Rep. Michael W. Tryon

Filed: 4/3/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2989

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2989 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 7-8 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/7-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
7     Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
8 one member or two members from each legislative congressional
9 district in the State and shall be elected as follows:
10
State Central Committee
11     (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
13 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
14 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
15 State central committee of that party.
16     In each legislative district at the general primary

 

 

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1 election held in 2010 and every 4 years thereafter, the
2 candidate receiving the highest number of votes for State
3 central committeeman shall be declared elected State central
4 committeeman from the district.
5     To qualify as a candidate for election or appointment to
6 fill a vacancy as a State central committeeman, a person must
7 be a resident of the legislative district and must have voted
8 in 3 of the 4 most recent primary elections of the political
9 party. Alternative A.
10     Whenever At the primary in 1970 and at the general primary
11 election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector
12 may vote for one candidate of his party for member of the State
13 central committee for the congressional district in which he
14 resides. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes
15 shall be declared elected State central committeeman from the
16 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by a
17 majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
18 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
19 committeemen in the manner following:
20     At the county convention held by such political party State
21 central committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as
22 provided in this Article for the election of officers of the
23 county central committee, and such election shall follow the
24 election of officers of the county central committee. Each
25 elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast as
26 his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township,

 

 

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1 part of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
2 election of his political party. In the case of a county lying
3 partially within one congressional district and partially
4 within another congressional district, each ward, township or
5 precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
6 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
7 township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional
8 district which encompasses more than one county, each ward,
9 township or precinct committeeman residing within the
10 congressional district shall cast as his vote one vote for each
11 ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or
12 precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
13 political party for one candidate of his party for member of
14 the State central committee for the congressional district in
15 which he resides and the Chairman of the county central
16 committee shall report the results of the election to the State
17 Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall certify
18 the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
19 State central committeeman for that congressional district.
20     The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
21 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
22 members of the State central committee.
23     After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
24 General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
25 Chairman of a State central committee, or at the end of the
26 term of office of Chairman, the State central committee of each

 

 

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1 political party that has selected Alternative A shall elect a
2 Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State
3 Central Committee. The Chairman shall be a registered voter in
4 this State and of the same political party as the State central
5 committee.
6     Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
7 30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a
8 person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
9 that congressional district to serve as an additional member of
10 the State central committee until his or her successor is
11 elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
12 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
13 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
14 each congressional district at the general primary election
15 held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
16 receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
17 candidates for State central committeeman, and the female
18 candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's
19 female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be
20 declared elected State central committeeman and State central
21 committeewoman from the district. At the general primary
22 election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
23 party's candidates for State central committeemen or State
24 central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the
25 same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
26 shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State

 

 

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1 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
2 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
3 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
4 member of the State central committee from the district. This
5 vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional
6 committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
7 fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
8 district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
9 committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
10 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
11 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
12     The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
13 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
14 committee's members.
15     Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the
16 selection of the Chairman of the State central committee, under
17 both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee
18 of each political party shall be composed of members elected or
19 appointed from the several legislative congressional districts
20 of the State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The
21 members of the State central committee shall, within 41 days
22 after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in
23 the city of Springfield and organize by electing a chairman,
24 and may at such time elect such officers from among their own
25 number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient.
26 The outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the

 

 

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1 party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of
2 the State central committee elected at the primary of the time
3 and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings
4 of the State central committee, each State central committeeman
5 and State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
6 ballot voted in his or her legislative congressional district
7 by the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
8 election immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
9 committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
10 committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
11 by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
12 of the political party of the counties located within the
13 legislative congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
14 and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
15 political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
16 located within the legislative congressional district. If the
17 legislative congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
18 lies wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants,
19 the ward and township committeemen of the political party in
20 that legislative congressional district shall vote to fill the
21 vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a
22 county central committee and each ward and township
23 committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall
24 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of the
25 legislative congressional district in which the vacancy exists
26 of his or her county, township, or ward cast by the primary

 

 

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1 electors of his or her party at the primary election
2 immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
3 State central committee. The person appointed to fill the
4 vacancy shall be a resident of the legislative congressional
5 district in which the vacancy occurs and , shall be a qualified
6 voter who voted in 3 of the 4 most recent primary elections of
7 the political party , and, in a committee composed as provided
8 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
9 predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
10 delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
11 return to the election of State central committeeman and State
12 central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any
13 action taken by a political party at a State convention in
14 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
15 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such
16 convention within 10 days after such action.
17     On and after the date of organization of a State central
18 committee whose members are elected at the 2010 general
19 primary, a reference in this Code or other statute to a State
20 central committee organized or operating under Alternative A or
21 Alternative B is a reference to a State central committee whose
22 predecessor was organized or operated under the Alternative A
23 or Alternative B authorized by this subsection (a) before the
24 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
25 Assembly.
26     The changes made to this subsection (a) by this amendatory

 

 

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1 Act of the 96th General Assembly apply to State central
2 committees elected at or after the 2010 general primary.
3
Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
4     (b) At the primary in 1972 and at the general primary
5 election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
6 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
7 candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. Each
8 candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of and in
9 the ward where he seeks to be elected ward committeeman. The
10 one having the highest number of votes shall be such ward
11 committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary
12 election in 1970 and at the general primary election every 4
13 years thereafter, each primary elector in counties containing a
14 population of 2,000,000 or more, outside of cities containing a
15 population of 200,000 or more, may vote for one candidate of
16 his party for township committeeman. Each candidate for
17 township committeeman must be a resident of and in the township
18 or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
19 population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a
20 population of 2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part
21 of a township he seeks to be elected township committeeman. The
22 one having the highest number of votes shall be such township
23 committeeman of such party for such township or part of a
24 township. At the primary in 1970 and at the general primary
25 election every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector, except
26 in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote

