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90_HB0509
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
10 ILCS 5/7-8 from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
10 ILCS 5/8-4 from Ch. 46, par. 8-4
105 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 122, par. 33-1
105 ILCS 5/33-1b from Ch. 122, par. 33-1b
Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Beginning
in 1998, changes the general primary election from the third
Tuesday in March to the last Tuesday in June. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to change the date of the general primary
2 election, amending named Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 2A-1.1, 7-8, and 8-4 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
8 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule.
9 (a) In even-numbered years, the general election shall
10 be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
11 November; and beginning in 1998, an election to be known as
12 the general primary election shall be held on the last
13 Tuesday in June third Tuesday in March;
14 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
15 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
16 in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
17 and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
18 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February;
19 (c) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
20 the nonpartisan election shall be held on the first Tuesday
21 after the first Monday in November.
22 (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
24 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
25 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
26 State and shall be elected as follows:
27 State Central Committee
28 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
29 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
30 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
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1 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
2 State central committee of that party.
3 Alternative A. At the general primary election held on
4 the third Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held
5 every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector may vote for
6 one candidate of his party for member of the State central
7 committee for the congressional district in which he resides.
8 The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
9 declared elected State central committeeman from the
10 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
11 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
12 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
13 committeemen in the manner following:
14 At the county convention held by such political party
15 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
16 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
17 officers of the county central committee, and such election
18 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
19 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
20 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
21 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
22 in the last preceding primary election of his political
23 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
24 congressional district and partially within another
25 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
26 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
27 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
28 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
29 congressional district which encompasses more than one
30 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
31 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
32 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
33 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
34 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
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1 member of the State central committee for the congressional
2 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
3 central committee shall report the results of the election to
4 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
5 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
6 votes elected State central committeeman for that
7 congressional district.
8 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
9 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
10 of members of the State central committee.
11 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
12 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
13 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
14 member for that congressional district to serve as an
15 additional member of the State central committee until his or
16 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
17 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
18 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
19 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
20 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
21 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
22 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
23 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
24 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
25 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
26 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
27 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
28 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
29 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
30 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
31 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
32 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
33 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
34 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
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1 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
2 second member of the State central committee from the
3 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
4 congressional committee of the political party, and the
5 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
6 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
7 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
8 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
9 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
10 paragraph (e) of this Section.
11 Under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State
12 central committee of each political party shall be composed
13 of members elected or appointed from the several
14 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person
15 or persons whomsoever. The members of the State central
16 committee shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial
17 election of the full committee, meet in the city of
18 Springfield and organize by electing from among their own
19 number a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
20 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
21 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
22 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
23 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
24 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
25 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
26 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
27 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
28 his or her congressional district by the primary electors of
29 his or her party at the primary election immediately
30 preceding the meeting of the State central committee.
31 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of
32 any political party, the vacancy may be filled by appointment
33 by the congressional committee of that political party in the
34 congressional district from which the appointee's predecessor
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1 was elected, and the member so appointed to fill the vacancy
2 shall be a resident of that congressional district and, in a
3 committee composed as provided in alternative B, shall be of
4 the same sex as the appointee's predecessor. A political
5 party may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any State
6 convention of such party, determine to return to the election
7 of State central committeeman and State central
8 committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any action
9 taken by a political party at a State convention in
10 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
11 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such
12 convention within 10 days after such action.
13 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
14 (b) At the general primary election held on the third
15 Tuesday in March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each
16 primary elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or
17 over may vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for
18 ward committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must
19 be a resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected
20 ward committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
21 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
22 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
23 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
24 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
25 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
26 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
27 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
28 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
29 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
30 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
31 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
32 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
33 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
34 of such party for such township or part of a township. At
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1 each general the primary election held on the third Tuesday
2 in March, 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary
3 elector, except in counties having a population of 2,000,000
4 or over, may vote for one candidate of his party in his
5 precinct for precinct committeeman. Each candidate for
6 precinct committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the
7 precinct where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman.
8 The one having the highest number of votes shall be such
9 precinct committeeman of such party for such precinct. The
10 official returns of the primary shall show the name of the
11 committeeman of each political party.
12 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
13 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
14 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
15 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
16 provided in this Section for certain State central
17 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
18 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
19 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
20 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
21 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
22 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
23 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
24 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
25 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
26 has not been elected or appointed.
