Full Text of HB4662 99th General Assembly
HB4662 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB4662 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/13-1 | from Ch. 46, par. 13-1 | 10 ILCS 5/13-2 | from Ch. 46, par. 13-2 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that county boards outside of the jurisdiction of boards of election commissioners may reduce the number of judges of election from 5 to 3 for primary elections. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 13-1 and 13-2 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization, the | 8 | | county
board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July
in | 9 | | each
even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5 | 10 | | capable and
discreet persons meeting the qualifications of | 11 | | Section 13-4 to
be judges of election. Where neither voting | 12 | | machines nor electronic,
mechanical or electric voting systems | 13 | | are used, the county board may,
for any precinct with respect | 14 | | to which the board considers such action
necessary or desirable | 15 | | in view of the number of voters, and shall for
general | 16 | | elections for any precinct containing more than 600 registered
| 17 | | voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of election a team | 18 | | of 5
tally judges. In such precincts the judges of election | 19 | | shall preside
over the election during the hours the polls are | 20 | | open, and the tally
judges, with the assistance of the holdover | 21 | | judges designated pursuant
to Section 13-6.2, shall count the | 22 | | vote after the closing of the polls.
However, the County Board | 23 | | of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of election
to serve in |
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| 1 | | lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
| 2 | | Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any | 3 | | odd-year regular
election or in any special primary or special | 4 | | election called
for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the | 5 | | office of representative in
the United States Congress or to | 6 | | nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county board | 7 | | passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of election | 8 | | to 3 for primary elections .
The tally judges shall possess the | 9 | | same qualifications and shall be
appointed in the same manner | 10 | | and with the same division between
political parties as is | 11 | | provided for judges of election.
| 12 | | In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
| 13 | | commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, | 14 | | who shall
possess the same qualifications and shall be | 15 | | appointed in the same
manner and with the same division between | 16 | | political parties as is
provided for other judges of election. | 17 | | The number of such panels of
judges required shall be | 18 | | determined by regulations of the State Board of
Elections which | 19 | | shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
number | 20 | | of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of vote | 21 | | by mail
ballots voted at recent elections, or any combination | 22 | | of such factors.
| 23 | | Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as | 24 | | provided in
Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3 | 25 | | persons of the same
political party shall be appointed judges | 26 | | of the same election precinct
or election judge panel. The |
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| 1 | | appointment shall be made in the following
manner: The county | 2 | | board of commissioners shall select and approve 3
persons as | 3 | | judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
| 4 | | list, furnished by the chairman of the County Central Committee | 5 | | of the
first leading political party in such precinct; and the | 6 | | county board of
commissioners shall also select and approve 2 | 7 | | persons as judges of
election in each election precinct from a | 8 | | certified list, furnished by
the chairman of the County Central | 9 | | Committee of the second leading
political party. However, if | 10 | | only 3 judges of election serve in each
election precinct, no | 11 | | more than 2 persons of the same political party shall
be judges | 12 | | of election in the same election precinct; and which political
| 13 | | party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political | 14 | | party is
entitled to one judge of election shall be determined | 15 | | in the same manner as
set forth in the next two preceding | 16 | | sentences with regard to 5 election
judges in each precinct. | 17 | | Such certified list shall be filed with the county
clerk not | 18 | | less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county
board | 19 | | of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
| 20 | | precincts. The chairman of each county central committee shall, | 21 | | insofar
as possible, list persons who reside within the | 22 | | precinct in which they
are to serve as judges. However, he may, | 23 | | in his sole discretion, submit
the names of persons who reside | 24 | | outside the precinct but within the
county embracing the | 25 | | precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
however, submit | 26 | | the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for
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| 1 | | precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit | 2 | | the
name of at least one resident of the precinct for each | 3 | | precinct in which
his party is to have 2 judges. The county | 4 | | board of commissioners shall
acknowledge in writing to each | 5 | | county chairman the names of all persons
submitted on such | 6 | | certified list and the total number of persons listed
thereon. | 7 | | If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
| 8 | | no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for | 9 | | certain
election precincts), the county board of commissioners | 10 | | shall make or
complete such list from the names contained in | 11 | | the supplemental list
provided for in Section 13-1.1. The | 12 | | election judges shall hold their
office for 2 years from their | 13 | | appointment, and until their successors
are duly appointed in | 14 | | the manner provided in this Act. The county board
of | 15 | | commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge | 16 | | of
election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
| 18 | | (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
| 19 | | Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the | 20 | | county
board shall at its meeting in July in each even-numbered | 21 | | year
except in counties containing a population of 3,000,000 | 22 | | inhabitants or
over and except when such judges are appointed | 23 | | by election
commissioners, select in each election precinct in | 24 | | the county, 5 capable
and discreet persons to be judges of | 25 | | election who shall
possess the
qualifications required by this |
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| 1 | | Act for such judges. Where neither
voting machines nor | 2 | | electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
are used, the | 3 | | county board may, for any precinct with respect to which
the | 4 | | board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of | 5 | | the
number of voters, and shall for general elections for any | 6 | | precinct
containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in | 7 | | addition to the 5
judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. | 8 | | In such precincts the
judges of election shall preside over the | 9 | | election during the hours the
polls are open, and the tally | 10 | | judges, with the assistance of the
holdover judges designated | 11 | | pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the
vote after the | 12 | | closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the
same | 13 | | qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and | 14 | | with
the same division between political parties as is provided | 15 | | for judges of
election.
