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91_HB0599
LRB9101690MWgc
1 AN ACT in relation to elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 1-3, 2A-1.1, 2A-1.2, 4-22, 5-29, 6-66, 7-8, 7-11,
6 7-14, 7-60, 7-61, 7-63, 8-4, 8-5, 10-14, 13-1, 13-2, 14-3.1,
7 and 16-5.01 and by adding Section 2A-1.1b as follows:
8 (10 ILCS 5/1-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 1-3)
9 Sec. 1-3. As used in this Act, unless the context
10 otherwise requires:
11 1. "Election" includes the submission of all questions
12 of public policy, propositions, and all measures submitted to
13 popular vote, and includes primary elections when so
14 indicated by the context.
15 2. "Regular election" means the general, general
16 primary, presidential primary, consolidated, and consolidated
17 primary elections regularly scheduled in Article 2A. The even
18 numbered year municipal primary established in Article 2A is
19 a regular election only with respect to those municipalities
20 in which a primary is required to be held on such date.
21 3. "Special election" means an election not regularly
22 recurring at fixed intervals, irrespective of whether it is
23 held at the same time and place and by the same election
24 officers as a regular election.
25 4. "General election" means the biennial election at
26 which members of the General Assembly are elected. "General
27 primary election", "consolidated election" and "consolidated
28 primary election" mean the respective elections or the
29 election dates designated and established in Article 2A of
30 this Code.
31 5. "Municipal election" means an election or primary,
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1 either regular or special, in cities, villages, and
2 incorporated towns; and "municipality" means any such city,
3 village or incorporated town.
4 6. "Political or governmental subdivision" means any
5 unit of local government, or school district in which
6 elections are or may be held. "Political or governmental
7 subdivision" also includes, for election purposes, Regional
8 Boards of School Trustees, and Township Boards of School
9 Trustees.
10 7. The word "township" and the word "town" shall apply
11 interchangeably to the type of governmental organization
12 established in accordance with the provisions of the Township
13 Code. The term "incorporated town" shall mean a municipality
14 referred to as an incorporated town in the Illinois Municipal
15 Code, as now or hereafter amended.
16 8. "Election authority" means a county clerk or a Board
17 of Election Commissioners.
18 9. "Election Jurisdiction" means (a) an entire county,
19 in the case of a county in which no city board of election
20 commissioners is located or which is under the jurisdiction
21 of a county board of election commissioners; (b) the
22 territorial jurisdiction of a city board of election
23 commissioners; and (c) the territory in a county outside of
24 the jurisdiction of a city board of election commissioners.
25 In each instance election jurisdiction shall be determined
26 according to which election authority maintains the permanent
27 registration records of qualified electors.
28 10. "Local election official" means the clerk or
29 secretary of a unit of local government or school district,
30 as the case may be, the treasurer of a township board of
31 school trustees, and the regional superintendent of schools
32 with respect to the various school officer elections and
33 school referenda for which the regional superintendent is
34 assigned election duties by The School Code, as now or
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1 hereafter amended.
2 11. "Judges of election", "primary judges" and similar
3 terms, as applied to cases where there are 2 sets of judges,
4 when used in connection with duties at an election during the
5 hours the polls are open, refer to the team of judges of
6 election on duty during such hours; and, when used with
7 reference to duties after the closing of the polls, refer to
8 the team of tally judges designated to count the vote after
9 the closing of the polls and the holdover judges designated
10 pursuant to Section 13-6.2 or 14-5.2. In such case, where,
11 after the closing of the polls, any act is required to be
12 performed by each of the judges of election, it shall be
13 performed by each of the tally judges and by each of the
14 holdover judges.
15 12. "Petition" of candidacy as used in Sections 7-10 and
16 7-10.1 shall consist of a statement of candidacy, candidate's
17 statement containing oath, and sheets containing signatures
18 of qualified primary electors bound together.
19 13. "Election district" and "precinct", when used with
20 reference to a 30-day residence requirement, means the
21 smallest constituent territory in which electors vote as a
22 unit at the same polling place in any election governed by
23 this Act.
24 14. "District" means any area which votes as a unit for
25 the election of any officer, other than the State or a unit
26 of local government or school district, and includes, but is
27 not limited to, legislative, congressional and judicial
28 districts, judicial circuits, county board districts,
29 municipal and sanitary district wards, school board
30 districts, and precincts.
31 15. "Question of public policy" or "public question"
32 means any question, proposition or measure submitted to the
33 voters at an election dealing with subject matter other than
34 the nomination or election of candidates and shall include,
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1 but is not limited to, any bond or tax referendum, and
2 questions relating to the Constitution.
3 16. "Ordinance providing the form of government of a
4 municipality or county pursuant to Article VII of the
5 Constitution" includes ordinances, resolutions and petitions
6 adopted by referendum which provide for the form of
7 government, the officers or the manner of selection or terms
8 of office of officers of such municipality or county,
9 pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4, 6 or 7 of Article
10 VII of the Constitution.
11 17. "List" as used in Sections 4-11, 4-22, 5-14, 5-29,
12 6-60, and 6-66 shall include a computer tape or computer disc
13 or other electronic data processing information containing
14 voter information.
15 18. "Accessible" means accessible to handicapped and
16 elderly individuals for the purpose of voting or
17 registration, as determined by rule of the State Board of
18 Elections.
19 19. "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
20 20. "Handicapped" means having a temporary or permanent
21 physical disability.
22 21. "Leading political party" means one of the two
23 political parties whose candidates for governor at the most
24 recent three gubernatorial elections received either the
25 highest or second highest average number of votes. The
26 political party whose candidates for governor received the
27 highest average number of votes shall be known as the first
28 leading political party and the political party whose
29 candidates for governor received the second highest average
30 number of votes shall be known as the second leading
31 political party.
32 22. "Business day" means any day in which the office of
33 an election authority, local election official or the State
34 Board of Elections is open to the public for a minimum of 7
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1 hours.
2 23. "Homeless individual" means any person who has a
3 nontraditional residence, including but not limited to, a
4 shelter, day shelter, park bench, street corner, or space
5 under a bridge.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
8 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
9 In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
10 the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
11 election to be known as the general primary election shall be
12 held on the second third Tuesday in September; and in
13 presidential election years, an election known as the
14 presidential primary election shall be held on the third
15 Tuesday in March;
16 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
17 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
18 in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
19 and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
20 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1b new)
23 Sec. 2A-1.1b. General primary election; Rosh Hashanah
24 and Yom Kippur. Whenever the date designated in paragraph
25 (a) of Section 2A-1.1 for the general primary election
26 conflicts with the celebration of either Rosh Hashanah or Yom
27 Kippur, that election shall be held on the first Tuesday
28 before the date on which Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur begins.
29 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
30 Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections -
31 Offices Designated.
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1 (a) At the general election in the appropriate
2 even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
3 shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
4 (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
5 United States;
6 (2) United States Senator and United States
7 Representative;
8 (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
9 (4) State Senator and State Representative;
10 (5) County elected officers, including State's
11 Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
12 elected President of the County Board or County Chief
13 Executive;
14 (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
15 (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
16 counties or educational service regions in which that
17 office has been abolished;
18 (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
19 Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
20 and newly created judicial offices;
21 (9) (Blank);
22 (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District
23 of Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary
24 Districts;
25 (11) Special District elected officers, not
26 otherwise designated in this Section, where the statute
27 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
28 requires an annual election and permits or requires
29 election of candidates of political parties.
30 (b) At the general primary election:
31 (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of
32 political parties shall be nominated for those offices to
33 be filled at the general election in that year, except
34 where pursuant to law nomination of candidates of
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1 political parties is made by caucus.
2 (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
3 political party offices of State central committeeman,
4 township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
5 committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
6 delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
7 elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
8 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is
9 to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
10 primary shall also be on the ballot.
11 (3) in each even-numbered year, where the
12 municipality has provided for annual elections to elect
13 municipal officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7
14 of Article VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the
15 Illinois Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal
16 charter, the offices of such municipal officers shall be
17 filled at an election held on the date of the general
18 primary election, provided that the municipal election
19 shall be a nonpartisan election where required by the
20 Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan municipal
21 elections in even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
22 candidates for municipal office to be elected at the
23 general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
24 weeks preceding that election.
