103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1170

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/4-6.2  from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2
10 ILCS 5/5-16.2  from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2
10 ILCS 5/6-50.2  from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2
10 ILCS 5/7-9  from Ch. 46, par. 7-9

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county convention of a county central committee shall occur on a date that is not earlier than the 29th day after, nor later than the 50th day after, the date of the primary at which committeepersons are elected (rather than on the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which committeepersons are elected). Provides that an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of precinct committeeperson because no one was elected to that office, because the precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in the precinct, or for any other reason may not be made between the general primary election and the county convention following the general primary election (rather than between the general primary election and the 30th day after the general primary election). Makes conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, 6-50.2, and 7-9 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
7    Sec. 4-6.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all
8municipal and township or road district clerks or their duly
9authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the
10registration of all qualified residents of the State.
11    The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
12committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
13accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
14State, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
15    The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named
16persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such
17persons:
18        1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
19    designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
20    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
21    the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
22    at such library.
23        2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by

 

 

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1    the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
2    vocational school situated within the election
3    jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
4    qualified resident of the State, at such school. The
5    county clerk shall notify every principal and
6    vice-principal of each high school, elementary school, and
7    vocational school situated within the election
8    jurisdiction of their eligibility to serve as deputy
9    registrars and offer training courses for service as
10    deputy registrars at conveniently located facilities at
11    least 4 months prior to every election.
12        3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
13    the president, of any university, college, community
14    college, academy or other institution of learning situated
15    within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
16    registrations of any resident of the State, at such
17    university, college, community college, academy or
18    institution.
19        4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
20    labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
21    members designated by such official, who may accept the
22    registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
23        5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bonafide
24    State civic organization, as defined and determined by
25    rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
26    designated by such official, who may accept the

 

 

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1    registration of any qualified resident of the State. In
2    determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
3    appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
4    of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
5    geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
6    public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
7    jurisdiction and their location, the registration
8    activities of the organization and the need to appoint
9    deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
10    registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
11    event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
12    applicable to every civic organization requesting
13    appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
14    Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
15    of bonafide State civic organizations. Such appointments
16    shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
17    terminating on the first business day of the month
18    following the month of the general election, and shall be
19    valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
20    this Code during the terms of such appointments.
21        6. The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or
22    a reasonable number of employees designated by the
23    Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
24    the registration of any qualified resident of the county
25    at any such public aid office.
26        7. The Director of the Illinois Department of

 

 

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1    Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
2    designated by the Director and located at unemployment
3    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
4    resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
5        8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
6    Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number
7    of employees designated by such president, who may accept
8    the registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
9    If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
10denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
11the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
12organization with written notice setting forth the specific
13reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
14appointed as deputy registrar.
15    The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
16registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
17appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
18the convenience of the public is served, giving due
19consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
20of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
21there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
22parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
23appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
24appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chair
25of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
26party. A Chair of a County Central Committee shall submit a

 

 

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1list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
2year. The county clerk may require a Chair of a County Central
3Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
4    Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
5other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All
6persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
7voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
8following oath or affirmation:
9    "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
10will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
11Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
12faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
13registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
14person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
15his personal application before me.
16
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17
(Signature Deputy Registrar)"
18    This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
19one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
20acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
21filed with the county clerk.
22    Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
23except precinct committeepersons, shall be for 2-year terms,
24commencing on December 1 following the general election of
25each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
26appointments shall be until December 1st following the next

 

 

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1general election. Appointments of precinct committeepersons
2shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
3convention following the general primary at which they were
4elected and ending on the date immediately preceding the date
5of the next county convention. The county clerk shall issue a
6certificate of appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall
7maintain in his office for public inspection a list of the
8names of all appointees.
9    (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
10deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at
11times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
12clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
13responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
14registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
15registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
16removal for cause.
17    (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
18deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
19be returned to the appointing election authority by
20first-class mail within 2 business days or personal delivery
21within 7 days, except that completed registration materials
22received by the deputy registrars during the period between
23the 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned
24by the deputy registrars to the appointing election authority
25within 48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed
26registration materials received by the deputy registrars on

 

