Full Text of SB3064 93rd General Assembly
SB3064eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 7-9, 22-1, 22-7, 22-8, and 22-17 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/7-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)
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| Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State | 8 |
| conventions.
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| (a) On the 29th day after
second Monday next succeeding the | 10 |
| primary at which
committeemen are elected, the county central | 11 |
| committee of each political
party shall meet at the county seat | 12 |
| of the proper county and proceed to
organize by electing from | 13 |
| its own number a chairman and either from its
own number, or | 14 |
| otherwise, such other officers as such committee may deem
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| necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county central | 16 |
| committee
shall be known as the county convention.
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| The chairman of each county committee shall within 10 days | 18 |
| after the
organization, forward to the State Board of | 19 |
| Elections, the names and
post office addresses of the officers, | 20 |
| precinct committeemen and
representative committeemen elected | 21 |
| by his political party.
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| The county convention of each political party shall choose | 23 |
| delegates
to the State convention of its party; but in any | 24 |
| county having within
its limits any city having a population of | 25 |
| 200,000, or over the
delegates from such city shall be chosen | 26 |
| by wards, the ward committeemen
from the respective wards | 27 |
| choosing the number of delegates to which such
ward is entitled | 28 |
| on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this
Section such | 29 |
| delegates to be members of the delegation to the State
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| convention from such county. In all counties containing a | 31 |
| population of
2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a | 32 |
| population of 200,000 or
more, the delegates from each of the |
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| townships or parts of townships as
the case may be shall be | 2 |
| chosen by townships or parts of townships as
the case may be, | 3 |
| the township committeemen from the respective townships
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| parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of
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| delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the | 6 |
| case may
be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph | 7 |
| (e) of this
Section such delegates to be members of the | 8 |
| delegation to the State
convention from such county.
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| Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | 10 |
| party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | 11 |
| (a) of Section 7-8
shall be a delegate to the State Convention, | 12 |
| ex officio.
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| Each member of the State Central Committee of a political | 14 |
| party which
elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph | 15 |
| (a) of Section 7-8 may
appoint 2 delegates to the State | 16 |
| Convention who must be residents of the
member's Congressional | 17 |
| District.
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| (b) State conventions shall be held within 180 days after | 19 |
| the
general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years | 20 |
| thereafter. In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,
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| chairman of a State central committee may issue a call for a | 22 |
| State
convention within 180 days after the general primary.
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| The State
convention of each political party has power to | 24 |
| make
nominations of candidates of its political party for the | 25 |
| electors of
President and Vice President of the United States, | 26 |
| and to adopt any party
platform, and, to the
extent determined | 27 |
| by the State central committee as provided in Section
7-14, to | 28 |
| choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to
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| national nominating conventions. The State Central Committee | 30 |
| may adopt
rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the | 31 |
| State convention.
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| (c) The chairman and secretary of each State convention | 33 |
| shall,
within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of | 34 |
| Elections of
this State a certificate setting forth the names | 35 |
| and addresses of all
persons nominated by such State convention | 36 |
| for electors of President and
Vice President of the United |
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| States, and of any persons selected by the State
convention for
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| delegates and alternate delegates at large to national | 3 |
| nominating
conventions; and the names of such candidates so | 4 |
| chosen by such State
convention for electors of President and | 5 |
| Vice President of the United
States, shall be caused by
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| State Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot | 7 |
| at
the general election, in the manner required by law, and | 8 |
| shall be
certified to the various county clerks of the proper | 9 |
| counties in the
manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this | 10 |
| Article 7 for the certifying
of the names of persons nominated | 11 |
| by any party for State offices. If and
as long as this Act | 12 |
| prescribes that the names of such electors be not
printed on | 13 |
| the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be
certified | 14 |
| in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act
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| applicable thereto.
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| (d) Each convention may perform all other functions | 17 |
| inherent to such
political organization and not inconsistent | 18 |
| with this Article.