25 (4) in each school district which has adopted the
26 provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors
27 to the members of the board of education whose terms
28 expire in the year in which the general primary is held
29 shall be elected.
30 (b-5) At the presidential primary election in
31 appropriate even-numbered years, delegates and alternate
32 delegates to the National nominating convention shall be
33 elected as may be required under this Code. In the
34 even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to be
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1 held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary shall
2 also be on the ballot.
3 (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
4 odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
5 (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
6 municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
7 municipal office are not permitted by law to be
8 candidates of political parties, the runoff election
9 where required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
10 required by law, shall be held on the date of the
11 consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
12 of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
13 providing the form of government of the municipality
14 pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
15 such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
16 election as may be provided by such ordinance;
17 (2) Village and incorporated town library
18 directors;
19 (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
20 (4) Commissioners of park districts;
21 (5) Trustees of public library districts;
22 (6) Special District elected officers, not
23 otherwise designated in this section, where the statute
24 creating or authorizing the creation of the district
25 permits or requires election of candidates of political
26 parties;
27 (7) Township officers, including township park
28 commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
29 managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
30 Assessors;
31 (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
32 (9) Members of school boards in school districts
33 which adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
34 (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O
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1 Lakes - Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
2 (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
3 under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
4 District Act;
5 (12) Elected members of school boards, school
6 trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
7 trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
8 counties or educational service regions having a
9 population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
10 of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
11 school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School
12 Code;
13 (13) Members of Community College district boards;
14 (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
15 (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
16 Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
17 (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
18 Districts;
19 (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
20 otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
21 governing those districts does not permit candidates of
22 political parties.
23 (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
24 odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
25 nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
26 election in that year, except where pursuant to law
27 nomination of candidates of political parties is made by
28 caucus, and except those offices listed in paragraphs (12)
29 through (17) of subsection (c).
30 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
31 odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
32 shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
33 mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
34 to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
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1 elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
2 required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in
3 a nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to
4 law candidates for such office are not permitted to be
5 candidates of political parties.
6 At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
7 odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
8 elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided
9 by an ordinance providing a form of government of the
10 municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
11 Constitution.
12 (e) (Blank).
13 (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1,
14 public questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this
15 Code and any special election otherwise required or
16 authorized by law or by court order may be conducted pursuant
17 to this Code.
18 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
19 officers established in this Article, whenever a referendum
20 is held for the establishment of a political subdivision
21 whose officers are to be elected, the initial officers shall
22 be elected at the election at which such referendum is held
23 if otherwise so provided by law. In such cases, the election
24 of the initial officers shall be subject to the referendum.
25 Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
26 officials established in this Article, any community college
27 district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
28 to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now
29 or hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
30 members at the next regularly scheduled election following
31 the effective date of the new district.
32 (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
33 any precinct there are no offices or public questions
34 required to be on the ballot under this Code then no election
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1 shall be held in the precinct on that date.
2 (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance
3 with the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
5 eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/4-22) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
7 Sec. 4-22. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
8 upon application to vote each registered elector shall sign
9 his name or make his mark as the case may be, on a
10 certificate substantially as follows:
11 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
12 City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
13 Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
14 Registration Record .......
15 Checked by .......
16 Voter's number ....
17 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
18 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
19 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
20 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
21 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
22 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
23 below and am qualified to vote.
24 Signature of voter .......
25 residence address .......
26 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
27 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
28 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
29 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
30 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
31 requested to provide his social security number when the
32 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
33 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
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1 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
2 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
3 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
4 certificate:
5 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
6 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
7 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
8 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
9 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
10 The certificates of each State-wide political party at a
11 general primary election shall be separately printed upon
12 paper of uniform quality, texture and size, but the
13 certificates of no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of
14 the same color or tint. However, if the election authority
15 provides computer generated applications with the precinct,
16 ballot style and voter's name and address preprinted on the
17 application, a single application may be used for State-wide
18 political parties if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to
19 indicate the political party. Such application shall not
20 entitle the voter to vote in the primary of more than one
21 political party at the same election.
22 At the consolidated primary, such certificates may
23 contain spaces or checkoff boxes permitting the voter to
24 request a primary ballot of any other political party which
25 is established only within a political subdivision and for
26 which a primary is conducted on the same election day. Such
27 application shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the
28 primary of the State-wide political party and the primary of
29 the local political party with respect to the offices of the
30 same political subdivision. In no event may a voter vote in
31 more than one State-wide primary on the same day.
32 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
33 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
34 signature on the registration record card as a means of
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1 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
2 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
3 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
4 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
5 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
6 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
7 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
8 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
9 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
10 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
11 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
12 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
13 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
14 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
15 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
16 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
17 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
18 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
19 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
20 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
21 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
22 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
23 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
24 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
25 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
26 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
27 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "poll
28 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article, shall be
29 construed to apply to such official poll record.
30 After each general primary election the county clerk
31 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
32 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
33 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
34 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
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1 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
2 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
3 chairman of the county central committee of each established
4 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
5 representative.
6 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
8 chairman of the county central committee of each established
9 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
10 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
11 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
12 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
13 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
14 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
15 election of 1982.
16 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
17 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under
18 either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
19 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
20 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
21 registration record card is not found in the precinct
22 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
23 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
24 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
25 upon the consolidated list, if any, and whose name has not
26 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
27 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
28 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
29 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
30 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In
31 such event one of the judges of election shall require an
32 affidavit by such person and one voter residing in the
33 precinct before the judges of election, substantially in the
34 form prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act, and upon the
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1 presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall be
2 issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
3 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote.
4 Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by
5 registered voters under the provisions of Article 19 of this
6 Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of
7 the "Certificate of Registered Voter" provided for in this
8 Section.
9 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
10 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
11 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
12 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
13 central committee of an established political party or to the
14 chairman's duly authorized representative.
15 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
16 election authority charged with the duty of providing
17 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
18 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
19 which of the elections he desires to vote.
20 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
21 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
22 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
23 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
24 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
25 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
26 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
27 ballots which the voter is given.
28 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
29 (10 ILCS 5/5-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-29)
30 Sec. 5-29. Upon application to vote, except as
31 hereinafter provided for absent electors, each registered
32 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
33 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
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1 "Certificate of Registered Voter
2 Town of................District or Precinct Number..........;
3 City of................Ward...............Precinct..........;
4 Village of................................Precinct..........;
5 Election.....................................................
6 (date) (month) (year)
7 Registration record
8 Checked by.....................
9 Voter's number..................
10 Instruction to voters
11 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
12 in charge. After the registration record has been checked,
13 the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall
14 present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
15 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
16 below and am qualified to vote.
17 Signature of voter ...............
18 Residence address ..............."
19 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
20 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
21 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
22 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
23 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
24 requested to provide his social security number when the
25 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
26 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
27 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
28 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
29 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
30 certificate:
31 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
32 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
33 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
34 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
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1 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
2 Certificates as above prescribed shall be furnished by
3 the county clerk for all elections.
4 The Judges in charge of the precinct registration files
5 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
6 signature on the registration record card as a means of
7 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
8 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
9 registered under the same name, the Judges shall ask such
10 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
11 the registration card and if the applicant does not prove to
12 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
13 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
14 name in question then the vote for such applicant shall be
15 challenged by a Judge of Election, and the same procedure
16 followed as provided by law for challenged voters.
17 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a Judge
18 of Election shall check the data on the registration card and
19 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
20 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
21 One of the Judges of election shall check the certificate
22 of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
23 has been examined and shall sign his initials on the
24 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
25 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
26 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
27 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
28 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
29 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
30 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
31 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
32 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
33 and shall constitute an official poll record. The term "Poll
34 Lists" and "Poll Books" where used in this article 5 shall be
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1 construed to apply to such official poll records.
