SB0600sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Chris Lauzen

Filed: 3/2/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 600

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 600 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 7-8 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/7-8)  (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
7     Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed of
8 one or two members from each congressional district in the
9 State and shall be elected as follows:
10
State Central Committee
11     (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
13 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
14 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
15 State central committee of that party.
16     Alternative A. In each congressional district at the

 

 

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1 general primary election held in 2010 and every 4 years
2 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number of
3 votes of the party's male candidates for State central
4 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
5 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
6 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
7 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from the
8 district. At the general primary election held in 2010 and
9 every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for State
10 central committeemen or State central committeewomen from a
11 congressional district are of the same sex, the candidate
12 receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected
13 a State central committeeman or State central committeewoman
14 from the district, and, because of a failure to elect one male
15 and one female to the committee, a vacancy shall be declared to
16 exist in the office of the second member of the State central
17 committee from the district. This vacancy shall be filled by
18 appointment by the congressional committee of the political
19 party, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a
20 resident of the congressional district and of the sex opposite
21 that of the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the
22 general primary election. Each congressional committee shall
23 make this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
24 paragraph (e) of this Section.
25     The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
26 provided in this Alternative A must be selected from the

 

 

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1 committee's members. At the primary in 1970 and at the general
2 primary election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary
3 elector may vote for one candidate of his party for member of
4 the State central committee for the congressional district in
5 which he resides. The candidate receiving the highest number of
6 votes shall be declared elected State central committeeman from
7 the district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing,
8 by a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of such
9 party, determine to thereafter elect the State central
10 committeemen in the manner following:
11     At the county convention held by such political party State
12 central committeemen shall be elected in the same manner as
13 provided in this Article for the election of officers of the
14 county central committee, and such election shall follow the
15 election of officers of the county central committee. Each
16 elected ward, township or precinct committeeman shall cast as
17 his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township,
18 part of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary
19 election of his political party. In the case of a county lying
20 partially within one congressional district and partially
21 within another congressional district, each ward, township or
22 precinct committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
23 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
24 township or precinct is located. In the case of a congressional
25 district which encompasses more than one county, each ward,
26 township or precinct committeeman residing within the

 

 

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1 congressional district shall cast as his vote one vote for each
2 ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or
3 precinct in the last preceding primary election of his
4 political party for one candidate of his party for member of
5 the State central committee for the congressional district in
6 which he resides and the Chairman of the county central
7 committee shall report the results of the election to the State
8 Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall certify
9 the candidate receiving the highest number of votes elected
10 State central committeeman for that congressional district.
11     The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
12 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election of
13 members of the State central committee.
14     After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
15 General Assembly, whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of
16 Chairman of a State central committee, or at the end of the
17 term of office of Chairman, the State central committee of each
18 political party that has selected Alternative A shall elect a
19 Chairman who shall not be required to be a member of the State
20 Central Committee. The Chairman shall be a registered voter in
21 this State and of the same political party as the State central
22 committee.
23     Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall, within
24 30 days after the adoption of this alternative, appoint a
25 person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent member for
26 that congressional district to serve as an additional member of

 

 

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1 the State central committee until his or her successor is
2 elected at the general primary election in 1986. Each
3 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
4 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section. In
5 each congressional district at the general primary election
6 held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate
7 receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male
8 candidates for State central committeeman, and the female
9 candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's
10 female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be
11 declared elected State central committeeman and State central
12 committeewoman from the district. At the general primary
13 election held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a
14 party's candidates for State central committeemen or State
15 central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the
16 same sex, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes
17 shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State
18 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
19 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
20 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second
21 member of the State central committee from the district. This
22 vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the congressional
23 committee of the political party, and the person appointed to
24 fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
25 district and of the sex opposite that of the committeeman or
26 committeewoman elected at the general primary election. Each

 

 

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1 congressional committee shall make this appointment by voting
2 on the basis set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section.
3     The Chairman of a State central committee composed as
4 provided in this Alternative B must be selected from the
5 committee's members.
6     Under Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect
7 to the selection of the Chairman of the State central
8 committee, under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State
9 central committee of each political party shall be composed of
10 members elected or appointed from the several congressional
11 districts of the State, and of no other person or persons
12 whomsoever. The members of the State central committee shall,
13 within 41 days after each quadrennial election of the full
14 committee, meet in the city of Springfield and organize by
15 electing a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
16 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
17 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
18 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
19 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
20 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
21 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
22 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
23 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
24 or her congressional district by the primary electors of his or
25 her party at the primary election immediately preceding the
26 meeting of the State central committee. Whenever a vacancy

