Full Text of SB1270 103rd General Assembly
SB1270sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Sally J. Turner Filed: 2/23/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1270
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1270 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 1-9.2, 1A-8, 1A-16.8, 4-30, 5-25, 6-59, 13-2.1, | 6 | | 13-2.2, 14-4.1, and 17-22 and by adding Sections 19-2.7 and | 7 | | 19-8.5 as follows: | 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/1-9.2) | 9 | | Sec. 1-9.2. Uncounted ballot information on website. No | 10 | | later than 48 hours after the closing of polling locations on | 11 | | election day, each election authority maintaining a website | 12 | | shall post the number of ballots that remain uncounted. The | 13 | | posting shall separate the number of ballots yet to be counted | 14 | | into the following categories: ballots cast on election day, | 15 | | early voting ballots, provisional ballots, vote by mail | 16 | | ballots received by the election authority but not counted, |
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| 1 | | and vote by mail ballots sent by the election authority but | 2 | | have not been returned to the election authority. The posting | 3 | | shall also include any election judge affidavits provided for | 4 | | in Section 17-22. This information shall be updated on the | 5 | | website of the election authority each day until the period | 6 | | for counting provisional and vote by mail ballots has ended. | 7 | | All election authorities, regardless of whether they maintain | 8 | | a website, shall share the same information, separated in the | 9 | | same manner, with the State Board of Elections no later than 48 | 10 | | hours after the closing of polling locations on election day | 11 | | and each business day thereafter until the period for counting | 12 | | provisional and vote by mail ballots has ended.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
| 14 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-8)
| 15 | | Sec. 1A-8. The State Board of Elections shall exercise the | 16 | | following
powers and perform the following duties in addition | 17 | | to any powers or duties
otherwise provided for by law:
| 18 | | (1) Assume all duties and responsibilities of the | 19 | | State Electoral Board
and the Secretary of State as | 20 | | heretofore provided in this Code;
| 21 | | (2) Disseminate information to and consult with | 22 | | election authorities
concerning the conduct of elections | 23 | | and registration in accordance with the
laws of this State | 24 | | and the laws of the United States;
| 25 | | (3) Furnish to each election authority prior to each |
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| 1 | | primary and general
election and any other election it | 2 | | deems necessary, a manual of uniform
instructions | 3 | | consistent with the provisions of this Code which shall be | 4 | | used
by election authorities in the preparation of the | 5 | | official manual of
instruction to be used by the judges of | 6 | | election in any such election. In
preparing such manual, | 7 | | the State Board shall consult with representatives
of the | 8 | | election authorities throughout the State. The State Board | 9 | | may
provide separate portions of the uniform instructions | 10 | | applicable to
different election jurisdictions which | 11 | | administer elections under different
options provided by | 12 | | law. The State Board may by regulation require
particular | 13 | | portions of the uniform instructions to be included in any
| 14 | | official manual of instructions published by election | 15 | | authorities. Any
manual of instructions published by any | 16 | | election authority shall be
identical with the manual of | 17 | | uniform instructions issued by the Board, but
may be | 18 | | adapted by the election authority to accommodate special | 19 | | or unusual
local election problems, provided that all | 20 | | manuals published by election
authorities must be | 21 | | consistent with the provisions of this Code in all
| 22 | | respects and must receive the approval of the State Board | 23 | | of Elections
prior to publication; provided further that | 24 | | if the State Board does not
approve or disapprove of a | 25 | | proposed manual within 60 days of its
submission, the | 26 | | manual shall be deemed approved ; .
