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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 955

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 955  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
 8    of 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 1983 the State central  committee  of  each
13    political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
14    which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
15    State central committee of that party.
16        Alternative  A.  At the primary held on the third Tuesday
17    in March  1970,  and  at  the  primary  held  every  4  years
18    thereafter,  each  primary elector may vote for one candidate
19    of his party for member of the State  central  committee  for
20    the   congressional  district  in  which  he  resides.    The
21    candidate receiving the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be
22    declared   elected   State   central  committeeman  from  the
 
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 1    district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
 2    a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of  such
 3    party,  determine  to  thereafter  elect  the  State  central
 4    committeemen in the manner following:
 5        At  the  county  convention  held by such political party
 6    State central committeemen  shall  be  elected  in  the  same
 7    manner  as  provided  in  this  Article  for  the election of
 8    officers of the county central committee, and  such  election
 9    shall  follow  the election of officers of the county central
10    committee.   Each  elected   ward,   township   or   precinct
11    committeeman  shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
12    voted in his ward, township, part of a township  or  precinct
13    in  the  last  preceding  primary  election  of his political
14    party. In the case of a county  lying  partially  within  one
15    congressional   district   and   partially   within   another
16    congressional  district,  each  ward,  township  or  precinct
17    committeeman   shall   vote   only   with   respect   to  the
18    congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
19    township  or  precinct  is  located.   In  the  case   of   a
20    congressional   district  which  encompasses  more  than  one
21    county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
22    within the congressional district shall cast as his vote  one
23    vote  for  each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
24    township or precinct in the last preceding  primary  election
25    of  his  political  party  for one candidate of his party for
26    member of the State central committee for  the  congressional
27    district  in which he resides and the Chairman  of the county
28    central committee shall report the results of the election to
29    the State Board of Elections. The State  Board  of  Elections
30    shall  certify  the candidate receiving the highest number of
31    votes   elected   State   central   committeeman   for   that
32    congressional district.
33        The State central committee shall adopt rules to  provide
34    for  and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
 
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 1    of members of the State central committee.
 2        After the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  the
 3    91st  General  Assembly,  whenever  a  vacancy  occurs in the
 4    office of Chairman of a State central committee,  or  at  the
 5    end  of  the  term  of  office of Chairman, the State central
 6    committee  of  each  political  party   that   has   selected
 7    Alternative  A  shall  elect  a  Chairman  who  shall  not be
 8    required to be a member of the State Central Committee.   The
 9    Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
10    same political party as the State central committee.
11        Alternative   B.  Each   congressional  committee  shall,
12    within 30  days  after  the  adoption  of  this  alternative,
13    appoint  a  person  of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
14    member  for  that  congressional  district  to  serve  as  an
15    additional member of the State central committee until his or
16    her successor is elected at the general primary  election  in
17    1986.    Each   congressional   committee   shall  make  this
18    appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
19    of this  Section.  In  each  congressional  district  at  the
20    general  primary  election  held  in  1986  and every 4 years
21    thereafter, the male candidate receiving the  highest  number
22    of  votes  of  the  party's male candidates for State central
23    committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the  highest
24    number  of  votes  of the party's female candidates for State
25    central  committeewoman,  shall  be  declared  elected  State
26    central committeeman and State  central  committeewoman  from
27    the  district.   At the general primary election held in 1986
28    and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
29    State central committeemen or  State  central  committeewomen
30    from  a  congressional  district  are  of  the  same sex, the
31    candidate receiving the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be
32    declared  elected  a  State  central  committeeman  or  State
33    central  committeewoman  from the district, and, because of a
34    failure to elect one male and one female to the committee,  a
 
