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Full Text of HB2671  95th General Assembly

HB2671ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Fred Crespo

Filed: 4/19/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2671

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2671 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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); (2) be
11 of good repute and character and not subject to the
12 registration requirement of the Sex Offender Registration Act;
13 (3) be able to speak, read and write the English language; (4)
14 be skilled in the four fundamental rules of arithmetic; (5) be
15 of good understanding and capable; (6) not be candidates for
16 any office at the election and not be elected committeemen; and

 

 

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1 (7) reside in the precinct in which they are selected to act,
2 except that in each precinct, not more than one judge of each
3 party may be appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge
4 selected to serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled
5 to vote must reside within and be entitled to vote elsewhere
6 within the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
7 judge is appointed. Such judge must meet the other
8 qualifications of this Section.
9     (b) An election authority may establish a program to permit
10 a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
11 election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
12 person serves as a judge, he or she:
13         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
14         (2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
15     or private secondary school;
16         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
17     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
18         (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
19     secondary school he or she attends at the time of
20     appointment;
21         (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
22     legal guardian;
23         (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
24     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1 and
25     13-2.2; and
26         (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and

 

 

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1     service as an election judge.
2     No more than one election judge qualifying under this
3 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
4 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
5 certify in writing to the election authority the political
6 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
7     Students appointed as election judges under this
8 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
9 day they serve as judges.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
11     (10 ILCS 5/14-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
12     Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
13 established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
14 in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5
15 persons, men or women, as judges of election for each precinct
16 in such city, village or incorporated town.
17     Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
18 or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
19 commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
20 board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
21 the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
22 precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
23 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
24 In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
25 election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally

 

 

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1 judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
2 pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote after the
3 closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the same
4 qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
5 with the same division between political parties as is provided
6 for judges of election. The foregoing provisions relating to
7 the appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties
8 with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
9     (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
10         (1) be citizens of the United States;
11         (2) be of good repute and character and not subject to
12     the registration requirement of the Sex Offender
13     Registration Act;
14         (3) be able to speak, read and write the English
15     language;
16         (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
17     arithmetic;
18         (5) be of good understanding and capable;
19         (6) not be candidates for any office at the election
20     and not be elected committeemen;
21         (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
22     which they are selected to serve, except that in each
23     precinct not more than one judge of each party may be
24     appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge so
25     appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not
26     entitled to vote must be entitled to vote elsewhere within

 

 

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1     the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
2     judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise meet the
3     qualifications of this Section.
4     (c) An election authority may establish a program to permit
5 a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as an
6 election judge if, as of the date of the election at which the
7 person serves as a judge, he or she:
8         (1) is a U.S. citizen;
9         (2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public
10     or private secondary school;
11         (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
12     at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
13         (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
14     secondary school he or she attends at the time of
15     appointment;
16         (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
17     legal guardian;
18         (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
19     for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
20     13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
21         (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
22     service as an election judge.
23     No more than one election judge qualifying under this
24 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior to
25 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
26 certify in writing to the election authority the political

 

 

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1 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
2     Students appointed as election judges under this
3 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
4 day they serve as judges.
5     (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
6 additional judges of election, one from each of the major
7 political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
8 precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
9 11--3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
10 prescribed in this Section.
11 (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)".