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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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 7-8 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
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7 | Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of | ||||||
8 | one or two
members from each congressional district in the | ||||||
9 | State and shall be elected as
follows:
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10 | State Central Committee
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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.
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16 | Alternative A. In each congressional district at the | ||||||
17 | general primary election held in 2010 and every 4 years | ||||||
18 | thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number of | ||||||
19 | votes of the party's male candidates for State central | ||||||
20 | committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest | ||||||
21 | number of votes of the party's female candidates for State | ||||||
22 | central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State | ||||||
23 | central committeeman and State central committeewoman from the |
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1 | district. At the general primary election held in 2010 and | ||||||
2 | every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for State | ||||||
3 | central committeemen or State central committeewomen from a | ||||||
4 | congressional district are of the same sex, the candidate | ||||||
5 | receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected | ||||||
6 | a State central committeeman or State central committeewoman | ||||||
7 | from the district, and, because of a failure to elect one male | ||||||
8 | and one female to the committee, a vacancy shall be declared to | ||||||
9 | exist in the office of the second member of the State central | ||||||
10 | committee from the district. This vacancy shall be filled by | ||||||
11 | appointment by the congressional committee of the political | ||||||
12 | party, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a | ||||||
13 | resident of the congressional district and of the sex opposite | ||||||
14 | that of the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the | ||||||
15 | general primary election. Each congressional committee shall | ||||||
16 | make this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in | ||||||
17 | paragraph (e) of this Section. | ||||||
18 | The Chairman of a State central committee composed as | ||||||
19 | provided in this Alternative A must be selected from the | ||||||
20 | committee's members. At the primary in
1970 and at the general | ||||||
21 | primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
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22 | elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of | ||||||
23 | the State
central committee for the congressional district in | ||||||
24 | which he resides.
The candidate receiving the highest number of | ||||||
25 | votes shall be declared
elected State central committeeman from | ||||||
26 | the district. A political party
may, in lieu of the foregoing, |
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1 | by a majority vote of delegates at any State
convention of such | ||||||
2 | party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
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3 | committeemen in the manner following:
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4 | At the county convention held by such political party State | ||||||
5 | central
committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as | ||||||
6 | provided in this
Article for the election of officers of the | ||||||
7 | county central committee, and
such election shall follow the | ||||||
8 | election of officers of the county central
committee. Each | ||||||
9 | elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast
as | ||||||
10 | his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, | ||||||
11 | part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary | ||||||
12 | election of his
political party. In the case of a county lying | ||||||
13 | partially within one
congressional district and partially | ||||||
14 | within another congressional district,
each ward, township or | ||||||
15 | precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect
to the | ||||||
16 | congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
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17 | township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional | ||||||
18 | district
which encompasses more than one county, each ward, | ||||||
19 | township or precinct
committeeman residing within the | ||||||
20 | congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each | ||||||
21 | ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or | ||||||
22 | precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
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23 | political party for one candidate of his party for member of | ||||||
24 | the State
central committee for the congressional district in | ||||||
25 | which he resides and
the Chairman of the county central | ||||||
26 | committee shall report the results of
the election to the State |
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1 | Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify | ||||||
2 | the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
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3 | State central committeeman for that congressional district.
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4 | The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | ||||||
5 | for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | ||||||
6 | members of the State central
committee.
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7 | After the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st | ||||||
8 | General
Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of | ||||||
9 | Chairman of a State
central committee, or at the end of the | ||||||
10 | term of office of Chairman, the State
central committee of each | ||||||
11 | political party that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a | ||||||
12 | Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State | ||||||
13 | Central
Committee. The Chairman shall be a
registered voter in | ||||||
14 | this State and of the same political party as the State
central | ||||||
15 | committee.
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16 | Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | ||||||
17 | 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a | ||||||
18 | person of the sex opposite that
of the incumbent member for | ||||||
19 | that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of | ||||||
20 | the State central committee until his or her successor
is | ||||||
21 | elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each | ||||||
22 | congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting | ||||||
23 | on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In | ||||||
24 | each congressional district at the
general primary election | ||||||
25 | held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the
male candidate | ||||||
26 | receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
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1 | candidates for State central committeeman, and the female | ||||||
2 | candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's | ||||||
3 | female candidates for
State central committeewoman, shall be | ||||||
4 | declared elected State central
committeeman and State central | ||||||
5 | committeewoman from the district. At the
general primary | ||||||
6 | election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
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7 | party's candidates for State central committeemen or State | ||||||
8 | central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of the | ||||||
9 | same sex, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | ||||||
10 | shall be declared elected a State central
committeeman or State | ||||||
11 | central committeewoman from the district, and, because of
a | ||||||
12 | failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a | ||||||
13 | vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second | ||||||
14 | member of the State central
committee from the district. This | ||||||
15 | vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional | ||||||
16 | committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
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17 | fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional | ||||||
18 | district and of the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | ||||||
19 | committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | ||||||
20 | congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | ||||||
21 | on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
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22 | The Chairman of a State central committee composed as | ||||||
23 | provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the | ||||||
24 | committee's members.
