(10 ILCS 5/13-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-7)
Sec. 13-7.
If, at the time of the opening of any election, or at
the time the polls are closed in the case of a judge designated to count
the votes, any person appointed or constituted a judge of election shall
not be present, or will not act or take the oath to act in such capacity
the judge or judges present may appoint some other qualified elector having
the same qualifications and who is affiliated with the same political
party, as the one refusing to take the oath or refusing to act or serve in
his place. If there be no judges of election present, or if they refuse to
act, such electors of the precinct as may then be present at the place of
election, may fill the places of such judges of election by election from
their number. After the polls are open, if any judge becomes ill or if any
member of his immediate family becomes ill, such judge may be excused from
further attendance, and the remaining judges may appoint some other
qualified elector, having the same qualifications who is affiliated with
the same political party as the judge excused, to act in his place. The
judges so appointed shall have the same power and be subject to the same
penalties as the other judges of election.
(Source: P.A. 76-1224.)
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