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90_SB1000

      10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1          from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
      10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2          from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
      10 ILCS 5/4-22            from Ch. 46, par. 4-22
      10 ILCS 5/5-29            from Ch. 46, par. 5-29
      10 ILCS 5/6-66            from Ch. 46, par. 6-66
      10 ILCS 5/7-8             from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
      10 ILCS 5/7-11            from Ch. 46, par. 7-11
      10 ILCS 5/7-14            from Ch. 46, par. 7-14
      10 ILCS 5/7-60            from Ch. 46, par. 7-60
      10 ILCS 5/7-61            from Ch. 46, par. 7-61
      10 ILCS 5/8-4             from Ch. 46, par. 8-4
      10 ILCS 5/8-5             from Ch. 46, par. 8-5
      10 ILCS 5/10-14           from Ch. 46, par. 10-14
      10 ILCS 5/13-1            from Ch. 46, par. 13-1
      10 ILCS 5/13-2            from Ch. 46, par. 13-2
      10 ILCS 5/14-3.1          from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
      10 ILCS 5/16-5.01         from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01
      105 ILCS 5/33-1           from Ch. 122, par. 33-1
          Amends the Election Code and the  School  Code.   Changes
      the  general primary election from the third Tuesday in March
      to the second  Tuesday  in  September.  Maintains  the  third
      Tuesday  in  March  of  presidential  election  years for the
      presidential preference primary and selection of delegates to
      the national nominating conventions. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  change  the  date  of  the  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 changing
 6    Sections 2A-1.1, 2A-1.2, 4-22, 5-29, 6-66, 7-8,  7-11,  7-14,
 7    7-60,  7-61, 8-4, 8-5, 10-14, 13-1, 13-2, 14-3.1, and 16-5.01
 8    as follows:
 9        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
10        Sec. 2A-1.1.  All Elections - Consolidated Schedule.  (a)
11    In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
12    the  first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
13    election to be known as the general primary election shall be
14    held on  the  second  third  Tuesday  in  September;  and  in
15    presidential  election  years, an election to be known as the
16    presidential primary election shall  be  held  on  the  third
17    Tuesday in March March;
18        (b)  In  odd-numbered  years,  an election to be known as
19    the consolidated election shall be held on the first  Tuesday
20    in  April  except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
21    and an election to  be  known  as  the  consolidated  primary
22    election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February;
23        (c)  In  odd-numbered  years,  an election to be known as
24    the nonpartisan election shall be held on the  first  Tuesday
25    after the first Monday in November.
26    (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
27        (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
28        Sec.   2A-1.2.  Consolidated   Schedule  of  Elections  -
29    Offices Designated.
30        (a)  At  the  general   election   in   the   appropriate
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 1    even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
 2    shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
 3             (1)  Elector  of President and Vice President of the
 4        United States;
 5             (2)  United  States  Senator   and   United   States
 6        Representative;
 7             (3)  State Executive Branch elected officers;
 8             (4)  State Senator and State Representative;
 9             (5)  County   elected  officers,  including  State's
10        Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners,  and
11        elected  President  of  the  County Board or County Chief
12        Executive;
13             (6)  Circuit Court Clerk;
14             (7)  Regional Superintendent of Schools,  except  in
15        counties  or  educational  service  regions in which that
16        office has been abolished;
17             (8)  Judges of the Supreme,  Appellate  and  Circuit
18        Courts,  on  the question of retention, to fill vacancies
19        and newly created judicial offices;
20             (9)  (Blank);
21             (10)  Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary  District
22        of   Chicago,  and  elected  Trustee  of  other  Sanitary
23        Districts;
24             (11)  Special   District   elected   officers,   not
25        otherwise designated in this Section, where  the  statute
26        creating  or  authorizing  the  creation  of the district
27        requires an  annual  election  and  permits  or  requires
28        election of candidates of political parties.
29        (b)  At the general primary election:
30             (1)  in   each   even-numbered  year  candidates  of
31        political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
32        be filled at the general election in  that  year,  except
33        where   pursuant  to  law  nomination  of  candidates  of
34        political parties is made by caucus.
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 1             (2)  in  the  appropriate  even-numbered  years  the
 2        political party offices of  State  central  committeeman,
 3        township  committeeman,  ward  committeeman, and precinct
 4        committeeman shall be filled and delegates and  alternate
 5        delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
 6        elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.  In the
 7        even-numbered  years  in which a Presidential election is
 8        to be held, candidates  in  the  Presidential  preference
 9        primary shall also be on the ballot.
10             (3)  in   each   even-numbered   year,   where   the
11        municipality  has  provided for annual elections to elect
12        municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section  7
13        of  Article  VII  of  the  Constitution,  pursuant to the
14        Illinois Municipal Code  or  pursuant  to  the  municipal
15        charter,  the offices of such municipal officers shall be
16        filled at an election held on the  date  of  the  general
17        primary  election,  provided  that the municipal election
18        shall be a nonpartisan election  where  required  by  the
19        Illinois   Municipal   Code.    For   partisan  municipal
20        elections in even-numbered years, a primary  to  nominate
21        candidates  for  municipal  office  to  be elected at the
22        general primary election shall be held on the  Tuesday  6
23        weeks preceding that election.
24             (4)  in  each  school district which has adopted the
25        provisions of Article 33 of the School  Code,  successors
26        to  the  members  of  the  board of education whose terms
27        expire in the year in which the general primary  is  held
28        shall be elected.
29        (b-5)  At    the   presidential   primary   election   in
30    appropriate  even-numbered  years,  delegates  and  alternate
31    delegates to the  National  nominating  convention  shall  be
32    elected   as  may  be  required  under  this  Code.   In  the
33    even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to be
34    held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary shall
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 1    also be on the ballot.
 2        (c)  At the  consolidated  election  in  the  appropriate
 3    odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
 4             (1)  Municipal    officers,    provided    that   in
 5        municipalities in which candidates for alderman or  other
 6        municipal   office   are  not  permitted  by  law  to  be
 7        candidates of  political  parties,  the  runoff  election
 8        where  required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
 9        required by law,  shall  be  held  on  the  date  of  the
10        consolidated  election; and provided further, in the case
11        of  municipal  officers  provided  for  by  an  ordinance
12        providing the form  of  government  of  the  municipality
13        pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
14        such  offices  shall  be  filled by election or by runoff
15        election as may be provided by such ordinance;
16             (2)  Village   and   incorporated    town    library
17        directors;
18             (3)  City boards of stadium commissioners;
19             (4)  Commissioners of park districts;
20             (5)  Trustees of public library districts;
21             (6)  Special    District   elected   officers,   not
22        otherwise designated in this section, where  the  statute
23        creating  or  authorizing  the  creation  of the district
24        permits or requires election of candidates  of  political
25        parties;
26             (7)  Township   officers,  including  township  park
27        commissioners, township library directors, and boards  of
28        managers   of  community  buildings,  and  Multi-Township
29        Assessors;
30             (8)  Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
31             (9)  Members of school boards  in  school  districts
32        which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
33             (10)  The  directors  and  chairman  of  the Chain O
34        Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
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 1             (11)  Forest preserve district commissioners elected
 2        under  Section  3.5  of  the  Downstate  Forest  Preserve
 3        District Act.
 4        (d)  At  the  consolidated  primary  election   in   each
 5    odd-numbered  year,  candidates of political parties shall be
 6    nominated for those offices to be filled at the  consolidated
 7    election   in   that  year,  except  where  pursuant  to  law
 8    nomination of candidates of  political  parties  is  made  by
 9    caucus.
10        At  the  consolidated primary election in the appropriate
11    odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
12    shall be elected in municipalities in  which  candidates  for
13    mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
14    to  be  candidates  of  political  parties, subject to runoff
15    elections to be held at the consolidated election as  may  be
16    required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
17    a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
18    law  candidates  for  such  office  are  not  permitted to be
19    candidates of political parties.
20        At the consolidated primary election in  the  appropriate
21    odd-numbered  years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
22    elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may  be  provided
23    by  an  ordinance  providing  a  form  of  government  of the
24    municipality pursuant to Section 7  of  Article  VII  of  the
25    Constitution.
26        (e)  At  the  nonpartisan  election  in each odd-numbered
27    year the following offices shall  be  filled  in  nonpartisan
28    elections:
29             (1)  Elected   members   of  school  boards,  school
30        trustees,  directors  of  boards  of  school   directors,
31        trustees  of  county boards of school trustees (except in
32        counties  or  educational  service   regions   having   a
33        population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
34        of  boards  of school inspectors, except school boards in
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 1        school districts which adopt Article  33  of  the  School
 2        Code;
 3             (2)  Member of Community College district boards;
 4             (3)  Trustee of Fire Protection Districts;
 5             (4)  Commissioner    of   Springfield   Metropolitan
 6        Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
 7             (5)  Elected  Trustees  of  Tuberculosis  Sanitarium
 8        Districts;
 9             (6)  Elected  Officers  of  special  districts   not
10        otherwise  designated  in  this Section for which the law
11        governing such districts does not  permit  candidates  of
12        political parties.
13        (f)  At  any  election  established  in  Section  2A-1.1,
14    public  questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this
15    Code  and  any  special  election   otherwise   required   or
16    authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
17    to this Code.
18        Notwithstanding   the   regular  dates  for  election  of
19    officers established in this Article, whenever  a  referendum
20    is  held  for  the  establishment  of a political subdivision
21    whose officers are to be elected, the initial officers  shall
22    be  elected  at the election at which such referendum is held
23    if otherwise so provided by law.  In such cases, the election
24    of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
25        Notwithstanding  the  regular  dates  for   election   of
26    officials  established in this Article, any community college
27    district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
28    to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as  now
29    or  hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
30    members at the next regularly  scheduled  election  following
31    the effective date of the new district.
32        (g)  At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
33    any  precinct  there  are  no  offices  or  public  questions
34    required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
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 1    shall be held in the precinct on that date.
 2        (h)  Except  at  the  nonpartisan election in 1981, there
 3    may  be  conducted  a  referendum  in  accordance  with   the
 4    provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 88-443; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff.
 6    1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 7        (10 ILCS 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
 8        Sec.  4-22.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section
 9    upon application to vote each registered elector  shall  sign
10    his  name  or  make  his  mark  as  the    case  may be, on a
11    certificate substantially as follows:
12                   CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
13            City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
14       Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
15                     Registration Record .......
16                         Checked by .......
17                         Voter's number ....
18                        INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
19        Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
20    in charge.  After the registration record has  been  checked,
21    the  officer  will  hand it back to you.  Whereupon you shall
22    present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
23        I hereby certify that I am registered  from  the  address
24    below and am qualified to vote.