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| 1 | | (4) Prescribe and require the use of such uniform | 2 | | forms, notices, and
other supplies not inconsistent with | 3 | | the provisions of this Code as it shall
deem advisable | 4 | | which shall be used by election authorities in the conduct
| 5 | | of elections and registrations;
| 6 | | (5) Prepare and certify the form of ballot for any | 7 | | proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the State of | 8 | | Illinois, or any referendum to be
submitted to the | 9 | | electors throughout the State or, when required to do so
| 10 | | by law, to the voters of any area or unit of local | 11 | | government of the State;
| 12 | | (6) Require such statistical reports regarding the | 13 | | conduct of elections
and registration from election | 14 | | authorities as may be deemed necessary;
| 15 | | (7) Review and inspect procedures and records relating | 16 | | to conduct of
elections and registration as may be deemed | 17 | | necessary, and to report
violations of election laws to | 18 | | the appropriate State's Attorney or the Attorney General;
| 19 | | (8) Recommend to the General Assembly legislation to | 20 | | improve the
administration of elections and registration;
| 21 | | (9) Adopt, amend or rescind rules and regulations in | 22 | | the performance of
its duties provided that all such rules | 23 | | and regulations must be consistent
with the provisions of | 24 | | this Article 1A or issued pursuant to authority
otherwise | 25 | | provided by law;
| 26 | | (10) Determine the validity and sufficiency of |
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| 1 | | petitions filed under
Article XIV, Section 3, of the | 2 | | Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970;
| 3 | | (11) Maintain in its principal office a research | 4 | | library that includes,
but is not limited to, abstracts of | 5 | | votes by precinct for general primary
elections and | 6 | | general elections, current precinct maps and current | 7 | | precinct
poll lists from all election jurisdictions within | 8 | | the State. The research
library shall be open to the | 9 | | public during regular business hours. Such
abstracts, maps | 10 | | and lists shall be preserved as permanent records and | 11 | | shall
be available for examination and copying at a | 12 | | reasonable cost;
| 13 | | (12) Supervise the administration of the registration | 14 | | and election laws
throughout the State;
| 15 | | (13) Obtain from the Department of Central Management | 16 | | Services,
under Section 405-250 of the Department of | 17 | | Central Management
Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-250),
| 18 | | such use
of electronic data processing equipment as may be | 19 | | required to perform the
duties of the State Board of | 20 | | Elections and to provide election-related
information to | 21 | | candidates, public and party officials, interested civic
| 22 | | organizations and the general public in a timely and | 23 | | efficient manner;
| 24 | | (14) To take such action as may be necessary or | 25 | | required to give
effect to directions of the national | 26 | | committee or State central committee of an established
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| 1 | | political party under Sections 7-8, 7-11, and 7-14.1 or | 2 | | such other
provisions as may be applicable pertaining to | 3 | | the selection of delegates
and alternate delegates to an | 4 | | established political party's national
nominating | 5 | | conventions or, notwithstanding any candidate | 6 | | certification
schedule contained within this Code, the | 7 | | certification of the
Presidential and Vice
Presidential | 8 | | candidate selected by the established political party's | 9 | | national nominating
convention;
| 10 | | (15) To post all early voting sites separated by | 11 | | election authority and hours of operation on its website | 12 | | at least 5 business days before the period for early | 13 | | voting begins; | 14 | | (16) To post on its website the statewide totals, and | 15 | | totals separated by each election authority, for each of | 16 | | the counts received pursuant to Section 1-9.2; and | 17 | | (17) To post on its website, in a downloadable format, | 18 | | the information received from each election authority | 19 | | under Section 1-17 ; and . | 20 | | (18) To establish training materials and guidelines | 21 | | for judges of elections. | 22 | | The Board may by regulation delegate any of its duties or
| 23 | | functions under this Article, except that final determinations | 24 | | and orders
under this Article shall be issued only by the | 25 | | Board.
