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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 7-8 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
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7 | Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | one or two
members from each congressional district in the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | State and shall be elected as
follows:
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10 | State Central Committee
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11 | (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | amendatory Act of
1983 the State central committee of each | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | political party shall certify to
the State Board of Elections | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | which of the following alternatives it wishes
to apply to the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | State central committee of that party.
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16 | Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in
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17 | March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years thereafter, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | each primary
elector may vote for one candidate of his party | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | for member of the State
central committee for the congressional | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | district in which he resides.
The candidate receiving the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | highest number of votes shall be declared
elected State central | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | committeeman from the district. A political party
may, in lieu | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
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24 | convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | State central
committeemen in the manner following:
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26 | At the county convention held by such political party State | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | central
committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | provided in this
Article for the election of officers of the | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | county central committee, and
such election shall follow the | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | election of officers of the county central
committee. Each | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast
as | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, |
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1 | part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary | ||||||
2 | election of his
political party. In the case of a county lying | ||||||
3 | partially within one
congressional district and partially | ||||||
4 | within another congressional district,
each ward, township or | ||||||
5 | precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect
to the | ||||||
6 | congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
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7 | township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional | ||||||
8 | district
which encompasses more than one county, each ward, | ||||||
9 | township or precinct
committeeman residing within the | ||||||
10 | congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each | ||||||
11 | ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or | ||||||
12 | precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
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13 | political party for one candidate of his party for member of | ||||||
14 | the State
central committee for the congressional district in | ||||||
15 | which he resides and
the Chairman of the county central | ||||||
16 | committee shall report the results of
the election to the State | ||||||
17 | Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify | ||||||
18 | the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
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19 | State central committeeman for that congressional district.
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20 | The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | ||||||
21 | for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | ||||||
22 | members of the State central
committee.
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23 | After the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st | ||||||
24 | General
Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of | ||||||
25 | Chairman of a State
central committee, or at the end of the | ||||||
26 | term of office of Chairman, the State
central committee of each | ||||||
27 | political party that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a | ||||||
28 | Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State | ||||||
29 | Central
Committee. The Chairman shall be a
registered voter in | ||||||
30 | this State and of the same political party as the State
central | ||||||
31 | committee.
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32 | Each member of the national party committee shall serve at | ||||||
33 | the pleasure of the State central committee. If the State | ||||||
34 | central committee, by a majority weighted vote, determines to | ||||||
35 | remove a member of the national party committee, then that | ||||||
36 | person is deemed disqualified to hold such office and a vacancy |
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1 | exists.
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2 | Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | ||||||
3 | 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a | ||||||
4 | person of the sex opposite that
of the incumbent member for | ||||||
5 | that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of | ||||||
6 | the State central committee until his or her successor
is | ||||||
7 | elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each | ||||||
8 | congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting | ||||||
9 | on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In | ||||||
10 | each congressional district at the
general primary election | ||||||
11 | held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the
male candidate | ||||||
12 | receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
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13 | candidates for State central committeeman, and the female | ||||||
14 | candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's | ||||||
15 | female candidates for
State central committeewoman, shall be | ||||||
16 | declared elected State central
committeeman and State central | ||||||
17 | committeewoman from the district. At the
general primary | ||||||
18 | election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
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19 | party's candidates for State central committeemen or State | ||||||
20 | central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of the | ||||||
21 | same sex, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | ||||||
22 | shall be declared elected a State central
committeeman or State | ||||||
23 | central committeewoman from the district, and, because of
a | ||||||
24 | failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a | ||||||
25 | vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second | ||||||
26 | member of the State central
committee from the district. This | ||||||
27 | vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional | ||||||
28 | committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
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29 | fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional | ||||||
30 | district and of the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | ||||||
31 | committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | ||||||
32 | congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | ||||||
33 | on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
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34 | The Chairman of a State central committee composed as | ||||||
35 | provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the | ||||||
36 | committee's members.