25                     Signature of voter .......
26                      residence address .......
27        An individual shall not be required to provide his social
28    security  number when applying for a ballot.  He shall not be
29    denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be  challenged,  solely
30    because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
31    Nothing  in  this  Act  prevents  an  individual  from  being
32    requested  to  provide  his  social  security number when the
33    individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
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 1    contains a space for the individual's social security number,
 2    the  following  notice  shall  appear  on  the   certificate,
 3    immediately  above  such space, in bold-face capital letters,
 4    in type the size of which equals  the  largest  type  on  the
 5    certificate:
 6        "THE  INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
 7    IS NOT REQUIRED  TO  DISCLOSE  HIS  OR  HER  SOCIAL  SECURITY
 8    NUMBER.   HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
 9    OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE  OF  HIS  OR  HER
10    REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
11        The  certificates of each State-wide political party at a
12    general primary election shall  be  separately  printed  upon
13    paper   of   uniform  quality,  texture  and  size,  but  the
14    certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of
15    the same color or tint.  However, if the  election  authority
16    provides  computer  generated applications with the precinct,
17    ballot style and voter's name and address preprinted  on  the
18    application,  a single application may be used for State-wide
19    political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to
20    indicate the political party.   Such  application  shall  not
21    entitle  the  voter  to  vote in the primary of more than one
22    political party at the same election.
23        At  the  consolidated  primary,  such  certificates   may
24    contain  spaces  or  checkoff  boxes  permitting the voter to
25    request a primary ballot of any other political  party  which
26    is  established  only  within a political subdivision and for
27    which a primary is conducted on the same election day.   Such
28    application  shall  not entitle the voter to vote in both the
29    primary of the State-wide political party and the primary  of
30    the  local political party with respect to the offices of the
31    same political subdivision.  In no event may a voter vote  in
32    more than one State-wide primary on the same day.
33        The  judges  in charge of the precinct registration files
34    shall compare the signature upon such  certificate  with  the
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 1    signature  on  the  registration  record  card  as a means of
 2    identifying the voter.  Unless satisfied by  such  comparison
 3    that  the  applicant  to  vote is the identical person who is
 4    registered under the same name, the  judges  shall  ask  such
 5    applicant  the  questions  for identification which appear on
 6    the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
 7    the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the  election
 8    precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
 9    name  in  question  then  the vote of such applicant shall be
10    challenged by a judge of election,  and  the  same  procedure
11    followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
12        In  case  the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
13    of election shall check the data on the registration card and
14    shall check the address given, with the  registered  address,
15    in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
16        One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
17    of  each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
18    has been  examined,  and  shall  sign  his  initials  on  the
19    certificate  in  the space provided therefor, and shall enter
20    upon such certificate the number of the voter  in  the  place
21    provided  therefor,  and  make  an entry in the voting record
22    space on the registration record, to indicate whether or  not
23    the  applicant  voted.   Such  judge  shall  then  hand  such
24    certificate  back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
25    vote, and such applicant  shall  hand  it  to  the  judge  of
26    election  in  charge of the ballots.  The certificates of the
27    voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
28    and shall constitute an official poll record.  The term "poll
29    lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article, shall be
30    construed to apply to such official poll record.
31        After each general  primary  election  the  county  clerk
32    shall  indicate by color code or other means next to the name
33    of each registrant on the list of registered voters  in  each
34    precinct  the  primary  ballot  of a political party that the
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 1    registrant requested at that general primary  election.   The
 2    county  clerk,  within  30  60 days after the general primary
 3    election, shall provide a copy of  this  coded  list  to  the
 4    chairman  of the county central committee of each established
 5    political  party  or  to  the  chairman's   duly   authorized
 6    representative.
 7        Within   60   days  after  the  effective  date  of  this
 8    amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
 9    chairman of the county central committee of each  established
10    political   party   or  to  the  chairman's  duly  authorized
11    representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
12    at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
13    indicate on such list by color code or other  means  next  to
14    the  name  of  a registrant the primary ballot of a political
15    party that the registrant requested at  the  general  primary
16    election of 1982.
17        The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
18    cost  of  duplicating      each copy of a list provided under
19    either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
20        Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
21    presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and  his
22    registration  record  card  is  not  found  in  the  precinct
23    registry  of  voters,  but  his  name  appears  as  that of a
24    registered voter in such precinct upon the  printed  precinct
25    register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
26    upon  the  consolidated  list, if any, and whose name has not
27    been erased or withdrawn  from  such  register,  the  printed
28    precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
29    list,  or  consolidated  list,  if  any, shall be prima facie
30    evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance  with
31    the  provisions  hereinafter  set  forth in this Section.  In
32    such event one of the judges of  election  shall  require  an
33    affidavit  by  such  person  and  one  voter  residing in the
34    precinct before the judges of election, substantially in  the
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 1    form  prescribed  in  Section 17-10 of this Act, and upon the
 2    presentation of  such  affidavits,  a  certificate  shall  be
 3    issued  to  such  elector,  and upon the presentation of such
 4    certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote.
 5        Provided, however, that applications for ballots made  by
 6    registered  voters under the provisions of Article 19 of this
 7    Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election  in  lieu  of
 8    the  "Certificate  of  Registered Voter" provided for in this
 9    Section.
10        When the county clerk delivers to the judges of  election
11    for  use  at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
12    the printed precinct register, he shall give a  copy  of  the
13    supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
14    central committee of an established political party or to the
15    chairman's duly authorized representative.
16        Whenever  2  or  more elections occur simultaneously, the
17    election  authority  charged  with  the  duty  of   providing
18    application  certificates  may  prescribe the form thereof so
19    that a voter is required to execute only one,  indicating  in
20    which of the elections he desires to vote.
21        After  the  signature has been verified, the judges shall
22    determine in which political subdivisions the  voter  resides
23    by use of the information contained on the voter registration
24    cards  or  the  separate  registration  lists  or other means
25    approved by the State Board of  Elections  and  prepared  and
26    supplied  by the election authority.  The voter's certificate
27    shall be so marked by the judges as to  show  the  respective
28    ballots which the voter is given.
29    (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
30        (10 ILCS 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29)
31        Sec.   5-29.    Upon   application  to  vote,  except  as
32    hereinafter provided for  absent  electors,  each  registered
33    elector  shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
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 1    be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
 2                  "Certificate of Registered Voter
 3    Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;
 4    City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;
 5    Village of................................Precinct..........;
 6    Election.....................................................
 7    (date)         (month)        (year)
 8    Registration record
 9    Checked by.....................
10    Voter's number..................
11                        Instruction to voters
12        Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
13    in charge. After the registration record  has  been  checked,
14    the  officer  will  hand  it back to you. Whereupon you shall
15    present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
16        I hereby certify that I am registered  from  the  address
17    below and am qualified to vote.
18                 Signature of voter ...............
19                 Residence address ..............."
20        An individual shall not be required to provide his social
21    security  number when applying for a ballot.  He shall not be
22    denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be  challenged,  solely
23    because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
24    Nothing  in  this  Act  prevents  an  individual  from  being
25    requested  to  provide  his  social  security number when the
26    individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
27    contains a space for the individual's social security number,
28    the  following  notice  shall  appear  on  the   certificate,
29    immediately  above  such space, in bold-face capital letters,
30    in type the size of which equals  the  largest  type  on  the
31    certificate:
32        "THE  INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
33    IS NOT REQUIRED  TO  DISCLOSE  HIS  OR  HER  SOCIAL  SECURITY
34    NUMBER.   HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
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 1    OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE  OF  HIS  OR  HER
 2    REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
 3        Certificates  as  above  prescribed shall be furnished by
 4    the county clerk for all elections.
 5        The Judges in charge of the precinct  registration  files
 6    shall  compare  the  signature upon such certificate with the
 7    signature on the registration  record  card  as  a  means  of
 8    identifying  the  voter.  Unless satisfied by such comparison
 9    that the applicant to vote is the  identical  person  who  is
10    registered  under  the  same  name, the Judges shall ask such
11    applicant the questions for identification  which  appear  on
12    the  registration card and if the applicant does not prove to
13    the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the  election
14    precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
15    name  in  question  then the vote for such applicant shall be
16    challenged by a Judge of Election,  and  the  same  procedure
17    followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
18        In  case  the elector is unable to sign his name, a Judge
19    of Election shall check the data on the registration card and
20    shall check the address given, with the  registered  address,
21    in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
22        One of the Judges of election shall check the certificate
23    of  each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
24    has  been  examined  and  shall  sign  his  initials  on  the
25    certificate in the space provided therefor, and  shall  enter
26    upon  such  certificate  the number of the voter in the place
27    provided therefor, and make an entry  in  the  voting  record
28    space  on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
29    the  applicant  voted.  Such  judge  shall  then  hand   such
30    certificate  back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
31    vote, and such applicant  shall  hand  it  to  the  judge  of
32    election  in  charge  of the ballots. The certificates of the
33    voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
34    and shall constitute an official poll record. The term  "Poll
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 1    Lists" and "Poll Books" where used in this article 5 shall be
 2    construed to apply to such official poll records.
 3        After  each  general  primary  election  the county clerk
 4    shall indicate by color code or other means next to the  name
 5    of  each  registrant on the list of registered voters in each
 6    precinct the primary ballot of a  political  party  that  the
 7    registrant  requested  at that general primary election.  The
 8    county clerk, within 30 60 days  after  the  general  primary
 9    election,  shall  provide  a  copy  of this coded list to the
10    chairman of the county central committee of each  established
11    political   party   or  to  the  chairman's  duly  authorized
12    representative.
13        Within  60  days  after  the  effective  date   of   this
14    amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
15    chairman  of the county central committee of each established
16    political  party  or  to  the  chairman's   duly   authorized
17    representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
18    at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
19    indicate  on  such  list by color code or other means next to
20    the name of a registrant the primary ballot  of  a  political
21    party  that  the  registrant requested at the general primary
22    election of 1982.
