HB0629sam001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh

Filed: 7/19/2004

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 629

AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend House Bill 629 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4		"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5		Sections 4-8, 5-7, 6-35, 7-8, 7-9, 7-41, 9-1.5, 9-1.7, 9-1.8,
6		9-1.9, 9-1.14, 9-9.5, 10-14, 12-5, 17-29, 19-2.2, 21-2, 22-1,
7		22-3, 22-7, 22-8, and 22-17 and by adding Section 1A-19 as
8		follows:
9		(10 ILCS 5/1A-19 new)
10		Sec. 1A-19. Effect of extension of canvassing period on
11		terms of public offices and official acts.
12		(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the
13		proclamation of election results for an elected office has not
14		been issued by the date of the commencement of the term of that
15		elected office because of the extension of canvassing periods
16		under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, then
17		the term of the elected office shall commence on a date 14 days
18		after the proclamation of election results is issued for that
19		elected office.
20		(b) If subsection (a) applies to the commencement date of
21		an elected official's term, and if the elected official is
22		authorized or required by law to perform an official act by a
23		date occurring before the commencement of his or her term of
24		office, including but not limited to holding an organizational

1		meeting of the public body to which the public official is
2		elected, then notwithstanding any law to the contrary the date
3		by which the act shall be performed shall be a date 14 days
4		after the date otherwise established by law.
5		(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or
6		of this Code to the contrary, the terms of office for Supreme,
7		Appellate, and Circuit Judges commence on the first Monday in
8		December following their election or retention. Judicial
9		election results must be proclaimed before that date.
10		(10 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-8)
11		Sec. 4-8. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
12		number of blank forms for the registration of electors, which
13		shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
14		consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
15		contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
16		required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
17		nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
18		record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
19		as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
20		The registration record card shall contain the following
21		and such other information as the county clerk may think it
22		proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
23		registration:
24		Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
25		or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
26		for such middle name, if any.
27		Sex.
28		Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
29		other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
30		or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
31		number, and such additional clear and definite description as
32		may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
33		dwelling of the applicant. Where the location cannot be

1		determined by street and number, then the section,
2		congressional township and range number may be used, or such
3		other description as may be necessary, including post-office
4		mailing address. In the case of a homeless individual, the
5		individual's voting residence that is his or her mailing
6		address shall be included on his or her registration record
7		card.
8		Term of residence in the State of Illinois and precinct.
9		This information shall be furnished by the applicant stating
10		the place or places where he resided and the dates during which
11		he resided in such place or places during the year next
12		preceding the date of the next ensuing election.
13		Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
14		born.
15		Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
16		naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
17		naturalization.
18		Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
19		and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
20		Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
21		Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
22		of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
23		The county and state in which the applicant was last
24		registered.
25		Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
26		and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
27		registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
28		to the affidavit on both the original and duplicate
29		registration record cards.
30		Signature of deputy registrar or officer of registration.
31		In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
32		his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered
33		to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
34		description of the applicant in the space provided on the back

1		or at the bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the
2		following questions and record the answers thereto:
3		Father's first name.
4		Mother's first name.
5		From what address did the applicant last register?
6		Reason for inability to sign name.
7		Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
8		substantially the following form:
9		AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
10		STATE OF ILLINOIS
11		COUNTY OF .......
12		I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
13		United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
14		have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
15		precinct in which I reside 30 days and that I intend that this
16		location shall be my residence; that I am fully qualified to
17		vote, and that the above statements are true.
18		..............................
19		(His or her signature or mark)
20		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
21		..................................
22		Signature of registration officer.
23		(To be signed in presence of registrant.)
24		Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
25		record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
26		registered thereon.
27		Each registration record card shall be numbered according
28		to precincts, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
29		identification in such manner as the county clerk may
30		determine.
31		The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
32		shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
33		except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.

1		On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
2		intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
3		extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
4		records of the election authority during the period beginning
5		with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
6		28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
7		hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
8		of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
9		authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
10		sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
11		records but the election authority is not required to extend
12		its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
13		business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
14		extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
15		such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
16		inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
17		during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
18		Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
19		certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
20		polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
21		to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
22		to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
23		or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
24		record cards.
25		Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
26		electronic data processing information containing voter
27		registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
28		within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
29		within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
30		State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For
31		the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
32		27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
33		Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
34		the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone

1		number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
2		precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
3		legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
4		noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
5		obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
6		the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
7		circuit court of the county in which the election authority
8		maintains the registration information. The costs of
9		furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
10		rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
11		jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
12		be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
13		Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
14		purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
15		discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
16		political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
17		Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
18		to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
19		cost. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data shall
20		be furnished by the county clerk to local political committees
21		at their request and at a reasonable cost. To protect the
22		privacy and confidentiality of voter registration information,
23		the disclosure of electronic voter registration records to any
24		person or entity other than to a State or local political
25		committee and other than to a governmental entity for a
26		governmental purpose is specifically prohibited. Copies of the
27		tapes, discs, or other electronic data shall be furnished by
28		the county clerk to local political committees and governmental
29		entities at their request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable
30		cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera for this purpose would be
31		the cost of duplication plus 15% for administration. The
32		individual representing a political committee requesting
33		copies of such tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the
34		information shall be used only for bona fide political

1		purposes, including by or for candidates for office or
2		incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other electronic
3		data shall not be used under any circumstances by any political
4		committee or individuals for purposes of commercial
5		solicitation or other business purposes. If such tapes contain
6		information on county residents related to the operations of
7		county government in addition to registration information,
8		that information shall not be used under any circumstances for
9		commercial solicitation or other business purposes. The
10		prohibition in this Section against using the computer tapes or
11		computer discs or other electronic data processing information
12		containing voter registration information for purposes of
13		commercial solicitation or other business purposes shall be
14		prospective only from the effective date of this amended Act of
15		1979. Any person who violates this provision shall be guilty of
16		a Class 4 felony.
17		The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
18		1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
19		uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
20		of voter registration information. The regulations shall
21		include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
22		medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
23		employed by the election authorities of this State in the
24		electronic data processing of voter registration information.
25		Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
26		of voter registration information shall comply with such
27		regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
28		If the applicant for registration was last registered in
29		another county within this State, he shall also sign a
30		certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
31		registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
32		following form:
33		To the County Clerk of.... County, Illinois. (or)
34		To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.

1		This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
2		(city) and that my residence was ............................
3		Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby authorize
4		you to cancel said registration in your office.
5		Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
6		.................................
7		(Signature of Voter)
8		Attest: ................, County Clerk, .............
9		County, Illinois.
10		The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
11		by the County Clerk to the County Clerk (or election commission
12		as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
13		registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
14		for cancellation of any previous registration.
15		(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
16		93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
17		(10 ILCS 5/5-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-7)
18		Sec. 5-7. The county clerk shall provide a sufficient
19		number of blank forms for the registration of electors which
20		shall be known as registration record cards and which shall
21		consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of suitable size to
22		contain in plain writing and figures the data hereinafter
23		required thereon or shall consist of computer cards of suitable
24		nature to contain the data required thereon. The registration
25		record cards, which shall include an affidavit of registration
26		as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in duplicate.
27		The registration record card shall contain the following
28		and such other information as the county clerk may think it
29		proper to require for the identification of the applicant for
30		registration:
31		Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
32		or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
33		for such middle name, if any.

1		Sex.
2		Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
3		other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
4		or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
5		number, and such additional clear and definite description as
6		may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
7		dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
8		address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
9		voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
10		included on his or her registration record card.
11		Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
12		precinct. Which questions may be answered by the applicant
13		stating, in excess of 30 days in the State and in excess of 30
14		days in the precinct.
15		Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
16		born.
17		Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
18		naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
19		naturalization.
20		Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
21		and year when applicant presented himself for registration.
22		Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
23		Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
24		of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
25		The county and state in which the applicant was last
26		registered.
27		Signature of voter. The applicant, after the registration
28		and in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
29		registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
30		to the affidavit on the original and duplicate registration
31		record card.
32		Signature of Deputy Registrar.
33		In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
34		his mark to the affidavit. In such case the officer empowered

1		to give the registration oath shall write a detailed
2		description of the applicant in the space provided at the
3		bottom of the card or sheet; and shall ask the following
4		questions and record the answers thereto:
5		Father's first name .......................
6		Mother's first name .......................
7		From what address did you last register?
8		Reason for inability to sign name.
9		Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
10		substantially the following form:
11		AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
12		State of Illinois)
13		)ss
14		County of )
15		I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
16		United States; that on the date of the next election I shall
17		have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
18		precinct in which I reside 30 days; that I am fully qualified
19		to vote. That I intend that this location shall be my residence
20		and that the above statements are true.
21		..............................
22		(His or her signature or mark)
23		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
24		.........................................
25		Signature of Registration Officer.
26		(To be signed in presence of Registrant.)
27		Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
28		record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
29		registered thereon.
30		Each registration record card shall be numbered according
31		to towns and precincts, wards, cities and villages, as the case
32		may be, and may be serially or otherwise marked for
33		identification in such manner as the county clerk may

1		determine.
2		The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
3		shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
4		except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
5		On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
6		intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
7		extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
8		records of the election authority during the period beginning
9		with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
10		28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
11		hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
12		of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
13		authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
14		sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
15		records but the election authority is not required to extend
16		its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
17		business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
18		extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
19		such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
20		inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
21		during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
22		Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
23		certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
24		polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
25		to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
26		to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
27		or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
28		record cards.
29		Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
30		electronic data processing information containing voter
31		registration information shall be furnished by the county clerk
32		within 10 days after December 15 and May 15 each year and
33		within 10 days after each registration period is closed to the
34		State Board of Elections in a form prescribed by the Board. For

1		the purposes of this Section, a registration period is closed
2		27 days before the date of any regular or special election.
3		Registration information shall include, but not be limited to,
4		the following information: name, sex, residence, telephone
5		number, if any, age, party affiliation, if applicable,
6		precinct, ward, township, county, and representative,
7		legislative and congressional districts. In the event of
8		noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is directed to
9		obtain compliance forthwith with this nondiscretionary duty of
10		the election authority by instituting legal proceedings in the
11		circuit court of the county in which the election authority
12		maintains the registration information. The costs of
13		furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall be paid at a
14		rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in the election
15		jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or disc and shall
16		be paid from appropriations made to the State Board of
17		Elections for reimbursement to the election authority for such
18		purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such tapes,
19		discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to state
20		political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
21		Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
22		to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
23		cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
24		registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
25		registration records to any person or entity other than to a
26		State or local political committee and other than to a
27		governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
28		prohibited. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data
29		shall be furnished by the county clerk to local political
30		committees and governmental entities at their request and at a
31		reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes, discs, et cetera
32		for this purpose would be the cost of duplication plus 15% for
33		administration. The individual representing a political
34		committee requesting copies of such tapes shall make a sworn

1		affidavit that the information shall be used only for bona fide
2		political purposes, including by or for candidates for office
3		or incumbent office holders. Such tapes, discs or other
4		electronic data shall not be used under any circumstances by
5		any political committee or individuals for purposes of
6		commercial solicitation or other business purposes. If such
7		tapes contain information on county residents related to the
8		operations of county government in addition to registration
9		information, that information shall not be used under any
10		circumstances for commercial solicitation or other business
11		purposes. The prohibition in this Section against using the
12		computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic data
13		processing information containing voter registration
14		information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
15		business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
16		date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
17		provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
18		The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
19		1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
20		uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
21		of voter registration information. The regulations shall
22		include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
23		medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
24		employed by the election authorities of this State in the
25		electronic data processing of voter registration information.
26		Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
27		of voter registration information shall comply with such
28		regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
29		If the applicant for registration was last registered in
30		another county within this State, he shall also sign a
31		certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
32		registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
33		following form:
34		To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois. To the Election

1		Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
2		This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
3		(city) and that my residence was .....
4		Having moved out of your (county) (city), I hereby
5		authorize you to cancel said registration in your office.
6		Dated at .... Illinois, on (insert date).
7		....................
8		(Signature of Voter)
9		Attest ......, County Clerk, ........ County, Illinois.
10		The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
11		by the county clerk to the county clerk (or election commission
12		as the case may be) where the applicant was formerly
13		registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be full authority
14		for cancellation of any previous registration.
15		(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
16		93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
17		(10 ILCS 5/6-35) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-35)
18		Sec. 6-35. The Boards of Election Commissioners shall
19		provide a sufficient number of blank forms for the registration
20		of electors which shall be known as registration record cards
21		and which shall consist of loose leaf sheets or cards, of
22		suitable size to contain in plain writing and figures the data
23		hereinafter required thereon or shall consist of computer cards
24		of suitable nature to contain the data required thereon. The
25		registration record cards, which shall include an affidavit of
26		registration as hereinafter provided, shall be executed in
27		duplicate. The duplicate of which may be a carbon copy of the
28		original or a copy of the original made by the use of other
29		method or material used for making simultaneous true copies or
30		duplications.
31		The registration record card shall contain the following
32		and such other information as the Board of Election
33		Commissioners may think it proper to require for the

1		identification of the applicant for registration:
2		Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
3		or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
4		for such middle name, if any.
5		Sex.
6		Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue, or
7		other location of the dwelling, including the apartment, unit
8		or room number, if any, and in the case of a mobile home the lot
9		number, and such additional clear and definite description as
10		may be necessary to determine the exact location of the
11		dwelling of the applicant, including post-office mailing
12		address. In the case of a homeless individual, the individual's
13		voting residence that is his or her mailing address shall be
14		included on his or her registration record card.
15		Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
16		precinct.
17		Nativity. The state or country in which the applicant was
18		born.
19		Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
20		naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place, and date of
21		naturalization.
22		Date of application for registration, i.e., the day, month
23		and year when the applicant presented himself for registration.
24		Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
25		Physical disability of the applicant, if any, at the time
26		of registration, which would require assistance in voting.
27		The county and state in which the applicant was last
28		registered.
29		Signature of voter. The applicant, after registration and
30		in the presence of a deputy registrar or other officer of
31		registration shall be required to sign his or her name in ink
32		to the affidavit on both the original and the duplicate
33		registration record card.
34		Signature of deputy registrar.

