10		consolidated region shall be convened on such third first
11		Monday of the month following such election for organizational
12		purposes, to elect a president and determine terms for its
13		members by lot as provided in this Section. The respective
14		regional boards of school trustees of educational service
15		regions involved in consolidations under Section 3A-3 or 3A-4
16		shall cease to exist at the time the board elected for the
17		consolidated region is so organized.
18		(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
19		(105 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5)
20		Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer and
21		regional superintendent of schools. Within 28 7 days after the
22		regular election of directors, the directors shall meet and
23		organize by appointing one of their number president and
24		another as clerk, except that when directors are elected at the
25		consolidated elections in April of 1999 and April of 2001, the
26		directors shall meet and organize, in the manner provided by
27		this Section, within 7 days after the first Tuesday after the
28		first Monday of November in each of those 2 years. The clerk
29		shall at once report to the treasurer and regional
30		superintendent of schools the names of the president and clerk
31		so appointed. Upon organizing itself as provided in this
32		Section, the board of school directors shall enter upon the
33		discharge of its duties. Terms of members are subject to

1		Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, except as otherwise limited
2		by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.
3		(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98;
4		90-757, eff. 8-14-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
5		(105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
6		Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 28 7 days after
7		the consolidated election, other than the consolidated
8		elections in 1999 and 2001, the board shall organize by
9		electing its officers and fixing a time and place for the
10		regular meetings. However, when school board members are
11		elected at the consolidated elections held in April of 1999 and
12		April of 2001, the board shall organize within 7 days after the
13		first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each such
14		year by electing officers and setting the time and place of the
15		regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as provided in this
16		paragraph, the board shall enter upon the discharge of its
17		duties.
18		The regional superintendent of schools having supervision
19		and control, as provided in Section 3-14.2, of a new school
20		district that is governed by the School Code and formed on or
21		after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 shall
22		convene the newly elected board within 7 days after the
23		election of the board of education of that district, whereupon
24		the board shall proceed to organize by electing one of their
25		number as president and electing a secretary, who may or may
26		not be a member. At such meeting the length of term of each of
27		the members shall be determined by lot so that 4 shall serve
28		for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their
29		terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at
30		the consolidated election in an odd-numbered year, such initial
31		terms shall be extended to the consolidated election for school
32		board members immediately following the expiration of the
33		initial 4 or 2 year terms. The provisions of this paragraph

1		that relate to the determination of terms by lot shall not
2		apply to the initial members of the board of education of a
3		combined school district who are to be elected to unstaggered
4		terms as provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 11B-7.
5		The terms of the officers of a board of education shall be
6		for 2 years, except that the terms of the officers elected at
7		the organization meeting in November, 2001 shall expire at the
8		organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the board by
9		resolution may establish a policy for the terms of office to be
10		one year, and provide for the election of officers.
11		Special meetings of the board of education may be called by
12		the president or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice
13		thereof in writing, stating the time, place and purpose of the
14		meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before such
15		meeting or by personal service 24 hours before such meeting.
16		Public notice of meetings must also be given as prescribed in
17		Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act, as now or
18		hereafter amended.
19		At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
20		public, members of the public and employees of the district
21		shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
22		comment to or ask questions of the board.
23		The president or district superintendent shall, at each
24		regular board meeting, report any requests made of the district
25		under provisions of The Freedom of Information Act and shall
26		report the status of the district's response.
27		(Source: P.A. 90-459, eff. 8-17-97; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98.)

28		Section 45. The Public Community College Act is amended by
29		changing Section 3-8 as follows:
30		(110 ILCS 805/3-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
31		Sec. 3-8. Following each election and canvass, the new
32		board shall hold its organizational meeting on or before the

1		28th 14th day after the election, except that in 1999, 2001,
2		and 2003 (except District #522) the board shall organize within
3		14 days after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
4		November in each of those 3 years. In 2003 in District #522,
5		the new board shall hold its organizational meeting on or
6		before the 14th day after the consolidated election. If the
7		election is the initial election ordered by the regional
8		superintendent, the organizational meeting shall be convened
9		by the regional superintendent, who shall preside over the
10		meeting until the election for chairman, vice chairman and
11		secretary of board is completed. At all other organizational
12		meetings, the chairman of the board, or, in his or her absence,
13		the president of the community college or acting chief
14		executive officer of the college shall convene the new board,
15		and conduct the election for chairman, vice chairman and
16		secretary. The board shall then proceed with its organization
17		under the newly elected board officers, and shall fix a time
18		and place for its regular meetings. It shall than enter upon
19		the discharge of its duties. The terms of board office shall be
20		2 years, except that the board by resolution may establish a
21		policy for the terms of office to be one year, and provide for
22		the election of officers for the remaining one year period.
23		Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election
24		Code.
25		Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman
26		or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice thereof in
27		writing stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting.
28		Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before the meeting
29		or by personal service 24 hours before the meeting.
30		At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
31		public, members of the public and employees of the community
32		college district shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable
33		constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board.
34		(Source: P.A. 92-1, eff. 3-30-01.)