23        The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
24    cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
25    of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
26        Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
27    presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and  his
28    registration  record  card  is  not  found  in  the  precinct
29    registry  of  voters,  but  his  name  appears  as  that of a
30    registered voter in such precinct upon the  printed  precinct
31    list  of  voters  and  whose  name  has  not  been  erased or
32    withdrawn from such register, it shall be the duty of one  of
33    the Judges of Election to require an affidavit by such person
34    and  two voters residing in the precinct before the judges of
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 1    election that he is the same person whose name  appears  upon
 2    the  precinct  register  and  that he resides in the precinct
 3    stating the street number of his residence.  Forms  for  such
 4    affidavit  shall  be  supplied  by  the  county clerk for all
 5    elections.  Upon  the  making  of  such  affidavit  and   the
 6    presentation   of  his  certificate  such  elector  shall  be
 7    entitled to vote. All affidavits made  under  this  paragraph
 8    shall  be  preserved  and  returned to the county clerk in an
 9    envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within  30
10    days  after  such  election to take steps provided by Section
11    5-27 of this article 5 for the execution of new  registration
12    affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions of
13    this paragraph.
14        Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made
15    by  registered  voters and under the provisions of article 19
16    of this act shall be accepted by the Judges  of  Election  in
17    lieu of the "certificate of registered voter" provided for in
18    this section.
19        When  the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
20    for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated  list  of
21    the  printed  precinct  register, he shall give a copy of the
22    supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
23    central committee of an established political party or to the
24    chairman's duly authorized representative.
25        Whenever two or more elections occur simultaneously,  the
26    election   authority  charged  with  the  duty  of  providing
27    application certificates may prescribe the  form  thereof  so
28    that  a  voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
29    which of the elections he desires to vote.
30        After the signature has been verified, the  judges  shall
31    determine  in  which political subdivisions the voter resides
32    by use of the information contained on the voter registration
33    cards or the  separate  registration  lists  or  other  means
34    approved  by  the  State  Board of Elections and prepared and
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 1    supplied by the election authority.  The voter's  certificate
 2    shall  be  so  marked by the judges as to show the respective
 3    ballots which the voter is given.
 4    (Source: P.A. 84-809; 84-832.)
 5        (10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
 6        Sec. 6-66.  Upon  application  to  vote  each  registered
 7    elector  shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
 8    be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
 9                  "CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
10        City  of  .................  Ward  ....   Precinct   ....
11    Election ...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year)
12    Registration   Record   .......  Checked  by  ...............
13    Voter's number ....
14                        INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
15        Sign  this  certificate  and  hand  it  to  the  election
16    officers in charge. After the registration  record  has  been
17    checked,  the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you
18    shall present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
19        I hereby certify that I am registered  from  the  address
20    below and am qualified to vote.
21                              Signature of voter ................
22                              Residence address ................"
23        An individual shall not be required to provide his social
24    security  number when applying for a ballot.  He shall not be
25    denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be  challenged,  solely
26    because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
27    Nothing  in  this  Act  prevents  an  individual  from  being
28    requested  to  provide  his  social  security number when the
29    individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
30    contains a space for the individual's social security number,
31    the  following  notice  shall  appear  on  the   certificate,
32    immediately  above  such space, in bold-face capital letters,
33    in type the size of which equals  the  largest  type  on  the
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 1    certificate:
 2        "THE  INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
 3    IS NOT REQUIRED  TO  DISCLOSE  HIS  OR  HER  SOCIAL  SECURITY
 4    NUMBER.   HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
 5    OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE  OF  HIS  OR  HER
 6    REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
 7        The  applications of each State-wide political party at a
 8    primary election shall be separately printed  upon  paper  of
 9    uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of no
10    2  State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or
11    tint.  If the election authority provides computer  generated
12    applications  with  the  precinct,  ballot style, and voter's
13    name and address preprinted  on  the  application,  a  single
14    application  may  be used for State-wide political parties if
15    it  contains  spaces  or  check-off  boxes  to  indicate  the
16    political party. Such  applications  may  contain  spaces  or
17    check-off  boxes  permitting  the  voter  to  also  request a
18    primary ballot of any political party  which  is  established
19    only  within  a political subdivision and for which a primary
20    is conducted on the  same  election  day.  Such  applications
21    shall  not entitle the voter to vote in both the primary of a
22    State-wide  political  party  and  the  primary  of  a  local
23    political party with respect  to  the  offices  of  the  same
24    political  subdivision or to vote in the primary of more than
25    one State-wide political party on the same day.
26        The judges in charge of the precinct  registration  files
27    shall  compare  the  signature upon such certificate with the
28    signature on the registration  record  card  as  a  means  of
29    identifying  the  voter.  Unless satisfied by such comparison
30    that the applicant to vote is the  identical  person  who  is
31    registered  under  the  same  name, the judges shall ask such
32    applicant the questions for identification  which  appear  on
33    the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
34    the  satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
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 1    precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
 2    name in question then the vote of  such  applicant  shall  be
 3    challenged  by  a  judge  of election, and the same procedure
 4    followed as provided in this Article and Act  for  challenged
 5    voters.
 6        In  case  the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
 7    of election shall check the data on the registration card and
 8    shall check the address given, with the  registered  address,
 9    in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
10        One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
11    of  such applicant for a ballot after the registration record
12    has been  examined,  and  shall  sign  his  initials  on  the
13    certificate  in  the space provided therefor, and shall enter
14    upon such certificate the number of the voter  in  the  place
15    provided  therefor,  and  make  an entry in the voting record
16    space on the registration record, to indicate whether or  not
17    the   applicant  voted.  Such  judge  shall  then  hand  such
18    certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted  to
19    vote,  and  such  applicant  shall  hand  it  to the judge of
20    election in charge of the ballots. The  certificates  of  the
21    voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
22    and shall constitute an official poll record. The terms "poll
23    lists"  and "poll books", where used in this Article and Act,
24    shall be construed to apply to such official poll record.
25        After each general primary election the board of election
26    commissioners shall indicate by color  code  or  other  means
27    next to the name of each registrant on the list of registered
28    voters  in  each  precinct  the primary ballot of a political
29    party that the registrant requested at  the  general  primary
30    election.  The  board of election commissioners, within 30 60
31    days after that general primary  election,  shall  provide  a
32    copy of this coded list to the chairman of the county central
33    committee  of  each  established  political  party  or to the
34    chairman's duly authorized representative.
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 1        Within  60  days  after  the  effective  date   of   this
 2    amendatory  Act  of 1983, the board of election commissioners
 3    shall provide to the chairman of the county central committee
 4    of each established political party or to the chairman's duly
 5    authorized representative the list of  registered  voters  in
 6    each  precinct at the time of the general primary election of
 7    1982 and shall indicate on such list by color code  or  other
 8    means  next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of
 9    a political  party  that  the  registrant  requested  at  the
10    general primary election of 1982.
11        The  board  of election commissioners may charge a fee to
12    reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a  list
13    provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
14        Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
15    presenting  the certificate provided by this Section, and his
16    registration card is not found in the  precinct  registry  of
17    voters, but his name appears as that of a registered voter in
18    such precinct upon the printed precinct register as corrected
19    or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the consolidated
20    list,  if any provided by this Article and whose name has not
21    been erased or withdrawn  from  such  register,  the  printed
22    precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
23    list,  or  consolidated  list,  if  any, shall be prima facie
24    evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance  with
25    the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In such
26    event  it  shall be the duty of one of the judges of election
27    to require an affidavit by such person and 2 voters  residing
28    in  the precinct before the judges of election that he is the
29    same person whose name  appears  upon  the  printed  precinct
30    register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
31    consolidated  list,  if  any,  and  that  he  resides  in the
32    precinct, stating the street and number of his residence, and
33    upon the presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall
34    be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of  such
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 1    certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any
 2    elector  whose  name does not appear as a registered voter on
 3    the printed precinct register or supplemental  list  but  who
 4    has   a   certificate   issued   by  the  board  of  election
 5    commissioners as provided in Section 6-43  of  this  Article,
 6    shall  be  entitled  to  vote  upon  the presentation of such
 7    certificate  accompanied  by  the  affidavits  of  2   voters
 8    residing  in the precinct that the elector is the same person
 9    described in such certificate and  that  he  resides  in  the
10    precinct,  stating  the  street  and number of his residence.
11    Forms for all affidavits required hereunder shall be supplied
12    by the board of election commissioners. All  affidavits  made
13    under  this  paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the
14    board of election commissioners in  the  manner  provided  by
15    this Article and Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty
16    of  the board of election commissioners, within 30 days after
17    such election, to take the steps provided by Section 6-64  of
18    this Article for the execution of new registration affidavits
19    by  electors  who  have  voted  under  the provisions of this
20    paragraph.
21        When the board of election commissioners delivers to  the
22    judges  of  election  for  use at the polls a supplemental or
23    consolidated list of the printed precinct register, it  shall
24    give  a  copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the
25    chairman of a county  central  committee  of  an  established
26    political   party   or  to  the  chairman's  duly  authorized
27    representative.
28        Whenever 2 or more elections  occur  simultaneously,  the
29    election  official  or  officials  charged  with  the duty of
30    providing application certificates  may  prescribe  the  form
31    thereof  so  that  a  voter  is required to execute only one,
32    indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
33        After the signature has been verified, the  judges  shall
34    determine  in  which political subdivisions the voter resides
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 1    by use of the information contained on the voter registration
 2    cards or the  separate  registration  lists  or  other  means
 3    approved  by  the  State  Board of Elections and prepared and
 4    supplied by the election authority.  The voter's  certificate
 5    shall  be  so  marked by the judges as to show the respective
 6    ballots which the voter is given.