1		In case applicant is unable to sign his name, he may affix
2		his mark to the affidavit. In such case the registration
3		officer shall write a detailed description of the applicant in
4		the space provided at the bottom of the card or sheet; and
5		shall ask the following questions and record the answers
6		thereto:
7		Father's first name .........................
8		Mother's first name .........................
9		From what address did you last register? ....
10		Reason for inability to sign name ...........
11		Each applicant for registration shall make an affidavit in
12		substantially the following form:
13		AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
14		State of Illinois )
15		)ss
16		County of ....... )
17		I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
18		United States, that on the day of the next election I shall
19		have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
20		precinct 30 days and that I intend that this location is my
21		residence; that I am fully qualified to vote, and that the
22		above statements are true.
23		..............................
24		(His or her signature or mark)
25		Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
26		......................................
27		Signature of registration officer
28		(to be signed in presence of registrant).
29		Space shall be provided upon the face of each registration
30		record card for the notation of the voting record of the person
31		registered thereon.
32		Each registration record card shall be numbered according
33		to wards or precincts, as the case may be, and may be serially
34		or otherwise marked for identification in such manner as the

1		Board of Election Commissioners may determine.
2		The registration cards shall be deemed public records and
3		shall be open to inspection during regular business hours,
4		except during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
5		On written request of any candidate or objector or any person
6		intending to object to a petition, the election authority shall
7		extend its hours for inspection of registration cards and other
8		records of the election authority during the period beginning
9		with the filing of petitions under Sections 7-10, 8-8, 10-6 or
10		28-3 and continuing through the termination of electoral board
11		hearings on any objections to petitions containing signatures
12		of registered voters in the jurisdiction of the election
13		authority. The extension shall be for a period of hours
14		sufficient to allow adequate opportunity for examination of the
15		records but the election authority is not required to extend
16		its hours beyond the period beginning at its normal opening for
17		business and ending at midnight. If the business hours are so
18		extended, the election authority shall post a public notice of
19		such extended hours. Registration record cards may also be
20		inspected, upon approval of the officer in charge of the cards,
21		during the 27 days immediately preceding any election.
22		Registration record cards shall also be open to inspection by
23		certified judges and poll watchers and challengers at the
24		polling place on election day, but only to the extent necessary
25		to determine the question of the right of a person to vote or
26		to serve as a judge of election. At no time shall poll watchers
27		or challengers be allowed to physically handle the registration
28		record cards.
29		Updated copies of computer tapes or computer discs or other
30		electronic data processing information containing voter
31		registration information shall be furnished by the Board of
32		Election Commissioners within 10 days after December 15 and May
33		15 each year and within 10 days after each registration period
34		is closed to the State Board of Elections in a form prescribed

1		by the State Board. For the purposes of this Section, a
2		registration period is closed 27 days before the date of any
3		regular or special election. Registration information shall
4		include, but not be limited to, the following information:
5		name, sex, residence, telephone number, if any, age, party
6		affiliation, if applicable, precinct, ward, township, county,
7		and representative, legislative and congressional districts.
8		In the event of noncompliance, the State Board of Elections is
9		directed to obtain compliance forthwith with this
10		nondiscretionary duty of the election authority by instituting
11		legal proceedings in the circuit court of the county in which
12		the election authority maintains the registration information.
13		The costs of furnishing updated copies of tapes or discs shall
14		be paid at a rate of $.00034 per name of registered voters in
15		the election jurisdiction, but not less than $50 per tape or
16		disc and shall be paid from appropriations made to the State
17		Board of Elections for reimbursement to the election authority
18		for such purpose. The State Board shall furnish copies of such
19		tapes, discs, other electronic data or compilations thereof to
20		state political committees registered pursuant to the Illinois
21		Campaign Finance Act or the Federal Election Campaign Act and
22		to governmental entities, at their request and at a reasonable
23		cost. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of voter
24		registration information, the disclosure of electronic voter
25		registration records to any person or entity other than to a
26		State or local political committee and other than to a
27		governmental entity for a governmental purpose is specifically
28		prohibited. Copies of the tapes, discs or other electronic data
29		shall be furnished by the Board of Election Commissioners to
30		local political committees and governmental entities at their
31		request and at a reasonable cost. Reasonable cost of the tapes,
32		discs, et cetera for this purpose would be the cost of
33		duplication plus 15% for administration. The individual
34		representing a political committee requesting copies of such

1		tapes shall make a sworn affidavit that the information shall
2		be used only for bona fide political purposes, including by or
3		for candidates for office or incumbent office holders. Such
4		tapes, discs or other electronic data shall not be used under
5		any circumstances by any political committee or individuals for
6		purposes of commercial solicitation or other business
7		purposes. If such tapes contain information on county residents
8		related to the operations of county government in addition to
9		registration information, that information shall not be used
10		under any circumstances for commercial solicitation or other
11		business purposes. The prohibition in this Section against
12		using the computer tapes or computer discs or other electronic
13		data processing information containing voter registration
14		information for purposes of commercial solicitation or other
15		business purposes shall be prospective only from the effective
16		date of this amended Act of 1979. Any person who violates this
17		provision shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
18		The State Board of Elections shall promulgate, by October
19		1, 1987, such regulations as may be necessary to ensure
20		uniformity throughout the State in electronic data processing
21		of voter registration information. The regulations shall
22		include, but need not be limited to, specifications for uniform
23		medium, communications protocol and file structure to be
24		employed by the election authorities of this State in the
25		electronic data processing of voter registration information.
26		Each election authority utilizing electronic data processing
27		of voter registration information shall comply with such
28		regulations on and after May 15, 1988.
29		If the applicant for registration was last registered in
30		another county within this State, he shall also sign a
31		certificate authorizing cancellation of the former
32		registration. The certificate shall be in substantially the
33		following form:
34		To the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois.

1		To the Election Commission of the City of ...., Illinois.
2		This is to certify that I am registered in your (county)
3		(city) and that my residence was ..... Having moved out of your
4		(county), (city), I hereby authorize you to cancel that
5		registration in your office.
6		Dated at ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
7		....................
8		(Signature of Voter)
9		Attest ...., Clerk, Election Commission of the City of....,
10		Illinois.
11		The cancellation certificate shall be mailed immediately
12		by the clerk of the Election Commission to the county clerk,
13		(or Election Commission as the case may be) where the applicant
14		was formerly registered. Receipt of such certificate shall be
15		full authority for cancellation of any previous registration.
16		(Source: P.A. 92-465, eff. 1-1-02; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02;
17		93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
18		(10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
19		Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
20		one or two members from each congressional district in the
21		State and shall be elected as follows:
22		State Central Committee
23		(a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
24		amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
25		political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
26		which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
27		State central committee of that party.
28		Alternative A. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in
29		March 1970, and at the primary held every 4 years thereafter,
30		each primary elector may vote for one candidate of his party
31		for member of the State central committee for the congressional
32		district in which he resides. The candidate receiving the
33		highest number of votes shall be declared elected State central

1		committeeman from the district. A political party may, in lieu
2		of the foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
3		convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the
4		State central committeemen in the manner following:
5		At the county convention held by such political party State
6		central committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as
7		provided in this Article for the election of officers of the
8		county central committee, and such election shall follow the
9		election of officers of the county central committee. Each
10		elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast as
11		his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township,
12		part of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
13		election of his political party. In the case of a county lying
14		partially within one congressional district and partially
15		within another congressional district, each ward, township or
16		precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
17		congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
18		township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional
19		district which encompasses more than one county, each ward,
20		township or precinct committeeman residing within the
21		congressional district shall cast as his vote one vote for each
22		ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or
23		precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
24		political party for one candidate of his party for member of
25		the State central committee for the congressional district in
26		which he resides and the Chairman of the county central
27		committee shall report the results of the election to the State
28		Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall certify
29		the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
30		State central committeeman for that congressional district.
31		The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
32		for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
33		members of the State central committee.
34		After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st

1		General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
2		Chairman of a State central committee, or at the end of the
3		term of office of Chairman, the State central committee of each
4		political party that has selected Alternative A shall elect a
5		Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State
6		Central Committee. The Chairman shall be a registered voter in
7		this State and of the same political party as the State central
8		committee.
9		Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
10		30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a
11		person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
12		that congressional district to serve as an additional member of
13		the State central committee until his or her successor is
14		elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
15		congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
16		on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
17		each congressional district at the general primary election
18		held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
19		receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
20		candidates for State central committeeman, and the female
21		candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's
22		female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be
23		declared elected State central committeeman and State central
24		committeewoman from the district. At the general primary
25		election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
26		party's candidates for State central committeemen or State
27		central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the
28		same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
29		shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State
30		central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
31		failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
32		vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
33		member of the State central committee from the district. This
34		vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional

1		committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
2		fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
3		district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
4		committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each
5		congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
6		on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
7		The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
8		provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
9		committee's members.
10		Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the
11		selection of the Chairman of the State central committee, under
12		both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee
13		of each political party shall be composed of members elected or
14		appointed from the several congressional districts of the
15		State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever. The
16		members of the State central committee shall, within 30 days
17		after each quadrennial election of the full committee, meet in
18		the city of Springfield and organize by electing a chairman,
19		and may at such time elect such officers from among their own
20		number (or otherwise), as they may deem necessary or expedient.
21		The outgoing chairman of the State central committee of the
22		party shall, 10 days before the meeting, notify each member of
23		the State central committee elected at the primary of the time
24		and place of such meeting. In the organization and proceedings
25		of the State central committee, each State central committeeman
26		and State central committeewoman shall have one vote for each
27		ballot voted in his or her congressional district by the
28		primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
29		immediately preceding the meeting of the State central
30		committee. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central
31		committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
32		by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
33		of the political party of the counties located within the
34		congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if

1		applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the political
2		party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located
3		within the congressional district. If the congressional
4		district in which the vacancy occurs lies wholly within a
5		county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the ward and township
6		committeemen of the political party in that congressional
7		district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In voting to fill the
8		vacancy, each chairman of a county central committee and each
9		ward and township committeeman in counties of 2,000,000 or more
10		inhabitants shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
11		precinct of the congressional district in which the vacancy
12		exists of his or her county, township, or ward cast by the
13		primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
14		immediately preceding the meeting to fill the vacancy in the
15		State central committee. The person appointed to fill the
16		vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional district in
17		which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified voter, and, in a
18		committee composed as provided in Alternative B, shall be of
19		the same sex as his or her predecessor. A political party may,
20		by a majority vote of the delegates of any State convention of
21		such party, determine to return to the election of State
22		central committeeman and State central committeewoman by the
23		vote of primary electors. Any action taken by a political party
24		at a State convention in accordance with this Section shall be
25		reported to the State Board of Elections by the chairman and
26		secretary of such convention within 10 days after such action.
27		Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
28		(b) At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
29		1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
30		cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
31		candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. Each
32		candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of and in
33		the ward where he seeks to be elected ward committeeman. The
34		one having the highest number of votes shall be such ward

1		committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary
2		election held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970, and every 4
3		years thereafter, each primary elector in counties containing a
4		population of 2,000,000 or more, outside of cities containing a
5		population of 200,000 or more, may vote for one candidate of
6		his party for township committeeman. Each candidate for
7		township committeeman must be a resident of and in the township
8		or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
9		population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a
10		population of 2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part
11		of a township he seeks to be elected township committeeman. The
12		one having the highest number of votes shall be such township
13		committeeman of such party for such township or part of a
14		township. At the primary held on the third Tuesday in March,
15		1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector, except
16		in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
17		for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
18		committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be
19		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 provided
29		in this Section for certain State central committeemen who have
30		2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
31		committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such
32		committeemen until the date of primary to be held in the fourth
33		year after their election. However, a vacancy exists in the
34		office of precinct committeeman when a precinct committeeman

1		ceases to reside in the precinct in which he was elected and
2		such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have nor
3		exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that
4		precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
5		appointed.
6		(c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
7		the precinct committeemen of such party, in the multi-township
8		assessing district formed pursuant to Section 2-10 of the
9		Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set
10		forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In the
11		organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
12		Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
13		each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
14		his party at the primary at which he was elected.
15		County Central Committee
16		(d) The county central committee of each political party in
17		each county shall consist of the various township committeemen,
18		precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such
19		party in the county. In the organization and proceedings of the
20		county central committee, each precinct committeeman shall
21		have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the
22		primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
23		elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
24		each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the
25		case may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
26		election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
27		General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
28		county central committee; and in the organization and
29		proceedings of the county central committee, each ward
30		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
31		ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary
32		election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
33		General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
34		county central committee.