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| (e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention, | 20 |
| the chairman of the State central committee of each political
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| party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of
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| Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall | 23 |
| state, among
other things, the time and place (designating the | 24 |
| building or hall) for
holding the State convention. Such call | 25 |
| shall be signed by the chairman
and attested by the secretary | 26 |
| of the committee. In such convention each
county shall be | 27 |
| entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by
the | 28 |
| primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to | 29 |
| be
held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such | 30 |
| county, less
than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of | 31 |
| ballots so voted is
not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall | 32 |
| be one delegate for such
group which is less than 500, or for | 33 |
| such group representing the number
of votes over the multiple | 34 |
| of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of
one vote for each | 35 |
| primary vote so represented by him. The call for such
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| convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in |
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| full and
shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen | 2 |
| be calculated in
compliance herewith and that such number of | 3 |
| delegates be chosen.
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| (f) All precinct, township and ward committeemen when | 5 |
| elected as
provided in this Section shall serve as though | 6 |
| elected at large
irrespective of any changes that may be made | 7 |
| in precinct, township or
ward boundaries and the voting | 8 |
| strength of each committeeman shall
remain as provided in this | 9 |
| Section for the entire time for which he is
elected.
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| (g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in | 11 |
| this
Section shall serve until their successors are elected as | 12 |
| provided in
this Act.
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| (h) A special meeting of any central committee may be | 14 |
| called by the
chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members | 15 |
| of such committee, by
giving 5 days notice to members of such | 16 |
| committee in writing designating
the time and place at which | 17 |
| such special meeting is to be held and the
business which it is | 18 |
| proposed to present at such special meeting.
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| (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a | 20 |
| vacancy
exists in the office of precinct committeeman because | 21 |
| no one was elected
to that office or because the precinct | 22 |
| committeeman ceases to reside in
the precinct or for any other | 23 |
| reason, the chairman of the county
central committee of the | 24 |
| appropriate political party may fill the
vacancy in such office | 25 |
| by appointment of a qualified resident of the
county and the | 26 |
| appointed precinct committeeman shall serve as though
elected; | 27 |
| however, no such appointment may be made between the general
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| primary election and the 30th
14th day after the general | 29 |
| primary election.
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| (j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State | 31 |
| of Illinois
is reduced as a result of reapportionment of | 32 |
| Congressional Districts
following a federal decennial census, | 33 |
| the State Central Committeemen and
Committeewomen of a | 34 |
| political
party which elects its State Central
Committee by | 35 |
| either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
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| Section 7-8 who were
previously elected shall continue to serve |
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| as if no reapportionment had
occurred until the expiration of | 2 |
| their terms.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/22-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-1)
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| Sec. 22-1. Abstracts of votes. Within 21
7 days after the | 6 |
| close of the
election at which candidates for offices | 7 |
| hereinafter named in this Section are
voted upon, the county | 8 |
| clerks of the respective counties, with the assistance
of the | 9 |
| chairmen of the county central committees of the Republican and
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| Democratic parties of the county, shall open the returns and | 11 |
| make abstracts of
the votes on a separate sheet for each of the | 12 |
| following:
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| A. For Governor and Lieutenant Governor;
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| B. For State officers;
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| C. For presidential electors;
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| D. For United States Senators and Representatives to | 17 |
| Congress;
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| E. For judges of the Supreme Court;
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| F. For judges of the Appellate Court;
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| G. For judges of the circuit court;
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| H. For Senators and Representatives to the General | 22 |
| Assembly;
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| I. For State's Attorneys elected from 2 or more counties;
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| J. For amendments to the Constitution, and for other | 25 |
| propositions
submitted to the electors of the entire State;
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| K. For county officers and for propositions submitted to | 27 |
| the
electors of the county only;
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| L. For Regional Superintendent of Schools;
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| M. For trustees of Sanitary Districts; and
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| N. For Trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees.
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| Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared | 32 |
| and one of
each shall be turned over to the chairman of the | 33 |
| county central
committee of each of the then existing | 34 |
| established political parties, as
defined in Section 10-2, or | 35 |
| his duly authorized representative
immediately after the |
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| completion of the entries on the sheets and before
the totals | 2 |
| have been compiled.