 7    (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
 8        (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
 9        Sec. 7-8.  The State central committee shall be  composed
10    of one or two members from each congressional district in the
11    State and shall be elected as follows:
12                       State Central Committee
13        (a)  Within  30  days  after  the  effective date of this
14    amendatory Act of 1983 the State central  committee  of  each
15    political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
16    which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
17    State central committee of that party.
18        Alternative  A.  At the general primary held on the third
19    Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4  years
20    thereafter,  each  primary elector may vote for one candidate
21    of his party for member of the State  central  committee  for
22    the   congressional  district  in  which  he  resides.    The
23    candidate receiving the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be
24    declared   elected   State   central  committeeman  from  the
25    district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
26    a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of  such
27    party,  determine  to  thereafter  elect  the  State  central
28    committeemen in the manner following:
29        At  the  county  convention  held by such political party
30    State central committeemen  shall  be  elected  in  the  same
31    manner  as  provided  in  this  Article  for  the election of
32    officers of the county central committee, and  such  election
33    shall  follow  the election of officers of the county central
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 1    committee.   Each  elected   ward,   township   or   precinct
 2    committeeman  shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
 3    voted in his ward, township, part of a township  or  precinct
 4    in  the  last  preceding  primary  election  of his political
 5    party. In the case of a county  lying  partially  within  one
 6    congressional   district   and   partially   within   another
 7    congressional  district,  each  ward,  township  or  precinct
 8    committeeman   shall   vote   only   with   respect   to  the
 9    congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
10    township  or  precinct  is  located.   In  the  case   of   a
11    congressional   district  which  encompasses  more  than  one
12    county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
13    within the congressional district shall cast as his vote  one
14    vote  for  each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
15    township or precinct in the last preceding  primary  election
16    of  his  political  party  for one candidate of his party for
17    member of the State central committee for  the  congressional
18    district  in which he resides and the Chairman  of the county
19    central committee shall report the results of the election to
20    the State Board of Elections. The State  Board  of  Elections
21    shall  certify  the candidate receiving the highest number of
22    votes   elected   State   central   committeeman   for   that
23    congressional district.
24        The State central committee shall adopt rules to  provide
25    for  and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
26    of members of the State central committee.
27        Alternative  B.  Each  congressional   committee   shall,
28    within  30  days  after  the  adoption  of  this alternative,
29    appoint a person of the sex opposite that  of  the  incumbent
30    member  for  that  congressional  district  to  serve  as  an
31    additional member of the State central committee until his or
32    her  successor  is elected at the general primary election in
33    1986.   Each  congressional   committee   shall   make   this
34    appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
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 1    of  this  Section.  In  each  congressional  district  at the
 2    general primary election held  in  1986  and  every  4  years
 3    thereafter,  the  male candidate receiving the highest number
 4    of votes of the party's male  candidates  for  State  central
 5    committeeman,  and the female candidate receiving the highest
 6    number of votes of the party's female  candidates  for  State
 7    central  committeewoman,  shall  be  declared  elected  State
 8    central  committeeman  and  State central committeewoman from
 9    the district.  At the general primary election held  in  1986
10    and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
11    State  central  committeemen  or State central committeewomen
12    from a congressional  district  are  of  the  same  sex,  the
13    candidate  receiving  the  highest  number  of votes shall be
14    declared  elected  a  State  central  committeeman  or  State
15    central committeewoman from the district, and, because  of  a
16    failure  to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
17    vacancy shall be declared to  exist  in  the  office  of  the
18    second  member  of  the  State  central  committee  from  the
19    district.  This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
20    congressional  committee  of  the  political  party,  and the
21    person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a  resident  of
22    the  congressional  district  and of the sex opposite that of
23    the committeeman or committeewoman  elected  at  the  general
24    primary  election.   Each  congressional committee shall make
25    this  appointment  by  voting  on  the  basis  set  forth  in
26    paragraph (e) of this Section.
27        Under both  of  the  foregoing  alternatives,  the  State
28    central  committee  of each political party shall be composed
29    of  members   elected   or   appointed   from   the   several
30    congressional  districts of the State, and of no other person
31    or persons whomsoever.  The  members  of  the  State  central
32    committee  shall,  within  30  days  after  each  quadrennial
33    election   of  the  full  committee,  meet  in  the  city  of
34    Springfield and organize by electing  from  among  their  own
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 1    number  a  chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
 2    from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may  deem
 3    necessary  or  expedient.  The outgoing chairman of the State
 4    central committee of the party  shall,  10  days  before  the
 5    meeting,  notify  each  member of the State central committee
 6    elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
 7    In the organization and  proceedings  of  the  State  central
 8    committee,  each State central committeeman and State central
 9    committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot  voted  in
10    his  or her congressional district by the primary electors of
11    his  or  her  party  at  the  primary  election   immediately
12    preceding   the  meeting  of  the  State  central  committee.
13    Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central  committee  of
14    any political party, the vacancy may be filled by appointment
15    by the congressional committee of that political party in the
16    congressional district from which the appointee's predecessor
17    was  elected, and the member so appointed to fill the vacancy
18    shall be a resident of that congressional district and, in  a
19    committee  composed as provided in alternative B, shall be of
20    the same sex as  the  appointee's  predecessor.  A  political
21    party  may,  by a majority vote of the delegates of any State
22    convention of such party, determine to return to the election
23    of   State   central   committeeman   and    State    central
24    committeewoman  by  the vote of primary electors.  Any action
25    taken  by  a  political  party  at  a  State  convention   in
26    accordance  with  this Section shall be reported to the State
27    Board of Elections by the  chairman  and  secretary  of  such
28    convention within 10 days after such action.
29              Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
30        (b)  At  the general primary held on the third Tuesday in
31    March, 1972, and  every  4  years  thereafter,  each  primary
32    elector  in cities having a population of 200,000 or over may
33    vote for one candidate of his party  in  his  ward  for  ward
34    committeeman.  Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a
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 1    resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
 2    committeeman. The one having  the  highest  number  of  votes
 3    shall  be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
 4    At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday  in
 5    March,  1970,  and  every  4  years  thereafter, each primary
 6    elector in counties containing a population of  2,000,000  or
 7    more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
 8    more,  may  vote  for one candidate of his party for township
 9    committeeman. Each candidate for township  committeeman  must
10    be  a  resident  of and in the township or part of a township
11    (which lies outside of a city having a population of  200,000
12    or  more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
13    more), and in which township or part of a township  he  seeks
14    to  be  elected  township  committeeman.  The  one having the
15    highest number of votes shall be such  township  committeeman
16    of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
17    general  primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
18    1970 and every 2  years  thereafter,  each  primary  elector,
19    except  in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over,
20    may vote for one candidate of his party in his  precinct  for
21    precinct    committeeman.   Each   candidate   for   precinct
22    committeeman must be a bona fide  resident  of  the  precinct
23    where  he  seeks to be elected precinct committeeman. The one
24    having the highest number of votes  shall  be  such  precinct
25    committeeman  of  such  party for such precinct. The official
26    returns  of  the  primary  shall  show  the   name   of   the
27    committeeman of each political party.
28        Terms  of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
29    under the provisions of this Article shall continue  as  such
30    committeemen  until the date of the primary to be held in the
31    second  year  after  their  election.  Except  as   otherwise
32    provided   in   this   Section   for  certain  State  central
33    committeemen  who  have  2  year  terms,  all  State  central
34    committeemen, township  committeemen  and  ward  committeemen
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 1    shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
 2    to  be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
 3    a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman  when
 4    a  precinct  committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
 5    which he was elected and  such  precinct  committeeman  shall
 6    thereafter  neither  have  nor exercise any rights, powers or
 7    duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a  successor
 8    has not been elected or appointed.
 9        (c)  The  Multi-Township  Central Committee shall consist
10    of  the  precinct  committeemen  of  such   party,   in   the
11    multi-township  assessing district formed pursuant to Section
12    2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for  the
13    purposes  set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
14    the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the   Multi-Township
15    Central  Committee  each precinct committeeman shall have one
16    vote for each ballot voted in his  precinct  by  the  primary
17    electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
18                      County Central Committee
19        (d)  The county central committee of each political party
20    in   each  county  shall  consist  of  the  various  township
21    committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
22    any, of such party in the county.  In  the  organization  and
23    proceedings  of  the  county central committee, each precinct
24    committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
25    precinct by the primary electors of his party at the  primary
26    at  which  he  was  elected; each township committeeman shall
27    have one vote for each ballot voted in his township  or  part
28    of  a  township as the case may be by the primary electors of
29    his party at the  primary  election  for  the  nomination  of
30    candidates  for  election to the General Assembly immediately
31    preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
32    the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the  county  central
33    committee, each ward committeeman shall  have  one  vote  for
34    each  ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
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 1    party  at  the  primary  election  for  the   nomination   of
 2    candidates  for  election to the General Assembly immediately
 3    preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
 4                       Congressional Committee
 5        (e)  The congressional committee of each  party  in  each
 6    congressional  district  shall be composed of the chairmen of
 7    the county central committees of the counties  composing  the
 8    congressional   district,   except   that   in  congressional
 9    districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
10    or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
11    the county lines  of  all  of  such  counties,  the  precinct
12    committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
13    any,  of  the  party  representing  the  precincts within the
14    limits of  the  congressional  district,  shall  compose  the
15    congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
16    district  shall  be  a  member  and  the  chairman or, when a
17    district has 2 State central committeemen, a  co-chairman  of
18    the  congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
19    vote except in case of a tie.
20        In the  organization  and  proceedings  of  congressional
21    committees  composed  of  precinct  committeemen  or township
22    committeemen  or  ward  committeemen,  or   any   combination
23    thereof,  each  precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
24    each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors  of
25    his  party  at  the  primary  at  which  he was elected, each
26    township committeeman shall have one  vote  for  each  ballot
27    voted  in  his township or part of a township as the case may
28    be by the primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary
29    election   immediately   preceding   the   meeting   of   the
30    congressional  committee,  and  each  ward committeeman shall
31    have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct  of  his
32    ward  located  in  such congressional district by the primary
33    electors of his party at  the  primary  election  immediately
34    preceding  the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
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 1    the organization and proceedings of congressional  committees
 2    composed  of the chairmen of the county central committees of
 3    the counties within such  district,  each  chairman  of  such
 4    county  central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
 5    voted in his county by the primary electors of his  party  at
 6    the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
 7    congressional committee.
 8                     Judicial District Committee
 9        (f)  The  judicial  district  committee of each political
10    party in each judicial district  shall  be  composed  of  the
11    chairman  of  the  county  central committees of the counties
12    composing the judicial district.
13        In the organization and proceedings of judicial  district
14    committees  composed  of  the  chairmen of the county central
15    committees  of  the  counties  within  such  district,   each
16    chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
17    for  each  ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
18    of his party at the primary  election  immediately  preceding
19    the meeting of the judicial district committee.
20                       Circuit Court Committee
21        (g)  The  circuit court committee of each political party
22    in  each  judicial  circuit  outside  Cook  County  shall  be
23    composed of the chairmen of the county central committees  of
24    the counties composing the judicial circuit.