 

 

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1 occurs in the State central committee of any political party,
2 the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the chairmen of
3 the county central committees of the political party of the
4 counties located within the congressional district in which the
5 vacancy occurs and, if applicable, the ward and township
6 committeemen of the political party in counties of 2,000,000 or
7 more inhabitants located within the congressional district. If
8 the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
9 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
10 ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
11 congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
12 voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
13 committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
14 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
15 ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional district in
16 which the vacancy exists of his or her county, township, or
17 ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party at the
18 primary election immediately preceding the meeting to fill the
19 vacancy in the State central committee. The person appointed to
20 fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the congressional
21 district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be a qualified
22 voter, and, in a committee composed as provided in Alternative
23 B, shall be of the same sex as his or her predecessor. A
24 political party may, by a majority vote of the delegates of any
25 State convention of such party, determine to return to the
26 election of State central committeeman and State central

 

 

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1 committeewoman by the vote of primary electors. Any action
2 taken by a political party at a State convention in accordance
3 with this Section shall be reported to the State Board of
4 Elections by the chairman and secretary of such convention
5 within 10 days after such action.
6     The changes made to this subsection (a) by this amendatory
7 Act of the 96th General Assembly apply to State central
8 committees elected at or after the 2010 general primary.
9
Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
10     (b) At the primary in 1972 and at the general primary
11 election every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
12 cities having a population of 200,000 or over may vote for one
13 candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman. Each
14 candidate for ward committeeman must be a resident of and in
15 the ward where he seeks to be elected ward committeeman. The
16 one having the highest number of votes shall be such ward
17 committeeman of such party for such ward. At the primary
18 election in 1970 and at the general primary election every 4
19 years thereafter, each primary elector in counties containing a
20 population of 2,000,000 or more, outside of cities containing a
21 population of 200,000 or more, may vote for one candidate of
22 his party for township committeeman. Each candidate for
23 township committeeman must be a resident of and in the township
24 or part of a township (which lies outside of a city having a
25 population of 200,000 or more, in counties containing a
26 population of 2,000,000 or more), and in which township or part

 

 

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1 of a township he seeks to be elected township committeeman. The
2 one having the highest number of votes shall be such township
3 committeeman of such party for such township or part of a
4 township. At the primary in 1970 and at the general primary
5 election every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector, except
6 in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote
7 for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct
8 committeeman. Each candidate for precinct committeeman must be
9 a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
10 elected precinct committeeman. The one having the highest
11 number of votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
12 party for such precinct. The official returns of the primary
13 shall show the name of the committeeman of each political
14 party.
15     Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
16 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
17 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
18 second year after their election. Except as otherwise provided
19 in this Section for certain State central committeemen who have
20 2 year terms, all State central committeemen, township
21 committeemen and ward committeemen shall continue as such
22 committeemen until the date of primary to be held in the fourth
23 year after their election. However, a vacancy exists in the
24 office of precinct committeeman when a precinct committeeman
25 ceases to reside in the precinct in which he was elected and
26 such precinct committeeman shall thereafter neither have nor

 

 

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1 exercise any rights, powers or duties as committeeman in that
2 precinct, even if a successor has not been elected or
3 appointed.
4     (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of
5 the precinct committeemen of such party, in the multi-township
6 assessing district formed pursuant to Section 2-10 of the
7 Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set
8 forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In the
9 organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township Central
10 Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
11 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
12 his party at the primary at which he was elected.
13
County Central Committee
14     (d) The county central committee of each political party in
15 each county shall consist of the various township committeemen,
16 precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of such
17 party in the county. In the organization and proceedings of the
18 county central committee, each precinct committeeman shall
19 have one vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the
20 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
21 elected; each township committeeman shall have one vote for
22 each ballot voted in his township or part of a township as the
23 case may be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
24 election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
25 General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
26 county central committee; and in the organization and

 

 

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1 proceedings of the county central committee, each ward
2 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
3 ward by the primary electors of his party at the primary
4 election for the nomination of candidates for election to the
5 General Assembly immediately preceding the meeting of the
6 county central committee.
7
Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee
8     (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of
9 each political party in Cook County shall consist of the
10 various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of
11 that party in the portions of the county composing the board of
12 review election district. In the organization and proceedings
13 of each of the 3 election district committees, each township
14 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
15 or her township or part of a township, as the case may be, by
16 the primary electors of his or her party at the primary
17 election immediately preceding the meeting of the board of
18 review election district committee; and in the organization and
19 proceedings of each of the 3 election district committees, each
20 ward committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
21 his or her ward or part of that ward, as the case may be, by the
22 primary electors of his or her party at the primary election
23 immediately preceding the meeting of the board of review
24 election district committee.
25
Congressional Committee
26     (e) The congressional committee of each party in each

