Full Text of SB2033 94th General Assembly
SB2033 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB2033
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/7-8 |
from Ch. 46, par. 7-8 |
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Amends the Election Code. With respect to political parties that select their State central committee using the "Alternative A" method, provides for election of committeemen by congressional district. Removes the option of election of State central committeemen by ward, township, and precinct committeemen. Requires each State central committee, within 30 days after the bill's effective date, to certify to the State Board of Elections its choice of alternative method of member selection. Makes other changes.
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 7-8 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
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| 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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| State Central Committee
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| (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | 12 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
1983 the State | 13 |
| central committee of each political party shall certify to
the | 14 |
| State Board of Elections which of the following alternatives it | 15 |
| wishes
to apply to the State central committee of that party.
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| Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in | 17 |
| March 2006, and at the primary held every 4 years thereafter, | 18 |
| each primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party | 19 |
| for member of the State central committee for the congressional | 20 |
| district in which he resides. The State central committee of | 21 |
| the political party under Alternative A shall be composed of | 22 |
| members elected from the several congressional districts of the | 23 |
| State, or appointed to fill a vacancy, as herein provided, and | 24 |
| of no other person or persons whomever. The members of the | 25 |
| State central committee shall, within 30 days after their | 26 |
| election, meet in the city of Springfield and organize by | 27 |
| electing from among their own number a chairman, and may at | 28 |
| such time elect such officers from among their own number (or | 29 |
| otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient. The | 30 |
| outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the party | 31 |
| shall, within 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of | 32 |
| the State central committee elected at the primary of the time |
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| and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings | 2 |
| of the State central committee, each State central committeeman | 3 |
| shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his congressional | 4 |
| district by the primary electors of his party at the primary at | 5 |
| which he was elected. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State | 6 |
| central committee of the political party, the vacancy may be | 7 |
| filled by appointment by the congressional committee of the | 8 |
| political party in the congressional district from which the | 9 |
| appointee's predecessor was elected, and the member so selected | 10 |
| to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of that congressional | 11 |
| district.
At the primary held on the third Tuesday in
March | 12 |
| 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years thereafter, each | 13 |
| primary
elector may vote for one candidate of his party for | 14 |
| member of the State
central committee for the congressional | 15 |
| district in which he resides.
The candidate receiving the | 16 |
| highest number of votes shall be declared
elected State central | 17 |
| committeeman from the district. A political party
may, in lieu | 18 |
| of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
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| convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the | 20 |
| State central
committeemen in the manner following:
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| At the county convention held by such political party State | 22 |
| central
committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as | 23 |
| provided in this
Article for the election of officers of the | 24 |
| county central committee, and
such election shall follow the | 25 |
| election of officers of the county central
committee. Each | 26 |
| elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast
as | 27 |
| his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, | 28 |
| part of a
township or precinct in the last preceding primary | 29 |
| election of his
political party. In the case of a county lying | 30 |
| partially within one
congressional district and partially | 31 |
| within another congressional district,
each ward, township or | 32 |
| precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect
to the | 33 |
| congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
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| township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional | 35 |
| district
which encompasses more than one county, each ward, | 36 |
| township or precinct
committeeman residing within the |
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| congressional district shall cast as his
vote one vote for each | 2 |
| ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
township or | 3 |
| precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
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| political party for one candidate of his party for member of | 5 |
| the State
central committee for the congressional district in | 6 |
| which he resides and
the Chairman of the county central | 7 |
| committee shall report the results of
the election to the State | 8 |
| Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
shall certify | 9 |
| the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
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| State central committeeman for that congressional district.
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| The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide | 12 |
| for and govern
the procedures to be followed in the election of | 13 |
| members of the State central
committee.
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| After the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st | 15 |
| General
Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of | 16 |
| Chairman of a State
central committee, or at the end of the | 17 |
| term of office of Chairman, the State
central committee of each | 18 |
| political party that has selected Alternative A shall
elect a | 19 |
| Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State | 20 |
| Central
Committee. The Chairman shall be a
registered voter in | 21 |
| this State and of the same political party as the State
central | 22 |
| committee.