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25 | Under Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect | ||||||
26 | to the selection of
the Chairman of the State central |
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1 | committee, under both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
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2 | central
committee of each political party shall be composed of | ||||||
3 | members elected
or appointed from the several congressional | ||||||
4 | districts of the State,
and of no other person or persons | ||||||
5 | whomsoever. The members of the State
central committee shall, | ||||||
6 | within 41 days after each quadrennial election of
the full | ||||||
7 | committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize
by | ||||||
8 | electing a chairman, and may at such time
elect such officers | ||||||
9 | from among their own number (or otherwise), as they
may deem | ||||||
10 | necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
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11 | central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the | ||||||
12 | meeting, notify
each member of the State central committee | ||||||
13 | elected at the primary of the
time and place of such meeting. | ||||||
14 | In the organization and proceedings of
the State central | ||||||
15 | committee, each State central committeeman and State
central | ||||||
16 | committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his | ||||||
17 | or her
congressional district by the primary electors of his or | ||||||
18 | her party at the
primary election immediately preceding the | ||||||
19 | meeting of the State central
committee. Whenever a vacancy | ||||||
20 | occurs in the State central committee of any
political party, | ||||||
21 | the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of
the chairmen of | ||||||
22 | the county central committees of the
political party
of the | ||||||
23 | counties located within the congressional district in which the | ||||||
24 | vacancy
occurs and,
if applicable, the ward and township | ||||||
25 | committeemen of the
political
party in counties of 2,000,000 or | ||||||
26 | more inhabitants located within the
congressional
district. If |
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1 | the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
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2 | wholly within a
county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the | ||||||
3 | ward and township committeemen
of the political party in that | ||||||
4 | congressional district shall vote to fill the
vacancy. In | ||||||
5 | voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
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6 | committee and
each ward and township committeeman in counties | ||||||
7 | of 2,000,000
or
more inhabitants shall have one vote for each | ||||||
8 | ballot voted in each precinct of
the congressional district in | ||||||
9 | which the vacancy exists of
his or her
county, township, or | ||||||
10 | ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party
at the
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11 | primary election immediately preceding the meeting to fill the | ||||||
12 | vacancy in the
State
central committee. The person appointed to | ||||||
13 | fill the vacancy shall be a
resident of the
congressional | ||||||
14 | district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified | ||||||
15 | voter,
and , in a committee composed as provided in Alternative | ||||||
16 | B, shall be of the
same
sex as his or her
predecessor. A | ||||||
17 | political party may, by a majority vote of the
delegates of any | ||||||
18 | State convention of such party, determine to return
to the | ||||||
19 | election of State central committeeman and State central
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20 | committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
Any action | ||||||
21 | taken by a political party at a State convention in accordance
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22 | with this Section shall be reported to the State Board of | ||||||
23 | Elections by the
chairman and secretary of such convention | ||||||
24 | within 10 days after such action.
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25 | The changes made to this subsection (a) by this amendatory | ||||||
26 | Act of the 96th General Assembly apply to State central |
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1 | committees elected at or after the 2010 general primary. | ||||||
2 | Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
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3 | (b) At the primary in 1972 and
at the general primary | ||||||
4 | election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in | ||||||
5 | cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one | ||||||
6 | candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeman. Each | ||||||
7 | candidate for ward committeeman
must be a resident of and in | ||||||
8 | the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
committeeman. The | ||||||
9 | one having the highest number of votes shall be such
ward | ||||||
10 | committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary | ||||||
11 | election
in 1970 and at the general primary election every 4 | ||||||
12 | years thereafter,
each primary elector in counties containing a | ||||||
13 | population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside of cities containing a | ||||||
14 | population of 200,000 or more, may
vote for one candidate of | ||||||
15 | his party for township committeeman. Each
candidate for | ||||||
16 | township committeeman must be a resident of and in the
township | ||||||
17 | or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
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18 | population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a | ||||||
19 | population of
2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part | ||||||
20 | of a township he seeks
to be elected township committeeman. The | ||||||
21 | one having the highest number
of votes shall be such township | ||||||
22 | committeeman of such party for such
township or part of a | ||||||
23 | township. At the primary
in 1970 and at the general primary | ||||||
24 | election every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
except | ||||||
25 | in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
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26 | for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
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1 | committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be | ||||||
2 | a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be | ||||||
3 | elected precinct
committeeman. The one having the highest | ||||||
4 | number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeman of such | ||||||
5 | party for such precinct. The official
returns of the primary | ||||||
6 | shall show the name of the committeeman of each
political | ||||||
7 | party.