 

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1the 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
2deputy registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
3Unused materials shall be returned by deputy registrars
4appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later
5than the next working day following the close of registration.
6    (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners,
7as the case may be, must provide any additional forms
8requested by any deputy registrar regardless of the number of
9unaccounted registration forms the deputy registrar may have
10in his or her possession.
11    (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
12or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
13her duties.
14    (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
15liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
16deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of the
17county clerk.
18    (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
19registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be
20transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to
21the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction
22of residence.
23(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
24    (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
25    Sec. 5-16.2. (a) The county clerk shall appoint all

 

 

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1municipal and township clerks or their duly authorized
2deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
3of all qualified residents of the State.
4    The county clerk shall appoint all precinct
5committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars who may
6accept the registration of any qualified resident of the
7State, except during the 27 days preceding an election.
8    The county clerk shall appoint each of the following named
9persons as deputy registrars upon the written request of such
10persons:
11        1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
12    designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
13    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
14    the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
15    at such library.
16        2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
17    the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
18    vocational school situated within the election
19    jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
20    resident of the State, at such school. The county clerk
21    shall notify every principal and vice-principal of each
22    high school, elementary school, and vocational school
23    situated within the election jurisdiction of their
24    eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
25    training courses for service as deputy registrars at
26    conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to

 

 

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1    every election.
2        3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
3    the president, of any university, college, community
4    college, academy or other institution of learning situated
5    within the election jurisdiction, who may accept the
6    registrations of any resident of the State, at such
7    university, college, community college, academy or
8    institution.
9        4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
10    labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
11    members designated by such official, who may accept the
12    registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
13        5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
14    State civic organization, as defined and determined by
15    rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
16    designated by such official, who may accept the
17    registration of any qualified resident of the State. In
18    determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
19    appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
20    of the jurisdiction, the size of the organization, the
21    geographic size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
22    public, the existing number of deputy registrars in the
23    jurisdiction and their location, the registration
24    activities of the organization and the need to appoint
25    deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
26    registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no

 

 

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1    event shall a county clerk fix an arbitrary number
2    applicable to every civic organization requesting
3    appointment of its members as deputy registrars. The State
4    Board of Elections shall by rule provide for certification
5    of bona fide State civic organizations. Such appointments
6    shall be made for a period not to exceed 2 years,
7    terminating on the first business day of the month
8    following the month of the general election, and shall be
9    valid for all periods of voter registration as provided by
10    this Code during the terms of such appointments.
11        6. The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or
12    a reasonable number of employees designated by the
13    Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
14    the registration of any qualified resident of the county
15    at any such public aid office.
16        7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
17    Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
18    designated by the Director and located at unemployment
19    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
20    resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
21        8. The president of any corporation as defined by the
22    Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number
23    of employees designated by such president, who may accept
24    the registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
25    If the request to be appointed as deputy registrar is
26denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date

 

 

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1the request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
2organization with written notice setting forth the specific
3reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the request to be
4appointed as deputy registrar.
5    The county clerk may appoint as many additional deputy
6registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk shall
7appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
8the convenience of the public is served, giving due
9consideration to both population concentration and area. Some
10of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so that
11there are an equal number from each of the 2 major political
12parties in the election jurisdiction. The county clerk, in
13appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
14appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chair
15of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
16party. A Chair of a County Central Committee shall submit a
17list of applicants to the county clerk by November 30 of each
18year. The county clerk may require a Chair of a County Central
19Committee to furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
20    Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
21other than the 27 day period preceding an election. All
22persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
23voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to the
24following oath or affirmation:
25    "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
26will support the Constitution of the United States, and the

 

 

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1Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
2faithfully discharge the duties of the office of deputy
3registrar to the best of my ability and that I will register no
4person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
5his personal application before me.
6
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7
(Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
8    This oath shall be administered by the county clerk, or by
9one of his deputies, or by any person qualified to take
10acknowledgement of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
11filed with the county clerk.
12    Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
13except precinct committeepersons, shall be for 2-year terms,
14commencing on December 1 following the general election of
15each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
16appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
17general election. Appointments of precinct committeepersons
18shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
19convention following the general primary at which they were
20elected and ending on the date immediately preceding the date
21of the next county convention. The county clerk shall issue a
22certificate of appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall
23maintain in his office for public inspection a list of the
24names of all appointees.
25    (b) The county clerk shall be responsible for training all
26deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a), at

