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10 ILCS 5/1A-6

(10 ILCS 5/1A-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-6)

Sec. 1A-6.

One member of the State Board of Elections shall be elected by
the members of the Board to be chair and shall serve as chair of
the Board for a term ending June 30, 1979.  On July 1 of 1979 and on July
1 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, a chair shall be elected by
the members of the Board for a 2 year term ending June 30 of the next
odd-numbered year. If July 1 of any odd-numbered year does not fall on a
business day, said election shall be held on the first business day
thereafter. The chair elected for each 2 year term shall not be of
the same political party affiliation as the prior chair. Whenever a
vacancy occurs in the office of chair, a new chair of the same political
party affiliation shall be
elected for the remainder of the vacating chair's term. Whenever a chair
 is elected, the Board shall elect from among its members, a
vice chair who shall not be of the same political party affiliation
as the chair.

Upon the confirmation of all of the members of the State Board of Elections
initially appointed under the amendatory Act of 1978, the Governor shall
designate one of the members as interim chair who shall preside over
the Board until a chair is elected pursuant to this Section.

(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)