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90_SB1000
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
10 ILCS 5/4-22 from Ch. 46, par. 4-22
10 ILCS 5/5-29 from Ch. 46, par. 5-29
10 ILCS 5/6-66 from Ch. 46, par. 6-66
10 ILCS 5/7-8 from Ch. 46, par. 7-8
10 ILCS 5/7-11 from Ch. 46, par. 7-11
10 ILCS 5/7-14 from Ch. 46, par. 7-14
10 ILCS 5/7-60 from Ch. 46, par. 7-60
10 ILCS 5/7-61 from Ch. 46, par. 7-61
10 ILCS 5/8-4 from Ch. 46, par. 8-4
10 ILCS 5/8-5 from Ch. 46, par. 8-5
10 ILCS 5/10-14 from Ch. 46, par. 10-14
10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1
10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2
10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01
105 ILCS 5/33-1 from Ch. 122, par. 33-1
Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Changes
the general primary election from the third Tuesday in March
to the second Tuesday in September. Maintains the third
Tuesday in March of presidential election years for the
presidential preference primary and selection of delegates to
the national nominating conventions. 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, 2A-1.2, 4-22, 5-29, 6-66, 7-8, 7-11, 7-14,
7 7-60, 7-61, 8-4, 8-5, 10-14, 13-1, 13-2, 14-3.1, and 16-5.01
8 as follows:
9 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
10 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
11 In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
12 the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
13 election to be known as the general primary election shall be
14 held on the second third Tuesday in September; and in
15 presidential election years, an election to be known as the
16 presidential primary election shall be held on the third
17 Tuesday in March March;
18 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
19 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
20 in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
21 and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
22 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February;
23 (c) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
24 the nonpartisan election shall be held on the first Tuesday
25 after the first Monday in November.
26 (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
27 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
28 Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections -
29 Offices Designated.
30 (a) At the general election in the appropriate
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1 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
2 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
3 (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
4 United States;
5 (2) United States Senator and United States
6 Representative;
7 (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
8 (4) State Senator and State Representative;
9 (5) County elected officers, including State's
10 Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
11 elected President of the County Board or County Chief
12 Executive;
13 (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
14 (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
15 counties or educational service regions in which that
16 office has been abolished;
17 (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
18 Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
19 and newly created judicial offices;
20 (9) (Blank);
21 (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District
22 of Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary
23 Districts;
24 (11) Special District elected officers, not
25 otherwise designated in this Section, where the statute
26 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
27 requires an annual election and permits or requires
28 election of candidates of political parties.
29 (b) At the general primary election:
30 (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of
31 political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
32 be filled at the general election in that year, except
33 where pursuant to law nomination of candidates of
34 political parties is made by caucus.
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1 (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
2 political party offices of State central committeeman,
3 township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
4 committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
5 delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
6 elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
7 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is
8 to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
9 primary shall also be on the ballot.
10 (3) in each even-numbered year, where the
11 municipality has provided for annual elections to elect
12 municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7
13 of Article VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the
14 Illinois Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal
15 charter, the offices of such municipal officers shall be
16 filled at an election held on the date of the general
17 primary election, provided that the municipal election
18 shall be a nonpartisan election where required by the
19 Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan municipal
20 elections in even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
21 candidates for municipal office to be elected at the
22 general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
23 weeks preceding that election.
24 (4) in each school district which has adopted the
25 provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors
26 to the members of the board of education whose terms
27 expire in the year in which the general primary is held
28 shall be elected.
29 (b-5) At the presidential primary election in
30 appropriate even-numbered years, delegates and alternate
31 delegates to the National nominating convention shall be
32 elected as may be required under this Code. In the
33 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to be
34 held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary shall
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1 also be on the ballot.
2 (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
3 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
4 (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
5 municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
6 municipal office are not permitted by law to be
7 candidates of political parties, the runoff election
8 where required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
9 required by law, shall be held on the date of the
10 consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
11 of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
12 providing the form of government of the municipality
13 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
14 such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
15 election as may be provided by such ordinance;
16 (2) Village and incorporated town library
17 directors;
18 (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
19 (4) Commissioners of park districts;
20 (5) Trustees of public library districts;
21 (6) Special District elected officers, not
22 otherwise designated in this section, where the statute
23 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
24 permits or requires election of candidates of political
25 parties;
26 (7) Township officers, including township park
27 commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
28 managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
29 Assessors;
30 (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
31 (9) Members of school boards in school districts
32 which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
33 (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O
34 Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
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1 (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
2 under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
3 District Act.
4 (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
5 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
6 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
7 election in that year, except where pursuant to law
8 nomination of candidates of political parties is made by
9 caucus.
10 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
11 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
12 shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
13 mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
14 to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
15 elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
16 required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
17 a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
18 law candidates for such office are not permitted to be
19 candidates of political parties.
20 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
21 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
22 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided
23 by an ordinance providing a form of government of the
24 municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
25 Constitution.
26 (e) At the nonpartisan election in each odd-numbered
27 year the following offices shall be filled in nonpartisan
28 elections:
29 (1) Elected members of school boards, school
30 trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
31 trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
32 counties or educational service regions having a
33 population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members
34 of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
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1 school districts which adopt Article 33 of the School
2 Code;
3 (2) Member of Community College district boards;
4 (3) Trustee of Fire Protection Districts;
5 (4) Commissioner of Springfield Metropolitan
6 Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
7 (5) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
8 Districts;
9 (6) Elected Officers of special districts not
10 otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
11 governing such districts does not permit candidates of
12 political parties.
13 (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1,
14 public questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this
15 Code and any special election otherwise required or
16 authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
17 to this Code.
18 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
19 officers established in this Article, whenever a referendum
20 is held for the establishment of a political subdivision
21 whose officers are to be elected, the initial officers shall
22 be elected at the election at which such referendum is held
23 if otherwise so provided by law. In such cases, the election
24 of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
25 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
26 officials established in this Article, any community college
27 district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
28 to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now
29 or hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
30 members at the next regularly scheduled election following
31 the effective date of the new district.
