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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 953
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 953 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
5 7-8."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
9 Section 7-8 as follows:
10 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
11 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
12 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
13 State and shall be elected as follows:
14 State Central Committee
15 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
17 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
18 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
19 State central committee of that party.
20 Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday
21 in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years
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1 thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate
2 of his party for member of the State central committee for
3 the congressional district in which he resides. The
4 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
5 declared elected State central committeeman from the
6 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
7 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
8 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
9 committeemen in the manner following:
10 At the county convention held by such political party
11 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
12 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
13 officers of the county central committee, and such election
14 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
15 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
16 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
17 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
18 in the last preceding primary election of his political
19 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
20 congressional district and partially within another
21 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
22 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
23 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
24 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
25 congressional district which encompasses more than one
26 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
27 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
28 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
29 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
30 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
31 member of the State central committee for the congressional
32 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
33 central committee shall report the results of the election to
34 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
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1 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
2 votes elected State central committeeman for that
3 congressional district.
4 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
5 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
6 of members of the State central committee.
7 After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
8 91st General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the
9 office of Chairman of a State central committee, or at the
10 end of the term of office of Chairman, the State central
11 committee of each political party that has selected
12 Alternative A shall elect a Chairman who shall not be
13 required to be a member of the State Central Committee. The
14 Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
15 same political party as the State central committee.
16 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
17 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
18 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
19 member for that congressional district to serve as an
20 additional member of the State central committee until his or
21 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
22 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
23 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
24 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
25 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
26 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
27 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
28 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
29 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
30 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
31 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
32 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
33 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
34 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
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1 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
2 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
3 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
4 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
5 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
6 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
7 second member of the State central committee from the
8 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
9 congressional committee of the political party, and the
10 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
11 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
12 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
13 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
14 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
15 paragraph (e) of this Section.
16 The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
17 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
18 committee's members.
19 Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to
20 the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
21 under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central
22 committee of each political party shall be composed of
23 members elected or appointed from the several congressional
24 districts of the State, and of no other person or persons
25 whomsoever. The members of the State central committee
26 shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
27 full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize
28 by electing from among their own number a chairman, and may
29 at such time elect such officers from among their own number
30 (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient. The
31 outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the party
32 shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of the
33 State central committee elected at the primary of the time
34 and place of such meeting. In the organization and
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1 proceedings of the State central committee, each State
2 central committeeman and State central committeewoman shall
3 have one vote for each ballot voted in his or her
4 congressional district by the primary electors of his or her
5 party at the primary election immediately preceding the
6 meeting of the State central committee. Whenever a vacancy
7 occurs in the State central committee of any political party,
8 the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the chairmen of
9 the county central committees of the political party of the
10 counties located within the congressional district in which
11 the vacancy occurs and, if applicable, the ward and township
12 committeemen of the political party in counties of 2,000,000
13 or more inhabitants located within the congressional
14 district. If the congressional district in which the vacancy
15 occurs lies wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more
16 inhabitants, the ward and township committeemen of the
17 political party in that congressional district shall vote to
18 fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each
19 chairman of a county central committee and each ward and
20 township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more
21 inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
22 precinct of the congressional district in which the vacancy
23 exists of his or her county, township, or ward cast by the
24 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
25 immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
26 State central committee. The person appointed to fill the
27 vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district in
28 which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter, and, in
29 a committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be
30 of the same sex as his or her predecessor. A political party
31 may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any State
32 convention of such party, determine to return to the election
33 of State central committeeman and State central
34 committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any action
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1 taken by a political party at a State convention in
2 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
3 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such
4 convention within 10 days after such action.
5 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
6 (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
7 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
8 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for
9 one candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman.
10 Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of
11 and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
12 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
13 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
14 At the primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
15 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
16 counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more,
17 outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more,
18 may vote for one candidate of his party for township
19 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
20 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
21 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
22 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
23 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
24 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
25 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
26 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
27 primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every 2
28 years thereafter, each primary elector, except in counties
29 having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote for one
30 candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
31 committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must
32 be a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
33 elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest
34 number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
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1 party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary
2 shall show the name of the committeeman of each political
3 party.
4 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
5 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
6 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
7 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
8 provided in this Section for certain State central
9 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
10 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
11 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
12 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
13 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
14 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
15 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
16 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
17 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
18 has not been elected or appointed.
19 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
20 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
21 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
22 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
23 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
24 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
25 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
26 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
27 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
28 County Central Committee
29 (d) The county central committee of each political party
30 in each county shall consist of the various township
31 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
32 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
33 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
34 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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1 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
2 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
3 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
4 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
5 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
6 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
7 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
8 the organization and proceedings of the county central
9 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
10 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
11 party at the primary election for the nomination of
12 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
13 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
14 Congressional Committee
15 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
16 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
17 the county central committees of the counties composing the
18 congressional district, except that in congressional
19 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
20 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
21 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
22 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
23 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
24 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
25 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
26 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
27 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
28 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
29 vote except in case of a tie.
30 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
31 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
32 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
33 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
34 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
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1 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
2 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
3 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
4 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
5 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
6 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
7 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
8 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
9 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
10 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
11 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
12 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
13 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
14 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
15 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
16 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
17 congressional committee.
18 Judicial District Committee
19 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
20 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
21 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
22 composing the judicial district.
23 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
24 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
25 committees of the counties within such district, each
26 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
27 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
28 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
29 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
30 Circuit Court Committee
31 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
32 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
33 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
34 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
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1 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
2 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
3 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
4 primary electors of his party at the primary election
5 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
6 committee.
7 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
8 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
9 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
10 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
11 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
12 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
13 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
14 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
15 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
16 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
17 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
18 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
19 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
20 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
21 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
22 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
23 Municipal Central Committee
24 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
25 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
26 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
27 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
28 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
29 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
30 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
31 county central committee.
32 For political parties, other than a statewide political
33 party, established only within a municipality or township,
34 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
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1 composed of the party officers of the local established
2 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
3 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
4 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
5 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
6 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
7 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
8 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
9 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
10 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
11 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
12 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
13 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
14 Powers
15 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
16 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
17 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
18 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
19 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
20 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
21 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
22 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
23 (j) The State central committee of a political party
24 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
25 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
26 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
27 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
28 when approved by a national political party.
29 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
30 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
31 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
32 State central committee of a political party which elects its
33 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
34 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
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1 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
2 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
3 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
4 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
5 the county central committees of those counties which lie
6 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
7 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
8 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
9 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
10 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
11 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
12 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
13 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
14 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
15 rules of a political party which elects its members by
16 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".