1		Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
2		(d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
3		each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
4		various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
5		that party in the portions of the county composing the board of
6		review election district. In the organization and proceedings
7		of each of the 3 election district committees, each township
8		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
9		or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
10		the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
11		election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
12		review election district committee; and in the organization and
13		proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
14		ward committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
15		his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the
16		primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
17		immediately preceding the meeting of the board of review
18		election district committee.
19		Congressional Committee
20		(e) The congressional committee of each party in each
21		congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
22		county central committees of the counties composing the
23		congressional district, except that in congressional districts
24		wholly within the territorial limits of one county, or partly
25		within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with the county
26		lines of all of such counties, the precinct committeemen,
27		township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of the
28		party representing the precincts within the limits of the
29		congressional district, shall compose the congressional
30		committee. A State central committeeman in each district shall
31		be a member and the chairman or, when a district has 2 State
32		central committeemen, a co-chairman of the congressional
33		committee, but shall not have the right to vote except in case
34		of a tie.

1		In the organization and proceedings of congressional
2		committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
3		committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination thereof,
4		each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
5		voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his party at
6		the primary at which he was elected, each township committeeman
7		shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or
8		part of a township as the case may be by the primary electors
9		of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
10		meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward
11		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
12		precinct of his ward located in such congressional district by
13		the primary electors of his party at the primary election
14		immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional
15		committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
16		congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county
17		central committees of the counties within such district, each
18		chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
19		for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of
20		his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
21		meeting of the congressional committee.
22		Judicial District Committee
23		(f) The judicial district committee of each political party
24		in each judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of
25		the county central committees of the counties composing the
26		judicial district.
27		In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
28		committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
29		committees of the counties within such district, each chairman
30		of such county central committee shall have one vote for each
31		ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
32		at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
33		the judicial district committee.
34		Circuit Court Committee

1		(g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
2		each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
3		the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
4		composing the judicial circuit.
5		In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
6		committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
7		have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
8		primary electors of his party at the primary election
9		immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
10		committee.
11		Judicial Subcircuit Committee
12		(g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political
13		party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided
14		into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township
15		committeemen of the townships and wards composing the judicial
16		subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct committeemen of
17		the precincts composing the judicial subcircuit in any county
18		other than Cook County.
19		In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
20		subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
21		one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
22		township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the
23		primary electors of his party at the primary election
24		immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
25		committee; each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
26		each ballot voted in his precinct or part of a precinct, as the
27		case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors
28		of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
29		meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee; and each ward
30		committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
31		ward or part of a ward, as the case may be, in the judicial
32		subcircuit by the primary electors of his party at the primary
33		election immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial
34		subcircuit committee.

1		Municipal Central Committee
2		(h) The municipal central committee of each political party
3		shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
4		committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
5		the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
6		town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, township
7		or ward committeeman on the municipal central committee shall
8		be the same as his voting strength on the county central
9		committee.
10		For political parties, other than a statewide political
11		party, established only within a municipality or township, the
12		municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
13		the party officers of the local established party. The party
14		officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the
15		chairman and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities
16		and townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
17		caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
18		vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
19		and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
20		candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
21		shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
22		primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
23		of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
24		party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's
25		officers.
26		Powers
27		(i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
28		usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
29		thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
30		The several committees herein provided for shall not have power
31		to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other
32		person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed
33		to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership
34		proper and necessary subcommittees.

1		(j) The State central committee of a political party which
2		elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
3		Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate
4		selection rules of the national political party and file a copy
5		of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by
6		a national political party.
7		(k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
8		Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
9		central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the State
10		central committee of a political party which elects its members
11		by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy
12		shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and township
13		committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships which lie
14		entirely or partially within the Congressional District from
15		which the absent State central committeeman or committeewoman
16		was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county central
17		committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially
18		within that Congressional District and in which there are no
19		ward or township committeemen. When voting for such proxy the
20		county chairman, ward committeeman or township committeeman,
21		as the case may be shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
22		his county, ward or township, or portion thereof within the
23		Congressional District, by the primary electors of his party at
24		the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
25		central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy
26		when permitted by the rules of a political party which elects
27		its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
28		Section.
29		Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
30		ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
31		committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
32		statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of
33		conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
34		a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall

1		automatically become vacant.
2		(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-574, eff. 8-21-03;
3		revised 9-22-03.)
4		(10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
5		Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State
6		conventions.
7		(a) On the 29th day second Monday next succeeding the
8		primary at which committeemen are elected, the county central
9		committee of each political party shall meet within at the
10		county seat of the proper county and proceed to organize by
11		electing from its own number a chairman and either from its own
12		number, or otherwise, such other officers as such committee may
13		deem necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county central
14		committee shall be known as the county convention.
15		The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days
16		after the organization, forward to the State Board of
17		Elections, the names and post office addresses of the officers,
18		precinct committeemen and representative committeemen elected
19		by his political party.
20		The county convention of each political party shall choose
21		delegates to the State convention of its party; but in any
22		county having within its limits any city having a population of
23		200,000, or over the delegates from such city shall be chosen
24		by wards, the ward committeemen from the respective wards
25		choosing the number of delegates to which such ward is entitled
26		on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this Section such
27		delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
28		convention from such county. In all counties containing a
29		population of 2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a
30		population of 200,000 or more, the delegates from each of the
31		townships or parts of townships as the case may be shall be
32		chosen by townships or parts of townships as the case may be,
33		the township committeemen from the respective townships or

1		parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of
2		delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the
3		case may be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph
4		(e) of this Section such delegates to be members of the
5		delegation to the State convention from such county.
6		Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
7		party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
8		(a) of Section 7-8 shall be a delegate to the State Convention,
9		ex officio.
10		Each member of the State Central Committee of a political
11		party which elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph
12		(a) of Section 7-8 may appoint 2 delegates to the State
13		Convention who must be residents of the member's Congressional
14		District.
15		(b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after
16		the general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years
17		thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter, the
18		chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a
19		State convention within 180 days after the general primary.
20		The State convention of each political party has power to
21		make nominations of candidates of its political party for the
22		electors of President and Vice President of the United States,
23		and to adopt any party platform, and, to the extent determined
24		by the State central committee as provided in Section 7-14, to
25		choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
26		national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee
27		may adopt rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the
28		State convention.
29		(c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention
30		shall, within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of
31		Elections of this State a certificate setting forth the names
32		and addresses of all persons nominated by such State convention
33		for electors of President and Vice President of the United
34		States, and of any persons selected by the State convention for

1		delegates and alternate delegates at large to national
2		nominating conventions; and the names of such candidates so
3		chosen by such State convention for electors of President and
4		Vice President of the United States, shall be caused by the
5		State Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot
6		at the general election, in the manner required by law, and
7		shall be certified to the various county clerks of the proper
8		counties in the manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this
9		Article 7 for the certifying of the names of persons nominated
10		by any party for State offices. If and as long as this Act
11		prescribes that the names of such electors be not printed on
12		the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be certified
13		in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act
14		applicable thereto.
15		(d) Each convention may perform all other functions
16		inherent to such political organization and not inconsistent
17		with this Article.
18		(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention,
19		the chairman of the State central committee of each political
20		party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of
21		Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall
22		state, among other things, the time and place (designating the
23		building or hall) for holding the State convention. Such call
24		shall be signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary
25		of the committee. In such convention each county shall be
26		entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by the
27		primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to
28		be held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such
29		county, less than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of
30		ballots so voted is not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall
31		be one delegate for such group which is less than 500, or for
32		such group representing the number of votes over the multiple
33		of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of one vote for each
34		primary vote so represented by him. The call for such

1		convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in
2		full and shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen
3		be calculated in compliance herewith and that such number of
4		delegates be chosen.
5		(f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when
6		elected as provided in this Section shall serve as though
7		elected at large irrespective of any changes that may be made
8		in precinct, township or ward boundaries and the voting
9		strength of each committeeman shall remain as provided in this
10		Section for the entire time for which he is elected.
11		(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in
12		this Section shall serve until their successors are elected as
13		provided in this Act.
14		(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be
15		called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members
16		of such committee, by giving 5 days notice to members of such
17		committee in writing designating the time and place at which
18		such special meeting is to be held and the business which it is
19		proposed to present at such special meeting.
20		(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a
21		vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman because
22		no one was elected to that office or because the precinct
23		committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct or for any other
24		reason, the chairman of the county central committee of the
25		appropriate political party may fill the vacancy in such office
26		by appointment of a qualified resident of the county and the
27		appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though elected;
28		however, no such appointment may be made between the general
29		primary election and the 30th 14th day after the general
30		primary election.
31		(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State
32		of Illinois is reduced as a result of reapportionment of
33		Congressional Districts following a federal decennial census,
34		the State Central Committeemen and Committeewomen of a

1		political party which elects its State Central Committee by
2		either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of
3		Section 7-8 who were previously elected shall continue to serve
4		as if no reapportionment had occurred until the expiration of
5		their terms.
6		(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)
7		(10 ILCS 5/7-41) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-41)
8		Sec. 7-41. (a) All officers upon whom is imposed by law the
9		duty of designating and providing polling places for general
10		elections, shall provide in each such polling place so
11		designated and provided, a sufficient number of booths for such
12		primary election, which booths shall be provided with shelves,
13		such supplies and pencils as will enable the voter to prepare
14		his ballot for voting and in which voters may prepare their
15		ballots screened from all observation as to the manner in which
16		they do so. Such booths shall be within plain view of the
17		election officers and both they and the ballot boxes shall be
18		within plain view of those within the proximity of the voting
19		booths. No person other than election officers and the
20		challengers allowed by law and those admitted for the purpose
21		of voting, as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted within
22		the proximity of the voting booths, except by authority of the
23		primary officers to keep order and enforce the law.
24		(b) The number of such voting booths shall not be less than
25		one to every seventy-five voters or fraction thereof, who voted
26		at the last preceding election in the precinct or election
27		district.
28		(c) No person shall do any electioneering or soliciting of
29		votes on primary day within any polling place or within one
30		hundred feet of any polling place, or, at the option of a
31		church or private school, on any of the property of that church
32		or private school that is a polling place. Election officers
33		shall place 2 or more cones, small United States national

1		flags, or some other marker a distance of 100 horizontal feet
2		from each entrance to the room used by voters to engage in
3		voting, which shall be known as the polling room. If the
4		polling room is located within a building that is a private
5		business, a public or private school, or a church or other
6		organization founded for the purpose of religious worship and
7		the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the interior of
8		the building, then the markers shall be placed outside of the
9		building at each entrance used by voters to enter that building
10		on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare or walkway. If the
11		polling room is located within a public or private building
12		with 2 or more floors and the polling room is located on the
13		ground floor, then the markers shall be placed 100 horizontal
14		feet from each entrance to the polling room used by voters to
15		engage in voting. If the polling room is located in a public or
16		private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is
17		located on a floor above or below the ground floor, then the
18		markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet from the nearest
19		elevator or staircase used by voters on the ground floor to
20		access the floor where the polling room is located. The area
21		within where the markers are placed shall be known as a
22		campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited pursuant
23		to this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
24		Section, a church or private school may choose to apply the
25		campaign free zone to its entire property, and, if so, the
26		markers shall be placed near the boundaries on the grounds
27		adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading to the
28		entrances used by the voters.
29		The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free
30		zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum
31		for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the
32		request of election officers any publicly owned building must
33		be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall
34		have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on

