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92_HB1806
LRB9207223MWcd
1 AN ACT in relation to elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 1-3, 2A-1.1, 2A-1.2, 4-22, 5-29, 6-66, 7-8, 7-11,
6 7-14, 7-60, 7-61, 7-63, 8-4, 8-5, 10-14, 13-1, 13-2, 14-3.1,
7 and 16-5.01 and by adding Section 2A-1.1b as follows:
8 (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
9 Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context
10 otherwise requires:
11 1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions
12 of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
13 popular vote, and includes primary elections when so
14 indicated by the context.
15 2. "Regular election" means the general, general
16 primary, presidential primary, consolidated, and consolidated
17 primary elections regularly scheduled in Article 2A. The even
18 numbered year municipal primary established in Article 2A is
19 a regular election only with respect to those municipalities
20 in which a primary is required to be held on such date.
21 3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
22 recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
23 held at the same time and place and by the same election
24 officers as a regular election.
25 4. "General election" means the biennial election at
26 which members of the General Assembly are elected. "General
27 primary election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated
28 primary election" mean the respective elections or the
29 election dates designated and established in Article 2A of
30 this Code.
31 5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
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1 either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
2 incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
3 village or incorporated town.
4 6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any
5 unit of local government, or school district in which
6 elections are or may be held. "Political or governmental
7 subdivision" also includes, for election purposes, Regional
8 Boards of School Trustees, and Township Boards of School
9 Trustees.
10 7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
11 interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
12 established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
13 Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
14 referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
15 Code, as now or hereafter amended.
16 8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board
17 of Election Commissioners.
18 9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county,
19 in the case of a county in which no city board of election
20 commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction
21 of a county board of election commissioners; (b) the
22 territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election
23 commissioners; and (c) the territory in a county outside of
24 the jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners.
25 In each instance election jurisdiction shall be determined
26 according to which election authority maintains the permanent
27 registration records of qualified electors.
28 10. "Local election official" means the clerk or
29 secretary of a unit of local government or school district,
30 as the case may be, the treasurer of a township board of
31 school trustees, and the regional superintendent of schools
32 with respect to the various school officer elections and
33 school referenda for which the regional superintendent is
34 assigned election duties by The School Code, as now or
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1 hereafter amended.
2 11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
3 terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
4 when used in connection with duties at an election during the
5 hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
6 election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
7 reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
8 the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after
9 the closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
10 pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
11 after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
12 performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
13 performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
14 holdover judges.
15 12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
16 7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
17 statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures
18 of qualified primary electors bound together.
19 13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
20 reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the
21 smallest constituent territory in which electors vote as a
22 unit at the same polling place in any election governed by
23 this Act.
24 14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for
25 the election of any officer, other than the State or a unit
26 of local government or school district, and includes, but is
27 not limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial
28 districts, judicial circuits, county board districts,
29 municipal and sanitary district wards, school board
30 districts, and precincts.
31 15. "Question of public policy" or "public question"
32 means any question, proposition or measure submitted to the
33 voters at an election dealing with subject matter other than
34 the nomination or election of candidates and shall include,
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1 but is not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and
2 questions relating to the Constitution.
3 16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
4 municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
5 Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
6 adopted by referendum which provide for the form of
7 government, the officers or the manner of selection or terms
8 of office of officers of such municipality or county,
9 pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article
10 VII of the Constitution.
11 17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
12 6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
13 or other electronic data processing information containing
14 voter information.
15 18. "Accessible" means accessible to handicapped and
16 elderly individuals for the purpose of voting or
17 registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
18 Elections.
19 19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
20 20. "Handicapped" means having a temporary or permanent
21 physical disability.
22 21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
23 political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
24 recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
25 highest or second highest average number of votes. The
26 political party whose candidates for governor received the
27 highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
28 leading political party and the political party whose
29 candidates for governor received the second highest average
30 number of votes shall be known as the second leading
31 political party.
32 22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of
33 an election authority, local election official or the State
34 Board of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7
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1 hours.
2 23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
3 nontraditional residence, including but not limited to, a
4 shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
5 under a bridge.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
8 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
9 In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
10 the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
11 election to be known as the general primary election shall be
12 held on the second third Tuesday in September; and in
13 presidential election years, an election known as the
14 presidential primary election shall be held on the third
15 Tuesday in March;
16 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
17 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
18 in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
19 and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
20 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b new)
23 Sec. 2A-1.1b. General primary election; Rosh Hashanah
24 and Yom Kippur. Whenever the date designated in paragraph
25 (a) of Section 2A-1.1 for the general primary election
26 conflicts with the celebration of either Rosh Hashanah or Yom
27 Kippur, that election shall be held on the first Tuesday
28 before the date on which Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur begins.
29 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
30 Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections -
31 Offices Designated.
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1 (a) At the general election in the appropriate
2 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
3 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
4 (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
5 United States;
6 (2) United States Senator and United States
7 Representative;
8 (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
9 (4) State Senator and State Representative;
10 (5) County elected officers, including State's
11 Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
12 elected President of the County Board or County Chief
13 Executive;
14 (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
15 (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
16 counties or educational service regions in which that
17 office has been abolished;
18 (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
19 Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
20 and newly created judicial offices;
21 (9) (Blank);
22 (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District
23 of Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary
24 Districts;
25 (11) Special District elected officers, not
26 otherwise designated in this Section, where the statute
27 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
28 requires an annual election and permits or requires
29 election of candidates of political parties.
30 (b) At the general primary election:
31 (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of
32 political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
33 be filled at the general election in that year, except
34 where pursuant to law nomination of candidates of
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1 political parties is made by caucus.
2 (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
3 political party offices of State central committeeman,
4 township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
5 committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
6 delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
7 elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
8 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is
9 to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
10 primary shall also be on the ballot.
11 (3) in each even-numbered year, where the
12 municipality has provided for annual elections to elect
13 municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7
14 of Article VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the
15 Illinois Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal
16 charter, the offices of such municipal officers shall be
17 filled at an election held on the date of the general
18 primary election, provided that the municipal election
19 shall be a nonpartisan election where required by the
20 Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan municipal
21 elections in even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
22 candidates for municipal office to be elected at the
23 general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
24 weeks preceding that election.
25 (4) in each school district which has adopted the
26 provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors
27 to the members of the board of education whose terms
28 expire in the year in which the general primary is held
29 shall be elected.
30 (b-5) At the presidential primary election in
31 appropriate even-numbered years, delegates and alternate
32 delegates to the National nominating convention shall be
33 elected as may be required under this Code. In the
34 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to be
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1 held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary shall
2 also be on the ballot.
