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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1685
Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/13-4 |
from Ch. 46, par. 13-4 |
10 ILCS 5/14-1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 14-1 |
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Amends the Election code. Permits high school juniors who meet certain criteria to be appointed judges of election. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
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| Sections 13-4 and 14-1 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
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| Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
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| (a) All persons elected or chosen judge of election must: |
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| (1) be
citizens of the United States and entitled to vote at |
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| the next election,
except as provided in subsection (b);
(2) be |
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| of good repute and character; (3) be able to speak, read and |
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| write
the English language; (4) be skilled in the four |
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| fundamental rules of
arithmetic; (5) be of good understanding |
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| and capable; (6) not be candidates
for any office at the |
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| election and not be elected committeemen; and (7)
reside in the |
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| precinct in which they are selected to act, except that in
each |
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| precinct, not more than one judge of each party may be |
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| appointed from
outside such precinct. Any judge selected to |
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| serve in any precinct in which
he is not entitled to vote must |
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| reside within and be entitled to vote
elsewhere within the |
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| county which encompasses the precinct in which such
judge is |
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| appointed. Such judge must meet the other qualifications of |
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| this
Section.
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| (b) An election authority may establish a program to permit |
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| a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an |
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| election judge if,
as of the date of the election at which the |
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| person serves as a judge,
he or she:
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| (1) is a U.S. citizen;
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| (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in |
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| a public or private secondary
school;
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| (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to |
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| at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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| (4) has the written approval of the principal of the |
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| secondary school he
or she attends at the time of |
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| appointment;
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| (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or |
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| legal guardian;
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| (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course |
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| for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1 and |
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| 13-2.2; and
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| (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and |
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| service as an
election judge.
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| No more than one election judge qualifying under this |
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| subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to |
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| appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must |
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| certify
in writing to the election authority the political |
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| party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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| Students appointed as election judges under this |
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| subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the |
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| day they serve as judges.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
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| Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners |
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| established
or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and |
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manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5 |
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| persons,
men or women, as judges of election for each precinct |
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| in such
city, village or incorporated town.
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| Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical |
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| or
electric voting systems are used, the board of election
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| commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
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| board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
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| the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
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| precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint
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| addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
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| In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
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| election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
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| judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
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| pursuant to Section
14-5.2, shall count the vote after the |
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| closing of the polls.
The tally judges shall possess the same |
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| qualifications and
shall be appointed in the same manner and |
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| with the same division
between political parties as is provided |
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| for judges of election.
The foregoing provisions relating to |
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| the appointment of tally
judges are inapplicable in counties |
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| with a population of
1,000,000 or more.
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| (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
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| (1) be citizens of the United States;
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| (2) be of good repute and character;
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| (3) be able to speak, read and write the English |
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| language;
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| (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of |
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| arithmetic;
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| (5) be of good understanding and capable;
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| (6) not be candidates for any office at the election |
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| and not
be elected committeemen;
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| (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in |
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| which
they are selected to serve, except that in each |
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| precinct not
more than one judge of each party may be |
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| appointed from outside
such precinct. Any judge so |
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| appointed to serve in any precinct
in which he is not |
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| entitled to vote must be entitled to vote
elsewhere within |
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| the county which encompasses the precinct in
which such |
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| judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise
meet the |
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| qualifications of this Section.
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| (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit |
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| a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an |
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| election judge if, as of the date of the election at
which the |
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| person serves as a judge, he or she:
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| (1) is a U.S. citizen;
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| (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in |
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| a public or private secondary
school;
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| (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to |
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| at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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| (4) has the written approval of the principal of the |
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| secondary school he
or she attends at the time of |
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| appointment;
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| (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or |
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| legal guardian;
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| (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course |
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| for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1, |
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| 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
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| (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and |
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| service as an
election judge.
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| No more than one election judge qualifying under this |
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| subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to |
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| appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must |
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| certify
in writing to the election authority the political |
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| party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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| Students appointed as election judges under this |
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| subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the |
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| day they serve as judges.
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| (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2 |
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| additional
judges of election, one from each of the major |
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| political parties,
for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any |
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| precinct having more
than 600 voters as authorized
by Section |
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| 11--3. These additional judges must meet the
qualifications |
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| prescribed in this Section.
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