Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Filed: 2/23/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 204

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 204 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 10-9 and 10-10 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/10-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-9)
7     Sec. 10-9. The following electoral boards are designated
8 for the purpose of hearing and passing upon the objector's
9 petition described in Section 10-8.
10     1. The State Board of Elections will hear and pass upon
11 objections to the nominations of candidates for State offices,
12 nominations of candidates for congressional, legislative and
13 judicial offices of districts or circuits situated in more than
14 one county, nominations of candidates for the offices of
15 State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools to be
16 elected from more than one county, and petitions for proposed
17 amendments to the Constitution of the State of Illinois as
18 provided for in Section 3 of Article XIV of the Constitution.
19     2. The county officers electoral board to hear and pass
20 upon objections to the nominations of candidates for county,
21 municipal, and township offices, for congressional,
22 legislative and judicial offices of a district or circuit
23 coterminous with or less than a county, for school and
24 community college district offices trustees to be voted for by

 

 

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1 the electors of the county or by the electors of a township of
2 the county, for the office of multi-township assessor where
3 candidates for such office are nominated in accordance with
4 this Code, and for all special district offices, shall be
5 composed of the county clerk, or an assistant designated by the
6 county clerk, the State's attorney of the county or an
7 Assistant State's Attorney designated by the State's Attorney,
8 and the clerk of the circuit court, or an assistant designated
9 by the clerk of the circuit court, of the county, of whom the
10 county clerk or his designee shall be the chairman, except that
11 in any county which has established a county board of election
12 commissioners that board shall constitute the county officers
13 electoral board ex-officio. If a municipality, school
14 district, or community college district is located in 2 or more
15 counties, the county officers electoral board of the county in
16 which the principal offices of the municipality, school
17 district, or community college district is located shall hear
18 and pass upon objections to nominations of candidates for the
19 municipal offices, school district offices, or community
20 college district offices.
21     3. (Blank). The municipal officers electoral board to hear
22 and pass upon objections to the nominations of candidates for
23 officers of municipalities shall be composed of the mayor or
24 president of the board of trustees of the city, village or
25 incorporated town, and the city, village or incorporated town
26 clerk, and one member of the city council or board of trustees,
27 that member being designated who is eligible to serve on the
28 electoral board and has served the greatest number of years as
29 a member of the city council or board of trustees, of whom the
30 mayor or president of the board of trustees shall be the
31 chairman.
32     4. (Blank). The township officers electoral board to pass
33 upon objections to the nominations of township officers shall
34 be composed of the township supervisor, the town clerk, and

 

 

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1 that eligible town trustee elected in the township who has had
2 the longest term of continuous service as town trustee, of whom
3 the township supervisor shall be the chairman.
4     5. (Blank). The education officers electoral board to hear
5 and pass upon objections to the nominations of candidates for
6 offices in school or community college districts shall be
7 composed of the presiding officer of the school or community
8 college district board, who shall be the chairman, the
9 secretary of the school or community college district board and
10 the eligible elected school or community college board member
11 who has the longest term of continuous service as a board
12 member.
13     6. In all cases, however, where the Congressional or
14 Legislative district is wholly within the jurisdiction of a
15 board of election commissioners and in all cases where the
16 school district or special district is wholly within the
17 jurisdiction of a municipal board of election commissioners and
18 in all cases where the municipality or township is wholly or
19 partially within the jurisdiction of a municipal board of
20 election commissioners, the board of election commissioners
21 shall ex-officio constitute the electoral board.
22     For special districts situated in more than one county, the
23 county officers electoral board of the county in which the
24 principal office of the district is located has jurisdiction to
25 hear and pass upon objections. For purposes of this Section,
26 "special districts" means all political subdivisions other
27 than counties, municipalities, townships and school and
28 community college districts.
29     In the event that any member of the county officers
30 electoral appropriate board is a candidate for the office with
31 relation to which the objector's petition is filed, he or she
32 shall not be eligible to serve on that board and shall not act
33 as a member of the board and his or her place shall be filled by
34 the county treasurer, and if he or she is ineligible to serve,

 

 

