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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 | ||||||
5 | Sections 13-4 and 14-1 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
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7 | Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
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8 | (a) All persons elected or chosen judge of election must: | ||||||
9 | (1) be
citizens of the United States and entitled to vote at | ||||||
10 | the next election,
except as provided in subsection (b);
(2) be | ||||||
11 | of good repute and character; (3) be able to speak, read and | ||||||
12 | write
the English language; (4) be skilled in the four | ||||||
13 | fundamental rules of
arithmetic; (5) be of good understanding | ||||||
14 | and capable; (6) not be candidates
for any office at the | ||||||
15 | election and not be elected committeemen; and (7)
reside in the | ||||||
16 | precinct in which they are selected to act, except that in
each | ||||||
17 | precinct, not more than one judge of each party may be | ||||||
18 | appointed from
outside such precinct. Any judge selected to | ||||||
19 | serve in any precinct in which
he is not entitled to vote must | ||||||
20 | reside within and be entitled to vote
elsewhere within the | ||||||
21 | county which encompasses the precinct in which such
judge is | ||||||
22 | appointed. Such judge must meet the other qualifications of | ||||||
23 | this
Section.
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1 | (b) An election authority may establish a program to permit | ||||||
2 | a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an | ||||||
3 | election judge if,
as of the date of the election at which the | ||||||
4 | person serves as a judge,
he or she:
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5 | (1) is a U.S. citizen;
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6 | (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in | ||||||
7 | a public or private secondary
school;
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8 | (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to | ||||||
9 | at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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10 | (4) has the written approval of the principal of the | ||||||
11 | secondary school he
or she attends at the time of | ||||||
12 | appointment;
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13 | (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or | ||||||
14 | legal guardian;
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15 | (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course | ||||||
16 | for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1 and | ||||||
17 | 13-2.2; and
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18 | (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and | ||||||
19 | service as an
election judge.
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20 | No more than one election judge qualifying under this | ||||||
21 | subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to | ||||||
22 | appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must | ||||||
23 | certify
in writing to the election authority the political | ||||||
24 | party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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25 | Students appointed as election judges under this | ||||||
26 | subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the |
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1 | day they serve as judges.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
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3 | (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
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4 | Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners | ||||||
5 | established
or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and | ||||||
6 | in the
manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5 | ||||||
7 | persons,
men or women, as judges of election for each precinct | ||||||
8 | in such
city, village or incorporated town.
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9 | Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical | ||||||
10 | or
electric voting systems are used, the board of election
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11 | commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
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12 | board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
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13 | the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
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14 | precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint
in | ||||||
15 | addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
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16 | In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
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17 | election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
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18 | judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
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19 | pursuant to Section
14-5.2, shall count the vote after the | ||||||
20 | closing of the polls.
The tally judges shall possess the same | ||||||
21 | qualifications and
shall be appointed in the same manner and | ||||||
22 | with the same division
between political parties as is provided | ||||||
23 | for judges of election.
The foregoing provisions relating to | ||||||
24 | the appointment of tally
judges are inapplicable in counties | ||||||
25 | with a population of
1,000,000 or more.
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1 | (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
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2 | (1) be citizens of the United States;
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3 | (2) be of good repute and character;
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4 | (3) be able to speak, read and write the English | ||||||
5 | language;
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6 | (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of | ||||||
7 | arithmetic;
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8 | (5) be of good understanding and capable;
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9 | (6) not be candidates for any office at the election | ||||||
10 | and not
be elected committeemen;
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11 | (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in | ||||||
12 | which
they are selected to serve, except that in each | ||||||
13 | precinct not
more than one judge of each party may be | ||||||
14 | appointed from outside
such precinct. Any judge so | ||||||
15 | appointed to serve in any precinct
in which he is not | ||||||
16 | entitled to vote must be entitled to vote
elsewhere within | ||||||
17 | the county which encompasses the precinct in
which such | ||||||
18 | judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise
meet the | ||||||
19 | qualifications of this Section.
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20 | (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit | ||||||
21 | a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an | ||||||
22 | election judge if, as of the date of the election at
which the | ||||||
23 | person serves as a judge, he or she:
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24 | (1) is a U.S. citizen;
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25 | (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in | ||||||
26 | a public or private secondary
school;
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1 | (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to | ||||||
2 | at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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3 | (4) has the written approval of the principal of the | ||||||
4 | secondary school he
or she attends at the time of | ||||||
5 | appointment;
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6 | (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or | ||||||
7 | legal guardian;
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8 | (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course | ||||||
9 | for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1, | ||||||
10 | 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
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11 | (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and | ||||||
12 | service as an
election judge.
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13 | No more than one election judge qualifying under this | ||||||
14 | subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to | ||||||
15 | appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must | ||||||
16 | certify
in writing to the election authority the political | ||||||
17 | party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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18 | Students appointed as election judges under this | ||||||
19 | subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the | ||||||
20 | day they serve as judges.
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21 | (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2 | ||||||
22 | additional
judges of election, one from each of the major | ||||||
23 | political parties,
for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any | ||||||
24 | precinct having more
than 600 voters as authorized
by Section | ||||||
25 | 11--3. These additional judges must meet the
qualifications | ||||||
26 | prescribed in this Section.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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