3 (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
4 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
5 (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
6 municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
7 municipal office are not permitted by law to be
8 candidates of political parties, the runoff election
9 where required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
10 required by law, shall be held on the date of the
11 consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
12 of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
13 providing the form of government of the municipality
14 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
15 such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
16 election as may be provided by such ordinance;
17 (2) Village and incorporated town library
18 directors;
19 (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
20 (4) Commissioners of park districts;
21 (5) Trustees of public library districts;
22 (6) Special District elected officers, not
23 otherwise designated in this section, where the statute
24 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
25 permits or requires election of candidates of political
26 parties;
27 (7) Township officers, including township park
28 commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
29 managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
30 Assessors;
31 (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
32 (9) Members of school boards in school districts
33 which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
34 (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O
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1 Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
2 (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
3 under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
4 District Act;
5 (12) Elected members of school boards, school
6 trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
7 trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
8 counties or educational service regions having a
9 population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
10 of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
11 school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School
12 Code;
13 (13) Members of Community College district boards;
14 (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
15 (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
16 Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
17 (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
18 Districts;
19 (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
20 otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
21 governing those districts does not permit candidates of
22 political parties.
23 (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
24 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
25 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
26 election in that year, except where pursuant to law
27 nomination of candidates of political parties is made by
28 caucus, and except those offices listed in paragraphs (12)
29 through (17) of subsection (c).
30 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
31 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
32 shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
33 mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
34 to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
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1 elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
2 required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
3 a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
4 law candidates for such office are not permitted to be
5 candidates of political parties.
6 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
7 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
8 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided
9 by an ordinance providing a form of government of the
10 municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
11 Constitution.
12 (e) (Blank).
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) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance
3 with the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
5 eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
7 Sec. 4-22. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
8 upon application to vote each registered elector shall sign
9 his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a
10 certificate substantially as follows:
11 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
12 City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
13 Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
14 Registration Record .......
15 Checked by .......
16 Voter's number ....
17 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
18 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
19 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
20 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
21 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
22 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
23 below and am qualified to vote.
24 Signature of voter .......
25 residence address .......
26 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
27 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
28 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
29 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
30 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
31 requested to provide his social security number when the
32 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
33 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
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1 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
2 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
3 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
4 certificate:
5 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
6 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
7 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
8 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
9 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
10 The certificates of each State-wide political party at a
11 general primary election shall be separately printed upon
12 paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the
13 certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of
14 the same color or tint. However, if the election authority
15 provides computer generated applications with the precinct,
16 ballot style and voter's name and address preprinted on the
17 application, a single application may be used for State-wide
18 political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to
19 indicate the political party. Such application shall not
20 entitle the voter to vote in the primary of more than one
21 political party at the same election.
22 At the consolidated primary, such certificates may
23 contain spaces or checkoff boxes permitting the voter to
24 request a primary ballot of any other political party which
25 is established only within a political subdivision and for
26 which a primary is conducted on the same election day. Such
27 application shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the
28 primary of the State-wide political party and the primary of
29 the local political party with respect to the offices of the
30 same political subdivision. In no event may a voter vote in
31 more than one State-wide primary on the same day.
32 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
33 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
34 signature on the registration record card as a means of
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1 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
2 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
3 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
4 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
5 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
6 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
7 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
8 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
9 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
10 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
11 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
12 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
13 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
14 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
15 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
16 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
17 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
18 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
19 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
20 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
21 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
22 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
23 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
24 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
25 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
26 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
27 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "poll
28 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article, shall be
29 construed to apply to such official poll record.
30 After each general primary election the county clerk
31 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
32 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
33 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
34 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
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1 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
2 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
3 chairman of the county central committee of each established
4 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
5 representative.
6 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
8 chairman of the county central committee of each established
9 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
10 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
11 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
12 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
13 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
14 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
15 election of 1982.
16 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
17 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
18 either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
19 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
20 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
21 registration record card is not found in the precinct
22 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
23 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
24 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
25 upon the consolidated list, if any, and whose name has not
26 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
27 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
28 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
29 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
30 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In
31 such event one of the judges of election shall require an
32 affidavit by such person and one voter residing in the
33 precinct before the judges of election, substantially in the
34 form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act, and upon the
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1 presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall be
2 issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
3 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote.
4 Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by
5 registered voters under the provisions of Article 19 of this
6 Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of
7 the "Certificate of Registered Voter" provided for in this
8 Section.
9 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
10 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
11 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
12 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
13 central committee of an established political party or to the
14 chairman's duly authorized representative.
15 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
16 election authority charged with the duty of providing
17 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
18 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
19 which of the elections he desires to vote.
20 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
21 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
22 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
23 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
24 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
25 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
26 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
27 ballots which the voter is given.
28 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
29 (10 ILCS 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29)
30 Sec. 5-29. Upon application to vote, except as
31 hereinafter provided for absent electors, each registered
32 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
33 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
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1 "Certificate of Registered Voter
2 Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;
3 City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;
4 Village of................................Precinct..........;
5 Election.....................................................
6 (date) (month) (year)
7 Registration record
8 Checked by.....................
9 Voter's number..................
10 Instruction to voters
11 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
12 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
13 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
14 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
15 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
16 below and am qualified to vote.
17 Signature of voter ...............
18 Residence address ..............."
19 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
20 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
21 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
22 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
23 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
24 requested to provide his social security number when the
25 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
26 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
27 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
28 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
29 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
30 certificate:
31 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
32 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
33 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
34 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
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1 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
2 Certificates as above prescribed shall be furnished by
3 the county clerk for all elections.
4 The Judges in charge of the precinct registration files
5 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
6 signature on the registration record card as a means of
7 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
8 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
9 registered under the same name, the Judges shall ask such
10 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
11 the registration card and if the applicant does not prove to
12 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
13 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
14 name in question then the vote for such applicant shall be
15 challenged by a Judge of Election, and the same procedure
16 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
17 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a Judge
18 of Election shall check the data on the registration card and
19 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
20 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
21 One of the Judges of election shall check the certificate
22 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
23 has been examined and shall sign his initials on the
24 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
25 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
26 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
27 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
28 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
29 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
30 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
31 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
32 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
33 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "Poll
34 Lists" and "Poll Books" where used in this article 5 shall be
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1 construed to apply to such official poll records.
2 After each general primary election the county clerk
3 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
4 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
5 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
6 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
7 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
8 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
9 chairman of the county central committee of each established
10 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
11 representative.
12 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
14 chairman of the county central committee of each established
15 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
16 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
17 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
18 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
19 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
20 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
21 election of 1982.
22 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
23 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
24 of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
25 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
26 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
27 registration record card is not found in the precinct
28 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
29 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
30 list of voters and whose name has not been erased or
31 withdrawn from such register, it shall be the duty of one of
32 the Judges of Election to require an affidavit by such person
33 and two voters residing in the precinct before the judges of
34 election that he is the same person whose name appears upon
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1 the precinct register and that he resides in the precinct
2 stating the street number of his residence. Forms for such
3 affidavit shall be supplied by the county clerk for all
4 elections. Upon the making of such affidavit and the
5 presentation of his certificate such elector shall be
6 entitled to vote. All affidavits made under this paragraph
7 shall be preserved and returned to the county clerk in an
8 envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within 30
9 days after such election to take steps provided by Section
10 5-27 of this article 5 for the execution of new registration
11 affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions of
12 this paragraph.