| 26 | | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly |
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| 1 | | shall be satisfied
by filing copies of the report as required | 2 | | by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
| 3 | | filing such additional copies with the State Government Report | 4 | | Distribution
Center for the General Assembly as is required | 5 | | under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State Library Act.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 100-623, eff. 7-20-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; | 7 | | 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
| 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8) | 9 | | Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based | 10 | | upon information from the National Change of Address database | 11 | | and designated automatic voter registration agencies. | 12 | | (a) The State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the | 13 | | statewide voter registration database against the United | 14 | | States Postal Service's National Change of Address database | 15 | | twice each calendar year, April 15 and October 1 in | 16 | | odd-numbered years and April 15 and December 1 in | 17 | | even-numbered years or with the same frequency as in | 18 | | subsection (b) of this Section, and shall share the findings | 19 | | with the election authorities. | 20 | | (b) In addition, beginning no later than September 1, | 21 | | 2017, the State Board of Elections shall utilize data provided | 22 | | as part of its membership in the Electronic Registration | 23 | | Information Center in order to cross-reference the statewide | 24 | | voter registration database against databases of relevant | 25 | | personal information kept by designated automatic voter |
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| 1 | | registration agencies, including, but not limited to, driver's | 2 | | license information kept by the Secretary of State, at least 6 | 3 | | times each calendar year and shall share the findings with | 4 | | election authorities. | 5 | | This subsection (b) shall no longer apply once Sections | 6 | | 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code are fully implemented as | 7 | | determined by the State Board of Elections. Upon a | 8 | | determination by the State Board of Elections of full | 9 | | implementation of Sections 1A-16.1 and 1A-16.2 of this Code, | 10 | | the State Board of Elections shall file notice of full | 11 | | implementation and the inapplicability of this subsection (b) | 12 | | with the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of | 13 | | State, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Legislative | 14 | | Reference Bureau. | 15 | | (b-5) The State Board of Elections shall not be required | 16 | | to share any data on any voter attained using the National | 17 | | Change of Address database under subsection (a) of this | 18 | | Section if that voter has a more recent government transaction | 19 | | indicated using the cross-reference under subsection (b) of | 20 | | this Section. If there is contradictory or unclear data | 21 | | between data obtained under subsections (a) and (b) of this | 22 | | Section, then data obtained under subsection (b) of this | 23 | | Section shall take priority. | 24 | | (c) Within 90 days of receipt of information from the | 25 | | National Change of Address database, an An election authority | 26 | | shall automatically register any voter who has moved into its |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction from another jurisdiction in Illinois or has | 2 | | moved within its jurisdiction provided that: | 3 | | (1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes | 4 | | the new registration address provides the voter an | 5 | | opportunity to reject the change in registration address | 6 | | through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the | 7 | | new registration address, and | 8 | | (2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction | 9 | | includes the previous registration address is a different | 10 | | election authority, then that election authority provides | 11 | | the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by | 12 | | forwardable mail, to the previous registration address. | 13 | | This change in registration shall trigger the same | 14 | | inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if | 15 | | the voter completed a new registration card, including the | 16 | | cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the | 17 | | registration of a voter be changed from one address to another | 18 | | within the State and should the voter appear at the polls and | 19 | | offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting | 20 | | that the prior registration address is the true current | 21 | | address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as | 22 | | having been registered at the prior registration address and | 23 | | canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall | 24 | | be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration | 25 | | address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable | 26 | | to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be |
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| 1 | | permitted to register and vote a regular ballot, provided that | 2 | | he or she meets the documentary requirements for same-day | 3 | | registration. If the election authority is unable to confirm | 4 | | the registration and the voter does not meet the requirements | 5 | | for same-day registration, the voter shall be issued a | 6 | | provisional ballot.
| 7 | | (d) No voter shall be disqualified from voting due to an | 8 | | error relating to an update of registration under this | 9 | | Section. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)
| 11 | | (10 ILCS 5/4-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-30)
| 12 | | Sec. 4-30.
