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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2060 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 46, par. 21-1 10 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 46, par. 21-2 10 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 46, par. 21-3 10 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 46, par. 21-4 10 ILCS 5/21.6 new10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep. Creates the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act. Concerning electors for the Electoral College, provides for an alternate elector to fill a vacant position (replacing the procedure currently in the Election Code), including if an elector has marked a ballot in violation of his or her pledge. Requires a political party or group or independent candidate to submit a Presidential and Vice Presidential elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to the Secretary of State. Requires an elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to pledge to vote for the President and Vice President nominees of the party that nominated the elector and alternate elector. Makes conforming changes in the Election Code. Effective immediately. LRB103 04734 AWJ 49743 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2060 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 46, par. 21-1 10 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 46, par. 21-2 10 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 46, par. 21-3 10 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 46, par. 21-4 10 ILCS 5/21.6 new10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep. New Act 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 46, par. 21-1 10 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 46, par. 21-2 10 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 46, par. 21-3 10 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 46, par. 21-4 10 ILCS 5/21.6 new 10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep. Creates the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act. Concerning electors for the Electoral College, provides for an alternate elector to fill a vacant position (replacing the procedure currently in the Election Code), including if an elector has marked a ballot in violation of his or her pledge. Requires a political party or group or independent candidate to submit a Presidential and Vice Presidential elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to the Secretary of State. Requires an elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to pledge to vote for the President and Vice President nominees of the party that nominated the elector and alternate elector. Makes conforming changes in the Election Code. Effective immediately. LRB103 04734 AWJ 49743 b LRB103 04734 AWJ 49743 b A BILL FOR
22 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2060 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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1212 Creates the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act. Concerning electors for the Electoral College, provides for an alternate elector to fill a vacant position (replacing the procedure currently in the Election Code), including if an elector has marked a ballot in violation of his or her pledge. Requires a political party or group or independent candidate to submit a Presidential and Vice Presidential elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to the Secretary of State. Requires an elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to pledge to vote for the President and Vice President nominees of the party that nominated the elector and alternate elector. Makes conforming changes in the Election Code. Effective immediately.
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1818 1 AN ACT concerning elections.
1919 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
2020 3 represented in the General Assembly:
2121 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
2222 5 Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
2323 6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
2424 7 "Cast" means accepted by the Secretary of State in
2525 8 accordance with subsection (b) of Section 30.
2626 9 "Elector" means an individual selected as a presidential
2727 10 elector under Article 21 of the Election Code and this Act.
2828 11 "President" means the President of the United States.
2929 12 "Unaffiliated presidential candidate" means an independent
3030 13 candidate for President who is nominated for the general
3131 14 election ballot in this State under Section 10-3 of the
3232 15 Election Code.
3333 16 "Vice President" means the Vice President of the United
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3535 18 Section 10. Designation of State elector nominees. For
3636 19 each elector position in this State, a political party or
3737 20 group or an unaffiliated presidential candidate shall submit
3838 21 to the Secretary of State the names of 2 qualified individuals
3939 22 under Article 21 of the Election Code. One of the individuals
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4444 New Act 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 46, par. 21-1 10 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 46, par. 21-2 10 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 46, par. 21-3 10 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 46, par. 21-4 10 ILCS 5/21.6 new10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep. New Act 10 ILCS 5/10-3 from Ch. 46, par. 10-3 10 ILCS 5/21-1 from Ch. 46, par. 21-1 10 ILCS 5/21-2 from Ch. 46, par. 21-2 10 ILCS 5/21-3 from Ch. 46, par. 21-3 10 ILCS 5/21-4 from Ch. 46, par. 21-4 10 ILCS 5/21.6 new 10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep.
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5353 Creates the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act. Concerning electors for the Electoral College, provides for an alternate elector to fill a vacant position (replacing the procedure currently in the Election Code), including if an elector has marked a ballot in violation of his or her pledge. Requires a political party or group or independent candidate to submit a Presidential and Vice Presidential elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to the Secretary of State. Requires an elector nominee and an alternate elector nominee to pledge to vote for the President and Vice President nominees of the party that nominated the elector and alternate elector. Makes conforming changes in the Election Code. Effective immediately.
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8888 1 must be designated "elector nominee" and the other "alternate
8989 2 elector nominee". Except as otherwise provided in Sections 20
9090 3 through 35 of this Act, this State's electors are the winning
9191 4 elector nominees under Section 21-3 of the Election Code.
9292 5 Section 15. Pledge. Each elector nominee and alternate
9393 6 elector nominee of a political party or group shall execute
9494 7 the following pledge: "If selected for the position of
9595 8 elector, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President
9696 9 and Vice President for the nominees for those offices of the
9797 10 party or group that nominated me.". Each elector nominee and
9898 11 alternate elector nominee of an unaffiliated presidential
9999 12 candidate shall execute the following pledge: "If selected for
100100 13 the position of elector as a nominee of an unaffiliated
101101 14 presidential candidate, I agree to serve and to mark my
102102 15 ballots for that candidate and for that candidate's
103103 16 vice-presidential running mate.". The executed pledges must
104104 17 accompany the submission of the corresponding names to the
105105 18 Secretary of State.
