Public Act 0847 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0629 Enrolled LRB093 07319 BDD 07480 b

Public Act 093-0847

AN ACT in relation to elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing

Sections 4-8, 5-7, 6-35, 7-8, 7-9, 7-41, 9-1.5, 9-1.7, 9-1.8,

9-1.9, 9-1.14, 9-9.5, 10-14, 12-5, 17-29, 19-2.2, 21-2, 22-1,

22-3, 22-7, 22-8, and 22-17 and by adding Section 1A-19 as

follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1A-19 new)

Sec. 1A-19. Effect of extension of canvassing period on

terms of public offices and official acts.

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the

proclamation of election results for an elected office has not

been issued by the date of the commencement of the term of that

elected office because of the extension of canvassing periods

under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, then

the term of the elected office shall commence on a date 14 days

after the proclamation of election results is issued for that

elected office.

(b) If subsection (a) applies to the commencement date of

an elected official's term, and if the elected official is

authorized or required by law to perform an official act by a

date occurring before the commencement of his or her term of

office, including but not limited to holding an organizational

meeting of the public body to which the public official is

elected, then notwithstanding any law to the contrary the date

by which the act shall be performed shall be a date 14 days

after the date otherwise established by law.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or

of this Code to the contrary, the terms of office for Supreme,

Appellate, and Circuit Judges commence on the first Monday in

December following their election or retention. Judicial

election results must be proclaimed before that date.

(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)

Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient

number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which

shall be known as registration record cards and which shall

consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to

contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter

required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable

nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration

record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration

as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.

The registration record card shall contain the following

and such other information as the county clerk may think it

proper to require for the identification of the applicant for

registration:

Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first

or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial

for such middle name, if any.

Sex.

Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or

other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit

or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot

number, and such additional clear and definite description as

may be necessary to determine the exact location of the

dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be

determined by street and number, then the section,

congressional township and range number may be used, or such

other description as may be necessary, including post-office

mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the

individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing

address shall be included on his or her registration record

card.

Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.

This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating

the place or places where he resided and the dates during which

he resided in such place or places during the year next

preceding the date of the next ensuing election.

Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was

born.

Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or

naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of

naturalization.

Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month

and year when applicant presented himself for registration.

Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.

Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time

of registration, which would require assistance in voting.

The county and state in which the applicant was last

registered.

Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration

and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of

registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink

to the affidavit on both the original and duplicate

registration record cards.

Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.

In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix

his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered

to give the registration oath shall write a detailed

description of the applicant in the space provided on the back

or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the

following questions and record the answers thereto:

Father's first name.

Mother's first name.

From what address did the applicant last register?

Reason for inability to sign name.

Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in

substantially the following form:

AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION

STATE OF ILLINOIS

COUNTY OF .......

I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the

United States; that on the date of the next election I shall

have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election

precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that this

location shall be my residence; that I am fully qualified to

vote, and that the above statements are true.

..............................

(His or her signature or mark)

Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).

..................................

Signature of registration officer.

(To be signed in presence of registrant.)

Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration

record card for the notation of the voting record of the person

registered thereon.

Each registration record card shall be numbered according

to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for

identification in such manner as the county clerk may

determine.

The registration cards shall be deemed public records and

shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,

except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.

On written request of any candidate or objector or any person

intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall

extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other

records of the election authority during the period beginning

with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or

28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board

hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures

of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election

authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours

sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the

records but the election authority is not required to extend

its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for

business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so

extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of

such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be

inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,

during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.

Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by

certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the

polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary

to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or

to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers

or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration

record cards.

Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other

electronic data processing information containing voter

registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk

within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and

within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the

State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For

the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed

27 days before the date of any regular or special election.

Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,

the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone

number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,

precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,

legislative and congressional districts. In the event of

noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to

obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of

the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the

circuit court of the county in which the election authority

maintains the registration information. The costs of

furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a

rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election

jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall

be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of

Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such

purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,

discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state

political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois

Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and

to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable

cost. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall

be furnished by the county clerk to local political committees

at their request and at a reasonable cost. To protect the

privacy and confidentiality of voter registration information,

the disclosure of electronic voter registration records to any

person or entity other than to a State or local political

committee and other than to a governmental entity for a

governmental purpose is specifically prohibited. Copies of the

tapes, discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by

the county clerk to local political committees and governmental

entities at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable

cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be

the cost of duplication plus 15% for administration. The

individual representing a political committee requesting

copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the

information shall be used only for bona fide political

purposes, including by or for candidates for office or

incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other electronic

data shall not be used under any circumstances by any political

committee or individuals for purposes of commercial

solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes contain

information on county residents related to the operations of

county government in addition to registration information,

that information shall not be used under any circumstances for

commercial solicitation or other business purposes. The

prohibition in this Section against using the computer tapes or

computer discs or other electronic data processing information

containing voter registration information for purposes of

commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be

prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act of

1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of

a Class 4 felony.

The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October

1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure

uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing

of voter registration information. The regulations shall

include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform

medium, communications protocol and file structure to be

employed by the election authorities of this State in the

electronic data processing of voter registration information.

Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing

of voter registration information shall comply with such

regulations on and after May 15, 1988.

If the applicant for registration was last registered in

another county within this State, he shall also sign a

certificate authorizing cancellation of the former

registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the

following form:

To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)

To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.

This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)

(city) and that my residence was ............................

Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize

you to cancel said registration in your office.

Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).

.................................

(Signature of Voter)

Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............

County, Illinois.

The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately

by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission

as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly

registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority

for cancellation of any previous registration.

(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;

93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)

Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient

number of blank forms for the registration of electors which

shall be known as registration record cards and which shall

consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to

contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter

required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable

nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration

record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration

as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.

The registration record card shall contain the following

and such other information as the county clerk may think it

proper to require for the identification of the applicant for

registration:

Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first

or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial

for such middle name, if any.

Sex.

Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or

other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit

or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot

number, and such additional clear and definite description as

may be necessary to determine the exact location of the

dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing

address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's

voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be

included on his or her registration record card.

Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the

precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant

stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30

days in the precinct.

Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was

born.

Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or

naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of

naturalization.

Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month

and year when applicant presented himself for registration.

Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.

Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time

of registration, which would require assistance in voting.

The county and state in which the applicant was last

registered.

Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration

and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of

registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink

to the affidavit on the original and duplicate registration

record card.

Signature of Deputy Registrar.

In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix

his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered

to give the registration oath shall write a detailed

description of the applicant in the space provided at the

bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following

questions and record the answers thereto:

Father's first name .......................

Mother's first name .......................

From what address did you last register?

Reason for inability to sign name.

Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in

substantially the following form:

AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION

State of Illinois)

)ss

County of )

I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the

United States; that on the date of the next election I shall

have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election

precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified

to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my residence

and that the above statements are true.

..............................

(His or her signature or mark)

Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).

.........................................

Signature of Registration Officer.

(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)

Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration

record card for the notation of the voting record of the person

registered thereon.

Each registration record card shall be numbered according

to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case

may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for

identification in such manner as the county clerk may

determine.

The registration cards shall be deemed public records and

shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,

except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.

On written request of any candidate or objector or any person

intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall

extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other

records of the election authority during the period beginning

with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or

28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board

hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures

of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election

authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours

sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the

records but the election authority is not required to extend

its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for

business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so

extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of

such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be

inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,

during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.

Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by

certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the

polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary

to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or

to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers

or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration

record cards.

Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other

electronic data processing information containing voter

registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk

within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and

within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the

State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For

the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed

27 days before the date of any regular or special election.

Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,

the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone

number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,

precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,

legislative and congressional districts. In the event of

noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to

obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of

the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the

circuit court of the county in which the election authority

maintains the registration information. The costs of

furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a

rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election

jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall

be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of

Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such

purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,

discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state

political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois

Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and

to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable

cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter

registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter

registration records to any person or entity other than to a

State or local political committee and other than to a

governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically

prohibited. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data

shall be furnished by the county clerk to local political

committees and governmental entities at their request and at a

reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera

for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for

administration. The individual representing a political

committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn

affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona fide

political purposes, including by or for candidates for office

or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other

electronic data shall not be used under any circumstances by

any political committee or individuals for purposes of

commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such

tapes contain information on county residents related to the

operations of county government in addition to registration

information, that information shall not be used under any

circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business

purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the

computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data

processing information containing voter registration

information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other

business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective

date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this

provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October

1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure

uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing

of voter registration information. The regulations shall

include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform

medium, communications protocol and file structure to be

employed by the election authorities of this State in the

electronic data processing of voter registration information.

Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing

of voter registration information shall comply with such

regulations on and after May 15, 1988.

If the applicant for registration was last registered in

another county within this State, he shall also sign a

certificate authorizing cancellation of the former

registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the

following form:

To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election

Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.

This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)

(city) and that my residence was .....

Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby

authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.

Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).

....................

(Signature of Voter)

Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.

The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately

by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission

as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly

registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority

for cancellation of any previous registration.

(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;

93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)

Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall

provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the registration

of electors which shall be known as registration record cards

and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of

suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the data

hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards

of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The

registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of

registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in

duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a carbon copy of the

original or a copy of the original made by the use of other

method or material used for making simultaneous true copies or

duplications.

The registration record card shall contain the following

and such other information as the Board of Election

Commissioners may think it proper to require for the

identification of the applicant for registration:

Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first

or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial

for such middle name, if any.

Sex.

Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or

other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit

or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot

number, and such additional clear and definite description as

may be necessary to determine the exact location of the

dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing

address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's

voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be

included on his or her registration record card.

Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the

precinct.

Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was

born.

Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or

naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of

naturalization.

Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month

and year when the applicant presented himself for registration.

Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.

Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time

of registration, which would require assistance in voting.

The county and state in which the applicant was last

registered.

Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and

in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of

registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink

to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate

registration record card.

Signature of deputy registrar.

