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 1        AN ACT concerning 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 13-4 and 14-1 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
 7        Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
 8        (a)  All  persons  elected  or  chosen  judge of election
 9    must: (1) be citizens of the United States  and  entitled  to
10    vote  at  the next election, except as provided in subsection
11    (b) or (c); (2) be of good repute and character; (3) be  able
12    to speak, read and write the English language; (4) be skilled
13    in  the  four fundamental rules of arithmetic; (5) be of good
14    understanding and capable; (6)  not  be  candidates  for  any
15    office  at  the election and not be elected committeemen; and
16    (7) reside in the precinct in which they are selected to act,
17    except that in each precinct, not more than one judge of each
18    party may be appointed from outside such precinct. Any  judge
19    selected to serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled
20    to  vote must reside within and be entitled to vote elsewhere
21    within the county which encompasses  the  precinct  in  which
22    such judge is appointed, except as provided in subsection (b)
23    or (c). Such judge must meet the other qualifications of this
24    Section.
25        (b)  An  election  authority  may  establish a program to
26    permit a person who is not entitled to vote to  be  appointed
27    as  an  election  judge if, as of the date of the election at
28    which the person serves as a judge, he or she:
29             (1)  is a U.S. citizen;
30             (2)  is a senior in  good  standing  enrolled  in  a
31        public or private secondary school;
 
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 1             (3)  has a cumulative grade point average equivalent
 2        to at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
 3             (4)  has  the  written  approval of the principal of
 4        the secondary school he or she attends  at  the  time  of
 5        appointment;
 6             (5)  has  the  written approval of his or her parent
 7        or legal guardian;
 8             (6)  has  satisfactorily  completed   the   training
 9        course  for  judges  of  election  described  in Sections
10        13-2.1 and 13-2.2; and
11             (7)  meets all other qualifications for  appointment
12        and service as an election judge.
13        No  more  than  one  election judge qualifying under this
14    subsection may serve per political party per precinct.  Prior
15    to appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
16    certify  in  writing  to the election authority the political
17    party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
18        Students  appointed  as  election   judges   under   this
19    subsection  shall not be counted as absent from school on the
20    day they serve as judges.
21        (c)  An election authority may  establish  a  program  to
22    permit  a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct
23    or county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of  the
24    date  of  the election at which the person serves as a judge,
25    he or she:
26             (1)  is a U.S. citizen;
27             (2)  is currently enrolled in a  public  or  private
28        Illinois university or college;
29             (3)  has a cumulative grade point average equivalent
30        to at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
31             (4)  has   satisfactorily   completed  the  training
32        course for  judges  of  election  described  in  Sections
33        13-2.1 and 13-2.2; and
34             (5)  meets  all other qualifications for appointment
 
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 1        and service as an election judge.
 2        No more than one election  judge  qualifying  under  this
 3    subsection  may serve per political party per precinct. Prior
 4    to appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
 5    certify in writing to the election  authority  the  political
 6    party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
 7        Students   appointed   as   election  judges  under  this
 8    subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on  the
 9    day they serve as judges.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)

11        (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
12        Sec.  14-1.  (a)  The  board  of  election  commissioners
13    established  or  existing  under Article 6 shall, at the time
14    and in the manner provided  in  Section  14-3.1,  select  and
15    choose  5  persons,  men  or women, as judges of election for
16    each precinct in such city, village or incorporated town.
17        Where neither voting machines nor electronic,  mechanical
18    or  electric  voting  systems are used, the board of election
19    commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
20    board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
21    the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
22    precinct containing more than 600 registered voters,  appoint
23    in  addition  to  the  5 judges of election a team of 5 tally
24    judges. In  such  precincts  the  judges  of  election  shall
25    preside  over  the  election  during  the hours the polls are
26    open, and the  tally  judges,  with  the  assistance  of  the
27    holdover  judges designated pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall
28    count the vote after the closing  of  the  polls.  The  tally
29    judges  shall  possess  the  same qualifications and shall be
30    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
31    between  political  parties  as  is  provided  for  judges of
32    election.  The   foregoing   provisions   relating   to   the
33    appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties with
 
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 1    a population of 1,000,000 or more.
 2        (b)  To qualify as judges the persons must:
 3             (1)  be citizens of the United States;
 4             (2)  be of good repute and character;
 5             (3)  be  able  to  speak, read and write the English
 6        language;
 7             (4)  be  skilled  in  the  4  fundamental  rules  of
 8        arithmetic;
 9             (5)  be of good understanding and capable;
10             (6)  not  be  candidates  for  any  office  at   the
11        election and not be elected committeemen;
12             (7)  reside  and be entitled to vote in the precinct
13        in which they are selected to serve, except that in  each
14        precinct  not  more  than  one judge of each party may be
15        appointed from  outside  such  precinct.   Any  judge  so
16        appointed  to  serve  in  any precinct in which he is not
17        entitled to vote  must  be  entitled  to  vote  elsewhere
18        within the county which encompasses the precinct in which
19        such  judge  is  appointed  and such judge must otherwise
20        meet  the  qualifications  of  this  Section,  except  as
21        provided in subsection (c) or (c-5).
22        (c)  An election authority may  establish  a  program  to
23    permit  a  person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed
24    as an election judge if, as of the date of  the  election  at
25    which the person serves as a judge, he or she:
26             (1)  is a U.S. citizen;
27             (2)  is  a  senior  in  good  standing enrolled in a
28        public or private secondary school;
29             (3)  has a cumulative grade point average equivalent
30        to at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
31             (4)  has the written approval of  the  principal  of
32        the  secondary  school  he  or she attends at the time of
33        appointment;
34             (5)  has the written approval of his or  her  parent
 
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 1        or legal guardian;
 2             (6)  has   satisfactorily   completed  the  training
 3        course for  judges  of  election  described  in  Sections
 4        13-2.1, 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
 5             (7)  meets  all other qualifications for appointment
 6        and service as an election judge.
 7        No more than one election  judge  qualifying  under  this
 8    subsection  may serve per political party per precinct. Prior
 9    to appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
10    certify in writing to the election  authority  the  political
11    party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
12        Students   appointed   as   election  judges  under  this
13    subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on  the
14    day they serve as judges.
15        (c-5)  An  election  authority may establish a program to
16    permit a person who is not entitled to vote in that  precinct
17    or  county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the
18    date of the election at which the person serves as  a  judge,
19    he or she:
20             (1)  is a U.S. citizen;
21             (2)  is  currently  enrolled  in a public or private
22        Illinois university or college;
23             (3)  has a cumulative grade point average equivalent
24        to at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
25             (4)  has  satisfactorily  completed   the   training
26        course  for  judges  of  election  described  in Sections
27        13-2.1, 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
28             (5)  meets all other qualifications for  appointment
29        and service as an election judge.
30        No  more  than  one  election judge qualifying under this
31    subsection may serve per political party per precinct.  Prior
32    to appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
33    certify  in  writing  to the election authority the political
34    party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
 
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 1        Students  appointed  as  election   judges   under   this
 2    subsection  shall not be counted as absent from school on the
 3    day they serve as judges.
 4        (d)  The board of election  commissioners  may  select  2
 5    additional  judges  of  election,  one from each of the major
 6    political parties, for each 200 voters in excess  of  600  in
 7    any  precinct  having  more  than 600 voters as authorized by
 8    Section  11--3.   These  additional  judges  must  meet   the
 9    qualifications prescribed in this Section.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)

11        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
12    becoming law.