(10 ILCS 5/6-24) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-24)
Sec. 6-24.
Within 20 days after such first appointment shall be
made, such commissioners shall organize as a board by electing one of
their number as chair and one as secretary, and they shall perform
the duties incident to such offices. And upon every new appointment of
a commissioner, such board shall reorganize in like manner. Each
commissioner, before taking his seat in such board, shall take an oath
of office before the court, which in substance shall be in the following
form:
"I, .... do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
United States, and have resided in the State of
Illinois for a period of 2 years last past, and that I am a legal
voter and resident of the jurisdiction of the .......... Board of Election
Commissioners. That I will support the Constitution of
the United States and of the State of Illinois, and the laws passed in
pursuance thereof, to the best of my ability, and will faithfully and
honestly discharge the duties of the office of election commissioner."
Where the 2 year residence requirement is waived by the appointing court,
the provision pertaining to the 2 year residence requirement shall be omitted
from the oath of office.
Which oath, when subscribed and sworn to before such court shall be
filed in the office of the county clerk of said county and be there
preserved. Such commissioner shall also, before taking such oath, give
an official bond in the sum of $10,000.00 with two securities, to be
approved by said court, conditioned for the faithful and honest
performance of his duties and the preservation of the property of his
office. Such board of commissioners shall at once secure and open an
office sufficient for the purposes of such board, which shall be kept
open during ordinary business hours of each week day and such other days
and such other times as the board may direct or as otherwise required by
law, legal holidays excepted; provided that such office shall be
kept open from the time of opening the polls on the day of any election,
primary or general, and until all returns of that election have been
received from each precinct under the jurisdiction of such Board. Upon
the opening of such office the county clerk of the county in which such
city, village or incorporated town is situated shall, upon demand, turn
over to such board all registry books, registration record cards, poll
books, tally sheets and ballot boxes heretofore used and all other
books, forms, blanks and stationery of every description in his hands in
any way relating to elections or the holding of elections within such
city, village or incorporated town.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
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