In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix

his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration

officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in

the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and

shall ask the following questions and record the answers

thereto:

Father's first name .........................

Mother's first name .........................

From what address did you last register? ....

Reason for inability to sign name ...........

Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in

substantially the following form:

AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION

State of Illinois )

)ss

County of ....... )

I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the

United States, that on the day of the next election I shall

have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election

precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my

residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the

above statements are true.

..............................

(His or her signature or mark)

Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).

......................................

Signature of registration officer

(to be signed in presence of registrant).

Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration

record card for the notation of the voting record of the person

registered thereon.

Each registration record card shall be numbered according

to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially

or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the

Board of Election Commissioners may determine.

The registration cards shall be deemed public records and

shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,

except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.

On written request of any candidate or objector or any person

intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall

extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other

records of the election authority during the period beginning

with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or

28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board

hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures

of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election

authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours

sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the

records but the election authority is not required to extend

its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for

business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so

extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of

such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be

inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,

during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.

Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by

certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the

polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary

to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or

to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers

or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration

record cards.

Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other

electronic data processing information containing voter

registration information shall be furnished by the Board of

Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and May

15 each year and within 10 days after each registration period

is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed

by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a

registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any

regular or special election. Registration information shall

include, but not be limited to, the following information:

name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any, age, party

affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county,

and representative, legislative and congressional districts.

In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is

directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this

nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting

legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which

the election authority maintains the registration information.

The costs of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall

be paid at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in

the election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or

disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State

Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority

for such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such

tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to

state political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois

Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and

to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable

cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter

registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter

registration records to any person or entity other than to a

State or local political committee and other than to a

governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically

prohibited. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data

shall be furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to

local political committees and governmental entities at their

request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes,

discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost of

duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual

representing a political committee requesting copies of such

tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall

be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or

for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such

tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under

any circumstances by any political committee or individuals for

purposes of commercial solicitation or other business

purposes. If such tapes contain information on county residents

related to the operations of county government in addition to

registration information, that information shall not be used

under any circumstances for commercial solicitation or other

business purposes. The prohibition in this Section against

using the computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic

data processing information containing voter registration

information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other

business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective

date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this

provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October

1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure

uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing

of voter registration information. The regulations shall

include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform

medium, communications protocol and file structure to be

employed by the election authorities of this State in the

electronic data processing of voter registration information.

Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing

of voter registration information shall comply with such

regulations on and after May 15, 1988.

If the applicant for registration was last registered in

another county within this State, he shall also sign a

certificate authorizing cancellation of the former

registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the

following form:

To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.

To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.

This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)

(city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your

(county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that

registration in your office.

Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).

....................

(Signature of Voter)

Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,

Illinois.

The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately

by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,

(or Election Commission as the case may be) where the applicant

was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be

full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.

(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;

93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)

Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of

one or two members from each congressional district in the

State and shall be elected as follows:

State Central Committee

(a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this

amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each

political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections

which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the

State central committee of that party.

Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in

March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years thereafter,

each primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party

for member of the State central committee for the congressional

district in which he resides. The candidate receiving the

highest number of votes shall be declared elected State central

committeeman from the district. A political party may, in lieu

of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State

convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the

State central committeemen in the manner following:

At the county convention held by such political party State

central committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as

provided in this Article for the election of officers of the

county central committee, and such election shall follow the

election of officers of the county central committee. Each

elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast as

his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township,

part of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary

election of his political party. In the case of a county lying

partially within one congressional district and partially

within another congressional district, each ward, township or

precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect to the

congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a

township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional

district which encompasses more than one county, each ward,

township or precinct committeeman residing within the

congressional district shall cast as his vote one vote for each

ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or

precinct in the last preceding primary election of his

political party for one candidate of his party for member of

the State central committee for the congressional district in

which he resides and the Chairman of the county central

committee shall report the results of the election to the State

Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall certify

the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected

State central committeeman for that congressional district.

The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide

for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of

members of the State central committee.

After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st

General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of

Chairman of a State central committee, or at the end of the

term of office of Chairman, the State central committee of each

political party that has selected Alternative A shall elect a

Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State

Central Committee. The Chairman shall be a registered voter in

this State and of the same political party as the State central

committee.

Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within

30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a

person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for

that congressional district to serve as an additional member of

the State central committee until his or her successor is

elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each

congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting

on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In

each congressional district at the general primary election

held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate

receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male

candidates for State central committeeman, and the female

candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's

female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be

declared elected State central committeeman and State central

committeewoman from the district. At the general primary

election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a

party's candidates for State central committeemen or State

central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the

same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes

shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State

central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a

failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a

vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second

member of the State central committee from the district. This

vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional

committee of the political party, and the person appointed to

fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional

district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or

committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each

congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting

on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.

The Chairman of a State central committee composed as

provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the

committee's members.

Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the

selection of the Chairman of the State central committee, under

both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee

of each political party shall be composed of members elected or

appointed from the several congressional districts of the

State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The

members of the State central committee shall, within 30 days

after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in

the city of Springfield and organize by electing a chairman,

and may at such time elect such officers from among their own

number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient.

The outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the

party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of

the State central committee elected at the primary of the time

and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings

of the State central committee, each State central committeeman

and State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each

ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the

primary electors of his or her party at the primary election

immediately preceding the meeting of the State central

committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central

committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled

by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees

of the political party of the counties located within the

congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if

applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the political

party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located

within the congressional district. If the congressional

district in which the vacancy occurs lies wholly within a

county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township

committeemen of the political party in that congressional

district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the

vacancy, each chairman of a county central committee and each

ward and township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more

inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each

precinct of the congressional district in which the vacancy

exists of his or her county, township, or ward cast by the

primary electors of his or her party at the primary election

immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the

State central committee. The person appointed to fill the

vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district in

which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter, and, in a

committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of

the same sex as his or her predecessor. A political party may,

by a majority vote of the delegates of any State convention of

such party, determine to return to the election of State

central committeeman and State central committeewoman by the

vote of primary electors. Any action taken by a political party

at a State convention in accordance with this Section shall be

reported to the State Board of Elections by the chairman and

secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.

Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen

(b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,

1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in

cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one

candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. Each

candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of and in

the ward where he seeks to be elected ward committeeman. The

one having the highest number of votes shall be such ward

committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary

election held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970, and every 4

years thereafter, each primary elector in counties containing a

population of 2,000,000 or more, outside of cities containing a

population of 200,000 or more, may vote for one candidate of

his party for township committeeman. Each candidate for

township committeeman must be a resident of and in the township

or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a

population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a

population of 2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part

of a township he seeks to be elected township committeeman. The

one having the highest number of votes shall be such township

committeeman of such party for such township or part of a

township. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,

1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector, except

in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote

for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct

committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be

a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be

elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest

number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such

party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary

shall show the name of the committeeman of each political

party.

Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected

under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such

committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the

second year after their election. Except as otherwise provided

in this Section for certain State central committeemen who have

2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township

committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such

committeemen until the date of primary to be held in the fourth

year after their election. However, a vacancy exists in the

office of precinct committeeman when a precinct committeeman

ceases to reside in the precinct in which he was elected and

such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have nor

exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that

precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or

appointed.

(c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of

the precinct committeemen of such party, in the multi-township

assessing district formed pursuant to Section 2-10 of the

Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set

forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In the

organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central

Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for

each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of

his party at the primary at which he was elected.

County Central Committee

(d) The county central committee of each political party in

each county shall consist of the various township committeemen,

precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such

party in the county. In the organization and proceedings of the

county central committee, each precinct committeeman shall

have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the

primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was

elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for

each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the

case may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary

election for the nomination of candidates for election to the

General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the

county central committee; and in the organization and

proceedings of the county central committee, each ward

committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his

ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary

election for the nomination of candidates for election to the

General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the

county central committee.

Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee

(d-1) Each board of review election district committee of

each political party in Cook County shall consist of the

various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of

that party in the portions of the county composing the board of

review election district. In the organization and proceedings

of each of the 3 election district committees, each township

committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his

or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by

the primary electors of his or her party at the primary

election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of

review election district committee; and in the organization and

proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each

ward committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in

his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the

primary electors of his or her party at the primary election

immediately preceding the meeting of the board of review

election district committee.

Congressional Committee

(e) The congressional committee of each party in each

congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the

county central committees of the counties composing the

congressional district, except that in congressional districts

wholly within the territorial limits of one county, or partly

within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with the county

lines of all of such counties, the precinct committeemen,

township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of the

party representing the precincts within the limits of the

congressional district, shall compose the congressional

committee. A State central committeeman in each district shall

be a member and the chairman or, when a district has 2 State

central committeemen, a co-chairman of the congressional

committee, but shall not have the right to vote except in case

of a tie.

In the organization and proceedings of congressional

committees composed of precinct committeemen or township

committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination thereof,

each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot

voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his party at

the primary at which he was elected, each township committeeman

shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or

part of a township as the case may be by the primary electors

of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the

meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward

committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each

precinct of his ward located in such congressional district by

the primary electors of his party at the primary election

immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional

committee; and in the organization and proceedings of

congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county

central committees of the counties within such district, each

chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote

for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of

his party at the primary election immediately preceding the

meeting of the congressional committee.

Judicial District Committee

(f) The judicial district committee of each political party

in each judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of

the county central committees of the counties composing the

judicial district.

In the organization and proceedings of judicial district

committees composed of the chairmen of the county central

committees of the counties within such district, each chairman

of such county central committee shall have one vote for each

ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party

at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of

the judicial district committee.

Circuit Court Committee

(g) The circuit court committee of each political party in

each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of

the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties

composing the judicial circuit.

In the organization and proceedings of circuit court

committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall

have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the

primary electors of his party at the primary election

immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court

committee.

Judicial Subcircuit Committee

(g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political

party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided

into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township

committeemen of the townships and wards composing the judicial

subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct committeemen of

the precincts composing the judicial subcircuit in any county

other than Cook County.