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| Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within | 24 |
| 30 days after
the adoption of this alternative, appoint a | 25 |
| person of the sex opposite that
of the incumbent member for | 26 |
| that congressional district to serve as an
additional member of | 27 |
| the State central committee until his or her successor
is | 28 |
| elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each | 29 |
| congressional
committee shall make this appointment by voting | 30 |
| on the basis set forth in
paragraph (e) of this Section. In | 31 |
| each congressional district at the
general primary election | 32 |
| held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the
male candidate | 33 |
| receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
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| candidates for State central committeeman, and the female | 35 |
| candidate
receiving the highest number of votes of the party's | 36 |
| female candidates for
State central committeewoman, shall be |
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| declared elected State central
committeeman and State central | 2 |
| committeewoman from the district. At the
general primary | 3 |
| election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
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| party's candidates for State central committeemen or State | 5 |
| central
committeewomen from a congressional district are of the | 6 |
| same sex, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes | 7 |
| shall be declared elected a State central
committeeman or State | 8 |
| central committeewoman from the district, and, because of
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| failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a | 10 |
| vacancy shall be
declared to exist in the office of the second | 11 |
| member of the State central
committee from the district. This | 12 |
| vacancy shall be filled by appointment by
the congressional | 13 |
| committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
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| fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional | 15 |
| district and of the
sex opposite that of the committeeman or | 16 |
| committeewoman elected at the general
primary election. Each | 17 |
| congressional committee shall make this appointment by
voting | 18 |
| on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
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| The Chairman of a State central committee composed as | 20 |
| provided in this
Alternative B must be selected from the | 21 |
| committee's members.
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| The
Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to | 23 |
| the selection of
the Chairman of the State central committee, | 24 |
| under both of the foregoing
alternatives, the
State
central
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| committee of the
each political party under Alternative B shall | 26 |
| be composed of members elected
or appointed from the several | 27 |
| congressional districts of the State,
and of no other person or | 28 |
| persons whomsoever. The members of the State
central committee | 29 |
| shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial election of
the | 30 |
| full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize
by | 31 |
| electing a chairman, and may at such time
elect such officers | 32 |
| from among their own number (or otherwise), as they
may deem | 33 |
| necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
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| central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the | 35 |
| meeting, notify
each member of the State central committee | 36 |
| elected at the primary of the
time and place of such meeting. |
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| In the organization and proceedings of
the State central | 2 |
| committee, each State central committeeman and State
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| committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his | 4 |
| or her
congressional district by the primary electors of his or | 5 |
| her party at the
primary election immediately preceding the | 6 |
| meeting of the State central
committee. Whenever a vacancy | 7 |
| occurs in the State central committee of the
any
political | 8 |
| party, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of
the | 9 |
| chairmen of the county central committees of the
political | 10 |
| party
of the counties located within the congressional district | 11 |
| in which the vacancy
occurs and,
if applicable, the ward and | 12 |
| township committeemen of the
political
party in counties of | 13 |
| 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located within the
congressional
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| district. If the congressional district in which the vacancy | 15 |
| occurs lies
wholly within a
county of 2,000,000 or more | 16 |
| inhabitants, the ward and township committeemen
of the | 17 |
| political party in that congressional district shall vote to | 18 |
| fill the
vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman | 19 |
| of a county central
committee and
each ward and township | 20 |
| committeeman in counties of 2,000,000
or
more inhabitants shall | 21 |
| have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of
the | 22 |
| congressional district in which the vacancy exists of
his or | 23 |
| her
county, township, or ward cast by the primary electors of | 24 |
| his or her party
at the
primary election immediately preceding | 25 |
| the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
State
central committee. | 26 |
| The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a
resident of | 27 |
| the
congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall | 28 |
| be a qualified voter,
and , in a committee composed as provided | 29 |
| in Alternative B, shall be of the
same
sex as his or her
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| predecessor. | 31 |
| A political party may, by a majority vote of the
delegates | 32 |
| of any State convention of such party, select a different | 33 |
| Alternative under this subsection than selected by the State | 34 |
| central committee
determine to return
to the election of State | 35 |
| central committeeman and State central
committeewoman by the | 36 |
| vote of primary electors .
Any action taken by a political party |
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| at a State convention in accordance
with this Section shall be | 2 |
| reported to the State Board of Elections by the
chairman and | 3 |
| secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
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| Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
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| (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March, | 6 |
| 1972, and
every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in | 7 |
| cities having a
population of 200,000 or over may vote for one | 8 |
| candidate of his party in
his ward for ward committeeman. Each | 9 |
| candidate for ward committeeman
must be a resident of and in | 10 |
| the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
committeeman. The | 11 |
| one having the highest number of votes shall be such
ward | 12 |
| committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary | 13 |
| election
held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970, and every 4 | 14 |
| years thereafter,
each primary elector in counties containing a | 15 |
| population of 2,000,000 or
more, outside of cities containing a | 16 |
| population of 200,000 or more, may
vote for one candidate of | 17 |
| his party for township committeeman. Each
candidate for | 18 |
| township committeeman must be a resident of and in the
township | 19 |
| or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
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| population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a | 21 |
| population of
2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part | 22 |
| of a township he seeks
to be elected township committeeman. The | 23 |
| one having the highest number
of votes shall be such township | 24 |
| committeeman of such party for such
township or part of a | 25 |
| township. At the primary held on the third Tuesday
in March, | 26 |
| 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
except | 27 |
| in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
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| for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
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| committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be | 30 |
| a bona
fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be | 31 |
| elected precinct
committeeman. The one having the highest | 32 |
| number of votes shall be such
precinct committeeman of such | 33 |
| party for such precinct. The official
returns of the primary | 34 |
| shall show the name of the committeeman of each
political | 35 |
| party.