32 (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
33 any precinct there are no offices or public questions
34 required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
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1 shall be held in the precinct on that date.
2 (h) Except at the nonpartisan election in 1981, there
3 may be conducted a referendum in accordance with the
4 provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
5 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 88-443; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-5, eff.
6 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
8 Sec. 4-22. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
9 upon application to vote each registered elector shall sign
10 his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a
11 certificate substantially as follows:
12 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
13 City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
14 Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
15 Registration Record .......
16 Checked by .......
17 Voter's number ....
18 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
19 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
20 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
21 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
22 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
23 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
24 below and am qualified to vote.
25 Signature of voter .......
26 residence address .......
27 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
28 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
29 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
30 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
31 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
32 requested to provide his social security number when the
33 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
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1 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
2 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
3 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
4 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
5 certificate:
6 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
7 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
8 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
9 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
10 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
11 The certificates of each State-wide political party at a
12 general primary election shall be separately printed upon
13 paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the
14 certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of
15 the same color or tint. However, if the election authority
16 provides computer generated applications with the precinct,
17 ballot style and voter's name and address preprinted on the
18 application, a single application may be used for State-wide
19 political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to
20 indicate the political party. Such application shall not
21 entitle the voter to vote in the primary of more than one
22 political party at the same election.
23 At the consolidated primary, such certificates may
24 contain spaces or checkoff boxes permitting the voter to
25 request a primary ballot of any other political party which
26 is established only within a political subdivision and for
27 which a primary is conducted on the same election day. Such
28 application shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the
29 primary of the State-wide political party and the primary of
30 the local political party with respect to the offices of the
31 same political subdivision. In no event may a voter vote in
32 more than one State-wide primary on the same day.
33 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
34 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
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1 signature on the registration record card as a means of
2 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
3 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
4 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
5 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
6 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
7 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
8 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
9 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
10 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
11 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
12 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
13 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
14 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
15 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
16 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
17 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
18 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
19 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
20 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
21 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
22 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
23 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
24 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
25 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
26 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
27 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
28 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "poll
29 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article, shall be
30 construed to apply to such official poll record.
31 After each general primary election the county clerk
32 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
33 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
34 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
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1 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
2 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
3 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
4 chairman of the county central committee of each established
5 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
6 representative.
7 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
8 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
9 chairman of the county central committee of each established
10 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
11 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
12 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
13 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
14 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
15 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
16 election of 1982.
17 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
18 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
19 either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
20 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
21 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
22 registration record card is not found in the precinct
23 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
24 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
25 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
26 upon the consolidated list, if any, and whose name has not
27 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
28 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
29 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
30 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
31 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In
32 such event one of the judges of election shall require an
33 affidavit by such person and one voter residing in the
34 precinct before the judges of election, substantially in the
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1 form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act, and upon the
2 presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall be
3 issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
4 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote.
5 Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by
6 registered voters under the provisions of Article 19 of this
7 Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of
8 the "Certificate of Registered Voter" provided for in this
9 Section.
10 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
11 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
12 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
13 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
14 central committee of an established political party or to the
15 chairman's duly authorized representative.
16 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
17 election authority charged with the duty of providing
18 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
19 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
20 which of the elections he desires to vote.
21 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
22 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
23 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
24 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
25 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
26 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
27 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
28 ballots which the voter is given.
29 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
30 (10 ILCS 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29)
31 Sec. 5-29. Upon application to vote, except as
32 hereinafter provided for absent electors, each registered
33 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
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1 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
2 "Certificate of Registered Voter
3 Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;
4 City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;
5 Village of................................Precinct..........;
6 Election.....................................................
7 (date) (month) (year)
8 Registration record
9 Checked by.....................
10 Voter's number..................
11 Instruction to voters
12 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
13 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
14 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
15 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
16 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
17 below and am qualified to vote.
18 Signature of voter ...............
19 Residence address ..............."
20 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
21 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
22 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
23 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
24 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
25 requested to provide his social security number when the
26 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
27 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
28 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
29 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
30 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
31 certificate:
32 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
33 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
34 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
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1 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
2 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
3 Certificates as above prescribed shall be furnished by
4 the county clerk for all elections.
5 The Judges in charge of the precinct registration files
6 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
7 signature on the registration record card as a means of
8 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
9 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
10 registered under the same name, the Judges shall ask such
11 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
12 the registration card and if the applicant does not prove to
13 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
14 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
15 name in question then the vote for such applicant shall be
16 challenged by a Judge of Election, and the same procedure
17 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
18 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a Judge
19 of Election shall check the data on the registration card and
20 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
21 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
22 One of the Judges of election shall check the certificate
23 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
24 has been examined and shall sign his initials on the
25 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
26 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
27 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
28 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
29 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
30 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
31 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
32 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
33 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
34 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "Poll
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1 Lists" and "Poll Books" where used in this article 5 shall be
2 construed to apply to such official poll records.
3 After each general primary election the county clerk
4 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
5 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
6 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
7 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
8 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
9 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
10 chairman of the county central committee of each established
11 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
12 representative.
13 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
14 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
15 chairman of the county central committee of each established
16 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
17 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
18 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
19 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
20 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
21 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
22 election of 1982.
23 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
24 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
25 of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
26 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
27 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
28 registration record card is not found in the precinct
29 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
30 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
31 list of voters and whose name has not been erased or
32 withdrawn from such register, it shall be the duty of one of
33 the Judges of Election to require an affidavit by such person
34 and two voters residing in the precinct before the judges of
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1 election that he is the same person whose name appears upon
2 the precinct register and that he resides in the precinct
3 stating the street number of his residence. Forms for such
4 affidavit shall be supplied by the county clerk for all
5 elections. Upon the making of such affidavit and the
6 presentation of his certificate such elector shall be
7 entitled to vote. All affidavits made under this paragraph
8 shall be preserved and returned to the county clerk in an
9 envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within 30
10 days after such election to take steps provided by Section
11 5-27 of this article 5 for the execution of new registration
12 affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions of
13 this paragraph.