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 1    vacancy  shall  be  declared  to  exist  in the office of the
 2    second  member  of  the  State  central  committee  from  the
 3    district.  This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
 4    congressional committee  of  the  political  party,  and  the
 5    person  appointed  to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
 6    the congressional district and of the sex  opposite  that  of
 7    the  committeeman  or  committeewoman  elected at the general
 8    primary election.  Each congressional  committee  shall  make
 9    this  appointment  by  voting  on  the  basis  set  forth  in
10    paragraph (e) of this Section.
11        The  Chairman  of  a  State central committee composed as
12    provided in this Alternative B  must  be  selected  from  the
13    committee's members.
14        Except  as  provided for in Alternative A with respect to
15    the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
16    under both of the foregoing alternatives, the  State  central
17    committee  of  each  political  party  shall  be  composed of
18    members elected or appointed from the  several  congressional
19    districts  of  the  State,  and of no other person or persons
20    whomsoever.  The  members  of  the  State  central  committee
21    shall,  within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
22    full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and  organize
23    by  electing  a  chairman,  and  may  at such time elect such
24    officers from among their own number (or otherwise), as  they
25    may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the
26    State  central  committee  of the party shall, 10 days before
27    the  meeting,  notify  each  member  of  the  State   central
28    committee  elected  at  the  primary of the time and place of
29    such meeting. In the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the
30    State  central committee, each State central committeeman and
31    State central committeewoman shall have  one  vote  for  each
32    ballot  voted  in  his  or  her congressional district by the
33    primary electors of his or her party at the primary  election
34    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  State  central
 
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 1    committee.  Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs in the State central
 2    committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
 3    by  appointment  of  the  chairmen  of  the  county   central
 4    committees  of  the  political  party of the counties located
 5    within the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
 6    and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
 7    political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more  inhabitants
 8    located   within   the   congressional   district.    If  the
 9    congressional district  in  which  the  vacancy  occurs  lies
10    wholly  within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
11    ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
12    congressional district shall vote to fill  the  vacancy.   In
13    voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
14    committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
15    of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
16    ballot  voted  in each precinct of the congressional district
17    in which the vacancy exists of his or her  county,  township,
18    or  ward  cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
19    the primary election immediately  preceding  the  meeting  to
20    fill  the vacancy in the State central committee.  The person
21    appointed to fill the vacancy shall  be  a  resident  of  the
22    congressional  district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
23    a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed  as  provided
24    in  Alternative  B,  shall  be  of the same sex as his or her
25    predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
26    delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
27    return to the election  of  State  central  committeeman  and
28    State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
29    Any  action  taken by a political party at a State convention
30    in accordance with this Section  shall  be  reported  to  the
31    State  Board  of  Elections  by the chairman and secretary of
32    such convention within 10 days after such action.
33              Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
34        (b)  At the primary held on the third Tuesday  in  March,
 
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 1    1972,  and  every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
 2    cities having a population of 200,000 or over  may  vote  for
 3    one candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman.
 4    Each  candidate  for  ward committeeman must be a resident of
 5    and  in  the  ward  where  he  seeks  to  be   elected   ward
 6    committeeman.  The  one  having  the  highest number of votes
 7    shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such  ward.
 8    At  the  primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
 9    1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary  elector  in
10    counties  containing  a  population  of  2,000,000  or  more,
11    outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more,
12    may  vote  for  one  candidate  of  his  party  for  township
13    committeeman.  Each  candidate for township committeeman must
14    be a resident of and in the township or part  of  a  township
15    (which  lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
16    or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000  or
17    more),  and  in which township or part of a township he seeks
18    to be elected  township  committeeman.  The  one  having  the
19    highest  number  of votes shall be such township committeeman
20    of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
21    primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every  2
22    years  thereafter,  each  primary elector, except in counties
23    having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may  vote  for  one
24    candidate   of   his  party  in  his  precinct  for  precinct
25    committeeman. Each candidate for precinct  committeeman  must
26    be  a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
27    elected precinct committeeman. The  one  having  the  highest
28    number  of  votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
29    party for such precinct. The official returns of the  primary
30    shall  show  the  name  of the committeeman of each political
31    party. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a  person  is
32    ineligible  to  become  a  candidate  for  ward  or  township
33    committeeman  in  Cook County if he or she has been convicted
34    of an infamous crime.
 