2 After each general primary election the county clerk
3 shall indicate by color code or other means next to the name
4 of each registrant on the list of registered voters in each
5 precinct the primary ballot of a political party that the
6 registrant requested at that general primary election. The
7 county clerk, within 30 60 days after the general primary
8 election, shall provide a copy of this coded list to the
9 chairman of the county central committee of each established
10 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
11 representative.
12 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the
14 chairman of the county central committee of each established
15 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
16 representative the list of registered voters in each precinct
17 at the time of the general primary election of 1982 and shall
18 indicate on such list by color code or other means next to
19 the name of a registrant the primary ballot of a political
20 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
21 election of 1982.
22 The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
23 cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
24 of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
25 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
26 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
27 registration record card is not found in the precinct
28 registry of voters, but his name appears as that of a
29 registered voter in such precinct upon the printed precinct
30 list of voters and whose name has not been erased or
31 withdrawn from such register, it shall be the duty of one of
32 the Judges of Election to require an affidavit by such person
33 and two voters residing in the precinct before the judges of
34 election that he is the same person whose name appears upon
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1 the precinct register and that he resides in the precinct
2 stating the street number of his residence. Forms for such
3 affidavit shall be supplied by the county clerk for all
4 elections. Upon the making of such affidavit and the
5 presentation of his certificate such elector shall be
6 entitled to vote. All affidavits made under this paragraph
7 shall be preserved and returned to the county clerk in an
8 envelope. It shall be the duty of the county clerk within 30
9 days after such election to take steps provided by Section
10 5-27 of this article 5 for the execution of new registration
11 affidavits by electors who have voted under the provisions of
12 this paragraph.
13 Provided, however, that the applications for ballots made
14 by registered voters and under the provisions of Article 19
15 of this Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in
16 lieu of the "certificate of registered voter" provided for in
17 this section.
18 When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
19 for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of
20 the printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
21 supplemental or consolidated list to the chairman of a county
22 central committee of an established political party or to the
23 chairman's duly authorized representative.
24 Whenever two or more elections occur simultaneously, the
25 election authority charged with the duty of providing
26 application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so
27 that a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in
28 which of the elections he desires to vote.
29 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
30 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
31 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
32 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
33 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
34 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
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1 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
2 ballots which the voter is given.
3 (Source: P.A. 84-809; 84-832.)
4 (10 ILCS 5/6-66) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-66)
5 Sec. 6-66. Upon application to vote each registered
6 elector shall sign his name or make his mark as the case may
7 be, on a certificate substantially as follows:
8 "CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
9 City of ................. Ward .... Precinct ....
10 Election ...............(Date).......(Month)...........(Year)
11 Registration Record ....... Checked by ...............
12 Voter's number ....
13 INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
14 Sign this certificate and hand it to the election
15 officers in charge. After the registration record has been
16 checked, the officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you
17 shall present it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
18 I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
19 below and am qualified to vote.
20 Signature of voter ................
21 Residence address ................"
22 An individual shall not be required to provide his social
23 security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
24 denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
25 because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
26 Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being
27 requested to provide his social security number when the
28 individual applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate
29 contains a space for the individual's social security number,
30 the following notice shall appear on the certificate,
31 immediately above such space, in bold-face capital letters,
32 in type the size of which equals the largest type on the
33 certificate:
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1 "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT
2 IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
3 NUMBER. HE OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS
4 OR HER BALLOT BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER
5 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
6 The applications of each State-wide political party at a
7 primary election shall be separately printed upon paper of
8 uniform quality, texture and size, but the applications of no
9 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or
10 tint. If the election authority provides computer generated
11 applications with the precinct, ballot style, and voter's
12 name and address preprinted on the application, a single
13 application may be used for State-wide political parties if
14 it contains spaces or check-off boxes to indicate the
15 political party. Such applications may contain spaces or
16 check-off boxes permitting the voter to also request a
17 primary ballot of any political party which is established
18 only within a political subdivision and for which a primary
19 is conducted on the same election day. Such applications
20 shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the primary of a
21 State-wide political party and the primary of a local
22 political party with respect to the offices of the same
23 political subdivision or to vote in the primary of more than
24 one State-wide political party on the same day.
25 The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
26 shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
27 signature on the registration record card as a means of
28 identifying the voter. Unless satisfied by such comparison
29 that the applicant to vote is the identical person who is
30 registered under the same name, the judges shall ask such
31 applicant the questions for identification which appear on
32 the registration card, and if the applicant does not prove to
33 the satisfaction of a majority of the judges of the election
34 precinct that he is the identical person registered under the
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1 name in question then the vote of such applicant shall be
2 challenged by a judge of election, and the same procedure
3 followed as provided in this Article and Act for challenged
4 voters.
5 In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge
6 of election shall check the data on the registration card and
7 shall check the address given, with the registered address,
8 in order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
9 One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
10 of such applicant for a ballot after the registration record
11 has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
12 certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
13 upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
14 provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record
15 space on the registration record, to indicate whether or not
16 the applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such
17 certificate back to the applicant in case he is permitted to
18 vote, and such applicant shall hand it to the judge of
19 election in charge of the ballots. The certificates of the
20 voters shall be filed in the order in which they are received
21 and shall constitute an official poll record. The terms "poll
22 lists" and "poll books", where used in this Article and Act,
23 shall be construed to apply to such official poll record.
24 After each general primary election the board of election
25 commissioners shall indicate by color code or other means
26 next to the name of each registrant on the list of registered
27 voters in each precinct the primary ballot of a political
28 party that the registrant requested at the general primary
29 election. The board of election commissioners, within 30 60
30 days after that general primary election, shall provide a
31 copy of this coded list to the chairman of the county central
32 committee of each established political party or to the
33 chairman's duly authorized representative.
34 Within 60 days after the effective date of this
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1 amendatory Act of 1983, the board of election commissioners
2 shall provide to the chairman of the county central committee
3 of each established political party or to the chairman's duly
4 authorized representative the list of registered voters in
5 each precinct at the time of the general primary election of
6 1982 and shall indicate on such list by color code or other
7 means next to the name of a registrant the primary ballot of
8 a political party that the registrant requested at the
9 general primary election of 1982.
10 The board of election commissioners may charge a fee to
11 reimburse the actual cost of duplicating each copy of a list
12 provided under either of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
13 Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
14 presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
15 registration card is not found in the precinct registry of
16 voters, but his name appears as that of a registered voter in
17 such precinct upon the printed precinct register as corrected
18 or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the consolidated
19 list, if any provided by this Article and whose name has not
20 been erased or withdrawn from such register, the printed
21 precinct register as corrected or revised by the supplemental
22 list, or consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie
23 evidence of the elector's right to vote upon compliance with
24 the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Section. In such
25 event it shall be the duty of one of the judges of election
26 to require an affidavit by such person and 2 voters residing
27 in the precinct before the judges of election that he is the
28 same person whose name appears upon the printed precinct
29 register as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
30 consolidated list, if any, and that he resides in the
31 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence, and
32 upon the presentation of such affidavits, a certificate shall
33 be issued to such elector, and upon the presentation of such
34 certificate and affidavits, he shall be entitled to vote. Any
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1 elector whose name does not appear as a registered voter on
2 the printed precinct register or supplemental list but who
3 has a certificate issued by the board of election
4 commissioners as provided in Section 6-43 of this Article,
5 shall be entitled to vote upon the presentation of such
6 certificate accompanied by the affidavits of 2 voters
7 residing in the precinct that the elector is the same person
8 described in such certificate and that he resides in the
9 precinct, stating the street and number of his residence.
10 Forms for all affidavits required hereunder shall be supplied
11 by the board of election commissioners. All affidavits made
12 under this paragraph shall be preserved and returned to the
13 board of election commissioners in the manner provided by
14 this Article and Article 18 of this Act. It shall be the duty
15 of the board of election commissioners, within 30 days after
16 such election, to take the steps provided by Section 6-64 of
17 this Article for the execution of new registration affidavits
18 by electors who have voted under the provisions of this
19 paragraph.
