Sen. Chris Lauzen

Filed: 4/11/2005

 

 


 

 


 
09400SB0600sam001 LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 600

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 600 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 7-8 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/7-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
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:
10
State Central Committee
11     (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly 1983 the State
13 central committee of each political party shall certify to the
14 State Board of Elections which of the following alternatives it
15 wishes to apply to the State central committee of that party.
16     Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in
17 March 2006, 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 State central committee of
21 the political party under Alternative A shall be composed of
22 members elected from the several congressional districts of the
23 State, or appointed to fill a vacancy, as herein provided, and
24 of no other person or persons whomever. The members of the

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 2 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 State central committee shall, within 30 days after their
2 election, meet in the city of Springfield and organize by
3 electing from among their own number a chairman, and may at
4 such time elect such officers from among their own number (or
5 otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient. The
6 outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the party
7 shall, within 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of
8 the State central committee elected at the primary of the time
9 and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings
10 of the State central committee, each State central committeeman
11 shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his congressional
12 district by the primary electors of his party at the primary at
13 which he was elected. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State
14 central committee of the political party, the vacancy may be
15 filled by appointment by the congressional committee of the
16 political party in the congressional district from which the
17 appointee's predecessor was elected, and the member so selected
18 to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of that congressional
19 district. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March
20 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years thereafter, each
21 primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party for
22 member of the State central committee for the congressional
23 district in which he resides. The candidate receiving the
24 highest number of votes shall be declared elected State central
25 committeeman from the district. A political party may, in lieu
26 of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
27 convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the
28 State central committeemen in the manner following:
29     At the county convention held by such political party State
30 central committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as
31 provided in this Article for the election of officers of the
32 county central committee, and such election shall follow the
33 election of officers of the county central committee. Each
34 elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast as

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 3 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township,
2 part of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
3 election of his political party. In the case of a county lying
4 partially within one congressional district and partially
5 within another congressional district, each ward, township or
6 precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
7 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
8 township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional
9 district which encompasses more than one county, each ward,
10 township or precinct committeeman residing within the
11 congressional district shall cast as his vote one vote for each
12 ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or
13 precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
14 political party for one candidate of his party for member of
15 the State central committee for the congressional district in
16 which he resides and the Chairman of the county central
17 committee shall report the results of the election to the State
18 Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall certify
19 the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
20 State central committeeman for that congressional district.
21     The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
22 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
23 members of the State central committee.
24     After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
25 General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
26 Chairman of a State central committee, or at the end of the
27 term of office of Chairman, the State central committee of each
28 political party that has selected Alternative A shall elect a
29 Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State
30 Central Committee. The Chairman shall be a registered voter in
31 this State and of the same political party as the State central
32 committee.
33     Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
34 30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 4 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
2 that congressional district to serve as an additional member of
3 the State central committee until his or her successor is
4 elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
5 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
6 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
7 each congressional district at the general primary election
8 held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
9 receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
10 candidates for State central committeeman, and the female
11 candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's
12 female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be
13 declared elected State central committeeman and State central
14 committeewoman from the district. At the general primary
15 election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
16 party's candidates for State central committeemen or State
17 central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the
18 same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
19 shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State
20 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
21 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
22 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
23 member of the State central committee from the district. This
24 vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional
25 committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
26 fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
27 district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
28 committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
29 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
30 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
31     The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
32 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
33 committee's members.
34     The Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 5 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
2 under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central
3 committee of the each political party under Alternative B shall
4 be composed of members elected or appointed from the several
5 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person or
6 persons whomsoever. The members of the State central committee
7 shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
8 full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize by
9 electing a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
10 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
11 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
12 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
13 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
14 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
15 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
16 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
17 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
18 or her congressional district by the primary electors of his or
19 her party at the primary election immediately preceding the
20 meeting of the State central committee. Whenever a vacancy
21 occurs in the State central committee of the any political
22 party, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the
23 chairmen of the county central committees of the political
24 party of the counties located within the congressional district
25 in which the vacancy occurs and, if applicable, the ward and
26 township committeemen of the political party in counties of
27 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located within the congressional
28 district. If the congressional district in which the vacancy
29 occurs lies wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more
30 inhabitants, the ward and township committeemen of the
31 political party in that congressional district shall vote to
32 fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman
33 of a county central committee and each ward and township
34 committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 6 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of the
2 congressional district in which the vacancy exists of his or
3 her county, township, or ward cast by the primary electors of
4 his or her party at the primary election immediately preceding
5 the meeting to fill the vacancy in the State central committee.
6 The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
7 the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall
8 be a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided
9 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
10 predecessor.
11     A political party under Alternative A may, by a majority
12 vote of the delegates at their of any State convention of such
13 party, select a different Alternative under this subsection
14 than selected by the State central committee determine to
15 return to the election of State central committeeman and State
16 central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any
17 action taken by a political party at a State convention in
18 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
19 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such
20 convention within 10 days after such action.
21
Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
22     (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
23 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
24 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
25 candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. Each
26 candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of and in
27 the ward where he seeks to be elected ward committeeman. The
28 one having the highest number of votes shall be such ward
29 committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary
30 election held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970, and every 4
31 years thereafter, each primary elector in counties containing a
32 population of 2,000,000 or more, outside of cities containing a
33 population of 200,000 or more, may vote for one candidate of
34 his party for township committeeman. Each candidate for