1		any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the
2		campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the placement
3		of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed
4		liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all
5		polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the
6		time that the polls are open on an election day.
7		(d) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
8		property on an election day, including but not limited to the
9		placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
10		function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
11		electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
12		subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and
13		limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
14		(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
15		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
16		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.5) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.5)
17		Sec. 9-1.5. Expenditure defined.
18		"Expenditure" means-
19		(1) a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,
20		deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, in
21		connection with the nomination for election, or election,
22		of any person to public office, in connection with the
23		election of any person as ward or township committeeman in
24		counties of 3,000,000 or more population, or in connection
25		with any question of public policy. "Expenditure" also
26		includes a payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance,
27		deposit, or gift of money or anything of value that
28		constitutes an electioneering communication regardless of
29		whether the communication is made in concert or cooperation
30		with or at the request, suggestion, or knowledge of a the
31		candidate, a the candidate's authorized local political
32		committee, a State political committee, a political
33		committee in support of or opposition to a question of

1		public policy, or any of their agents. However, expenditure
2		does not include -
3		(a) the use of real or personal property and the cost
4		of invitations, food, and beverages, voluntarily provided
5		by an individual in rendering voluntary personal services
6		on the individual's residential premises for
7		candidate-related activities; provided the value of the
8		service provided does not exceed an aggregate of $150 in a
9		reporting period;
10		(b) the sale of any food or beverage by a vendor for
11		use in a candidate's campaign at a charge less than the
12		normal comparable charge, if such charge for use in a
13		candidate's campaign is at least equal to the cost of such
14		food or beverage to the vendor.
15		(2) a transfer of funds between political committees.
16		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
17		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.7) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.7)
18		Sec. 9-1.7. "Local political committee" means the
19		candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
20		committee, association, corporation, or other organization or
21		group of persons which:
22		(a) accepts contributions or grants or makes
23		expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate
24		amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a
25		candidate or candidates for public office who are required
26		by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements
27		of economic interests with the county clerk, or on behalf
28		of or in opposition to a candidate or candidates for
29		election to the office of ward or township committeeman in
30		counties of 3,000,000 or more population;
31		(b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
32		any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
33		in support of or in opposition to any question of public

1		policy to be submitted to the electors of an area
2		encompassing no more than one county; or
3		(c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
4		any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
5		and has as its primary purpose the furtherance of
6		governmental, political or social values, is organized on a
7		not-for-profit basis, and which publicly endorses or
8		publicly opposes a candidate or candidates for public
9		office who are required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
10		Act to file statements of economic interest with the County
11		Clerk or a candidate or candidates for the office of ward
12		or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more
13		population; or .
14		(d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during
15		any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000
16		for electioneering communications relating to any
17		candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) or any
18		question of public policy described in paragraph (b).
19		(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
20		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.8) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.8)
21		Sec. 9-1.8. "State political committee" means the
22		candidate himself or any individual, trust, partnership,
23		committee, association, corporation, or any other organization
24		or group of persons which--
25		(a) accepts contributions or grants or makes expenditures
26		during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding
27		$3,000 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or
28		candidates for public office who are required by the Illinois
29		Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of economic
30		interests with the Secretary of State,
31		(b) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
32		12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 in
33		support of or in opposition to any question of public policy to

1		be submitted to the electors of an area encompassing more than
2		one county, or
3		(c) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
4		12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 and has
5		as its primary purpose the furtherance of governmental,
6		political or social values, is organized on a not-for-profit
7		basis, and which publicly endorses or publicly opposes a
8		candidate or candidates for public office who are required by
9		the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act to file statements of
10		economic interest with the Secretary of State; or .
11		(d) accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any
12		12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 for
13		electioneering communications relating to any candidate or
14		candidates described in paragraph (a) or any question of public
15		policy described in paragraph (b).
16		(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
17		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.9) (from Ch. 46, par. 9-1.9)
18		Sec. 9-1.9. "Political committee" includes State central
19		and county central committees of any political party, and also
20		includes local political committees and state political
21		committees, but does not include any candidate who does not
22		accept contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month
23		period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000, nor does it
24		include, with the exception of State central and county central
25		committees of any political party, any individual, trust,
26		partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any other
27		organization or group of persons which does not (i) accept
28		contributions or make expenditures during any 12-month period
29		in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of or in
30		opposition to a candidate or candidates or to any question of
31		public policy or (ii) accept contributions or make expenditures
32		during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding
33		$3,000 for electioneering communications relating to any

1		candidate or candidates described in paragraph (a) of Section
2		9-1.7 or 9-1.8 or any question of public policy described in
3		paragraph (b) of Section 9-1.7 or 9-1.8, and such candidates
4		and persons shall not be required to comply with any filing
5		provisions in this Article.
6		(Source: P.A. 90-737, eff. 1-1-99.)
7		(10 ILCS 5/9-1.14)
8		Sec. 9-1.14. Electioneering communication defined.
9		(a) "Electioneering communication" means, for the purposes
10		of this Article, any form of communication, in whatever medium,
11		including but not limited to a , newspaper, radio, television,
12		or Internet communication and newspaper communications, that
13		(1) refers to a clearly identified candidate or , candidates who
14		will appear on the ballot, refers to a clearly identified or
15		political party, or refers to a clearly identified question of
16		public policy that will appear on the ballot and (2) is made
17		within (i) 60 days before a general election or consolidated
18		election for the office sought by the candidate or (ii) 30 days
19		before a general primary election for the office sought by the
20		candidate.
21		(b) "Electioneering communication" does not include:
22		(1) A communication, other than an advertisement
23		advertisements, appearing in a news story, commentary, or
24		editorial distributed through the facilities of any
25		legitimate news organization, unless the facilities are
26		owned or controlled by any political party, political
27		committee, or candidate.
28		(2) A communication made solely to promote a candidate
29		debate or forum that is made by or on behalf of the person
30		sponsoring the debate or forum.
31		(3) A communication made as part of a non-partisan
32		activity designed to encourage individuals to vote or to
33		register to vote.

1		(4) A communication by an organization operating and
2		remaining in good standing under Section 501(c)(3) of the
3		Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
4		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03; 93-615, eff. 11-19-03;
5		revised 1-5-04.)
6		(10 ILCS 5/9-9.5)
7		Sec. 9-9.5. Disclosures in political communications. Any
8		political committee, organized under the Election Code, that
9		makes an expenditure for a pamphlet, circular, handbill,
10		Internet communication, radio, television, or print
11		advertisement, or other communication directed at voters and
12		mentioning the name of a candidate in the next upcoming
13		election shall ensure that the name of the political committee
14		paying for any part of the communication, including, but not
15		limited to, its preparation and distribution, is identified
16		clearly within the communication as the payor. This Section
17		does not apply to items that are too small to contain the
18		required disclosure. Nothing in this Section shall require
19		disclosure on any telephone communication using random
20		sampling or other scientific survey methods to gauge public
21		opinion for or against any candidate or question of public
22		policy.
23		(Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03.)
24		(10 ILCS 5/10-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-14)
25		Sec. 10-14. Not less than 67 61 days before the date of the
26		general election the State Board of Elections shall certify to
27		the county clerk of each county the name of each candidate
28		whose nomination papers, certificate of nomination or
29		resolution to fill a vacancy in nomination has been filed with
30		the State Board of Elections and direct the county clerk to
31		place upon the official ballot for the general election the
32		names of such candidates in the same manner and in the same

1		order as shown upon the certification. The name of no candidate
2		for an office to be filled by the electors of the entire state
3		shall be placed upon the official ballot unless his name is
4		duly certified to the county clerk upon a certificate signed by
5		the members of the State Board of Elections. The names of group
6		candidates on petitions shall be certified to the several
7		county clerks in the order in which such names appear on such
8		petitions filed with the State Board of Elections.
9		Not less than 61 55 days before the date of the general
10		election, each county clerk shall certify the names of each of
11		the candidates for county offices whose nomination papers,
12		certificates of nomination or resolutions to fill a vacancy in
13		nomination have been filed with such clerk and declare that the
14		names of such candidates for the respective offices shall be
15		placed upon the official ballot for the general election in the
16		same manner and in the same order as shown upon the
17		certification. Each county clerk shall place a copy of the
18		certification on file in his or her office and at the same time
19		issue to the State Board of Elections a copy of such
20		certification. In addition, each county clerk in whose county
21		there is a board of election commissioners shall, not less than
22		55 days before the election, certify to the board of election
23		commissioners the name of the person or persons nominated for
24		such office as shown by the certificate of the State Board of
25		Elections, together with the names of all other candidates as
26		shown by the certification of county officers on file in the
27		clerk's office, and in the order so certified. The county clerk
28		or board of election commissioners shall print the names of the
29		nominees on the ballot for each office in the order in which
30		they are certified to or filed with the county clerk; provided,
31		that in printing the name of nominees for any office, if any of
32		such nominees have also been nominated by one or more political
33		parties pursuant to this Act, the location of the name of such
34		candidate on the ballot for nominations made under this Article

1		shall be precisely in the same order in which it appears on the
2		certification of the State Board of Elections to the county
3		clerk.
4		For the general election, the candidates of new political
5		parties shall be placed on the ballot for said election after
6		the established political party candidates and in the order of
7		new political party petition filings.
8		Each certification shall indicate, where applicable, the
9		following:
10		(1) The political party affiliation if any, of the
11		candidates for the respective offices;
12		(2) If there is to be more than one candidate elected to an
13		office from the State, political subdivision or district;
14		(3) If the voter has the right to vote for more than one
15		candidate for an office;
16		(4) The term of office, if a vacancy is to be filled for
17		less than a full term or if the offices to be filled in a
18		political subdivision are for different terms.
19		The State Board of Elections or the county clerk, as the
20		case may be, shall issue an amended certification whenever it
21		is discovered that the original certification is in error.
22		(Source: P.A. 86-867.)
23		(10 ILCS 5/12-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 12-5)
24		Sec. 12-5. Notice for public questions. For all elections
25		held after July 1, 1999, notice of public questions shall be
26		required only as set forth in this Section or as set forth in
27		Section 17-3 or 19-3 of the School Code. Not more than 30 days
28		nor less than 10 days before the date of a regular election at
29		which a public question is to be submitted to the voters of a
30		political or governmental subdivision, and at least 20 days
31		before an emergency referendum, the election authority shall
32		publish notice of the referendum. The notice shall be published
33		once in a local, community newspaper having general circulation

1		in the political or governmental subdivision. The notice shall
2		also be given at least 10 days before the date of the election
3		by posting a copy of the notice at the principal office of the
4		election authority. The local election official shall also post
5		a copy of the notice at the principal office of the political
6		or governmental subdivision, or if there is no principal office
7		at the building in which the governing body of the political or
8		governmental subdivision held its first meeting of the calendar
9		year in which the referendum is being held. The election
10		authority and the political or governmental subdivision may,
11		but are not required to, post the notice electronically on
12		their World Wide Web pages. The notice, which shall appear over
13		the name or title of the election authority, shall be
14		substantially in the following form:
15		NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the election to be held
16		on (insert day of the week), (insert date of election), the
17		following proposition will be submitted to the voters of
18		(name of political or governmental subdivision):
19		(insert the public question as it will appear on the
20		ballot)
21		The polls at the election will be open at 6:00 o'clock
22		A.M. and will continue to be open until 7:00 o'clock P.M.
23		of that day.
24		Dated (date of notice)
25		(Name or title of the election authority)
26		The notice shall also include any additional information
27		required by the statute authorizing the public question. The
28		notice may include an explanation in plain language of the
29		question and its purposes. The notice shall set forth the
30		precincts and polling places at which the referendum will be
31		conducted only in the case of emergency referenda.
32		(Source: P.A. 91-57, eff. 6-30-99; 92-6, eff. 6-7-01.)
33		(10 ILCS 5/17-29) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-29)

1		Sec. 17-29. (a) No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other
2		person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering
3		or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion
4		within any polling place, or within 100 feet of any polling
5		place, or, at the option of a church or private school, on any
6		of the property of that church or private school that is a
7		polling place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or oppose any
8		voter while approaching within those areas 100 feet of any
9		polling place for the purpose of voting. Judges of election
10		shall enforce the provisions of this Section.
11		(b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small
12		United States national flags, or some other marker a distance
13		of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by
14		voters to engage in voting, which shall be known as the polling
15		room. If the polling room is located within a building that is
16		a private business, a public or private school, or a church or
17		other organization founded for the purpose of religious worship
18		and the distance of 100 horizontal feet ends within the
19		interior of the building, then the markers shall be placed
20		outside of the building at each entrance used by voters to
21		enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfare
22		or walkway. If the polling room is located within a public or
23		private building with 2 or more floors and the polling room is
24		located on the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed
25		100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the polling room used
26		by voters to engage in voting. If the polling room is located
27		in a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the
28		polling room is located on a floor above or below the ground
29		floor, then the markers shall be placed a distance of 100 feet
30		from the nearest elevator or staircase used by voters on the
31		ground floor to access the floor where the polling room is
32		located. The area within where the markers are placed shall be
33		known as a campaign free zone, and electioneering is prohibited
34		pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding any other