14 Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made
15 by registered voters and under the provisions of article 19
16 of this act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in
17 lieu of the "certificate of registered voter" provided for in
18 this section.
19 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
20 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
21 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
22 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
23 central committee of an established political party or to the
24 chairman's duly authorized representative.
25 Whenever two or more elections occur simultaneously, the
26 election authority charged with the duty of providing
27 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
28 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
29 which of the elections he desires to vote.
30 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
31 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
32 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
33 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
34 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
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1 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
2 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
3 ballots which the voter is given.
4 (Source: P.A. 84-809; 84-832.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
6 Sec. 6-66. Upon application to vote each registered
7 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
8 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
9 "CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
10 City of ................. Ward .... Precinct ....
11 Election ...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year)
12 Registration Record ....... Checked by ...............
13 Voter's number ....
14 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
15 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election
16 officers in charge. After the registration record has been
17 checked, the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you
18 shall present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
19 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
20 below and am qualified to vote.
21 Signature of voter ................
22 Residence address ................"
23 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
24 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
25 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
26 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
27 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
28 requested to provide his social security number when the
29 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
30 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
31 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
32 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
33 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
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1 certificate:
2 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
3 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
4 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
5 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
6 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
7 The applications of each State-wide political party at a
8 primary election shall be separately printed upon paper of
9 uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of no
10 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or
11 tint. If the election authority provides computer generated
12 applications with the precinct, ballot style, and voter's
13 name and address preprinted on the application, a single
14 application may be used for State-wide political parties if
15 it contains spaces or check-off boxes to indicate the
16 political party. Such applications may contain spaces or
17 check-off boxes permitting the voter to also request a
18 primary ballot of any political party which is established
19 only within a political subdivision and for which a primary
20 is conducted on the same election day. Such applications
21 shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the primary of a
22 State-wide political party and the primary of a local
23 political party with respect to the offices of the same
24 political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more than
25 one State-wide political party on the same day.
26 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
27 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
28 signature on the registration record card as a means of
29 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
30 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
31 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
32 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
33 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
34 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
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1 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
2 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
3 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
4 followed as provided in this Article and Act for challenged
5 voters.
6 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
7 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
8 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
9 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
10 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
11 of such applicant for a ballot after the registration record
12 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
13 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
14 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
15 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
16 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
17 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
18 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
19 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
20 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
21 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
22 and shall constitute an official poll record. The terms "poll
23 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article and Act,
24 shall be construed to apply to such official poll record.
25 After each general primary election the board of election
26 commissioners shall indicate by color code or other means
27 next to the name of each registrant on the list of registered
28 voters in each precinct the primary ballot of a political
29 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
30 election. The board of election commissioners, within 30 60
31 days after that general primary election, shall provide a
32 copy of this coded list to the chairman of the county central
33 committee of each established political party or to the
34 chairman's duly authorized representative.
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1 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
2 amendatory Act of 1983, the board of election commissioners
3 shall provide to the chairman of the county central committee
4 of each established political party or to the chairman's duly
5 authorized representative the list of registered voters in
6 each precinct at the time of the general primary election of
7 1982 and shall indicate on such list by color code or other
8 means next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of
9 a political party that the registrant requested at the
10 general primary election of 1982.
11 The board of election commissioners may charge a fee to
12 reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a list
13 provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
14 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
15 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
16 registration card is not found in the precinct registry of
17 voters, but his name appears as that of a registered voter in
18 such precinct upon the printed precinct register as corrected
19 or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the consolidated
20 list, if any provided by this Article and whose name has not
21 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
22 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
23 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
24 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
25 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In such
26 event it shall be the duty of one of the judges of election
27 to require an affidavit by such person and 2 voters residing
28 in the precinct before the judges of election that he is the
29 same person whose name appears upon the printed precinct
30 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
31 consolidated list, if any, and that he resides in the
32 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence, and
33 upon the presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall
34 be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
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1 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any
2 elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on
3 the printed precinct register or supplemental list but who
4 has a certificate issued by the board of election
5 commissioners as provided in Section 6-43 of this Article,
6 shall be entitled to vote upon the presentation of such
7 certificate accompanied by the affidavits of 2 voters
8 residing in the precinct that the elector is the same person
9 described in such certificate and that he resides in the
10 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence.
11 Forms for all affidavits required hereunder shall be supplied
12 by the board of election commissioners. All affidavits made
13 under this paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the
14 board of election commissioners in the manner provided by
15 this Article and Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty
16 of the board of election commissioners, within 30 days after
17 such election, to take the steps provided by Section 6-64 of
18 this Article for the execution of new registration affidavits
19 by electors who have voted under the provisions of this
20 paragraph.
21 When the board of election commissioners delivers to the
22 judges of election for use at the polls a supplemental or
23 consolidated list of the printed precinct register, it shall
24 give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the
25 chairman of a county central committee of an established
26 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
27 representative.
28 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
29 election official or officials charged with the duty of
30 providing application certificates may prescribe the form
31 thereof so that a voter is required to execute only one,
32 indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
33 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
34 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
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1 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
2 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
3 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
4 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
5 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
6 ballots which the voter is given.
7 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
9 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
10 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
11 State and shall be elected as follows:
12 State Central Committee
13 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
14 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
15 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
16 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
17 State central committee of that party.
18 Alternative A. At the general primary held on the third
19 Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years
20 thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate
21 of his party for member of the State central committee for
22 the congressional district in which he resides. The
23 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
24 declared elected State central committeeman from the
25 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
26 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
27 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
28 committeemen in the manner following:
29 At the county convention held by such political party
30 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
31 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
32 officers of the county central committee, and such election
33 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
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1 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
2 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
3 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
4 in the last preceding primary election of his political
5 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
6 congressional district and partially within another
7 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
8 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
9 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
10 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
11 congressional district which encompasses more than one
12 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
13 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
14 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
15 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
16 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
17 member of the State central committee for the congressional
18 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
19 central committee shall report the results of the election to
20 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
21 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
22 votes elected State central committeeman for that
23 congressional district.
24 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
25 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
26 of members of the State central committee.