In the organization and proceedings of each judicial

subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have

one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a

township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the

primary electors of his party at the primary election

immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit

committee; each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for

each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as the

case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors

of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the

meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee; and each ward

committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his

ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial

subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the primary

election immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial

subcircuit committee.

Municipal Central Committee

(h) The municipal central committee of each political party

shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward

committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing

the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated

town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, township

or ward committeeman on the municipal central committee shall

be the same as his voting strength on the county central

committee.

For political parties, other than a statewide political

party, established only within a municipality or township, the

municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of

the party officers of the local established party. The party

officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the

chairman and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities

and townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by

caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling

vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities

and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate

candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers

shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the

primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions

of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the

party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's

officers.

Powers

(i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers

usually exercised by such committees and by the officers

thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.

The several committees herein provided for shall not have power

to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other

person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed

to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership

proper and necessary subcommittees.

(j) The State central committee of a political party which

elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this

Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate

selection rules of the national political party and file a copy

of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by

a national political party.

(k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a

Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State

central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the State

central committee of a political party which elects its members

by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy

shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and township

committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships which lie

entirely or partially within the Congressional District from

which the absent State central committeeman or committeewoman

was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county central

committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially

within that Congressional District and in which there are no

ward or township committeemen. When voting for such proxy the

county chairman, ward committeeman or township committeeman,

as the case may be shall have one vote for each ballot voted in

his county, ward or township, or portion thereof within the

Congressional District, by the primary electors of his party at

the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State

central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy

when permitted by the rules of a political party which elects

its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this

Section.

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is

ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any

committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is

statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of

conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of

a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall

automatically become vacant.

(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03;

revised 9-22-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)

Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State

conventions.

(a) On the 29th day second Monday next succeeding the

primary at which committeemen are elected, the county central

committee of each political party shall meet within at the

county seat of the proper county and proceed to organize by

electing from its own number a chairman and either from its own

number, or otherwise, such other officers as such committee may

deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county central

committee shall be known as the county convention.

The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days

after the organization, forward to the State Board of

Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,

precinct committeemen and representative committeemen elected

by his political party.

The county convention of each political party shall choose

delegates to the State convention of its party; but in any

county having within its limits any city having a population of

200,000, or over the delegates from such city shall be chosen

by wards, the ward committeemen from the respective wards

choosing the number of delegates to which such ward is entitled

on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such

delegates to be members of the delegation to the State

convention from such county. In all counties containing a

population of 2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a

population of 200,000 or more, the delegates from each of the

townships or parts of townships as the case may be shall be

chosen by townships or parts of townships as the case may be,

the township committeemen from the respective townships or

parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of

delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the

case may be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph

(e) of this Section such delegates to be members of the

delegation to the State convention from such county.

Each member of the State Central Committee of a political

party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph

(a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,

ex officio.

Each member of the State Central Committee of a political

party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph

(a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State

Convention who must be residents of the member's Congressional

District.

(b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after

the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years

thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the

chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a

State convention within 180 days after the general primary.

The State convention of each political party has power to

make nominations of candidates of its political party for the

electors of President and Vice President of the United States,

and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined

by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to

choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to

national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee

may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the

State convention.

(c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention

shall, within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of

Elections of this State a certificate setting forth the names

and addresses of all persons nominated by such State convention

for electors of President and Vice President of the United

States, and of any persons selected by the State convention for

delegates and alternate delegates at large to national

nominating conventions; and the names of such candidates so

chosen by such State convention for electors of President and

Vice President of the United States, shall be caused by the

State Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot

at the general election, in the manner required by law, and

shall be certified to the various county clerks of the proper

counties in the manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this

Article 7 for the certifying of the names of persons nominated

by any party for State offices. If and as long as this Act

prescribes that the names of such electors be not printed on

the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be certified

in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act

applicable thereto.

(d) Each convention may perform all other functions

inherent to such political organization and not inconsistent

with this Article.

(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,

the chairman of the State central committee of each political

party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of

Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall

state, among other things, the time and place (designating the

building or hall) for holding the State convention. Such call

shall be signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary

of the committee. In such convention each county shall be

entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by the

primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to

be held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such

county, less than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of

ballots so voted is not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall

be one delegate for such group which is less than 500, or for

such group representing the number of votes over the multiple

of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each

primary vote so represented by him. The call for such

convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in

full and shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen

be calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of

delegates be chosen.

(f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when

elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though

elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made

in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting

strength of each committeeman shall remain as provided in this

Section for the entire time for which he is elected.

(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in

this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as

provided in this Act.

(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be

called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members

of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such

committee in writing designating the time and place at which

such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is

proposed to present at such special meeting.

(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a

vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because

no one was elected to that office or because the precinct

committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct or for any other

reason, the chairman of the county central committee of the

appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such office

by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and the

appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though elected;

however, no such appointment may be made between the general

primary election and the 30th 14th day after the general

primary election.

(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State

of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of

Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,

the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a

political party which elects its State Central Committee by

either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of

Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve

as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of

their terms.

(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)

(10 ILCS 5/7-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-41)

Sec. 7-41. (a) All officers upon whom is imposed by law the

duty of designating and providing polling places for general

elections, shall provide in each such polling place so

designated and provided, a sufficient number of booths for such

primary election, which booths shall be provided with shelves,

such supplies and pencils as will enable the voter to prepare

his ballot for voting and in which voters may prepare their

ballots screened from all observation as to the manner in which

they do so. Such booths shall be within plain view of the

election officers and both they and the ballot boxes shall be

within plain view of those within the proximity of the voting

booths. No person other than election officers and the

challengers allowed by law and those admitted for the purpose

of voting, as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted within

the proximity of the voting booths, except by authority of the

primary officers to keep order and enforce the law.

(b) The number of such voting booths shall not be less than

one to every seventy-five voters or fraction thereof, who voted

at the last preceding election in the precinct or election

district.

(c) No person shall do any electioneering or soliciting of

votes on primary day within any polling place or within one

hundred feet of any polling place, or, at the option of a

church or private school, on any of the property of that church

or private school that is a polling place. Election officers

shall place 2 or more cones, small United States national

flags, or some other marker a distance of 100 horizontal feet

from each entrance to the room used by voters to engage in

voting, which shall be known as the polling room. If the

polling room is located within a building that is a private

business, a public or private school, or a church or other

organization founded for the purpose of religious worship and

the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the interior of

the building, then the markers shall be placed outside of the

building at each entrance used by voters to enter that building

on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare or walkway. If the

polling room is located within a public or private building

with 2 or more floors and the polling room is located on the

ground floor, then the markers shall be placed 100 horizontal

feet from each entrance to the polling room used by voters to

engage in voting. If the polling room is located in a public or

private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is

located on a floor above or below the ground floor, then the

markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet from the nearest

elevator or staircase used by voters on the ground floor to

access the floor where the polling room is located. The area

within where the markers are placed shall be known as a

campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited pursuant

to this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

Section, a church or private school may choose to apply the

campaign free zone to its entire property, and, if so, the

markers shall be placed near the boundaries on the grounds

adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading to the

entrances used by the voters.

The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free

zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum

for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the

request of election officers any publicly owned building must

be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall

have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on

any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the

campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the placement

of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed

liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all

polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the

time that the polls are open on an election day.

(d) The regulation of electioneering on polling place

property on an election day, including but not limited to the

placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and

function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate

electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to

subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and

limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection

(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/9-1.5) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5)

Sec. 9-1.5. Expenditure defined.

"Expenditure" means-

(1) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,

deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, in

connection with the nomination for election, or election,

of any person to public office, in connection with the

election of any person as ward or township committeeman in

counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection

with any question of public policy. "Expenditure" also

includes a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,

deposit, or gift of money or anything of value that

constitutes an electioneering communication regardless of

whether the communication is made in concert or cooperation

with or at the request, suggestion, or knowledge of a the

candidate, a the candidate's authorized local political

committee, a State political committee, a political

committee in support of or opposition to a question of

public policy, or any of their agents. However, expenditure

does not include -

(a) the use of real or personal property and the cost

of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily provided

by an individual in rendering voluntary personal services

on the individual's residential premises for

candidate-related activities; provided the value of the

service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a

reporting period;

(b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for

use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the

normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a

candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such

food or beverage to the vendor.

(2) a transfer of funds between political committees.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/9-1.7) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)

Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the

candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,

committee, association, corporation, or other organization or

group of persons which:

(a) accepts contributions or grants or makes

expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate

amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a

candidate or candidates for public office who are required

by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements

of economic interests with the county clerk, or on behalf

of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for

election to the office of ward or township committeeman in

counties of 3,000,000 or more population;

(b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during

any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000

in support of or in opposition to any question of public

policy to be submitted to the electors of an area

encompassing no more than one county; or

(c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during

any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000

and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of

governmental, political or social values, is organized on a

not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or

publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public

office who are required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics

Act to file statements of economic interest with the County

Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the office of ward

or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more

population; or .

(d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during

any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000

for electioneering communications relating to any

candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) or any

question of public policy described in paragraph (b).

(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(10 ILCS 5/9-1.8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)

Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the

candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,

committee, association, corporation, or any other organization

or group of persons which--

(a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures

during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding

$3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or

candidates for public office who are required by the Illinois

Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of economic

interests with the Secretary of State,

(b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any

12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in

support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to

be submitted to the electors of an area encompassing more than

one county, or

(c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any

12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has

as its primary purpose the furtherance of governmental,

political or social values, is organized on a not-for-profit

basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes a

candidate or candidates for public office who are required by

the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of

economic interest with the Secretary of State, or .

(d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any

12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 for

electioneering communications relating to any candidate or

candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public

policy described in paragraph (b).