13 Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made
14 by registered voters and under the provisions of Article 19
15 of this Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in
16 lieu of the "certificate of registered voter" provided for in
17 this section.
18 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
19 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
20 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
21 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
22 central committee of an established political party or to the
23 chairman's duly authorized representative.
24 Whenever two or more elections occur simultaneously, the
25 election authority charged with the duty of providing
26 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
27 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
28 which of the elections he desires to vote.
29 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
30 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
31 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
32 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
33 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
34 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
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1 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
2 ballots which the voter is given.
3 (Source: P.A. 84-809; 84-832.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
5 Sec. 6-66. Upon application to vote each registered
6 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
7 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
8 "CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
9 City of ................. Ward .... Precinct ....
10 Election ...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year)
11 Registration Record ....... Checked by ...............
12 Voter's number ....
13 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
14 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election
15 officers in charge. After the registration record has been
16 checked, the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you
17 shall present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
18 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
19 below and am qualified to vote.
20 Signature of voter ................
21 Residence address ................"
22 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
23 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
24 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
25 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
26 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
27 requested to provide his social security number when the
28 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
29 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
30 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
31 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
32 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
33 certificate:
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1 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
2 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
3 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
4 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
5 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
6 The applications of each State-wide political party at a
7 primary election shall be separately printed upon paper of
8 uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of no
9 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or
10 tint. If the election authority provides computer generated
11 applications with the precinct, ballot style, and voter's
12 name and address preprinted on the application, a single
13 application may be used for State-wide political parties if
14 it contains spaces or check-off boxes to indicate the
15 political party. Such applications may contain spaces or
16 check-off boxes permitting the voter to also request a
17 primary ballot of any political party which is established
18 only within a political subdivision and for which a primary
19 is conducted on the same election day. Such applications
20 shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the primary of a
21 State-wide political party and the primary of a local
22 political party with respect to the offices of the same
23 political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more than
24 one State-wide political party on the same day.
25 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
26 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
27 signature on the registration record card as a means of
28 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
29 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
30 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
31 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
32 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
33 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
34 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
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1 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
2 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
3 followed as provided in this Article and Act for challenged
4 voters.
5 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
6 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
7 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
8 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
9 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
10 of such applicant for a ballot after the registration record
11 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
12 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
13 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
14 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
15 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
16 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
17 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
18 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
19 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
20 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
21 and shall constitute an official poll record. The terms "poll
22 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article and Act,
23 shall be construed to apply to such official poll record.
24 After each general primary election the board of election
25 commissioners shall indicate by color code or other means
26 next to the name of each registrant on the list of registered
27 voters in each precinct the primary ballot of a political
28 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
29 election. The board of election commissioners, within 30 60
30 days after that general primary election, shall provide a
31 copy of this coded list to the chairman of the county central
32 committee of each established political party or to the
33 chairman's duly authorized representative.
34 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
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1 amendatory Act of 1983, the board of election commissioners
2 shall provide to the chairman of the county central committee
3 of each established political party or to the chairman's duly
4 authorized representative the list of registered voters in
5 each precinct at the time of the general primary election of
6 1982 and shall indicate on such list by color code or other
7 means next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of
8 a political party that the registrant requested at the
9 general primary election of 1982.
10 The board of election commissioners may charge a fee to
11 reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a list
12 provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
13 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
14 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
15 registration card is not found in the precinct registry of
16 voters, but his name appears as that of a registered voter in
17 such precinct upon the printed precinct register as corrected
18 or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the consolidated
19 list, if any provided by this Article and whose name has not
20 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
21 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
22 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
23 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
24 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In such
25 event it shall be the duty of one of the judges of election
26 to require an affidavit by such person and 2 voters residing
27 in the precinct before the judges of election that he is the
28 same person whose name appears upon the printed precinct
29 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
30 consolidated list, if any, and that he resides in the
31 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence, and
32 upon the presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall
33 be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
34 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any
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1 elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on
2 the printed precinct register or supplemental list but who
3 has a certificate issued by the board of election
4 commissioners as provided in Section 6-43 of this Article,
5 shall be entitled to vote upon the presentation of such
6 certificate accompanied by the affidavits of 2 voters
7 residing in the precinct that the elector is the same person
8 described in such certificate and that he resides in the
9 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence.
10 Forms for all affidavits required hereunder shall be supplied
11 by the board of election commissioners. All affidavits made
12 under this paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the
13 board of election commissioners in the manner provided by
14 this Article and Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty
15 of the board of election commissioners, within 30 days after
16 such election, to take the steps provided by Section 6-64 of
17 this Article for the execution of new registration affidavits
18 by electors who have voted under the provisions of this
19 paragraph.
20 When the board of election commissioners delivers to the
21 judges of election for use at the polls a supplemental or
22 consolidated list of the printed precinct register, it shall
23 give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the
24 chairman of a county central committee of an established
25 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
26 representative.
27 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
28 election official or officials charged with the duty of
29 providing application certificates may prescribe the form
30 thereof so that a voter is required to execute only one,
31 indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
32 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
33 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
34 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
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1 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
2 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
3 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
4 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
5 ballots which the voter is given.
6 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
8 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
9 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
10 State and shall be elected as follows:
11 State Central Committee
12 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
14 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
15 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
16 State central committee of that party.
17 Alternative A. At the general primary held on the third
18 Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years
19 thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate
20 of his party for member of the State central committee for
21 the congressional district in which he resides. The
22 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
23 declared elected State central committeeman from the
24 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
25 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
26 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
27 committeemen in the manner following:
28 At the county convention held by such political party
29 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
30 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
31 officers of the county central committee, and such election
32 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
33 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
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1 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
2 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
3 in the last preceding primary election of his political
4 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
5 congressional district and partially within another
6 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
7 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
8 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
9 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
10 congressional district which encompasses more than one
11 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
12 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
13 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
14 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
15 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
16 member of the State central committee for the congressional
17 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
18 central committee shall report the results of the election to
19 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
20 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
21 votes elected State central committeeman for that
22 congressional district.
23 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
24 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
25 of members of the State central committee.
26 After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
27 91st General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the
28 office of Chairman of a State central committee, or at the
29 end of the term of office of Chairman, the State central
30 committee of each political party that has selected
31 Alternative A shall elect a Chairman who shall not be
32 required to be a member of the State Central Committee. The
33 Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
34 same political party as the State central committee.