1		Section 50. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by
2		changing Section 5 as follows:
3		(615 ILCS 90/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 1205)
4		Sec. 5. The Agency shall be governed by a Board of
5		Directors, which shall consist of 6 directors and one chairman
6		elected pursuant to this Section.
7		Three directors shall be elected from within the territory
8		of each member county. Any resident of a member county and the
9		territory of the Agency, at least 18 years of age, may become a
10		candidate for election as a director by filing a nominating
11		petition with the State Board of Elections containing the
12		verified signatures of at least 200 of the registered voters of
13		such county who reside within the territory of the Agency. Such
14		petition shall be filed not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
15		prior to the date of election.
16		The chairman shall be elected at large from the territory
17		of the Agency. Any person eligible to become a candidate for
18		election as director may become a candidate for election as
19		chairman by filing a nominating petition with the State Board
20		of Elections containing the verified signatures of at least 200
21		of the registered voters of each member county who reside
22		within the territory of the Agency. Such petition shall be
23		filed not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the date
24		of the election.
25		Within 48 hours following tabulation of provisional
26		ballots 7 days after each consolidated election at which the
27		chairman is elected, the county clerk of each member county
28		shall transmit the returns for the election to the office of
29		chairman to the State Board of Elections. The State Board of
30		Elections shall immediately canvass the returns and proclaim
31		the results thereof and shall issue a certificate of election
32		to the person so elected.

1		Beginning in 1985, the directors and chairman shall be
2		elected at the consolidated election and shall serve from the
3		third first Monday in May following their respective elections
4		until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
5		The term of office of a director shall be for 4 years, except
6		that of the directors elected at the consolidated election of
7		1985, 3 shall serve until the first Monday in May 1987 and 3
8		shall serve until the first Monday in May 1989. The term of
9		office of a chairman shall be 4 years.
10		At least 90 days before the consolidated election of 1985
11		the State Board of Elections shall meet to determine by lot
12		which 3 director positions shall be elected for terms to expire
13		on the first Monday in May 1987 and which 3 director positions
14		shall be elected for terms to expire on the first Monday in May
15		1989. At least one director position from each member county
16		shall be elected for a term to expire on the first Monday in
17		May 1987.
18		The county clerks of the member counties shall provide
19		notice of each election for chairman and director in the manner
20		prescribed in Article 12 of The Election Code, with the notice
21		of the elections to be held at the consolidated election of
22		1985 to include a statement as to whether the director is to be
23		elected for a term of 2 years or for a term of 4 years.
24		A chairman shall be elected at the consolidated election of
25		1985 and at each consolidated election every 4 years
26		thereafter. Six directors shall be elected at the consolidated
27		election of 1985. At the consolidated election of 1987, and at
28		each consolidated election every 4 years thereafter, directors
29		shall be elected from the constituencies of the directors who
30		were elected at the consolidated election of 1985 and whose
31		terms expired on the first Monday in May 1987. At the
32		consolidated election of 1989, and at each consolidated
33		election every 4 years thereafter, directors shall be elected
34		from the constituencies of the directors who were elected at

1		the consolidated election of 1985 and whose terms expired on
2		the first Monday in May 1989.
3		Vacancies in the office of director or chairman shall be
4		filled by the remaining members of the Board, who shall appoint
5		to fill the vacated office for the remainder of the term of
6		such office an individual who would be eligible for election to
7		such office. If, however, a vacancy occurs in the office of
8		chairman or director with at least 28 months remaining in the
9		term of such office, the office shall be filled for the
10		remainder of the term at the next consolidated election. Until
11		the office is filled by election, the remaining members of the
12		Board shall appoint a qualified person to the office in the
13		manner provided in this Section.
14		(Source: P.A. 84-776.)

15		Section 55. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
16		changing Section 2-105 as follows:
17		(625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
18		Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State. The Secretary of
19		State shall maintain offices in the State capital and in such
20		other places in the State as he may deem necessary to properly
21		carry out the powers and duties vested in him.
22		The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or more
23		buildings in the State of Illinois outside of the County of
24		Sangamon as he deems necessary to properly carry out the powers
25		and duties vested in him. The Secretary of State may, on behalf
26		of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private property
27		needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain. The care,
28		custody and control of such sites and buildings constructed
29		thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State. Expenditures
30		for the construction and equipping of any of such buildings
31		upon premises owned by another public entity shall not be
32		subject to the provisions of any State law requiring that the

1		State be vested with absolute fee title to the premises. The
2		exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by
3		this Section is subject to the appropriation of the necessary
4		funds.
5		Pursuant to Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 of The
6		Election Code, the Secretary of State shall make driver
7		services facilities available for use as temporary places of
8		registration. Registration within the offices shall be in the
9		most public, orderly and convenient portions thereof, and
10		Section 4-3, 5-3, and 11-4 of The Election Code relative to the
11		attendance of police officers during the conduct of
12		registration shall apply. Registration under this Section
13		shall be made in the manner provided by Sections 4-8, 4-10,
14		5-7, 5-9, 6-34, 6-35, and 6-37 of The Election Code.
15		Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory
16		Act of 1990, and no later than November 1 of each even-numbered
17		year thereafter, the Secretary of State, to the extent
18		practicable, shall designate to each election authority in the
19		State a reasonable number of employees at each driver services
20		facility registered to vote within the jurisdiction of such
21		election authority and within adjacent election jurisdictions
22		for appointment as deputy registrars by the election authority
23		located within the election jurisdiction where the employees
24		maintain their residences. Such designation shall be in writing
25		and certified by the Secretary of State.
26		Each person applying at a driver services facility for a
27		driver's license or permit, a corrected driver's license or
28		permit, an Illinois identification card or a corrected Illinois
29		identification card shall be notified that the person may
30		register at such station to vote in the State election
31		jurisdiction in which the station is located or in an election
32		jurisdiction adjacent to the location of the station and may
33		also transfer his voter registration at such station to a
34		different an address in the State election jurisdiction within

1		which the station is located or to an address in an adjacent
2		election jurisdiction. Such notification may be made in writing
3		or verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary of State.
4		The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may
5		be necessary for the efficient execution of his duties and the
6		duties of his employees under this amendatory Act of 1990.
7		(Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

8		Section 95. Severability. The provisions of this
9		amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly are severable under
10		Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".