95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4820


 
Introduced , by Rep. Mike Bost
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














10 ILCS 5/7A-1
  from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1







    Amends the Election Code.  Requires that a judicial retention declaration be filed 6 months before the next scheduled general election before the expiration of the judge's term (now, on or before the first Monday in December before the general election before the expiration of the judge's term).
















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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 Section 
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7A-1 as follows:
 



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    (10 ILCS 5/7A-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7A-1)



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    Sec. 7A-1. Any Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge who has 
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been elected
to that office and who seeks to be retained in 
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that office under subsection
(d) of Section 12 of Article VI of 
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the Constitution shall file a declaration
of candidacy to 
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succeed himself in the office of the Secretary of State 6 
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months
on or before the first Monday in December before the 
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next scheduled general election preceding
the expiration of his 
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term of office.  Within 3 business days thereafter,
the 
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Secretary of State shall certify to the State Board of 
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Elections the
names of all incumbent judges who were eligible 
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to stand for retention at
the next general election but failed 
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to timely file a declaration of
candidacy to succeed themselves 
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in office or, having timely filed such a
declaration, withdrew 
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it.  The State Board of Elections may rely upon the

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certification from the Secretary of State (a) to determine when 
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vacancies
in judicial office exist and (b) to determine the 
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judicial positions for
which elections will be held.  The 
 


 






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Secretary of State, not less
than 63 days before the election, 
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shall certify the Judge's candidacy to
the proper election 
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officials.  The names of Judges seeking retention shall
be 
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submitted to the electors, separately and without party 
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designation,
on the sole question whether each Judge shall be 
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retained in office for
another term.  The retention elections 
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shall be conducted at general elections
in the appropriate 
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Judicial District, for Supreme and Appellate Judges,
and in the 
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circuit for Circuit Judges.  The affirmative vote of 
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three-fifths
of the electors voting on the question shall elect 
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the Judge to the office
for a term commencing on the first 
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Monday in December following his election.

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(Source: P.A. 86-1348.)