 

 

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1 for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
2 committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be
3 a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
4 elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest
5 number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
6 party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary
7 shall show the name of the committeeman of each political
8 party.
9     Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
10 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
11 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
12 second year after their election. Except as otherwise provided
13 in this Section for certain State central committeemen who have
14 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
15 committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such
16 committeemen until the date of primary to be held in the fourth
17 year after their election. However, a vacancy exists in the
18 office of precinct committeeman when a precinct committeeman
19 ceases to reside in the precinct in which he was elected and
20 such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have nor
21 exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that
22 precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
23 appointed.
24     (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
25 the precinct committeemen of such party, in the multi-township
26 assessing district formed pursuant to Section 2-10 of the

 

 

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1 Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set
2 forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In the
3 organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
4 Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
5 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
6 his party at the primary at which he was elected.
7
County Central Committee
8     (d) The county central committee of each political party in
9 each county shall consist of the various township committeemen,
10 precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such
11 party in the county. In the organization and proceedings of the
12 county central committee, each precinct committeeman shall
13 have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the
14 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
15 elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
16 each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the
17 case may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
18 election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
19 General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
20 county central committee; and in the organization and
21 proceedings of the county central committee, each ward
22 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
23 ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary
24 election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
25 General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
26 county central committee.

 

 

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1
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
2     (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
3 each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
4 various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
5 that party in the portions of the county composing the board of
6 review election district. In the organization and proceedings
7 of each of the 3 election district committees, each township
8 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
9 or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
10 the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
11 election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
12 review election district committee; and in the organization and
13 proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
14 ward committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
15 his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the
16 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
17 immediately preceding the meeting of the board of review
18 election district committee.
19
Congressional Committee
20     (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
21 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
22 county central committees of the counties composing the
23 congressional district, except that in congressional districts
24 wholly within the territorial limits of one county, the
25 precinct committeemen, township committeemen and ward
26 committeemen, if any, of the party representing the precincts

 

 

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1 within the limits of the congressional district, shall compose
2 the congressional committee. Each A State central committeeman
3 in each district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
4 district has 2 or more State central committeemen, a
5 co-chairman of the congressional committee, but shall not have
6 the right to vote except in case of a tie.
7     In the organization and proceedings of congressional
8 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
9 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination thereof,
10 each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
11 voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his party at
12 the primary at which he was elected, each township committeeman
13 shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or
14 part of a township as the case may be by the primary electors
15 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
16 meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward
17 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
18 precinct of his ward located in such congressional district by
19 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
20 immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
21 committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
22 congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county
23 central committees of the counties within such district, each
24 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
25 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of
26 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the

 

 

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1 meeting of the congressional committee.
2
Judicial District Committee
3     (f) The judicial district committee of each political party
4 in each judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of
5 the county central committees of the counties composing the
6 judicial district.
7     In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
8 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
9 committees of the counties within such district, each chairman
10 of such county central committee shall have one vote for each
11 ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
12 at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
13 the judicial district committee.
14
Circuit Court Committee
15     (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
16 each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
17 the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
18 composing the judicial circuit.
19     In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
20 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
21 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
22 primary electors of his party at the primary election
23 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
24 committee.
25
Judicial Subcircuit Committee
26     (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political

 

 

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1 party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided
2 into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township
3 committeemen of the townships and wards composing the judicial
4 subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct committeemen of
5 the precincts composing the judicial subcircuit in any county
6 other than Cook County.
7     In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
8 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
9 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
10 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the
11 primary electors of his party at the primary election
12 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
13 committee; each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
14 each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as the
15 case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors
16 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
17 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee; and each ward
18 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
19 ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial
20 subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the primary
21 election immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial
22 subcircuit committee.
23
Municipal Central Committee
24     (h) The municipal central committee of each political party
25 shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
26 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing

 

 

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1 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
2 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, township
3 or ward committeeman on the municipal central committee shall
4 be the same as his voting strength on the county central
5 committee.
6     For political parties, other than a statewide political
7 party, established only within a municipality or township, the
8 municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
9 the party officers of the local established party. The party
10 officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the
11 chairman and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities
12 and townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
13 caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
14 vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
15 and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
16 candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
17 shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
18 primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
19 of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
20 party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's
21 officers.
22
Powers
23     (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
24 usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
25 thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
26 The several committees herein provided for shall not have power

 

 

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1 to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other
2 person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed
3 to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership
4 proper and necessary subcommittees.
5     (j) The State central committee of a political party which
6 elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
7 Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate
8 selection rules of the national political party and file a copy
9 of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by
10 a national political party.
11     (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
12 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
13 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the State
14 central committee of a political party which elects its members
15 by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy
16 shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and township
17 committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships which lie
18 entirely or partially within the Congressional District from
19 which the absent State central committeeman or committeewoman
20 was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county central
21 committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially
22 within that Congressional District and in which there are no
23 ward or township committeemen. When voting for such proxy the
24 county chairman, ward committeeman or township committeeman,
25 as the case may be shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
26 his county, ward or township, or portion thereof within the

 

 

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1 Congressional District, by the primary electors of his party at
2 the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
3 central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy
4 when permitted by the rules of a political party which elects
5 its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
6 Section.
7     Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
8 ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
9 committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
10 statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of
11 conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
12 a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall
13 automatically become vacant.
14 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 95-699,
15 eff. 11-9-07.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.".