20 When the board of election commissioners delivers to the
21 judges of election for use at the polls a supplemental or
22 consolidated list of the printed precinct register, it shall
23 give a copy of the supplemental or consolidated list to the
24 chairman of a county central committee of an established
25 political party or to the chairman's duly authorized
26 representative.
27 Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
28 election official or officials charged with the duty of
29 providing application certificates may prescribe the form
30 thereof so that a voter is required to execute only one,
31 indicating in which of the elections he desires to vote.
32 After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
33 determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides
34 by use of the information contained on the voter registration
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1 cards or the separate registration lists or other means
2 approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
3 supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
4 shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
5 ballots which the voter is given.
6 (Source: P.A. 84-809.)
7 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
8 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
9 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
10 State and shall be elected as follows:
11 State Central Committee
12 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
14 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
15 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
16 State central committee of that party.
17 Alternative A. At the general primary held on the third
18 Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years
19 thereafter, each primary elector may vote for one candidate
20 of his party for member of the State central committee for
21 the congressional district in which he resides. The
22 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
23 declared elected State central committeeman from the
24 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
25 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
26 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
27 committeemen in the manner following:
28 At the county convention held by such political party
29 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
30 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
31 officers of the county central committee, and such election
32 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
33 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
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1 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
2 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
3 in the last preceding primary election of his political
4 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
5 congressional district and partially within another
6 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
7 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
8 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
9 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
10 congressional district which encompasses more than one
11 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
12 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
13 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
14 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
15 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
16 member of the State central committee for the congressional
17 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
18 central committee shall report the results of the election to
19 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
20 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
21 votes elected State central committeeman for that
22 congressional district.
23 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
24 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
25 of members of the State central committee.
26 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
27 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
28 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
29 member for that congressional district to serve as an
30 additional member of the State central committee until his or
31 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
32 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
33 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
34 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
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1 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
2 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
3 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
4 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
5 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
6 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
7 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
8 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
9 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
10 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
11 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
12 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
13 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
14 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
15 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
16 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
17 second member of the State central committee from the
18 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
19 congressional committee of the political party, and the
20 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
21 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
22 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
23 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
24 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
25 paragraph (e) of this Section.
26 Under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State
27 central committee of each political party shall be composed
28 of members elected or appointed from the several
29 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person
30 or persons whomsoever. The members of the State central
31 committee shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial
32 election of the full committee, meet in the city of
33 Springfield and organize by electing from among their own
34 number a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
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1 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
2 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
3 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
4 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
5 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
6 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
7 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
8 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
9 his or her congressional district by the primary electors of
10 his or her party at the primary election immediately
11 preceding the meeting of the State central committee.
12 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of
13 any political party, the vacancy shall be filled by
14 appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
15 of the political party of the counties located within the
16 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if
17 applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
18 political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
19 located within the congressional district. If the
20 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
21 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
22 ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
23 congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
24 voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
25 committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
26 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
27 ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional district
28 in which the vacancy exists of his or her county, township,
29 or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
30 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting to
31 fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person
32 appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
33 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
34 a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided
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1 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
2 predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
3 delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
4 return to the election of State central committeeman and
5 State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
6 Any action taken by a political party at a State convention
7 in accordance with this Section shall be reported to the
8 State Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of
9 such convention within 10 days after such action.
10 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
11 (b) At the general primary held on the third Tuesday in
12 March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
13 elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or over may
14 vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for ward
15 committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a
16 resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward
17 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
18 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
19 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
20 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
21 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
22 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
23 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
24 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
25 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
26 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
27 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
28 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
29 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
30 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
31 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
32 general primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
33 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
34 except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over,
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1 may vote for one candidate of his party in his precinct for
2 precinct committeeman. Each candidate for precinct
3 committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the precinct
4 where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman. The one
5 having the highest number of votes shall be such precinct
6 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The official
7 returns of the primary shall show the name of the
8 committeeman of each political party.
9 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
10 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
11 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
12 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
13 provided in this Section for certain State central
14 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
15 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
16 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
17 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
18 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
19 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
20 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
21 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
22 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
23 has not been elected or appointed.
24 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
25 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
26 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
27 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
28 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
29 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
30 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
31 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
32 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
33 County Central Committee
34 (d) The county central committee of each political party
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1 in each county shall consist of the various township
2 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
3 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
4 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
5 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
6 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
7 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
8 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
9 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
10 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
11 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
12 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
13 the organization and proceedings of the county central
14 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
15 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
16 party at the primary election for the nomination of
17 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
18 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
19 Congressional Committee
20 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
21 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
22 the county central committees of the counties composing the
23 congressional district, except that in congressional
24 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
25 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
26 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
27 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
28 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
29 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
30 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
31 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
32 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
33 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
34 vote except in case of a tie.
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1 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
2 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
3 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
4 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
5 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
6 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
7 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
8 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
9 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
10 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
11 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
12 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
13 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
14 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
15 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
16 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
17 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
18 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
19 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
20 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
21 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
22 congressional committee.
23 Judicial District Committee
24 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
25 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
26 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
27 composing the judicial district.
28 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
29 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
30 committees of the counties within such district, each
31 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
32 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
33 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
34 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
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1 Circuit Court Committee
2 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
3 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
4 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
5 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
6 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
7 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
8 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
9 primary electors of his party at the primary election
10 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
11 committee.
12 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
13 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
14 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
15 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
16 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
17 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
18 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
19 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
20 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
21 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
22 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
23 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
24 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
25 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
26 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
27 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
28 Municipal Central Committee
29 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
30 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
31 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
32 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
33 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
34 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
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1 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
2 county central committee.
3 For political parties, other than a statewide political
4 party, established only within a municipality or township,
5 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
6 composed of the party officers of the local established
7 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
8 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
9 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
10 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
11 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
12 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
13 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
14 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
15 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
16 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
17 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
18 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
19 Powers
20 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
21 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
22 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
23 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
24 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
25 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
26 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
27 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
28 (j) The State central committee of a political party
29 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
30 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
31 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
32 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
33 when approved by a national political party.
34 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
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1 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
2 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
3 State central committee of a political party which elects its
4 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
5 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
6 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
7 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
8 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
9 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
10 the county central committees of those counties which lie
11 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
12 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
13 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
14 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
15 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
16 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
17 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
18 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
19 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
20 rules of a political party which elects its members by
21 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)
23 (10 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-11)
24 Sec. 7-11. Any candidate for President of the United
25 States may have his name printed upon the primary ballot of
26 his political party by filing in the office of the State
27 Board of Elections not more than 99 and not less than 92 days
28 prior to the date of the presidential general primary
29 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
30 be held, a petition signed by not less than 3000 or more than
31 5000 primary electors, members of and affiliated with the
32 party of which he is a candidate, and no candidate for
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1 President of the United States, who fails to comply with the
2 provisions of this Article shall have his name printed upon
3 any primary ballot: Provided, however, that if the rules or
4 policies of a national political party conflict with such
5 requirements for filing petitions for President of the United
6 States in a presidential preference primary, the Chairman of
7 the State central committee of such national political party
8 shall notify the State Board of Elections in writing, citing
9 by reference the rules or policies of the national political
10 party in conflict, and in such case the Board shall direct
11 such petitions to be filed not more than 69 and not less than
12 62 days prior to the date of the presidential general primary
13 election, in any year in which a Presidential election is to
14 be held. Provided, further, unless rules or policies of a
15 national political party otherwise provide, the vote for
16 President of the United States, as herein provided for, shall
17 be for the sole purpose of securing an expression of the
18 sentiment and will of the party voters with respect to
19 candidates for nomination for said office, and the vote of
20 the state at large shall be taken and considered as advisory
21 to the delegates and alternates at large to the national
22 conventions of respective political parties; and the vote of
23 the respective congressional districts shall be taken and
24 considered as advisory to the delegates and alternates of
25 said congressional districts to the national conventions of
26 the respective political parties.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-873; 86-1089.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-14)
29 Sec. 7-14. Not less than 61 days before the date of the
30 general primary and the presidential primary election the
31 State Board of Elections shall meet and shall examine all
32 petitions filed under this Article 7, in the office of the
33 State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall
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1 then certify to the county clerk of each county, the names of
2 all candidates whose nomination papers or certificates of
3 nomination have been filed with the Board and direct the
4 county clerk to place upon the official ballot for the
5 general primary election or the presidential primary election
6 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
7 same order as shown upon the certification.