25        In  the  organization  and  proceedings  of circuit court
26    committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
27    have one vote for each ballot voted  in  his  county  by  the
28    primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary  election
29    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  circuit  court
30    committee.
31                    Judicial Subcircuit Committee
32        (g-1)  The   judicial   subcircuit   committee   of  each
33    political party in each judicial subcircuit  in  Cook  County
34    shall  be  composed  of the ward and township committeemen of
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 1    the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
 2        In the organization  and  proceedings  of  each  judicial
 3    subcircuit  committee,  each township committeeman shall have
 4    one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part  of  a
 5    township,  as  the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
 6    the primary electors of his party  at  the  primary  election
 7    immediately  preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
 8    committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
 9    each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the  case
10    may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
11    his  party  at the primary election immediately preceding the
12    meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
13                     Municipal Central Committee
14        (h)  The municipal central committee  of  each  political
15    party  shall  be  composed  of the precinct, township or ward
16    committeemen, as the case may be, of such party  representing
17    the  precincts  or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
18    town or  village.  The  voting  strength  of  each  precinct,
19    township  or  ward  committeeman  on  the  municipal  central
20    committee  shall  be  the  same as his voting strength on the
21    county central committee.
22        For political parties, other than a  statewide  political
23    party,  established  only  within a municipality or township,
24    the  municipal  or  township  managing  committee  shall   be
25    composed  of  the  party  officers  of  the local established
26    party.  The party officers of a local established party shall
27    be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the  caucus  for
28    those  municipalities  and townships authorized by statute to
29    nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as  party  officers
30    for  the  purpose  of  filling  vacancies in nomination under
31    Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized  by
32    statute  or  ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
33    primary election, the party officers  shall  be  the  party's
34    candidates  who  are  nominated  at the primary.  If no party
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 1    primary was held because of the provisions  of  Section  7-5,
 2    vacancies  in  nomination  shall  be  filled  by  the party's
 3    remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
 4                               Powers
 5        (i)  Each committee  and  its  officers  shall  have  the
 6    powers  usually  exercised  by  such  committees  and  by the
 7    officers thereof, not inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
 8    this  Article.  The  several  committees  herein provided for
 9    shall not have power to delegate  any  of  their  powers,  or
10    functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
11    shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
12    from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
13        (j)  The  State  central  committee  of a political party
14    which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph  (a)
15    of  this  Section  shall  adopt  a plan to give effect to the
16    delegate selection rules of the national political party  and
17    file  a  copy  of such plan with the State Board of Elections
18    when approved by a national political party.
19        (k)  For the purpose of the designation of a proxy  by  a
20    Congressional  Committee  to vote in place of an absent State
21    central committeeman or committeewoman  at  meetings  of  the
22    State central committee of a political party which elects its
23    members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
24    the  proxy  shall  be  appointed  by the vote of the ward and
25    township committeemen, if any, of  the  wards  and  townships
26    which  lie  entirely  or  partially  within the Congressional
27    District from which the absent State central committeeman  or
28    committeewoman  was  elected  and the vote of the chairmen of
29    the county central committees of  those  counties  which  lie
30    entirely  or partially within that Congressional District and
31    in which there are no ward  or  township  committeemen.  When
32    voting  for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
33    or township committeeman, as the case may be shall  have  one
34    vote  for  each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
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 1    or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by  the
 2    primary  electors of his party at the primary at which he was
 3    elected. However, the absent State  central  committeeman  or
 4    committeewoman  may  designate  a proxy when permitted by the
 5    rules of a  political  party  which  elects  its  members  by
 6    Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
 7    (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 8        (10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
 9        Sec.  7-11.  Any  candidate  for  President of the United
10    States may have his name printed upon the primary  ballot  of
11    his  political  party  by  filing  in the office of the State
12    Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
13    prior  to  the  date  of  the  presidential  general  primary
14    election, in any year in which a Presidential election is  to
15    be held, a petition signed by not less than 3000 or more than
16    5000  primary  electors,  members  of and affiliated with the
17    party of which he  is  a  candidate,  and  no  candidate  for
18    President  of the United States, who fails to comply with the
19    provisions of this Article shall have his name  printed  upon
20    any  primary  ballot: Provided, however, that if the rules or
21    policies of a national political  party  conflict  with  such
22    requirements for filing petitions for President of the United
23    States  in a presidential preference primary, the Chairman of
24    the State central committee of such national political  party
25    shall  notify the State Board of Elections in writing, citing
26    by reference the rules or policies of the national  political
27    party  in  conflict,  and in such case the Board shall direct
28    such petitions to be filed not more than 69 and not less than
29    62 days prior to the date of the presidential general primary
30    election, in any year in which a Presidential election is  to
31    be  held.   Provided,  further, unless rules or policies of a
32    national political party otherwise provide,  the    vote  for
33    President of the United States, as herein provided for, shall
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 1    be  for  the  sole  purpose  of securing an expression of the
 2    sentiment and will  of  the  party  voters  with  respect  to
 3    candidates  for  nomination  for said office, and the vote of
 4    the state at large shall be taken and considered as  advisory
 5    to  the  delegates  and  alternates  at large to the national
 6    conventions of respective political parties; and the vote  of
 7    the  respective  congressional  districts  shall be taken and
 8    considered as advisory to the  delegates  and  alternates  of
 9    said  congressional  districts to the national conventions of
10    the respective political parties.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1089.)
12        (10 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
13        Sec. 7-14.  Not less than 61 days before the date of  the
14    general  primary  and  the  presidential primary election the
15    State Board of Elections shall meet  and  shall  examine  all
16    petitions  filed  under  this Article 7, in the office of the
17    State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections  shall
18    then certify to the county clerk of each county, the names of
19    all  candidates  whose  nomination  papers or certificates of
20    nomination have been filed with  the  Board  and  direct  the
21    county  clerk  to  place  upon  the  official  ballot for the
22    general primary election or the presidential primary election
23    the names of such candidates in the same manner  and  in  the
24    same order as shown upon the certification.
25        The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to
26    the  county  clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the
27    names of the candidates in the order in which the offices and
28    names shall appear upon the primary  ballot;  such  names  to
29    appear in the order in which petitions have been filed in the
30    office  of  the  State Board of Elections except as otherwise
31    provided in this Article.
32        Not less than 55 days before  the  date  of  the  general
33    primary  and  the  presidential primary election, each county
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 1    clerk  shall  certify  the  names  of  all  candidates  whose
 2    nomination papers have been filed with such clerk and declare
 3    that the names of such candidates for the respective  offices
 4    shall  be  placed upon the official ballot for the general or
 5    presidential primary in the order in  which  such  nomination
 6    papers were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or
 7    as  otherwise  specified by statute.  Each county clerk shall
 8    place a copy of the certification  on  file  in  his  or  her
 9    office  and  at  the same time issue to the board of election
10    commissioners a copy of the certification that has been filed
11    in the county clerk's office, together with  a  copy  of  the
12    certification  that has been issued to the clerk by the State
13    Board of Elections, with directions to the board of  election
14    commissioners  to  place  upon  the  official  ballot for the
15    general or presidential primary in that election jurisdiction
16    the  names  of  all  candidates  that  are  listed  on   such
17    certification  in  the  same  manner and in the same order as
18    shown upon such certifications.
19        The certification shall indicate, where  applicable,  the
20    following:
21        (1)  The  political  party  affiliation of the candidates
22    for the respective offices;
23        (2)  If there is to be more than one candidate elected or
24    nominated to an office from the State, political  subdivision
25    or district;
26        (3)  If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
27    candidate for an office;
28        (4)  The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
29    less  than  a  full  term or if the offices to be filled in a
30    political subdivision or district are for different terms.
31        The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as  the
32    case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
33    is discovered that the original certification is in error.
34        Subject   to   appeal,  the  names  of  candidates  whose
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 1    nomination papers have been held invalid by  the  appropriate
 2    electoral  board  provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall
 3    not be certified.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
 5        (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
 6        Sec. 7-60.  Not less than 35 67 days before the  date  of
 7    the  general  election,  the  State  Board of Elections shall
 8    certify to the  county  clerks  the  names  of  each  of  the
 9    candidates   who   have   been  nominated  as  shown  by  the
10    proclamation of the State Board of Elections as a  canvassing
11    board  or  who  have  been  nominated  to  fill  a vacancy in
12    nomination and direct the election authority  to  place  upon
13    the  official  ballot  for  the general election the names of
14    such candidates in the same manner and in the same  order  as
15    shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided in
16    this Section.
17        Not  less  than 30 61 days before the date of the general
18    election, each county clerk shall certify the names  of  each
19    of  the candidates for county offices who have been nominated
20    as shown by the proclamation of the county  canvassing  board
21    or  who  have  been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination
22    and declare  that  the  names  of  such  candidates  for  the
23    respective  offices  shall be placed upon the official ballot
24    for the general election in the same manner and in  the  same
25    order  as  shown  upon the certification, except as otherwise
26    provided by this Section.  Each county clerk  shall  place  a
27    copy of the certification on file in his or her office and at
28    the same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
29    such  certification.  In addition, each county clerk in whose
30    county there is a board of election commissioners shall,  not
31    less than 30 61 days before the date of the general election,
32    issue to such board a copy of the certification that has been
33    filed  in  the county clerk's office, together with a copy of
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 1    the certification that has been issued to the  clerk  by  the
 2    State  Board  of  Elections,  with directions to the board of
 3    election commissioners to place upon the official ballot  for
 4    the  general election in that election jurisdiction the names
 5    of all candidates that are listed on such certifications,  in
 6    the  same  manner  and  in  the same order as shown upon such
 7    certifications, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
 8        Whenever there are two or more persons nominated  by  the
 9    same  political party for multiple offices for any board, the
10    name of the candidate of such  party  receiving  the  highest
11    number  of  votes  in the primary election as a candidate for
12    such office, as shown by the official election returns of the
13    primary, shall be certified first  under  the  name  of  such
14    offices,  and  the  names of the remaining candidates of such
15    party for such offices shall  follow  in  the  order  of  the
16    number  of votes received by them respectively at the primary
17    election as shown by the official election results.
