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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4528 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a political subdivision that is choosing candidates or submitting a public question is located within the jurisdiction of 2 or more election authorities and has its principal office located in the territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners, then the election authority in which a majority of the territory of the city board of election commissioners is located shall have jurisdiction, and the city board of election commissioners shall not have jurisdiction.
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| | HB4528 | | LRB098 15230 MGM 50235 b |
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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 Section |
5 | | 1-8 as follows: |
6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-8) |
7 | | Sec. 1-8. Canvassing boards abolished. Notwithstanding
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8 | | other provision of this Code, local canvassing boards are
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9 | | abolished. In this Code or any other law a reference to a
local |
10 | | or county canvassing board means (i) for elections in
which the |
11 | | political subdivision that is choosing
candidates or |
12 | | submitting a public question is located
entirely within the |
13 | | jurisdiction of a single election
authority, that election |
14 | | authority and (ii) for elections for offices and public |
15 | | questions not listed in Section 22-1 of this Code in
which the |
16 | | political subdivision that is choosing candidates
or |
17 | | submitting a public question is located within the
jurisdiction |
18 | | of 2 or more election authorities, the election
authority |
19 | | having jurisdiction over the location at which the
political |
20 | | subdivision has its principal office ; however if a political |
21 | | subdivision that is choosing candidates or submitting a public |
22 | | question is located within the jurisdiction of 2 or more |
23 | | election authorities and has its principal office located in |