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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 13-4 and 14-1 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/13-4)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
7     Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
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) or (c);
11 (2) be of good repute and character; (3) be able to speak, read
12 and 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, except as provided in subsection (b) or (c). Such
23 judge must meet the other qualifications of 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:
5         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
6         (2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
7     or private secondary school;
8         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
9     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
10         (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
11     secondary school he or she attends at the time of
12     appointment;
13         (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
14     legal guardian;
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
18         (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
19     service as an election judge.
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.
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.
2     (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
3 a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or county
4 to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date of the
5 election at which the person serves as a judge, he or she:
6         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
7         (2) is currently enrolled in a community college, as
8     defined in the Public Community College Act, or a public or
9     private Illinois university or college;
10         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
11     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
12         (4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
13     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1 and
14     13-2.2; and
15         (5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
16     service as an election judge.
17     No more than one election judge qualifying under this
18 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
19 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
20 certify in writing to the election authority the political
21 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
22     Students appointed as election judges under this
23 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
24 day they serve as judges.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
 

 

 

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1     (10 ILCS 5/14-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
2     Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
3 established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
4 in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5
5 persons, men or women, as judges of election for each precinct
6 in such city, village or incorporated town.
7     Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
8 or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
9 commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
10 board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
11 the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
12 precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
13 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
14 In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
15 election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
16 judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
17 pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote after the
18 closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the same
19 qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
20 with the same division between political parties as is provided
21 for judges of election. The foregoing provisions relating to
22 the appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties
23 with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
24     (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
25         (1) be citizens of the United States;
26         (2) be of good repute and character;

 

 

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1         (3) be able to speak, read and write the English
2     language;
3         (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
4     arithmetic;
5         (5) be of good understanding and capable;
6         (6) not be candidates for any office at the election
7     and not be elected committeemen;
8         (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
9     which they are selected to serve, except that in each
10     precinct not more than one judge of each party may be
11     appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge so
12     appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not
13     entitled to vote must be entitled to vote elsewhere within
14     the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
15     judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise meet the
16     qualifications of this Section, except as provided in
17     subsection (c) or (c-5).
18     (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
19 a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
20 election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
21 person serves as a judge, he or she:
22         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
23         (2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
24     or private secondary school;
25         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
26     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;

 

 

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1         (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
2     secondary school he or she attends at the time of
3     appointment;
4         (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
5     legal guardian;
6         (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
7     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
8     13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
9         (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
10     service as an election judge.
11     No more than one election judge qualifying under this
12 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
13 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
14 certify in writing to the election authority the political
15 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
16     Students appointed as election judges under this
17 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
18 day they serve as judges.
19     (c-5) An election authority may establish a program to
20 permit a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or
21 county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date
22 of the election at which the person serves as a judge, he or
23 she:
24         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
25         (2) is currently enrolled in a community college, as
26     defined in the Public Community College Act, or a public or

 

 

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1     private Illinois university or college;
2         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
3     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
4         (4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
5     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
6     13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
7         (5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
8     service as an election judge.
9     No more than one election judge qualifying under this
10 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
11 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
12 certify in writing to the election authority the political
13 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
14     Students appointed as election judges under this
15 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
16 day they serve as judges.
17     (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
18 additional judges of election, one from each of the major
19 political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
20 precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
21 11--3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
22 prescribed in this Section.
23 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.