(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)

(10 ILCS 5/9-1.9) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9)

Sec. 9-1.9. "Political committee" includes State central

and county central committees of any political party, and also

includes local political committees and state political

committees, but does not include any candidate who does not

accept contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month

period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000, nor does it

include, with the exception of State central and county central

committees of any political party, any individual, trust,

partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any other

organization or group of persons which does not (i) accept

contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month period

in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in

opposition to a candidate or candidates or to any question of

public policy or (ii) accept contributions or make expenditures

during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding

$3,000 for electioneering communications relating to any

candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) of Section

9-1.7 or 9-1.8 or any question of public policy described in

paragraph (b) of Section 9-1.7 or 9-1.8, and such candidates

and persons shall not be required to comply with any filing

provisions in this Article.

(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)

(10 ILCS 5/9-1.14)

Sec. 9-1.14. Electioneering communication defined.

(a) "Electioneering communication" means, for the purposes

of this Article, any form of communication, in whatever medium,

including but not limited to a , newspaper, radio, television,

or Internet communication and newspaper communications, that

(1) refers to a clearly identified candidate or , candidates who

will appear on the ballot, refers to a clearly identified or

political party, or refers to a clearly identified question of

public policy that will appear on the ballot and (2) is made

within (i) 60 days before a general election or consolidated

election for the office sought by the candidate or (ii) 30 days

before a general primary election for the office sought by the

candidate.

(b) "Electioneering communication" does not include:

(1) A communication, other than an advertisement

advertisements, appearing in a news story, commentary, or

editorial distributed through the facilities of any

legitimate news organization, unless the facilities are

owned or controlled by any political party, political

committee, or candidate.

(2) A communication made solely to promote a candidate

debate or forum that is made by or on behalf of the person

sponsoring the debate or forum.

(3) A communication made as part of a non-partisan

activity designed to encourage individuals to vote or to

register to vote.

(4) A communication by an organization operating and

remaining in good standing under Section 501(c)(3) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03;

revised 1-5-04.)

(10 ILCS 5/9-9.5)

Sec. 9-9.5. Disclosures in political communications. Any

political committee, organized under the Election Code, that

makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, handbill,

Internet communication, radio, television, or print

advertisement, or other communication directed at voters and

mentioning the name of a candidate in the next upcoming

election shall ensure that the name of the political committee

paying for any part of the communication, including, but not

limited to, its preparation and distribution, is identified

clearly within the communication as the payor. This Section

does not apply to items that are too small to contain the

required disclosure. Nothing in this Section shall require

disclosure on any telephone communication using random

sampling or other scientific survey methods to gauge public

opinion for or against any candidate or question of public

policy.

(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)

Sec. 10-14. Not less than 67 61 days before the date of the

general election the State Board of Elections shall certify to

the county clerk of each county the name of each candidate

whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination or

resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed with

the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk to

place upon the official ballot for the general election the

names of such candidates in the same manner and in the same

order as shown upon the certification. The name of no candidate

for an office to be filled by the electors of the entire state

shall be placed upon the official ballot unless his name is

duly certified to the county clerk upon a certificate signed by

the members of the State Board of Elections. The names of group

candidates on petitions shall be certified to the several

county clerks in the order in which such names appear on such

petitions filed with the State Board of Elections.

Not less than 61 55 days before the date of the general

election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of

the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,

certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy in

nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare that the

names of such candidates for the respective offices shall be

placed upon the official ballot for the general election in the

same manner and in the same order as shown upon the

certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the

certification on file in his or her office and at the same time

issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such

certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county

there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than

55 days before the election, certify to the board of election

commissioners the name of the person or persons nominated for

such office as shown by the certificate of the State Board of

Elections, together with the names of all other candidates as

shown by the certification of county officers on file in the

clerk's office, and in the order so certified. The county clerk

or board of election commissioners shall print the names of the

nominees on the ballot for each office in the order in which

they are certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided,

that in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of

such nominees have also been nominated by one or more political

parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the name of such

candidate on the ballot for nominations made under this Article

shall be precisely in the same order in which it appears on the

certification of the State Board of Elections to the county

clerk.

For the general election, the candidates of new political

parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after

the established political party candidates and in the order of

new political party petition filings.

Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the

following:

(1) The political party affiliation if any, of the

candidates for the respective offices;

(2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to an

office from the State, political subdivision or district;

(3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one

candidate for an office;

(4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for

less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a

political subdivision are for different terms.

The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the

case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it

is discovered that the original certification is in error.

(Source: P.A. 86-867.)

(10 ILCS 5/12-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-5)

Sec. 12-5. Notice for public questions. For all elections

held after July 1, 1999, notice of public questions shall be

required only as set forth in this Section or as set forth in

Section 17-3 or 19-3 of the School Code. Not more than 30 days

nor less than 10 days before the date of a regular election at

which a public question is to be submitted to the voters of a

political or governmental subdivision, and at least 20 days

before an emergency referendum, the election authority shall

publish notice of the referendum. The notice shall be published

once in a local, community newspaper having general circulation

in the political or governmental subdivision. The notice shall

also be given at least 10 days before the date of the election

by posting a copy of the notice at the principal office of the

election authority. The local election official shall also post

a copy of the notice at the principal office of the political

or governmental subdivision, or if there is no principal office

at the building in which the governing body of the political or

governmental subdivision held its first meeting of the calendar

year in which the referendum is being held. The election

authority and the political or governmental subdivision may,

but are not required to, post the notice electronically on

their World Wide Web pages. The notice, which shall appear over

the name or title of the election authority, shall be

substantially in the following form:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the election to be held

on (insert day of the week), (insert date of election), the

following proposition will be submitted to the voters of

(name of political or governmental subdivision):

(insert the public question as it will appear on the

ballot)

The polls at the election will be open at 6:00 o'clock

A.M. and will continue to be open until 7:00 o'clock P.M.

of that day.

Dated (date of notice)

(Name or title of the election authority)

The notice shall also include any additional information

required by the statute authorizing the public question. The

notice may include an explanation, in neutral and plain

language, of the question and its purposes supplied by the

governing body of the political or governmental subdivision to

whose voters the question is to be submitted. The notice shall

set forth the precincts and polling places at which the

referendum will be conducted only in the case of emergency

referenda.

(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 92-6, eff. 6-7-01.)

(10 ILCS 5/17-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-29)

Sec. 17-29. (a) No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other

person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering

or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion

within any polling place, or within 100 feet of any polling

place, or, at the option of a church or private school, on any

of the property of that church or private school that is a

polling place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or oppose any

voter while approaching within those areas 100 feet of any

polling place for the purpose of voting. Judges of election

shall enforce the provisions of this Section.

(b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small

United States national flags, or some other marker a distance

of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by

voters to engage in voting, which shall be known as the polling

room. If the polling room is located within a building that is

a private business, a public or private school, or a church or

other organization founded for the purpose of religious worship

and the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the

interior of the building, then the markers shall be placed

outside of the building at each entrance used by voters to

enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare

or walkway. If the polling room is located within a public or

private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is

located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed

100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room used

by voters to engage in voting. If the polling room is located

in a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the

polling room is located on a floor above or below the ground

floor, then the markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet

from the nearest elevator or staircase used by voters on the

ground floor to access the floor where the polling room is

located. The area within where the markers are placed shall be

known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited

pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding any other

provision of this Section, a church or private school may

choose to apply the campaign free zone to its entire property,

and, if so, the markers shall be placed near the boundaries on

the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading

to the entrances used by the voters.

The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free

zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum

for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the

request of election officers any publicly owned building must

be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall

have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on

any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the

campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the placement

of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed

liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all

polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the

time that the polls are open on an election day.

(c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place

property on an election day, including but not limited to the

placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and

function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate

electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to

subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and

limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection

(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/19-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2.2)

Sec. 19-2.2. (a) During the period beginning on the 40th

day preceding an election and continuing through the day

preceding such election, no advertising pertaining to any

candidate or proposition to be voted upon shall be displayed in

or within 100 feet of any room used by voters pursuant to this

Article, or, at the option of a church or private school, on

any of the property of that church or private school that is a

polling place; nor shall any person engage in electioneering in

or within 100 feet of any such room, or, at the option of a

church or private school, on any of the property of that church

or private school that is a polling place. Any person who

violates this Section may be punished as for contempt of court.

(b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small

United States national flags, or some other marker a distance

of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by

voters to engage in voting, or, at the option of a church or

private school, on any of the property of that church or

private school that is a polling place, which shall be known as

the polling room. If the polling room is located within a

building that is a private business, a public or private

school, or a church or other organization founded for the

purpose of religious worship and the distance of 100 horizontal

feet ends within the interior of the building, then the markers

shall be placed outside of the building at each entrance used

by voters to enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the

thoroughfare or walkway. If the polling room is located within

a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the

polling room is located on the ground floor, then the markers

shall be placed 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the

polling room used by voters to engage in voting. If the polling

room is located in a public or private building with 2 or more

floors and the polling room is located on a floor above or

below the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed a

distance of 100 feet from the nearest elevator or staircase

used by voters on the ground floor to access the floor where

the polling room is located. The area within where the markers

are placed shall be known as a campaign free zone, and

electioneering is prohibited pursuant to this subsection.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a church

or private school may choose to apply the campaign free zone to

its entire property, and, if so, the markers shall be placed

near the boundaries on the grounds adjacent to the

thoroughfares or walkways leading to the entrances used by the

voters.

The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free

zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum

for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the

request of election officers any publicly owned building must

be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall

have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on

any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the

campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the placement

of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed

liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all

polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the

time that the polls are open on an election day.