27 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
28 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
29 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
30 member for that congressional district to serve as an
31 additional member of the State central committee until his or
32 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
33 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
34 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
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1 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
2 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
3 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
4 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
5 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
6 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
7 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
8 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
9 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
10 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
11 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
12 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
13 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
14 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
15 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
16 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
17 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
18 second member of the State central committee from the
19 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
20 congressional committee of the political party, and the
21 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
22 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
23 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
24 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
25 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
26 paragraph (e) of this Section.
27 Under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State
28 central committee of each political party shall be composed
29 of members elected or appointed from the several
30 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person
31 or persons whomsoever. The members of the State central
32 committee shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial
33 election of the full committee, meet in the city of
34 Springfield and organize by electing from among their own
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1 number a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
2 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
3 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
4 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
5 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
6 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
7 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
8 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
9 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
10 his or her congressional district by the primary electors of
11 his or her party at the primary election immediately
12 preceding the meeting of the State central committee.
13 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of
14 any political party, the vacancy may be filled by appointment
15 by the congressional committee of that political party in the
16 congressional district from which the appointee's predecessor
17 was elected, and the member so appointed to fill the vacancy
18 shall be a resident of that congressional district and, in a
19 committee composed as provided in alternative B, shall be of
20 the same sex as the appointee's predecessor. A political
21 party may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any State
22 convention of such party, determine to return to the election
23 of State central committeeman and State central
24 committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any action
25 taken by a political party at a State convention in
26 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State
27 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such
28 convention within 10 days after such action.
29 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
30 (b) At the general primary held on the third Tuesday in
31 March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
32 elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or over may
33 vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for ward
34 committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a
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1 resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
2 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
3 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
4 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
5 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
6 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
7 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
8 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
9 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
10 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
11 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
12 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
13 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
14 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
15 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
16 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
17 general primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
18 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
19 except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over,
20 may vote for one candidate of his party in his precinct for
21 precinct committeeman. Each candidate for precinct
22 committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the precinct
23 where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman. The one
24 having the highest number of votes shall be such precinct
25 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The official
26 returns of the primary shall show the name of the
27 committeeman of each political party.
28 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
29 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
30 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
31 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
32 provided in this Section for certain State central
33 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
34 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
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1 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
2 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
3 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
4 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
5 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
6 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
7 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
8 has not been elected or appointed.
9 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
10 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
11 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
12 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
13 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
14 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
15 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
16 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
17 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
18 County Central Committee
19 (d) The county central committee of each political party
20 in each county shall consist of the various township
21 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
22 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
23 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
24 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
25 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
26 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
27 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
28 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
29 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
30 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
31 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
32 the organization and proceedings of the county central
33 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
34 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
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1 party at the primary election for the nomination of
2 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
3 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
4 Congressional Committee
5 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
6 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
7 the county central committees of the counties composing the
8 congressional district, except that in congressional
9 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
10 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
11 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
12 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
13 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
14 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
15 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
16 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
17 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
18 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
19 vote except in case of a tie.
20 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
21 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
22 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
23 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
24 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
25 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
26 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
27 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
28 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
29 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
30 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
31 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
32 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
33 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
34 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
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1 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
2 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
3 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
4 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
5 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
6 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
7 congressional committee.
8 Judicial District Committee
9 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
10 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
11 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
12 composing the judicial district.
13 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
14 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
15 committees of the counties within such district, each
16 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
17 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
18 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
19 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
20 Circuit Court Committee
21 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
22 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
23 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
24 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
25 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
26 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
27 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
28 primary electors of his party at the primary election
29 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
30 committee.
31 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
32 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
33 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
34 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
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1 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
2 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
3 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
4 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
5 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
6 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
7 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
8 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
9 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
10 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
11 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
12 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
13 Municipal Central Committee
14 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
15 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
16 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
17 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
18 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
19 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
20 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
21 county central committee.
22 For political parties, other than a statewide political
23 party, established only within a municipality or township,
24 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
25 composed of the party officers of the local established
26 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
27 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
28 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
29 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
30 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
31 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
32 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
33 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
34 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
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1 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
2 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
3 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
4 Powers
5 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
6 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
7 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
8 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
9 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
10 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
11 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
12 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
13 (j) The State central committee of a political party
14 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
15 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
16 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
17 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
18 when approved by a national political party.
19 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
20 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
21 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
22 State central committee of a political party which elects its
23 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
24 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
25 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
26 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
27 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
28 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
29 the county central committees of those counties which lie
30 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
31 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
32 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
33 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
34 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
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1 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
2 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
3 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
4 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
5 rules of a political party which elects its members by
6 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
9 Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United
10 States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of
11 his political party by filing in the office of the State
12 Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
13 prior to the date of the presidential general primary
14 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
15 be held, a petition signed by not less than 3000 or more than
16 5000 primary electors, members of and affiliated with the
17 party of which he is a candidate, and no candidate for
18 President of the United States, who fails to comply with the
19 provisions of this Article shall have his name printed upon
20 any primary ballot: Provided, however, that if the rules or
21 policies of a national political party conflict with such
22 requirements for filing petitions for President of the United
23 States in a presidential preference primary, the Chairman of
24 the State central committee of such national political party
25 shall notify the State Board of Elections in writing, citing
26 by reference the rules or policies of the national political
27 party in conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct
28 such petitions to be filed not more than 69 and not less than
29 62 days prior to the date of the presidential general primary
30 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
31 be held. Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a
32 national political party otherwise provide, the vote for
33 President of the United States, as herein provided for, shall
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1 be for the sole purpose of securing an expression of the
2 sentiment and will of the party voters with respect to
3 candidates for nomination for said office, and the vote of
4 the state at large shall be taken and considered as advisory
5 to the delegates and alternates at large to the national
6 conventions of respective political parties; and the vote of
7 the respective congressional districts shall be taken and
8 considered as advisory to the delegates and alternates of
9 said congressional districts to the national conventions of
10 the respective political parties.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1089.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
13 Sec. 7-14. Not less than 61 days before the date of the
14 general primary and the presidential primary election the
15 State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all
16 petitions filed under this Article 7, in the office of the
17 State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall
18 then certify to the county clerk of each county, the names of
19 all candidates whose nomination papers or certificates of
20 nomination have been filed with the Board and direct the
21 county clerk to place upon the official ballot for the
22 general primary election or the presidential primary election
23 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
24 same order as shown upon the certification.