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1 | Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the | ||||||
2 | selection of
the Chairman of the State central committee, under | ||||||
3 | both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
committee | ||||||
4 | of each political party shall be composed of members elected
or | ||||||
5 | appointed from the several congressional districts of the | ||||||
6 | State,
and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The | ||||||
7 | members of the State
central committee shall, within 41 days | ||||||
8 | after each quadrennial election of
the full committee, meet in | ||||||
9 | the city of Springfield and organize
by electing a chairman, | ||||||
10 | and may at such time
elect such officers from among their own | ||||||
11 | number (or otherwise), as they
may deem necessary or expedient. | ||||||
12 | The outgoing chairman of the State
central committee of the | ||||||
13 | party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify
each member of | ||||||
14 | the State central committee elected at the primary of the
time | ||||||
15 | and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings | ||||||
16 | of
the State central committee, each State central committeeman | ||||||
17 | and State
central committeewoman shall have one vote for each | ||||||
18 | ballot voted in his or her
congressional district by the | ||||||
19 | primary electors of his or her party at the
primary election | ||||||
20 | immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
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21 | committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central | ||||||
22 | committee of any
political party, the vacancy shall be filled | ||||||
23 | by appointment of
the chairmen of the county central committees | ||||||
24 | of the
political party
of the counties located within the | ||||||
25 | congressional district in which the vacancy
occurs and,
if | ||||||
26 | applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
political
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27 | party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located | ||||||
28 | within the
congressional
district. If the congressional | ||||||
29 | district in which the vacancy occurs lies
wholly within a
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30 | county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township | ||||||
31 | committeemen
of the political party in that congressional | ||||||
32 | district shall vote to fill the
vacancy. In voting to fill the | ||||||
33 | vacancy, each chairman of a county central
committee and
each | ||||||
34 | ward and township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000
or
more | ||||||
35 | inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each | ||||||
36 | precinct of
the congressional district in which the vacancy |
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1 | exists of
his or her
county, township, or ward cast by the | ||||||
2 | primary electors of his or her party
at the
primary election | ||||||
3 | immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
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4 | State
central committee. The person appointed to fill the | ||||||
5 | vacancy shall be a
resident of the
congressional district in | ||||||
6 | which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter,
and, in a | ||||||
7 | committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of | ||||||
8 | the
same
sex as his or her
predecessor. A political party may, | ||||||
9 | by a majority vote of the
delegates of any State convention of | ||||||
10 | such party, determine to return
to the election of State | ||||||
11 | central committeeman and State central
committeewoman by the | ||||||
12 | vote of primary electors.
Any action taken by a political party | ||||||
13 | at a State convention in accordance
with this Section shall be | ||||||
14 | reported to the State Board of Elections by the
chairman and | ||||||
15 | secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
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16 | Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
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17 | (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March, | ||||||
18 | 1972, and
every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in | ||||||
19 | cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one | ||||||
20 | candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeman. Each | ||||||
21 | candidate for ward committeeman
must be a resident of and in | ||||||
22 | the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
committeeman. The | ||||||
23 | one having the highest number of votes shall be such
ward | ||||||
24 | committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary | ||||||
25 | election
held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970, and every 4 | ||||||
26 | years thereafter,
each primary elector in counties containing a | ||||||
27 | population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside of cities containing a | ||||||
28 | population of 200,000 or more, may
vote for one candidate of | ||||||
29 | his party for township committeeman. Each
candidate for | ||||||
30 | township committeeman must be a resident of and in the
township | ||||||
31 | or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
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32 | population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a | ||||||
33 | population of
2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part | ||||||
34 | of a township he seeks
to be elected township committeeman. The | ||||||
35 | one having the highest number
of votes shall be such township | ||||||
36 | committeeman of such party for such
township or part of a |
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1 | township. At the primary held on the third Tuesday
in March, | ||||||
2 | 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
except | ||||||
3 | in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
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4 | for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
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5 | committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be | ||||||
6 | a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be | ||||||
7 | elected precinct
committeeman. The one having the highest | ||||||
8 | number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeman of such | ||||||
9 | party for such precinct. The official
returns of the primary | ||||||
10 | shall show the name of the committeeman of each
political | ||||||
11 | party.
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12 | Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected | ||||||
13 | under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as such | ||||||
14 | committeemen until the
date of the primary to be held in the | ||||||
15 | second year after their election.