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| Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected |
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| under the
provisions of this Article shall continue as such | 2 |
| committeemen until the
date of the primary to be held in the | 3 |
| second year after their election.
Except as otherwise provided | 4 |
| in this Section for certain State central
committeemen who have | 5 |
| 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
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| committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such | 7 |
| committeemen
until the date of primary to be held in the fourth | 8 |
| year after their
election. However, a vacancy exists in the | 9 |
| office of precinct committeeman
when a precinct committeeman | 10 |
| ceases to reside in the precinct in which he
was elected and | 11 |
| such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have
nor | 12 |
| exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that | 13 |
| precinct,
even if a successor has not been elected or | 14 |
| appointed.
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| (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of | 16 |
| the precinct
committeemen of such party, in the multi-township | 17 |
| assessing district formed
pursuant to Section 2-10 of the | 18 |
| Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set | 19 |
| forth in Section
45-25 of the Township Code. In the | 20 |
| organization and proceedings of the
Multi-Township Central | 21 |
| Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote
for | 22 |
| each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of | 23 |
| his party at
the primary at which he was elected.
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| County Central Committee
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| (d) The county central committee of each political party in | 26 |
| each
county shall consist of the various township committeemen, | 27 |
| precinct
committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such | 28 |
| party in the county.
In the organization and proceedings of the | 29 |
| county central committee,
each precinct committeeman shall | 30 |
| have one vote for each ballot voted in
his precinct by the | 31 |
| primary electors of his party at the primary at
which he was | 32 |
| elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
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| each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the | 34 |
| case may
be by the primary electors of his party at the primary | 35 |
| election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | 36 |
| General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the |
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| county central committee; and
in the organization and | 2 |
| proceedings of the county central committee,
each ward | 3 |
| committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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| ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary | 5 |
| election
for the nomination of candidates for election to the | 6 |
| General Assembly
immediately preceding the meeting of the | 7 |
| county central committee.
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| Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
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| (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of | 10 |
| each political
party in Cook County shall consist of the
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| various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of | 12 |
| that party in
the portions of the county composing the board of | 13 |
| review election district. In
the organization and proceedings | 14 |
| of each of the 3 election
district committees, each township | 15 |
| committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in his | 16 |
| or her township or part of a township, as the case may be,
by
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| the primary electors of his or her party at the primary | 18 |
| election immediately
preceding the meeting of the board of | 19 |
| review election district committee; and
in the organization and | 20 |
| proceedings of each of the 3 election district
committees, each | 21 |
| ward committeeman shall have one vote for each
ballot voted in
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| his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the | 23 |
| primary
electors of his or her party at the primary election | 24 |
| immediately preceding the
meeting of the board of review | 25 |
| election district committee.
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| Congressional Committee
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| (e) The congressional committee of each party in each | 28 |
| congressional
district shall be composed of the chairmen of the | 29 |
| county central
committees of the counties composing the | 30 |
| congressional district, except
that in congressional districts | 31 |
| wholly within the territorial limits of
one county, or partly | 32 |
| within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous
with the county | 33 |
| lines of all of such counties, the precinct
committeemen, | 34 |
| township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
the | 35 |
| party representing the precincts within the limits of the
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| congressional district, shall compose the congressional |
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| committee. A
State central committeeman in each district shall | 2 |
| be a member and the
chairman or, when a district has 2 State | 3 |
| central committeemen, a co-chairman
of the congressional | 4 |
| committee, but shall not have the right to
vote except in case | 5 |
| of a tie.
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Judicial District Committee
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| (f) The judicial district committee of each political party | 29 |
| in each
judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of | 30 |
| the county
central committees of the counties composing the | 31 |
| judicial district.
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| In the organization and proceedings of judicial district | 33 |
| committees
composed of the chairmen of the county central | 34 |
| committees of the
counties within such district, each chairman | 35 |
| of such county central
committee shall have one vote for each | 36 |
| ballot voted in his county by the
primary electors of his party |
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| at the primary election immediately
preceding the meeting of | 2 |
| the judicial district committee.
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| Circuit Court Committee
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| (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in | 5 |
| each
judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of | 6 |
| the chairmen
of the county central committees of the counties | 7 |
| composing the judicial
circuit.