25 The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to
26 the county clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the
27 names of the candidates in the order in which the offices and
28 names shall appear upon the primary ballot; such names to
29 appear in the order in which petitions have been filed in the
30 office of the State Board of Elections except as otherwise
31 provided in this Article.
32 Not less than 55 days before the date of the general
33 primary and the presidential primary election, each county
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1 clerk shall certify the names of all candidates whose
2 nomination papers have been filed with such clerk and declare
3 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
4 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general or
5 presidential primary in the order in which such nomination
6 papers were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or
7 as otherwise specified by statute. Each county clerk shall
8 place a copy of the certification on file in his or her
9 office and at the same time issue to the board of election
10 commissioners a copy of the certification that has been filed
11 in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
12 certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
13 Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
14 commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the
15 general or presidential primary in that election jurisdiction
16 the names of all candidates that are listed on such
17 certification in the same manner and in the same order as
18 shown upon such certifications.
19 The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
20 following:
21 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
22 for the respective offices;
23 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected or
24 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision
25 or district;
26 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
27 candidate for an office;
28 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
29 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
30 political subdivision or district are for different terms.
31 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
32 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
33 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
34 Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose
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1 nomination papers have been held invalid by the appropriate
2 electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall
3 not be certified.
4 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
5 (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
6 Sec. 7-60. Not less than 35 67 days before the date of
7 the general election, the State Board of Elections shall
8 certify to the county clerks the names of each of the
9 candidates who have been nominated as shown by the
10 proclamation of the State Board of Elections as a canvassing
11 board or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in
12 nomination and direct the election authority to place upon
13 the official ballot for the general election the names of
14 such candidates in the same manner and in the same order as
15 shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided in
16 this Section.
17 Not less than 30 61 days before the date of the general
18 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
19 of the candidates for county offices who have been nominated
20 as shown by the proclamation of the county canvassing board
21 or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination
22 and declare that the names of such candidates for the
23 respective offices shall be placed upon the official ballot
24 for the general election in the same manner and in the same
25 order as shown upon the certification, except as otherwise
26 provided by this Section. Each county clerk shall place a
27 copy of the certification on file in his or her office and at
28 the same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
29 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
30 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
31 less than 30 61 days before the date of the general election,
32 issue to such board a copy of the certification that has been
33 filed in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of
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1 the certification that has been issued to the clerk by the
2 State Board of Elections, with directions to the board of
3 election commissioners to place upon the official ballot for
4 the general election in that election jurisdiction the names
5 of all candidates that are listed on such certifications, in
6 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon such
7 certifications, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
8 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
9 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
10 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
11 number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for
12 such office, as shown by the official election returns of the
13 primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
14 offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
15 party for such offices shall follow in the order of the
16 number of votes received by them respectively at the primary
17 election as shown by the official election results.
18 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's
19 proclamation to have been nominated at the primary as a
20 write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified
21 unless such person shall have filed with the certifying
22 office or board within 5 10 days after the canvassing board's
23 proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section
24 7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
25 Each county clerk and board of election commissioners
26 shall determine by a fair and impartial method of random
27 selection the order of placement of established political
28 party candidates for the general election ballot. Such
29 determination shall be made within 15 30 days following the
30 canvass and proclamation of the results of the general
31 primary in the office of the county clerk or board of
32 election commissioners and shall be open to the public. Seven
33 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
34 random selection shall be given, by each such election
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1 authority, to the County Chairman of each established
2 political party, and to each organization of citizens within
3 the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this
4 Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
5 present on the day of election. Each election authority
6 shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the
7 entrance of the election authority office, notice of the time
8 and place of such lottery. However, a board of election
9 commissioners may elect to place established political party
10 candidates on the general election ballot in the same order
11 determined by the county clerk of the county in which the
12 city under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
13 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
14 following:
15 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
16 for the respective offices;
17 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
18 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
19 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
20 candidate for an office;
21 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
22 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
23 political subdivision are for different terms.
24 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
25 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
26 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
29 Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
30 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination
31 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
32 In cases where a primary election is required the officer
33 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions
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1 of this Act relating to general elections to call an
2 election, shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination
3 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
4 Notice of such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior
5 to the maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for
6 such a primary as provided in Section 7-12.
7 Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
8 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
9 certification of candidates by the certifying board or
10 officer, must be filled prior to the date of certification.
11 Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification but
12 prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled
13 within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy. The
14 resolution filling the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or
15 personal delivery to the certifying officer or board within 3
16 days of the action by which the vacancy was filled; provided,
17 if such resolution is sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on
18 the envelope containing such resolution is dated prior to the
19 expiration of such 3 day limit, the resolution shall be
20 deemed filed within such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit
21 the resolution within the time specified in this Section
22 shall authorize the certifying officer or board to certify
23 the original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled by the
24 officers of a local municipal or township political party as
25 specified in subsection (h) of Section 7-8, other than a
26 statewide political party, that is established only within a
27 municipality or township and the managing committee (or
28 legislative committee in case of a candidate for State
29 Senator or representative committee in the case of a
30 candidate for State Representative in the General Assembly)
31 of the respective political party for the territorial area in
32 which such vacancy occurs.
33 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
34 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
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1 acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
2 the following information:
3 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
4 vacated;
5 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
6 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
7 the vacancy and the date of selection.
8 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
9 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
10 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
11 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of
12 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
13 Ethics Act.
14 The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating
15 to objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
16 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
17 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
18 vacancy in nomination.
19 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less
20 before the consolidated election or the general election
21 shall not be filled. In this event, the certification of the
22 original candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on
23 the official ballot to be voted at the general election.
24 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
25 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
26 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
27 after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
28 provided that nominations may become vacant for other
29 reasons.