18        No  person  who  is  shown  by  the  canvassing   board's
19    proclamation  to  have  been  nominated  at  the primary as a
20    write-in candidate shall  have  his  or  her  name  certified
21    unless  such  person  shall  have  filed  with the certifying
22    office or board within 5 10 days after the canvassing board's
23    proclamation a statement of  candidacy  pursuant  to  Section
24    7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
25        Each  county  clerk  and  board of election commissioners
26    shall determine by a fair  and  impartial  method  of  random
27    selection  the  order  of  placement of established political
28    party candidates for  the  general  election  ballot.    Such
29    determination  shall  be made within 15 30 days following the
30    canvass and  proclamation  of  the  results  of  the  general
31    primary  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  or board of
32    election commissioners and shall be open to the public. Seven
33    days written notice of the time and place of conducting  such
34    random  selection  shall  be  given,  by  each  such election
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 1    authority,  to  the  County  Chairman  of  each   established
 2    political  party, and to each organization of citizens within
 3    the election jurisdiction  which  was  entitled,  under  this
 4    Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
 5    present  on  the  day  of  election.  Each election authority
 6    shall post in a conspicuous, open and public  place,  at  the
 7    entrance of the election authority office, notice of the time
 8    and  place  of  such  lottery.   However, a board of election
 9    commissioners may elect to place established political  party
10    candidates  on  the general election ballot in the same order
11    determined by the county clerk of the  county  in  which  the
12    city under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
13        Each  certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
14    following:
15        (1)  The political party affiliation  of  the  candidates
16    for the respective offices;
17        (2)  If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
18    an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
19        (3)  If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
20    candidate for an office;
21        (4)  The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
22    less  than  a  full  term or if the offices to be filled in a
23    political subdivision are for different terms.
24        The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as  the
25    case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
26    is discovered that the original certification is in error.
27    (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028.)
28        (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
29        Sec.  7-61.  Whenever a special election is necessary the
30    provisions of this Article are applicable to  the  nomination
31    of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
32        In cases where a primary election is required the officer
33    or  board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions
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 1    of  this  Act  relating  to  general  elections  to  call  an
 2    election, shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination
 3    of candidates to be  voted  for  at  such  special  election.
 4    Notice  of such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior
 5    to the maximum time provided for the filing of petitions  for
 6    such a primary as provided in Section 7-12.
 7        Any  vacancy  in  nomination under the provisions of this
 8    Article 7 occurring on or after  the  primary  and  prior  to
 9    certification  of  candidates  by  the  certifying  board  or
10    officer,  must  be filled prior to the date of certification.
11    Any vacancy in nomination occurring after  certification  but
12    prior  to 15 days before the general election shall be filled
13    within 8 days after  the  event  creating  the  vacancy.  The
14    resolution filling the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or
15    personal delivery to the certifying officer or board within 3
16    days of the action by which the vacancy was filled; provided,
17    if  such resolution is sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on
18    the envelope containing such resolution is dated prior to the
19    expiration of such 3  day  limit,  the  resolution  shall  be
20    deemed  filed within such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit
21    the resolution within the  time  specified  in  this  Section
22    shall  authorize  the  certifying officer or board to certify
23    the original candidate. Vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  the
24    officers  of a local municipal or township political party as
25    specified in subsection (h) of  Section  7-8,  other  than  a
26    statewide  political party, that is established only within a
27    municipality or  township  and  the  managing  committee  (or
28    legislative  committee  in  case  of  a  candidate  for State
29    Senator  or  representative  committee  in  the  case  of   a
30    candidate  for  State Representative in the General Assembly)
31    of the respective political party for the territorial area in
32    which such vacancy occurs.
33        The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination  shall  be
34    duly   acknowledged  before  an  officer  qualified  to  take
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 1    acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon  its  face,
 2    the following information:
 3        (a)  the  name  of  the  original  nominee and the office
 4    vacated;
 5        (b)  the date on which the vacancy occurred;
 6        (c)  the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
 7    the vacancy and the date of selection.
 8        The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination  shall  be
 9    accompanied  by  a  Statement  of Candidacy, as prescribed in
10    Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
11    indicating  that  such  nominee  has  filed  a  statement  of
12    economic interests as required by the  Illinois  Governmental
13    Ethics Act.
14        The  provisions  of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating
15    to objections to certificates of  nomination  and  nomination
16    papers,  hearings  on  objections, and judicial review, shall
17    apply to and govern objections to resolutions for  filling  a
18    vacancy in nomination.
19        Any  vacancy  in  nomination  occurring  15  days or less
20    before the consolidated  election  or  the  general  election
21    shall not be filled.  In this event, the certification of the
22    original  candidate  shall stand and his name shall appear on
23    the official ballot to be voted at the general election.
24        A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate  who  has
25    been  nominated  under  the provisions of this Article 7 dies
26    before the election (whether death occurs  prior  to,  on  or
27    after  the  day  of the primary), or declines the nomination;
28    provided  that  nominations  may  become  vacant  for   other
29    reasons.
30        If  the  name of no established political party candidate
31    was  printed  on  the  consolidated  primary  ballot  for   a
32    particular  office  and  if  no  person  was  nominated  as a
33    write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy  in  nomination
34    shall  be  created which may be filled in accordance with the
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 1    requirements of this Section. If the name of  no  established
 2    political  party candidate was printed on the general primary
 3    ballot for a particular office and if no person was nominated
 4    as a  write-in  candidate  for  such  office,  a  vacancy  in
 5    nomination  shall  be  created, but no candidate of the party
 6    for the office shall be listed on the ballot at  the  general
 7    election unless such vacancy is filled in accordance with the
 8    requirements of this Section within 20 60 days after the date
 9    of the general primary.
10        A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as
11    a  partisan  candidate  at  a  primary  election,  and who is
12    defeated for his or her nomination at such primary  election,
13    is  ineligible  to be listed on the ballot at that general or
14    consolidated election as a  candidate  of  another  political
15    party.
16        A  candidate  seeking  election  to  an  office for which
17    candidates of political parties are nominated by  caucus  who
18    is a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or
19    her  nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on
20    the ballot at that general  or  consolidated  election  as  a
21    candidate of another political party.
22        In  the  proceedings  to  nominate  a candidate to fill a
23    vacancy  or  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  nomination,  each
24    precinct, township, ward, county or  congressional  district,
25    as  the case may be, shall through its representative on such
26    central or managing committee, be entitled to  one  vote  for
27    each ballot voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
28    congressional  district,  as  the case may be, by the primary
29    electors of its party at  the  primary  election  immediately
30    preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
31        For  purposes  of  this  Section, the words "certify" and
32    "certification"  shall  refer  to  the  act   of   officially
33    declaring the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon
34    the  official  ballot  at  an election and directing election
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 1    authorities to place the names of such  candidates  upon  the
 2    official  ballot.  "Certifying officers or board" shall refer
 3    to the local election official,  election  authority  or  the
 4    State  Board  of  Elections,  as  the  case may be, with whom
 5    nomination papers, including certificates of  nomination  and
 6    resolutions  to  fill  vacancies in nomination, are filed and
 7    whose duty it is to "certify" candidates.
 8    (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-1348; 87-1052.)
 9        (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
10        Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held  on  the  second  third
11    Tuesday in September March of each even-numbered year for the
12    nomination of candidates for legislative offices.
13    (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
14        (10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
15        Sec.  8-5.   There  shall  be constituted one legislative
16    committee  for  each  political  party  in  each  legislative
17    district and one representative committee for each  political
18    party   in  each  representative  district.  Legislative  and
19    representative committees shall be composed as follows:
20        In legislative  or  representative  districts  within  or
21    including  a  portion  of  any county containing 2,000,000 or
22    more inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee
23    of a political party shall consist  of  the  committeemen  of
24    such  party representing each township or ward of such county
25    any portion of which township or ward is included within such
26    legislative or representative district and  the  chairman  of
27    each  county  central  committee  of such party of any county
28    containing less than 2,000,000  inhabitants  any  portion  of
29    which   county   is   included  within  such  legislative  or
30    representative district.
31        In  the  remainder  of  the  State,  the  legislative  or
32    representative committee of a political party  shall  consist
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 1    of  the  chairman  of  each  county central committee of such
 2    party, any portion of which county is  included  within  such
 3    legislative  or representative district; but if a legislative
 4    or representative district comprises only one county, or part
 5    of a county,  its  legislative  or  representative  committee
 6    shall consist of the chairman of the county central committee
 7    and  2  members of the county central committee who reside in
 8    the legislative or representative district, as the  case  may
 9    be, elected by the county central committee.
10        Within  180  days  after the primary of the even-numbered
11    year  immediately  following  the   decennial   redistricting
12    required   by  Section  3  of  Article  IV  of  the  Illinois
13    Constitution  of  1970,  the  ward   committeemen,   township
14    committeemen  or chairmen of county central committees within
15    each  of  the  redistricted  legislative  and  representative
16    districts shall meet and proceed to organize by electing from
17    among their own number a  chairman  and,  either  from  among
18    their  own  number  or otherwise, such other officers as they
19    may deem necessary  or  expedient.   The  ward  committeemen,
20    township   committeemen   or   chairmen   of  county  central
21    committees shall determine the time and place (which shall be
22    in the limits of such district) of such meeting.  Immediately
23    upon completion of organization, the chairman  shall  forward
24    to  the  State  Board of Elections the names and addresses of
25    the chairman and secretary of the committee.  A vacancy shall
26    occur when a member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in  the
27    county, township or ward which he represented.
28        Within  15  180  days  after  the  primary  of each other
29    even-numbered   year,   each   legislative   committee    and
30    representative  committee  shall meet and proceed to organize
31    by electing from among its own number a chairman, and  either
32    from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each
33    committee  may  deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon
34    completion of organization, the chairman shall forward to the
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 1    State Board of Elections, the  names  and  addresses  of  the
 2    chairman   and  secretary  of  the  committee.  The  outgoing
 3    chairman of such committee shall notify the  members  of  the
 4    time  and  place  (which  shall  be  in  the  limits  of such
 5    district) of such meeting.  A  vacancy  shall  occur  when  a
 6    member  dies,  resigns,  or  ceases  to reside in the county,
 7    township or ward, which he represented.
 8        If any change is made in the boundaries of any  precinct,
 9    township   or   ward,  the  committeeman  previously  elected
10    therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no  boundary  change
11    had  occurred,  for  the  purpose  of acting as a member of a
12    legislative or representative committee until  his  successor
13    is elected or appointed.
14    (Source: P.A. 84-352.)