 

 

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1times and locations reasonably convenient for both the county
2clerk and such appointees. The county clerk shall be
3responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy
4registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
5registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
6removal for cause.
7    (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
8deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a), shall
9be returned to the appointing election authority by
10first-class mail within 2 business days or personal delivery
11within 7 days, except that completed registration materials
12received by the deputy registrars during the period between
13the 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned
14by the deputy registrars to the appointing election authority
15within 48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed
16registration materials received by the deputy registrars on
17the 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
18deputy registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
19Unused materials shall be returned by deputy registrars
20appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later
21than the next working day following the close of registration.
22    (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners,
23as the case may be, must provide any additional forms
24requested by any deputy registrar regardless of the number of
25unaccounted registration forms the deputy registrar may have
26in his or her possession.

 

 

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1    (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
2or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
3her duties.
4    (f) The county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
5liable for the acts or omissions of any deputy registrar. Such
6deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of the
7county clerk.
8    (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
9registrars for persons residing outside the county shall be
10transmitted by the county clerk within 2 days after receipt to
11the election authority of the person's election jurisdiction
12of residence.
13(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
14    (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
15    Sec. 6-50.2. (a) The board of election commissioners shall
16appoint all precinct committeepersons in the election
17jurisdiction as deputy registrars who may accept the
18registration of any qualified resident of the State, except
19during the 27 days preceding an election.
20    The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
21the following named persons as deputy registrars upon the
22written request of such persons:
23        1. The chief librarian, or a qualified person
24    designated by the chief librarian, of any public library
25    situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept

 

 

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1    the registrations of any qualified resident of the State,
2    at such library.
3        2. The principal, or a qualified person designated by
4    the principal, of any high school, elementary school, or
5    vocational school situated within the election
6    jurisdiction, who may accept the registrations of any
7    resident of the State, at such school. The board of
8    election commissioners shall notify every principal and
9    vice-principal of each high school, elementary school, and
10    vocational school situated in the election jurisdiction of
11    their eligibility to serve as deputy registrars and offer
12    training courses for service as deputy registrars at
13    conveniently located facilities at least 4 months prior to
14    every election.
15        3. The president, or a qualified person designated by
16    the president, of any university, college, community
17    college, academy, or other institution of learning
18    situated within the State, who may accept the
19    registrations of any resident of the election
20    jurisdiction, at such university, college, community
21    college, academy, or institution.
22        4. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide
23    labor organization, or a reasonable number of qualified
24    members designated by such official, who may accept the
25    registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
26        5. A duly elected or appointed official of a bona fide

 

 

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1    State civic organization, as defined and determined by
2    rule of the State Board of Elections, or qualified members
3    designated by such official, who may accept the
4    registration of any qualified resident of the State. In
5    determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
6    appointed, the board of election commissioners shall
7    consider the population of the jurisdiction, the size of
8    the organization, the geographic size of the jurisdiction,
9    convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
10    registrars in the jurisdiction and their location, the
11    registration activities of the organization and the need
12    to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
13    registration of non-English speaking individuals. In no
14    event shall a board of election commissioners fix an
15    arbitrary number applicable to every civic organization
16    requesting appointment of its members as deputy
17    registrars. The State Board of Elections shall by rule
18    provide for certification of bona fide State civic
19    organizations. Such appointments shall be made for a
20    period not to exceed 2 years, terminating on the first
21    business day of the month following the month of the
22    general election, and shall be valid for all periods of
23    voter registration as provided by this Code during the
24    terms of such appointments.
25        6. The Director of Healthcare and Family Services, or
26    a reasonable number of employees designated by the

 

 