106106 19 Section 20. Certification of electors. In submitting this
107107 20 State's certificate of ascertainment as required by 3 U.S.C.
108108 21 6, the Governor shall certify this State's electors and state
109109 22 in the certificate that:
110110 23 (1) the electors will serve as electors unless a
111111 24 vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of
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122122 1 the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case
123123 2 an alternate elector will fill the vacancy; and
124124 3 (2) if an alternate elector is appointed to fill a
125125 4 vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate
126126 5 of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of
127127 6 this State's electors.
128128 7 Section 25. Presiding officer of the meeting of electors;
129129 8 elector vacancy.
130130 9 (a) The Secretary of State shall preside at the meeting of
131131 10 electors described in Section 21-4 of the Election Code.
132132 11 (b) The position of an elector not present to vote at the
133133 12 meeting of electors is vacant. The Secretary of State shall
134134 13 appoint an individual as an alternate elector to fill a
135135 14 vacancy as follows:
136136 15 (1) if the alternate elector is present to vote, by
137137 16 appointing the alternate elector for the vacant position;
138138 17 (2) if the alternate elector for the vacant position
139139 18 is not present to vote, by appointing an elector chosen by
140140 19 lot from among the alternate electors present to vote who
141141 20 were nominated by the same political party or group or
142142 21 unaffiliated presidential candidate;
143143 22 (3) if the number of alternate electors present to
144144 23 vote is insufficient to fill any vacant position pursuant
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157157 1 elector and chosen through nomination by and plurality
158158 2 vote of the remaining electors, including nomination and
159159 3 vote by a single elector if only one remains;
160160 4 (4) if there is a tie between at least 2 nominees for
161161 5 alternate elector in a vote conducted under paragraph (3),
162162 6 by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among those
163163 7 nominees; or
164164 8 (5) if all elector positions are vacant and cannot be
165165 9 filled pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (4), by
166166 10 appointing a single presidential elector, with remaining
167167 11 vacant positions to be filled under paragraph (3) and, if
168168 12 necessary, paragraph (4).
169169 13 (c) To qualify as an alternate elector under subsection
170170 14 (b) of this Section, an individual who has not executed the
171171 15 pledge required under Section 15 shall execute the following
172172 16 pledge: "I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President
173173 17 and Vice President consistent with the pledge of the
174174 18 individual to whose elector position I have succeeded.".
175175 19 Section 30. Meeting of electors; elector voting.
176176 20 (a) At the time designated for elector voting at the
177177 21 meeting of electors and after all vacant positions have been
178178 22 filled under Section 25, the Secretary of State shall provide
179179 23 each elector with a presidential and a vice-presidential
180180 24 ballot. The elector shall mark the elector's presidential and
181181 25 vice-presidential ballots with the elector's votes for the
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192192 1 offices of President and Vice President, respectively, along
193193 2 with the elector's signature and the elector's legibly printed
194194 3 name.
195195 4 (b) Each elector shall present both completed ballots to
196196 5 the Secretary of State, who shall examine the ballots and
197197 6 accept as cast all ballots of electors whose votes are
198198 7 consistent with their pledges executed under Section 15 or
199199 8 subsection (c) of Section 25. The Secretary of State may not
200200 9 accept and may not count either an elector's presidential or
201201 10 vice-presidential ballot if the elector has not marked both
202202 11 ballots or has marked a ballot in violation of the elector's
203203 12 pledge.
204204 13 (c) An elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents
205205 14 an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation
206206 15 of the elector's pledge executed under Section 15 or
207207 16 subsection (c) of Section 25 vacates the office of elector,
208208 17 creating a vacant position to be filled under Section 25.
209209 18 Section 35. Elector replacement; associated certificates.
210210 19 (a) After the vote of this State's electors is completed,
211211 20 if the final list of electors differs from any list that the
212212 21 Governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment
213213 22 prepared and transmitted under 3 U.S.C. 6, the Secretary of
214214 23 State immediately shall prepare an amended certificate of
215215 24 ascertainment and transmit it to the Governor for the
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227227 1 (b) The Governor immediately shall deliver the signed
228228 2 amended certificate of ascertainment to the Secretary of State
229229 3 and a signed duplicate original of the amended certificate of
230230 4 ascertainment to all individuals entitled to receive this
231231 5 State's certificate of ascertainment, indicating that the
232232 6 amended certificate of ascertainment is to be substituted for
233233 7 the certificate of ascertainment previously submitted.
