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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 1A-3 as follows:
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| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/1A-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-3)
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| 7 | Sec. 1A-3.
Subject to the confirmation requirements of | ||||||
| 8 | Section 1A-4, 4
members of the State Board of Elections shall | ||||||
| 9 | be appointed in each odd-numbered
year as follows:
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| 10 | (1) The Governor shall appoint 2 members of the same | ||||||
| 11 | political party with
which he is affiliated, one from each area | ||||||
| 12 | of required residence.
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| 13 | (2) The Governor shall appoint 2 members of the political | ||||||
| 14 | party whose
candidate for Governor in the most recent general | ||||||
| 15 | election received the
second highest number of votes, one from | ||||||
| 16 | each area of required residence,
from a list of nominees | ||||||
| 17 | submitted by the first state executive officer in
the order | ||||||
| 18 | indicated herein affiliated with such political party: | ||||||
| 19 | Attorney
General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and | ||||||
| 20 | Treasurer.
If none of the State executive officers listed | ||||||
| 21 | herein is affiliated with
such political party, the nominating | ||||||
| 22 | State officer shall be the first State
executive officer in the | ||||||
| 23 | order indicated herein affiliated with an
established | ||||||
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| 1 | political party other than that of the Governor.
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| 2 | (3) The nominating state officer shall submit in writing to | ||||||
| 3 | the Governor
3 names of qualified persons for each membership | ||||||
| 4 | on the Board of Election to be
appointed from the political | ||||||
| 5 | party of that officer. The Governor may reject
any or all of | ||||||
| 6 | the nominees on any such list and may request an additional
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| 7 | list. The second list shall be submitted by the nominating | ||||||
| 8 | officer and
shall contain 3 new names of qualified persons for | ||||||
| 9 | each remaining appointment,
except that if the Governor | ||||||
| 10 | expressly reserves any nominee's name from the
first list, that | ||||||
| 11 | nominee shall not be replaced on the second list. The
second | ||||||
| 12 | list shall be final.
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| 13 | (4) Whenever all the state executive officers designated in | ||||||
| 14 | paragraph
(2) are affiliated with the same political party as | ||||||
| 15 | that of the Governor,
all 4 members of the Board to be | ||||||
| 16 | appointed that year, from both designated
political parties, | ||||||
| 17 | shall be appointed by the Governor without nominations.
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| 18 | (5) The Governor shall submit in writing to the President | ||||||
| 19 | of the Senate
the name of each person appointed to the State | ||||||
| 20 | Board of Elections, and shall
designate the term for which the | ||||||
| 21 | appointment is made and the name of the
member whom the | ||||||
| 22 | appointee is to succeed.
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| 23 | (6) The appointments shall be made and submitted by the | ||||||
| 24 | Governor no later
than April 1 and a nominating state officer | ||||||
| 25 | required to submit a list of
nominees to the Governor pursuant | ||||||
| 26 | to paragraph (3) shall submit a list no
later than March 1. For | ||||||
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| 1 | appointments occurring in 2019, the appointments shall be made | ||||||
| 2 | and submitted by the Governor no later than May 15.
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| 3 | (7) In the appointment of the initial members of the Board | ||||||
| 4 | pursuant to
this amendatory Act of 1978, the provisions of | ||||||
| 5 | paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
(5) and (6) of this Section shall | ||||||
| 6 | apply except that the Governor shall appoint
all 8 members, 2 | ||||||
| 7 | from each of the designated political parties from each
area of | ||||||
| 8 | required residence.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 85-958.)
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 11 | becoming law.
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