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1    Director and located at public aid offices, who may accept
2    the registration of any qualified resident of the election
3    jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
4        7. The Director of the Illinois Department of
5    Employment Security, or a reasonable number of employees
6    designated by the Director and located at unemployment
7    offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
8    resident of the election jurisdiction at any such
9    unemployment office. If the request to be appointed as
10    deputy registrar is denied, the board of election
11    commissioners shall, within 10 days after the date the
12    request is submitted, provide the affected individual or
13    organization with written notice setting forth the
14    specific reasons or criteria relied upon to deny the
15    request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
16        8. The president of any corporation, as defined by the
17    Business Corporation Act of 1983, or a reasonable number
18    of employees designated by such president, who may accept
19    the registrations of any qualified resident of the State.
20    The board of election commissioners may appoint as many
21additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary. The
22board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
23deputy registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
24public is served, giving due consideration to both population
25concentration and area. Some of the additional deputy
26registrars shall be selected so that there are an equal number

 

 

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1from each of the 2 major political parties in the election
2jurisdiction. The board of election commissioners, in
3appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
4appointment from a list of applicants submitted by the Chair
5of the County Central Committee of the applicant's political
6party. A Chair of a County Central Committee shall submit a
7list of applicants to the board by November 30 of each year.
8The board may require a Chair of a County Central Committee to
9furnish a supplemental list of applicants.
10    Deputy registrars may accept registrations at any time
11other than the 27-day period preceding an election. All
12persons appointed as deputy registrars shall be registered
13voters within the election jurisdiction and shall take and
14subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
15    "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
16will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
17Constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
18faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
19officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
20person nor cause the registration of any person except upon
21his personal application before me.
22
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23
(Signature of Registration Officer)"
24    This oath shall be administered and certified to by one of
25the commissioners or by the executive director or by some
26person designated by the board of election commissioners, and

 

 

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1shall immediately thereafter be filed with the board of
2election commissioners. The members of the board of election
3commissioners and all persons authorized by them under the
4provisions of this Article to take registrations, after
5themselves taking and subscribing to the above oath, are
6authorized to take or administer such oaths and execute such
7affidavits as are required by this Article.
8    Appointments of deputy registrars under this Section,
9except precinct committeepersons, shall be for 2-year terms,
10commencing on December 1 following the general election of
11each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
12appointments shall be until December 1st following the next
13general election. Appointments of precinct committeepersons
14shall be for 2-year terms commencing on the date of the county
15convention following the general primary at which they were
16elected and ending on the date immediately preceding the date
17of the next county convention. The county clerk shall issue a
18certificate of appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall
19maintain in his office for public inspection a list of the
20names of all appointees.
21    (b) The board of election commissioners shall be
22responsible for training all deputy registrars appointed
23pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
24convenient for both the board of election commissioners and
25such appointees. The board of election commissioners shall be
26responsible for certifying and supervising all deputy

 

 