 

 

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1 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the
2 county central committees of the counties composing the
3 congressional district, except that in congressional districts
4 wholly within the territorial limits of one county, the
5 precinct committeemen, township committeemen and ward
6 committeemen, if any, of the party representing the precincts
7 within the limits of the congressional district, shall compose
8 the congressional committee. A State central committeeman in
9 each district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
10 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of the
11 congressional committee, but shall not have the right to vote
12 except in case of a tie.
13     In the organization and proceedings of congressional
14 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
15 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination thereof,
16 each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
17 voted in his precinct by the primary electors of his party at
18 the primary at which he was elected, each township committeeman
19 shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or
20 part of a township as the case may be by the primary electors
21 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
22 meeting of the congressional committee, and each ward
23 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in each
24 precinct of his ward located in such congressional district by
25 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
26 immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional

 

 

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1 committee; and in the organization and proceedings of
2 congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county
3 central committees of the counties within such district, each
4 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
5 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of
6 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
7 meeting of the congressional committee.
8
Judicial District Committee
9     (f) The judicial district committee of each political party
10 in each judicial district shall be composed of the chairman of
11 the county central committees of the counties composing the
12 judicial district.
13     In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
14 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
15 committees of the counties within such district, each chairman
16 of such county central committee shall have one vote for each
17 ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of his party
18 at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of
19 the judicial district committee.
20
Circuit Court Committee
21     (g) The circuit court committee of each political party in
22 each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be composed of
23 the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties
24 composing the judicial circuit.
25     In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
26 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall

 

 

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

 

 

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1 election immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial
2 subcircuit committee.
3
Municipal Central Committee
4     (h) The municipal central committee of each political party
5 shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
6 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
7 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
8 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct, township
9 or ward committeeman on the municipal central committee shall
10 be the same as his voting strength on the county central
11 committee.
12     For political parties, other than a statewide political
13 party, established only within a municipality or township, the
14 municipal or township managing committee shall be composed of
15 the party officers of the local established party. The party
16 officers of a local established party shall be as follows: the
17 chairman and secretary of the caucus for those municipalities
18 and townships authorized by statute to nominate candidates by
19 caucus shall serve as party officers for the purpose of filling
20 vacancies in nomination under Section 7-61; for municipalities
21 and townships authorized by statute or ordinance to nominate
22 candidates by petition and primary election, the party officers
23 shall be the party's candidates who are nominated at the
24 primary. If no party primary was held because of the provisions
25 of Section 7-5, vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the
26 party's remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's

 

 

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1 officers.
2
Powers
3     (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the powers
4 usually exercised by such committees and by the officers
5 thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article.
6 The several committees herein provided for shall not have power
7 to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other
8 person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed
9 to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership
10 proper and necessary subcommittees.
11     (j) The State central committee of a political party which
12 elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
13 Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the delegate
14 selection rules of the national political party and file a copy
15 of such plan with the State Board of Elections when approved by
16 a national political party.
17     (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
18 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
19 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the State
20 central committee of a political party which elects its members
21 by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section, the proxy
22 shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and township
23 committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships which lie
24 entirely or partially within the Congressional District from
25 which the absent State central committeeman or committeewoman
26 was elected and the vote of the chairmen of the county central

 

 

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1 committees of those counties which lie entirely or partially
2 within that Congressional District and in which there are no
3 ward or township committeemen. When voting for such proxy the
4 county chairman, ward committeeman or township committeeman,
5 as the case may be shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
6 his county, ward or township, or portion thereof within the
7 Congressional District, by the primary electors of his party at
8 the primary at which he was elected. However, the absent State
9 central committeeman or committeewoman may designate a proxy
10 when permitted by the rules of a political party which elects
11 its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this
12 Section.
13     Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person is
14 ineligible to hold the position of committeeperson in any
15 committee established pursuant to this Section if he or she is
16 statutorily ineligible to vote in a general election because of
17 conviction of a felony. When a committeeperson is convicted of
18 a felony, the position occupied by that committeeperson shall
19 automatically become vacant.
20 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 95-699,
21 eff. 11-9-07.)
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.".