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1 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
2 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
3 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
4 member for that congressional district to serve as an
5 additional member of the State central committee until his or
6 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
7 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
8 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
9 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
10 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
11 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
12 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
13 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
14 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
15 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
16 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
17 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
18 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
19 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
20 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
21 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
22 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
23 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
24 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
25 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
26 second member of the State central committee from the
27 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
28 congressional committee of the political party, and the
29 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
30 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
31 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
32 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
33 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
34 paragraph (e) of this Section.
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1 The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
2 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
3 committee's members.
4 Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to
5 the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
6 under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central
7 committee of each political party shall be composed of
8 members elected or appointed from the several congressional
9 districts of the State, and of no other person or persons
10 whomsoever. The members of the State central committee
11 shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
12 full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize
13 by electing a chairman, and may at such time elect such
14 officers from among their own number (or otherwise), as they
15 may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the
16 State central committee of the party shall, 10 days before
17 the meeting, notify each member of the State central
18 committee elected at the primary of the time and place of
19 such meeting. In the organization and proceedings of the
20 State central committee, each State central committeeman and
21 State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
22 ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the
23 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
24 immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
25 committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
26 committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
27 by appointment of the chairmen of the county central
28 committees of the political party of the counties located
29 within the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
30 and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
31 political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
32 located within the congressional district. If the
33 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
34 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
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1 ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
2 congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
3 voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
4 committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
5 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
6 ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional district
7 in which the vacancy exists of his or her county, township,
8 or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
9 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting to
10 fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person
11 appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
12 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
13 a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided
14 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
15 predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
16 delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
17 return to the election of State central committeeman and
18 State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
19 Any action taken by a political party at a State convention
20 in accordance with this Section shall be reported to the
21 State Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of
22 such convention within 10 days after such action.
23 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
24 (b) At the general primary held on the third Tuesday in
25 March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
26 elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or over may
27 vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for ward
28 committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a
29 resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
30 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
31 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
32 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
33 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
34 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
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1 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
2 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
3 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
4 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
5 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
6 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
7 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
8 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
9 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
10 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
11 general primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
12 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
13 except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over,
14 may vote for one candidate of his party in his precinct for
15 precinct committeeman. Each candidate for precinct
16 committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the precinct
17 where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman. The one
18 having the highest number of votes shall be such precinct
19 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The official
20 returns of the primary shall show the name of the
21 committeeman of each political party.
22 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
23 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
24 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
25 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
26 provided in this Section for certain State central
27 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
28 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
29 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
30 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
31 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
32 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
33 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
34 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
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1 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
2 has not been elected or appointed.
3 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
4 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
5 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
6 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
7 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
8 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
9 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
10 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
11 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
12 County Central Committee
13 (d) The county central committee of each political party
14 in each county shall consist of the various township
15 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
16 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
17 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
18 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
19 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
20 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
21 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
22 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
23 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
24 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
25 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
26 the organization and proceedings of the county central
27 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
28 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
29 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.
32 Congressional Committee
33 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
34 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
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1 the county central committees of the counties composing the
2 congressional district, except that in congressional
3 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
4 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
5 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
6 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
7 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
8 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
9 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
10 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
11 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
12 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
13 vote except in case of a tie.
14 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
15 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
16 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
17 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
18 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
19 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
20 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
21 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
22 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
23 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
24 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
25 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
26 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
27 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
28 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
29 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
30 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
31 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
32 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
33 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
34 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
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1 congressional committee.
2 Judicial District Committee
3 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
4 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
5 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
6 composing the judicial district.
7 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
8 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
9 committees of the counties within such district, each
10 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
11 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
12 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
13 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
14 Circuit Court Committee
15 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
16 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
17 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
18 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
19 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
20 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
21 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
22 primary electors of his party at the primary election
23 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
24 committee.
25 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
26 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
27 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
28 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
29 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
30 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
31 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
32 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
33 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
34 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
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1 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
2 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
3 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
4 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
5 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
6 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
7 Municipal Central Committee
8 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
9 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
10 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
11 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
12 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
13 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
14 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
15 county central committee.
16 For political parties, other than a statewide political
17 party, established only within a municipality or township,
18 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
19 composed of the party officers of the local established
20 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
21 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
22 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
23 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
24 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
25 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
26 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
27 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
28 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
29 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
30 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
31 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
32 Powers
33 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
34 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
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1 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
2 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
3 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
4 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
5 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
6 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
7 (j) The State central committee of a political party
8 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
9 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
10 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
11 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
12 when approved by a national political party.
13 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
14 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
15 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
16 State central committee of a political party which elects its
17 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
18 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
19 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
20 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
21 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
22 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
23 the county central committees of those counties which lie
24 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
25 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
26 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
27 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
28 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
29 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
30 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
31 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
32 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
33 rules of a political party which elects its members by
34 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98; 91-426, eff. 8-6-99.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
3 Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United
4 States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of
5 his political party by filing in the office of the State
6 Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
7 prior to the date of the presidential general primary
8 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
9 be held, a petition signed by not less than 3000 or more than
10 5000 primary electors, members of and affiliated with the
11 party of which he is a candidate, and no candidate for
12 President of the United States, who fails to comply with the
13 provisions of this Article shall have his name printed upon
14 any primary ballot: Provided, however, that if the rules or
15 policies of a national political party conflict with such
16 requirements for filing petitions for President of the United
17 States in a presidential preference primary, the Chairman of
18 the State central committee of such national political party
19 shall notify the State Board of Elections in writing, citing
20 by reference the rules or policies of the national political
21 party in conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct
22 such petitions to be filed not more than 69 and not less than
23 62 days prior to the date of the presidential general primary
24 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
25 be held. Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a
26 national political party otherwise provide, the vote for
27 President of the United States, as herein provided for, shall
28 be for the sole purpose of securing an expression of the
29 sentiment and will of the party voters with respect to
30 candidates for nomination for said office, and the vote of
31 the state at large shall be taken and considered as advisory
32 to the delegates and alternates at large to the national
33 conventions of respective political parties; and the vote of
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1 the respective congressional districts shall be taken and
2 considered as advisory to the delegates and alternates of
3 said congressional districts to the national conventions of
4 the respective political parties.
5 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1089.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
7 Sec. 7-14. Not less than 61 days before the date of the
8 general primary and the presidential primary election the
9 State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all
10 petitions filed under this Article 7, in the office of the
11 State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall
12 then certify to the county clerk of each county, the names of
13 all candidates whose nomination papers or certificates of
14 nomination have been filed with the Board and direct the
15 county clerk to place upon the official ballot for the
16 general primary election or the presidential primary election
17 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
18 same order as shown upon the certification.
19 The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to
20 the county clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the
21 names of the candidates in the order in which the offices and
22 names shall appear upon the primary ballot; such names to
23 appear in the order in which petitions have been filed in the
24 office of the State Board of Elections except as otherwise
25 provided in this Article.
