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90_SB0078
10 ILCS 5/1A-16 new
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
10 ILCS 5/7-8 from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
10 ILCS 5/8-4 from Ch. 46, par. 8-4
105 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 122, par. 33-1
Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Changes
the general primary election in 1998 from the third Tuesday
in March to the last Tuesday in August. Requires the State
Board of Elections to assess the move for the General
Assembly.
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1 AN ACT to change the date of the 1998 general primary
2 election, amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
6 Section 1A-16 and changing Sections 2A-1.1, 7-8, and 8-4 as
7 follows:
8 (10 ILCS 5/1A-16 new)
9 Sec. 1A-16. Assessment of 1998 primary. The State Board
10 of Elections shall assess the success and benefits, or lack
11 of success or benefits, of conducting the 1998 general
12 primary on the last Tuesday in August. The State board shall
13 submit its report to the General Assembly by January 1, 1999.
14 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
15 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule.
16 (a) In even-numbered years, the general election shall
17 be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
18 November; and an election to be known as the general primary
19 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in August, 1998
20 and on the third Tuesday in March in other even-numbered
21 years;
22 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
23 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
24 in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
25 and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
26 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February;
27 (c) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
28 the nonpartisan election shall be held on the first Tuesday
29 after the first Monday in November.
30 (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
2 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
3 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
4 State and shall be elected as follows:
5 State Central Committee
6 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
8 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
9 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
10 State central committee of that party.
11 Alternative A. At the general primary election held on
12 the third Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held
13 every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector may vote for
14 one candidate of his party for member of the State central
15 committee for the congressional district in which he resides.
16 The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
17 declared elected State central committeeman from the
18 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
19 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
20 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
21 committeemen in the manner following:
22 At the county convention held by such political party
23 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
24 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
25 officers of the county central committee, and such election
26 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
27 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
28 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
29 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
30 in the last preceding primary election of his political
31 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
32 congressional district and partially within another
33 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
34 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
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1 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
2 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
3 congressional district which encompasses more than one
4 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
5 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
6 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
7 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
8 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
9 member of the State central committee for the congressional
10 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
11 central committee shall report the results of the election to
12 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
13 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
14 votes elected State central committeeman for that
15 congressional district.
16 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
17 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
18 of members of the State central committee.
19 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
20 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
21 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
22 member for that congressional district to serve as an
23 additional member of the State central committee until his or
24 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
25 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
26 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
27 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
28 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
29 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
30 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
31 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
32 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
33 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
34 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
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1 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
2 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
3 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
4 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
5 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
6 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
7 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
8 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
9 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
10 second member of the State central committee from the
11 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
12 congressional committee of the political party, and the
13 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
14 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
15 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
16 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
17 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
18 paragraph (e) of this Section.
19 Under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State
20 central committee of each political party shall be composed
21 of members elected or appointed from the several
22 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person
23 or persons whomsoever. The members of the State central
24 committee shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial
25 election of the full committee, meet in the city of
26 Springfield and organize by electing from among their own
27 number a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
28 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
29 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
30 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
31 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
32 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
33 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
34 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
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1 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
2 his or her congressional district by the primary electors of
3 his or her party at the primary election immediately
4 preceding the meeting of the State central committee.
5 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of
6 any political party, the vacancy may be filled by appointment
7 by the congressional committee of that political party in the
8 congressional district from which the appointee's predecessor
9 was elected, and the member so appointed to fill the vacancy
10 shall be a resident of that congressional district and, in a
11 committee composed as provided in alternative B, shall be of
12 the same sex as the appointee's predecessor. A political
13 party may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any State
14 convention of such party, determine to return to the election
15 of State central committeeman and State central
16 committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any action
17 taken by a political party at a State convention in
18 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
19 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such
20 convention within 10 days after such action.
21 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
22 (b) At the general primary election held on the third
23 Tuesday in March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each
24 primary elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or
25 over may vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for
26 ward committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must
27 be a resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected
28 ward committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
29 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
30 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
31 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
32 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
33 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
34 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
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1 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
2 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
3 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
4 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
5 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
6 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
7 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
8 of such party for such township or part of a township. At
9 each general the primary election held on the third Tuesday
10 in March, 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary
11 elector, except in counties having a population of 2,000,000
12 or over, may vote for one candidate of his party in his
13 precinct for precinct committeeman. Each candidate for
14 precinct committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the
15 precinct where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman.
16 The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
17 precinct committeeman of such party for such precinct. The
18 official returns of the primary shall show the name of the
19 committeeman of each political party.
