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90_HB1159

      10 ILCS 5/13-1            from Ch. 46, par. 13-1
      10 ILCS 5/13-1.1          from Ch. 46, par. 13-1.1
      10 ILCS 5/13-2            from Ch. 46, par. 13-2
      10 ILCS 5/13-4            from Ch. 46, par. 13-4
      10 ILCS 5/14-1            from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
      10 ILCS 5/14-3.1          from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
          Amends the Election Code.  Permits the use of  3,  rather
      than  5,  election  judges for even-year regular elections in
      precincts with fewer than 200 registered voters. Removes  the
      requirement  that  a minimum number of election judges reside
      in the precincts in which they serve.  Requires the  election
      authority  to  fill election judge vacancies if the vacancies
      cannot be  filled  from  the  supplemental  list.   Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend the Election Code by changing Sections
 2    13-1, 13-1.1, 13-2, 13-4, 14-1, and 14-3.1.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Election  Code  is amended by changing
 6    Sections 13-1,  13-1.1,  13-2,  13-4,  14-1,  and  14-3.1  as
 7    follows:
 8        (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
 9        Sec.  13-1.  In counties not under township organization,
10    the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in May
11    in each even-numbered year appoint in each election  precinct
12    5 capable and discreet electors meeting the qualifications of
13    Section  13-4  to be judges of election. Where neither voting
14    machines  nor  electronic,  mechanical  or  electric   voting
15    systems are used, the county board may, for any precinct with
16    respect to which the board considers such action necessary or
17    desirable  in  view  of  the  number of voters, and shall for
18    general elections for any precinct containing more  than  600
19    registered  voters,  appoint  in  addition to the 5 judges of
20    election a team of 5 tally  judges.  In  such  precincts  the
21    judges of election shall preside over the election during the
22    hours  the  polls  are  open,  and the tally judges, with the
23    assistance of the  holdover  judges  designated  pursuant  to
24    Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
25    polls. However, the County Board of Commissioners may appoint
26    3  judges  of  election  to  serve in lieu of the 5 judges of
27    election otherwise required by this Section to serve  in  any
28    emergency referendum, or in any odd-year regular election, in
29    any  even-year regular election in precincts of less than 200
30    registered voters, or  in  any  special  primary  or  special
31    election  called  for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
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 1    office of representative in the United States Congress or  to
 2    nominate candidates for such purpose.  The tally judges shall
 3    possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
 4    same  manner  and  with  the  same division between political
 5    parties as is provided for judges of election.
 6        In addition to such precinct judges, the county board  of
 7    commissioners  shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
 8    who shall  possess  the  same  qualifications  and  shall  be
 9    appointed  in  the  same  manner  and  with the same division
10    between political parties as is provided for other judges  of
11    election.  The number of such panels of judges required shall
12    be determined by regulations of the State Board of  Elections
13    which  shall  base  the required numbers of special panels on
14    the number of registered voters in the  jurisdiction  or  the
15    number  of absentee ballots voted at recent elections, or any
16    combination of such factors.
17        Such appointment shall  be  confirmed  by  the  court  as
18    provided  in  Section  13-3  of  this Article. No more than 3
19    persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
20    of the same election precinct or election  judge  panel.  The
21    appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
22    board  of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
23    judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
24    list,  furnished  by  the  chairman  of  the  County  Central
25    Committee of  the  first  leading  political  party  in  such
26    precinct;  and  the  county board of commissioners shall also
27    select and approve 2 persons as judges of  election  in  each
28    election  precinct  from  a  certified list, furnished by the
29    chairman of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the  second
30    leading  political  party.  However,  if  only  3  judges  of
31    election  serve  in  each  election  precinct, no more than 2
32    persons of the  same  political  party  shall  be  judges  of
33    election  in  the same election precinct; and which political
34    party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
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 1    party  is  entitled  to  one  judge  of  election  shall   be
 2    determined  in  the  same manner as set forth in the next two
 3    preceding sentences with regard to 5 election judges in  each
 4    precinct.  Such certified list shall be filed with the county
 5    clerk  not less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the
 6    county board of commissioners. Such list  shall  be  arranged
 7    according  to  precincts. The chairman of each county central
 8    committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside
 9    within the precinct in which they are  to  serve  as  judges.