The county clerk on his own initiative or upon | 13 | | order of
the county board shall at all times have authority to
| 14 | | conduct investigation and to make canvasses of the registered | 15 | | voters in
any precinct canvass or at other times and by other | 16 | | methods than those
so prescribed. However, the county clerk | 17 | | shall at least once in every 2
years conduct a verification of | 18 | | voter registrations and shall cause the
cancellation of | 19 | | registration of persons who have ceased to be qualified
| 20 | | voters. The verification shall be conducted and completed | 21 | | after a consolidated election in an odd-numbered year but | 22 | | before the first day of candidate circulation for candidate | 23 | | filing for the following primary election in an even-numbered | 24 | | year. Such verification shall be accomplished by one of the
| 25 | | following methods: (1) precinct canvass conducted by 2 |
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| 1 | | qualified
persons of opposite party affiliation appointed by | 2 | | the county clerk or (2)
written request for verification sent | 3 | | to each registered voter by first
class mail, not forwardable | 4 | | or (3) an alternative method of verification
submitted in | 5 | | writing to and approved by the State Board of Elections at
a | 6 | | public meeting not less than 60 days prior to the date on which | 7 | | the county
clerk has fixed for implementation of that method | 8 | | of verification; provided,
that the county clerk shall certify | 9 | | submit to the State Board of Elections that the verification | 10 | | has been conducted and completed and include
a written | 11 | | statement of the results obtained by use of such alternative | 12 | | method
within 30 days of completion of the verification. | 13 | | Provided that in
each precinct one canvasser may be appointed | 14 | | from outside such precinct
if not enough other qualified | 15 | | persons who reside within the precinct can
be found to serve as | 16 | | canvasser in such precinct. The one canvasser so
appointed to | 17 | | serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled to vote
prior | 18 | | to the election must be entitled to vote elsewhere within the | 19 | | ward,
township or road district which includes within its | 20 | | boundaries the precinct
in which such canvasser is appointed | 21 | | and such canvasser must be otherwise
qualified. If upon the | 22 | | basis of investigation or canvasses, the county
clerk shall be | 23 | | of the opinion that any person registered under this
Article | 24 | | is not a qualified voter or has ceased to be a qualified
voter, | 25 | | he shall send a notice through the United States mail to such
| 26 | | person, requiring him to appear before the county clerk for a |
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| 1 | | hearing
within ten days after the date of mailing such notice | 2 | | and show cause why
his registration shall not be cancelled. If | 3 | | such person fails to appear
within such time as provided, his | 4 | | registration shall be cancelled. If
such a person does appear, | 5 | | he shall make an affidavit similar in every
respect to the | 6 | | affidavit required of applicants under Section 4-13 and his
| 7 | | registration shall be reinstated.
| 8 | | If the county clerk cancels such registration upon the | 9 | | voter failing
to appear, the county clerk shall immediately
| 10 | | request of the clerk of the city, village or incorporated town | 11 | | in which
the person claimed residence, to return the | 12 | | triplicate card of
registration of the said person and within | 13 | | twenty-four hours after
receipt of said request, the said | 14 | | clerk shall mail or cause to be
delivered to the county clerk | 15 | | the triplicate card of registration of the
said person and the | 16 | | said triplicate card shall thereupon be cancelled by
the | 17 | | county clerk.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
| 19 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-25) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-25)
| 20 | | Sec. 5-25.