20 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
21 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
22 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
23 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
24 provided in this Section for certain State central
25 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
26 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
27 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
28 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
29 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
30 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
31 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
32 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
33 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
34 has not been elected or appointed.
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1 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
2 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
3 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
4 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
5 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
6 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
7 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
8 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
9 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
10 County Central Committee
11 (d) The county central committee of each political party
12 in each county shall consist of the various township
13 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
14 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
15 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
16 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
17 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
18 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
19 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
20 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
21 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
22 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
23 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
24 the organization and proceedings of the county central
25 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
26 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
27 party at the primary election for the nomination of
28 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
29 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
30 Congressional Committee
31 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
32 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
33 the county central committees of the counties composing the
34 congressional district, except that in congressional
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1 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
2 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
3 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
4 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
5 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
6 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
7 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
8 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
9 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
10 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
11 vote except in case of a tie.
12 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
13 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
14 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
15 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
16 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
17 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
18 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
19 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
20 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
21 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
22 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
23 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
24 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
25 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
26 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
27 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
28 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
29 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
30 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
31 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
32 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
33 congressional committee.
34 Judicial District Committee
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1 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
2 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
3 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
4 composing the judicial district.
5 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
6 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
7 committees of the counties within such district, each
8 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
9 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
10 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
11 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
12 Circuit Court Committee
13 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
14 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
15 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
16 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
17 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
18 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
19 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
20 primary electors of his party at the primary election
21 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
22 committee.
23 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
24 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
25 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
26 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
27 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
28 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
29 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
30 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
31 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
32 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
33 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
34 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
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1 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
2 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
3 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
4 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
5 Municipal Central Committee
6 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
7 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
8 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
9 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
10 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
11 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
12 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
13 county central committee.
14 For political parties, other than a statewide political
15 party, established only within a municipality or township,
16 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
17 composed of the party officers of the local established
18 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
19 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
20 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
21 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
22 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
23 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
24 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
25 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
26 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
27 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
28 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
29 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
30 Powers
31 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
32 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
33 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
34 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
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1 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
2 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
3 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
4 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
5 (j) The State central committee of a political party
6 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
7 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
8 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
9 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
10 when approved by a national political party.
11 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
12 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
13 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
14 State central committee of a political party which elects its
15 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
16 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
17 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
18 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
19 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
20 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
21 the county central committees of those counties which lie
22 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
23 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
24 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
25 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
26 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
27 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
28 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
29 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
30 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
31 rules of a political party which elects its members by
32 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
33 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
2 Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the third Tuesday in
3 March of each even-numbered year for The nomination of
4 candidates for legislative offices shall be made at the
5 general primary election.
6 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
7 Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
8 Section 33-1 as follows:
9 (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
10 Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In
11 all school districts, including special charter districts
12 having a population of 100,000 and not more than 500,000,
13 which adopt this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
14 shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
15 board of education, which shall be a body politic and
16 corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City
17 of....". The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
18 voters of the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
19 of this Act, The regular election for members of the board
20 shall be held on the first Tuesday of April in odd numbered
21 years, except as provided in Section 33-1b, and on the date
22 provided for the general primary election and on the third
23 Tuesday of March in even numbered years. The law governing
24 the registration of voters for the primary election shall
25 apply to the regular election. At the first regular election
26 7 persons shall be elected as members of the board. The
27 person who receives the greatest number of votes shall be
28 elected for a term of 5 years. The 2 persons who receive the
29 second and third greatest number of votes shall be elected
30 for a term of 4 years. The person who receives the fourth
31 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 3
32 years. The 2 persons who receive the fifth and sixth
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1 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 2
2 years. The person who receives the seventh greatest number
3 of votes shall be elected for a term of 1 year. Thereafter,
4 at each regular election for members of the board, the
5 successors of the members whose terms expire in the year of
6 election shall be elected for a term of 5 years. All terms
7 shall commence on July 1 next succeeding the elections. Any
8 vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be
9 filled by appointment until the next regular election for
10 members of the board.
11 In any school district which has adopted this Article, a
12 proposition for the election of board members by school board
13 district rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
14 of the district at the regular school election of any year in
15 the manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition is
16 approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions,
17 the board shall divide the school district into 7 school
18 board districts as provided in Section 9-22. At the regular
19 school election in the year following the adoption of such
20 proposition, one member shall be elected from each school
21 board district, and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
22 determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
23 years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
24 respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
25 The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
26 following the adoption of such a proposition.
27 Any school district which has adopted this Article may,
28 by referendum in accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the
29 method of electing members of the board of education provided
30 in that Section.
31 Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in
32 this Article or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
33 completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
34 (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)