26 Not less than 55 days before the date of the general
27 primary and the presidential primary election, each county
28 clerk shall certify the names of all candidates whose
29 nomination papers have been filed with such clerk and declare
30 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
31 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general or
32 presidential primary in the order in which such nomination
33 papers were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or
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1 as otherwise specified by statute. Each county clerk shall
2 place a copy of the certification on file in his or her
3 office and at the same time issue to the board of election
4 commissioners a copy of the certification that has been filed
5 in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
6 certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
7 Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
8 commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the
9 general or presidential primary in that election jurisdiction
10 the names of all candidates that are listed on such
11 certification in the same manner and in the same order as
12 shown upon such certifications.
13 The 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 or
18 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision
19 or district;
20 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
21 candidate for an office;
22 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
23 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
24 political subdivision or district are for different terms.
25 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
26 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
27 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
28 Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose
29 nomination papers have been held invalid by the appropriate
30 electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall
31 not be certified.
32 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
33 (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
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1 Sec. 7-60. Not less than 35 67 days before the date of
2 the general election, the State Board of Elections shall
3 certify to the county clerks the names of each of the
4 candidates who have been nominated as shown by the
5 proclamation of the State Board of Elections as a canvassing
6 board or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in
7 nomination and direct the election authority to place upon
8 the official ballot for the general election the names of
9 such candidates in the same manner and in the same order as
10 shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided in
11 this Section.
12 Not less than 30 61 days before the date of the general
13 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
14 of the candidates for county offices who have been nominated
15 as shown by the proclamation of the county canvassing board
16 or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination
17 and declare that the names of such candidates for the
18 respective offices shall be placed upon the official ballot
19 for the general election in the same manner and in the same
20 order as shown upon the certification, except as otherwise
21 provided by this Section. Each county clerk shall place a
22 copy of the certification on file in his or her office and at
23 the same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
24 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
25 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
26 less than 30 61 days before the date of the general election,
27 issue to such board a copy of the certification that has been
28 filed in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of
29 the certification that has been issued to the clerk by the
30 State Board of Elections, with directions to the board of
31 election commissioners to place upon the official ballot for
32 the general election in that election jurisdiction the names
33 of all candidates that are listed on such certifications, in
34 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon such
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1 certifications, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
2 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
3 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
4 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
5 number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for
6 such office, as shown by the official election returns of the
7 primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
8 offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
9 party for such offices shall follow in the order of the
10 number of votes received by them respectively at the primary
11 election as shown by the official election results.
12 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's
13 proclamation to have been nominated at the primary as a
14 write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified
15 unless such person shall have filed with the certifying
16 office or board within 5 10 days after the canvassing board's
17 proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section
18 7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
19 Each county clerk and board of election commissioners
20 shall determine by a fair and impartial method of random
21 selection the order of placement of established political
22 party candidates for the general election ballot. Such
23 determination shall be made within 15 30 days following the
24 canvass and proclamation of the results of the general
25 primary in the office of the county clerk or board of
26 election commissioners and shall be open to the public. Seven
27 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
28 random selection shall be given, by each such election
29 authority, to the County Chairman of each established
30 political party, and to each organization of citizens within
31 the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this
32 Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
33 present on the day of election. Each election authority
34 shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the
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1 entrance of the election authority office, notice of the time
2 and place of such lottery. However, a board of election
3 commissioners may elect to place established political party
4 candidates on the general election ballot in the same order
5 determined by the county clerk of the county in which the
6 city under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
7 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
8 following:
9 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
10 for the respective offices;
11 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
12 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
13 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
14 candidate for an office;
15 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
16 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
17 political subdivision are for different terms.
18 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
19 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
20 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
23 Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
24 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination
25 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
26 In cases where a primary election is required the officer
27 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions
28 of this Act relating to general elections to call an
29 election, shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination
30 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
31 Notice of such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior
32 to the maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for
33 such a primary as provided in Section 7-12.
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1 Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
2 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
3 certification of candidates by the certifying board or
4 officer, must be filled prior to the date of certification.
5 Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification but
6 prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled
7 within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy. The
8 resolution filling the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or
9 personal delivery to the certifying officer or board within 3
10 days of the action by which the vacancy was filled; provided,
11 if such resolution is sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on
12 the envelope containing such resolution is dated prior to the
13 expiration of such 3 day limit, the resolution shall be
14 deemed filed within such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit
15 the resolution within the time specified in this Section
16 shall authorize the certifying officer or board to certify
17 the original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled by the
18 officers of a local municipal or township political party as
19 specified in subsection (h) of Section 7-8, other than a
20 statewide political party, that is established only within a
21 municipality or township and the managing committee (or
22 legislative committee in case of a candidate for State
23 Senator or representative committee in the case of a
24 candidate for State Representative in the General Assembly)
25 of the respective political party for the territorial area in
26 which such vacancy occurs.
27 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
28 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
29 acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
30 the following information:
31 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
32 vacated;
33 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
34 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
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1 the vacancy and the date of selection.
2 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
3 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
4 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
5 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of
6 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
7 Ethics Act.
8 The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating
9 to objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
10 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
11 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
12 vacancy in nomination.
13 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less
14 before the consolidated election or the general election
15 shall not be filled. In this event, the certification of the
16 original candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on
17 the official ballot to be voted at the general election.
18 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
19 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
20 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
21 after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
22 provided that nominations may become vacant for other
23 reasons.
24 If the name of no established political party candidate
25 was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
26 particular office and if no person was nominated as a
27 write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination
28 shall be created which may be filled in accordance with the
29 requirements of this Section. If the name of no established
30 political party candidate was printed on the general primary
31 ballot for a particular office and if no person was nominated
32 as a write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in
33 nomination shall be created, but no candidate of the party
34 for the office shall be listed on the ballot at the general
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1 election unless such vacancy is filled in accordance with the
2 requirements of this Section within 20 60 days after the date
3 of the general primary.
4 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as
5 a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is
6 defeated for his or her nomination at such primary election,
7 is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
8 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
9 party.
10 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
11 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who
12 is a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or
13 her nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on
14 the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a
15 candidate of another political party.
16 In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
17 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each
18 precinct, township, ward, county or congressional district,
19 as the case may be, shall through its representative on such
20 central or managing committee, be entitled to one vote for
21 each ballot voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
22 congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
23 electors of its party at the primary election immediately
24 preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
25 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
26 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially
27 declaring the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon
28 the official ballot at an election and directing election
29 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
30 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer
31 to the local election official, election authority or the
32 State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
33 nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
34 resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
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1 whose duty it is to "certify" candidates.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-1348; 87-1052.)