The county clerk on his own initiative or upon | 21 | | order of
the board of county commissioners shall at all times | 22 | | have authority to
conduct investigation and to make canvasses | 23 | | of the registered voters in
any precinct canvass or at other | 24 | | times and by other methods than those
so prescribed. However, | 25 | | the county clerk shall conduct
a verification of voter |
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| 1 | | registrations at least once in
every 2 years, and shall cause | 2 | | the cancellation of registration of persons
who have ceased to | 3 | | be qualified voters. The verification shall be conducted and | 4 | | completed after a consolidated election in an odd-numbered | 5 | | year but before the first day of candidate circulation for | 6 | | candidate filing for the following primary election in an | 7 | | even-numbered year. Such verification shall be accomplished
by | 8 | | one of the following methods: (1) precinct canvass conducted | 9 | | by 2 qualified
persons of opposite party affiliation appointed | 10 | | by the county clerk or (2)
written request for verification | 11 | | sent to each registered voter by first
class mail, not | 12 | | forwardable or (3) an alternative method of verification
| 13 | | submitted in writing to and approved by the State Board of | 14 | | Elections at
a public meeting not less than 60 days prior to | 15 | | the date which the county
clerk has fixed for implementation | 16 | | of that method of verification; provided,
that the county | 17 | | clerk shall certify submit to the State Board of Elections | 18 | | that the verification has been conducted and completed and | 19 | | include a written
statement of the results obtained by use of | 20 | | such alternative method within
30 days of completion of the | 21 | | verification. In
each precinct one canvasser may be appointed | 22 | | from outside such precinct
if not enough other qualified | 23 | | persons who reside within the precinct can
be found to serve as | 24 | | canvasser in such precinct. The one canvasser so
appointed to | 25 | | serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled to vote
prior | 26 | | to the election must be entitled to vote elsewhere within the |
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| 1 | | ward
or township which includes within its boundaries the | 2 | | precinct in which
such canvasser is appointed and such | 3 | | canvasser must be otherwise
qualified. If upon the basis of | 4 | | investigation or canvasses, the county
clerk shall be of the | 5 | | opinion that any person registered under this
Article 5 is not | 6 | | a qualified voter or has ceased to be a qualified
voter, he | 7 | | shall send a notice through the United States mail to such
| 8 | | person, requiring him to appear before the county clerk for a | 9 | | hearing
within ten days after the date of mailing such notice | 10 | | and show cause why
his registration shall not be cancelled. If | 11 | | such person fails to appear
within such time as provided, his | 12 | | registration shall be cancelled. If
such a person does appear, | 13 | | he shall make an affidavit similar in every
respect to the | 14 | | affidavit required of applicants under Section 5-16 of
this | 15 | | Article 5.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
| 17 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-59) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-59)
| 18 | | Sec. 6-59.
The Board of Election Commissioners on its own | 19 | | initiative,
or upon order of the circuit court, shall at all | 20 | | times have authority to
conduct investigations and to make | 21 | | canvasses of the registered voters in
any precinct or | 22 | | precincts within its jurisdiction either by the methods
| 23 | | provided in this Article or at other times and by other methods | 24 | | than
those prescribed herein. However, the Board of Election | 25 | | Commissioners
shall , at least
once in every 2 years, conduct a |
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| 1 | | verification of voter registrations
and shall cause the | 2 | | cancellation of registration
of persons who have ceased to be | 3 | | qualified voters. The verification shall be conducted and | 4 | | completed after a consolidated election in an odd-numbered | 5 | | year but before the first day of candidate circulation for | 6 | | candidate filing for the following primary election in an | 7 | | even-numbered year. Such verification shall
be accomplished by | 8 | | one of the following methods: (1) precinct canvass conducted
| 9 | | by 2 qualified persons of opposite party affiliation appointed | 10 | | by the Board
of Election Commissioners or (2) written request | 11 | | sent to each registered
voter by first class mail, not | 12 | | forwardable or (3) an alternative method
of verification | 13 | | submitted in writing to and approved by The State Board
of | 14 | | Elections at a public meeting not less than 60 days prior to | 15 | | the date
on which the Board of Election Commissioners has | 16 | | fixed for implementation
of that method of verification; | 17 | | provided, said Board shall certify submit to the
State Board | 18 | | of Elections that the verification has been conducted and | 19 | | completed and include a written statement of the results | 20 | | obtained by
use of such alternative method within 30 days of | 21 | | the completion of the verification.
If, upon
the basis of | 22 | | investigations or canvasses, the board shall be of the
opinion | 23 | | that any person registered under this Article is not a | 24 | | qualified
voter or has ceased to be a qualified voter, it shall | 25 | | send a notice
through the United States mail to such person, | 26 | | requiring him to appear
before such board at a time specified |
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| 1 | | in such notice, not less than 10
nor more than 30 days after | 2 | | the mailing of such notice and show cause
why his registration | 3 | | should not be cancelled. If such a person does not
appear, his | 4 | | registration shall be cancelled. If such a person does
appear | 5 | | he shall make an affidavit and shall be heard in the manner
| 6 | | provided by Section 6-45 of this Article, and if his | 7 | | registration is
cancelled as a result of such a hearing, he | 8 | | shall be entitled to a
hearing in the circuit court and to an | 9 | | appeal to the Supreme Court in
the manner provided by Section | 10 | | 6-52 of this Article.