30 If the name of no established political party candidate
31 was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
32 particular office and if no person was nominated as a
33 write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination
34 shall be created which may be filled in accordance with the
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1 requirements of this Section. If the name of no established
2 political party candidate was printed on the general primary
3 ballot for a particular office and if no person was nominated
4 as a write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in
5 nomination shall be created, but no candidate of the party
6 for the office shall be listed on the ballot at the general
7 election unless such vacancy is filled in accordance with the
8 requirements of this Section within 20 60 days after the date
9 of the general primary.
10 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as
11 a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is
12 defeated for his or her nomination at such primary election,
13 is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
14 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
15 party.
16 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
17 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who
18 is a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or
19 her nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on
20 the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a
21 candidate of another political party.
22 In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
23 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each
24 precinct, township, ward, county or congressional district,
25 as the case may be, shall through its representative on such
26 central or managing committee, be entitled to one vote for
27 each ballot voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
28 congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
29 electors of its party at the primary election immediately
30 preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
31 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
32 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially
33 declaring the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon
34 the official ballot at an election and directing election
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1 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
2 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer
3 to the local election official, election authority or the
4 State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
5 nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
6 resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
7 whose duty it is to "certify" candidates.
8 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-1348; 87-1052.)
9 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
10 Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the second third
11 Tuesday in September March of each even-numbered year for the
12 nomination of candidates for legislative offices.
13 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
15 Sec. 8-5. There shall be constituted one legislative
16 committee for each political party in each legislative
17 district and one representative committee for each political
18 party in each representative district. Legislative and
19 representative committees shall be composed as follows:
20 In legislative or representative districts within or
21 including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or
22 more inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee
23 of a political party shall consist of the committeemen of
24 such party representing each township or ward of such county
25 any portion of which township or ward is included within such
26 legislative or representative district and the chairman of
27 each county central committee of such party of any county
28 containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of
29 which county is included within such legislative or
30 representative district.
31 In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
32 representative committee of a political party shall consist
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1 of the chairman of each county central committee of such
2 party, any portion of which county is included within such
3 legislative or representative district; but if a legislative
4 or representative district comprises only one county, or part
5 of a county, its legislative or representative committee
6 shall consist of the chairman of the county central committee
7 and 2 members of the county central committee who reside in
8 the legislative or representative district, as the case may
9 be, elected by the county central committee.
10 Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered
11 year immediately following the decennial redistricting
12 required by Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois
13 Constitution of 1970, the ward committeemen, township
14 committeemen or chairmen of county central committees within
15 each of the redistricted legislative and representative
16 districts shall meet and proceed to organize by electing from
17 among their own number a chairman and, either from among
18 their own number or otherwise, such other officers as they
19 may deem necessary or expedient. The ward committeemen,
20 township committeemen or chairmen of county central
21 committees shall determine the time and place (which shall be
22 in the limits of such district) of such meeting. Immediately
23 upon completion of organization, the chairman shall forward
24 to the State Board of Elections the names and addresses of
25 the chairman and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall
26 occur when a member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the
27 county, township or ward which he represented.
28 Within 15 180 days after the primary of each other
29 even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
30 representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize
31 by electing from among its own number a chairman, and either
32 from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each
33 committee may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon
34 completion of organization, the chairman shall forward to the
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1 State Board of Elections, the names and addresses of the
2 chairman and secretary of the committee. The outgoing
3 chairman of such committee shall notify the members of the
4 time and place (which shall be in the limits of such
5 district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur when a
6 member dies, resigns, or ceases to reside in the county,
7 township or ward, which he represented.
8 If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
9 township or ward, the committeeman previously elected
10 therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary change
11 had occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
12 legislative or representative committee until his successor
13 is elected or appointed.
14 (Source: P.A. 84-352.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
16 Sec. 10-14. Not less than 35 61 days before the date of
17 the general election the State Board of Elections shall
18 certify to the county clerk of each county the name of each
19 candidate whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination
20 or resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed
21 with the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk
22 to place upon the official ballot for the general election
23 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
24 same order as shown upon the certification. The name of no
25 candidate for an office to be filled by the electors of the
26 entire state shall be placed upon the official ballot unless
27 his name is duly certified to the county clerk upon a
28 certificate signed by the members of the State Board of
29 Elections. The names of group candidates on petitions shall
30 be certified to the several county clerks in the order in
31 which such names appear on such petitions filed with the
32 State Board of Elections.
33 Not less than 30 55 days before the date of the general
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1 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
2 of the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
3 certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy
4 in nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare
5 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
6 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general
7 election in the same manner and in the same order as shown
8 upon the certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy
9 of the certification on file in his or her office and at the
10 same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
11 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
12 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
13 less than 30 55 days before the election, certify to the
14 board of election commissioners the name of the person or
15 persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate
16 of the State Board of Elections, together with the names of
17 all other candidates as shown by the certification of county
18 officers on file in the clerk's office, and in the order so
19 certified. The county clerk or board of election
20 commissioners shall print the names of the nominees on the
21 ballot for each office in the order in which they are
22 certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided, that
23 in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of
24 such nominees have also been nominated by one or more
25 political parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the
26 name of such candidate on the ballot for nominations made
27 under this Article shall be precisely in the same order in
28 which it appears on the certification of the State Board of
29 Elections to the county clerk.
30 For the general election, the candidates of new political
31 parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
32 the established political party candidates and in the order
33 of new political party petition filings.
34 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
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1 following:
2 (1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
3 candidates for the respective offices;
4 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
5 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
6 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
7 candidate for an office;
8 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
9 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
10 political subdivision are for different terms.
11 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
12 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
13 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
16 Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization,
17 the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in May
18 in each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct
19 5 capable and discreet electors meeting the qualifications of
20 Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
21 machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting
22 systems are used, the county board may, for any precinct with
23 respect to which the board considers such action necessary or
24 desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
25 general elections for any precinct containing more than 600
26 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of
27 election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the
28 judges of election shall preside over the election during the
29 hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
30 assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
31 Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
32 polls. However, the County Board of Commissioners may appoint
33 3 judges of election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of
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1 election otherwise required by this Section to serve in any
2 presidential primary election, any emergency referendum, or
3 in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
4 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
5 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
6 or to nominate candidates for such purpose. The tally judges
7 shall possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed
8 in the same manner and with the same division between
9 political parties as is provided for judges of election.