1		provision of this Section, a church or private school may
2		choose to apply the campaign free zone to its entire property,
3		and, if so, the markers shall be placed near the boundaries on
4		the grounds adjacent to the thoroughfares or walkways leading
5		to the entrances used by the voters.
6		The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free
7		zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum
8		for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the
9		request of election officers any publicly owned building must
10		be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall
11		have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on
12		any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the
13		campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the placement
14		of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed
15		liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all
16		polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the
17		time that the polls are open on an election day.
18		(c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
19		property on an election day, including but not limited to the
20		placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
21		function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
22		electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
23		subsection (c) is declared void. This is a denial and
24		limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
25		(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
26		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
27		(10 ILCS 5/19-2.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-2.2)
28		Sec. 19-2.2. (a) During the period beginning on the 40th
29		day preceding an election and continuing through the day
30		preceding such election, no advertising pertaining to any
31		candidate or proposition to be voted upon shall be displayed in
32		or within 100 feet of any room used by voters pursuant to this
33		Article, or, at the option of a church or private school, on

1		any of the property of that church or private school that is a
2		polling place; nor shall any person engage in electioneering in
3		or within 100 feet of any such room, or, at the option of a
4		church or private school, on any of the property of that church
5		or private school that is a polling place. Any person who
6		violates this Section may be punished as for contempt of court.
7		(b) Election officers shall place 2 or more cones, small
8		United States national flags, or some other marker a distance
9		of 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the room used by
10		voters to engage in voting, or, at the option of a church or
11		private school, on any of the property of that church or
12		private school that is a polling place, which shall be known as
13		the polling room. If the polling room is located within a
14		building that is a private business, a public or private
15		school, or a church or other organization founded for the
16		purpose of religious worship and the distance of 100 horizontal
17		feet ends within the interior of the building, then the markers
18		shall be placed outside of the building at each entrance used
19		by voters to enter that building on the grounds adjacent to the
20		thoroughfare or walkway. If the polling room is located within
21		a public or private building with 2 or more floors and the
22		polling room is located on the ground floor, then the markers
23		shall be placed 100 horizontal feet from each entrance to the
24		polling room used by voters to engage in voting. If the polling
25		room is located in a public or private building with 2 or more
26		floors and the polling room is located on a floor above or
27		below the ground floor, then the markers shall be placed a
28		distance of 100 feet from the nearest elevator or staircase
29		used by voters on the ground floor to access the floor where
30		the polling room is located. The area within where the markers
31		are placed shall be known as a campaign free zone, and
32		electioneering is prohibited pursuant to this subsection.
33		Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a church
34		or private school may choose to apply the campaign free zone to

1		its entire property, and, if so, the markers shall be placed
2		near the boundaries on the grounds adjacent to the
3		thoroughfares or walkways leading to the entrances used by the
4		voters.
5		The area on polling place property beyond the campaign free
6		zone, whether publicly or privately owned, is a public forum
7		for the time that the polls are open on an election day. At the
8		request of election officers any publicly owned building must
9		be made available for use as a polling place. A person shall
10		have the right to congregate and engage in electioneering on
11		any polling place property while the polls are open beyond the
12		campaign free zone, including but not limited to, the placement
13		of temporary signs. This subsection shall be construed
14		liberally in favor of persons engaging in electioneering on all
15		polling place property beyond the campaign free zone for the
16		time that the polls are open on an election day.
17		(c) The regulation of electioneering on polling place
18		property on an election day, including but not limited to the
19		placement of temporary signs, is an exclusive power and
20		function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate
21		electioneering and any ordinance or local law contrary to
22		subsection (b) is declared void. This is a denial and
23		limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
24		(h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
25		(Source: P.A. 93-574, eff. 8-21-03.)
26		(10 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-2)
27		Sec. 21-2. The county clerks of the several counties shall,
28		within 21 8 days next after holding the election named in
29		subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2 make 2 copies
30		of the abstract of the votes cast for electors by each
31		political party or group, as indicated by the voter, as
32		aforesaid, by a cross in the square to the left of the bracket
33		aforesaid, or as indicated by a cross in the appropriate place

1		preceding the appellation or title of the particular political
2		party or group, and transmit by mail one of the copies to the
3		office of the State Board of Elections and retain the other in
4		his office, to be sent for by the electoral board in case the
5		other should be mislaid. Within 31 20 days after the holding of
6		such election, and sooner if all the returns are received by
7		the State Board of Elections, the State Board of Election,
8		shall proceed to open and canvass said election returns and to
9		declare which set of candidates for President and
10		Vice-President received, as aforesaid, the highest number of
11		votes cast at such election as aforesaid; and the electors of
12		that party whose candidates for President and Vice-President
13		received the highest number of votes so cast shall be taken and
14		deemed to be elected as electors of President and
15		Vice-President, but should 2 or more sets of candidates for
16		President and Vice-President be returned with an equal and the
17		highest vote, the State Board of Elections shall cause a notice
18		of the same to be published, which notice shall name some day
19		and place, not less than 5 days from the time of such
20		publication of such notice, upon which the State Board of
21		Elections will decide by lot which of the sets of candidates
22		for President and Vice-President so equal and highest shall be
23		declared to be highest. And upon the day and at the place so
24		appointed in the notice, the board shall so decide by lot and
25		declare which is deemed highest of the sets of candidates for
26		President and Vice-President so equal and highest, thereby
27		determining only that the electors chosen as aforesaid by such
28		candidates' party or group are thereby elected by general
29		ticket to be such electors.
30		(Source: P.A. 84-861.)
31		(10 ILCS 5/22-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
32		Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21 7 days after the
33		close of the election at which candidates for offices

1		hereinafter named in this Section are voted upon, the county
2		clerks of the respective counties, with the assistance of the
3		chairmen of the county central committees of the Republican and
4		Democratic parties of the county, shall open the returns and
5		make abstracts of the votes on a separate sheet for each of the
6		following:
7		A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
8		B. For State officers;
9		C. For presidential electors;
10		D. For United States Senators and Representatives to
11		Congress;
12		E. For judges of the Supreme Court;
13		F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
14		G. For judges of the circuit court;
15		H. For Senators and Representatives to the General
16		Assembly;
17		I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more counties;
18		J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other
19		propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State;
20		K. For county officers and for propositions submitted to
21		the electors of the county only;
22		L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
23		M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
24		N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees.
25		Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared
26		and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the
27		county central committee of each of the then existing
28		established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or
29		his duly authorized representative immediately after the
30		completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals
31		have been compiled.
32		The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the county
33		clerk in his office.
34		Whenever any county chairman is also county clerk or

1		whenever any county chairman is unable to serve as a member of
2		such canvassing board the vice-chairman or secretary of his
3		county central committee, in that order, shall serve in his
4		place as member of such canvassing board; provided, that if
5		none of these persons is able to serve, the county chairman may
6		appoint a member of his county central committee to serve as a
7		member of such canvassing board.
8		The powers and duties of the county canvassing board are
9		limited to those specified in this Section. In no event shall
10		such canvassing board open any package in which the ballots
11		have been wrapped or any envelope containing "defective" or
12		"objected to" ballots, or in any manner undertake to examine
13		the ballots used in the election, except as provided in Section
14		22-9.1 or when directed by a court in an election contest. Nor
15		shall such canvassing board call in the precinct judges of
16		election or any other persons to open or recount the ballots.
17		(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
18		(10 ILCS 5/22-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-3)
19		Sec. 22-3. When two (2) or more persons receive an equal
20		and the highest number of votes for an office to be filled by
21		the county alone, the county clerk shall issue a notice to such
22		persons of such tie vote, and require them to appear at his
23		office, on a day named in the notice, no later than 21 days
24		following an election within ten (10) days from the day of
25		election, and determine by lot which of them is to be declared
26		elected.
27		(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
28		(10 ILCS 5/22-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
29		Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation
30		of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within
31		31 20 days after the election, and sooner if all the returns
32		are received, to canvass the votes given for United States

1		Senators and Representatives to Congress, State executive
2		officers, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate
3		Court, judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives
4		to the General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional
5		Superintendents of Schools elected from 2 or more counties,
6		respectively, and the persons having the highest number of
7		votes for the respective offices shall be declared duly
8		elected, but if it appears that more than the number of persons
9		to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for
10		the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which
11		of such persons shall be elected; and to each person duly
12		elected, the Governor shall give a certificate of election or
13		commission, as the case may require, and shall cause
14		proclamation to be made of the result of the canvass, and they
15		shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass the vote
16		cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other
17		propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; and
18		the Governor shall cause to be made such proclamation of the
19		result of the canvass as the statutes elsewhere provide. The
20		State Board of Elections shall transmit to the State
21		Comptroller a list of the persons elected to the various
22		offices. The State Board of Elections shall also transmit to
23		the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to judgeships in
24		adversary elections and the names of judges who fail to win
25		retention in office.
26		(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
27		(10 ILCS 5/22-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-8)
28		Sec. 22-8. In municipalities operating under Article 6 of
29		this Act, within 21 7 days after the close of such election, a
30		judge of the circuit court, with the assistance of the city
31		attorney and the board of election commissioners, who are
32		hereby declared a canvassing board for such city, shall open
33		all returns left respectively, with the election

1		commissioners, the county clerk, and city comptroller, and
2		shall make abstracts or statements of the votes in the
3		following manner, as the case may require, viz: All votes for
4		Governor and Lieutenant Governor on one sheet; all votes for
5		other State officers on another sheet; all votes for
6		presidential electors on another sheet; all votes for United
7		States Senators and Representatives to Congress on another
8		sheet; all votes for judges of the Supreme Court on another
9		sheet; all votes for judges of the Appellate Court on another
10		sheet; all votes for Judges of the Circuit Court on another
11		sheet; all votes for Senators and Representatives to the
12		General Assembly on another sheet; all votes for State's
13		Attorneys where elected from 2 or more counties on another
14		sheet; all votes for County Officers on another sheet; all
15		votes for City Officers on another sheet; all votes for Town
16		Officers on another sheet; and all votes for any other office
17		on a separate and appropriate sheet; all votes for any
18		proposition, which may be submitted to a vote of the people, on
19		another sheet, and all votes against any proposition, submitted
20		to a vote of the people, on another sheet.
21		Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared
22		and one of each shall be turned over to the chairman of the
23		county central committee of each of the then existing
24		established political parties, as defined in Section 10-2, or
25		his duly authorized representative immediately after the
26		completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals
27		have been compiled.
28		(Source: P.A. 77-2626.)
29		(10 ILCS 5/22-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-17)
30		Sec. 22-17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the
31		canvass of votes cast at the nonpartisan and consolidated
32		elections shall be conducted by the following canvassing boards
33		within 21 7 days after the close of such elections:

1		1. For city offices, by the mayor, the city attorney
2		and the city clerk.
3		2. For village and incorporated town offices, by the
4		president of the board of trustees, one member of the board
5		of trustees, and the village or incorporated town clerk.
6		3. For township offices, by the township supervisor,
7		the eligible town trustee elected in the township who has
8		the longest term of continuous service as town trustee, and
9		the township clerk.
10		4. For road district offices, by the highway
11		commissioner and the road district clerk.
12		5. For school district or community college district
13		offices, by the school or community college district board.
14		6. For special district elected offices, by the board
15		of the special district.
16		7. For multi-county educational service region
17		offices, by the regional board of school trustees.
18		8. For township trustee of schools or land
19		commissioner, by the township trustees of schools or land
20		commissioners.
21		9. For park district offices, by the president of the
22		park board, one member of the board of park commissioners
23		and the secretary of the park district.
24		10. For multi-township assessment districts, by the
25		chairman, clerk, and assessor of the multi-township
26		assessment district.
27		(b) The city canvassing board provided in Section 22-8
28		shall canvass the votes cast at the nonpartisan and
29		consolidated elections for offices of any political
30		subdivision entirely within the jurisdiction of a municipal
31		board of election commissioners.
32		(c) The canvass of votes cast upon any public questions
33		submitted to the voters of any political subdivision, or any
34		precinct or combination of precincts within a political

1		subdivision, at any regular election or at any emergency
2		referendum election, including votes cast by voters outside of
3		the political subdivision where the question is for annexation
4		thereto, shall be canvassed by the same board provided for in
5		this Section for the canvass of votes of the officers of such
6		political subdivision. However, referenda conducted throughout
7		a county and referenda of sanitary districts whose officers are
8		elected at general elections shall be canvassed by the county
9		canvassing board. The votes cast on a public question for the
10		formation of a political subdivision shall be canvassed by the
11		circuit court that ordered the question submitted, or by such
12		officers of the court as may be appointed for such purpose,
13		except where in the formation or reorganization of a school
14		district or districts the regional superintendent of schools is
15		designated by law as the canvassing official.
16		(d) The canvass of votes for offices of political
17		subdivisions cast at special elections to fill vacancies held
18		on the day of any regular election shall be conducted by the
19		canvassing board which is responsible for canvassing the votes
20		at the regularly scheduled election for such office.
21		(Source: P.A. 87-738; 87-1052.)