10    However,  he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of
11    persons who reside outside the precinct but within the county
12    embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.  He  must,
13    however,  submit  the  names  of  at least 2 residents of the
14    precinct for each precinct in which his party is  to  have  3
15    judges  and  must submit the name of at least one resident of
16    the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to  have
17    2 judges. The county board of commissioners shall acknowledge
18    in  writing  to each county chairman the names of all persons
19    submitted on such certified list  and  the  total  number  of
20    persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or such list
21    is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
22    names  are  furnished  for  certain  election precincts), the
23    county board of commissioners shall  make  or  complete  such
24    list  from  the  names  contained  in  the  supplemental list
25    provided for in Section 13-1.1.  The  election  judges  shall
26    hold  their  office  for  2 years from their appointment, and
27    until their successors  are  duly  appointed  in  the  manner
28    provided in this Act. The county board of commissioners shall
29    fill  all vacancies in the office of judge of election at any
30    time in  the  manner  provided  in  this  Act.  However,  the
31    election  authority  shall  fill  vacancies  in the office of
32    judges of election if the vacancies cannot be filled from the
33    supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1.
34    (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/13-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1.1)
 2        Sec. 13-1.1.   In addition to the list  provided  for  in
 3    Section  13-1  or  13-2,  the  chairman of the county central
 4    committee of each of the two leading political parties  shall
 5    submit  to  the  county  board  a supplemental list, arranged
 6    according to precincts in which they are to serve, of persons
 7    available as judges of election, the names and number of  all
 8    persons  listed  thereon to be acknowledged in writing to the
 9    county chairman submitting such list  by  the  county  board.
10    Vacancies  among  the  judges  of election shall be filled by
11    selection from this supplemental list  of  persons  qualified
12    under  Section 13-4. If the list provided for in Section 13-1
13    or 13-2 for any precinct is exhausted, then  selection  shall
14    be  made from the supplemental list submitted by the chairman
15    of the  county  central  committee  of  the  party.  If  such
16    supplemental   list  is  exhausted  for  any  precinct,  then
17    selection shall be made  from  any  of  the  persons  on  the
18    supplemental  list  without  regard to the precincts in which
19    they are listed to serve. No selection  or  appointment  from
20    the  supplemental  list shall be made more than 21 days prior
21    to the date of precinct registration for those judges  needed
22    as  precinct  registrars,  and more than 28 days prior to the
23    date of an election for those additional  persons  needed  as
24    election  judges.  In any case where selection cannot be made
25    from the supplemental list without  violating  Section  13-4,
26    selection  shall  be  made  by  the  election  authority from
27    outside the supplemental list of some person qualified  under
28    Section 13-4.
29    (Source: P.A. 78-888; 78-889; 78-1297.)
30        (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
31        Sec.  13-2.  In  counties under the township organization
32    the county  board  shall  at  its  meeting  in  May  in  each
33    even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
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 1    of  3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
 2    are appointed  by  election  commissioners,  select  in  each
 3    election  precinct  in  the  county,  5  capable and discreet
 4    electors to be judges  of  election  who  shall  possess  the
 5    qualifications  required  by  this Act for such judges. Where
 6    neither  voting  machines  nor  electronic,   mechanical   or
 7    electric  voting  systems are used, the county board may, for
 8    any precinct with respect to which the board  considers  such
 9    action  necessary  or  desirable  in  view  of  the number of
10    voters, and shall for  general  elections  for  any  precinct
11    containing  more  than  600  registered  voters,  appoint  in
12    addition  to  the  5  judges  of  election  a team of 5 tally
13    judges. In  such  precincts  the  judges  of  election  shall
14    preside  over  the  election  during  the hours the polls are
15    open, and the  tally  judges,  with  the  assistance  of  the
16    holdover  judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall
17    count the vote after the closing  of  the  polls.  The  tally
18    judges  shall  possess  the  same qualifications and shall be
19    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
20    between  political  parties  as  is  provided  for  judges of
21    election.