3 (10 ILCS 5/7-63) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-63)
4 Sec. 7-63. Any candidate whose name appears upon the
5 primary ballot of any political party may contest the
6 election of the candidate or candidates nominated for the
7 office for which he or she was a candidate by his or her
8 political party, upon the face of the returns, by filing with
9 the clerk of the circuit court a petition in writing, setting
10 forth the grounds of contest, which petition shall be
11 verified by the affidavit of the petitioner or other person,
12 and which petition shall be filed within 5 10 days after the
13 completion of the canvass of the returns by the canvassing
14 board making the final canvass of returns. The contestant
15 shall also file with that canvassing board (and if for the
16 nomination for an office, certified tabulated statements of
17 the returns of which are to be filed with the State Board of
18 Elections, also with the county canvassing board), a notice
19 of the pendency of the contest.
20 If the contest relates to an office involving more than
21 one county, the venue of the contest is (a) in the county in
22 which the alleged grounds of the contest exist or (b) if
23 grounds for the contest are alleged to exist in more than one
24 county, then in any of those counties or in the county in
25 which any defendant resides.
26 Authority and jurisdiction are hereby vested in the
27 circuit court, to hear and determine primary contests. When a
28 petition to contest a primary is filed in the office of the
29 clerk of the court, the petition shall forthwith be presented
30 to a judge thereof, who shall note thereon the date of
31 presentation, and shall note thereon the day when the
32 petition will be heard, which shall not be more than 5 10
33 days thereafter.
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1 Summons shall forthwith issue to each defendant named in
2 the petition and shall be served for the same manner as is
3 provided for other civil cases. Summons may be issued and
4 served in any county in the State. The case may be heard and
5 determined by the circuit court at any time not less than 5
6 days after service of process, and shall have preference in
7 the order of hearing to all other cases. The petitioner shall
8 give security for all costs.
9 In any contest involving the selection of nominees for
10 the office of State representative, each candidate of the
11 party and district involved, who is not a petitioner or a
12 named defendant in the contest, shall be given notice of the
13 contest at the same time summons is issued to the defendants,
14 and any other candidate may, upon application to the court
15 within 5 days after receiving such notice, be made a party to
16 the contest.
17 Any defendant may, within 5 days after service of process
18 upon him or her, file a counterclaim and shall give security
19 for all costs relating to such counterclaim.
20 Any party to such proceeding may have a substitution of
21 judge from the judge to whom such contest is assigned for
22 hearing, where he or she fears or has cause to believe such
23 judge is prejudiced against, or is related to any of the
24 parties either by blood or by marriage. Notice of the
25 application for such substitution of judge must be served
26 upon the opposite party and filed with such judge not later
27 than one day after such contest is assigned to such judge,
28 Sundays and legal holidays excepted. No party shall be
29 entitled to more than one substitution of judge in such
30 proceeding.
31 If, in the opinion of the court, in which the petition is
32 filed, the grounds for contest alleged are insufficient in
33 law the petition shall be dismissed. If the grounds alleged
34 are sufficient in law, the court shall proceed in a summary
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1 manner and may hear evidence, examine the returns, recount
2 the ballots and make such orders and enter such judgment as
3 justice may require. In the case of a contest relating to
4 nomination for the office of Representative in the General
5 Assembly where the contestant received votes equal in number
6 to at least 95% of the number of votes cast for any
7 apparently successful candidate for nomination for that
8 office by the same political party, the court may order a
9 recount for the entire district and may order the cost of
10 such recount to be borne by the respective counties. The
11 court shall ascertain and declare by a judgment to be entered
12 of record, the result of such election in the territorial
13 area for which the contest is made. The judgment of the court
14 shall be appealable as in other civil cases. A certified copy
15 of the judgment shall forthwith be made by the clerk of the
16 court and transmitted to the board canvassing the returns for
17 such office, and in case of contest, if for nomination for an
18 office, tabulated statements of returns for which are filed
19 with the State Board of Elections, also in the office of the
20 county clerk in the proper county. The proper canvassing
21 board, or boards, as the case may be, shall correct the
22 returns or the tabulated statement of returns in accordance
23 with the judgment.
24 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
26 Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the second third
27 Tuesday in September March of each even-numbered year for the
28 nomination of candidates for legislative offices.
29 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
30 (10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
31 Sec. 8-5. There shall be constituted one legislative
32 committee for each political party in each legislative
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1 district and one representative committee for each political
2 party in each representative district. Legislative and
3 representative committees shall be composed as follows:
4 In legislative or representative districts within or
5 including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or
6 more inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee
7 of a political party shall consist of the committeemen of
8 such party representing each township or ward of such county
9 any portion of which township or ward is included within such
10 legislative or representative district and the chairman of
11 each county central committee of such party of any county
12 containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of
13 which county is included within such legislative or
14 representative district.
15 In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
16 representative committee of a political party shall consist
17 of the chairman of each county central committee of such
18 party, any portion of which county is included within such
19 legislative or representative district; but if a legislative
20 or representative district comprises only one county, or part
21 of a county, its legislative or representative committee
22 shall consist of the chairman of the county central committee
23 and 2 members of the county central committee who reside in
24 the legislative or representative district, as the case may
25 be, elected by the county central committee.
26 Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered
27 year immediately following the decennial redistricting
28 required by Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois
29 Constitution of 1970, the ward committeemen, township
30 committeemen or chairmen of county central committees within
31 each of the redistricted legislative and representative
32 districts shall meet and proceed to organize by electing from
33 among their own number a chairman and, either from among
34 their own number or otherwise, such other officers as they
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1 may deem necessary or expedient. The ward committeemen,
2 township committeemen or chairmen of county central
3 committees shall determine the time and place (which shall be
4 in the limits of such district) of such meeting. Immediately
5 upon completion of organization, the chairman shall forward
6 to the State Board of Elections the names and addresses of
7 the chairman and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall
8 occur when a member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the
9 county, township or ward which he represented.
10 Within 15 180 days after the primary of each other
11 even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
12 representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize
13 by electing from among its own number a chairman, and either
14 from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each
15 committee may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon
16 completion of organization, the chairman shall forward to the
17 State Board of Elections, the names and addresses of the
18 chairman and secretary of the committee. The outgoing
19 chairman of such committee shall notify the members of the
20 time and place (which shall be in the limits of such
21 district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur when a
22 member dies, resigns, or ceases to reside in the county,
23 township or ward, which he represented.
24 If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
25 township or ward, the committeeman previously elected
26 therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary change
27 had occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
28 legislative or representative committee until his successor
29 is elected or appointed.