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8 | Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected | ||||||
9 | under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as such | ||||||
10 | committeemen until the
date of the primary to be held in the | ||||||
11 | second year after their election.
Except as otherwise provided | ||||||
12 | in this Section for certain State central
committeemen who have | ||||||
13 | 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
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14 | committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such | ||||||
15 | committeemen
until the date of primary to be held in the fourth | ||||||
16 | year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the | ||||||
17 | office of precinct committeeman
when a precinct committeeman | ||||||
18 | ceases to reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and | ||||||
19 | such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have
nor | ||||||
20 | exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that | ||||||
21 | precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | ||||||
22 | appointed.
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23 | (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | ||||||
24 | the precinct
committeemen of such party, in the multi-township | ||||||
25 | assessing district formed
pursuant to Section 2-10 of the | ||||||
26 | Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set |
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1 | forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In the | ||||||
2 | organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | ||||||
3 | Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote
for | ||||||
4 | each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of | ||||||
5 | his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
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6 | County Central Committee
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7 | (d) The county central committee of each political party in | ||||||
8 | each
county shall consist of the various township committeemen, | ||||||
9 | precinct
committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such | ||||||
10 | party in the county.
In the organization and proceedings of the | ||||||
11 | county central committee,
each precinct committeeman shall | ||||||
12 | have one vote for each ballot voted in
his precinct by the | ||||||
13 | primary electors of his party at the primary at
which he was | ||||||
14 | elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
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15 | each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the | ||||||
16 | case may
be by the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
17 | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | ||||||
18 | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
19 | county central committee; and
in the organization and | ||||||
20 | proceedings of the county central committee,
each ward | ||||||
21 | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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22 | ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
23 | election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | ||||||
24 | General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | ||||||
25 | county central committee.
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26 | Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
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1 | (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | ||||||
2 | each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
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3 | various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of | ||||||
4 | that party in
the portions of the county composing the board of | ||||||
5 | review election district. In
the organization and proceedings | ||||||
6 | of each of the 3 election
district committees, each township | ||||||
7 | committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his | ||||||
8 | or her township or part of a township, as the case may be,
by
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9 | the primary electors of his or her party at the primary | ||||||
10 | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of | ||||||
11 | review election district committee; and
in the organization and | ||||||
12 | proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, each | ||||||
13 | ward committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in
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14 | his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the | ||||||
15 | primary
electors of his or her party at the primary election | ||||||
16 | immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review | ||||||
17 | election district committee.
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18 | Congressional Committee
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19 | (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | ||||||
20 | congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the | ||||||
21 | county central
committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
22 | congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | ||||||
23 | wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, the | ||||||
24 | precinct
committeemen, township committeemen and ward | ||||||
25 | committeemen, if any, of
the party representing the precincts | ||||||
26 | within the limits of the
congressional district, shall compose |
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1 | the congressional committee. A
State central committeeman in | ||||||
2 | each district shall be a member and the
chairman or, when a | ||||||
3 | district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman
of the | ||||||
4 | congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
vote | ||||||
5 | except in case of a tie.
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6 | In the organization and proceedings of congressional | ||||||
7 | committees
composed of precinct committeemen or township | ||||||
8 | committeemen or ward
committeemen, or any combination thereof, | ||||||
9 | each precinct committeeman
shall have one vote for each ballot | ||||||
10 | voted in his precinct by the primary
electors of his party at | ||||||
11 | the primary at which he was elected, each
township committeeman | ||||||
12 | shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or | ||||||
13 | part of a township as the case may be by the primary
electors | ||||||
14 | of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
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15 | meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward | ||||||
16 | committeeman shall
have one vote for each ballot voted in each | ||||||
17 | precinct of his ward located
in such congressional district by | ||||||
18 | the primary electors of his party at
the primary election | ||||||
19 | immediately preceding the meeting of the
congressional | ||||||
20 | committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
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21 | congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county | ||||||
22 | central
committees of the counties within such district, each | ||||||
23 | chairman of such
county central committee shall have one vote | ||||||
24 | for each ballot voted in
his county by the primary electors of | ||||||
25 | his party at the primary election
immediately preceding the | ||||||
26 | meeting of the congressional committee.