22        However,  the  county  board  may  appoint  3  judges  of
23    election to serve  in  lieu  of  the  5  judges  of  election
24    otherwise  required by this Section to serve in any emergency
25    referendum, or in  any  odd-year  regular  election,  in  any
26    even-year  regular  election  in  precincts  of less than 200
27    registered voters, or  in  any  special  primary  or  special
28    election  called  for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
29    office of representative in the United States Congress or  to
30    nominate candidates for such purpose.
31        In  addition  to  such  precinct judges, the county board
32    shall appoint special panels of  3  judges  each,  who  shall
33    possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
34    same  manner  and  with  the  same division between political
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 1    parties as is provided for  other  judges  of  election.  The
 2    number  of such panels of judges required shall be determined
 3    by regulations of the State Board of Elections,  which  shall
 4    base  the  required number of special panels on the number of
 5    registered voters  in  the  jurisdiction  or  the  number  of
 6    absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
 7    of such factors.
 8        No  more than 3 persons of the same political party shall
 9    be  appointed  judges  in  the  same  election  district   or
10    undivided precinct. The election of the judges of election in
11    the various election precincts shall be made in the following
12    manner:  The  county  board shall select and approve 3 of the
13    election judges  in  each  precinct  from  a  certified  list
14    furnished  by the chairman of the County Central Committee of
15    the first leading political party in such  election  precinct
16    and  shall  also  select  and approve 2 judges of election in
17    each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
18    chairman of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the  second
19    leading  political  party in such election precinct. However,
20    if only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct,
21    no more than 2 persons of the same political party  shall  be
22    judges  of  election in the same election precinct; and which
23    political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which
24    political party is entitled to one judge of election shall be
25    determined in the same manner as set forth in  the  next  two
26    preceding  sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each
27    precinct.  The respective County Central  Committee  chairman
28    shall  notify the county board by June 1 of each odd-numbered
29    year immediately preceding the annual meeting of  the  county
30    board  whether  or  not  such certified list will be filed by
31    such chairman. Such  list  shall  be  arranged  according  to
32    precincts.  The  chairman  of  each  county central committee
33    shall, insofar as possible, list persons  who  reside  within
34    the  precinct  in which they are to serve as judges. However,
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 1    he may, in his sole discretion, submit the names  of  persons
 2    who  reside  outside  the  precinct  but  within  the  county
 3    embracing  the  precinct in which they are to serve. He must,
 4    however, submit the names of at  least  2  residents  of  the
 5    precinct  for  each  precinct in which his party is to have 3
 6    judges and must submit the name of at least one  resident  of
 7    the  precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
 8    2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed  with
 9    the  county  clerk  not  less  than 20 days before the annual
10    meeting  of  the  county  board.  The  county   board   shall
11    acknowledge  in  writing to each county chairman the names of
12    all persons submitted on such certified list  and  the  total
13    number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or
14    the  list is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient
15    number  of  names  are   furnished   for   certain   election
16    precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list
17    from  the  names  contained in the supplemental list provided
18    for in Section 13-1.1. Provided, further, that  in  any  case
19    where  a township has been or shall be redistricted, in whole
20    or in part, subsequent to one general election for  Governor,
21    and  prior to the next, the judges of election to be selected
22    for all new or altered precincts shall be  selected  in  that
23    one  of the methods above detailed, which shall be applicable
24    according to the facts and circumstances  of  the  particular
25    case,  but the majority of such judges for each such precinct
26    shall be selected from the first leading political party, and
27    the minority judges from the second leading political  party.
28    Provided,  further,  that  in counties having a population of
29    1,000,000 inhabitants or over  the  selection  of  judges  of
30    election  shall be made in the same manner in all respects as
31    in other counties, except that  the  provisions  relating  to
32    tally  judges  are  inapplicable  to such counties and except
33    that the county board shall meet during the month of  January
34    for  the purpose of making such selection and the chairman of
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 1    each county central committee shall notify the  county  board
 2    by  the preceding October 1 whether or not the certified list
 3    will be filed. Such  judges  of  election  shall  hold  their
 4    office  for  2  years  from their appointment and until their
 5    successors are duly appointed in the manner provided in  this
 6    Act.  The county board shall fill all vacancies in the office
 7    of judges of elections at  any  time  in  the  manner  herein
 8    provided.   However,   the   election  authority  shall  fill
 9    vacancies  in  the  office  of  judges  of  election  if  the
10    vacancies  cannot  be  filled  from  the  supplemental   list
11    provided for in Section 13-1.1.