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| The foregoing abstracts shall be preserved by the county | 4 |
| clerk in his office.
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| Whenever any county chairman is also county clerk or | 6 |
| whenever any
county chairman is unable to serve as a member of | 7 |
| such canvassing board
the vice-chairman or secretary of his | 8 |
| county central committee, in that
order, shall serve in his | 9 |
| place as member of such canvassing board;
provided, that if | 10 |
| none of these persons is able to serve, the county
chairman may | 11 |
| appoint a member of his county central committee to serve
as a | 12 |
| member of such canvassing board.
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| The powers and duties of the county canvassing board are | 14 |
| limited to
those specified in this Section. In no event shall | 15 |
| such canvassing board
open any package in which the ballots | 16 |
| have been wrapped or any envelope
containing "defective" or | 17 |
| "objected to" ballots, or in any manner
undertake to examine | 18 |
| the ballots used in the election, except as
provided in Section | 19 |
| 22-9.1 or when directed by a court in an election
contest. Nor | 20 |
| shall such canvassing board call in the precinct judges of
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| election or any other persons to open or recount the ballots.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/22-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-7)
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| Sec. 22-7. Canvass of votes; declaration and proclamation | 25 |
| of result. The State Board of Elections, shall proceed within | 26 |
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20 days after the election,
and sooner if all the returns | 27 |
| are received, to canvass the votes given
for United States | 28 |
| Senators and Representatives to Congress, State
executive | 29 |
| officers, judges of the Supreme Court, judges of the Appellate
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| Court, judges of the Circuit Court, Senators, Representatives | 31 |
| to the
General Assembly, State's Attorneys and Regional | 32 |
| Superintendents of Schools
elected from 2 or more counties, | 33 |
| respectively, and the persons
having the highest number of | 34 |
| votes for the respective offices shall be
declared duly | 35 |
| elected, but if it appears that more than the number of
persons |
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| to be elected have the highest and an equal number of votes for
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| the same office, the electoral board shall decide by lot which | 3 |
| of such
persons shall be elected; and to each person duly | 4 |
| elected, the Governor
shall give a certificate of election or | 5 |
| commission, as the case may
require, and shall cause | 6 |
| proclamation to be made of the result of the
canvass, and they | 7 |
| shall at the same time and in the same manner, canvass
the vote | 8 |
| cast upon amendments to the Constitution, and upon other
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| propositions submitted to the electors of the entire State; and | 10 |
| the
Governor shall cause to be made such proclamation of the | 11 |
| result of the
canvass as the statutes elsewhere provide. The | 12 |
| State Board of Elections
shall transmit to the State | 13 |
| Comptroller a list of the persons elected to
the various | 14 |
| offices. The State Board of Elections shall also transmit to
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| the Supreme Court the names of persons elected to judgeships in
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| adversary elections and the names of judges who fail to win | 17 |
| retention in
office.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/22-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-8)
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| Sec. 22-8. In municipalities operating under Article 6 of | 21 |
| this Act,
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7 days after the close of such election, a | 22 |
| judge of the circuit
court, with the assistance of the city | 23 |
| attorney and the board of election
commissioners, who are | 24 |
| hereby declared a canvassing board for such city,
shall open | 25 |
| all returns left respectively, with the election | 26 |
| commissioners,
the county clerk, and city comptroller, and | 27 |
| shall make abstracts or
statements of the votes in the | 28 |
| following manner, as the case may require,
viz: All votes for | 29 |
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor on one sheet; all votes
for | 30 |
| other State officers on another sheet; all votes for | 31 |
| presidential
electors on another sheet; all votes for United | 32 |
| States Senators and
Representatives to Congress on another | 33 |
| sheet; all votes for judges of the
Supreme Court on another | 34 |
| sheet; all votes for judges of the Appellate Court
on another | 35 |
| sheet; all votes for Judges of the Circuit Court on another
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| sheet; all votes for Senators and Representatives to the | 2 |
| General Assembly
on another sheet; all votes for State's | 3 |
| Attorneys where elected from 2 or
more counties on another | 4 |
| sheet; all votes for County Officers on another
sheet; all | 5 |
| votes for City Officers on another sheet; all votes for Town
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| Officers on another sheet; and all votes for any other office | 7 |
| on a separate
and appropriate sheet; all votes for any | 8 |
| proposition, which may be
submitted to a vote of the people, on | 9 |
| another sheet, and all votes against
any proposition, submitted | 10 |
| to a vote of the people, on another sheet.
