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90_SB1702sam003 SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1702 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1702 on page 1, 3 lines 1 and 2 by replacing "Section 7-9" with "Sections 7-8 4 and 7-9"; and 5 on page 1, line 6, by replacing "Section 7-9" with "Sections 6 7-8 and 7-9"; and 7 on page 1, by inserting below line 6 the following: 8 "(10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8) 9 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed 10 of one or two members from each congressional district in the 11 State and shall be elected as follows: 12 State Central Committee 13 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this 14 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each 15 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections 16 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the 17 State central committee of that party. 18 Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday 19 in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years 20 thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate 21 of his party for member of the State central committee for 22 the congressional district in which he resides. The -2- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be 2 declared elected State central committeeman from the 3 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by 4 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such 5 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central 6 committeemen in the manner following: 7 At the county convention held by such political party 8 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same 9 manner as provided in this Article for the election of 10 officers of the county central committee, and such election 11 shall follow the election of officers of the county central 12 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct 13 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot 14 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct 15 in the last preceding primary election of his political 16 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one 17 congressional district and partially within another 18 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct 19 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the 20 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a 21 township or precinct is located. In the case of a 22 congressional district which encompasses more than one 23 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing 24 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one 25 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a 26 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election 27 of his political party for one candidate of his party for 28 member of the State central committee for the congressional 29 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county 30 central committee shall report the results of the election to 31 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections 32 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of 33 votes elected State central committeeman for that 34 congressional district. -3- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide 2 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election 3 of members of the State central committee. 4 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, 5 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative, 6 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent 7 member for that congressional district to serve as an 8 additional member of the State central committee until his or 9 her successor is elected at the general primary election in 10 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this 11 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) 12 of this Section. In each congressional district at the 13 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years 14 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number 15 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central 16 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest 17 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State 18 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State 19 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from 20 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986 21 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for 22 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen 23 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the 24 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be 25 declared elected a State central committeeman or State 26 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a 27 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a 28 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the 29 second member of the State central committee from the 30 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the 31 congressional committee of the political party, and the 32 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of 33 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of 34 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general -4- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make 2 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in 3 paragraph (e) of this Section. 4 Under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State 5 central committee of each political party shall be composed 6 of members elected or appointed from the several 7 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person 8 or persons whomsoever. The members of the State central 9 committee shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial 10 election of the full committee, meet in the city of 11 Springfield and organize by electing from among their own 12 number a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers 13 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem 14 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State 15 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the 16 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee 17 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting. 18 In the organization and proceedings of the State central 19 committee, each State central committeeman and State central 20 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in 21 his or her congressional district by the primary electors of 22 his or her party at the primary election immediately 23 preceding the meeting of the State central committee. 24 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of 25 any political party, the vacancymayshall be filled by 26 appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees 27 of the political party of the counties located within the 28 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if 29 applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the 30 political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants 31 located within the congressional district. If the 32 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies 33 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the 34 ward and township committeemen of the political party in that -5- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In 2 voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central 3 committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties 4 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each 5 ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional district 6 in which the vacancy exists of his or her county, township, 7 or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party at 8 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting to 9 fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person 10 appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the 11 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be 12 a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided 13 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her 14 predecessor.by the congressional committee of that political15party in the congressional district from which the16appointee's predecessor was elected, and the member so17appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of that18congressional district and, in a committee composed as19provided in alternative B, shall be of the same sex as the20appointee's predecessor.A political party may, by a majority 21 vote of the delegates of any State convention of such party, 22 determine to return to the election of State central 23 committeeman and State central committeewoman by the vote of 24 primary electors. Any action taken by a political party at a 25 State convention in accordance with this Section shall be 26 reported to the State Board of Elections by the chairman and 27 secretary of such convention within 10 days after such 28 action. 29 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen 30 (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 31 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in 32 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for 33 one candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. 34 Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of -6- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward 2 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes 3 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward. 4 At the primary election held on the third Tuesday in March, 5 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in 6 counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more, 7 outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more, 8 may vote for one candidate of his party for township 9 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must 10 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township 11 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000 12 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or 13 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks 14 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the 15 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman 16 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the 17 primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every 2 18 years thereafter, each primary elector, except in counties 19 having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote for one 20 candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct 21 committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must 22 be a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be 23 elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest 24 number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such 25 party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary 26 shall show the name of the committeeman of each political 27 party. 