(c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place

property on an election day, including but not limited to the

placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and

function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate

electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to

subsection (b) is declared void. This is a denial and

limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection

(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)

(10 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-2)

Sec. 21-2. The county clerks of the several counties shall,

within 21 8 days next after holding the election named in

subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2 make 2 copies

of the abstract of the votes cast for electors by each

political party or group, as indicated by the voter, as

aforesaid, by a cross in the square to the left of the bracket

aforesaid, or as indicated by a cross in the appropriate place

preceding the appellation or title of the particular political

party or group, and transmit by mail one of the copies to the

office of the State Board of Elections and retain the other in

his office, to be sent for by the electoral board in case the

other should be mislaid. Within 31 20 days after the holding of

such election, and sooner if all the returns are received by

the State Board of Elections, the State Board of Election,

shall proceed to open and canvass said election returns and to

declare which set of candidates for President and

Vice-President received, as aforesaid, the highest number of

votes cast at such election as aforesaid; and the electors of

that party whose candidates for President and Vice-President

received the highest number of votes so cast shall be taken and

deemed to be elected as electors of President and

Vice-President, but should 2 or more sets of candidates for

President and Vice-President be returned with an equal and the

highest vote, the State Board of Elections shall cause a notice

of the same to be published, which notice shall name some day

and place, not less than 5 days from the time of such

publication of such notice, upon which the State Board of

Elections will decide by lot which of the sets of candidates

for President and Vice-President so equal and highest shall be

declared to be highest. And upon the day and at the place so

appointed in the notice, the board shall so decide by lot and

declare which is deemed highest of the sets of candidates for

President and Vice-President so equal and highest, thereby

determining only that the electors chosen as aforesaid by such

candidates' party or group are thereby elected by general

ticket to be such electors.

(Source: P.A. 84-861.)

(10 ILCS 5/22-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)

Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 7 days after the

close of the election at which candidates for offices

hereinafter named in this Section are voted upon, the county

clerks of the respective counties, with the assistance of the

chairmen of the county central committees of the Republican and

Democratic parties of the county, shall open the returns and

make abstracts of the votes on a separate sheet for each of the

following:

A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;

B. For State officers;

C. For presidential electors;

D. For United States Senators and Representatives to

Congress;

E. For judges of the Supreme Court;

F. For judges of the Appellate Court;

G. For judges of the circuit court;

H. For Senators and Representatives to the General

Assembly;

I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more counties;

J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other

propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State;

K. For county officers and for propositions submitted to

the electors of the county only;

L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;

M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and

N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees.

Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared

and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the

county central committee of each of the then existing

established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or

his duly authorized representative immediately after the

completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals

have been compiled.

The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the county

clerk in his office.

Whenever any county chairman is also county clerk or

whenever any county chairman is unable to serve as a member of

such canvassing board the vice-chairman or secretary of his

county central committee, in that order, shall serve in his

place as member of such canvassing board; provided, that if

none of these persons is able to serve, the county chairman may

appoint a member of his county central committee to serve as a

member of such canvassing board.

The powers and duties of the county canvassing board are

limited to those specified in this Section. In no event shall

such canvassing board open any package in which the ballots

have been wrapped or any envelope containing "defective" or

"objected to" ballots, or in any manner undertake to examine

the ballots used in the election, except as provided in Section

22-9.1 or when directed by a court in an election contest. Nor

shall such canvassing board call in the precinct judges of

election or any other persons to open or recount the ballots.

(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)

(10 ILCS 5/22-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-3)

Sec. 22-3. When two (2) or more persons receive an equal

and the highest number of votes for an office to be filled by

the county alone, the county clerk shall issue a notice to such

persons of such tie vote, and require them to appear at his

office, on a day named in the notice, no later than 21 days

following an election within ten (10) days from the day of

election, and determine by lot which of them is to be declared

elected.

(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)

(10 ILCS 5/22-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)

Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation

of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within

31 20 days after the election, and sooner if all the returns

are received, to canvass the votes given for United States

Senators and Representatives to Congress, State executive

officers, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate

Court, judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives

to the General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional

Superintendents of Schools elected from 2 or more counties,

respectively, and the persons having the highest number of

votes for the respective offices shall be declared duly

elected, but if it appears that more than the number of persons

to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for

the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which

of such persons shall be elected; and to each person duly

elected, the Governor shall give a certificate of election or

commission, as the case may require, and shall cause

proclamation to be made of the result of the canvass, and they

shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass the vote

cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other

propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; and

the Governor shall cause to be made such proclamation of the

result of the canvass as the statutes elsewhere provide. The

State Board of Elections shall transmit to the State

Comptroller a list of the persons elected to the various

offices. The State Board of Elections shall also transmit to

the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to judgeships in

adversary elections and the names of judges who fail to win

retention in office.

(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)

(10 ILCS 5/22-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-8)

Sec. 22-8. In municipalities operating under Article 6 of

this Act, within 21 7 days after the close of such election, a

judge of the circuit court, with the assistance of the city

attorney and the board of election commissioners, who are

hereby declared a canvassing board for such city, shall open

all returns left respectively, with the election

commissioners, the county clerk, and city comptroller, and

shall make abstracts or statements of the votes in the

following manner, as the case may require, viz: All votes for

Governor and Lieutenant Governor on one sheet; all votes for

other State officers on another sheet; all votes for

presidential electors on another sheet; all votes for United

States Senators and Representatives to Congress on another

sheet; all votes for judges of the Supreme Court on another

sheet; all votes for judges of the Appellate Court on another

sheet; all votes for Judges of the Circuit Court on another

sheet; all votes for Senators and Representatives to the

General Assembly on another sheet; all votes for State's

Attorneys where elected from 2 or more counties on another

sheet; all votes for County Officers on another sheet; all

votes for City Officers on another sheet; all votes for Town

Officers on another sheet; and all votes for any other office

on a separate and appropriate sheet; all votes for any

proposition, which may be submitted to a vote of the people, on

another sheet, and all votes against any proposition, submitted

to a vote of the people, on another sheet.

Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared

and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the

county central committee of each of the then existing

established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or

his duly authorized representative immediately after the

completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals

have been compiled.

(Source: P.A. 77-2626.)

(10 ILCS 5/22-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-17)

Sec. 22-17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the

canvass of votes cast at the nonpartisan and consolidated

elections shall be conducted by the following canvassing boards

within 21 7 days after the close of such elections:

1. For city offices, by the mayor, the city attorney

and the city clerk.

2. For village and incorporated town offices, by the

president of the board of trustees, one member of the board

of trustees, and the village or incorporated town clerk.

3. For township offices, by the township supervisor,

the eligible town trustee elected in the township who has

the longest term of continuous service as town trustee, and

the township clerk.

4. For road district offices, by the highway

commissioner and the road district clerk.

5. For school district or community college district

offices, by the school or community college district board.

6. For special district elected offices, by the board

of the special district.

7. For multi-county educational service region

offices, by the regional board of school trustees.

8. For township trustee of schools or land

commissioner, by the township trustees of schools or land

commissioners.

9. For park district offices, by the president of the

park board, one member of the board of park commissioners

and the secretary of the park district.

10. For multi-township assessment districts, by the

chairman, clerk, and assessor of the multi-township

assessment district.

(b) The city canvassing board provided in Section 22-8

shall canvass the votes cast at the nonpartisan and

consolidated elections for offices of any political

subdivision entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal

board of election commissioners.

(c) The canvass of votes cast upon any public questions

submitted to the voters of any political subdivision, or any

precinct or combination of precincts within a political

subdivision, at any regular election or at any emergency

referendum election, including votes cast by voters outside of

the political subdivision where the question is for annexation

thereto, shall be canvassed by the same board provided for in

this Section for the canvass of votes of the officers of such

political subdivision. However, referenda conducted throughout

a county and referenda of sanitary districts whose officers are

elected at general elections shall be canvassed by the county

canvassing board. The votes cast on a public question for the

formation of a political subdivision shall be canvassed by the

circuit court that ordered the question submitted, or by such

officers of the court as may be appointed for such purpose,

except where in the formation or reorganization of a school

district or districts the regional superintendent of schools is

designated by law as the canvassing official.

(d) The canvass of votes for offices of political

subdivisions cast at special elections to fill vacancies held

on the day of any regular election shall be conducted by the

canvassing board which is responsible for canvassing the votes

at the regularly scheduled election for such office.

(Source: P.A. 87-738; 87-1052.)

Section 7. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section

2-3007 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/2-3007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007)

Sec. 2-3007. Chairman of county board; election and term.

Any county board when providing for the reapportionment of its

county under this Division may provide that the chairman of the

county board shall be elected by the voters of the county

rather than by the members of the board. In that event,

provision shall be made for the election throughout the county

of the chairman of the county board, but in counties over

3,000,000 population no person may be elected to serve as such

chairman who has not been elected as a county board member to

serve during the same period as the term of office as chairman

of the county board to which he seeks election. In counties

over 450,000 population and under 3,000,000 population, the

chairman shall be elected as chairman without having been first

elected to the county board. Such chairman shall not vote on

any question except to break a tie vote. In all other counties

the chairman may either be elected as a county board member or

elected as the chairman without having been first elected to

the board. Except in counties where the chairman of the county

board is elected by the voters of the county and is not

required to be a county board member, whether the chairman of

the county board is elected by the voters of the county or by

the members of the board, he shall be elected to a 2 year term.

In counties where the chairman of the county board is elected

by the voters of the county and is not required to be a county

board member, the chairman shall be elected to a 4 year term.

In all cases, the term of the chairman of the county board

shall commence on the third first Monday of the month following

the month in which members of the county board are elected.

(Source: P.A. 86-926; 86-1429; 86-1475.)

Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing

Sections 50-15 and 50-40 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/50-15)

Sec. 50-15. Time of entering upon duties.

(a) In all counties, the township collectors elected at the

township election shall enter upon their duties on January 1

next following their election and qualification.

(b) In all counties, township supervisors and township

clerks shall enter upon their duties on the third first Monday

of May following their election.

(c) Beginning with elections in 1981 in all counties, the

township and multi-township assessors shall enter upon their

duties on January 1 next following their election.

(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)

(60 ILCS 1/50-40)

Sec. 50-40. Township trustees; time of election and terms.

Except in townships organized under Article 15, at the regular

township election provided in the general election law there

shall be elected 4 members to serve on the township board. They

shall be known as township trustees and shall hold their office

for a term of 4 years beginning the third first Monday of May

following their election and until their successors are elected

and qualified.

