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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 4. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 17-22 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (10 ILCS 5/17-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-22) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 17-22. The judges of election shall make the tally | ||||||
8 | sheet and
certificate of results in triplicate. If, however, | ||||||
9 | the number of
established political parties, as defined in | ||||||
10 | Section 10-2, exceeds 2,
one additional copy shall be made for | ||||||
11 | each established political party
in excess of 2. One list of | ||||||
12 | voters, or other proper return with such
certificate written | ||||||
13 | thereon, and accompanying tally sheet footed up so
as to show | ||||||
14 | the correct number of votes cast for each person voted for,
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15 | shall be carefully enveloped and sealed up by the judges of | ||||||
16 | election, 2
of whom (one from each of the 2 major political | ||||||
17 | parties) shall
immediately deliver same to the county clerk, or | ||||||
18 | his deputy, at the
office of the county clerk, or to an | ||||||
19 | officially designated receiving
station established by the | ||||||
20 | county clerk where a duly authorized
representative of the | ||||||
21 | county clerk shall receive said envelopes for
immediate | ||||||
22 | transmission to the office of county clerk, who shall safely
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23 | keep them. The other certificates of results and accompanying |
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1 | tally
sheet shall be carefully enveloped and sealed up and duly | ||||||
2 | directed,
respectively, to the chairman of the county central | ||||||
3 | committee of each
then existing established political party, | ||||||
4 | and by another of the judges
of election deposited immediately | ||||||
5 | in the nearest United States letter
deposit. However, if any | ||||||
6 | county chairman notifies the county clerk not
later than 10 | ||||||
7 | days before the election of his desire to receive the
envelope | ||||||
8 | addressed to him at the point and at the time same are
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9 | delivered to the county clerk, his deputy or receiving station | ||||||
10 | designee
the envelopes shall be delivered to such county | ||||||
11 | chairman or his designee
immediately upon receipt thereof by | ||||||
12 | the county clerk, his deputy or his
receiving station designee. | ||||||
13 | The person or persons so designated by a
county chairman shall | ||||||
14 | sign an official receipt acknowledging receipt of
said | ||||||
15 | envelopes. The poll book and tally list filed with the county | ||||||
16 | clerk
shall be kept one year, and certified copies thereof | ||||||
17 | shall be evidence
in all courts, proceedings and election | ||||||
18 | contests. Before the returns are
sealed up, as aforesaid, the | ||||||
19 | judges shall compare the tally papers,
footings and | ||||||
20 | certificates and see that they are correct and duplicates
of | ||||||
21 | each other, and certify to the correctness of the same. | ||||||
22 | At the nonpartisan and consolidated election elections , | ||||||
23 | the judges of election
shall make a tally sheet and certificate | ||||||
24 | of results for each political
subdivision for which candidates | ||||||
25 | or public questions are on the ballot
at such election, and | ||||||
26 | shall sign, seal in a marked envelope and deliver
them to the |
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1 | county clerk with the other certificates of results herein
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2 | required. Such tally sheets and certificates of results may be
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3 | duplicates of the tally sheet and certificate of results | ||||||
4 | otherwise
required by this Section, showing all votes for all | ||||||
5 | candidates and
public questions voted for or upon in the | ||||||
6 | precinct, or may be on
separate forms prepared by the election | ||||||
7 | authority and showing only those
votes cast for candidates and | ||||||
8 | public questions of each such political
subdivision. | ||||||
9 | Within 2 days of delivery of complete returns of the | ||||||
10 | consolidated election and
nonpartisan elections , the county | ||||||
11 | clerk shall transmit an original,
sealed tally sheet and | ||||||
12 | certificate of results from each precinct in his
jurisdiction | ||||||
13 | in which candidates or public questions of a political
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14 | subdivision were on the ballot to the local election official | ||||||
15 | of such
political subdivision. Each local election official, | ||||||
16 | within 24 hours of
receipt of all of the tally sheets and | ||||||
17 | certificates of results for all
precincts in which candidates | ||||||
18 | or public questions of his political
subdivision were on the | ||||||
19 | ballot, shall transmit such sealed tally sheets
and | ||||||
20 | certificates of results to the canvassing board for that | ||||||
21 | political
subdivision. | ||||||
22 | In the case of referenda for the formation of a political
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23 | subdivision, the tally sheets and certificates of results shall | ||||||
24 | be
transmitted by the county clerk to the circuit court that | ||||||
25 | ordered the
proposition submitted or to the officials | ||||||
26 | designated by the court to
conduct the canvass of votes. In the |
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1 | case of school referenda for which
a regional superintendent of | ||||||
2 | schools is responsible for the canvass of
votes, the county | ||||||
3 | clerk shall transmit the tally sheets and certificates
of | ||||||
4 | results to the regional superintendent of schools. | ||||||
5 | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||||||
6 | used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | ||||||
7 | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||||||
8 | is applicable. | ||||||
9 | Only judges appointed under the provisions of subsection | ||||||
10 | (a) of Section 13-4 or subsection (b) of Section 14-1 may make | ||||||
11 | any delivery required by this Section from judges of election | ||||||
12 | to a county clerk, or his or her deputy, at the office of the | ||||||
13 | county clerk or to a county clerk's duly authorized | ||||||
14 | representative at the county clerk's officially designated | ||||||
15 | receiving station. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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17 | (10 ILCS 5/19-12.3 rep.)
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18 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by repealing | ||||||
19 | Section 19-12.3.
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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