10 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
11 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
12 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
13 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
14 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
15 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
16 be determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
17 which shall base the required numbers of special panels on
18 the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the
19 number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections, or any
20 combination of such factors.
21 Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
22 provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
23 persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
24 of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
25 appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
26 board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
27 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
28 list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central
29 Committee of the first leading political party in such
30 precinct; and the county board of commissioners shall also
31 select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in each
32 election precinct from a certified list, furnished by the
33 chairman of the County Central Committee of the second
34 leading political party. However, if only 3 judges of
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1 election serve in each election precinct, no more than 2
2 persons of the same political party shall be judges of
3 election in the same election precinct; and which political
4 party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
5 party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
6 determined in the same manner as set forth in the next two
7 preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
8 precinct. Such certified list shall be filed with the county
9 clerk not less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the
10 county board of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged
11 according to precincts. The chairman of each county central
12 committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
13 within the precinct in which they are to serve as judges.
14 However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of
15 persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
16 embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
17 however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
18 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
19 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
20 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
21 2 judges. The county board of commissioners shall acknowledge
22 in writing to each county chairman the names of all persons
23 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
24 persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or such list
25 is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
26 names are furnished for certain election precincts), the
27 county board of commissioners shall make or complete such
28 list from the names contained in the supplemental list
29 provided for in Section 13-1.1. The election judges shall
30 hold their office for 2 years from their appointment, and
31 until their successors are duly appointed in the manner
32 provided in this Act. The county board of commissioners shall
33 fill all vacancies in the office of judge of election at any
34 time in the manner provided in this Act.
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1 (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
2 (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
3 Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization
4 the county board shall at its meeting in May in each
5 even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
6 of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
7 are appointed by election commissioners, select in each
8 election precinct in the county, 5 capable and discreet
9 electors to be judges of election who shall possess the
10 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where
11 neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or
12 electric voting systems are used, the county board may, for
13 any precinct with respect to which the board considers such
14 action necessary or desirable in view of the number of
15 voters, and shall for general elections for any precinct
16 containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
17 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally
18 judges. In such precincts the judges of election shall
19 preside over the election during the hours the polls are
20 open, and the tally judges, with the assistance of the
21 holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall
22 count the vote after the closing of the polls. The tally
23 judges shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
24 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
25 between political parties as is provided for judges of
26 election.
27 However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of
28 election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election
29 otherwise required by this Section to serve in any
30 presidential primary election, any emergency referendum, or
31 in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
32 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
33 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
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1 or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
2 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board
3 shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
4 possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
5 same manner and with the same division between political
6 parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
7 number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
8 by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall
9 base the required number of special panels on the number of
10 registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
11 absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
12 of such factors.
13 No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall
14 be appointed judges in the same election district or
15 undivided precinct. The election of the judges of election in
16 the various election precincts shall be made in the following
17 manner: The county board shall select and approve 3 of the
18 election judges in each precinct from a certified list
19 furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee of
20 the first leading political party in such election precinct
21 and shall also select and approve 2 judges of election in
22 each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
23 chairman of the County Central Committee of the second
24 leading political party in such election precinct. However,
25 if only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct,
26 no more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be
27 judges of election in the same election precinct; and which
28 political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which
29 political party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
30 determined in the same manner as set forth in the next two
31 preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
32 precinct. The respective County Central Committee chairman
33 shall notify the county board by June 1 of each odd-numbered
34 year immediately preceding the annual meeting of the county
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1 board whether or not such certified list will be filed by
2 such chairman. Such list shall be arranged according to
3 precincts. The chairman of each county central committee
4 shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside within
5 the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However,
6 he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons
7 who reside outside the precinct but within the county
8 embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
9 however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
10 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
11 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
12 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
13 2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with
14 the county clerk not less than 20 days before the annual
15 meeting of the county board. The county board shall
16 acknowledge in writing to each county chairman the names of
17 all persons submitted on such certified list and the total
18 number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or
19 the list is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient
20 number of names are furnished for certain election
21 precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list
22 from the names contained in the supplemental list provided
23 for in Section 13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case
24 where a township has been or shall be redistricted, in whole
25 or in part, subsequent to one general election for Governor,
26 and prior to the next, the judges of election to be selected
27 for all new or altered precincts shall be selected in that
28 one of the methods above detailed, which shall be applicable
29 according to the facts and circumstances of the particular
30 case, but the majority of such judges for each such precinct
31 shall be selected from the first leading political party, and
32 the minority judges from the second leading political party.
33 Provided, further, that in counties having a population of
34 1,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of
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1 election shall be made in the same manner in all respects as
2 in other counties, except that the provisions relating to
3 tally judges are inapplicable to such counties and except
4 that the county board shall meet during the month of January
5 for the purpose of making such selection and the chairman of
6 each county central committee shall notify the county board
7 by the preceding October 1 whether or not the certified list
8 will be filed. Such judges of election shall hold their
9 office for 2 years from their appointment and until their
10 successors are duly appointed in the manner provided in this
11 Act. The county board shall fill all vacancies in the office
12 of judges of elections at any time in the manner herein
13 provided.