8 The State Board of Elections shall, in its certificate to
9 the county clerk, certify the names of the offices, and the
10 names of the candidates in the order in which the offices and
11 names shall appear upon the primary ballot; such names to
12 appear in the order in which petitions have been filed in the
13 office of the State Board of Elections except as otherwise
14 provided in this Article.
15 Not less than 55 days before the date of the general
16 primary and the presidential primary election, each county
17 clerk shall certify the names of all candidates whose
18 nomination papers have been filed with such clerk and declare
19 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
20 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general or
21 presidential primary in the order in which such nomination
22 papers were filed with the clerk, or as determined by lot, or
23 as otherwise specified by statute. Each county clerk shall
24 place a copy of the certification on file in his or her
25 office and at the same time issue to the board of election
26 commissioners a copy of the certification that has been filed
27 in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of the
28 certification that has been issued to the clerk by the State
29 Board of Elections, with directions to the board of election
30 commissioners to place upon the official ballot for the
31 general or presidential primary in that election jurisdiction
32 the names of all candidates that are listed on such
33 certification in the same manner and in the same order as
34 shown upon such certifications.
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1 The certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
2 following:
3 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
4 for the respective offices;
5 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected or
6 nominated to an office from the State, political subdivision
7 or district;
8 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
9 candidate for an office;
10 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
11 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
12 political subdivision or district are for different terms.
13 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
14 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
15 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
16 Subject to appeal, the names of candidates whose
17 nomination papers have been held invalid by the appropriate
18 electoral board provided in Section 10-9 of this Code shall
19 not be certified.
20 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/7-60) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-60)
22 Sec. 7-60. Not less than 35 67 days before the date of
23 the general election, the State Board of Elections shall
24 certify to the county clerks the names of each of the
25 candidates who have been nominated as shown by the
26 proclamation of the State Board of Elections as a canvassing
27 board or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in
28 nomination and direct the election authority to place upon
29 the official ballot for the general election the names of
30 such candidates in the same manner and in the same order as
31 shown upon the certification, except as otherwise provided in
32 this Section.
33 Not less than 30 61 days before the date of the general
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1 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
2 of the candidates for county offices who have been nominated
3 as shown by the proclamation of the county canvassing board
4 or who have been nominated to fill a vacancy in nomination
5 and declare that the names of such candidates for the
6 respective offices shall be placed upon the official ballot
7 for the general election in the same manner and in the same
8 order as shown upon the certification, except as otherwise
9 provided by this Section. Each county clerk shall place a
10 copy of the certification on file in his or her office and at
11 the same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
12 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
13 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
14 less than 30 61 days before the date of the general election,
15 issue to such board a copy of the certification that has been
16 filed in the county clerk's office, together with a copy of
17 the certification that has been issued to the clerk by the
18 State Board of Elections, with directions to the board of
19 election commissioners to place upon the official ballot for
20 the general election in that election jurisdiction the names
21 of all candidates that are listed on such certifications, in
22 the same manner and in the same order as shown upon such
23 certifications, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
24 Whenever there are two or more persons nominated by the
25 same political party for multiple offices for any board, the
26 name of the candidate of such party receiving the highest
27 number of votes in the primary election as a candidate for
28 such office, as shown by the official election returns of the
29 primary, shall be certified first under the name of such
30 offices, and the names of the remaining candidates of such
31 party for such offices shall follow in the order of the
32 number of votes received by them respectively at the primary
33 election as shown by the official election results.
34 No person who is shown by the canvassing board's
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1 proclamation to have been nominated at the primary as a
2 write-in candidate shall have his or her name certified
3 unless such person shall have filed with the certifying
4 office or board within 5 10 days after the canvassing board's
5 proclamation a statement of candidacy pursuant to Section
6 7-10 and a statement pursuant to Section 7-10.1.
7 Each county clerk and board of election commissioners
8 shall determine by a fair and impartial method of random
9 selection the order of placement of established political
10 party candidates for the general election ballot. Such
11 determination shall be made within 15 30 days following the
12 canvass and proclamation of the results of the general
13 primary in the office of the county clerk or board of
14 election commissioners and shall be open to the public. Seven
15 days written notice of the time and place of conducting such
16 random selection shall be given, by each such election
17 authority, to the County Chairman of each established
18 political party, and to each organization of citizens within
19 the election jurisdiction which was entitled, under this
20 Article, at the next preceding election, to have pollwatchers
21 present on the day of election. Each election authority
22 shall post in a conspicuous, open and public place, at the
23 entrance of the election authority office, notice of the time
24 and place of such lottery. However, a board of election
25 commissioners may elect to place established political party
26 candidates on the general election ballot in the same order
27 determined by the county clerk of the county in which the
28 city under the jurisdiction of such board is located.
29 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
30 following:
31 (1) The political party affiliation of the candidates
32 for the respective offices;
33 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
34 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
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1 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
2 candidate for an office;
3 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
4 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
5 political subdivision are for different terms.
6 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
7 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
8 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-875; 86-1028.)
10 (10 ILCS 5/7-61) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-61)
11 Sec. 7-61. Whenever a special election is necessary the
12 provisions of this Article are applicable to the nomination
13 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
14 In cases where a primary election is required the officer
15 or board or commission whose duty it is under the provisions
16 of this Act relating to general elections to call an
17 election, shall fix a date for the primary for the nomination
18 of candidates to be voted for at such special election.
19 Notice of such primary shall be given at least 15 days prior
20 to the maximum time provided for the filing of petitions for
21 such a primary as provided in Section 7-12.
22 Any vacancy in nomination under the provisions of this
23 Article 7 occurring on or after the primary and prior to
24 certification of candidates by the certifying board or
25 officer, must be filled prior to the date of certification.
26 Any vacancy in nomination occurring after certification but
27 prior to 15 days before the general election shall be filled
28 within 8 days after the event creating the vacancy. The
29 resolution filling the vacancy shall be sent by U. S. mail or
30 personal delivery to the certifying officer or board within 3
31 days of the action by which the vacancy was filled; provided,
32 if such resolution is sent by mail and the U. S. postmark on
33 the envelope containing such resolution is dated prior to the
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1 expiration of such 3 day limit, the resolution shall be
2 deemed filed within such 3 day limit. Failure to so transmit
3 the resolution within the time specified in this Section
4 shall authorize the certifying officer or board to certify
5 the original candidate. Vacancies shall be filled by the
6 officers of a local municipal or township political party as
7 specified in subsection (h) of Section 7-8, other than a
8 statewide political party, that is established only within a
9 municipality or township and the managing committee (or
10 legislative committee in case of a candidate for State
11 Senator or representative committee in the case of a
12 candidate for State Representative in the General Assembly)
13 of the respective political party for the territorial area in
14 which such vacancy occurs.
15 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
16 duly acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
17 acknowledgements of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
18 the following information:
19 (a) the name of the original nominee and the office
20 vacated;
21 (b) the date on which the vacancy occurred;
22 (c) the name and address of the nominee selected to fill
23 the vacancy and the date of selection.
24 The resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination shall be
25 accompanied by a Statement of Candidacy, as prescribed in
26 Section 7-10, completed by the selected nominee and a receipt
27 indicating that such nominee has filed a statement of
28 economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
29 Ethics Act.
30 The provisions of Section 10-8 through 10-10.1 relating
31 to objections to certificates of nomination and nomination
32 papers, hearings on objections, and judicial review, shall
33 apply to and govern objections to resolutions for filling a
34 vacancy in nomination.
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1 Any vacancy in nomination occurring 15 days or less
2 before the consolidated election or the general election
3 shall not be filled. In this event, the certification of the
4 original candidate shall stand and his name shall appear on
5 the official ballot to be voted at the general election.