12        Such  selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
13    the circuit  court  as  provided  in  Section  13-3  of  this
14    Article.
15    (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 87-1052.)
16        (10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
17        Sec.  13-4.  All  persons  elected  or  chosen  judge  of
18    election  must:  (1)  be  citizens  of  the United States and
19    entitled to vote at the next election; (2) be of good  repute
20    and  character;  (3)  be  able  to  speak, read and write the
21    English language; (4) be  skilled  in  the  four  fundamental
22    rules  of  arithmetic;  (5)  be  of  good  understanding  and
23    capable; (6) not be candidates for any office at the election
24    and  not  be  elected  committeemen;  and  (7)  reside in the
25    precinct in which they are selected to act,  except  that  in
26    each  precinct,  judges not more than one judge of each party
27    may be  appointed  from  outside  such  precinct.  Any  judge
28    selected to serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled
29    to  vote must reside within and be entitled to vote elsewhere
30    within the county which encompasses  the  precinct  in  which
31    such  judge  is  appointed.  Such  judge  must meet the other
32    qualifications of this Section.
33    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 834.)
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 1        (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
 2        Sec.  14-1.   The   board   of   election   commissioners
 3    established  or  existing  under Article 6 shall, at the time
 4    and in the manner provided  in  Section  14-3.1,  select  and
 5    choose  5  electors,  men or women, as judges of election for
 6    each precinct in such city, village or incorporated town.
 7        Where neither voting machines nor electronic,  mechanical
 8    or  electric  voting  systems are used, the board of election
 9    commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
10    board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
11    the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
12    precinct containing more than 600 registered voters,  appoint
13    in  addition  to  the  5 judges of election a team of 5 tally
14    judges. In  such  precincts  the  judges  of  election  shall
15    preside  over  the  election  during  the hours the polls are
16    open, and the  tally  judges,  with  the  assistance  of  the
17    holdover  judges designated pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall
18    count the vote after the closing  of  the  polls.  The  tally
19    judges  shall  possess  the  same qualifications and shall be
20    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
21    between  political  parties  as  is  provided  for  judges of
22    election.  The   foregoing   provisions   relating   to   the
23    appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties with
24    a population of 1,000,000 or more.
25        To qualify as judges the electors must:
26        (1) be citizens of the United States;
27        (2) be of good repute and character;
28        (3)  be  able  to  speak,  read  and  write  the  English
29    language;
30        (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of arithmetic;
31        (5) be of good understanding and capable;
32        (6)  not be candidates for any office at the election and
33    not be elected committeemen;
34        (7) reside and be entitled to vote  in  the  precinct  in
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 1    which  they  are  selected  to  serve,  except  that  in each
 2    precinct judges not more than one judge of each party may  be
 3    appointed from outside such precinct.  Any judge so appointed
 4    to  serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled to vote
 5    must be entitled to vote elsewhere within  the  county  which
 6    encompasses the precinct in which such judge is appointed and
 7    such  judge  must  otherwise  meet the qualifications of this
 8    Section.
 9        The  board  of  election  commissioners  may   select   2
10    additional  judges  of  election,  one from each of the major
11    political parties, for each 200 voters in excess  of  600  in
12    any  precinct  having  more  than 600 voters as authorized by
13    Section  11--3.   These  additional  judges  must  meet   the
14    qualifications prescribed in this Section.
15    (Source: P.A. 80-779.)
