State of Illinois
92nd General Assembly
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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    Section 7-8 as follows:

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

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