28 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected 29 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such 30 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the 31 second year after their election. Except as otherwise 32 provided in this Section for certain State central 33 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central 34 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen -7- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary 2 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However, 3 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when 4 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in 5 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall 6 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or 7 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor 8 has not been elected or appointed. 9 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist 10 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the 11 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section 12 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the 13 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In 14 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township 15 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one 16 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary 17 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected. 18 County Central Committee 19 (d) The county central committee of each political party 20 in each county shall consist of the various township 21 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if 22 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and 23 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct 24 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his 25 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary 26 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall 27 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part 28 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of 29 his party at the primary election for the nomination of 30 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately 31 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in 32 the organization and proceedings of the county central 33 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for 34 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his -8- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 party at the primary election for the nomination of 2 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately 3 preceding the meeting of the county central committee. 4 Congressional Committee 5 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each 6 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of 7 the county central committees of the counties composing the 8 congressional district, except that in congressional 9 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county, 10 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with 11 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct 12 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if 13 any, of the party representing the precincts within the 14 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the 15 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each 16 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a 17 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of 18 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to 19 vote except in case of a tie. 20 In the organization and proceedings of congressional 21 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township 22 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination 23 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for 24 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of 25 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each 26 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot 27 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may 28 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary 29 election immediately preceding the meeting of the 30 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall 31 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his 32 ward located in such congressional district by the primary 33 electors of his party at the primary election immediately 34 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in -9- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees 2 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of 3 the counties within such district, each chairman of such 4 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot 5 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at 6 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the 7 congressional committee. 8 Judicial District Committee 9 (f) The judicial district committee of each political 10 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the 11 chairman of the county central committees of the counties 12 composing the judicial district. 13 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district 14 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central 15 committees of the counties within such district, each 16 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote 17 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors 18 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding 19 the meeting of the judicial district committee. 20 Circuit Court Committee 21 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party 22 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be 23 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of 24 the counties composing the judicial circuit. 25 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court 26 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall 27 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the 28 primary electors of his party at the primary election 29 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court 30 committee. 31 Judicial Subcircuit Committee 32 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each 33 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County 34 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of -10- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit. 2 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial 3 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have 4 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a 5 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by 6 the primary electors of his party at the primary election 7 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit 8 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for 9 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case 10 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of 11 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the 12 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee. 13 Municipal Central Committee 14 (h) The municipal central committee of each political 15 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward 16 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing 17 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated 18 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, 19 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central 20 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the 21 county central committee. 22 For political parties, other than a statewide political 23 party, established only within a municipality or township, 24 the municipal or township managing committee shall be 25 composed of the party officers of the local established 26 party. The party officers of a local established party shall 27 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for 28 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to 29 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers 30 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under 31 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by 32 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and 33 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's 34 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party -11- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5, 2 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's 3 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers. 4 Powers 5 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the 6 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the 7 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of 8 this Article. The several committees herein provided for 9 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or 10 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this 11 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing 12 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees. 13 (j) The State central committee of a political party 14 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) 15 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the 16 delegate selection rules of the national political party and 17 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections 18 when approved by a national political party. 19 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a 20 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State 21 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the 22 State central committee of a political party which elects its 23 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, 24 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and 25 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships 26 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional 27 District from which the absent State central committeeman or 28 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of 29 the county central committees of those counties which lie 30 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and 31 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When 32 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman 33 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one 34 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, -12- SRS90SB1702PMcham04 1 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the 2 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was 3 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or 4 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the 5 rules of a political party which elects its members by 6 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section. 7 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)".