(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)

Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by

changing Sections 3.1-10-5, 3.1-10-15, 3.1-20-25, 5-2-2, and

5-5-1 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)

Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.

(a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal

office unless that person is a qualified elector of the

municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one

year next preceding the election.

(b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal

office if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or

other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been

convicted in any court located in the United States of any

infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.

(c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman of

a ward or trustee of a district unless that person has resided

in the ward that the person seeks to represent, and a person is

not eligible for the office of trustee of a district unless

that person has resided in the municipality, at least one year

next preceding the election or appointment, except as provided

in subsection (c) of Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of

Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.

(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15)

Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected

municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or

special meeting of the corporate authorities during the month

of May April following the proclamation of the results of the

regular municipal election at which the officers were elected,

except as otherwise provided by ordinance fixing the date for

inauguration of newly elected officers of a municipality. The

ordinance shall not, however, fix the time for inauguration of

newly elected officers later than the first regular or special

meeting of the corporate authorities in the month of June May

following the election.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25)

Sec. 3.1-20-25. Redistricting a city.

(a) In the formation of wards, the number of inhabitants of

the city immediately preceding the division of the city into

wards shall be as nearly equal in population, and the wards

shall be of as compact and contiguous territory, as

practicable. Wards shall be created in a manner so that, as far

as practicable, no precinct shall be divided between 2 or more

wards.

(b) Whenever an official census shows that a city contains

more or fewer wards than it is entitled to, the city council of

the city, by ordinance, shall redistrict the city into as many

wards as the city is entitled. This redistricting shall be

completed not less than 30 days before the first day set by the

general election law for the filing of candidate petitions for

the next succeeding election for city officers. At this

election there shall be elected the number of aldermen to which

the city is entitled, except as provided in subsection (c).

(c) If it appears from any official census that a city has

the requisite number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase

the number of aldermen, the city council shall immediately

proceed to redistrict the city and shall hold the next city

election in accordance with the new redistricting. At this

election the aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring

shall be considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in

which their residences are situated. At this election a

candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward that

contains a part of the ward in which he or she resided at least

one year next preceding the election that follows the

redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be reelected

from the new ward he or she represents if he or she resides in

that ward for at least one year next preceding reelection. If

there are 2 or more aldermen with terms of office not expiring

and residing in the same ward under the new redistricting, the

alderman who holds over for that ward shall be determined by

lot in the presence of the city council, in the manner directed

by the council, and all other aldermen shall fill their

unexpired terms as aldermen-at-large. The aldermen-at-large,

if any, shall have the same powers and duties as all other

aldermen, but upon the expiration of their terms the offices of

aldermen-at-large shall be abolished.

(d) If the redistricting results in one or more wards in

which no aldermen reside whose terms of office have not

expired, 2 aldermen shall be elected in accordance with Section

3.1-20-35, unless the city elected only one alderman per ward

pursuant to a referendum under subsection (a) of Section

3.1-20-20.

(e) A redistricting ordinance that has decreased the number

of wards of a city because of a decrease in population of the

city shall not be effective if, not less than 60 days before

the time fixed for the next succeeding general municipal

election, an official census is officially published that shows

that the city has regained a population that entitles it to the

number of wards that it had just before the passage of the last

redistricting ordinance.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

(65 ILCS 5/5-2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-2)

Sec. 5-2-2. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-2-3,

the number of aldermen, when not elected by the minority

representation plan, shall be as follows: In cities not

exceeding 3,000 inhabitants, 6 aldermen; exceeding 3,000, but

not exceeding 15,000, 8 aldermen; exceeding 15,000 but not

exceeding 20,000, 10 aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but not

exceeding 30,000, 14 aldermen; and 2 additional aldermen for

every 20,000 inhabitants over 30,000. In all cities of less

than 500,000, 20 aldermen shall be the maximum number permitted

except as otherwise provided in the case of aldermen-at-large.

No redistricting shall be required in order to reduce the

number of aldermen heretofore provided for. Two aldermen shall

be elected to represent each ward.

If it appears from any census specified in Section 5-2-5

and taken not earlier than 1940 that any city has the requisite

number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase the number of

aldermen, the city council shall immediately proceed to

redistrict the city in accordance with the provisions of

Section 5-2-5, and it shall hold the next city election in

accordance with the new redistricting. At this election the

aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring shall be

considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in which

their residences are situated. At this election a candidate for

alderman may be elected from any ward that contains a part of

the ward in which he or she resided at least one year next

preceding the election that follows the redistricting, and, if

elected, that person may be reelected from the new ward he or

she represents if he or she resides in that ward for at least

one year next preceding reelection. If there are 2 or more

aldermen with terms of office not expiring and residing in the

same ward under the new redistricting, the alderman who holds

over for that ward shall be determined by lot in the presence

of the city council, in whatever manner the council shall

direct and all other aldermen shall fill their unexpired terms

as aldermen-at-large. The aldermen-at-large, if any, shall

have the same power and duties as all other aldermen but upon

expiration of their terms the offices of aldermen-at-large

shall be abolished.

If the re-districting results in one or more wards in which

no aldermen reside whose terms of office have not expired, 2

aldermen shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of

Section 5-2-8.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/5-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-5-1)

Sec. 5-5-1. Petition for abandonment of managerial form;

referendum; succeeding elections of officers and aldermen or

trustees.

(a) A city or village that has operated for 4 years or more

under the managerial form of municipal government may abandon

that organization as provided in this Section. For the purposes

of this Article, the operation of the managerial form of

municipal government shall be deemed to begin on the date of

the appointment of the first manager in the city or village.

When a petition for abandonment signed by electors of the

municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of

votes cast for candidates for mayor at the preceding general

quadrennial municipal election is filed with the circuit court

for the county in which that city or village is located, the

court shall set a date not less than 10 nor more than 30 days

thereafter for a hearing on the sufficiency of the petition.

Notice of the filing of the petition and of the date of the

hearing shall be given in writing to the city or village clerk

and to the mayor or village president at least 7 days before

the date of the hearing. If the petition is found sufficient,

the court shall enter an order directing that the proposition

be submitted at an election other than a primary election for

the municipality. The clerk of the court shall certify the

proposition to the proper election authorities for submission.

The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall (name of city or village) retain the managerial

form of municipal government?

(b) If the majority of the votes at the election are "yes",

then the proposition to abandon is rejected and the

municipality shall continue operating under this Article 5. If

the majority of the votes are "no", then the proposition to

abandon operation under this Article 5 is approved.

(c) If the proposition for abandonment is approved, the

city or village shall become subject to Article 3.1 or Article

4, whichever Article was in force in the city or village

immediately before the adoption of the plan authorized by this

Article 5, upon the election and qualification of officers to

be elected at the next succeeding general municipal election.

Those officers shall be those prescribed by Article 3.1 or

Article 4, as the case may be, but the change shall not in any

manner or degree affect the property rights or liabilities of

the city or village. The mayor, clerk, and treasurer and all

other elected officers of a city or village in office at the

time the proposition for abandonment is approved shall continue

in office until the expiration of the term for which they were

elected.

(d) If a city or village operating under this Article 5 has

aldermen or trustees elected from wards or districts and a

proposition to abandon operation under this Article 5 is

approved, then the officers to be elected at the next

succeeding general municipal election shall be elected from the

same wards or districts as exist immediately before the

abandonment.

(e) If a city or village operating under this Article 5 has

a council or village board elected from the municipality at

large and a proposition to abandon operation under this Article

5 is approved, then the first group of aldermen, board of

trustees, or commissioners so elected shall be of the same

number as was provided for in the municipality at the time of

the adoption of a plan under this Article 5, with the same ward

or district boundaries in cities or villages that immediately

before the adoption of this Article 5 had wards or districts,

unless the municipal boundaries have been changed. If there has

been such a change, the council or village board shall so alter

the former ward or district boundaries so as to conform as

nearly as possible to the former division. If the plan

authorized by this Article 5 is abandoned, the next general

municipal election for officers shall be held at the time

specified in Section 3.1-10-75 or 3.1-25-15 for that election.

The aldermen or trustees elected at that election shall, if the

city or village was operating under Article 3 at the time of

adoption of this Article 5 and had at that time staggered 4

year terms of office for the aldermen or trustees, choose by

lot which shall serve initial 2 year terms as provided by

Section 3.1-20-35 or 3.1-15-5, whichever may be applicable, in

the case of election of those officers at the first election

after a municipality is incorporated.

(f) The proposition to abandon the managerial form of

municipal government shall not be submitted in any city or

village oftener than once in 12 46 months.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

Section 20. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is

amended by changing Sections 21-5, 21-12, 21-14, and 21-22 as

follows:

(65 ILCS 20/21-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-5)

Sec. 21-5. Mayor; Term of office.

(a) The mayor of the city of Chicago shall be elected in

1943 and quadrennially thereafter in a nonpartisan election.

The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for mayor

at the consolidated primary election shall be declared mayor.

If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a runoff

election shall be held at the consolidated election, when only

the names of the candidates receiving the highest and second

highest number of votes at the consolidated primary election

shall appear on the ballot. If more than one candidate received

the highest or second highest number of votes at the

consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates

receiving the highest and second highest number of votes shall

appear on the ballot at the consolidated election. The

candidate receiving the highest number of votes at the

consolidated election shall be declared elected.

(b) The mayor shall hold his or her office for 4 years

beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May following

his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected

and qualified.

(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)

(65 ILCS 20/21-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-12)

Sec. 21-12. City clerk and city treasurer; Election;

Tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be

elected also a city clerk and a city treasurer. The candidates

receiving a majority of the votes cast for clerk and treasurer

at the consolidated primary election shall be declared the

clerk and treasurer. If no candidate receives a majority of the

votes for one of the offices, a runoff election shall be held

at the consolidated election, when only the names of the

candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of

votes for that office at the consolidated primary election

shall appear on the ballot. If more than one candidate received

the highest or second highest number of votes for one of the

offices at the consolidated primary election, the names of all

candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of

votes for that office shall appear on the ballot at the

consolidated election. The candidate receiving the highest

number of votes at the consolidated election shall be declared

elected.