| 11 | | Whenever the Board of Election Commissioners acting under | 12 | | authority
of this section conducts a canvass of the registered | 13 | | voters in any
precinct or precincts and the board designates | 14 | | canvassers to conduct the
canvass, the board shall appoint as | 15 | | canvassers persons affiliated with
the leading political | 16 | | parties in like manner as judges of election are
appointed | 17 | | under the provisions of Section 14-4 of this Act; provided
| 18 | | that in each precinct in counties of 500,000 inhabitants or | 19 | | more, one
canvasser may be appointed from outside such | 20 | | precinct if not enough
other qualified persons who reside | 21 | | within the precinct can be found to
serve as canvasser in such | 22 | | precinct. The one canvasser so appointed to
serve in any | 23 | | precinct in which he is not entitled to vote prior to the
| 24 | | election must be entitled to vote elsewhere within the ward or | 25 | | township
which includes within its boundaries the precinct in | 26 | | which such
canvasser is appointed and such canvasser must be |
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| 1 | | otherwise qualified.
| 2 | | The canvassers, so appointed by virtue of this section, | 3 | | shall comply
with the provisions of Sections 6-40 and 6-41 | 4 | | relative to the mailing
and leaving of notices at the | 5 | | addresses of persons whose right to vote
in the precinct or | 6 | | precincts is questioned.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1433.)
| 8 | | (10 ILCS 5/13-2.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2.1)
| 9 | | Sec. 13-2.1.
In each county the County Clerk shall | 10 | | establish a training
course for judges of elections not | 11 | | subject to Article 14 of this Act. The
curriculum of such | 12 | | course shall incorporate training materials and guidelines | 13 | | provided by the State Board of Elections and be approved by the | 14 | | County Clerk. A suitable
certificate shall be issued by the | 15 | | County Clerk to each student upon his
satisfactory completion | 16 | | of the course.
| 17 | | Such course may be established jointly with a course in | 18 | | the county
established as provided in Section 14-4.1 of this | 19 | | Act.
| 20 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3399 .)
| 21 | | (10 ILCS 5/13-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2.2)
| 22 | | Sec. 13-2.2.
Such course shall be devised so as to | 23 | | instruct its
students in the duties of an election judge and | 24 | | shall include, at a minimum, the duties concerning voter |
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| 1 | | verification, campaign-free zones, electioneering, vote by | 2 | | mail processing, provisional voting, and ballot handling and | 3 | | processing. The course and shall consist of at
least 4 hours of | 4 | | instruction and an examination which tests reading
skills, | 5 | | ability to work with poll lists, ability to add and knowledge | 6 | | of
election laws governing the operation of polling places.
| 7 | | Such course shall be conducted at least once after the day | 8 | | the report
of the selection of election judges is filed in the | 9 | | circuit court, but
before the day fixed by the court for | 10 | | confirmation of such selection,
and once as soon as | 11 | | practicable after the day fixed by the court for
such | 12 | | confirmation. Every person reported as selected to be an | 13 | | election
judge shall be notified in good time of the place and | 14 | | time each such
course is to be conducted. All such persons may | 15 | | attend such course and,
upon satisfactory completion thereof, | 16 | | shall be entitled to a certificate
of such completion.
| 17 | | Not later than March 1, 1981 the election authorities
| 18 | | shall also conduct special
training courses for election | 19 | | judges concerning the administration of the
nonpartisan and | 20 | | consolidated elections. The State shall reimburse each
county | 21 | | and each municipality under the jurisdiction of a board of | 22 | | election
commissioners (except in municipalities with a | 23 | | population of more than 500,000)
for the payment of a $10 | 24 | | stipend to each judge of election for attendance
at such | 25 | | special training course.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1535.)