15        (10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
16        Sec.  10-14.  Not less than 35 61 days before the date of
17    the general election  the  State  Board  of  Elections  shall
18    certify  to  the county clerk of each county the name of each
19    candidate whose nomination papers, certificate of  nomination
20    or  resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed
21    with the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk
22    to place upon the official ballot for  the  general  election
23    the  names  of  such candidates in the same manner and in the
24    same order as shown upon the certification. The  name  of  no
25    candidate  for  an office to be filled by the electors of the
26    entire state shall be placed upon the official ballot  unless
27    his  name  is  duly  certified  to  the  county  clerk upon a
28    certificate signed by the  members  of  the  State  Board  of
29    Elections.  The  names of group candidates on petitions shall
30    be certified to the several county clerks  in  the  order  in
31    which  such  names  appear  on  such petitions filed with the
32    State Board of Elections.
33        Not less than 30 55 days before the date of  the  general
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 1    election,   each county clerk shall certify the names of each
 2    of the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
 3    certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill  a  vacancy
 4    in  nomination  have  been  filed with such clerk and declare
 5    that the names of such candidates for the respective  offices
 6    shall  be  placed  upon  the  official ballot for the general
 7    election in the same manner and in the same  order  as  shown
 8    upon the certification.  Each county clerk shall place a copy
 9    of  the certification on file in his or her office and at the
10    same time issue to the State Board of  Elections  a  copy  of
11    such  certification.  In addition, each county clerk in whose
12    county there is a board of election commissioners shall,  not
13    less  than  30  55  days  before the election, certify to the
14    board of election commissioners the name  of  the  person  or
15    persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate
16    of  the  State Board of Elections, together with the names of
17    all other candidates as shown by the certification of  county
18    officers  on  file in the clerk's office, and in the order so
19    certified.  The   county   clerk   or   board   of   election
20    commissioners  shall  print  the names of the nominees on the
21    ballot for each  office  in  the  order  in  which  they  are
22    certified  to  or filed with the county clerk; provided, that
23    in printing the name of nominees for any office,  if  any  of
24    such  nominees  have  also  been  nominated  by  one  or more
25    political parties pursuant to this Act, the location  of  the
26    name  of  such  candidate  on the ballot for nominations made
27    under this Article shall be precisely in the  same  order  in
28    which  it  appears on the certification of the State Board of
29    Elections to the county clerk.
30        For the general election, the candidates of new political
31    parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
32    the established political party candidates and in  the  order
33    of new political party petition filings.
34        Each  certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
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 1    following:
 2        (1)  The political  party  affiliation  if  any,  of  the
 3    candidates for the respective offices;
 4        (2)  If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
 5    an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
 6        (3)  If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
 7    candidate for an office;
 8        (4)  The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
 9    less  than  a  full  term or if the offices to be filled in a
10    political subdivision are for different terms.
11        The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as  the
12    case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
13    is discovered that the original certification is in error.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
15        (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
16        Sec.  13-1.  In counties not under township organization,
17    the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in May
18    in each even-numbered year appoint in each election  precinct
19    5 capable and discreet electors meeting the qualifications of
20    Section  13-4  to be judges of election. Where neither voting
21    machines  nor  electronic,  mechanical  or  electric   voting
22    systems are used, the county board may, for any precinct with
23    respect to which the board considers such action necessary or
24    desirable  in  view  of  the  number of voters, and shall for
25    general elections for any precinct containing more  than  600
26    registered  voters,  appoint  in  addition to the 5 judges of
27    election a team of 5 tally  judges.  In  such  precincts  the
28    judges of election shall preside over the election during the
29    hours  the  polls  are  open,  and the tally judges, with the
30    assistance of the  holdover  judges  designated  pursuant  to
31    Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
32    polls. However, the County Board of Commissioners may appoint
33    3  judges  of  election  to  serve in lieu of the 5 judges of
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 1    election otherwise required by this Section to serve  in  any
 2    presidential  primary  election, any emergency referendum, or
 3    in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
 4    special election called for the purpose of filling a  vacancy
 5    in the office of representative in the United States Congress
 6    or to nominate candidates for such purpose.  The tally judges
 7    shall  possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed
 8    in the  same  manner  and  with  the  same  division  between
 9    political parties as is provided for judges of election.
10        In  addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
11    commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges  each,
12    who  shall  possess  the  same  qualifications  and  shall be
13    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
14    between  political parties as is provided for other judges of
15    election. The number of such panels of judges required  shall
16    be  determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
17    which shall base the required numbers of  special  panels  on
18    the  number  of  registered voters in the jurisdiction or the
19    number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections, or  any
20    combination of such factors.
21        Such  appointment  shall  be  confirmed  by  the court as
22    provided in Section 13-3 of this  Article.  No  more  than  3
23    persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
24    of  the  same  election precinct or election judge panel. The
25    appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
26    board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons  as
27    judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
28    list,  furnished  by  the  chairman  of  the  County  Central
29    Committee  of  the  first  leading  political  party  in such
30    precinct; and the county board of  commissioners  shall  also
31    select  and  approve  2 persons as judges of election in each
32    election precinct from a certified  list,  furnished  by  the
33    chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the second
34    leading  political  party.  However,  if  only  3  judges  of
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 1    election serve in each election  precinct,  no  more  than  2
 2    persons  of  the  same  political  party  shall  be judges of
 3    election in the same election precinct; and  which  political
 4    party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
 5    party   is  entitled  to  one  judge  of  election  shall  be
 6    determined in the same manner as set forth in  the  next  two
 7    preceding  sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
 8    precinct.  Such certified list shall be filed with the county
 9    clerk not less than 10 days before the annual meeting of  the
10    county  board  of  commissioners. Such list shall be arranged
11    according to precincts. The chairman of each  county  central
12    committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
13    within  the  precinct  in  which they are to serve as judges.
14    However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names  of
15    persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
16    embracing  the  precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
17    however, submit the names of at  least  2  residents  of  the
18    precinct  for  each  precinct in which his party is to have 3
19    judges and must submit the name of at least one  resident  of
20    the  precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
21    2 judges. The county board of commissioners shall acknowledge
22    in writing to each county chairman the names of  all  persons
23    submitted  on  such  certified  list  and the total number of
24    persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or such list
25    is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
26    names are furnished  for  certain  election  precincts),  the
27    county  board  of  commissioners  shall make or complete such
28    list from  the  names  contained  in  the  supplemental  list
29    provided  for  in  Section  13-1.1. The election judges shall
30    hold their office for 2 years  from  their  appointment,  and
31    until  their  successors  are  duly  appointed  in the manner
32    provided in this Act. The county board of commissioners shall
33    fill all vacancies in the office of judge of election at  any
34    time in the manner provided in this Act.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
 2        (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
 3        Sec.  13-2.  In  counties under the township organization
 4    the county  board  shall  at  its  meeting  in  May  in  each
 5    even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
 6    of  3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
 7    are appointed  by  election  commissioners,  select  in  each
 8    election  precinct  in  the  county,  5  capable and discreet
 9    electors to be judges  of  election  who  shall  possess  the
10    qualifications  required  by  this Act for such judges. Where
11    neither  voting  machines  nor  electronic,   mechanical   or
12    electric  voting  systems are used, the county board may, for
13    any precinct with respect to which the board  considers  such
14    action  necessary  or  desirable  in  view  of  the number of
15    voters, and shall for  general  elections  for  any  precinct
16    containing  more  than  600  registered  voters,  appoint  in
17    addition  to  the  5  judges  of  election  a team of 5 tally
18    judges. In  such  precincts  the  judges  of  election  shall
19    preside  over  the  election  during  the hours the polls are
20    open, and the  tally  judges,  with  the  assistance  of  the
21    holdover  judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall
22    count the vote after the closing  of  the  polls.  The  tally
23    judges  shall  possess  the  same qualifications and shall be
24    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
25    between  political  parties  as  is  provided  for  judges of
26    election.
27        However,  the  county  board  may  appoint  3  judges  of
28    election to serve  in  lieu  of  the  5  judges  of  election
29    otherwise   required   by   this  Section  to  serve  in  any
30    presidential primary election, any emergency  referendum,  or
31    in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
32    special  election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
33    in the office of representative in the United States Congress
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 1    or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
 2        In addition to such precinct  judges,  the  county  board
 3    shall  appoint  special  panels  of  3 judges each, who shall
 4    possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
 5    same manner and with  the  same  division  between  political
 6    parties  as  is  provided  for  other judges of election. The
 7    number of such panels of judges required shall be  determined
 8    by  regulations  of the State Board of Elections, which shall
 9    base the required number of special panels on the  number  of
10    registered  voters  in  the  jurisdiction  or  the  number of
11    absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
12    of such factors.
13        No more than 3 persons of the same political party  shall
14    be   appointed  judges  in  the  same  election  district  or
15    undivided precinct. The election of the judges of election in
16    the various election precincts shall be made in the following
17    manner: The county board shall select and approve  3  of  the
18    election  judges  in  each  precinct  from  a  certified list
19    furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee  of
20    the  first  leading political party in such election precinct
21    and shall also select and approve 2  judges  of  election  in
22    each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
23    chairman  of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the second
24    leading political party in such election  precinct.  However,
25    if only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct,
26    no  more  than 2 persons of the same political party shall be
27    judges of election in the same election precinct;  and  which
28    political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which
29    political party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
30    determined  in  the  same manner as set forth in the next two
31    preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in  each
32    precinct.   The  respective County Central Committee chairman
33    shall notify the county board by June 1 of each  odd-numbered
34    year  immediately  preceding the annual meeting of the county
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 1    board whether or not such certified list  will  be  filed  by
 2    such  chairman.  Such  list  shall  be  arranged according to
 3    precincts. The chairman  of  each  county  central  committee
 4    shall,  insofar  as  possible, list persons who reside within
 5    the precinct in which they are to serve as  judges.  However,
 6    he  may,  in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons
 7    who  reside  outside  the  precinct  but  within  the  county
 8    embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.  He  must,
 9    however,  submit  the  names  of  at least 2 residents of the
10    precinct for each precinct in which his party is  to  have  3
11    judges  and  must submit the name of at least one resident of
12    the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to  have
13    2  judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with
14    the county clerk not less than  20  days  before  the  annual
15    meeting   of   the  county  board.  The  county  board  shall
16    acknowledge in writing to each county chairman the  names  of
17    all  persons  submitted  on such certified list and the total
18    number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or
19    the list is incomplete (that is, no names or an  insufficient
20    number   of   names   are   furnished  for  certain  election
21    precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list
22    from the names contained in the  supplemental  list  provided
23    for  in  Section  13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case
24    where a township has been or shall be redistricted, in  whole
25    or  in part, subsequent to one general election for Governor,
26    and prior to the next, the judges of election to be  selected
27    for  all  new  or altered precincts shall be selected in that
28    one of the methods above detailed, which shall be  applicable
29    according  to  the  facts and circumstances of the particular
30    case, but the majority of such judges for each such  precinct
31    shall be selected from the first leading political party, and
32    the  minority judges from the second leading political party.