30 (Source: P.A. 84-352.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
32 Sec. 10-14. Not less than 35 61 days before the date of
33 the general election the State Board of Elections shall
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1 certify to the county clerk of each county the name of each
2 candidate whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination
3 or resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed
4 with the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk
5 to place upon the official ballot for the general election
6 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
7 same order as shown upon the certification. The name of no
8 candidate for an office to be filled by the electors of the
9 entire state shall be placed upon the official ballot unless
10 his name is duly certified to the county clerk upon a
11 certificate signed by the members of the State Board of
12 Elections. The names of group candidates on petitions shall
13 be certified to the several county clerks in the order in
14 which such names appear on such petitions filed with the
15 State Board of Elections.
16 Not less than 30 55 days before the date of the general
17 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
18 of the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
19 certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy
20 in nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare
21 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
22 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general
23 election in the same manner and in the same order as shown
24 upon the certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy
25 of the certification on file in his or her office and at the
26 same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
27 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
28 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
29 less than 30 55 days before the election, certify to the
30 board of election commissioners the name of the person or
31 persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate
32 of the State Board of Elections, together with the names of
33 all other candidates as shown by the certification of county
34 officers on file in the clerk's office, and in the order so
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1 certified. The county clerk or board of election
2 commissioners shall print the names of the nominees on the
3 ballot for each office in the order in which they are
4 certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided, that
5 in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of
6 such nominees have also been nominated by one or more
7 political parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the
8 name of such candidate on the ballot for nominations made
9 under this Article shall be precisely in the same order in
10 which it appears on the certification of the State Board of
11 Elections to the county clerk.
12 For the general election, the candidates of new political
13 parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
14 the established political party candidates and in the order
15 of new political party petition filings.
16 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
17 following:
18 (1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
19 candidates for the respective offices;
20 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
21 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
22 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
23 candidate for an office;
24 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
25 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
26 political subdivision are for different terms.
27 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
28 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
29 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
30 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
31 (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
32 Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization,
33 the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in May
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1 in each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct
2 5 capable and discreet persons meeting the qualifications of
3 Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
4 machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting
5 systems are used, the county board may, for any precinct with
6 respect to which the board considers such action necessary or
7 desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
8 general elections for any precinct containing more than 600
9 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of
10 election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the
11 judges of election shall preside over the election during the
12 hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
13 assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
14 Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
15 polls. However, the County Board of Commissioners may appoint
16 3 judges of election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of
17 election otherwise required by this Section to serve in any
18 presidential primary election, any emergency referendum, or
19 in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
20 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
21 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
22 or to nominate candidates for such purpose. The tally judges
23 shall possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed
24 in the same manner and with the same division between
25 political parties as is provided for judges of election.
26 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
27 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
28 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
29 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
30 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
31 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
32 be determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
33 which shall base the required numbers of special panels on
34 the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the
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1 number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections, or any
2 combination of such factors.
3 Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
4 provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
5 persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
6 of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
7 appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
8 board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
9 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
10 list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central
11 Committee of the first leading political party in such
12 precinct; and the county board of commissioners shall also
13 select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in each
14 election precinct from a certified list, furnished by the
15 chairman of the County Central Committee of the second
16 leading political party. However, if only 3 judges of
17 election serve in each election precinct, no more than 2
18 persons of the same political party shall be judges of
19 election in the same election precinct; and which political
20 party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
21 party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
22 determined in the same manner as set forth in the next two
23 preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
24 precinct. Such certified list shall be filed with the county
25 clerk not less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the
26 county board of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged
27 according to precincts. The chairman of each county central
28 committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
29 within the precinct in which they are to serve as judges.
30 However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of
31 persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
32 embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
33 however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
34 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
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1 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
2 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
3 2 judges. The county board of commissioners shall acknowledge
4 in writing to each county chairman the names of all persons
5 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
6 persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or such list
7 is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
8 names are furnished for certain election precincts), the
9 county board of commissioners shall make or complete such
10 list from the names contained in the supplemental list
11 provided for in Section 13-1.1. The election judges shall
12 hold their office for 2 years from their appointment, and
13 until their successors are duly appointed in the manner
14 provided in this Act. The county board of commissioners shall
15 fill all vacancies in the office of judge of election at any
16 time in the manner provided in this Act.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
19 Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization
20 the county board shall at its meeting in May in each
21 even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
22 of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
23 are appointed by election commissioners, select in each
24 election precinct in the county, 5 capable and discreet
25 persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
26 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where
27 neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or
28 electric voting systems are used, the county board may, for
29 any precinct with respect to which the board considers such
30 action necessary or desirable in view of the number of
31 voters, and shall for general elections for any precinct
32 containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
33 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally
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1 judges. In such precincts the judges of election shall
2 preside over the election during the hours the polls are
3 open, and the tally judges, with the assistance of the
4 holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall
5 count the vote after the closing of the polls. The tally
6 judges shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
7 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
8 between political parties as is provided for judges of
9 election.
10 However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of
11 election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election
12 otherwise required by this Section to serve in any
13 presidential primary elecection, any emergency referendum, or
14 in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
15 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
16 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
17 or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
18 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board
19 shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
20 possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
21 same manner and with the same division between political
22 parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
23 number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
24 by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall
25 base the required number of special panels on the number of
26 registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
27 absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
28 of such factors.
29 No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall
30 be appointed judges in the same election district or
31 undivided precinct. The election of the judges of election in
32 the various election precincts shall be made in the following
33 manner: The county board shall select and approve 3 of the
34 election judges in each precinct from a certified list
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1 furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee of
2 the first leading political party in such election precinct
3 and shall also select and approve 2 judges of election in
4 each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
5 chairman of the County Central Committee of the second
6 leading political party in such election precinct. However,
7 if only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct,
8 no more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be
9 judges of election in the same election precinct; and which
10 political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which
11 political party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
12 determined in the same manner as set forth in the next two
13 preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
14 precinct. The respective County Central Committee chairman
15 shall notify the county board by June 1 of each odd-numbered
16 year immediately preceding the annual meeting of the county
17 board whether or not such certified list will be filed by
18 such chairman. Such list shall be arranged according to
19 precincts. The chairman of each county central committee
20 shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside within
21 the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However,
22 he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons
23 who reside outside the precinct but within the county
24 embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
25 however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
26 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
27 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
28 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
29 2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with
30 the county clerk not less than 20 days before the annual
31 meeting of the county board. The county board shall
32 acknowledge in writing to each county chairman the names of
33 all persons submitted on such certified list and the total
34 number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or
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1 the list is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient
2 number of names are furnished for certain election
3 precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list
4 from the names contained in the supplemental list provided
5 for in Section 13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case
6 where a township has been or shall be redistricted, in whole
7 or in part, subsequent to one general election for Governor,
8 and prior to the next, the judges of election to be selected
9 for all new or altered precincts shall be selected in that
10 one of the methods above detailed, which shall be applicable
11 according to the facts and circumstances of the particular
12 case, but the majority of such judges for each such precinct
13 shall be selected from the first leading political party, and
14 the minority judges from the second leading political party.
15 Provided, further, that in counties having a population of
16 1,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of
17 election shall be made in the same manner in all respects as
18 in other counties, except that the provisions relating to
19 tally judges are inapplicable to such counties and except
20 that the county board shall meet during the month of January
21 for the purpose of making such selection and the chairman of
22 each county central committee shall notify the county board
23 by the preceding October 1 whether or not the certified list
24 will be filed. Such judges of election shall hold their
25 office for 2 years from their appointment and until their
26 successors are duly appointed in the manner provided in this
27 Act. The county board shall fill all vacancies in the office
28 of judges of elections at any time in the manner herein
29 provided.
