Full Text of HB1685 95th General Assembly
HB1685eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| Sections 13-4 and 14-1 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
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| Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
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| (a) All persons elected or chosen judge of election must: | 9 |
| (1) be
citizens of the United States and entitled to vote at | 10 |
| the next election,
except as provided in subsection (b);
(2) be | 11 |
| of good repute and character; (3) be able to speak, read and | 12 |
| write
the English language; (4) be skilled in the four | 13 |
| fundamental rules of
arithmetic; (5) be of good understanding | 14 |
| and capable; (6) not be candidates
for any office at the | 15 |
| election and not be elected committeemen; and (7)
reside in the | 16 |
| precinct in which they are selected to act, except that in
each | 17 |
| precinct, not more than one judge of each party may be | 18 |
| appointed from
outside such precinct. Any judge selected to | 19 |
| serve in any precinct in which
he is not entitled to vote must | 20 |
| reside within and be entitled to vote
elsewhere within the | 21 |
| county which encompasses the precinct in which such
judge is | 22 |
| appointed. Such judge must meet the other qualifications of | 23 |
| this
Section.
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| (b) An election authority may establish a program to permit | 2 |
| a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an | 3 |
| election judge if,
as of the date of the election at which the | 4 |
| person serves as a judge,
he or she:
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| (1) is a U.S. citizen;
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| (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in | 7 |
| a public or private secondary
school;
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| (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to | 9 |
| at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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| (4) has the written approval of the principal of the | 11 |
| secondary school he
or she attends at the time of | 12 |
| appointment;
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| (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or | 14 |
| legal guardian;
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| (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course | 16 |
| for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1 and | 17 |
| 13-2.2; and
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| (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and | 19 |
| service as an
election judge.
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| No more than one election judge qualifying under this | 21 |
| subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to | 22 |
| appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must | 23 |
| certify
in writing to the election authority the political | 24 |
| party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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| Students appointed as election judges under this | 26 |
| subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the |
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| day they serve as judges.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
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| Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners | 5 |
| established
or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and | 6 |
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manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5 | 7 |
| persons,
men or women, as judges of election for each precinct | 8 |
| in such
city, village or incorporated town.
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| Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical | 10 |
| or
electric voting systems are used, the board of election
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| commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
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| board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
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| the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
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| precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint
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| addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
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| In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
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| election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
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| judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
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| pursuant to Section
14-5.2, shall count the vote after the | 20 |
| closing of the polls.
The tally judges shall possess the same | 21 |
| qualifications and
shall be appointed in the same manner and | 22 |
| with the same division
between political parties as is provided | 23 |
| for judges of election.
The foregoing provisions relating to | 24 |
| the appointment of tally
judges are inapplicable in counties | 25 |
| with a population of
1,000,000 or more.
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| (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
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| (1) be citizens of the United States;
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| (2) be of good repute and character;
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| (3) be able to speak, read and write the English | 5 |
| language;
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| (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of | 7 |
| arithmetic;
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| (5) be of good understanding and capable;
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| (6) not be candidates for any office at the election | 10 |
| and not
be elected committeemen;
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| (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in | 12 |
| which
they are selected to serve, except that in each | 13 |
| precinct not
more than one judge of each party may be | 14 |
| appointed from outside
such precinct. Any judge so | 15 |
| appointed to serve in any precinct
in which he is not | 16 |
| entitled to vote must be entitled to vote
elsewhere within | 17 |
| the county which encompasses the precinct in
which such | 18 |
| judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise
meet the | 19 |
| qualifications of this Section.
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| (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit | 21 |
| a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an | 22 |
| election judge if, as of the date of the election at
which the | 23 |
| person serves as a judge, he or she:
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| (1) is a U.S. citizen;
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| (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in | 26 |
| a public or private secondary
school;
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| (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to | 2 |
| at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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| (4) has the written approval of the principal of the | 4 |
| secondary school he
or she attends at the time of | 5 |
| appointment;
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| (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or | 7 |
| legal guardian;
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| (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course | 9 |
| for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1, | 10 |
| 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
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| (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and | 12 |
| service as an
election judge.
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| No more than one election judge qualifying under this | 14 |
| subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to | 15 |
| appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must | 16 |
| certify
in writing to the election authority the political | 17 |
| party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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| Students appointed as election judges under this | 19 |
| subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the | 20 |
| day they serve as judges.
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| (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2 | 22 |
| additional
judges of election, one from each of the major | 23 |
| political parties,
for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any | 24 |
| precinct having more
than 600 voters as authorized
by Section | 25 |
| 11--3. These additional judges must meet the
qualifications | 26 |
| prescribed in this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 |
| becoming law.
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