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91_HB4722
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1 AN ACT changing the date of the general primary election.
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 2A-1.1, 7-8, and 8-4 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
7 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
8 In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
9 the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
10 election to be known as the general primary election shall be
11 held on the first third Tuesday in March;
12 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
13 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday
14 in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act;
15 and an election to be known as the consolidated primary
16 election shall be held on the last Tuesday in February.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
18 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
19 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
20 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
21 State and shall be elected as follows:
22 State Central Committee
23 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
24 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
25 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
26 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
27 State central committee of that party.
28 Alternative A. At the general primary election held on
29 the third Tuesday in March 1970, and at the primary held
30 every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector may vote for
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1 one candidate of his party for member of the State central
2 committee for the congressional district in which he resides.
3 The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
4 declared elected State central committeeman from the
5 district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
6 a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
7 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
8 committeemen in the manner following:
9 At the county convention held by such political party
10 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
11 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
12 officers of the county central committee, and such election
13 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
14 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
15 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
16 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
17 in the last preceding primary election of his political
18 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
19 congressional district and partially within another
20 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
21 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
22 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
23 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
24 congressional district which encompasses more than one
25 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
26 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
27 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
28 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
29 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
30 member of the State central committee for the congressional
31 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
32 central committee shall report the results of the election to
33 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
34 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
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1 votes elected State central committeeman for that
2 congressional district.
3 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
4 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
5 of members of the State central committee.
6 After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
7 91st General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the
8 office of Chairman of a State central committee, or at the
9 end of the term of office of Chairman, the State central
10 committee of each political party that has selected
11 Alternative A shall elect a Chairman who shall not be
12 required to be a member of the State Central Committee. The
13 Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
14 same political party as the State central committee.
15 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
16 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
17 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
18 member for that congressional district to serve as an
19 additional member of the State central committee until his or
20 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
21 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
22 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
23 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
24 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
25 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
26 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
27 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
28 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
29 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
30 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
31 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
32 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
33 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
34 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
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1 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
2 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
3 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
4 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
5 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
6 second member of the State central committee from the
7 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
8 congressional committee of the political party, and the
9 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
10 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
11 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
12 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
13 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
14 paragraph (e) of this Section.
15 The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
16 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
17 committee's members.
18 Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to
19 the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
20 under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central
21 committee of each political party shall be composed of
22 members elected or appointed from the several congressional
23 districts of the State, and of no other person or persons
24 whomsoever. The members of the State central committee
25 shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
26 full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize
27 by electing a chairman, and may at such time elect such
28 officers from among their own number (or otherwise), as they
29 may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the
30 State central committee of the party shall, 10 days before
31 the meeting, notify each member of the State central
32 committee elected at the primary of the time and place of
33 such meeting. In the organization and proceedings of the
34 State central committee, each State central committeeman and
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1 State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
2 ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the
3 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
4 immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
5 committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
6 committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
7 by appointment of the chairmen of the county central
8 committees of the political party of the counties located
9 within the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
10 and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
11 political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
12 located within the congressional district. If the
13 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
14 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
15 ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
16 congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
17 voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
18 committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
19 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
20 ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional district
21 in which the vacancy exists of his or her county, township,
22 or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
23 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting to
24 fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person
25 appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
26 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
27 a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided
28 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
29 predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
30 delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
31 return to the election of State central committeeman and
32 State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
33 Any action taken by a political party at a State convention
34 in accordance with this Section shall be reported to the
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1 State Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of
2 such convention within 10 days after such action.
3 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
4 (b) At the general primary election held on the third
5 Tuesday in March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each
6 primary elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or
7 over may vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for
8 ward committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must
9 be a resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected
10 ward committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
11 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
12 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
13 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
14 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
15 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
16 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
17 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
18 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
19 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
20 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
21 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
22 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
23 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
24 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
25 general primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
26 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
27 except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over,
28 may vote for one candidate of his party in his precinct for
29 precinct committeeman. Each candidate for precinct
30 committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the precinct
31 where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman. The one
32 having the highest number of votes shall be such precinct
33 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The official
34 returns of the primary shall show the name of the
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1 committeeman of each political party.
2 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
3 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
4 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
5 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
6 provided in this Section for certain State central
7 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
8 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
9 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
10 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
11 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
12 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
13 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
14 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
15 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
16 has not been elected or appointed.