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/14-4.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-4.1)
| 2 | | Sec. 14-4.1.
The Board of Election Commissioners shall | 3 | | establish a training
course for judges of election. The | 4 | | training course shall incorporate training materials and | 5 | | guidelines provided by the State Board of Elections and shall | 6 | | include, at a minimum, the duties concerning voter | 7 | | verification, campaign-free zones, electioneering, vote by | 8 | | mail processing, provisional voting, and ballot handling and | 9 | | processing. The curriculum of such course shall be
approved by | 10 | | the Board. A suitable certificate shall be issued by the Board
| 11 | | to each student upon his satisfactory completion of the | 12 | | course.
| 13 | | Such course may be established jointly with a course in | 14 | | the county
established as provided in Section 13-2.1 of this | 15 | | Act.
| 16 | | Such course shall be conducted in the manner provided by | 17 | | Section 13-2.2
of this Act.
| 18 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3399 .)
| 19 | | (10 ILCS 5/17-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-22) | 20 | | Sec. 17-22. The judges of election shall make the tally | 21 | | sheet and
certificate of results in triplicate. If, however, | 22 | | the number of
established political parties, as defined in | 23 | | Section 10-2, exceeds 2,
one additional copy shall be made for | 24 | | each established political party
in excess of 2. One list of |
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| 1 | | voters, or other proper return with such
certificate written | 2 | | thereon, and accompanying tally sheet footed up so
as to show | 3 | | the correct number of votes cast for each person voted for,
| 4 | | shall be carefully enveloped and sealed up by the judges of | 5 | | election, 2
of whom (one from each of the 2 major political | 6 | | parties) shall
immediately deliver same to the county clerk, | 7 | | or his deputy, at the
office of the county clerk, or to an | 8 | | officially designated receiving
station established by the | 9 | | county clerk where a duly authorized
representative of the | 10 | | county clerk shall receive said envelopes for
immediate | 11 | | transmission to the office of county clerk, who shall safely
| 12 | | keep them. If the delivery of these tally sheets to the office | 13 | | of the county clerk is delayed more than 5 hours after the | 14 | | closing of the polls, the 2 designated judges (one from each of | 15 | | the 2 major political parties) shall subscribe to a written | 16 | | affidavit explaining the delay. This affidavit shall be | 17 | | delivered, along with the tally sheets, to the office of the | 18 | | county clerk, who shall make it available to the general | 19 | | public on its public website. The other certificates of | 20 | | results and accompanying tally
sheet shall be carefully | 21 | | enveloped and sealed up and duly directed,
respectively, to | 22 | | the chair of the county central committee of each
then | 23 | | existing established political party, and by another of the | 24 | | judges
of election deposited immediately in the nearest United | 25 | | States letter
deposit. However, if any county chair notifies | 26 | | the county clerk not
later than 10 days before the election of |
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| 1 | | his desire to receive the
envelope addressed to him at the | 2 | | point and at the time same are
delivered to the county clerk, | 3 | | his deputy or receiving station designee
the envelopes shall | 4 | | be delivered to such county chair or his designee
immediately | 5 | | upon receipt thereof by the county clerk, his deputy or his
| 6 | | receiving station designee. The person or persons so | 7 | | designated by a
county chair shall sign an official receipt | 8 | | acknowledging receipt of
said envelopes. The poll book , and | 9 | | tally list , and affidavits filed with the county clerk
shall | 10 | | be kept one year, and certified copies thereof shall be | 11 | | evidence
in all courts, proceedings and election contests. | 12 | | Before the returns are
sealed up, as aforesaid, the judges | 13 | | shall compare the tally papers,
footings and certificates and | 14 | | see that they are correct and duplicates
of each other, and | 15 | | certify to the correctness of the same. | 16 | | At the consolidated election, the judges of election
shall | 17 | | make a tally sheet and certificate of results for each | 18 | | political
subdivision for which candidates or public questions | 19 | | are on the ballot
at such election, and shall sign, seal in a | 20 | | marked envelope and deliver
them to the county clerk with the | 21 | | other certificates of results herein
required. Such tally | 22 | | sheets and certificates of results may be