14 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
15 the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this
16 Article.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 87-1052.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
19 Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall,
20 during the month of May of each even-numbered year, select
21 for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the
22 board 5 persons to be judges of election who shall possess
23 the qualifications required by this Act for such judges. The
24 selection shall be made by a county board of election
25 commissioners in the following manner: the county board of
26 election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
27 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
28 list furnished by the chairman of the county central
29 committee of the first leading political party in that
30 precinct; the county board of election commissioners also
31 shall select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in
32 each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
33 chairman of the county central committee of the second
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1 leading political party in that precinct. The selection by a
2 municipal board of election commissioners shall be made in
3 the following manner: for each precinct, 3 judges shall be
4 selected from one of the 2 leading political parties and the
5 other 2 judges shall be selected from the other leading
6 political party; the parties entitled to 3 and 2 judges,
7 respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as
8 provided in Section 14-4. However, a Board of Election
9 Commissioners may appoint three judges of election to serve
10 in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by
11 this Section to serve in any presidential primary election,
12 any emergency referendum, or in any odd-year regular election
13 or in any special primary or special election called for the
14 purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of representative
15 in the United States Congress or to nominate candidates for
16 such purpose.
17 If only 3 judges of election serve in each election
18 precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political party
19 shall be judges of election in the same election precinct,
20 and which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election
21 and which political party is entitled to one judge of
22 election shall be determined as set forth in this Section for
23 a county board of election commissioners' selection of 5
24 election judges in each precinct or in Section 14-4 for a
25 municipal board of election commissioners' selection of
26 election judges in each precinct, whichever is appropriate.
27 In addition to such precinct judges, the board of election
28 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
29 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
30 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
31 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
32 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
33 be determined by regulation of the State Board of Elections,
34 which shall base the required number of special panels on the
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1 number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
2 of absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any
3 combination of such factors. A municipal board of election
4 commissioners shall make the selections of persons qualified
5 under Section 14-1 from certified lists furnished by the
6 chairman of the respective county central committees of the 2
7 leading political parties. Lists furnished by chairmen of
8 county central committees under this Section shall be
9 arranged according to precincts. The chairman of each county
10 central committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons
11 who reside within the precinct in which they are to serve as
12 judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the
13 names of persons who reside outside the precinct but within
14 the county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.
15 He must, however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of
16 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
17 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
18 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
19 2 judges. The board of election commissioners shall no later
20 than March 1 of each even-numbered year notify the chairmen
21 of the respective county central committees of their
22 responsibility to furnish such lists, and each such chairman
23 shall furnish the board of election commissioners with the
24 list for his party on or before May 1 of each even-numbered
25 year. The board of election commissioners shall acknowledge
26 in writing to each county chairman the names of all persons
27 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
28 persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
29 names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
30 certain precincts, the board of election commissioners shall
31 make or complete such list from the names contained in the
32 supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of
33 election shall hold their office for 2 years from their
34 appointment and until their successors are duly appointed in
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1 the manner herein provided. The board of election
2 commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of Section
3 14-3.2, fill all vacancies in the office of judges of
4 election at any time in the manner herein provided.
5 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
6 the court as provided in Section 14-5.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-471, eff. 6-13-96.)
8 (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
9 Sec. 16-5.01. (a) The election authority shall, at least
10 30 60 days prior to the date of any general election at which
11 federal officers are elected and 30 45 days prior to any
12 other regular election, have a sufficient number of ballots
13 printed so that such ballots will be available for mailing 30
14 60 days prior to the date of the election to persons who have
15 filed application for a ballot under the provisions of
16 Article 20 of this Act.
17 (b) If at any general election at which federal offices
18 are elected the election authority is unable to comply with
19 the provisions of subsection (a), the election authority
20 shall mail to each such person, in lieu of the ballot, a
21 Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot. The Special
22 Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot shall be used only at
23 general elections at which federal officers are elected and
24 shall be prepared by the election authority in substantially
25 the following form:
26 Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot
27 (To vote for a person, write the title of the office and
28 his or her name on the lines provided. Place to the left of
29 and opposite the title of office a square and place a cross
30 (X) in the square.)
31 Title of Office Name of Candidate
32 ( )
33 ( )
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1 ( )
2 ( )
3 ( )
4 ( )
5 The election authority shall send with the Special
6 Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all
7 referenda for which the voter is qualified to vote and all
8 candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and for
9 whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be
10 entitled to write in the name of any candidate seeking
11 election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to
12 vote.
13 On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear
14 when folded, shall be printed the words "Official Ballot",
15 the date of the election and a facsimile of the signature of
16 the election authority who has caused the ballot to be
17 printed.
18 The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be
19 applicable to the Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank
20 Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
22 Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
23 Section 33-1 as follows:
24 (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
25 Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In
26 all school districts, including special charter districts
27 having a population of 100,000 and not more than 500,000,
28 which adopt this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
29 shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
30 board of education, which shall be a body politic and
31 corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City
32 of....". The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
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1 voters of the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
2 of this Act, the regular election for members of the board
3 shall be held on the first Tuesday of April in odd numbered
4 years and on the second third Tuesday of September March in
5 even numbered years. The law governing the registration of
6 voters for the primary election shall apply to the regular
7 election. At the first regular election 7 persons shall be
8 elected as members of the board. The person who receives the
9 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 5
10 years. The 2 persons who receive the second and third
11 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4
12 years. The person who receives the fourth greatest number of
13 votes shall be elected for a term of 3 years. The 2 persons
14 who receive the fifth and sixth greatest number of votes
15 shall be elected for a term of 2 years. The person who
16 receives the seventh greatest number of votes shall be
17 elected for a term of 1 year. Thereafter, at each regular
18 election for members of the board, the successors of the
19 members whose terms expire in the year of election shall be
20 elected for a term of 5 years. All terms shall commence on
21 July 1 next succeeding the elections. Any vacancy occurring
22 in the membership of the board shall be filled by appointment
23 until the next regular election for members of the board.
24 In any school district which has adopted this Article, a
25 proposition for the election of board members by school board
26 district rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
27 of the district at the regular school election of any year in
28 the manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition is
29 approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions,
30 the board shall divide the school district into 7 school
31 board districts as provided in Section 9-22. At the regular
32 school election in the year following the adoption of such
33 proposition, one member shall be elected from each school
34 board district, and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
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1 determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
2 years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
3 respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
4 The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
5 following the adoption of such a proposition.
6 Any school district which has adopted this Article may,
7 by referendum in accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the
8 method of electing members of the board of education provided
9 in that Section.
10 Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in
11 this Article or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
12 completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
13 (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.