22		Section 7. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
23		2-3007 as follows:
24		(55 ILCS 5/2-3007) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3007)
25		Sec. 2-3007. Chairman of county board; election and term.
26		Any county board when providing for the reapportionment of its
27		county under this Division may provide that the chairman of the
28		county board shall be elected by the voters of the county
29		rather than by the members of the board. In that event,
30		provision shall be made for the election throughout the county
31		of the chairman of the county board, but in counties over
32		3,000,000 population no person may be elected to serve as such

1		chairman who has not been elected as a county board member to
2		serve during the same period as the term of office as chairman
3		of the county board to which he seeks election. In counties
4		over 450,000 population and under 3,000,000 population, the
5		chairman shall be elected as chairman without having been first
6		elected to the county board. Such chairman shall not vote on
7		any question except to break a tie vote. In all other counties
8		the chairman may either be elected as a county board member or
9		elected as the chairman without having been first elected to
10		the board. Except in counties where the chairman of the county
11		board is elected by the voters of the county and is not
12		required to be a county board member, whether the chairman of
13		the county board is elected by the voters of the county or by
14		the members of the board, he shall be elected to a 2 year term.
15		In counties where the chairman of the county board is elected
16		by the voters of the county and is not required to be a county
17		board member, the chairman shall be elected to a 4 year term.
18		In all cases, the term of the chairman of the county board
19		shall commence on the third first Monday of the month following
20		the month in which members of the county board are elected.
21		(Source: P.A. 86-926; 86-1429; 86-1475.)

22		Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
23		Sections 50-15 and 50-40 as follows:
24		(60 ILCS 1/50-15)
25		Sec. 50-15. Time of entering upon duties.
26		(a) In all counties, the township collectors elected at the
27		township election shall enter upon their duties on January 1
28		next following their election and qualification.
29		(b) In all counties, township supervisors and township
30		clerks shall enter upon their duties on the third first Monday
31		of May following their election.
32		(c) Beginning with elections in 1981 in all counties, the

1		township and multi-township assessors shall enter upon their
2		duties on January 1 next following their election.
3		(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
4		(60 ILCS 1/50-40)
5		Sec. 50-40. Township trustees; time of election and terms.
6		Except in townships organized under Article 15, at the regular
7		township election provided in the general election law there
8		shall be elected 4 members to serve on the township board. They
9		shall be known as township trustees and shall hold their office
10		for a term of 4 years beginning the third first Monday of May
11		following their election and until their successors are elected
12		and qualified.
13		(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)

14		Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
15		changing Sections 3.1-10-5, 3.1-10-15, 3.1-20-25, 5-2-2, and
16		5-5-1 as follows:
17		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-5)
18		Sec. 3.1-10-5. Qualifications; elective office.
19		(a) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
20		office unless that person is a qualified elector of the
21		municipality and has resided in the municipality at least one
22		year next preceding the election.
23		(b) A person is not eligible for an elective municipal
24		office if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or
25		other indebtedness due to the municipality or has been
26		convicted in any court located in the United States of any
27		infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
28		(c) A person is not eligible for the office of alderman of
29		a ward or trustee of a district unless that person has resided
30		in the ward that the person seeks to represent, and a person is
31		not eligible for the office of trustee of a district unless

1		that person has resided in the municipality, at least one year
2		next preceding the election or appointment, except as provided
3		in subsection (c) of Section 3.1-20-25, subsection (b) of
4		Section 3.1-25-75, Section 5-2-2, or Section 5-2-11.
5		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)
6		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-10-15)
7		Sec. 3.1-10-15. Commencement of terms. The terms of elected
8		municipal officers shall commence at the first regular or
9		special meeting of the corporate authorities during the month
10		of May April following the proclamation of the results of the
11		regular municipal election at which the officers were elected,
12		except as otherwise provided by ordinance fixing the date for
13		inauguration of newly elected officers of a municipality. The
14		ordinance shall not, however, fix the time for inauguration of
15		newly elected officers later than the first regular or special
16		meeting of the corporate authorities in the month of June May
17		following the election.
18		(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
19		(65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-20-25)
20		Sec. 3.1-20-25. Redistricting a city.
21		(a) In the formation of wards, the number of inhabitants of
22		the city immediately preceding the division of the city into
23		wards shall be as nearly equal in population, and the wards
24		shall be of as compact and contiguous territory, as
25		practicable. Wards shall be created in a manner so that, as far
26		as practicable, no precinct shall be divided between 2 or more
27		wards.
28		(b) Whenever an official census shows that a city contains
29		more or fewer wards than it is entitled to, the city council of
30		the city, by ordinance, shall redistrict the city into as many
31		wards as the city is entitled. This redistricting shall be
32		completed not less than 30 days before the first day set by the

1		general election law for the filing of candidate petitions for
2		the next succeeding election for city officers. At this
3		election there shall be elected the number of aldermen to which
4		the city is entitled, except as provided in subsection (c).
5		(c) If it appears from any official census that a city has
6		the requisite number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase
7		the number of aldermen, the city council shall immediately
8		proceed to redistrict the city and shall hold the next city
9		election in accordance with the new redistricting. At this
10		election the aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring
11		shall be considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in
12		which their residences are situated. At this election a
13		candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward that
14		contains a part of the ward in which he or she resided at least
15		one year next preceding the election that follows the
16		redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be reelected
17		from the new ward he or she represents if he or she resides in
18		that ward for at least one year next preceding reelection. If
19		there are 2 or more aldermen with terms of office not expiring
20		and residing in the same ward under the new redistricting, the
21		alderman who holds over for that ward shall be determined by
22		lot in the presence of the city council, in the manner directed
23		by the council, and all other aldermen shall fill their
24		unexpired terms as aldermen-at-large. The aldermen-at-large,
25		if any, shall have the same powers and duties as all other
26		aldermen, but upon the expiration of their terms the offices of
27		aldermen-at-large shall be abolished.
28		(d) If the redistricting results in one or more wards in
29		which no aldermen reside whose terms of office have not
30		expired, 2 aldermen shall be elected in accordance with Section
31		3.1-20-35, unless the city elected only one alderman per ward
32		pursuant to a referendum under subsection (a) of Section
33		3.1-20-20.
34		(e) A redistricting ordinance that has decreased the number

1		of wards of a city because of a decrease in population of the
2		city shall not be effective if, not less than 60 days before
3		the time fixed for the next succeeding general municipal
4		election, an official census is officially published that shows
5		that the city has regained a population that entitles it to the
6		number of wards that it had just before the passage of the last
7		redistricting ordinance.
8		(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
9		(65 ILCS 5/5-2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-2-2)
10		Sec. 5-2-2. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-2-3,
11		the number of aldermen, when not elected by the minority
12		representation plan, shall be as follows: In cities not
13		exceeding 3,000 inhabitants, 6 aldermen; exceeding 3,000, but
14		not exceeding 15,000, 8 aldermen; exceeding 15,000 but not
15		exceeding 20,000, 10 aldermen; exceeding 20,000 but not
16		exceeding 30,000, 14 aldermen; and 2 additional aldermen for
17		every 20,000 inhabitants over 30,000. In all cities of less
18		than 500,000, 20 aldermen shall be the maximum number permitted
19		except as otherwise provided in the case of aldermen-at-large.
20		No redistricting shall be required in order to reduce the
21		number of aldermen heretofore provided for. Two aldermen shall
22		be elected to represent each ward.
23		If it appears from any census specified in Section 5-2-5
24		and taken not earlier than 1940 that any city has the requisite
25		number of inhabitants to authorize it to increase the number of
26		aldermen, the city council shall immediately proceed to
27		redistrict the city in accordance with the provisions of
28		Section 5-2-5, and it shall hold the next city election in
29		accordance with the new redistricting. At this election the
30		aldermen whose terms of office are not expiring shall be
31		considered aldermen for the new wards respectively in which
32		their residences are situated. At this election a candidate for
33		alderman may be elected from any ward that contains a part of

1		the ward in which he or she resided at least one year next
2		preceding the election that follows the redistricting, and, if
3		elected, that person may be reelected from the new ward he or
4		she represents if he or she resides in that ward for at least
5		one year next preceding reelection. If there are 2 or more
6		aldermen with terms of office not expiring and residing in the
7		same ward under the new redistricting, the alderman who holds
8		over for that ward shall be determined by lot in the presence
9		of the city council, in whatever manner the council shall
10		direct and all other aldermen shall fill their unexpired terms
11		as aldermen-at-large. The aldermen-at-large, if any, shall
12		have the same power and duties as all other aldermen but upon
13		expiration of their terms the offices of aldermen-at-large
14		shall be abolished.
15		If the re-districting results in one or more wards in which
16		no aldermen reside whose terms of office have not expired, 2
17		aldermen shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of
18		Section 5-2-8.
19		(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

20		(65 ILCS 5/5-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 5-5-1)
21		Sec. 5-5-1. Petition for abandonment of managerial form;
22		referendum; succeeding elections of officers and aldermen or
23		trustees.
24		(a) A city or village that has operated for 4 years or more
25		under the managerial form of municipal government may abandon
26		that organization as provided in this Section. For the purposes
27		of this Article, the operation of the managerial form of
28		municipal government shall be deemed to begin on the date of
29		the appointment of the first manager in the city or village.
30		When a petition for abandonment signed by electors of the
31		municipality equal in number to at least 10% of the number of
32		votes cast for candidates for mayor at the preceding general
33		quadrennial municipal election is filed with the circuit court

1		for the county in which that city or village is located, the
2		court shall set a date not less than 10 nor more than 30 days
3		thereafter for a hearing on the sufficiency of the petition.
4		Notice of the filing of the petition and of the date of the
5		hearing shall be given in writing to the city or village clerk
6		and to the mayor or village president at least 7 days before
7		the date of the hearing. If the petition is found sufficient,
8		the court shall enter an order directing that the proposition
9		be submitted at an election other than a primary election for
10		the municipality. The clerk of the court shall certify the
11		proposition to the proper election authorities for submission.
12		The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
13		Shall (name of city or village) retain the managerial
14		form of municipal government?
15		(b) If the majority of the votes at the election are "yes",
16		then the proposition to abandon is rejected and the
17		municipality shall continue operating under this Article 5. If
18		the majority of the votes are "no", then the proposition to
19		abandon operation under this Article 5 is approved.
20		(c) If the proposition for abandonment is approved, the
21		city or village shall become subject to Article 3.1 or Article
22		4, whichever Article was in force in the city or village
23		immediately before the adoption of the plan authorized by this
24		Article 5, upon the election and qualification of officers to
25		be elected at the next succeeding general municipal election.
26		Those officers shall be those prescribed by Article 3.1 or
27		Article 4, as the case may be, but the change shall not in any
28		manner or degree affect the property rights or liabilities of
29		the city or village. The mayor, clerk, and treasurer and all
30		other elected officers of a city or village in office at the
31		time the proposition for abandonment is approved shall continue
32		in office until the expiration of the term for which they were
33		elected.
34		(d) If a city or village operating under this Article 5 has

1		aldermen or trustees elected from wards or districts and a
2		proposition to abandon operation under this Article 5 is
3		approved, then the officers to be elected at the next
4		succeeding general municipal election shall be elected from the
5		same wards or districts as exist immediately before the
6		abandonment.
7		(e) If a city or village operating under this Article 5 has
8		a council or village board elected from the municipality at
9		large and a proposition to abandon operation under this Article
10		5 is approved, then the first group of aldermen, board of
11		trustees, or commissioners so elected shall be of the same
12		number as was provided for in the municipality at the time of
13		the adoption of a plan under this Article 5, with the same ward
14		or district boundaries in cities or villages that immediately
15		before the adoption of this Article 5 had wards or districts,
16		unless the municipal boundaries have been changed. If there has
17		been such a change, the council or village board shall so alter
18		the former ward or district boundaries so as to conform as
19		nearly as possible to the former division. If the plan
20		authorized by this Article 5 is abandoned, the next general
21		municipal election for officers shall be held at the time
22		specified in Section 3.1-10-75 or 3.1-25-15 for that election.
23		The aldermen or trustees elected at that election shall, if the
24		city or village was operating under Article 3 at the time of
25		adoption of this Article 5 and had at that time staggered 4
26		year terms of office for the aldermen or trustees, choose by
27		lot which shall serve initial 2 year terms as provided by
28		Section 3.1-20-35 or 3.1-15-5, whichever may be applicable, in
29		the case of election of those officers at the first election
30		after a municipality is incorporated.
31		(f) The proposition to abandon the managerial form of
32		municipal government shall not be submitted in any city or
33		village oftener than once in 12 46 months.
34		(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)