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| Multiple originals of each of the sheets shall be prepared | 12 |
| and one of
each shall be turned over to the chairman of the | 13 |
| county central committee
of each of the then existing | 14 |
| established political parties, as defined in
Section 10-2, or | 15 |
| his duly authorized representative immediately after the
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| completion of the entries on the sheets and before the totals | 17 |
| have been
compiled.
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| (Source: P.A. 77-2626.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/22-17) (from Ch. 46, par. 22-17)
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| Sec. 22-17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
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| canvass of votes cast at the consolidated primary
nonpartisan
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| and consolidated elections
shall be conducted by the following | 23 |
| canvassing boards within 21
7 days
after the close of such | 24 |
| elections:
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| 1. For city offices, by the mayor, the city attorney | 26 |
| and the city
clerk.
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| 2. For village and incorporated town offices, by the | 28 |
| president of
the board of trustees, one member of the board | 29 |
| of trustees, and the
village or incorporated town clerk.
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| 3. For township offices, by the township supervisor, | 31 |
| the eligible town
trustee elected in the township who has | 32 |
| the longest term of continuous
service as town trustee, and | 33 |
| the township clerk.
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| 4. For road district offices, by the highway | 35 |
| commissioner and the
road district clerk.
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| 5. For school district or community college district | 2 |
| offices, by the
school or community college district board.
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| 6. For special district elected offices, by the board | 4 |
| of the special
district.
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| 7. For multi-county educational service region | 6 |
| offices, by the
regional board of school trustees.
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| 8. For township trustee of schools or land | 8 |
| commissioner, by the
township trustees of schools or land | 9 |
| commissioners.
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| 9. For park district offices, by the president of the | 11 |
| park board, one
member of the board of park commissioners | 12 |
| and the secretary of the park
district.
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| 10. For multi-township assessment districts, by the | 14 |
| chairman,
clerk, and assessor of the multi-township | 15 |
| assessment district.
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| (b) The city canvassing board provided in Section 22-8 | 17 |
| shall canvass
the votes cast at the nonpartisan and | 18 |
| consolidated elections for offices
of any political | 19 |
| subdivision entirely within the jurisdiction of a
municipal | 20 |
| board of election commissioners.
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| (c) The canvass of votes cast upon any public questions | 22 |
| submitted to
the voters of any political subdivision, or any | 23 |
| precinct or combination of
precincts within a political | 24 |
| subdivision, at any regular election or at
any emergency | 25 |
| referendum election, including votes cast by voters
outside of | 26 |
| the political subdivision where the question is for
annexation | 27 |
| thereto, shall be canvassed by the same board provided for in
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| this Section for the canvass of votes of the officers of such | 29 |
| political
subdivision. However, referenda conducted throughout | 30 |
| a county and
referenda of sanitary districts whose officers are | 31 |
| elected at general
elections shall be canvassed by the county | 32 |
| canvassing board. The votes
cast on a public question for the | 33 |
| formation of a political subdivision
shall be canvassed by the | 34 |
| circuit court that ordered the question
submitted, or by such | 35 |
| officers of the court as may be appointed for such
purpose, | 36 |
| except where in the formation or reorganization of a school
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| district or districts the regional superintendent of schools is
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| designated by law as the canvassing official.
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| (d) The canvass of votes for offices of political | 4 |
| subdivisions cast
at special elections to fill vacancies held | 5 |
| on the day of any regular
election shall be conducted by the | 6 |
| canvassing board which is responsible
for canvassing the votes | 7 |
| at the regularly scheduled election for such office.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-738; 87-1052.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 |
| becoming law.
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