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92_SB1732eng SB1732 Engrossed SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -2- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -3- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -4- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -5- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -6- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -7- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -8- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -9- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -10- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -11- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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 SB1732 Engrossed -12- SRS92SB0059PMcp 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.)