33    Provided, further, that in counties having  a  population  of
34    1,000,000  inhabitants  or  over  the  selection of judges of
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 1    election shall be made in the same manner in all respects  as
 2    in  other  counties,  except  that the provisions relating to
 3    tally judges are inapplicable to  such  counties  and  except
 4    that  the county board shall meet during the month of January
 5    for the purpose of making such selection and the chairman  of
 6    each  county  central committee shall notify the county board
 7    by the preceding October 1 whether or not the certified  list
 8    will  be  filed.  Such  judges  of  election shall hold their
 9    office for 2 years from their  appointment  and  until  their
10    successors  are duly appointed in the manner provided in this
11    Act. The county board shall fill all vacancies in the  office
12    of  judges  of  elections  at  any  time in the manner herein
13    provided.
14        Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed  by
15    the  circuit  court  as  provided  in  Section  13-3  of this
16    Article.
17    (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 87-1052.)
18        (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
19        Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election  commissioners  shall,
20    during  the  month  of May of each even-numbered year, select
21    for each election precinct within  the  jurisdiction  of  the
22    board  5  persons  to be judges of election who shall possess
23    the qualifications required by this Act for such judges.  The
24    selection  shall  be  made  by  a  county  board  of election
25    commissioners in the following manner:  the county  board  of
26    election  commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
27    judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
28    list  furnished  by  the  chairman  of  the  county   central
29    committee  of  the  first  leading  political  party  in that
30    precinct; the county board  of  election  commissioners  also
31    shall  select  and approve 2 persons as judges of election in
32    each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
33    chairman of  the  county  central  committee  of  the  second
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 1    leading political party in that precinct.  The selection by a
 2    municipal  board  of  election commissioners shall be made in
 3    the following manner: for each precinct, 3  judges  shall  be
 4    selected  from one of the 2 leading political parties and the
 5    other 2 judges shall  be  selected  from  the  other  leading
 6    political  party;   the  parties  entitled to 3 and 2 judges,
 7    respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as
 8    provided in Section  14-4.   However,  a  Board  of  Election
 9    Commissioners  may  appoint three judges of election to serve
10    in lieu of the 5 judges of  election  otherwise  required  by
11    this  Section  to serve in any presidential primary election,
12    any emergency referendum, or in any odd-year regular election
13    or in any special primary or special election called for  the
14    purpose  of filling a vacancy in the office of representative
15    in the United States Congress or to nominate  candidates  for
16    such purpose.
17        If  only  3  judges  of  election  serve in each election
18    precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political  party
19    shall  be  judges  of election in the same election precinct,
20    and which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election
21    and which  political  party  is  entitled  to  one  judge  of
22    election shall be determined as set forth in this Section for
23    a  county  board  of  election  commissioners' selection of 5
24    election judges in each precinct or in  Section  14-4  for  a
25    municipal  board  of  election  commissioners'  selection  of
26    election  judges  in each precinct, whichever is appropriate.
27    In addition to such precinct judges, the  board  of  election
28    commissioners  shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
29    who shall  possess  the  same  qualifications  and  shall  be
30    appointed  in  the  same  manner  and  with the same division
31    between political parties as is provided for other judges  of
32    election.  The number of such panels of judges required shall
33    be determined by regulation of the State Board of  Elections,
34    which shall base the required number of special panels on the
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 1    number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
 2    of   absentee  ballots  voted  at  recent  elections  or  any
 3    combination of such factors.  A municipal board  of  election
 4    commissioners  shall make the selections of persons qualified
 5    under Section 14-1 from  certified  lists  furnished  by  the
 6    chairman of the respective county central committees of the 2
 7    leading  political  parties.   Lists furnished by chairmen of
 8    county  central  committees  under  this  Section  shall   be
 9    arranged  according to precincts. The chairman of each county
10    central committee shall, insofar as  possible,  list  persons
11    who  reside within the precinct in which they are to serve as
12    judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion,  submit  the
13    names  of  persons who reside outside the precinct but within
14    the county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.
15    He must, however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of
16    the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to  have
17    3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
18    the  precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
19    2 judges. The board of election commissioners shall no  later
20    than  March  1 of each even-numbered year notify the chairmen
21    of  the  respective  county  central  committees   of   their
22    responsibility  to furnish such lists, and each such chairman
23    shall furnish the board of election  commissioners  with  the
24    list  for  his party on or before May 1 of each even-numbered
25    year. The board of election commissioners  shall  acknowledge
26    in  writing  to each county chairman the names of all persons
27    submitted on such certified list  and  the  total  number  of
28    persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
29    names  or  an  insufficient number of names are furnished for
30    certain precincts, the board of election commissioners  shall
31    make  or  complete  such list from the names contained in the
32    supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2.  Judges  of
33    election  shall  hold  their  office  for  2 years from their
34    appointment and until their successors are duly appointed  in
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 1    the   manner   herein   provided.   The   board  of  election
 2    commissioners shall, subject to  the  provisions  of  Section
 3    14-3.2,  fill  all  vacancies  in  the  office  of  judges of
 4    election at any time in the manner herein provided.
 5        Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed  by
 6    the court as provided in Section 14-5.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-471, eff. 6-13-96.)
 8        (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
 9        Sec.  16-5.01. (a) The election authority shall, at least
10    30 60 days prior to the date of any general election at which
11    federal officers are elected and 30  45  days  prior  to  any
12    other  regular  election, have a sufficient number of ballots
13    printed so that such ballots will be available for mailing 30
14    60 days prior to the date of the election to persons who have
15    filed application  for  a  ballot  under  the  provisions  of
16    Article 20 of this Act.
17        (b)  If  at any general election at which federal offices
18    are elected the election authority is unable to  comply  with
19    the  provisions  of  subsection  (a),  the election authority
20    shall mail to each such person, in  lieu  of  the  ballot,  a
21    Special  Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot.  The Special
22    Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot shall be used only  at
23    general  elections  at which federal officers are elected and
24    shall be prepared by the election authority in  substantially
25    the following form:
26           Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot
27        (To  vote for a person, write the title of the office and
28    his or her name on the lines provided.  Place to the left  of
29    and  opposite  the title of office a square and place a cross
30    (X) in the square.)
31             Title of Office                 Name of Candidate
32    (    )
33    (    )
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 1    (    )
 2    (    )
 3    (    )
 4    (    )
 5        The  election  authority  shall  send  with  the  Special
 6    Write-in  Absentee  Voter's  Blank  Ballot  a  list  of   all
 7    referenda  for  which  the voter is qualified to vote and all
 8    candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and for
 9    whom the voter is qualified to  vote.   The  voter  shall  be
10    entitled  to  write  in  the  name  of  any candidate seeking
11    election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to
12    vote.
13        On the back or outside of the ballot,  so  as  to  appear
14    when  folded,  shall  be printed the words "Official Ballot",
15    the date of the election and a facsimile of the signature  of
16    the  election  authority  who  has  caused  the  ballot to be
17    printed.
18        The provisions of Article 20,  insofar  as  they  may  be
19    applicable  to  the  Special  Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank
20    Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
21    (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
22        Section 10.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
23    Section 33-1 as follows:
24        (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
25        Sec.  33-1.   Board of Education - Election - Terms.   In
26    all school districts,  including  special  charter  districts
27    having  a  population  of  100,000 and not more than 500,000,
28    which adopt this  Article,  as  hereinafter  provided,  there
29    shall  be  maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
30    board of  education,  which  shall  be  a  body  politic  and
31    corporate  by  the  name  of  "Board of Education of the City
32    of....".  The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
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 1    voters of the district. Except as provided in  Section  33-1b
 2    of  this  Act,  the regular election for members of the board
 3    shall be held on the first Tuesday of April in  odd  numbered
 4    years  and  on the second third Tuesday of September March in
 5    even numbered years. The law governing  the  registration  of
 6    voters  for  the  primary election shall apply to the regular
 7    election.  At the first regular election 7 persons  shall  be
 8    elected  as members of the board. The person who receives the
 9    greatest number of votes shall be elected for  a  term  of  5
10    years.   The  2  persons  who  receive  the  second and third
11    greatest number of votes shall be elected for  a  term  of  4
12    years.  The person who receives the fourth greatest number of
13    votes  shall be elected for a term of 3 years.  The 2 persons
14    who receive the fifth and  sixth  greatest  number  of  votes
15    shall  be  elected  for  a  term  of 2 years.  The person who
16    receives the  seventh  greatest  number  of  votes  shall  be
17    elected  for  a  term  of 1 year. Thereafter, at each regular
18    election for members of the  board,  the  successors  of  the
19    members  whose  terms expire in the year of election shall be
20    elected for a term of 5 years.  All terms shall  commence  on
21    July  1 next succeeding the elections.  Any vacancy occurring
22    in the membership of the board shall be filled by appointment
23    until the next regular election for members of the board.
24        In any school district which has adopted this Article,  a
25    proposition for the election of board members by school board
26    district  rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
27    of the district at the regular school election of any year in
28    the manner provided in Section 9-22.  If the  proposition  is
29    approved  by  a majority of those voting on the propositions,
30    the board shall divide the  school  district  into  7  school
31    board  districts as provided in Section 9-22.  At the regular
32    school election in the year following the  adoption  of  such
33    proposition,  one  member  shall  be elected from each school
34    board district, and the 7 members so elected shall,  by  lot,
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 1    determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
 2    years,  2  for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
 3    respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5  years.
 4    The  terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
 5    following the adoption of such a proposition.
 6        Any school district which has adopted this  Article  may,
 7    by  referendum  in  accordance  with Section 33-1a, adopt the
 8    method of electing members of the board of education provided
 9    in that Section.
10        Reapportionment of the voting districts provided  for  in
11    this  Article  or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
12    completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
13    (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)
14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
15    becoming law.

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