94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5001

 

Introduced 01/23/06, by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/10-9   from Ch. 46, par. 10-9

    Amends the Election Code. Eliminates education officers electoral boards. Provides that their functions shall be performed by the county officers electoral boards, except that the State Board of Elections shall serve as the electoral board for school districts and community college districts in more than one county.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
5 10-9 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/10-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-9)
7     Sec. 10-9. The following electoral boards are designated
8 for the purpose of hearing and passing upon the objector's
9 petition described in Section 10-8.
10     1. The State Board of Elections will hear and pass upon
11 objections to the nominations of candidates for State offices,
12 nominations of candidates for congressional, legislative and
13 judicial offices of districts, subcircuits, or circuits
14 situated in more than one county, nominations of candidates for
15 the offices of State's attorney or regional superintendent of
16 schools to be elected from more than one county, nominations of
17 candidates for offices of a school or community college
18 district in more than one county, and petitions for proposed
19 amendments to the Constitution of the State of Illinois as
20 provided for in Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution.
21     2. The county officers electoral board to hear and pass
22 upon objections to the nominations of candidates for county
23 offices, for congressional, legislative and judicial offices
24 of a district, subcircuit, or circuit coterminous with or less
25 than a county, for school trustees to be voted for by the
26 electors of the county or by the electors of a township of the
27 county, for offices of a school or community college district
28 within the county, for the office of multi-township assessor
29 where candidates for such office are nominated in accordance
30 with this Code, and for all special district offices, shall be
31 composed of the county clerk, or an assistant designated by the
32 county clerk, the State's attorney of the county or an

 

 

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1 Assistant State's Attorney designated by the State's Attorney,
2 and the clerk of the circuit court, or an assistant designated
3 by the clerk of the circuit court, of the county, of whom the
4 county clerk or his designee shall be the chairman, except that
5 in any county which has established a county board of election
6 commissioners that board shall constitute the county officers
7 electoral board ex-officio.
8     3. The municipal officers electoral board to hear and pass
9 upon objections to the nominations of candidates for officers
10 of municipalities shall be composed of the mayor or president
11 of the board of trustees of the city, village or incorporated
12 town, and the city, village or incorporated town clerk, and one
13 member of the city council or board of trustees, that member
14 being designated who is eligible to serve on the electoral
15 board and has served the greatest number of years as a member
16 of the city council or board of trustees, of whom the mayor or
17 president of the board of trustees shall be the chairman.
18     4. The township officers electoral board to pass upon
19 objections to the nominations of township officers shall be
20 composed of the township supervisor, the town clerk, and that
21 eligible town trustee elected in the township who has had the
22 longest term of continuous service as town trustee, of whom the
23 township supervisor shall be the chairman.
24     5. (Blank.) The education officers electoral board to hear
25 and pass upon objections to the nominations of candidates for
26 offices in school or community college districts shall be
27 composed of the presiding officer of the school or community
28 college district board, who shall be the chairman, the
29 secretary of the school or community college district board and
30 the eligible elected school or community college board member
31 who has the longest term of continuous service as a board
32 member.
33     6. In all cases, however, where the Congressional or
34 Legislative district is wholly within the jurisdiction of a
35 board of election commissioners and in all cases where the
36 school district or special district is wholly within the

 

 

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1 jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners and
2 in all cases where the municipality or township is wholly or
3 partially within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of
4 election commissioners, the board of election commissioners
5 shall ex-officio constitute the electoral board.
6     For special districts situated in more than one county, the
7 county officers electoral board of the county in which the
8 principal office of the district is located has jurisdiction to
9 hear and pass upon objections. For purposes of this Section,
10 "special districts" means all political subdivisions other
11 than counties, municipalities, townships and school and
12 community college districts.
13     In the event that any member of the appropriate board is a
14 candidate for the office with relation to which the objector's
15 petition is filed, he shall not be eligible to serve on that
16 board and shall not act as a member of the board and his place
17 shall be filled as follows:
18         a. In the county officers electoral board by the county
19     treasurer, and if he or she is ineligible to serve, by the
20     sheriff of the county.
21         b. In the municipal officers electoral board by the
22     eligible elected city council or board of trustees member
23     who has served the second greatest number of years as a
24     city council or board of trustees member.
25         c. In the township officers electoral board by the
26     eligible elected town trustee who has had the second
27     longest term of continuous service as a town trustee.
28         d. In the education officers electoral board by the
29     eligible elected school or community college district
30     board member who has had the second longest term of
31     continuous service as a board member.
32     In the event that the chairman of the electoral board is
33 ineligible to act because of the fact that he is a candidate
34 for the office with relation to which the objector's petition
35 is filed, then the substitute chosen under the provisions of
36 this Section shall be the chairman; In this case, the officer

 

 

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1 or board with whom the objector's petition is filed, shall
2 transmit the certificate of nomination or nomination papers as
3 the case may be, and the objector's petition to the substitute
4 chairman of the electoral board.
5     When 2 or more eligible individuals, by reason of their
6 terms of service on a city council or board of trustees, or
7 township board of trustees, or school or community college
8 district board, qualify to serve on an electoral board, the one
9 to serve shall be chosen by lot.
10     Any vacancies on an electoral board not otherwise filled
11 pursuant to this Section shall be filled by public members
12 appointed by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court for the
13 county wherein the electoral board hearing is being held upon
14 notification to the Chief Judge of such vacancies. The Chief
15 Judge shall be so notified by a member of the electoral board
16 or the officer or board with whom the objector's petition was
17 filed. In the event that none of the individuals designated by
18 this Section to serve on the electoral board are eligible, the
19 chairman of an electoral board shall be designated by the Chief
20 Judge.
21 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)