| 16 | | However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election | 17 | | to serve in
lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required | 18 | | by this Section (1) to serve
in any emergency referendum, or in | 19 | | any odd-year regular election
or in any special primary or | 20 | | special election called for the purpose of
filling a vacancy in | 21 | | the office of representative in the United States Congress
or | 22 | | to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county | 23 | | board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of | 24 | | election to 3 for primary elections .
| 25 | | In addition to such precinct judges, the county board shall | 26 | | appoint
special panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the |
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| 1 | | same
qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner | 2 | | and with the
same division between political parties as is | 3 | | provided for other judges
of election. The number of such | 4 | | panels of judges required shall be
determined by regulations of | 5 | | the State Board of Elections, which shall
base the required | 6 | | number of special panels on the number of registered
voters in | 7 | | the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at
| 8 | | recent elections or any combination of such factors.
| 9 | | No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be | 10 | | appointed
judges in the same election district or undivided | 11 | | precinct. The election
of the judges of election in the various | 12 | | election precincts shall be
made in the following manner: The | 13 | | county board shall
select and approve 3 of the election judges | 14 | | in each precinct from a
certified list furnished by the | 15 | | chairman of the County Central Committee
of the first leading | 16 | | political party in such election precinct and shall also
select | 17 | | and approve 2 judges of election in each election precinct from | 18 | | a
certified list furnished by the chairman of the County | 19 | | Central Committee
of the second leading political party in such | 20 | | election precinct. However,
if only 3 judges of election serve | 21 | | in each election precinct, no more than 2
persons of the same | 22 | | political party shall be judges of election in the same
| 23 | | election precinct; and which political party is entitled to 2 | 24 | | judges of
election and which political party is entitled to one | 25 | | judge of election shall
be determined in the same manner as set | 26 | | forth in the next two preceding
sentences with regard to 5 |
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| 1 | | election judges in each precinct. The respective
County Central | 2 | | Committee chairman shall notify the county board by June 1 of
| 3 | | each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual | 4 | | meeting of the county
board whether or not such certified list | 5 | | will be filed by such chairman. Such
list shall be arranged | 6 | | according to precincts. The chairman of each county
central | 7 | | committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside | 8 | | within
the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. | 9 | | However, he may, in his sole
discretion, submit the names of | 10 | | persons who reside outside the precinct but
within the county | 11 | | embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
| 12 | | however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the | 13 | | precinct for each
precinct in which his party is to have 3 | 14 | | judges and must submit the name of at
least one resident of the | 15 | | precinct for each precinct in which his party is to
have 2 | 16 | | judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the | 17 | | county
clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of | 18 | | the county board. The
county board shall acknowledge in writing | 19 | | to each county chairman the names of
all persons submitted on | 20 | | such certified list and the total number of persons
listed | 21 | | thereon. If no such list is filed or the list is incomplete | 22 | | (that is, no
names or an insufficient number of names are | 23 | | furnished for certain election
precincts), the county board | 24 | | shall make or complete such list from the names
contained in | 25 | | the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,
| 26 | | further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be |
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| 1 | | redistricted,
in whole or in part, subsequent to one general | 2 | | election for Governor, and prior
to the next, the judges of | 3 | | election to be selected for all new or altered
precincts shall | 4 | | be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which
| 5 | | shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances of | 6 | | the particular
case, but the majority of such judges for each | 7 | | such precinct shall be selected
from the first leading | 8 | | political party, and the minority judges from the second
| 9 | | leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties | 10 | | having a
population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the | 11 | | selection of judges of election
shall be made in the same | 12 | | manner in all respects as in other counties, except
that the | 13 | | provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such | 14 | | counties
and except that the county board shall meet during the | 15 | | month of January for the
purpose of making such selection, each | 16 | | township committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities | 17 | | given to the chairman of the county central committee in this | 18 | | Section for the precincts within his or her township, and the | 19 | | township committeeperson shall notify the county board by the | 20 | | preceding October 1 whether or
not the certified list will be | 21 | | filed. Such judges of election shall hold their
office for 2 | 22 | | years from their appointment and until their successors are | 23 | | duly
appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county | 24 | | board shall fill all
vacancies in the office of judges of | 25 | | elections at any time in the manner herein
provided.
| 26 | | Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by |
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| 1 | | the circuit
court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law.
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