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1registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a). Deputy
2registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
3removal for cause.
4    (c) Completed registration materials under the control of
5deputy registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall
6be returned to the appointing election authority by
7first-class mail within 2 business days or personal delivery
8within 7 days, except that completed registration materials
9received by the deputy registrars during the period between
10the 35th and 28th day preceding an election shall be returned
11by the deputy registrars to the appointing election authority
12within 48 hours after receipt thereof. The completed
13registration materials received by the deputy registrars on
14the 28th day preceding an election shall be returned by the
15deputy registrars within 24 hours after receipt thereof.
16Unused materials shall be returned by deputy registrars
17appointed pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later
18than the next working day following the close of registration.
19    (d) The county clerk or board of election commissioners,
20as the case may be, must provide any additional forms
21requested by any deputy registrar regardless of the number of
22unaccounted registration forms the deputy registrar may have
23in his or her possession.
24    (e) No deputy registrar shall engage in any electioneering
25or the promotion of any cause during the performance of his or
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1    (f) The board of election commissioners shall not be
2criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
3deputy registrar. Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
4to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
5    (g) Completed registration materials returned by deputy
6registrars for persons residing outside the election
7jurisdiction shall be transmitted by the board of election
8commissioners within 2 days after receipt to the election
9authority of the person's election jurisdiction of residence.
10(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
11    (10 ILCS 5/7-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
12    Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
13conventions.
14    (a) On a date that is not earlier than the 29th day after,
15nor later than the 50th day after, On the 29th day next
16succeeding the date of the primary at which committeepersons
17are elected, the county central committee of each political
18party shall meet within the county and proceed to organize by
19electing from its own number a chair and either from its own
20number, or otherwise, such other officers as such committee
21may deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county
22central committee shall be known as the county convention.
23    The chair of each county committee shall within 10 days
24after the organization, forward to the State Board of
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1officers, precinct committeepersons and representative
2committeepersons elected by his political party.
3    The county convention of each political party shall choose
4delegates to the State convention of its party, if the party
5chooses to hold a State convention; but in any county having
6within its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or
7over the delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the
8ward committeepersons from the respective wards choosing the
9number of delegates to which such ward is entitled on the basis
10prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such delegates to
11be members of the delegation to the State convention from such
12county. In all counties containing a population of 2,000,000
13or more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
14more, the delegates from each of the townships or parts of
15townships as the case may be shall be chosen by townships or
16parts of townships as the case may be, the township
17committeepersons from the respective townships or parts of
18townships as the case may be choosing the number of delegates
19to which such townships or parts of townships as the case may
20be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of
21this Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to
22the State convention from such county.
23    Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
24party which elects its members by Alternative B under
25paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State
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1ex officio.
2    Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
3party which elects its members by Alternative B under
4paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the
5State Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State
6convention, who must be residents of the member's
7Congressional District.
8    (b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after
9the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years
10thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,
11the chair of a State central committee may issue a call for a
12State convention within 180 days after the general primary.
13    The State convention of each political party, if the party
14chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make
15nominations of candidates of its political party for the
16electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
17and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined
18by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to
19choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large
20to national nominating conventions. The State Central
21Committee may adopt rules to provide for and govern the
22procedures of the State convention.
23    (c) The chair and secretary of each State convention, if
24the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall, within 2
25days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of
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1of all persons nominated by such State convention for electors
2of President and Vice President of the United States, and of
3any persons selected by the State convention for delegates and
4alternate delegates at large to national nominating
5conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by
6such State convention for electors of President and Vice
7President of the United States, shall be caused by the State
8Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at
9the general election, in the manner required by law, and shall
10be certified to the various county clerks of the proper
11counties in the manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this
12Article 7 for the certifying of the names of persons nominated
13by any party for State offices. If and as long as this Act
14prescribes that the names of such electors be not printed on
15the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be certified
16in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act
17applicable thereto.
18    (d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State
19convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such
20political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.
21    (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
22if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chair of
23the State central committee of each political party shall file
24in the principal office of the State Board of Elections a call
25for the State convention. Such call shall state, among other
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1for holding the State convention. Such call shall be signed by
2the chair and attested by the secretary of the committee. In
3such convention each county shall be entitled to one delegate
4for each 500 ballots voted by the primary electors of the party
5in such county at the primary to be held next after the
6issuance of such call; and if in such county, less than 500
7ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted is
8not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate for
9such group which is less than 500, or for such group
10representing the number of votes over the multiple of 500,
11which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each primary
12vote so represented by him. The call for such convention shall
13set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and shall
14direct that the number of delegates to be chosen be calculated
15in compliance herewith and that such number of delegates be
16chosen.
17    (f) All precinct, township and ward committeepersons when
18elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
19elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
20in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
21strength of each committeeperson shall remain as provided in
22this Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
23    (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
24this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
25provided in this Act.
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1called by the chair, or by not less than 25% of the members of
2such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
3committee in writing designating the time and place at which
4such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
5proposed to present at such special meeting.
6    (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
7vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeperson
8because no one was elected to that office or because the
9precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in the precinct or
10for any other reason, the chair of the county central
11committee of the appropriate political party may fill the
12vacancy in such office by appointment of a qualified resident
13of the county and the appointed precinct committeeperson shall
14serve as though elected; however, no such appointment may be
15made between the general primary election and the county
16convention following 30th day after the general primary
17election.
18    (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
19of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
20Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
21the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a
22political party which elects its State Central Committee by
23either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
24of Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to
25serve as if no reapportionment had occurred until the
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1(Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)