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91_HB0953enr HB0953 Enrolled LRB9102871MWdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section 2 7-8. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 6 Section 7-8 as follows: 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 primary held on the third Tuesday 18 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 HB0953 Enrolled -2- LRB9102871MWdv 1 shall follow the election of officers of the county central 2 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct 3 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot 4 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct 5 in the last preceding primary election of his political 6 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one 7 congressional district and partially within another 8 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct 9 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the 10 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a 11 township or precinct is located. In the case of a 12 congressional district which encompasses more than one 13 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing 14 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one 15 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a 16 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election 17 of his political party for one candidate of his party for 18 member of the State central committee for the congressional 19 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county 20 central committee shall report the results of the election to 21 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections 22 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of 23 votes elected State central committeeman for that 24 congressional district. 25 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide 26 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election 27 of members of the State central committee. 28 After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 29 91st General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the 30 office of Chairman of a State central committee, or at the 31 end of the term of office of Chairman, the State central 32 committee of each political party that has selected 33 Alternative A shall elect a Chairman who shall not be 34 required to be a member of the State Central Committee. The HB0953 Enrolled -3- LRB9102871MWdv 1 Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the 2 same political party as the State central committee. 3 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, 4 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative, 5 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent 6 member for that congressional district to serve as an 7 additional member of the State central committee until his or 8 her successor is elected at the general primary election in 9 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this 10 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) 11 of this Section. In each congressional district at the 12 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years 13 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number 14 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central 15 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest 16 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State 17 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State 18 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from 19 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986 20 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for 21 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen 22 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the 23 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be 24 declared elected a State central committeeman or State 25 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a 26 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a 27 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the 28 second member of the State central committee from the 29 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the 30 congressional committee of the political party, and the 31 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of 32 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of 33 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general 34 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make HB0953 Enrolled -4- LRB9102871MWdv 1 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in 2 paragraph (e) of this Section. 3 The Chairman of a State central committee composed as 4 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the 5 committee's members. 6 Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to 7 the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee, 8 under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central 9 committee of each political party shall be composed of 10 members elected or appointed from the several congressional 11 districts of the State, and of no other person or persons 12 whomsoever. The members of the State central committee 13 shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the 14 full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize 15 by electingfrom among their own numbera chairman, and may 16 at such time elect such officers from among their own number 17 (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient. The 18 outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the party 19 shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of the 20 State central committee elected at the primary of the time 21 and place of such meeting. In the organization and 22 proceedings of the State central committee, each State 23 central committeeman and State central committeewoman shall 24 have one vote for each ballot voted in his or her 25 congressional district by the primary electors of his or her 26 party at the primary election immediately preceding the 27 meeting of the State central committee. Whenever a vacancy 28 occurs in the State central committee of any political party, 29 the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the chairmen of 30 the county central committees of the political party of the 31 counties located within the congressional district in which 32 the vacancy occurs and, if applicable, the ward and township 33 committeemen of the political party in counties of 2,000,000 34 or more inhabitants located within the congressional HB0953 Enrolled -5- LRB9102871MWdv 1 district. If the congressional district in which the vacancy 2 occurs lies wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more 3 inhabitants, the ward and township committeemen of the 4 political party in that congressional district shall vote to 5 fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the vacancy, each 6 chairman of a county central committee and each ward and 7 township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more 8 inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each 9 precinct of the congressional district in which the vacancy 10 exists of his or her county, township, or ward cast by the 11 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election 12 immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the 13 State central committee. The person appointed to fill the 14 vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district in 15 which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter, and, in 16 a committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be 17 of the same sex as his or her predecessor. A political party 18 may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any State 19 convention of such party, determine to return to the election 20 of State central committeeman and State central 21 committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any action 22 taken by a political party at a State convention in 23 accordance with this Section shall be reported to the State 24 Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of such 25 convention within 10 days after such action. 26 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen 27 (b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 28 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in 29 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for 30 one candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. 31 Each candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of 32 and in the ward where he seeks to be elected ward 33 committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes 34 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward. HB0953 Enrolled -6- LRB9102871MWdv 1 At the primary election held on the third Tuesday in March, 2 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in 3 counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or more, 4 outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more, 5 may vote for one candidate of his party for township 6 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must 7 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township 8 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000 9 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or 10 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks 11 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the 12 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman 13 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the 14 primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every 2 15 years thereafter, each primary elector, except in counties 16 having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote for one 17 candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct 18 committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must 19 be a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be 20 elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest 21 number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such 22 party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary 23 shall show the name of the committeeman of each political 24 party. 