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1 by the sheriff of the county. as follows:
2         a. In the county officers electoral board by the county
3     treasurer, and if he or she is ineligible to serve, by the
4     sheriff of the county.
5         b. In the municipal officers electoral board by the
6     eligible elected city council or board of trustees member
7     who has served the second greatest number of years as a
8     city council or board of trustees member.
9         c. In the township officers electoral board by the
10     eligible elected town trustee who has had the second
11     longest term of continuous service as a town trustee.
12         d. In the education officers electoral board by the
13     eligible elected school or community college district
14     board member who has had the second longest term of
15     continuous service as a board member.
16     In the event that the chairman of the electoral board is
17 ineligible to act because of the fact that he is a candidate
18 for the office with relation to which the objector's petition
19 is filed, then the substitute chosen under the provisions of
20 this Section shall be the chairman; In this case, the officer
21 or board with whom the objector's petition is filed, shall
22 transmit the certificate of nomination or nomination papers as
23 the case may be, and the objector's petition to the substitute
24 chairman of the electoral board.
25     When 2 or more eligible individuals, by reason of their
26 terms of service on a city council or board of trustees,
27 township board of trustees, or school or community college
28 district board, qualify to serve on an electoral board, the one
29 to serve shall be chosen by lot.
30     Any vacancies on the county officers an electoral board not
31 otherwise filled pursuant to this Section shall be filled by
32 public members appointed by the Chief Judge of the Circuit
33 Court for the county wherein the electoral board hearing is
34 being held upon notification to the Chief Judge of such

 

 

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1 vacancies. The Chief Judge shall be so notified by a member of
2 the electoral board or the officer or board with whom the
3 objector's petition was filed. In the event that none of the
4 individuals designated by this Section to serve on the
5 electoral board are eligible, the chairman of an electoral
6 board shall be designated by the Chief Judge.
7 (Source: P.A. 87-570.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/10-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 10-10)
9     Sec. 10-10. Within 24 hours after the receipt of the
10 certificate of nomination or nomination papers or proposed
11 question of public policy, as the case may be, and the
12 objector's petition, the chairman of the electoral board other
13 than the State Board of Elections shall send a call by
14 registered or certified mail to each of the members of the
15 electoral board, and to the objector who filed the objector's
16 petition, and either to the candidate whose certificate of
17 nomination or nomination papers are objected to or to the
18 principal proponent or attorney for proponents of a question of
19 public policy, as the case may be, whose petitions are objected
20 to, and shall also cause the sheriff of the county or counties
21 in which such officers and persons reside to serve a copy of
22 such call upon each of such officers and persons, which call
23 shall set out the fact that the electoral board is required to
24 meet to hear and pass upon the objections to nominations made
25 for the office, designating it, and shall state the day, hour
26 and place at which the electoral board shall meet for the
27 purpose, which place shall be in the county court house in the
28 county in the case of the County Officers Electoral Board, the
29 Municipal Officers Electoral Board, the Township Officers
30 Electoral Board or the Education Officers Electoral Board. The
31 Township Officers Electoral Board may meet in the township
32 offices, if they are available, rather than the county
33 courthouse. In those cases where the State Board of Elections

 

 