1		Section 20. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is
2		amended by changing Sections 21-5, 21-12, 21-14, and 21-22 as
3		follows:
4		(65 ILCS 20/21-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-5)
5		Sec. 21-5. Mayor; Term of office.
6		(a) The mayor of the city of Chicago shall be elected in
7		1943 and quadrennially thereafter in a nonpartisan election.
8		The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast for mayor
9		at the consolidated primary election shall be declared mayor.
10		If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a runoff
11		election shall be held at the consolidated election, when only
12		the names of the candidates receiving the highest and second
13		highest number of votes at the consolidated primary election
14		shall appear on the ballot. If more than one candidate received
15		the highest or second highest number of votes at the
16		consolidated primary election, the names of all candidates
17		receiving the highest and second highest number of votes shall
18		appear on the ballot at the consolidated election. The
19		candidate receiving the highest number of votes at the
20		consolidated election shall be declared elected.
21		(b) The mayor shall hold his or her office for 4 years
22		beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May following
23		his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected
24		and qualified.
25		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)
26		(65 ILCS 20/21-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-12)
27		Sec. 21-12. City clerk and city treasurer; Election;
28		Tenure. At the time of election of the mayor there shall be
29		elected also a city clerk and a city treasurer. The candidates
30		receiving a majority of the votes cast for clerk and treasurer
31		at the consolidated primary election shall be declared the

1		clerk and treasurer. If no candidate receives a majority of the
2		votes for one of the offices, a runoff election shall be held
3		at the consolidated election, when only the names of the
4		candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of
5		votes for that office at the consolidated primary election
6		shall appear on the ballot. If more than one candidate received
7		the highest or second highest number of votes for one of the
8		offices at the consolidated primary election, the names of all
9		candidates receiving the highest and second highest number of
10		votes for that office shall appear on the ballot at the
11		consolidated election. The candidate receiving the highest
12		number of votes at the consolidated election shall be declared
13		elected.
14		The clerk and treasurer each shall hold office for a term
15		of 4 years beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May
16		following the election and until a successor is elected and
17		qualified. No person, however, shall be elected to the office
18		of city treasurer for 2 terms in succession.
19		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)
20		(65 ILCS 20/21-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-14)
21		Sec. 21-14. Member residency before election; member not to
22		hold other office.
23		(a) No member may be elected or appointed to the city
24		council after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
25		93rd 91st General Assembly unless he or she has resided in the
26		ward he or she seeks to represent at least one year next
27		preceding 2 years before the date of the election or
28		appointment. In the election following redistricting, a
29		candidate for alderman may be elected from any ward containing
30		a part of the ward in which he or she resided for at least one
31		year next preceding the 2 years before the election that
32		follows the redistricting, and, if elected, that person may be
33		reelected from the new ward he or she represents if he or she

1		resides in that ward for at least one year next preceding 18
2		months before the reelection.
3		(b) No member of the city council shall at the same time
4		hold any other civil service office under the federal, state or
5		city government, except if such member is granted a leave of
6		absence from such civil service office, or except in the
7		National Guard, or as a notary public, and except such honorary
8		offices as go by appointment without compensation.
9		(Source: P.A. 91-358, eff. 7-29-99.)
10		(65 ILCS 20/21-22) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-22)
11		Sec. 21-22. General election for aldermen; vacancies.
12		(a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the
13		year 1943 and every 4 years thereafter, at which one alderman
14		shall be elected from each of the 50 wards provided for by this
15		Article. The aldermen elected shall serve for a term of 4 years
16		beginning at noon on the third first Monday in May following
17		the election of city officers, and until their successors are
18		elected and have qualified. All elections for aldermen shall be
19		in accordance with the provisions of law in force and operative
20		in the City of Chicago for such elections at the time the
21		elections are held.
22		(b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall be
23		filled in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies in
24		Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code. An
25		appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 days
26		after the vacancy occurs. The requirement that an appointment
27		be made within 60 days is an exclusive power and function of
28		the State and is a denial and limitation under Article VII,
29		Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of the
30		power of a home rule municipality to require that an
31		appointment be made within a different period after the vacancy
32		occurs.
33		(Source: P.A. 91-667, eff. 6-1-00.)

1		Section 25. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
2		changing Section 4a as follows:
3		(70 ILCS 705/4a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.1)
4		Sec. 4a. Any fire protection district organized under this
5		Act may determine, in either manner provided in the following
6		items (1) and (2) of this Section, to have an elected, rather
7		than an appointed, board of trustees.
8		(1) If the district lies wholly within a single
9		township but does not also lie wholly within a
10		municipality, the township board of trustees may
11		determine, by ordinance, to have an elected board of
12		trustees.
13		(2) Upon presentation to the board of trustees of a
14		petition, signed by not less than 10% of the electors of
15		the district, requesting that a proposition for the
16		election of trustees be submitted to the electors of the
17		district, the secretary of the board of trustees shall
18		certify the proposition to the appropriate election
19		authorities who shall submit the proposition at a regular
20		election in accordance with the general election law. The
21		general election law shall apply to and govern such
22		election. The proposition shall be in substantially the
23		following form:
24		-------------------------------------------------------------
25		Shall the trustees of...... YES
26		Fire Protection District be -------------------------
27		elected, rather than appointed? NO
28		-------------------------------------------------------------
29		If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition are
30		in the affirmative, the trustees of the district shall
31		thereafter be elected as provided by this Section.
32		At the next regular election for trustees as provided by

1		the general election law, a district that has approved by
2		ordinance or referendum to have its trustees elected rather
3		than appointed shall elect 3, 5, or 7 trustees, as previously
4		determined by the organization of the district or as increased
5		under Section 4.01 or 4.02. The initial elected trustees shall
6		be elected for 2, 4, and 6 year terms. In a district with 3
7		trustees, one trustee shall be elected for a term of 2 years,
8		one for a term of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years. In a
9		district with 5 trustees, 2 shall be elected for terms of 2
10		years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years. In
11		a district with 7 trustees, 3 shall be elected for terms of 2
12		years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and 2 for terms of 6 years.
13		Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election
14		Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence on the
15		third first Monday of the month following the month of his
16		election and until his successor is elected and qualified. The
17		length of the terms of the trustees first elected shall be
18		determined by lot at their first meeting. Except as otherwise
19		provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, thereafter,
20		each trustee shall be elected to serve for a term of 6 years
21		commencing on the third first Monday of the month following the
22		month of his election and until his successor is elected and
23		qualified.
24		No party designation shall appear on the ballot for
25		election of trustees. The provisions of the general election
26		law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of
27		trustees.
28		The provisions of Section 4 relating to eligibility, powers
29		and disabilities of trustees shall apply equally to elected
30		trustees.
31		Whenever a fire protection district determines to elect
32		trustees as provided in this Section, the trustees appointed
33		pursuant to Section 4 shall continue to constitute the board of
34		trustees until the third first Monday of the month following

1		the month of the first election of trustees. If the term of
2		office of any appointed trustees expires before the first
3		election of trustees, the authority which appointed that
4		trustee under Section 4 of this Act shall appoint a successor
5		to serve until a successor is elected and has qualified. The
6		terms of all appointed trustees in such district shall expire
7		on the third first Monday of the month following the month of
8		the first election of trustees under this Section or when
9		successors have been elected and have qualified, whichever
10		occurs later.
11		(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)

12		Section 30. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is
13		amended by changing Section 3.5 as follows:
14		(70 ILCS 805/3.5)
15		Sec. 3.5. Elected board of commissioners.
16		(a) In counties with a population more than 30,000 but less
17		than 90,000, in each forest preserve district organized after
18		the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 or in which,
19		on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, the
20		commissioners of the district are appointed by the presiding
21		officer of the county board under Section 3a, the commissioners
22		shall be elected as provided in this Section, rather than
23		appointed, beginning with the first consolidated election
24		following the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
25		There shall be 5 elected commissioners, elected from the
26		district at large. Each commissioner must be a resident of the
27		district. The terms of all elected commissioners shall commence
28		on the third first Monday of the month following the month of
29		election. No party designation shall appear on the ballot for
30		the election of commissioners. The terms of all commissioners
31		appointed under Section 3a in a district to which this Section
32		applies shall expire on the third first Monday of the month

1		following the month of the first election of commissioners in
2		that district under this Section.
3		If before August 20, 1993 (the effective date of Public Act
4		88-443) in a county with a population of 30,000 or less a
5		presiding officer of a county board appointed the commissioners
6		of the forest preserve district and if that presiding officer
7		has, since August 20, 1993, continued to appoint the
8		commissioners of the forest preserve district, then those
9		appointments made after August 20, 1993, if made in compliance
10		with Section 3a, are validated.
11		(b) The initial elected commissioners shall, no later than
12		45 days after taking office, divide themselves publicly by lot
13		as equally as possible into 2 groups. Commissioners or their
14		successors from one group shall be elected for terms of 4
15		years; the initial elected commissioners from the second group
16		shall serve for terms of 2 years, and their successors shall be
17		elected for terms of 4 years.
18		(c) The commissioners shall elect from among their number a
19		president of the board of commissioners.
20		(d) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
21		commissioner, whether by death, resignation, refusal to
22		qualify, no longer residing in the district, or for any other
23		reason, the board of commissioners shall declare that a vacancy
24		exists. The vacancy shall be filled within 60 days by
25		appointment of the president of the board of commissioners,
26		with the advice and consent of the other commissioners. The
27		appointee shall be eligible to serve as commissioner. The
28		appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. If,
29		however, more than 28 months remain in the term, the
30		appointment shall be until the next consolidated election, at
31		which time the vacated office of commissioner shall be filled
32		by election for the remainder of the term.
33		If a vacancy occurs in the office of president of the board
34		of commissioners, the remaining commissioners shall elect one

1		of their number to serve as president for the balance of the
2		unexpired term of the president in whose office the vacancy
3		occurred.
4		(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, elected
5		commissioners shall have the same powers and duties, and shall
6		be entitled to the same compensation, as enjoyed by
7		commissioners before the effective date of this amendatory Act
8		of 1993.
9		(Source: P.A. 90-190, eff. 7-24-97.)

10		Section 35. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
11		amended by changing Sections 30-10 and 30-40 as follows:
12		(75 ILCS 16/30-10)
13		Sec. 30-10. Election and terms of trustees.
14		(a) Trustees shall be elected every 2 years at the regular
15		election scheduled for trustees of public library districts
16		under the Election Code for 6-year terms. Seven trustees shall
17		constitute a board.
18		(b) The trustees' terms shall be staggered. After the first
19		election, the trustees shall determine, by lot, 2 trustees to
20		serve for terms of 2 years, 2 trustees to serve for terms of 4
21		years, and 3 trustees to serve for terms of 6 years. The terms
22		of all trustees shall begin on the third 1st Monday of the
23		month next following the month of the election.
24		(c) At each election of trustees after the first election,
25		the trustees elected to succeed those whose terms have expired
26		shall hold office for the full term of 6 years from the third
27		1st Monday of the month next following the election and until
28		their respective successors are elected and qualified.
29		(d) A district may provide by resolution of the board that
30		the term of its trustees shall be 4 years. If the board adopts
31		such a resolution, then if 3 trustees are to be elected at the
32		next election or if 2 trustees are to be elected at each of the

1		next 2 elections, one of the trustees elected at the next
2		election (to be determined by lot at the first meeting after
3		that election) shall serve a 2 year term.
4		(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
5		(75 ILCS 16/30-40)
6		Sec. 30-40. Organization of board; qualification and oath
7		of trustees.
8		(a) Within 74 60 days after their election or appointment,
9		the incumbent and new trustees shall take their oath of office
10		as prescribed by law and meet to organize the board.
11		(b) The first action taken at the meeting shall be the
12		election of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a
13		treasurer from among the trustees. The secretary shall then
14		record the membership of the board.
15		(c) Trustees duly elected or appointed as certified by the
16		appropriate election authority or appointing authority shall
17		be qualified to serve as trustees under this Act. The required
18		oath shall be taken and subscribed before a notary public or
19		the secretary of the board.
20		(d) Within 60 days after the organization of the board, the
21		secretary shall file, with the county clerk of the county
22		containing all or a larger portion of the district and with the
23		Illinois State Librarian, a statement listing the names and
24		addresses of the trustees and officers and their respective
25		terms in office. The secretary shall report a vacancy on the
26		board to the county clerk and the State Librarian within 60
27		days after it occurs and shall report the filling of a vacancy
28		within 60 days after it is filled.
29		(e) The first officers shall serve until the next regular
30		election of trustees. Thereafter, officers shall serve for
31		terms set by ordinance but not to exceed 2 years, ending on the
32		third first Monday of the month following each regular election
33		or until their successors are duly elected by the board. A