Except as otherwise provided | ||||||
16 | in this Section for certain State central
committeemen who have | ||||||
17 | 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
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18 | committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such | ||||||
19 | committeemen
until the date of primary to be held in the fourth | ||||||
20 | year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the | ||||||
21 | office of precinct committeeman
when a precinct committeeman | ||||||
22 | ceases to reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and | ||||||
23 | such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have
nor | ||||||
24 | exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that | ||||||
25 | precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | ||||||
26 | appointed.
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27 | (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | ||||||
28 | the precinct
committeemen of such party, in the multi-township | ||||||
29 | assessing district formed
pursuant to Section 2-10 of the | ||||||
30 | Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set | ||||||
31 | forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In the | ||||||
32 | organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | ||||||
33 | Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote
for | ||||||
34 | each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of | ||||||
35 | his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
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36 | County Central Committee
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1 | (d) The county central committee of each political party in | ||||||
2 | each
county shall consist of the various township committeemen, | ||||||
3 | precinct
committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such | ||||||
4 | party in the county.
In the organization and proceedings of the | ||||||
5 | county central committee,
each precinct committeeman shall | ||||||
6 | have one vote for each ballot voted in
his precinct by the | ||||||
7 | primary electors of his party at the primary at
which he was | ||||||
8 | elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
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9 | each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the | ||||||
10 | case may
be by the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
11 | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | ||||||
12 | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
13 | county central committee; and
in the organization and | ||||||
14 | proceedings of the county central committee,
each ward | ||||||
15 | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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16 | ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
17 | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | ||||||
18 | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
19 | county central committee.
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20 | Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
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21 | (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | ||||||
22 | each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
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23 | various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of | ||||||
24 | that party in
the portions of the county composing the board of | ||||||
25 | review election district. In
the organization and proceedings | ||||||
26 | of each of the 3 election
district committees, each township | ||||||
27 | committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his | ||||||
28 | or her township or part of a township, as the case may be,
by
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29 | the primary electors of his or her party at the primary | ||||||
30 | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of | ||||||
31 | review election district committee; and
in the organization and | ||||||
32 | proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, each | ||||||
33 | ward committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in
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34 | his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the | ||||||
35 | primary
electors of his or her party at the primary election | ||||||
36 | immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review |
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1 | election district committee.
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2 | Congressional Committee
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3 | (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | ||||||
4 | congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the | ||||||
5 | county central
committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
6 | congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | ||||||
7 | wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, or partly | ||||||
8 | within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous
with the county | ||||||
9 | lines of all of such counties, the precinct
committeemen, | ||||||
10 | township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
the | ||||||
11 | party representing the precincts within the limits of the
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12 | congressional district, shall compose the congressional | ||||||
13 | committee. A
State central committeeman in each district shall | ||||||
14 | be a member and the
chairman or, when a district has 2 State | ||||||
15 | central committeemen, a co-chairman
of the congressional | ||||||
16 | committee, but shall not have the right to
vote except in case | ||||||
17 | of a tie.
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18 | In the organization and proceedings of congressional | ||||||
19 | committees
composed of precinct committeemen or township | ||||||
20 | committeemen or ward
committeemen, or any combination thereof, | ||||||
21 | each precinct committeeman
shall have one vote for each ballot | ||||||
22 | voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of his party at | ||||||
23 | the primary at which he was elected, each
township committeeman | ||||||
24 | shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or | ||||||
25 | part of a township as the case may be by the primary
electors | ||||||
26 | of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
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27 | meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward | ||||||
28 | committeeman shall
have one vote for each ballot voted in each | ||||||
29 | precinct of his ward located
in such congressional district by | ||||||
30 | the primary electors of his party at
the primary election | ||||||
31 | immediately preceding the meeting of the
congressional | ||||||
32 | committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
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33 | congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county | ||||||
34 | central
committees of the counties within such district, each | ||||||
35 | chairman of such
county central committee shall have one vote | ||||||
36 | for each ballot voted in
his county by the primary electors of |
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1 | his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the | ||||||
2 | meeting of the congressional committee.