6 A vacancy in nomination occurs when a candidate who has
7 been nominated under the provisions of this Article 7 dies
8 before the election (whether death occurs prior to, on or
9 after the day of the primary), or declines the nomination;
10 provided that nominations may become vacant for other
11 reasons.
12 If the name of no established political party candidate
13 was printed on the consolidated primary ballot for a
14 particular office and if no person was nominated as a
15 write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in nomination
16 shall be created which may be filled in accordance with the
17 requirements of this Section. If the name of no established
18 political party candidate was printed on the general primary
19 ballot for a particular office and if no person was nominated
20 as a write-in candidate for such office, a vacancy in
21 nomination shall be created, but no candidate of the party
22 for the office shall be listed on the ballot at the general
23 election unless such vacancy is filled in accordance with the
24 requirements of this Section within 20 60 days after the date
25 of the general primary.
26 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as
27 a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is
28 defeated for his or her nomination at such primary election,
29 is ineligible to be listed on the ballot at that general or
30 consolidated election as a candidate of another political
31 party.
32 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
33 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who
34 is a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or
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1 her nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on
2 the ballot at that general or consolidated election as a
3 candidate of another political party.
4 In the proceedings to nominate a candidate to fill a
5 vacancy or to fill a vacancy in the nomination, each
6 precinct, township, ward, county or congressional district,
7 as the case may be, shall through its representative on such
8 central or managing committee, be entitled to one vote for
9 each ballot voted in such precinct, township, ward, county or
10 congressional district, as the case may be, by the primary
11 electors of its party at the primary election immediately
12 preceding the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled.
13 For purposes of this Section, the words "certify" and
14 "certification" shall refer to the act of officially
15 declaring the names of candidates entitled to be printed upon
16 the official ballot at an election and directing election
17 authorities to place the names of such candidates upon the
18 official ballot. "Certifying officers or board" shall refer
19 to the local election official, election authority or the
20 State Board of Elections, as the case may be, with whom
21 nomination papers, including certificates of nomination and
22 resolutions to fill vacancies in nomination, are filed and
23 whose duty it is to "certify" candidates.
24 (Source: P.A. 86-867; 86-1348; 87-1052.)
25 (10 ILCS 5/7-63) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-63)
26 Sec. 7-63. Any candidate whose name appears upon the
27 primary ballot of any political party may contest the
28 election of the candidate or candidates nominated for the
29 office for which he or she was a candidate by his or her
30 political party, upon the face of the returns, by filing with
31 the clerk of the circuit court a petition in writing, setting
32 forth the grounds of contest, which petition shall be
33 verified by the affidavit of the petitioner or other person,
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1 and which petition shall be filed within 5 10 days after the
2 completion of the canvass of the returns by the canvassing
3 board making the final canvass of returns. The contestant
4 shall also file with that canvassing board (and if for the
5 nomination for an office, certified tabulated statements of
6 the returns of which are to be filed with the State Board of
7 Elections, also with the county canvassing board), a notice
8 of the pendency of the contest.
9 If the contest relates to an office involving more than
10 one county, the venue of the contest is (a) in the county in
11 which the alleged grounds of the contest exist or (b) if
12 grounds for the contest are alleged to exist in more than one
13 county, then in any of those counties or in the county in
14 which any defendant resides.
15 Authority and jurisdiction are hereby vested in the
16 circuit court, to hear and determine primary contests. When a
17 petition to contest a primary is filed in the office of the
18 clerk of the court, the petition shall forthwith be presented
19 to a judge thereof, who shall note thereon the date of
20 presentation, and shall note thereon the day when the
21 petition will be heard, which shall not be more than 5 10
22 days thereafter.
23 Summons shall forthwith issue to each defendant named in
24 the petition and shall be served for the same manner as is
25 provided for other civil cases. Summons may be issued and
26 served in any county in the State. The case may be heard and
27 determined by the circuit court at any time not less than 5
28 days after service of process, and shall have preference in
29 the order of hearing to all other cases. The petitioner shall
30 give security for all costs.
31 In any contest involving the selection of nominees for
32 the office of State representative, each candidate of the
33 party and district involved, who is not a petitioner or a
34 named defendant in the contest, shall be given notice of the
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1 contest at the same time summons is issued to the defendants,
2 and any other candidate may, upon application to the court
3 within 5 days after receiving such notice, be made a party to
4 the contest.
5 Any defendant may, within 5 days after service of process
6 upon him or her, file a counterclaim and shall give security
7 for all costs relating to such counterclaim.
8 Any party to such proceeding may have a substitution of
9 judge from the judge to whom such contest is assigned for
10 hearing, where he or she fears or has cause to believe such
11 judge is prejudiced against, or is related to any of the
12 parties either by blood or by marriage. Notice of the
13 application for such substitution of judge must be served
14 upon the opposite party and filed with such judge not later
15 than one day after such contest is assigned to such judge,
16 Sundays and legal holidays excepted. No party shall be
17 entitled to more than one substitution of judge in such
18 proceeding.
19 If, in the opinion of the court, in which the petition is
20 filed, the grounds for contest alleged are insufficient in
21 law the petition shall be dismissed. If the grounds alleged
22 are sufficient in law, the court shall proceed in a summary
23 manner and may hear evidence, examine the returns, recount
24 the ballots and make such orders and enter such judgment as
25 justice may require. In the case of a contest relating to
26 nomination for the office of Representative in the General
27 Assembly where the contestant received votes equal in number
28 to at least 95% of the number of votes cast for any
29 apparently successful candidate for nomination for that
30 office by the same political party, the court may order a
31 recount for the entire district and may order the cost of
32 such recount to be borne by the respective counties. The
33 court shall ascertain and declare by a judgment to be entered
34 of record, the result of such election in the territorial
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1 area for which the contest is made. The judgment of the court
2 shall be appealable as in other civil cases. A certified copy
3 of the judgment shall forthwith be made by the clerk of the
4 court and transmitted to the board canvassing the returns for
5 such office, and in case of contest, if for nomination for an
6 office, tabulated statements of returns for which are filed
7 with the State Board of Elections, also in the office of the
8 county clerk in the proper county. The proper canvassing
9 board, or boards, as the case may be, shall correct the
10 returns or the tabulated statement of returns in accordance
11 with the judgment.
12 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
13 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
14 Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the second third
15 Tuesday in September March of each even-numbered year for the
16 nomination of candidates for legislative offices.
17 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/8-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-5)
19 Sec. 8-5. There shall be constituted one legislative
20 committee for each political party in each legislative
21 district and one representative committee for each political
22 party in each representative district. Legislative and
23 representative committees shall be composed as follows:
24 In legislative or representative districts within or
25 including a portion of any county containing 2,000,000 or
26 more inhabitants, the legislative or representative committee
27 of a political party shall consist of the committeemen of
28 such party representing each township or ward of such county
29 any portion of which township or ward is included within such
30 legislative or representative district and the chairman of
31 each county central committee of such party of any county
32 containing less than 2,000,000 inhabitants any portion of
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1 which county is included within such legislative or
2 representative district.
3 In the remainder of the State, the legislative or
4 representative committee of a political party shall consist
5 of the chairman of each county central committee of such
6 party, any portion of which county is included within such
7 legislative or representative district; but if a legislative
8 or representative district comprises only one county, or part
9 of a county, its legislative or representative committee
10 shall consist of the chairman of the county central committee
11 and 2 members of the county central committee who reside in
12 the legislative or representative district, as the case may
13 be, elected by the county central committee.
14 Within 180 days after the primary of the even-numbered
15 year immediately following the decennial redistricting
16 required by Section 3 of Article IV of the Illinois
17 Constitution of 1970, the ward committeemen, township
18 committeemen or chairmen of county central committees within
19 each of the redistricted legislative and representative
20 districts shall meet and proceed to organize by electing from
21 among their own number a chairman and, either from among
22 their own number or otherwise, such other officers as they
23 may deem necessary or expedient. The ward committeemen,
24 township committeemen or chairmen of county central
25 committees shall determine the time and place (which shall be
26 in the limits of such district) of such meeting. Immediately
27 upon completion of organization, the chairman shall forward
28 to the State Board of Elections the names and addresses of
29 the chairman and secretary of the committee. A vacancy shall
30 occur when a member dies, resigns or ceases to reside in the
31 county, township or ward which he represented.
