(10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall, during the
month of July of each even-numbered year,
select
for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the board 5
persons to be judges of election who shall possess the qualifications
required by this Act for such judges. The selection shall be made by a
county board of election commissioners in the following manner: the county
board of election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as judges of
election in each election precinct from a certified list
furnished by the chair of the county central committee of the first leading
political party in that precinct; the county board of election commissioners
also shall select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in each election
precinct from a certified list furnished by the chair of the county central
committee of the second leading political party in that precinct. The
selection by a municipal board of election commissioners shall be made in the
following manner: for each precinct, 3 judges shall be selected from one of
the 2 leading political parties and the other 2 judges shall be selected from
the other leading political party; the parties entitled to 3 and 2
judges, respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as provided
in Section 14-4. However, a Board of Election Commissioners may
appoint
three judges of election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
required by this Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
odd-year regular election or in any special primary or special election called
for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
United States Congress or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
If only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no more than
2 persons of the same political party shall be judges of election in the
same election precinct, and which political party is entitled to 2 judges
of election and which political party is entitled to one judge of election
shall be determined as set forth in this Section for a county board of
election commissioners' selection of 5 election judges in each precinct or in
Section 14-4 for a municipal board of election commissioners' selection of
election judges in each precinct, whichever is appropriate. In addition to
such precinct judges, the board of election commissioners shall appoint special
panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner and with the
same division between political parties as is provided for other judges of
election. The number of such panels of judges required shall be determined by
regulation of the State Board of Elections, which shall base the required
number of special panels on the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction
or the number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
of such factors. A municipal board of election
commissioners shall make the
selections of persons qualified under Section 14-1 from certified lists
furnished by the chair of the respective county central committees, or each ward committeeperson in a municipality of 500,000 or more inhabitants, of the 2
leading political parties. Lists furnished by chairmen of county central
committees or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, under this Section shall be arranged
according to precincts. The chair of each county central committee or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, shall,
insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the precinct in which they
are to serve as judges.
However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who
reside outside the precinct but within the county embracing the precinct
in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit the names of at
least 2 residents of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
is to have 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges.
The board of election commissioners shall no later than March 1 of each
even-numbered year notify the chairmen
of the respective county central committees or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, of their responsibility to
furnish such lists, and each such chair shall furnish the board of
election commissioners with the list for his party on or before May 1 of each
even-numbered year. The
board of election commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each
county chair or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, the names of all persons submitted on such certified
list and the total number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is
furnished or if no names or an insufficient number of names are
furnished for certain precincts, the board of election commissioners
shall make or complete such list from the names contained in the
supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of election
shall hold their office for 2 years from their appointment and until
their successors are duly appointed in the manner herein provided. The
board of election commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 14-3.2, fill all vacancies in the office of judges of election
at any time in the manner herein provided.
Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by the court as
provided in Section 14-5.
(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
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