95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0411


 
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. Matt Murphy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		




















10 ILCS 5/6A-1
  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1


10 ILCS 5/6A-2
  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2


10 ILCS 5/6A-6
  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6


10 ILCS 5/6A-7
  from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7








    Amends the Election Code.  Authorizes establishment of a county board of election commissioners for the portion of a county with 3,000,000 or more population outside the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town with a board of election commissioners. Authorizes establishment by county board ordinance or vote of the electors of the affected portion of the county.
















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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 
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Sections 6A-1, 6A-2, 6A-6, and 6A-7 as follows:
 



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    (10 ILCS 5/6A-1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-1)



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    Sec. 6A-1. County boards of election commissioners.
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    (a) Any county in which there is no city, village or 
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incorporated town
with a board of election commissioners may 
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establish a county board of
election commissioners either (1) 
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by ordinance of the county board or
(2) by vote of the electors 
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of the county in accordance with Section
6A-2.

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    (b) The portion of a county of 3,000,000 or more population 
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outside the corporate limits of a city, village, or 
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incorporated town with a municipal board of election 
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commissioners may establish a county board of election 
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commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or 
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(2) by vote of the electors of the portion of the county 
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outside the corporate limits of the city, village, or 
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incorporated town with a municipal board of election 
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commissioners in accordance with Section 6A-2.

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    (c) This subsection applies to counties with less than 
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3,000,000 population. The fact that some territory in a county 
 


 






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is within the corporate
limits of a city, village or 
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incorporated town with a board of election
commissioners does 
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not prevent that county from establishing a county
board of 
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election commissioners in accordance with this Article if no

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portion of such city, village or incorporated town was within 
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the county
at the time of the establishment of the board of 
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election commissioners
for such city, village or incorporated 
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town. If such a county
establishes a county board of election 
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commissioners pursuant to this
Article, the county board of 
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election commissioners shall, with respect
to the territory in 
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the county within the corporate limits of the city,
village or 
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incorporated town, supersede the board of election

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commissioners of that city, village or incorporated town.

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(Source: P.A. 81-1433.)

 



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    (10 ILCS 5/6A-2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-2)



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    Sec. 6A-2. Whenever registered voters in the county, or in 
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the portion of a county authorized under subsection (b) of 
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Section 6A-1 to establish a county board of election 
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commissioners, numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
of the number 
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voting at the last preceding general election in the county,

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whichever is less, petition the circuit court to submit to the 
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electors of
the county or portion of the county, as the case 
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may be, a proposition to establish a county board of election

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commissioners, the circuit court shall cause such proposition 
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to be
submitted to the electors of the county or portion of the 
 


 






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county, as the case may be, at the next succeeding general

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election. The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner 
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as provided
in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 
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and incorporated towns, except that the 
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question shall be stated: "Shall a
board of election 
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commissioners be established for (insert "all" or "part of", as 
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appropriate) .... County?"

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(Source: P.A. 78-465.)

 



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    (10 ILCS 5/6A-6)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-6)



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    Sec. 6A-6. Any references in this Act to the county clerk 
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or the county board with
respect to the registration of voters, 
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filing of petitions, certification
of candidates, preparation 
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of ballots, establishment of election precincts,
designation 
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of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the

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conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county, or 
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portion of a county, having a county board
of election 
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commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of

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election commissioners. Any reference in this Code or any other 
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law to a county board of election commissioners shall be 
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construed to include the board of election commissioners of a 
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portion of a county authorized under subsection (b) of Section 
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6A-1 to establish a county board of election commissioners.


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(Source: P.A. 78-465.)

 



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    (10 ILCS 5/6A-7)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6A-7)



 


 






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    Sec. 6A-7. Any county or portion of a county which has 
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established a board of election
commissioners  may subsequently 
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vote to abandon such board in the same
manner as provided in 
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Article 6 for cities, villages and incorporated
towns, except 
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that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the
vote of 
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the electors of the county or portion of the county, as the 
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case may be, the proposition to abandon the board
of election 
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commissioners shall be signed by at least 10% of the
registered 
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voters of the county or of the portion of the county subject to 
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the board of election commissioners.

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(Source: P.A. 87-1247.)