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 1        Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen  elected
 2    under  the  provisions of this Article shall continue as such
 3    committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in  the
 4    second   year  after  their  election.  Except  as  otherwise
 5    provided  in  this  Section   for   certain   State   central
 6    committeemen  who  have  2  year  terms,  all  State  central
 7    committeemen,  township  committeemen  and  ward committeemen
 8    shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
 9    to be held in the fourth year after their election.  However,
10    a  vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
11    a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the  precinct  in
12    which  he  was  elected  and such precinct committeeman shall
13    thereafter neither have nor exercise any  rights,  powers  or
14    duties  as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
15    has not been elected or appointed.
16        (c)  The Multi-Township Central Committee  shall  consist
17    of   the   precinct   committeemen  of  such  party,  in  the
18    multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to  Section
19    2-10  of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
20    purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code.  In
21    the   organization  and  proceedings  of  the  Multi-Township
22    Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall  have  one
23    vote  for  each  ballot  voted in his precinct by the primary
24    electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
25                      County Central Committee
26        (d)  The county central committee of each political party
27    in  each  county  shall  consist  of  the  various   township
28    committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
29    any,  of  such  party  in the county. In the organization and
30    proceedings of the county central  committee,  each  precinct
31    committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
32    precinct  by the primary electors of his party at the primary
33    at which he was elected;  each  township  committeeman  shall
34    have  one  vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
 
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 1    of a township as the case may be by the primary  electors  of
 2    his  party  at  the  primary  election  for the nomination of
 3    candidates for election to the General  Assembly  immediately
 4    preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
 5    the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the  county  central
 6    committee,  each  ward  committeeman  shall have one vote for
 7    each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of  his
 8    party   at   the  primary  election  for  the  nomination  of
 9    candidates for election to the General  Assembly  immediately
10    preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
11                       Congressional Committee
12        (e)  The  congressional  committee  of each party in each
13    congressional district shall be composed of the  chairmen  of
14    the  county  central committees of the counties composing the
15    congressional  district,   except   that   in   congressional
16    districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
17    or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
18    the  county  lines  of  all  of  such  counties, the precinct
19    committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
20    any, of the  party  representing  the  precincts  within  the
21    limits  of  the  congressional  district,  shall  compose the
22    congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
23    district shall be a  member  and  the  chairman  or,  when  a
24    district  has  2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
25    the congressional committee, but shall not have the right  to
26    vote except in case of a tie.
27        In  the  organization  and  proceedings  of congressional
28    committees composed  of  precinct  committeemen  or  township
29    committeemen   or   ward  committeemen,  or  any  combination
30    thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one  vote  for
31    each  ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
32    his party at the  primary  at  which  he  was  elected,  each
33    township  committeeman  shall  have  one vote for each ballot
34    voted in his township or part of a township as the  case  may
 
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 1    be  by  the  primary  electors  of  his  party at the primary
 2    election   immediately   preceding   the   meeting   of   the
 3    congressional committee, and  each  ward  committeeman  shall
 4    have  one  vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
 5    ward located in such congressional district  by  the  primary
 6    electors  of  his  party  at the primary election immediately
 7    preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and  in
 8    the  organization and proceedings of congressional committees
 9    composed of the chairmen of the county central committees  of
10    the  counties  within  such  district,  each chairman of such
11    county central committee shall have one vote for each  ballot
12    voted  in  his county by the primary electors of his party at
13    the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
14    congressional committee.
15                     Judicial District Committee
16        (f)  The judicial district committee  of  each  political
17    party  in  each  judicial  district  shall be composed of the
18    chairman of the county central  committees  of  the  counties
19    composing the judicial district.
20        In  the organization and proceedings of judicial district
21    committees composed of the chairmen  of  the  county  central
22    committees   of  the  counties  within  such  district,  each
23    chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
24    for each ballot voted in his county by the  primary  electors
25    of  his  party  at the primary election immediately preceding
26    the meeting of the judicial district committee.
27                       Circuit Court Committee
28        (g)  The circuit court committee of each political  party
29    in  each  judicial  circuit  outside  Cook  County  shall  be
30    composed  of the chairmen of the county central committees of
31    the counties composing the judicial circuit.
32        In the organization  and  proceedings  of  circuit  court
33    committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
34    have  one  vote  for  each  ballot voted in his county by the
 