27 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
28 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
29 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
30 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
31 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
32 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
33 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
34 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
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1 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
2 County Central Committee
3 (d) The county central committee of each political party
4 in each county shall consist of the various township
5 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
6 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
7 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
8 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
9 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
10 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
11 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
12 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
13 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
14 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
15 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
16 the organization and proceedings of the county central
17 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
18 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
19 party at the primary election for the nomination of
20 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
21 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
22 Congressional Committee
23 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
24 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
25 the county central committees of the counties composing the
26 congressional district, except that in congressional
27 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
28 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
29 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
30 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
31 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
32 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
33 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
34 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
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1 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
2 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
3 vote except in case of a tie.
4 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
5 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
6 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
7 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
8 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
9 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
10 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
11 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
12 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
13 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
14 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
15 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
16 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
17 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
18 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
19 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
20 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
21 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
22 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
23 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
24 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
25 congressional committee.
26 Judicial District Committee
27 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
28 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
29 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
30 composing the judicial district.
31 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
32 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
33 committees of the counties within such district, each
34 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
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1 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
2 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
3 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
4 Circuit Court Committee
5 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
6 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
7 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
8 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
9 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
10 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
11 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
12 primary electors of his party at the primary election
13 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
14 committee.
15 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
16 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
17 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
18 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
19 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
20 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
21 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
22 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
23 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
24 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
25 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
26 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
27 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
28 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
29 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
30 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
31 Municipal Central Committee
32 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
33 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
34 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
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1 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
2 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
3 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
4 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
5 county central committee.
6 For political parties, other than a statewide political
7 party, established only within a municipality or township,
8 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
9 composed of the party officers of the local established
10 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
11 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
12 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
13 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
14 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
15 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
16 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
17 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
18 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
19 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
20 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
21 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
22 Powers
23 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
24 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
25 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
26 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
27 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
28 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
29 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
30 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
31 (j) The State central committee of a political party
32 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
33 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
34 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
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1 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
2 when approved by a national political party.
3 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
4 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
5 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
6 State central committee of a political party which elects its
7 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
8 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
9 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
10 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
11 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
12 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
13 the county central committees of those counties which lie
14 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
15 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
16 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
17 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
18 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
19 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
20 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
21 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
22 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
23 rules of a political party which elects its members by
24 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
25 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
26 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
27 Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the third Tuesday in
28 March of each even-numbered year for The nomination of
29 candidates for legislative offices shall be made at the
30 general primary election.
31 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
32 Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
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1 Sections 33-1 and 33-1b as follows:
2 (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
3 Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In
4 all school districts, including special charter districts
5 having a population of 100,000 and not more than 500,000,
6 which adopt this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
7 shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
8 board of education, which shall be a body politic and
9 corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City
10 of....". The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
11 voters of the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
12 of this Act, The regular election for members of the board
13 shall be held on the first Tuesday of April in odd numbered
14 years, except as provided in Section 33-1b, and on the date
15 provided for the general primary election and on the third
16 Tuesday of March in even numbered years. The law governing
17 the registration of voters for the primary election shall
18 apply to the regular election. At the first regular election
19 7 persons shall be elected as members of the board. The
20 person who receives the greatest number of votes shall be
21 elected for a term of 5 years. The 2 persons who receive the
22 second and third greatest number of votes shall be elected
23 for a term of 4 years. The person who receives the fourth
24 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 3
25 years. The 2 persons who receive the fifth and sixth
26 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 2
27 years. The person who receives the seventh greatest number
28 of votes shall be elected for a term of 1 year. Thereafter,
29 at each regular election for members of the board, the
30 successors of the members whose terms expire in the year of
31 election shall be elected for a term of 5 years. All terms
32 shall commence on July 1 next succeeding the elections. Any
33 vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be
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1 filled by appointment until the next regular election for
2 members of the board.
3 In any school district which has adopted this Article, a
4 proposition for the election of board members by school board
5 district rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
6 of the district at the regular school election of any year in
7 the manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition is
8 approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions,
9 the board shall divide the school district into 7 school
10 board districts as provided in Section 9-22. At the regular
11 school election in the year following the adoption of such
12 proposition, one member shall be elected from each school
13 board district, and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
14 determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
15 years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
16 respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
17 The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
18 following the adoption of such a proposition.
19 Any school district which has adopted this Article may,
20 by referendum in accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the
21 method of electing members of the board of education provided
22 in that Section.
23 Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in
24 this Article or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
25 completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
26 (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)
27 (105 ILCS 5/33-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1b)
28 Sec. 33-1b. Whenever the date designated in Section 33-1
29 for the odd-numbered year election of members of boards of
30 education conflicts with the celebration of Passover, that
31 election shall be postponed to the first Tuesday following
32 the last day of Passover.
33 (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.