The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a term

of 4 years beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May

following the election and until a successor is elected and

qualified. No person, however, shall be elected to the office

of city treasurer for 2 terms in succession.

(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)

(65 ILCS 20/21-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-14)

Sec. 21-14. Member residency before election; member not to

hold other office.

(a) No member may be elected or appointed to the city

council after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

93rd 91st General Assembly unless he or she has resided in the

ward he or she seeks to represent at least one year next

preceding 2 years before the date of the election or

appointment. In the election following redistricting, a

candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward containing

a part of the ward in which he or she resided for at least one

year next preceding the 2 years before the election that

follows the redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be

reelected from the new ward he or she represents if he or she

resides in that ward for at least one year next preceding 18

months before the reelection.

(b) No member of the city council shall at the same time

hold any other civil service office under the federal, state or

city government, except if such member is granted a leave of

absence from such civil service office, or except in the

National Guard, or as a notary public, and except such honorary

offices as go by appointment without compensation.

(Source: P.A. 91-358, eff. 7-29-99.)

(65 ILCS 20/21-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-22)

Sec. 21-22. General election for aldermen; vacancies.

(a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the

year 1943 and every 4 years thereafter, at which one alderman

shall be elected from each of the 50 wards provided for by this

Article. The aldermen elected shall serve for a term of 4 years

beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May following

the election of city officers, and until their successors are

elected and have qualified. All elections for aldermen shall be

in accordance with the provisions of law in force and operative

in the City of Chicago for such elections at the time the

elections are held.

(b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall be

filled in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies in

Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code. An

appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 days

after the vacancy occurs. The requirement that an appointment

be made within 60 days is an exclusive power and function of

the State and is a denial and limitation under Article VII,

Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of the

power of a home rule municipality to require that an

appointment be made within a different period after the vacancy

occurs.

(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)

Section 25. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by

changing Section 4a as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/4a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.1)

Sec. 4a. Any fire protection district organized under this

Act may determine, in either manner provided in the following

items (1) and (2) of this Section, to have an elected, rather

than an appointed, board of trustees.

(1) If the district lies wholly within a single

township but does not also lie wholly within a

municipality, the township board of trustees may

determine, by ordinance, to have an elected board of

trustees.

(2) Upon presentation to the board of trustees of a

petition, signed by not less than 10% of the electors of

the district, requesting that a proposition for the

election of trustees be submitted to the electors of the

district, the secretary of the board of trustees shall

certify the proposition to the appropriate election

authorities who shall submit the proposition at a regular

election in accordance with the general election law. The

general election law shall apply to and govern such

election. The proposition shall be in substantially the

following form:

-------------------------------------------------------------

Shall the trustees of...... YES

Fire Protection District be -------------------------

elected, rather than appointed? NO

-------------------------------------------------------------

If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition are

in the affirmative, the trustees of the district shall

thereafter be elected as provided by this Section.

At the next regular election for trustees as provided by

the general election law, a district that has approved by

ordinance or referendum to have its trustees elected rather

than appointed shall elect 3, 5, or 7 trustees, as previously

determined by the organization of the district or as increased

under Section 4.01 or 4.02. The initial elected trustees shall

be elected for 2, 4, and 6 year terms. In a district with 3

trustees, one trustee shall be elected for a term of 2 years,

one for a term of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years. In a

district with 5 trustees, 2 shall be elected for terms of 2

years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years. In

a district with 7 trustees, 3 shall be elected for terms of 2

years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and 2 for terms of 6 years.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election

Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence on the

third first Monday of the month following the month of his

election and until his successor is elected and qualified. The

length of the terms of the trustees first elected shall be

determined by lot at their first meeting. Except as otherwise

provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, thereafter,

each trustee shall be elected to serve for a term of 6 years

commencing on the third first Monday of the month following the

month of his election and until his successor is elected and

qualified.

No party designation shall appear on the ballot for

election of trustees. The provisions of the general election

law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of

trustees.

The provisions of Section 4 relating to eligibility, powers

and disabilities of trustees shall apply equally to elected

trustees.

Whenever a fire protection district determines to elect

trustees as provided in this Section, the trustees appointed

pursuant to Section 4 shall continue to constitute the board of

trustees until the third first Monday of the month following

the month of the first election of trustees. If the term of

office of any appointed trustees expires before the first

election of trustees, the authority which appointed that

trustee under Section 4 of this Act shall appoint a successor

to serve until a successor is elected and has qualified. The

terms of all appointed trustees in such district shall expire

on the third first Monday of the month following the month of

the first election of trustees under this Section or when

successors have been elected and have qualified, whichever

occurs later.

(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

Section 30. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is

amended by changing Section 3.5 as follows:

(70 ILCS 805/3.5)

Sec. 3.5. Elected board of commissioners.

(a) In counties with a population more than 30,000 but less

than 90,000, in each forest preserve district organized after

the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 or in which,

on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, the

commissioners of the district are appointed by the presiding

officer of the county board under Section 3a, the commissioners

shall be elected as provided in this Section, rather than

appointed, beginning with the first consolidated election

following the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.

There shall be 5 elected commissioners, elected from the

district at large. Each commissioner must be a resident of the

district. The terms of all elected commissioners shall commence

on the third first Monday of the month following the month of

election. No party designation shall appear on the ballot for

the election of commissioners. The terms of all commissioners

appointed under Section 3a in a district to which this Section

applies shall expire on the third first Monday of the month

following the month of the first election of commissioners in

that district under this Section.

If before August 20, 1993 (the effective date of Public Act

88-443) in a county with a population of 30,000 or less a

presiding officer of a county board appointed the commissioners

of the forest preserve district and if that presiding officer

has, since August 20, 1993, continued to appoint the

commissioners of the forest preserve district, then those

appointments made after August 20, 1993, if made in compliance

with Section 3a, are validated.

(b) The initial elected commissioners shall, no later than

45 days after taking office, divide themselves publicly by lot

as equally as possible into 2 groups. Commissioners or their

successors from one group shall be elected for terms of 4

years; the initial elected commissioners from the second group

shall serve for terms of 2 years, and their successors shall be

elected for terms of 4 years.

(c) The commissioners shall elect from among their number a

president of the board of commissioners.

(d) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of

commissioner, whether by death, resignation, refusal to

qualify, no longer residing in the district, or for any other

reason, the board of commissioners shall declare that a vacancy

exists. The vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by

appointment of the president of the board of commissioners,

with the advice and consent of the other commissioners. The

appointee shall be eligible to serve as commissioner. The

appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. If,

however, more than 28 months remain in the term, the

appointment shall be until the next consolidated election, at

which time the vacated office of commissioner shall be filled

by election for the remainder of the term.

If a vacancy occurs in the office of president of the board

of commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall elect one

of their number to serve as president for the balance of the

unexpired term of the president in whose office the vacancy

occurred.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, elected

commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall

be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by

commissioners before the effective date of this amendatory Act

of 1993.

(Source: P.A. 90-190, eff. 7-24-97.)

Section 35. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is

amended by changing Sections 30-10 and 30-40 as follows:

(75 ILCS 16/30-10)

Sec. 30-10. Election and terms of trustees.

(a) Trustees shall be elected every 2 years at the regular

election scheduled for trustees of public library districts

under the Election Code for 6-year terms. Seven trustees shall

constitute a board.

(b) The trustees' terms shall be staggered. After the first

election, the trustees shall determine, by lot, 2 trustees to

serve for terms of 2 years, 2 trustees to serve for terms of 4

years, and 3 trustees to serve for terms of 6 years. The terms

of all trustees shall begin on the third 1st Monday of the

month next following the month of the election.

(c) At each election of trustees after the first election,

the trustees elected to succeed those whose terms have expired

shall hold office for the full term of 6 years from the third

1st Monday of the month next following the election and until

their respective successors are elected and qualified.

(d) A district may provide by resolution of the board that

the term of its trustees shall be 4 years. If the board adopts

such a resolution, then if 3 trustees are to be elected at the

next election or if 2 trustees are to be elected at each of the

next 2 elections, one of the trustees elected at the next

election (to be determined by lot at the first meeting after

that election) shall serve a 2 year term.

(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

(75 ILCS 16/30-40)

Sec. 30-40. Organization of board; qualification and oath

of trustees.

(a) Within 74 60 days after their election or appointment,

the incumbent and new trustees shall take their oath of office

as prescribed by law and meet to organize the board.

(b) The first action taken at the meeting shall be the

election of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a

treasurer from among the trustees. The secretary shall then

record the membership of the board.

(c) Trustees duly elected or appointed as certified by the

appropriate election authority or appointing authority shall

be qualified to serve as trustees under this Act. The required

oath shall be taken and subscribed before a notary public or

the secretary of the board.

(d) Within 60 days after the organization of the board, the

secretary shall file, with the county clerk of the county

containing all or a larger portion of the district and with the

Illinois State Librarian, a statement listing the names and

addresses of the trustees and officers and their respective

terms in office. The secretary shall report a vacancy on the

board to the county clerk and the State Librarian within 60

days after it occurs and shall report the filling of a vacancy

within 60 days after it is filled.

(e) The first officers shall serve until the next regular

election of trustees. Thereafter, officers shall serve for

terms set by ordinance but not to exceed 2 years, ending on the

third first Monday of the month following each regular election

or until their successors are duly elected by the board. A

vacancy in any office shall be filled by the board for the

unexpired term.

(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

Section 40. The School Code is amended by changing Sections

5-14, 6-17, 10-5, and 10-16 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/5-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-14)

Sec. 5-14. Term of office of successors - Vacancies.

Successors to the trustees whose terms of office expire at the

time prescribed in Section 5-13, and their successors, shall

hold their offices for 6 years and until their respective

successors are elected and qualified. Trustees of schools shall

enter upon the duties of their office on the third first Monday

of the month following their election.

Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining trustees shall

fill the vacancy until the next regular school election, at

which election a successor shall be elected to serve the

remainder of the unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs

with less than 28 months remaining in the term, or if the

vacancy occurs less than 88 days before the next regularly

scheduled election for this office then the person so appointed

shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and no

election to fill the vacancy shall be held. The successor shall

have the same residential qualifications as his predecessor.