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 1    primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary  election
 2    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  circuit  court
 3    committee.
 4                    Judicial Subcircuit Committee
 5        (g-1)  The  judicial   subcircuit   committee   of   each
 6    political  party  in  each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
 7    shall be composed of the ward and  township  committeemen  of
 8    the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
 9        In  the  organization  and  proceedings  of each judicial
10    subcircuit committee, each township committeeman  shall  have
11    one  vote  for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
12    township, as the case may be, in the judicial  subcircuit  by
13    the  primary  electors  of  his party at the primary election
14    immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial  subcircuit
15    committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
16    each  ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
17    may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
18    his party at the primary election immediately  preceding  the
19    meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
20                     Municipal Central Committee
21        (h)  The  municipal  central  committee of each political
22    party shall be composed of the  precinct,  township  or  ward
23    committeemen,  as the case may be, of such party representing
24    the precincts or wards, embraced in such  city,  incorporated
25    town  or  village.  The  voting  strength  of  each precinct,
26    township  or  ward  committeeman  on  the  municipal  central
27    committee shall be the same as his  voting  strength  on  the
28    county central committee.
29        For  political  parties, other than a statewide political
30    party, established only within a  municipality  or  township,
31    the   municipal  or  township  managing  committee  shall  be
32    composed of the  party  officers  of  the  local  established
33    party.  The party officers of a local established party shall
34    be  as  follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
 
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 1    those municipalities and townships authorized by  statute  to
 2    nominate  candidates  by caucus shall serve as party officers
 3    for the purpose of  filling  vacancies  in  nomination  under
 4    Section  7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
 5    statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by  petition  and
 6    primary  election,  the  party  officers shall be the party's
 7    candidates who are nominated at the  primary.   If  no  party
 8    primary  was  held  because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
 9    vacancies in  nomination  shall  be  filled  by  the  party's
10    remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
11                               Powers
12        (i)  Each  committee  and  its  officers  shall  have the
13    powers usually  exercised  by  such  committees  and  by  the
14    officers  thereof,  not  inconsistent  with the provisions of
15    this Article. The  several  committees  herein  provided  for
16    shall  not  have  power  to  delegate any of their powers, or
17    functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
18    shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
19    from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
20        (j)  The State central committee  of  a  political  party
21    which  elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
22    of this Section shall adopt a plan  to  give  effect  to  the
23    delegate  selection rules of the national political party and
24    file a copy of such plan with the State  Board  of  Elections
25    when approved by a national political party.
26        (k)  For  the  purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
27    Congressional Committee to vote in place of an  absent  State
28    central  committeeman  or  committeewoman  at meetings of the
29    State central committee of a political party which elects its
30    members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
31    the proxy shall be appointed by the  vote  of  the  ward  and
32    township  committeemen,  if  any,  of the wards and townships
33    which lie entirely  or  partially  within  the  Congressional
34    District  from which the absent State central committeeman or
 
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 1    committeewoman was elected and the vote of  the  chairmen  of
 2    the  county  central  committees  of those counties which lie
 3    entirely or partially within that Congressional District  and
 4    in  which  there  are  no ward or township committeemen. When
 5    voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward  committeeman
 6    or  township  committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
 7    vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward  or  township,
 8    or  portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
 9    primary electors of his party at the primary at which he  was
10    elected.  However,  the  absent State central committeeman or
11    committeewoman may designate a proxy when  permitted  by  the
12    rules  of  a  political  party  which  elects  its members by
13    Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98; 91-426, eff. 8-6-99.)".