30 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
31 the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this
32 Article.
33 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
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1 (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
2 Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall,
3 during the month of May of each even-numbered year, select
4 for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the
5 board 5 persons to be judges of election who shall possess
6 the qualifications required by this Act for such judges. The
7 selection shall be made by a county board of election
8 commissioners in the following manner: the county board of
9 election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
10 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
11 list furnished by the chairman of the county central
12 committee of the first leading political party in that
13 precinct; the county board of election commissioners also
14 shall select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in
15 each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
16 chairman of the county central committee of the second
17 leading political party in that precinct. The selection by a
18 municipal board of election commissioners shall be made in
19 the following manner: for each precinct, 3 judges shall be
20 selected from one of the 2 leading political parties and the
21 other 2 judges shall be selected from the other leading
22 political party; the parties entitled to 3 and 2 judges,
23 respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as
24 provided in Section 14-4. However, a Board of Election
25 Commissioners may appoint three judges of election to serve
26 in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by
27 this Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
28 odd-year regular election or in any presidential primary
29 election, any special primary or special election called for
30 the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of
31 representative in the United States Congress or to nominate
32 candidates for such purpose.
33 If only 3 judges of election serve in each election
34 precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political party
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1 shall be judges of election in the same election precinct,
2 and which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election
3 and which political party is entitled to one judge of
4 election shall be determined as set forth in this Section for
5 a county board of election commissioners' selection of 5
6 election judges in each precinct or in Section 14-4 for a
7 municipal board of election commissioners' selection of
8 election judges in each precinct, whichever is appropriate.
9 In addition to such precinct judges, the board of election
10 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
11 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
12 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
13 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
14 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
15 be determined by regulation of the State Board of Elections,
16 which shall base the required number of special panels on the
17 number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
18 of absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any
19 combination of such factors. A municipal board of election
20 commissioners shall make the selections of persons qualified
21 under Section 14-1 from certified lists furnished by the
22 chairman of the respective county central committees of the 2
23 leading political parties. Lists furnished by chairmen of
24 county central committees under this Section shall be
25 arranged according to precincts. The chairman of each county
26 central committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons
27 who reside within the precinct in which they are to serve as
28 judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the
29 names of persons who reside outside the precinct but within
30 the county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.
31 He must, however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of
32 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
33 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
34 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
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1 2 judges. The board of election commissioners shall no later
2 than March 1 of each even-numbered year notify the chairmen
3 of the respective county central committees of their
4 responsibility to furnish such lists, and each such chairman
5 shall furnish the board of election commissioners with the
6 list for his party on or before May 1 of each even-numbered
7 year. The board of election commissioners shall acknowledge
8 in writing to each county chairman the names of all persons
9 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
10 persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
11 names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
12 certain precincts, the board of election commissioners shall
13 make or complete such list from the names contained in the
14 supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of
15 election shall hold their office for 2 years from their
16 appointment and until their successors are duly appointed in
17 the manner herein provided. The board of election
18 commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of Section
19 14-3.2, fill all vacancies in the office of judges of
20 election at any time in the manner herein provided.
21 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
22 the court as provided in Section 14-5.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-471, eff. 6-13-96.)
24 (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
25 Sec. 16-5.01. (a) The election authority shall, at least
26 30 60 days prior to the date of any general election at which
27 federal officers are elected and 30 45 days prior to any
28 other regular election, have a sufficient number of ballots
29 printed so that such ballots will be available for mailing 30
30 60 days prior to the date of the election to persons who have
31 filed application for a ballot under the provisions of
32 Article 20 of this Act.
33 (b) If at any general election at which federal offices
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1 are elected the election authority is unable to comply with
2 the provisions of subsection (a), the election authority
3 shall mail to each such person, in lieu of the ballot, a
4 Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot. The Special
5 Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot shall be used only at
6 general elections at which federal officers are elected and
7 shall be prepared by the election authority in substantially
8 the following form:
9 Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot
10 (To vote for a person, write the title of the office and
11 his or her name on the lines provided. Place to the left of
12 and opposite the title of office a square and place a cross
13 (X) in the square.)
14 Title of Office Name of Candidate
15 ( )
16 ( )
17 ( )
18 ( )
19 ( )
20 ( )
21 The election authority shall send with the Special
22 Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all
23 referenda for which the voter is qualified to vote and all
24 candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and for
25 whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be
26 entitled to write in the name of any candidate seeking
27 election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to
28 vote.
29 On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear
30 when folded, shall be printed the words "Official Ballot",
31 the date of the election and a facsimile of the signature of
32 the election authority who has caused the ballot to be
33 printed.
34 The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be
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1 applicable to the Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank
2 Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
3 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
4 Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 33-1 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
7 Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In
8 all school districts, including special charter districts
9 having a population of 100,000 and not more than 500,000,
10 which adopt this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
11 shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
12 board of education, which shall be a body politic and
13 corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City
14 of....". The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
15 voters of the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
16 of this Act, the regular election for members of the board
17 shall be held on the first Tuesday of April in odd numbered
18 years and on the second third Tuesday of September March in
19 even numbered years. The law governing the registration of
20 voters for the primary election shall apply to the regular
21 election. At the first regular election 7 persons shall be
22 elected as members of the board. The person who receives the
23 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 5
24 years. The 2 persons who receive the second and third
25 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4
26 years. The person who receives the fourth greatest number of
27 votes shall be elected for a term of 3 years. The 2 persons
28 who receive the fifth and sixth greatest number of votes
29 shall be elected for a term of 2 years. The person who
30 receives the seventh greatest number of votes shall be
31 elected for a term of 1 year. Thereafter, at each regular
32 election for members of the board, the successors of the
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1 members whose terms expire in the year of election shall be
2 elected for a term of 5 years. All terms shall commence on
3 July 1 next succeeding the elections. Any vacancy occurring
4 in the membership of the board shall be filled by appointment
5 until the next regular election for members of the board.
6 In any school district which has adopted this Article, a
7 proposition for the election of board members by school board
8 district rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
9 of the district at the regular school election of any year in
10 the manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition is
11 approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions,
12 the board shall divide the school district into 7 school
13 board districts as provided in Section 9-22. At the regular
14 school election in the year following the adoption of such
15 proposition, one member shall be elected from each school
16 board district, and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
17 determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
18 years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
19 respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
20 The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
21 following the adoption of such a proposition.
22 Any school district which has adopted this Article may,
23 by referendum in accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the
24 method of electing members of the board of education provided
25 in that Section.
26 Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in
27 this Article or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
28 completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
29 (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)