32 Within 15 180 days after the primary of each other
33 even-numbered year, each legislative committee and
34 representative committee shall meet and proceed to organize
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1 by electing from among its own number a chairman, and either
2 from its own number or otherwise, such other officers as each
3 committee may deem necessary or expedient. Immediately upon
4 completion of organization, the chairman shall forward to the
5 State Board of Elections, the names and addresses of the
6 chairman and secretary of the committee. The outgoing
7 chairman of such committee shall notify the members of the
8 time and place (which shall be in the limits of such
9 district) of such meeting. A vacancy shall occur when a
10 member dies, resigns, or ceases to reside in the county,
11 township or ward, which he represented.
12 If any change is made in the boundaries of any precinct,
13 township or ward, the committeeman previously elected
14 therefrom shall continue to serve, as if no boundary change
15 had occurred, for the purpose of acting as a member of a
16 legislative or representative committee until his successor
17 is elected or appointed.
18 (Source: P.A. 84-352.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
20 Sec. 10-14. Not less than 35 61 days before the date of
21 the general election the State Board of Elections shall
22 certify to the county clerk of each county the name of each
23 candidate whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination
24 or resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed
25 with the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk
26 to place upon the official ballot for the general election
27 the names of such candidates in the same manner and in the
28 same order as shown upon the certification. The name of no
29 candidate for an office to be filled by the electors of the
30 entire state shall be placed upon the official ballot unless
31 his name is duly certified to the county clerk upon a
32 certificate signed by the members of the State Board of
33 Elections. The names of group candidates on petitions shall
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1 be certified to the several county clerks in the order in
2 which such names appear on such petitions filed with the
3 State Board of Elections.
4 Not less than 30 55 days before the date of the general
5 election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each
6 of the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
7 certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy
8 in nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare
9 that the names of such candidates for the respective offices
10 shall be placed upon the official ballot for the general
11 election in the same manner and in the same order as shown
12 upon the certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy
13 of the certification on file in his or her office and at the
14 same time issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of
15 such certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose
16 county there is a board of election commissioners shall, not
17 less than 30 55 days before the election, certify to the
18 board of election commissioners the name of the person or
19 persons nominated for such office as shown by the certificate
20 of the State Board of Elections, together with the names of
21 all other candidates as shown by the certification of county
22 officers on file in the clerk's office, and in the order so
23 certified. The county clerk or board of election
24 commissioners shall print the names of the nominees on the
25 ballot for each office in the order in which they are
26 certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided, that
27 in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of
28 such nominees have also been nominated by one or more
29 political parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the
30 name of such candidate on the ballot for nominations made
31 under this Article shall be precisely in the same order in
32 which it appears on the certification of the State Board of
33 Elections to the county clerk.
34 For the general election, the candidates of new political
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1 parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
2 the established political party candidates and in the order
3 of new political party petition filings.
4 Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
5 following:
6 (1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
7 candidates for the respective offices;
8 (2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to
9 an office from the State, political subdivision or district;
10 (3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
11 candidate for an office;
12 (4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
13 less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
14 political subdivision are for different terms.
15 The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
16 case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
17 is discovered that the original certification is in error.
18 (Source: P.A. 86-867.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
20 Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization,
21 the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in May
22 in each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct
23 5 capable and discreet electors meeting the qualifications of
24 Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
25 machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting
26 systems are used, the county board may, for any precinct with
27 respect to which the board considers such action necessary or
28 desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
29 general elections for any precinct containing more than 600
30 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of
31 election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the
32 judges of election shall preside over the election during the
33 hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
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1 assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
2 Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
3 polls. However, the County Board of Commissioners may appoint
4 3 judges of election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of
5 election otherwise required by this Section to serve in any
6 presidential primary election, any emergency referendum, or
7 in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
8 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
9 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
10 or to nominate candidates for such purpose. The tally judges
11 shall possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed
12 in the same manner and with the same division between
13 political parties as is provided for judges of election.
14 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
15 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
16 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
17 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
18 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
19 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
20 be determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
21 which shall base the required numbers of special panels on
22 the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the
23 number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections, or any
24 combination of such factors.
25 Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
26 provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
27 persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
28 of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
29 appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
30 board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
31 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
32 list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central
33 Committee of the first leading political party in such
34 precinct; and the county board of commissioners shall also
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1 select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in each
2 election precinct from a certified list, furnished by the
3 chairman of the County Central Committee of the second
4 leading political party. However, if only 3 judges of
5 election serve in each election precinct, no more than 2
6 persons of the same political party shall be judges of
7 election in the same election precinct; and which political
8 party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
9 party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
10 determined in the same manner as set forth in the next two
11 preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
12 precinct. Such certified list shall be filed with the county
13 clerk not less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the
14 county board of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged
15 according to precincts. The chairman of each county central
16 committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
17 within the precinct in which they are to serve as judges.
18 However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of
19 persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
20 embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
21 however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
22 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
23 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
24 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
25 2 judges. The county board of commissioners shall acknowledge
26 in writing to each county chairman the names of all persons
27 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
28 persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or such list
29 is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
30 names are furnished for certain election precincts), the
31 county board of commissioners shall make or complete such
32 list from the names contained in the supplemental list
33 provided for in Section 13-1.1. The election judges shall
34 hold their office for 2 years from their appointment, and
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1 until their successors are duly appointed in the manner
2 provided in this Act. The county board of commissioners shall
3 fill all vacancies in the office of judge of election at any
4 time in the manner provided in this Act.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
6 (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
7 Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization
8 the county board shall at its meeting in May in each
9 even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
10 of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
11 are appointed by election commissioners, select in each
12 election precinct in the county, 5 capable and discreet
13 electors to be judges of election who shall possess the
14 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where
15 neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or
16 electric voting systems are used, the county board may, for
17 any precinct with respect to which the board considers such
18 action necessary or desirable in view of the number of
19 voters, and shall for general elections for any precinct
20 containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in
21 addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally
22 judges. In such precincts the judges of election shall
23 preside over the election during the hours the polls are
24 open, and the tally judges, with the assistance of the
25 holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall
26 count the vote after the closing of the polls. The tally
27 judges shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
28 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
29 between political parties as is provided for judges of
30 election.
31 However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of
32 election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election
33 otherwise required by this Section to serve in any
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1 presidential primary election, any emergency referendum, or
2 in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
3 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
4 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
5 or to nominate candidates for such purpose.
6 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board
7 shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
8 possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
9 same manner and with the same division between political
10 parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
11 number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
12 by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall
13 base the required number of special panels on the number of
14 registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
15 absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
16 of such factors.
17 No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall
18 be appointed judges in the same election district or
19 undivided precinct. The election of the judges of election in
20 the various election precincts shall be made in the following
21 manner: The county board shall select and approve 3 of the
22 election judges in each precinct from a certified list
23 furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee of
24 the first leading political party in such election precinct
25 and shall also select and approve 2 judges of election in
26 each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
27 chairman of the County Central Committee of the second
28 leading political party in such election precinct. However,
29 if only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct,
30 no more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be
31 judges of election in the same election precinct; and which
32 political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which
33 political party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
34 determined in the same manner as set forth in the next two
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1 preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
2 precinct. The respective County Central Committee chairman
3 shall notify the county board by June 1 of each odd-numbered
4 year immediately preceding the annual meeting of the county
5 board whether or not such certified list will be filed by
6 such chairman. Such list shall be arranged according to
7 precincts. The chairman of each county central committee
8 shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside within
9 the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However,
10 he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons
11 who reside outside the precinct but within the county
12 embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
13 however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the
14 precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have 3
15 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
16 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
17 2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with
18 the county clerk not less than 20 days before the annual
19 meeting of the county board. The county board shall
20 acknowledge in writing to each county chairman the names of
21 all persons submitted on such certified list and the total
22 number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or
23 the list is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient
24 number of names are furnished for certain election
25 precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list
26 from the names contained in the supplemental list provided
27 for in Section 13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case
28 where a township has been or shall be redistricted, in whole
29 or in part, subsequent to one general election for Governor,
30 and prior to the next, the judges of election to be selected
31 for all new or altered precincts shall be selected in that
32 one of the methods above detailed, which shall be applicable
33 according to the facts and circumstances of the particular
34 case, but the majority of such judges for each such precinct
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1 shall be selected from the first leading political party, and
2 the minority judges from the second leading political party.