duplicates of the | 23 | | tally sheet and certificate of results otherwise
required by | 24 | | this Section, showing all votes for all candidates and
public | 25 | | questions voted for or upon in the precinct, or may be on
| 26 | | separate forms prepared by the election authority and showing |
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| 1 | | only those
votes cast for candidates and public questions of | 2 | | each such political
subdivision. | 3 | | Within 2 days of delivery of complete returns of the | 4 | | consolidated election, the county clerk shall transmit an | 5 | | original,
sealed tally sheet and certificate of results from | 6 | | each precinct in his
jurisdiction in which candidates or | 7 | | public questions of a political
subdivision were on the ballot | 8 | | to the local election official of such
political subdivision. | 9 | | Each local election official, within 24 hours of
receipt of | 10 | | all of the tally sheets and certificates of results for all
| 11 | | precincts in which candidates or public questions of his | 12 | | political
subdivision were on the ballot, shall transmit such | 13 | | sealed tally sheets
and certificates of results to the | 14 | | canvassing board for that political
subdivision. | 15 | | In the case of referenda for the formation of a political
| 16 | | subdivision, the tally sheets and certificates of results | 17 | | shall be
transmitted by the county clerk to the circuit court | 18 | | that ordered the
proposition submitted or to the officials | 19 | | designated by the court to
conduct the canvass of votes. In the | 20 | | case of school referenda for which
a regional superintendent | 21 | | of schools is responsible for the canvass of
votes, the county | 22 | | clerk shall transmit the tally sheets and certificates
of | 23 | | results to the regional superintendent of schools. | 24 | | Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | 25 | | used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | 26 | | required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever |
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| 1 | | is applicable. | 2 | | Only judges appointed under the provisions of subsection | 3 | | (a) of Section 13-4 or subsection (b) of Section 14-1 may make | 4 | | any delivery required by this Section from judges of election | 5 | | to a county clerk, or his or her deputy, at the office of the | 6 | | county clerk or to a county clerk's duly authorized | 7 | | representative at the county clerk's officially designated | 8 | | receiving station. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.) | 10 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.7 new) | 11 | | Sec. 19-2.7. Processing procedures. No less than 120 days | 12 | | before a general election, a general primary election, or a | 13 | | consolidated election, an election authority with a public | 14 | | website shall ensure that its vote by mail processing | 15 | | procedures are published on its public website and accessible | 16 | | to the public. | 17 | | (10 ILCS 5/19-8.5 new) | 18 | | Sec. 19-8.5. Audit of vote by mail ballots arriving after | 19 | | election day. Vote by mail ballots received after the election | 20 | | are subject to audit by the State Board of Elections. The State | 21 | | Board of Elections shall audit 5% of election authorities, | 22 | | verifying that they are complying with the requirements | 23 | | contained in Section 1-9 and this Article for processing vote | 24 | | by mail ballots received after the close of the polls on |
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| 1 | | election day. The State Board of Elections may, by rule, | 2 | | establish audit procedures and the percentage of such ballots | 3 | | to be audited. In determining the required percentage, the | 4 | | State Board of Elections may consider the size of the election | 5 | | authority and the number of vote by mail ballots received by | 6 | | the election authority after the close of polls. The audit | 7 | | shall include, but not be limited to, the election authority's | 8 | | handling and processing procedures for vote by mail | 9 | | applications, vote by mail certification envelopes, and | 10 | | exterior vote by mail return envelopes for ballets returned | 11 | | after the close of the polls on election day. The State Board | 12 | | of Elections shall design a standard and scientific random | 13 | | method of selecting the election authorities that are to be | 14 | | audited so that every voting authority has an equal | 15 | | mathematical chance of being selected. The State central | 16 | | committee chair of each established political party shall be | 17 | | given prior written notice of the time and place of the random | 18 | | selection procedure and may be represented at the procedure. ".
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