1		vacancy in any office shall be filled by the board for the
2		unexpired term.
3		(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)

4		Section 40. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5		5-14, 6-17, 10-5, and 10-16 as follows:
6		(105 ILCS 5/5-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-14)
7		Sec. 5-14. Term of office of successors - Vacancies.
8		Successors to the trustees whose terms of office expire at the
9		time prescribed in Section 5-13, and their successors, shall
10		hold their offices for 6 years and until their respective
11		successors are elected and qualified. Trustees of schools shall
12		enter upon the duties of their office on the third first Monday
13		of the month following their election.
14		Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining trustees shall
15		fill the vacancy until the next regular school election, at
16		which election a successor shall be elected to serve the
17		remainder of the unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs
18		with less than 28 months remaining in the term, or if the
19		vacancy occurs less than 88 days before the next regularly
20		scheduled election for this office then the person so appointed
21		shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and no
22		election to fill the vacancy shall be held. The successor shall
23		have the same residential qualifications as his predecessor.
24		Should they fail so to act, within 30 days after the vacancy
25		occurs, the regional superintendent of the region in which the
26		township lies, or if the township is divided by a county line
27		or lines, the regional superintendent of the region in which a
28		majority of the children, who reside in districts subject to
29		the jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of such township,
30		attend school, shall within 15 days after the remaining
31		trustees have failed to fill the vacancy, fill the vacancy as
32		provided for herein. The successor shall have the same type of

1		residential qualifications as his predecessor.
2		(Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
3		(105 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-17)
4		Sec. 6-17. Election of president - Terms of members. Except
5		as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, on
6		the third first Monday in May, following the first election, or
7		if such day is a holiday then the next day, the regional
8		superintendent of schools who shall be the ex-officio secretary
9		of the board shall convene the newly elected regional board of
10		school trustees for the purpose of organization. Except as
11		provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, at this meeting
12		the members shall elect a president from among their number who
13		shall serve as president for a term of 2 years and shall
14		determine by lot the length of the term of each member so that
15		2 shall serve for a term of 2 years, 2 for 4 years and 3 for 6
16		years from the third first Monday of the month following the
17		date of their election. Except as provided in Section 2A-54 of
18		the Election Code, thereafter members shall be elected to serve
19		for a term of 6 years from the third first Monday of the month
20		following the date of their election or until their successors
21		are elected and qualified.
22		All succeeding meetings for the purpose of organization
23		shall be held on the third first Monday in May following the
24		election; however, in case the third first Monday in May is a
25		holiday the organization meeting shall be held on the next day.
26		If educational service regions are consolidated under
27		Section 3A-3 or 3A-4 of this Act, however, the expiring terms
28		of members of each regional board of school trustees in those
29		regions being consolidated shall be extended so as to terminate
30		on the first Monday of August of the year that consolidation
31		takes effect, as defined in Section 3A-5 of this Act, and, on
32		such day, the Regional Superintendent of the consolidated
33		region shall convene all the members of each regional board of

1		school trustees in the consolidated region, and shall by lot
2		select from among such trustees an interim regional board of
3		school trustees for the consolidated region in accord with the
4		specifications as to membership and residency in Section 6-2.
5		The interim board so selected shall serve until their
6		successors are elected at the succeeding regular election of
7		regional school trustees and have qualified. A single regional
8		board of school trustees shall be elected at such succeeding
9		regular election to take office on the third first Monday of
10		the month following such election. The board elected for the
11		consolidated region shall be convened on such third first
12		Monday of the month following such election for organizational
13		purposes, to elect a president and determine terms for its
14		members by lot as provided in this Section. The respective
15		regional boards of school trustees of educational service
16		regions involved in consolidations under Section 3A-3 or 3A-4
17		shall cease to exist at the time the board elected for the
18		consolidated region is so organized.
19		(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
20		(105 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5)
21		Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer and
22		regional superintendent of schools. Within 28 7 days after the
23		regular election of directors, the directors shall meet and
24		organize by appointing one of their number president and
25		another as clerk, except that when directors are elected at the
26		consolidated elections in April of 1999 and April of 2001, the
27		directors shall meet and organize, in the manner provided by
28		this Section, within 7 days after the first Tuesday after the
29		first Monday of November in each of those 2 years. The clerk
30		shall at once report to the treasurer and regional
31		superintendent of schools the names of the president and clerk
32		so appointed. Upon organizing itself as provided in this
33		Section, the board of school directors shall enter upon the

1		discharge of its duties. Terms of members are subject to
2		Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, except as otherwise limited
3		by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.
4		(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98;
5		90-757, eff. 8-14-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
6		(105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
7		Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 28 7 days after
8		the consolidated election, other than the consolidated
9		elections in 1999 and 2001, the board shall organize by
10		electing its officers and fixing a time and place for the
11		regular meetings. However, when school board members are
12		elected at the consolidated elections held in April of 1999 and
13		April of 2001, the board shall organize within 7 days after the
14		first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each such
15		year by electing officers and setting the time and place of the
16		regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as provided in this
17		paragraph, the board shall enter upon the discharge of its
18		duties.
19		The regional superintendent of schools having supervision
20		and control, as provided in Section 3-14.2, of a new school
21		district that is governed by the School Code and formed on or
22		after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 shall
23		convene the newly elected board within 7 days after the
24		election of the board of education of that district, whereupon
25		the board shall proceed to organize by electing one of their
26		number as president and electing a secretary, who may or may
27		not be a member. At such meeting the length of term of each of
28		the members shall be determined by lot so that 4 shall serve
29		for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their
30		terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at
31		the consolidated election in an odd-numbered year, such initial
32		terms shall be extended to the consolidated election for school
33		board members immediately following the expiration of the

1		initial 4 or 2 year terms. The provisions of this paragraph
2		that relate to the determination of terms by lot shall not
3		apply to the initial members of the board of education of a
4		combined school district who are to be elected to unstaggered
5		terms as provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 11B-7.
6		The terms of the officers of a board of education shall be
7		for 2 years, except that the terms of the officers elected at
8		the organization meeting in November, 2001 shall expire at the
9		organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the board by
10		resolution may establish a policy for the terms of office to be
11		one year, and provide for the election of officers.
12		Special meetings of the board of education may be called by
13		the president or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice
14		thereof in writing, stating the time, place and purpose of the
15		meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before such
16		meeting or by personal service 24 hours before such meeting.
17		Public notice of meetings must also be given as prescribed in
18		Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act, as now or
19		hereafter amended.
20		At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
21		public, members of the public and employees of the district
22		shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
23		comment to or ask questions of the board.
24		The president or district superintendent shall, at each
25		regular board meeting, report any requests made of the district
26		under provisions of The Freedom of Information Act and shall
27		report the status of the district's response.
28		(Source: P.A. 90-459, eff. 8-17-97; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98.)

29		Section 45. The Public Community College Act is amended by
30		changing Section 3-8 as follows:
31		(110 ILCS 805/3-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
32		Sec. 3-8. Following each election and canvass, the new

1		board shall hold its organizational meeting on or before the
2		28th 14th day after the election, except that in 1999, 2001,
3		and 2003 (except District #522) the board shall organize within
4		14 days after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
5		November in each of those 3 years. In 2003 in District #522,
6		the new board shall hold its organizational meeting on or
7		before the 14th day after the consolidated election. If the
8		election is the initial election ordered by the regional
9		superintendent, the organizational meeting shall be convened
10		by the regional superintendent, who shall preside over the
11		meeting until the election for chairman, vice chairman and
12		secretary of board is completed. At all other organizational
13		meetings, the chairman of the board, or, in his or her absence,
14		the president of the community college or acting chief
15		executive officer of the college shall convene the new board,
16		and conduct the election for chairman, vice chairman and
17		secretary. The board shall then proceed with its organization
18		under the newly elected board officers, and shall fix a time
19		and place for its regular meetings. It shall than enter upon
20		the discharge of its duties. The terms of board office shall be
21		2 years, except that the board by resolution may establish a
22		policy for the terms of office to be one year, and provide for
23		the election of officers for the remaining one year period.
24		Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election
25		Code.
26		Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman
27		or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice thereof in
28		writing stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting.
29		Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before the meeting
30		or by personal service 24 hours before the meeting.
31		At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
32		public, members of the public and employees of the community
33		college district shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable
34		constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board.

1		(Source: P.A. 92-1, eff. 3-30-01.)

2		Section 50. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by
3		changing Section 5 as follows:
4		(615 ILCS 90/5) (from Ch. 19, par. 1205)
5		Sec. 5. The Agency shall be governed by a Board of
6		Directors, which shall consist of 6 directors and one chairman
7		elected pursuant to this Section.
8		Three directors shall be elected from within the territory
9		of each member county. Any resident of a member county and the
10		territory of the Agency, at least 18 years of age, may become a
11		candidate for election as a director by filing a nominating
12		petition with the State Board of Elections containing the
13		verified signatures of at least 200 of the registered voters of
14		such county who reside within the territory of the Agency. Such
15		petition shall be filed not more than 78 nor less than 71 days
16		prior to the date of election.
17		The chairman shall be elected at large from the territory
18		of the Agency. Any person eligible to become a candidate for
19		election as director may become a candidate for election as
20		chairman by filing a nominating petition with the State Board
21		of Elections containing the verified signatures of at least 200
22		of the registered voters of each member county who reside
23		within the territory of the Agency. Such petition shall be
24		filed not more than 78 nor less than 71 days prior to the date
25		of the election.
26		Within 7 days after each consolidated election at which the
27		chairman is elected, the county clerk of each member county
28		shall transmit the returns for the election to the office of
29		chairman to the State Board of Elections. The State Board of
30		Elections shall immediately canvass the returns and proclaim
31		the results thereof and shall issue a certificate of election
32		to the person so elected.

1		Beginning in 1985, the directors and chairman shall be
2		elected at the consolidated election and shall serve from the
3		third first Monday in May following their respective elections
4		until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
5		The term of office of a director shall be for 4 years, except
6		that of the directors elected at the consolidated election of
7		1985, 3 shall serve until the first Monday in May 1987 and 3
8		shall serve until the first Monday in May 1989. The term of
9		office of a chairman shall be 4 years.
10		At least 90 days before the consolidated election of 1985
11		the State Board of Elections shall meet to determine by lot
12		which 3 director positions shall be elected for terms to expire
13		on the first Monday in May 1987 and which 3 director positions
14		shall be elected for terms to expire on the first Monday in May
15		1989. At least one director position from each member county
16		shall be elected for a term to expire on the first Monday in
17		May 1987.
18		The county clerks of the member counties shall provide
19		notice of each election for chairman and director in the manner
20		prescribed in Article 12 of The Election Code, with the notice
21		of the elections to be held at the consolidated election of
22		1985 to include a statement as to whether the director is to be
23		elected for a term of 2 years or for a term of 4 years.
24		A chairman shall be elected at the consolidated election of
25		1985 and at each consolidated election every 4 years
26		thereafter. Six directors shall be elected at the consolidated
27		election of 1985. At the consolidated election of 1987, and at
28		each consolidated election every 4 years thereafter, directors
29		shall be elected from the constituencies of the directors who
30		were elected at the consolidated election of 1985 and whose
31		terms expired on the first Monday in May 1987. At the
32		consolidated election of 1989, and at each consolidated
33		election every 4 years thereafter, directors shall be elected
34		from the constituencies of the directors who were elected at

1		the consolidated election of 1985 and whose terms expired on
2		the first Monday in May 1989.
3		Vacancies in the office of director or chairman shall be
4		filled by the remaining members of the Board, who shall appoint
5		to fill the vacated office for the remainder of the term of
6		such office an individual who would be eligible for election to
7		such office. If, however, a vacancy occurs in the office of
8		chairman or director with at least 28 months remaining in the
9		term of such office, the office shall be filled for the
10		remainder of the term at the next consolidated election. Until
11		the office is filled by election, the remaining members of the
12		Board shall appoint a qualified person to the office in the
13		manner provided in this Section.
14		(Source: P.A. 84-776.)

15		Section 95. Severability. The provisions of this
16		amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly are severable under
17		Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".