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Rep. Gregory Harris
Filed: 4/1/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 196
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 196 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 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 |
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| 1 | | submitted by the first state executive officer in
the order |
| 2 | | indicated herein affiliated with such political party: |
| 3 | | Attorney
General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and |
| 4 | | Treasurer.
If none of the State executive officers listed |
| 5 | | herein is affiliated with
such political party, the nominating |
| 6 | | State officer shall be the first State
executive officer in the |
| 7 | | order indicated herein affiliated with an
established |
| 8 | | political party other than that of the Governor.
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| 9 | | (3) The nominating state officer shall submit in writing to |
| 10 | | the Governor
3 names of qualified persons for each membership |
| 11 | | on the Board of Election to be
appointed from the political |
| 12 | | party of that officer. The Governor may reject
any or all of |
| 13 | | the nominees on any such list and may request an additional
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| 14 | | list. The second list shall be submitted by the nominating |
| 15 | | officer and
shall contain 3 new names of qualified persons for |
| 16 | | each remaining appointment,
except that if the Governor |
| 17 | | expressly reserves any nominee's name from the
first list, that |
| 18 | | nominee shall not be replaced on the second list. The
second |
| 19 | | list shall be final.
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| 20 | | (4) Whenever all the state executive officers designated in |
| 21 | | paragraph
(2) are affiliated with the same political party as |
| 22 | | that of the Governor,
all 4 members of the Board to be |
| 23 | | appointed that year, from both designated
political parties, |
| 24 | | shall be appointed by the Governor without nominations.
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| 25 | | (5) The Governor shall submit in writing to the President |
| 26 | | of the Senate
the name of each person appointed to the State |
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| 1 | | Board of Elections, and shall
designate the term for which the |
| 2 | | appointment is made and the name of the
member whom the |
| 3 | | appointee is to succeed.
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| 4 | | (6) The appointments shall be made and submitted by the |
| 5 | | Governor no later
than April 1 and a nominating state officer |
| 6 | | required to submit a list of
nominees to the Governor pursuant |
| 7 | | to paragraph (3) shall submit a list no
later than March 1. For |
| 8 | | appointments occurring in 2019, the appointments shall be made |
| 9 | | and submitted by the Governor no later than May 15.
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| 10 | | (7) In the appointment of the initial members of the Board |
| 11 | | pursuant to
this amendatory Act of 1978, the provisions of |
| 12 | | paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
(5) and (6) of this Section shall |
| 13 | | apply except that the Governor shall appoint
all 8 members, 2 |
| 14 | | from each of the designated political parties from each
area of |
| 15 | | required residence.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 85-958.)
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 18 | | becoming law.".
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