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| Public Act 096-1003 |
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 4. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
17-22 as follows: | ||||
(10 ILCS 5/17-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-22) | ||||
Sec. 17-22. The judges of election shall make the tally | ||||
sheet and
certificate of results in triplicate. If, however, | ||||
the number of
established political parties, as defined in | ||||
Section 10-2, exceeds 2,
one additional copy shall be made for | ||||
each established political party
in excess of 2. One list of | ||||
voters, or other proper return with such
certificate written | ||||
thereon, and accompanying tally sheet footed up so
as to show | ||||
the correct number of votes cast for each person voted for,
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shall be carefully enveloped and sealed up by the judges of | ||||
election, 2
of whom (one from each of the 2 major political | ||||
parties) shall
immediately deliver same to the county clerk, or | ||||
his deputy, at the
office of the county clerk, or to an | ||||
officially designated receiving
station established by the | ||||
county clerk where a duly authorized
representative of the | ||||
county clerk shall receive said envelopes for
immediate | ||||
transmission to the office of county clerk, who shall safely
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keep them. The other certificates of results and accompanying | ||||
tally
sheet shall be carefully enveloped and sealed up and duly | ||
directed,
respectively, to the chairman of the county central | ||
committee of each
then existing established political party, | ||
and by another of the judges
of election deposited immediately | ||
in the nearest United States letter
deposit. However, if any | ||
county chairman notifies the county clerk not
later than 10 | ||
days before the election of his desire to receive the
envelope | ||
addressed to him at the point and at the time same are
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delivered to the county clerk, his deputy or receiving station | ||
designee
the envelopes shall be delivered to such county | ||
chairman or his designee
immediately upon receipt thereof by | ||
the county clerk, his deputy or his
receiving station designee. | ||
The person or persons so designated by a
county chairman shall | ||
sign an official receipt acknowledging receipt of
said | ||
envelopes. The poll book and tally list filed with the county | ||
clerk
shall be kept one year, and certified copies thereof | ||
shall be evidence
in all courts, proceedings and election | ||
contests. Before the returns are
sealed up, as aforesaid, the | ||
judges shall compare the tally papers,
footings and | ||
certificates and see that they are correct and duplicates
of | ||
each other, and certify to the correctness of the same. | ||
At the nonpartisan and consolidated election elections, | ||
the judges of election
shall make a tally sheet and certificate | ||
of results for each political
subdivision for which candidates | ||
or public questions are on the ballot
at such election, and | ||
shall sign, seal in a marked envelope and deliver
them to the | ||
county clerk with the other certificates of results herein
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required. Such tally sheets and certificates of results may be
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duplicates of the tally sheet and certificate of results | ||
otherwise
required by this Section, showing all votes for all | ||
candidates and
public questions voted for or upon in the | ||
precinct, or may be on
separate forms prepared by the election | ||
authority and showing only those
votes cast for candidates and | ||
public questions of each such political
subdivision. | ||
Within 2 days of delivery of complete returns of the | ||
consolidated election and
nonpartisan elections, the county | ||
clerk shall transmit an original,
sealed tally sheet and | ||
certificate of results from each precinct in his
jurisdiction | ||
in which candidates or public questions of a political
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subdivision were on the ballot to the local election official | ||
of such
political subdivision. Each local election official, | ||
within 24 hours of
receipt of all of the tally sheets and | ||
certificates of results for all
precincts in which candidates | ||
or public questions of his political
subdivision were on the | ||
ballot, shall transmit such sealed tally sheets
and | ||
certificates of results to the canvassing board for that | ||
political
subdivision. | ||
In the case of referenda for the formation of a political
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subdivision, the tally sheets and certificates of results shall | ||
be
transmitted by the county clerk to the circuit court that | ||
ordered the
proposition submitted or to the officials | ||
designated by the court to
conduct the canvass of votes. In the | ||
case of school referenda for which
a regional superintendent of | ||
schools is responsible for the canvass of
votes, the county | ||
clerk shall transmit the tally sheets and certificates
of | ||
results to the regional superintendent of schools. | ||
Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are | ||
used, the
provisions of this section may be modified as | ||
required or authorized by
Article 24 or Article 24A, whichever | ||
is applicable. | ||
Only judges appointed under the provisions of subsection | ||
(a) of Section 13-4 or subsection (b) of Section 14-1 may make | ||
any delivery required by this Section from judges of election | ||
to a county clerk, or his or her deputy, at the office of the | ||
county clerk or to a county clerk's duly authorized | ||
representative at the county clerk's officially designated | ||
receiving station. | ||
(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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(10 ILCS 5/19-12.3 rep.)
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by repealing | ||
Section 19-12.3.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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