Full Text of HB3338 99th General Assembly
HB3338 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3338 Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/11-7 | from Ch. 46, par. 11-7 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that clustered precincts shall only have one set of election judges. Effective immediately.
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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 | | 11-7 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/11-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 11-7)
| 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 8 | | Sec. 11-7.
For the purpose of the conduct of any | 9 | | consolidated election,
consolidated primary election, special
| 10 | | municipal primary election or emergency referendum, an | 11 | | election
authority may cluster up to four contiguous precincts | 12 | | as provided in
this Section, which shall constitute a clustered | 13 | | voting zone. The
common polling place for the clustered voting | 14 | | zone shall be located
within the territory comprising the | 15 | | clustered precincts. Unless the election
authority specifies a | 16 | | larger number, only one election judge shall be appointed
for | 17 | | each of the precincts in each clustered voting zone.
| 18 | | The judges so appointed may not all be affiliated with the | 19 | | same
political party.
| 20 | | The conduct of an election in a clustered voting zone shall | 21 | | be under
the general supervision of all the judges of election | 22 | | designated to
serve in the clustered voting zone. The | 23 | | designated judges may perform
the duties of election judges for |
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| 1 | | the entire clustered voting zone.
However, the requirements of | 2 | | Section 17-14 shall apply to voter
assistance, the requirements | 3 | | of Section 24-10 shall apply to voter
instruction, the | 4 | | requirement of Section 24A-10 shall apply to
examination of | 5 | | absentee ballots, and any disputes as to entitlement to
vote, | 6 | | challenges, counting of ballots or other matters pertaining
| 7 | | directly to voting shall be decided by those designated judges | 8 | | appointed
for the precinct in which the affected voter resides | 9 | | or the disputed
vote is to be counted.
| 10 | | This Section does not apply to any elections in | 11 | | municipalities with more
than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
| 12 | | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | 13 | | clustered precincts shall only have one set of election judges. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 15 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 )
| 16 | | Sec. 11-7.
For the purpose of the conduct of any | 17 | | consolidated election,
consolidated primary election, special
| 18 | | municipal primary election or emergency referendum, an | 19 | | election
authority may cluster up to four contiguous precincts | 20 | | as provided in
this Section, which shall constitute a clustered | 21 | | voting zone. The
common polling place for the clustered voting | 22 | | zone shall be located
within the territory comprising the | 23 | | clustered precincts. Unless the election
authority specifies a | 24 | | larger number, only one election judge shall be appointed
for | 25 | | each of the precincts in each clustered voting zone.
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| 1 | | The judges so appointed may not all be affiliated with the | 2 | | same
political party.
| 3 | | The conduct of an election in a clustered voting zone shall | 4 | | be under
the general supervision of all the judges of election | 5 | | designated to
serve in the clustered voting zone. The | 6 | | designated judges may perform
the duties of election judges for | 7 | | the entire clustered voting zone.
However, the requirements of | 8 | | Section 17-14 shall apply to voter
assistance, the requirements | 9 | | of Section 24-10 shall apply to voter
instruction, the | 10 | | requirement of Section 24A-10 shall apply to
examination of | 11 | | vote by mail ballots, and any disputes as to entitlement to
| 12 | | vote, challenges, counting of ballots or other matters | 13 | | pertaining
directly to voting shall be decided by those | 14 | | designated judges appointed
for the precinct in which the | 15 | | affected voter resides or the disputed
vote is to be counted.
| 16 | | This Section does not apply to any elections in | 17 | | municipalities with more
than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
| 18 | | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | 19 | | clustered precincts shall only have one set of election judges. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 21 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 22 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 23 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 24 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 25 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes |
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| 1 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 2 | | Public Act.
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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