3 Provided, further, that in counties having a population of
4 1,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of
5 election shall be made in the same manner in all respects as
6 in other counties, except that the provisions relating to
7 tally judges are inapplicable to such counties and except
8 that the county board shall meet during the month of January
9 for the purpose of making such selection and the chairman of
10 each county central committee shall notify the county board
11 by the preceding October 1 whether or not the certified list
12 will be filed. Such judges of election shall hold their
13 office for 2 years from their appointment and until their
14 successors are duly appointed in the manner provided in this
15 Act. The county board shall fill all vacancies in the office
16 of judges of elections at any time in the manner herein
17 provided.
18 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
19 the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this
20 Article.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 87-1052.)
22 (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
23 Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall,
24 during the month of May of each even-numbered year, select
25 for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the
26 board 5 persons to be judges of election who shall possess
27 the qualifications required by this Act for such judges. The
28 selection shall be made by a county board of election
29 commissioners in the following manner: the county board of
30 election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
31 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
32 list furnished by the chairman of the county central
33 committee of the first leading political party in that
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1 precinct; the county board of election commissioners also
2 shall select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in
3 each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
4 chairman of the county central committee of the second
5 leading political party in that precinct. The selection by a
6 municipal board of election commissioners shall be made in
7 the following manner: for each precinct, 3 judges shall be
8 selected from one of the 2 leading political parties and the
9 other 2 judges shall be selected from the other leading
10 political party; the parties entitled to 3 and 2 judges,
11 respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as
12 provided in Section 14-4. However, a Board of Election
13 Commissioners may appoint three judges of election to serve
14 in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by
15 this Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
16 odd-year regular election or in any presidential primary
17 election, any special primary or special election called for
18 the purpose of filling a vacancy in the office of
19 representative in the United States Congress or to nominate
20 candidates for such purpose.
21 If only 3 judges of election serve in each election
22 precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political party
23 shall be judges of election in the same election precinct,
24 and which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election
25 and which political party is entitled to one judge of
26 election shall be determined as set forth in this Section for
27 a county board of election commissioners' selection of 5
28 election judges in each precinct or in Section 14-4 for a
29 municipal board of election commissioners' selection of
30 election judges in each precinct, whichever is appropriate.
31 In addition to such precinct judges, the board of election
32 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
33 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
34 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
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1 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
2 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
3 be determined by regulation of the State Board of Elections,
4 which shall base the required number of special panels on the
5 number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
6 of absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any
7 combination of such factors. A municipal board of election
8 commissioners shall make the selections of persons qualified
9 under Section 14-1 from certified lists furnished by the
10 chairman of the respective county central committees of the 2
11 leading political parties. Lists furnished by chairmen of
12 county central committees under this Section shall be
13 arranged according to precincts. The chairman of each county
14 central committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons
15 who reside within the precinct in which they are to serve as
16 judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion, submit the
17 names of persons who reside outside the precinct but within
18 the county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.
19 He must, however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of
20 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
21 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
22 the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
23 2 judges. The board of election commissioners shall no later
24 than March 1 of each even-numbered year notify the chairmen
25 of the respective county central committees of their
26 responsibility to furnish such lists, and each such chairman
27 shall furnish the board of election commissioners with the
28 list for his party on or before May 1 of each even-numbered
29 year. The board of election commissioners shall acknowledge
30 in writing to each county chairman the names of all persons
31 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
32 persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
33 names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
34 certain precincts, the board of election commissioners shall
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1 make or complete such list from the names contained in the
2 supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of
3 election shall hold their office for 2 years from their
4 appointment and until their successors are duly appointed in
5 the manner herein provided. The board of election
6 commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of Section
7 14-3.2, fill all vacancies in the office of judges of
8 election at any time in the manner herein provided.
9 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
10 the court as provided in Section 14-5.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-471, eff. 6-13-96.)
12 (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
13 Sec. 16-5.01. (a) The election authority shall, at least
14 30 60 days prior to the date of any general election at which
15 federal officers are elected and 30 45 days prior to any
16 other regular election, have a sufficient number of ballots
17 printed so that such ballots will be available for mailing 30
18 60 days prior to the date of the election to persons who
19 have filed application for a ballot under the provisions of
20 Article 20 of this Act.
21 (b) If at any general election at which federal offices
22 are elected the election authority is unable to comply with
23 the provisions of subsection (a), the election authority
24 shall mail to each such person, in lieu of the ballot, a
25 Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot. The Special
26 Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot shall be used only at
27 general elections at which federal officers are elected and
28 shall be prepared by the election authority in substantially
29 the following form:
30 Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot
31 (To vote for a person, write the title of the office and
32 his or her name on the lines provided. Place to the left of
33 and opposite the title of office a square and place a cross
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1 (X) in the square.)
2 Title of Office Name of Candidate
3 ( )
4 ( )
5 ( )
6 ( )
7 ( )
8 ( )
9 The election authority shall send with the Special
10 Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all
11 referenda for which the voter is qualified to vote and all
12 candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and for
13 whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be
14 entitled to write in the name of any candidate seeking
15 election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to
16 vote.
17 On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear
18 when folded, shall be printed the words "Official Ballot",
19 the date of the election and a facsimile of the signature of
20 the election authority who has caused the ballot to be
21 printed.
22 The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be
23 applicable to the Special Write-in Absentee Voter's Blank
24 Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-875.)
26 Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
27 Section 33-1 as follows:
28 (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
29 Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In
30 all school districts, including special charter districts
31 having a population of 100,000 and not more than 500,000,
32 which adopt this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
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1 shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
2 board of education, which shall be a body politic and
3 corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City
4 of....". The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
5 voters of the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
6 of this Act, the regular election for members of the board
7 shall be held on the first Tuesday of April in odd numbered
8 years and on the second third Tuesday of September March in
9 even numbered years. The law governing the registration of
10 voters for the primary election shall apply to the regular
11 election. At the first regular election 7 persons shall be
12 elected as members of the board. The person who receives the
13 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 5
14 years. The 2 persons who receive the second and third
15 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4
16 years. The person who receives the fourth greatest number of
17 votes shall be elected for a term of 3 years. The 2 persons
18 who receive the fifth and sixth greatest number of votes
19 shall be elected for a term of 2 years. The person who
20 receives the seventh greatest number of votes shall be
21 elected for a term of 1 year. Thereafter, at each regular
22 election for members of the board, the successors of the
23 members whose terms expire in the year of election shall be
24 elected for a term of 5 years. All terms shall commence on
25 July 1 next succeeding the elections. Any vacancy occurring
26 in the membership of the board shall be filled by appointment
27 until the next regular election for members of the board.
28 In any school district which has adopted this Article, a
29 proposition for the election of board members by school board
30 district rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
31 of the district at the regular school election of any year in
32 the manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition is
33 approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions,
34 the board shall divide the school district into 7 school
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1 board districts as provided in Section 9-22. At the regular
2 school election in the year following the adoption of such
3 proposition, one member shall be elected from each school
4 board district, and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
5 determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
6 years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
7 respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
8 The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
9 following the adoption of such a proposition.
10 Any school district which has adopted this Article may,
11 by referendum in accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the
12 method of electing members of the board of education provided
13 in that Section.
14 Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in
15 this Article or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
16 completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
17 (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)