17 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
18 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
19 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
20 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
21 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
22 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
23 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
24 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
25 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
26 County Central Committee
27 (d) The county central committee of each political party
28 in each county shall consist of the various township
29 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
30 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
31 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
32 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
33 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
34 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
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1 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
2 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
3 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
4 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
5 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
6 the organization and proceedings of the county central
7 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
8 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
9 party at the primary election for the nomination of
10 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
11 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
12 Congressional Committee
13 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
14 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
15 the county central committees of the counties composing the
16 congressional district, except that in congressional
17 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
18 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
19 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
20 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
21 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
22 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
23 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
24 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
25 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
26 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
27 vote except in case of a tie.
28 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
29 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
30 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
31 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
32 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
33 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
34 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
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1 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
2 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
3 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
4 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
5 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
6 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
7 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
8 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
9 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
10 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
11 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
12 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
13 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
14 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
15 congressional committee.
16 Judicial District Committee
17 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
18 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
19 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
20 composing the judicial district.
21 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
22 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
23 committees of the counties within such district, each
24 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
25 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
26 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
27 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
28 Circuit Court Committee
29 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
30 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
31 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
32 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
33 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
34 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
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1 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
2 primary electors of his party at the primary election
3 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
4 committee.
5 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
6 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
7 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
8 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
9 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
10 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
11 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
12 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
13 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
14 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
15 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
16 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
17 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
18 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
19 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
20 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
21 Municipal Central Committee
22 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
23 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
24 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
25 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
26 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
27 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
28 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
29 county central committee.
30 For political parties, other than a statewide political
31 party, established only within a municipality or township,
32 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
33 composed of the party officers of the local established
34 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
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1 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
2 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
3 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
4 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
5 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
6 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
7 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
8 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
9 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
10 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
11 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
12 Powers
13 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
14 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
15 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
16 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
17 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
18 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
19 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
20 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
21 (j) The State central committee of a political party
22 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
23 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
24 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
25 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
26 when approved by a national political party.
27 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
28 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
29 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
30 State central committee of a political party which elects its
31 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
32 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
33 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
34 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
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1 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
2 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
3 the county central committees of those counties which lie
4 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
5 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
6 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
7 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
8 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
9 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
10 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
11 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
12 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
13 rules of a political party which elects its members by
14 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
15 (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98; 91-426, eff. 8-6-99.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
17 Sec. 8-4. Nomination of legislative candidates. A primary
18 shall be held on the third Tuesday in March of each
19 even-numbered year for the nomination of Candidates for
20 legislative offices shall be nominated at the general primary
21 election.
22 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
23 Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
24 Section 33-1 as follows:
25 (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
26 Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In
27 all school districts, including special charter districts
28 having a population of 100,000 and not more than 500,000,
29 which adopt this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
30 shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
31 board of education, which shall be a body politic and
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1 corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City
2 of....". The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
3 voters of the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
4 of this Act, the regular election for members of the board
5 shall be held at the consolidated election on the first
6 Tuesday of April in odd numbered years and at the general
7 primary election on the third Tuesday of March in even
8 numbered years. The law governing the registration of voters
9 for the primary election shall apply to the regular election.
10 At the first regular election 7 persons shall be elected as
11 members of the board. The person who receives the greatest
12 number of votes shall be elected for a term of 5 years. The
13 2 persons who receive the second and third greatest number of
14 votes shall be elected for a term of 4 years. The person who
15 receives the fourth greatest number of votes shall be elected
16 for a term of 3 years. The 2 persons who receive the fifth
17 and sixth greatest number of votes shall be elected for a
18 term of 2 years. The person who receives the seventh
19 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 1
20 year. Thereafter, at each regular election for members of the
21 board, the successors of the members whose terms expire in
22 the year of election shall be elected for a term of 5 years.
23 All terms shall commence on July 1 next succeeding the
24 elections. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the
25 board shall be filled by appointment until the next regular
26 election for members of the board.
27 In any school district which has adopted this Article, a
28 proposition for the election of board members by school board
29 district rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
30 of the district at the regular school election of any year in
31 the manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition is
32 approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions,
33 the board shall divide the school district into 7 school
34 board districts as provided in Section 9-22. At the regular
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1 school election in the year following the adoption of such
2 proposition, one member shall be elected from each school
3 board district, and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
4 determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
5 years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
6 respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
7 The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
8 following the adoption of such a proposition.
9 Any school district which has adopted this Article may,
10 by referendum in accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the
11 method of electing members of the board of education provided
12 in that Section.
13 Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in
14 this Article or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
15 completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
16 (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)