25 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected 26 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such 27 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the 28 second year after their election. Except as otherwise 29 provided in this Section for certain State central 30 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central 31 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen 32 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary 33 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However, 34 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when HB0953 Enrolled -7- LRB9102871MWdv 1 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in 2 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall 3 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or 4 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor 5 has not been elected or appointed. 6 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist 7 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the 8 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section 9 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the 10 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In 11 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township 12 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one 13 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary 14 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected. 15 County Central Committee 16 (d) The county central committee of each political party 17 in each county shall consist of the various township 18 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if 19 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and 20 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct 21 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his 22 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary 23 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall 24 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part 25 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of 26 his party at the primary election for the nomination of 27 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately 28 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in 29 the organization and proceedings of the county central 30 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for 31 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his 32 party at the primary election for the nomination of 33 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately 34 preceding the meeting of the county central committee. HB0953 Enrolled -8- LRB9102871MWdv 1 Congressional Committee 2 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each 3 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of 4 the county central committees of the counties composing the 5 congressional district, except that in congressional 6 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county, 7 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with 8 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct 9 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if 10 any, of the party representing the precincts within the 11 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the 12 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each 13 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a 14 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of 15 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to 16 vote except in case of a tie. 17 In the organization and proceedings of congressional 18 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township 19 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination 20 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for 21 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of 22 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each 23 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot 24 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may 25 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary 26 election immediately preceding the meeting of the 27 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall 28 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his 29 ward located in such congressional district by the primary 30 electors of his party at the primary election immediately 31 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in 32 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees 33 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of 34 the counties within such district, each chairman of such HB0953 Enrolled -9- LRB9102871MWdv 1 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot 2 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at 3 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the 4 congressional committee. 5 Judicial District Committee 6 (f) The judicial district committee of each political 7 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the 8 chairman of the county central committees of the counties 9 composing the judicial district. 10 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district 11 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central 12 committees of the counties within such district, each 13 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote 14 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors 15 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding 16 the meeting of the judicial district committee. 17 Circuit Court Committee 18 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party 19 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be 20 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of 21 the counties composing the judicial circuit. 22 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court 23 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall 24 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the 25 primary electors of his party at the primary election 26 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court 27 committee. 28 Judicial Subcircuit Committee 29 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each 30 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County 31 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of 32 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit. 33 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial 34 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have HB0953 Enrolled -10- LRB9102871MWdv 1 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a 2 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by 3 the primary electors of his party at the primary election 4 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit 5 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for 6 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case 7 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of 8 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the 9 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee. 10 Municipal Central Committee 11 (h) The municipal central committee of each political 12 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward 13 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing 14 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated 15 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, 16 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central 17 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the 18 county central committee. 19 For political parties, other than a statewide political 20 party, established only within a municipality or township, 21 the municipal or township managing committee shall be 22 composed of the party officers of the local established 23 party. The party officers of a local established party shall 24 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for 25 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to 26 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers 27 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under 28 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by 29 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and 30 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's 31 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party 32 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5, 33 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's 34 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers. HB0953 Enrolled -11- LRB9102871MWdv 1 Powers 2 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the 3 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the 4 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of 5 this Article. The several committees herein provided for 6 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or 7 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this 8 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing 9 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees. 10 (j) The State central committee of a political party 11 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) 12 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the 13 delegate selection rules of the national political party and 14 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections 15 when approved by a national political party. 16 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a 17 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State 18 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the 19 State central committee of a political party which elects its 20 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, 21 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and 22 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships 23 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional 24 District from which the absent State central committeeman or 25 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of 26 the county central committees of those counties which lie 27 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and 28 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When 29 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman 30 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one 31 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township, 32 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the 33 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was 34 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or HB0953 Enrolled -12- LRB9102871MWdv 1 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the 2 rules of a political party which elects its members by 3 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section. 4 (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.) 5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 6 becoming law.