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1 | Judicial District Committee
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2 | (f) The judicial district committee of each political party | ||||||
3 | in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of | ||||||
4 | the county
central committees of the counties composing the | ||||||
5 | judicial district.
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6 | In the organization and proceedings of judicial district | ||||||
7 | committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | ||||||
8 | committees of the
counties within such district, each chairman | ||||||
9 | of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | ||||||
10 | ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party | ||||||
11 | at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | ||||||
12 | the judicial district committee.
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13 | Circuit Court Committee
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14 | (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | ||||||
15 | each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | ||||||
16 | the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | ||||||
17 | composing the judicial
circuit.
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18 | In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | ||||||
19 | committees, each
chairman of a county central committee shall | ||||||
20 | have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the | ||||||
21 | primary electors of his party at the
primary election | ||||||
22 | immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
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23 | committee.
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24 | Judicial Subcircuit Committee
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25 | (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | ||||||
26 | party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided |
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1 | into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township | ||||||
2 | committeemen
of the townships and wards composing the judicial | ||||||
3 | subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct committeemen of | ||||||
4 | the precincts
composing the judicial subcircuit in any county | ||||||
5 | other than Cook County.
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6 | In the organization and proceedings of each judicial | ||||||
7 | subcircuit committee,
each township committeeman shall have | ||||||
8 | one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a | ||||||
9 | township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the | ||||||
10 | primary electors of his party at the primary election
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11 | immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | ||||||
12 | committee;
each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for | ||||||
13 | each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as the | ||||||
14 | case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary electors | ||||||
15 | of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the | ||||||
16 | meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
and
each ward | ||||||
17 | committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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18 | ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial | ||||||
19 | subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party at the primary | ||||||
20 | election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial | ||||||
21 | subcircuit committee.
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22 | Municipal Central Committee
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23 | (h) The municipal central committee of each political party | ||||||
24 | shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward | ||||||
25 | committeemen, as the case may
be, of such party representing | ||||||
26 | the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, incorporated |
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1 | town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township | ||||||
2 | or ward committeeman on the municipal central
committee shall | ||||||
3 | be the same as his voting strength on the county central
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4 | committee.
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5 | For political parties, other than a statewide political | ||||||
6 | party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the | ||||||
7 | municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | ||||||
8 | the party officers of the local established party. The party | ||||||
9 | officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the | ||||||
10 | chairman and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities | ||||||
11 | and townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | ||||||
12 | caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling | ||||||
13 | vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities | ||||||
14 | and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate | ||||||
15 | candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
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16 | shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the | ||||||
17 | primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions | ||||||
18 | of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the | ||||||
19 | party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's | ||||||
20 | officers.
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21 | Powers
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22 | (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | ||||||
23 | usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | ||||||
24 | thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. | ||||||
25 | The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power | ||||||
26 | to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other |
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1 | person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed | ||||||
2 | to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership | ||||||
3 | proper and necessary subcommittees.
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4 | (j) The State central committee of a political party which | ||||||
5 | elects it
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
6 | Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate | ||||||
7 | selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy | ||||||
8 | of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by | ||||||
9 | a national political party.
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10 | (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | ||||||
11 | Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | ||||||
12 | central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
State | ||||||
13 | central committee of a political party which elects its members | ||||||
14 | by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy | ||||||
15 | shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township | ||||||
16 | committeemen, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie | ||||||
17 | entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from | ||||||
18 | which the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman | ||||||
19 | was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central | ||||||
20 | committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially | ||||||
21 | within
that Congressional District and in which there are no | ||||||
22 | ward or township
committeemen. When voting for such proxy the | ||||||
23 | county chairman, ward
committeeman or township committeeman, | ||||||
24 | as the case may be shall have one
vote for each ballot voted in | ||||||
25 | his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the | ||||||
26 | Congressional District, by the primary electors of his
party at |
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1 | the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
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2 | central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy | ||||||
3 | when permitted
by the rules of a political party which elects | ||||||
4 | its members by Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this | ||||||
5 | Section.
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6 | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | ||||||
7 | ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | ||||||
8 | committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | ||||||
9 | statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of | ||||||
10 | conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of | ||||||
11 | a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall | ||||||
12 | automatically become vacant.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 95-699, | ||||||
14 | eff. 11-9-07.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law. |