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1 is the electoral board designated under Section 10-9, the
2 chairman of the State Board of Elections shall, within 24 hours
3 after the receipt of the certificate of nomination or
4 nomination papers or petitions for a proposed amendment to
5 Article IV of the Constitution or proposed statewide question
6 of public policy, send a call by registered or certified mail
7 to the objector who files the objector's petition, and either
8 to the candidate whose certificate of nomination or nomination
9 papers are objected to or to the principal proponent or
10 attorney for proponents of the proposed Constitutional
11 amendment or statewide question of public policy and shall
12 state the day, hour and place at which the electoral board
13 shall meet for the purpose, which place may be in the Capitol
14 Building or in the principal or permanent branch office of the
15 State Board. The day of the meeting shall not be less than 3
16 nor more than 5 days after the receipt of the certificate of
17 nomination or nomination papers and the objector's petition by
18 the chairman of the electoral board.
19     The electoral board shall have the power to administer
20 oaths and to subpoena and examine witnesses and at the request
21 of either party the chairman may issue subpoenas requiring the
22 attendance of witnesses and subpoenas duces tecum requiring the
23 production of such books, papers, records and documents as may
24 be evidence of any matter under inquiry before the electoral
25 board, in the same manner as witnesses are subpoenaed in the
26 Circuit Court.
27     Service of such subpoenas shall be made by any sheriff or
28 other person in the same manner as in cases in such court and
29 the fees of such sheriff shall be the same as is provided by
30 law, and shall be paid by the objector or candidate who causes
31 the issuance of the subpoena. In case any person so served
32 shall knowingly neglect or refuse to obey any such subpoena, or
33 to testify, the electoral board shall at once file a petition
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1 be heard, or has been attempted to be heard, setting forth the
2 facts, of such knowing refusal or neglect, and accompanying the
3 petition with a copy of the citation and the answer, if one has
4 been filed, together with a copy of the subpoena and the return
5 of service thereon, and shall apply for an order of court
6 requiring such person to attend and testify, and forthwith
7 produce books and papers, before the electoral board. Any
8 circuit court of the state, excluding the judge who is sitting
9 on the electoral board, upon such showing shall order such
10 person to appear and testify, and to forthwith produce such
11 books and papers, before the electoral board at a place to be
12 fixed by the court. If such person shall knowingly fail or
13 refuse to obey such order of the court without lawful excuse,
14 the court shall punish him or her by fine and imprisonment, as
15 the nature of the case may require and may be lawful in cases
16 of contempt of court.
17     The electoral board on the first day of its meeting shall
18 adopt rules of procedure for the introduction of evidence and
19 the presentation of arguments and may, in its discretion,
20 provide for the filing of briefs by the parties to the
21 objection or by other interested persons.
22     In the event of a State Electoral Board hearing on
23 objections to a petition for an amendment to Article IV of the
24 Constitution pursuant to Section 3 of Article XIV of the
25 Constitution, or to a petition for a question of public policy
26 to be submitted to the voters of the entire State, the
27 certificates of the county clerks and boards of election
28 commissioners showing the results of the random sample of
29 signatures on the petition shall be prima facie valid and
30 accurate, and shall be presumed to establish the number of
31 valid and invalid signatures on the petition sheets reviewed in
32 the random sample, as prescribed in Section 28-11 and 28-12 of
33 this Code. Either party, however, may introduce evidence at
34 such hearing to dispute the findings as to particular

 

 

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1 signatures. In addition to the foregoing, in the absence of
2 competent evidence presented at such hearing by a party
3 substantially challenging the results of a random sample, or
4 showing a different result obtained by an additional sample,
5 this certificate of a county clerk or board of election
6 commissioners shall be presumed to establish the ratio of valid
7 to invalid signatures within the particular election
8 jurisdiction.
9     The electoral board shall take up the question as to
10 whether or not the certificate of nomination or nomination
11 papers or petitions are in proper form, and whether or not they
12 were filed within the time and under the conditions required by
13 law, and whether or not they are the genuine certificate of
14 nomination or nomination papers or petitions which they purport
15 to be, and whether or not in the case of the certificate of
16 nomination in question it represents accurately the decision of
17 the caucus or convention issuing it, and in general shall
18 decide whether or not the certificate of nomination or
19 nominating papers or petitions on file are valid or whether the
20 objections thereto should be sustained and the decision of a
21 majority of the electoral board shall be final subject to
22 judicial review as provided in Section 10-10.1. The electoral
23 board must state its findings in writing and must state in
24 writing which objections, if any, it has sustained.
25     Upon the expiration of the period within which a proceeding
26 for judicial review must be commenced under Section 10--10.1,
27 the electoral board shall, unless a proceeding for judicial
28 review has been commenced within such period, transmit, by
29 registered or certified mail, a certified copy of its ruling,
30 together with the original certificate of nomination or
31 nomination papers or petitions and the original objector's
32 petition, to the officer or board with whom the certificate of
33 nomination or nomination papers or petitions, as objected to,
34 were on file, and such officer or board shall abide by and

 

 

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1 comply with the ruling so made to all intents and purposes.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-285, eff. 1-1-00.)".