16        (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
17        Sec.  14-3.1.  The board of election commissioners shall,
18    during the month of May of each  even-numbered  year,  select
19    for  each  election  precinct  within the jurisdiction of the
20    board 5 persons to be judges of election  who  shall  possess
21    the  qualifications required by this Act for such judges. The
22    selection shall  be  made  by  a  county  board  of  election
23    commissioners  in  the following manner:  the county board of
24    election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons  as
25    judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
26    list   furnished  by  the  chairman  of  the  county  central
27    committee of  the  first  leading  political  party  in  that
28    precinct;  the  county  board  of election commissioners also
29    shall select and approve 2 persons as judges of  election  in
30    each election precinct from a certified list furnished by the
31    chairman  of  the  county  central  committee  of  the second
32    leading political party in that precinct.  The selection by a
33    municipal board of election commissioners shall  be  made  in
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 1    the  following  manner:  for each precinct, 3 judges shall be
 2    selected from one of the 2 leading political parties and  the
 3    other  2  judges  shall  be  selected  from the other leading
 4    political party;  the parties entitled to  3  and  2  judges,
 5    respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as
 6    provided  in  Section  14-4.   However,  a  Board of Election
 7    Commissioners may appoint 3 three judges of election to serve
 8    in lieu of the 5 judges of  election  otherwise  required  by
 9    this  Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
10    odd-year regular election, in any even-year regular  election
11    in  precincts  of  less than 200 registered voters, or in any
12    special primary or special election called for the purpose of
13    filling a vacancy in the  office  of  representative  in  the
14    United  States  Congress  or  to nominate candidates for such
15    purpose.
16        If only 3 judges  of  election  serve  in  each  election
17    precinct,  no more than 2 persons of the same political party
18    shall be judges of election in the  same  election  precinct,
19    and which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election
20    and  which  political  party  is  entitled  to  one  judge of
21    election shall be determined as set forth in this Section for
22    a county board of  election  commissioners'  selection  of  5
23    election  judges  in  each  precinct or in Section 14-4 for a
24    municipal  board  of  election  commissioners'  selection  of
25    election judges in each precinct, whichever  is  appropriate.
26    In  addition  to  such precinct judges, the board of election
27    commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges  each,
28    who  shall  possess  the  same  qualifications  and  shall be
29    appointed in the same  manner  and  with  the  same  division
30    between  political parties as is provided for other judges of
31    election. The number of such panels of judges required  shall
32    be  determined by regulation of the State Board of Elections,
33    which shall base the required number of special panels on the
34    number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
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 1    of  absentee  ballots  voted  at  recent  elections  or   any
 2    combination  of  such factors.  A municipal board of election
 3    commissioners shall make the selections of persons  qualified
 4    under  Section  14-1  from  certified  lists furnished by the
 5    chairman of the respective county central committees of the 2
 6    leading political parties.  Lists furnished  by  chairmen  of
 7    county   central  committees  under  this  Section  shall  be
 8    arranged according to precincts. The chairman of each  county
 9    central  committee  shall,  insofar as possible, list persons
10    who reside within the precinct in which they are to serve  as
11    judges.  However,  he may, in his sole discretion, submit the
12    names of persons who reside outside the precinct  but  within
13    the county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve.
14    He must, however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of
15    the  precinct for each precinct in which his party is to have
16    3 judges and must submit the name of at least one resident of
17    the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to  have
18    2  judges. The board of election commissioners shall no later
19    than March 1 of each even-numbered year notify  the  chairmen
20    of   the   respective  county  central  committees  of  their
21    responsibility to furnish such lists, and each such  chairman
22    shall  furnish  the  board of election commissioners with the
23    list for his party on or before May 1 of  each  even-numbered
24    year.  The  board of election commissioners shall acknowledge
25    in writing to each county chairman the names of  all  persons
26    submitted  on  such  certified  list  and the total number of
27    persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
28    names or an insufficient number of names  are  furnished  for
29    certain  precincts, the board of election commissioners shall
30    make or complete such list from the names  contained  in  the
31    supplemental  list  provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of
32    election shall hold their  office  for  2  years  from  their
33    appointment  and until their successors are duly appointed in
34    the  manner  herein   provided.   The   board   of   election
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 1    commissioners  shall,  subject  to  the provisions of Section
 2    14-3.2, fill  all  vacancies  in  the  office  of  judges  of
 3    election at any time in the manner herein provided.
 4        Such  selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
 5    the court as provided in Section 14-5.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-471, eff. 6-13-96.)
 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 8    becoming law.

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