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| In the organization and proceedings of circuit court | 9 |
| committees, each
chairman of a county central committee shall | 10 |
| have one vote for each
ballot voted in his county by the | 11 |
| primary electors of his party at the
primary election | 12 |
| immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
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| committee.
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| Judicial Subcircuit Committee
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| (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political | 16 |
| party in
each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided | 17 |
| into subcircuits
shall be composed of (i) the ward and township | 18 |
| committeemen
of the townships and wards composing the judicial | 19 |
| subcircuit in Cook County and
(ii) the precinct committeemen of | 20 |
| the precincts
composing the judicial subcircuit in any county | 21 |
| other than Cook County.
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| In the organization and proceedings of each judicial | 23 |
| subcircuit committee,
each township committeeman shall have | 24 |
| one vote for each ballot voted in his
township or part of a | 25 |
| township, as the case may be, in the judicial
subcircuit by the | 26 |
| primary electors of his party at the primary election
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| immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit | 28 |
| committee;
each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for | 29 |
| each ballot voted in his
precinct or part of a precinct, as the | 30 |
| case may be, in the judicial subcircuit
by the primary electors | 31 |
| of his party at the primary election immediately
preceding the | 32 |
| meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee;
and
each ward | 33 |
| committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
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| ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial | 35 |
| subcircuit by
the primary electors of his party at the primary | 36 |
| election immediately
preceding the meeting of the judicial |
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| subcircuit committee.
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| Municipal Central Committee
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| (h) The municipal central committee of each political party | 4 |
| shall be
composed of the precinct, township or ward | 5 |
| committeemen, as the case may
be, of such party representing | 6 |
| the precincts or wards, embraced in such
city, incorporated | 7 |
| town or village. The voting strength of each
precinct, township | 8 |
| or ward committeeman on the municipal central
committee shall | 9 |
| be the same as his voting strength on the county central
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| committee.
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| For political parties, other than a statewide political | 12 |
| party,
established only within a municipality or
township, the | 13 |
| municipal or township managing committee shall be composed
of | 14 |
| the party officers of the local established party. The party | 15 |
| officers
of a local established party shall be as follows: the | 16 |
| chairman and
secretary of the caucus for those municipalities | 17 |
| and townships authorized
by statute to nominate candidates by | 18 |
| caucus shall serve as party officers
for the purpose of filling | 19 |
| vacancies in nomination under Section
7-61; for municipalities | 20 |
| and townships authorized by statute or ordinance
to nominate | 21 |
| candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
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| shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the | 23 |
| primary. If no party
primary was held because of the provisions | 24 |
| of Section 7-5, vacancies in
nomination shall be filled by the | 25 |
| party's remaining candidates who shall
serve as the party's | 26 |
| officers.
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| Powers
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| (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers | 29 |
| usually
exercised by such committees and by the officers | 30 |
| thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article. | 31 |
| The several committees
herein provided for shall not have power | 32 |
| to delegate any of their
powers, or functions to any other | 33 |
| person, officer or committee, but this
shall not be construed | 34 |
| to prevent a committee from appointing from its
own membership | 35 |
| proper and necessary subcommittees.
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| (j) The State central committee of a political party which |
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| elects it
members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this | 2 |
| Section shall adopt a
plan to give effect to the delegate | 3 |
| selection rules of the national political
party and file a copy | 4 |
| of such plan with the State Board of Elections when
approved by | 5 |
| a national political party.
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| (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a | 7 |
| Congressional
Committee to vote in place of an
absent State | 8 |
| central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
State | 9 |
| central committee of a political party which elects its members | 10 |
| by
Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy | 11 |
| shall be
appointed by the vote of the ward and township | 12 |
| committeemen, if any, of the
wards and townships which lie | 13 |
| entirely or partially within the
Congressional District from | 14 |
| which the absent State central committeeman or
committeewoman | 15 |
| was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county
central | 16 |
| committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially | 17 |
| within
that Congressional District and in which there are no | 18 |
| ward or township
committeemen. When voting for such proxy the | 19 |
| county chairman, ward
committeeman or township committeeman, | 20 |
| as the case may be shall have one
vote for each ballot voted in | 21 |
| his county, ward or township, or portion
thereof within the | 22 |
| Congressional District, by the primary electors of his
party at | 23 |
| the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
| 24 |
| central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy | 25 |
| when permitted
by the rules of a political party which elects | 26 |
| its members by Alternative B
under paragraph (a) of this | 27 |
| Section.
| 28 |
| Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is | 29 |
| ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any | 30 |
| committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is | 31 |
| statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of | 32 |
| conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of | 33 |
| a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall | 34 |
| automatically become vacant.
| 35 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; | 36 |
| 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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