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3 | Judicial District Committee
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4 | (f) The judicial district committee of each political party | ||||||
5 | in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of | ||||||
6 | the county
central committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
7 | judicial district.
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8 | In the organization and proceedings of judicial district | ||||||
9 | committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | ||||||
10 | committees of the
counties within such district, each chairman | ||||||
11 | of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | ||||||
12 | ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party | ||||||
13 | at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | ||||||
14 | the judicial district committee.
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15 | Circuit Court Committee
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16 | (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | ||||||
17 | each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | ||||||
18 | the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | ||||||
19 | composing the judicial
circuit.
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20 | In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | ||||||
21 | committees, each
chairman of a county central committee shall | ||||||
22 | have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the | ||||||
23 | primary electors of his party at the
primary election | ||||||
24 | immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
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25 | committee.
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26 | Judicial Subcircuit Committee
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27 | (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | ||||||
28 | party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided | ||||||
29 | into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township | ||||||
30 | committeemen
of the townships and wards composing the judicial | ||||||
31 | subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct committeemen of | ||||||
32 | the precincts
composing the judicial subcircuit in any county | ||||||
33 | other than Cook County.
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34 | In the organization and proceedings of each judicial | ||||||
35 | subcircuit committee,
each township committeeman shall have | ||||||
36 | one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a |
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1 | township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the | ||||||
2 | primary electors of his party at the primary election
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3 | immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | ||||||
4 | committee;
each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for | ||||||
5 | each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as the | ||||||
6 | case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary electors | ||||||
7 | of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the | ||||||
8 | meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
and
each ward | ||||||
9 | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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10 | ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial | ||||||
11 | subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
12 | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial | ||||||
13 | subcircuit committee.
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14 | Municipal Central Committee
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15 | (h) The municipal central committee of each political party | ||||||
16 | shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward | ||||||
17 | committeemen, as the case may
be, of such party representing | ||||||
18 | the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, incorporated | ||||||
19 | town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township | ||||||
20 | or ward committeeman on the municipal central
committee shall | ||||||
21 | be the same as his voting strength on the county central
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22 | committee.
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23 | For political parties, other than a statewide political | ||||||
24 | party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the | ||||||
25 | municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | ||||||
26 | the party officers of the local established party. The party | ||||||
27 | officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the | ||||||
28 | chairman and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities | ||||||
29 | and townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | ||||||
30 | caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling | ||||||
31 | vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities | ||||||
32 | and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate | ||||||
33 | candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
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34 | shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the | ||||||
35 | primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions | ||||||
36 | of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the |
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1 | party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's | ||||||
2 | officers.
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3 | Powers
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4 | (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | ||||||
5 | usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | ||||||
6 | thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. | ||||||
7 | The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power | ||||||
8 | to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other | ||||||
9 | person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed | ||||||
10 | to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership | ||||||
11 | proper and necessary subcommittees.
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12 | (j) The State central committee of a political party which | ||||||
13 | elects it
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
14 | Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate | ||||||
15 | selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy | ||||||
16 | of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by | ||||||
17 | a national political party.
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18 | (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | ||||||
19 | Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | ||||||
20 | central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
State | ||||||
21 | central committee of a political party which elects its members | ||||||
22 | by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy | ||||||
23 | shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township | ||||||
24 | committeemen, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie | ||||||
25 | entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from | ||||||
26 | which the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman | ||||||
27 | was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central | ||||||
28 | committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially | ||||||
29 | within
that Congressional District and in which there are no | ||||||
30 | ward or township
committeemen. When voting for such proxy the | ||||||
31 | county chairman, ward
committeeman or township committeeman, | ||||||
32 | as the case may be shall have one
vote for each ballot voted in | ||||||
33 | his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the | ||||||
34 | Congressional District, by the primary electors of his
party at | ||||||
35 | the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
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36 | central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy |
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1 | when permitted
by the rules of a political party which elects | ||||||
2 | its members by Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
3 | Section.
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4 | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | ||||||
5 | ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | ||||||
6 | committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | ||||||
7 | statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of | ||||||
8 | conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of | ||||||
9 | a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall | ||||||
10 | automatically become vacant.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; | ||||||
12 | 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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