Should they fail so to act, within 30 days after the vacancy

occurs, the regional superintendent of the region in which the

township lies, or if the township is divided by a county line

or lines, the regional superintendent of the region in which a

majority of the children, who reside in districts subject to

the jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of such township,

attend school, shall within 15 days after the remaining

trustees have failed to fill the vacancy, fill the vacancy as

provided for herein. The successor shall have the same type of

residential qualifications as his predecessor.

(Source: P.A. 86-1441.)

(105 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-17)

Sec. 6-17. Election of president - Terms of members. Except

as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, on

the third first Monday in May, following the first election, or

if such day is a holiday then the next day, the regional

superintendent of schools who shall be the ex-officio secretary

of the board shall convene the newly elected regional board of

school trustees for the purpose of organization. Except as

provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, at this meeting

the members shall elect a president from among their number who

shall serve as president for a term of 2 years and shall

determine by lot the length of the term of each member so that

2 shall serve for a term of 2 years, 2 for 4 years and 3 for 6

years from the third first Monday of the month following the

date of their election. Except as provided in Section 2A-54 of

the Election Code, thereafter members shall be elected to serve

for a term of 6 years from the third first Monday of the month

following the date of their election or until their successors

are elected and qualified.

All succeeding meetings for the purpose of organization

shall be held on the third first Monday in May following the

election; however, in case the third first Monday in May is a

holiday the organization meeting shall be held on the next day.

If educational service regions are consolidated under

Section 3A-3 or 3A-4 of this Act, however, the expiring terms

of members of each regional board of school trustees in those

regions being consolidated shall be extended so as to terminate

on the first Monday of August of the year that consolidation

takes effect, as defined in Section 3A-5 of this Act, and, on

such day, the Regional Superintendent of the consolidated

region shall convene all the members of each regional board of

school trustees in the consolidated region, and shall by lot

select from among such trustees an interim regional board of

school trustees for the consolidated region in accord with the

specifications as to membership and residency in Section 6-2.

The interim board so selected shall serve until their

successors are elected at the succeeding regular election of

regional school trustees and have qualified. A single regional

board of school trustees shall be elected at such succeeding

regular election to take office on the third first Monday of

the month following such election. The board elected for the

consolidated region shall be convened on such third first

Monday of the month following such election for organizational

purposes, to elect a president and determine terms for its

members by lot as provided in this Section. The respective

regional boards of school trustees of educational service

regions involved in consolidations under Section 3A-3 or 3A-4

shall cease to exist at the time the board elected for the

consolidated region is so organized.

(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

(105 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5)

Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer and

regional superintendent of schools. Within 28 7 days after the

regular election of directors, the directors shall meet and

organize by appointing one of their number president and

another as clerk, except that when directors are elected at the

consolidated elections in April of 1999 and April of 2001, the

directors shall meet and organize, in the manner provided by

this Section, within 7 days after the first Tuesday after the

first Monday of November in each of those 2 years. The clerk

shall at once report to the treasurer and regional

superintendent of schools the names of the president and clerk

so appointed. Upon organizing itself as provided in this

Section, the board of school directors shall enter upon the

discharge of its duties. Terms of members are subject to

Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, except as otherwise limited

by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.

(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98;

90-757, eff. 8-14-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)

Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 28 7 days after

the consolidated election, other than the consolidated

elections in 1999 and 2001, the board shall organize by

electing its officers and fixing a time and place for the

regular meetings. However, when school board members are

elected at the consolidated elections held in April of 1999 and

April of 2001, the board shall organize within 7 days after the

first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each such

year by electing officers and setting the time and place of the

regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as provided in this

paragraph, the board shall enter upon the discharge of its

duties.

The regional superintendent of schools having supervision

and control, as provided in Section 3-14.2, of a new school

district that is governed by the School Code and formed on or

after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 shall

convene the newly elected board within 7 days after the

election of the board of education of that district, whereupon

the board shall proceed to organize by electing one of their

number as president and electing a secretary, who may or may

not be a member. At such meeting the length of term of each of

the members shall be determined by lot so that 4 shall serve

for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their

terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at

the consolidated election in an odd-numbered year, such initial

terms shall be extended to the consolidated election for school

board members immediately following the expiration of the

initial 4 or 2 year terms. The provisions of this paragraph

that relate to the determination of terms by lot shall not

apply to the initial members of the board of education of a

combined school district who are to be elected to unstaggered

terms as provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 11B-7.

The terms of the officers of a board of education shall be

for 2 years, except that the terms of the officers elected at

the organization meeting in November, 2001 shall expire at the

organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the board by

resolution may establish a policy for the terms of office to be

one year, and provide for the election of officers.

Special meetings of the board of education may be called by

the president or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice

thereof in writing, stating the time, place and purpose of the

meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before such

meeting or by personal service 24 hours before such meeting.

Public notice of meetings must also be given as prescribed in

Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act, as now or

hereafter amended.

At each regular and special meeting which is open to the

public, members of the public and employees of the district

shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to

comment to or ask questions of the board.

The president or district superintendent shall, at each

regular board meeting, report any requests made of the district

under provisions of The Freedom of Information Act and shall

report the status of the district's response.

(Source: P.A. 90-459, eff. 8-17-97; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98.)

Section 45. The Public Community College Act is amended by

changing Section 3-8 as follows:

(110 ILCS 805/3-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)

Sec. 3-8. Following each election and canvass, the new

board shall hold its organizational meeting on or before the

28th 14th day after the election, except that in 1999, 2001,

and 2003 (except District #522) the board shall organize within

14 days after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of

November in each of those 3 years. In 2003 in District #522,

the new board shall hold its organizational meeting on or

before the 14th day after the consolidated election. If the

election is the initial election ordered by the regional

superintendent, the organizational meeting shall be convened

by the regional superintendent, who shall preside over the

meeting until the election for chairman, vice chairman and

secretary of board is completed. At all other organizational

meetings, the chairman of the board, or, in his or her absence,

the president of the community college or acting chief

executive officer of the college shall convene the new board,

and conduct the election for chairman, vice chairman and

secretary. The board shall then proceed with its organization

under the newly elected board officers, and shall fix a time

and place for its regular meetings. It shall than enter upon

the discharge of its duties. The terms of board office shall be

2 years, except that the board by resolution may establish a

policy for the terms of office to be one year, and provide for

the election of officers for the remaining one year period.

Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election

Code.

Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman

or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice thereof in

writing stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting.

Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before the meeting

or by personal service 24 hours before the meeting.

At each regular and special meeting which is open to the

public, members of the public and employees of the community

college district shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable

constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board.

(Source: P.A. 92-1, eff. 3-30-01.)

Section 50. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by

changing Section 5 as follows:

(615 ILCS 90/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 1205)

Sec. 5. The Agency shall be governed by a Board of

Directors, which shall consist of 6 directors and one chairman

elected pursuant to this Section.

Three directors shall be elected from within the territory

of each member county. Any resident of a member county and the

territory of the Agency, at least 18 years of age, may become a

candidate for election as a director by filing a nominating

petition with the State Board of Elections containing the

verified signatures of at least 200 of the registered voters of

such county who reside within the territory of the Agency. Such

petition shall be filed not more than 78 nor less than 71 days

prior to the date of election.

The chairman shall be elected at large from the territory

of the Agency. Any person eligible to become a candidate for

election as director may become a candidate for election as

chairman by filing a nominating petition with the State Board

of Elections containing the verified signatures of at least 200

of the registered voters of each member county who reside

within the territory of the Agency. Such petition shall be

filed not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the date

of the election.

Within 7 days after each consolidated election at which the

chairman is elected, the county clerk of each member county

shall transmit the returns for the election to the office of

chairman to the State Board of Elections. The State Board of

Elections shall immediately canvass the returns and proclaim

the results thereof and shall issue a certificate of election

to the person so elected.

Beginning in 1985, the directors and chairman shall be

elected at the consolidated election and shall serve from the

third first Monday in May following their respective elections

until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

The term of office of a director shall be for 4 years, except

that of the directors elected at the consolidated election of

1985, 3 shall serve until the first Monday in May 1987 and 3

shall serve until the first Monday in May 1989. The term of

office of a chairman shall be 4 years.

At least 90 days before the consolidated election of 1985

the State Board of Elections shall meet to determine by lot

which 3 director positions shall be elected for terms to expire

on the first Monday in May 1987 and which 3 director positions

shall be elected for terms to expire on the first Monday in May

1989. At least one director position from each member county

shall be elected for a term to expire on the first Monday in

May 1987.

The county clerks of the member counties shall provide

notice of each election for chairman and director in the manner

prescribed in Article 12 of The Election Code, with the notice

of the elections to be held at the consolidated election of

1985 to include a statement as to whether the director is to be

elected for a term of 2 years or for a term of 4 years.

A chairman shall be elected at the consolidated election of

1985 and at each consolidated election every 4 years

thereafter. Six directors shall be elected at the consolidated

election of 1985. At the consolidated election of 1987, and at

each consolidated election every 4 years thereafter, directors

shall be elected from the constituencies of the directors who

were elected at the consolidated election of 1985 and whose

terms expired on the first Monday in May 1987. At the

consolidated election of 1989, and at each consolidated

election every 4 years thereafter, directors shall be elected

from the constituencies of the directors who were elected at

the consolidated election of 1985 and whose terms expired on

the first Monday in May 1989.

Vacancies in the office of director or chairman shall be

filled by the remaining members of the Board, who shall appoint

to fill the vacated office for the remainder of the term of

such office an individual who would be eligible for election to

such office. If, however, a vacancy occurs in the office of

chairman or director with at least 28 months remaining in the

term of such office, the office shall be filled for the

remainder of the term at the next consolidated election. Until

the office is filled by election, the remaining members of the

Board shall appoint a qualified person to the office in the

manner provided in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 84-776.)

Section 95. Severability. The provisions of this

amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly are severable under

Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.