Full Text of SB0411 95th General Assembly
SB0411 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0411
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. Matt Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/6A-1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1 |
10 ILCS 5/6A-2 |
from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2 |
10 ILCS 5/6A-6 |
from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6 |
10 ILCS 5/6A-7 |
from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7 |
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Amends the Election Code. Authorizes establishment of a county board of election commissioners for the portion of a county with 3,000,000 or more population outside the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners. Authorizes establishment by county board ordinance or vote of the electors of the affected portion of the county.
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 6A-1, 6A-2, 6A-6, and 6A-7 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/6A-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)
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| Sec. 6A-1. County boards of election commissioners. | 8 |
| (a) Any county in which there is no city, village or | 9 |
| incorporated town
with a board of election commissioners may | 10 |
| establish a county board of
election commissioners either (1) | 11 |
| by ordinance of the county board or
(2) by vote of the electors | 12 |
| of the county in accordance with Section
6A-2.
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| (b) The portion of a county of 3,000,000 or more population | 14 |
| outside the corporate limits of a city, village, or | 15 |
| incorporated town with a municipal board of election | 16 |
| commissioners may establish a county board of election | 17 |
| commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or | 18 |
| (2) by vote of the electors of the portion of the county | 19 |
| outside the corporate limits of the city, village, or | 20 |
| incorporated town with a municipal board of election | 21 |
| commissioners in accordance with Section 6A-2.
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| (c) This subsection applies to counties with less than | 23 |
| 3,000,000 population. The fact that some territory in a county |
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| is within the corporate
limits of a city, village or | 2 |
| incorporated town with a board of election
commissioners does | 3 |
| not prevent that county from establishing a county
board of | 4 |
| election commissioners in accordance with this Article if no
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| portion of such city, village or incorporated town was within | 6 |
| the county
at the time of the establishment of the board of | 7 |
| election commissioners
for such city, village or incorporated | 8 |
| town. If such a county
establishes a county board of election | 9 |
| commissioners pursuant to this
Article, the county board of | 10 |
| election commissioners shall, with respect
to the territory in | 11 |
| the county within the corporate limits of the city,
village or | 12 |
| incorporated town, supersede the board of election
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| commissioners of that city, village or incorporated town.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/6A-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)
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| Sec. 6A-2. Whenever registered voters in the county , or in | 17 |
| the portion of a county authorized under subsection (b) of | 18 |
| Section 6A-1 to establish a county board of election | 19 |
| commissioners, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
of the number | 20 |
| voting at the last preceding general election in the county,
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| whichever is less, petition the circuit court to submit to the | 22 |
| electors of
the county or portion of the county, as the case | 23 |
| may be, a proposition to establish a county board of election
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| commissioners, the circuit court shall cause such proposition | 25 |
| to be
submitted to the electors of the county or portion of the |
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| county, as the case may be, at the next succeeding general
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| election. The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner | 3 |
| as provided
in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and | 4 |
| 18 by cities, villages
and incorporated towns, except that the | 5 |
| question shall be stated: "Shall a
board of election | 6 |
| commissioners be established for (insert "all" or "part of", as | 7 |
| appropriate) .... County?"
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| (Source: P.A. 78-465.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/6A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6)
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| Sec. 6A-6. Any references in this Act to the county clerk | 11 |
| or the county board with
respect to the registration of voters, | 12 |
| filing of petitions, certification
of candidates, preparation | 13 |
| of ballots, establishment of election precincts,
designation | 14 |
| of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the
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| conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county , or | 16 |
| portion of a county, having a county board
of election | 17 |
| commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of
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| election commissioners. Any reference in this Code or any other | 19 |
| law to a county board of election commissioners shall be | 20 |
| construed to include the board of election commissioners of a | 21 |
| portion of a county authorized under subsection (b) of Section | 22 |
| 6A-1 to establish a county board of election commissioners.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-465.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/6A-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7)
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| Sec. 6A-7. Any county or portion of a county which has | 2 |
| established a board of election
commissioners may subsequently | 3 |
| vote to abandon such board in the same
manner as provided in | 4 |
| Article 6 for cities, villages and incorporated
towns, except | 5 |
| that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the
vote of | 6 |
| the electors of the county or portion of the county, as the | 7 |
| case may be, the proposition to abandon the board
of election | 8 |
| commissioners shall be signed by at least 10% of the
registered | 9 |
| voters of the county or of the portion of the county subject to | 10 |
| the board of election commissioners .
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1247.)
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