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 7 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 township committeeman must be a resident of and in the township
2 or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
3 population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a
4 population of 2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part
5 of a township he seeks to be elected township committeeman. The
6 one having the highest number of votes shall be such township
7 committeeman of such party for such township or part of a
8 township. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
9 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector, except
10 in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
11 for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
12 committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be
13 a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
14 elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest
15 number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
16 party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary
17 shall show the name of the committeeman of each political
18 party.
19     Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
20 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
21 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
22 second year after their election. Except as otherwise provided
23 in this Section for certain State central committeemen who have
24 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
25 committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such
26 committeemen until the date of primary to be held in the fourth
27 year after their election. However, a vacancy exists in the
28 office of precinct committeeman when a precinct committeeman
29 ceases to reside in the precinct in which he was elected and
30 such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have nor
31 exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that
32 precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
33 appointed.
34     (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 8 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 the precinct committeemen of such party, in the multi-township
2 assessing district formed pursuant to Section 2-10 of the
3 Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set
4 forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In the
5 organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
6 Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
7 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
8 his party at the primary at which he was elected.
9
County Central Committee
10     (d) The county central committee of each political party in
11 each county shall consist of the various township committeemen,
12 precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such
13 party in the county. In the organization and proceedings of the
14 county central committee, each precinct committeeman shall
15 have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the
16 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
17 elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
18 each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the
19 case may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
20 election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
21 General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
22 county central committee; and in the organization and
23 proceedings of the county central committee, each ward
24 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
25 ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary
26 election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
27 General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
28 county central committee.
29
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
30     (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
31 each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
32 various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
33 that party in the portions of the county composing the board of
34 review election district. In the organization and proceedings

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 9 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 of each of the 3 election district committees, each township
2 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
3 or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
4 the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
5 election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
6 review election district committee; and in the organization and
7 proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
8 ward committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
9 his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the
10 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
11 immediately preceding the meeting of the board of review
12 election district committee.
13
Congressional Committee
14     (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
15 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
16 county central committees of the counties composing the
17 congressional district, except that in congressional districts
18 wholly within the territorial limits of one county, or partly
19 within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with the county
20 lines of all of such counties, the precinct committeemen,
21 township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of the
22 party representing the precincts within the limits of the
23 congressional district, shall compose the congressional
24 committee. A State central committeeman in each district shall
25 be a member and the chairman or, when a district has 2 State
26 central committeemen, a co-chairman of the congressional
27 committee, but shall not have the right to vote except in case
28 of a tie.
29     In the organization and proceedings of congressional
30 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
31 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination thereof,
32 each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
33 voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his party at
34 the primary at which he was elected, each township committeeman

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 10 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or
2 part of a township as the case may be by the primary electors
3 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
4 meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward
5 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
6 precinct of his ward located in such congressional district by
7 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
8 immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
9 committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
10 congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county
11 central committees of the counties within such district, each
12 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
13 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of
14 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
15 meeting of the congressional committee.
16
Judicial District Committee
17     (f) The judicial district committee of each political party
18 in each judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of
19 the county central committees of the counties composing the
20 judicial district.
21     In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
22 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
23 committees of the counties within such district, each chairman
24 of such county central committee shall have one vote for each
25 ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
26 at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
27 the judicial district committee.
28
Circuit Court Committee
29     (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
30 each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
31 the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
32 composing the judicial circuit.
33     In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
34 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 11 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
2 primary electors of his party at the primary election
3 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
4 committee.
5
Judicial Subcircuit Committee
6     (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political
7 party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided
8 into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township
9 committeemen of the townships and wards composing the judicial
10 subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct committeemen of
11 the precincts composing the judicial subcircuit in any county
12 other than Cook County.
13     In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
14 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
15 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
16 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the
17 primary electors of his party at the primary election
18 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
19 committee; each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
20 each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as the
21 case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors
22 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
23 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee; and each ward
24 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
25 ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial
26 subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the primary
27 election immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial
28 subcircuit committee.
29
Municipal Central Committee
30     (h) The municipal central committee of each political party
31 shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
32 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
33 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
34 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, township

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 12 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1 or ward committeeman on the municipal central committee shall
2 be the same as his voting strength on the county central
3 committee.
4     For political parties, other than a statewide political
5 party, established only within a municipality or township, the
6 municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
7 the party officers of the local established party. The party
8 officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the
9 chairman and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities
10 and townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
11 caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
12 vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
13 and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
14 candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
15 shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
16 primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
17 of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
18 party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's
19 officers.
20
Powers
21     (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
22 usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
23 thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
24 The several committees herein provided for shall not have power
25 to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other
26 person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed
27 to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership
28 proper and necessary subcommittees.
29     (j) The State central committee of a political party which
30 elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
31 Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate
32 selection rules of the national political party and file a copy
33 of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by
34 a national political party.

 

 

09400SB0600sam001 - 13 - LRB094 04343 JAM 44745 a

1     (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
2 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
3 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the State
4 central committee of a political party which elects its members
5 by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy
6 shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and township
7 committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships which lie
8 entirely or partially within the Congressional District from
9 which the absent State central committeeman or committeewoman
10 was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county central
11 committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially
12 within that Congressional District and in which there are no
13 ward or township committeemen. When voting for such proxy the
14 county chairman, ward committeeman or township committeeman,
15 as the case may be shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
16 his county, ward or township, or portion thereof within the
17 Congressional District, by the primary electors of his party at
18 the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
19 central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy
20 when permitted by the rules of a political party which elects
21 its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
22 Section.
23     Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
24 ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
25 committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
26 statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of
27 conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
28 a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall
29 automatically become vacant.
30 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03;
31 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)".