234234 8 (c) The Secretary of State shall prepare a certificate of
235235 9 vote. The electors on the final list shall sign the
236236 10 certificate of vote. The Secretary of State shall process and
237237 11 transmit the signed certificate of vote with the amended
238238 12 certificate of ascertainment under 3 U.S.C. Sections 9, 10,
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240240 14 Section 40. Uniformity of application and construction. In
241241 15 applying and construing this uniform Act, consideration must
242242 16 be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with
243243 17 respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
244244 18 Section 100. The Election Code is amended by changing
245245 19 Sections 10-3, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3, 21-4, and 21.6 as follows:
246246 20 (10 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 10-3)
247247 21 Sec. 10-3. Nomination of independent candidates (not
248248 22 candidates of any political party), for any office to be
249249 23 filled by the voters of the State at large may also be made by
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260260 1 nomination papers signed in the aggregate for each candidate
261261 2 by 1% of the number of voters who voted in the next preceding
262262 3 Statewide general election or 25,000 qualified voters of the
263263 4 State, whichever is less. Nominations of independent
264264 5 candidates for public office within any district or political
265265 6 subdivision less than the State, may be made by nomination
266266 7 papers signed in the aggregate for each candidate by qualified
267267 8 voters of such district, or political subdivision, equaling
268268 9 not less than 5%, nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the
269269 10 minimum, whichever is greater) of the number of persons, who
270270 11 voted at the next preceding regular election in such district
271271 12 or political subdivision in which such district or political
272272 13 subdivision voted as a unit for the election of officers to
273273 14 serve its respective territorial area. However, whenever the
274274 15 minimum signature requirement for an independent candidate
275275 16 petition for a district or political subdivision office shall
276276 17 exceed the minimum number of signatures for an independent
277277 18 candidate petition for an office to be filled by the voters of
278278 19 the State at large at the next preceding State-wide general
279279 20 election, such State-wide petition signature requirement shall
280280 21 be the minimum for an independent candidate petition for such
281281 22 district or political subdivision office. For the first
282282 23 election following a redistricting of congressional districts,
283283 24 nomination papers for an independent candidate for
284284 25 congressperson shall be signed by at least 5,000 qualified
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296296 1 following a redistricting of legislative districts, nomination
297297 2 papers for an independent candidate for State Senator in the
298298 3 General Assembly shall be signed by at least 3,000 qualified
299299 4 voters of the legislative district. For the first election
300300 5 following a redistricting of representative districts,
301301 6 nomination papers for an independent candidate for State
302302 7 Representative in the General Assembly shall be signed by at
303303 8 least 1,500 qualified voters of the representative district.
304304 9 For the first election following redistricting of county board
305305 10 districts, or of municipal wards or districts, or for the
306306 11 first election following the initial establishment of such
307307 12 districts or wards in a county or municipality, nomination
308308 13 papers for an independent candidate for county board member,
309309 14 or for alderperson or trustee of such municipality, shall be
310310 15 signed by qualified voters of the district or ward equal to not
311311 16 less than 5% nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum,
312312 17 whichever is greater) of the total number of votes cast at the
313313 18 preceding general or general municipal election, as the case
314314 19 may be, for the county or municipal office voted on throughout
315315 20 such county or municipality for which the greatest total
316316 21 number of votes were cast for all candidates, divided by the
317317 22 number of districts or wards, but in any event not less than 25
318318 23 qualified voters of the district or ward. Each voter signing a
319319 24 nomination paper shall add to his signature his place of
320320 25 residence, and each voter may subscribe to one nomination for
321321 26 such office to be filled, and no more: Provided that the name
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332332 1 of any candidate whose name may appear in any other place upon
333333 2 the ballot shall not be so added by petition for the same
334334 3 office.
335335 4 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
336336 5 whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any
337337 6 signature from the petition, provided that;
338338 7 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
339339 8 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
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341341 10 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
342342 11 certification listing the page number and line number of
343343 12 each signature struck from the petition. Such
344344 13 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
345345 14 (3) the persons striking signatures from the petition
346346 15 shall each sign an additional certificate specifying the
347347 16 number of certification pages listing stricken signatures
348348 17 which are attached to the petition and the page numbers
349349 18 indicated on such certifications. The certificate shall be
350350 19 filed as a part of the petition, shall be numbered, and
351351 20 shall be attached immediately following the last page of
352352 21 voters' signatures and before the certifications of
353353 22 stricken signatures.
354354 23 (4) all of the foregoing requirements shall be
355355 24 necessary to effect a valid striking of any signature. The
356356 25 provisions of this Section authorizing the striking of
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368368 1 person so authorized for signatures which may be
369369 2 fraudulent.
370370 3 In the case of the offices of Governor and Lieutenant
371371 4 Governor a joint petition, including one candidate for each of
372372 5 those offices, must be filed. In the case of the offices of
373373 6 President of the United States and Vice President of the
374374 7 United States, a joint petition, including one candidate for
375375 8 each of those offices, must be filed.
376376 9 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a
377377 10 partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated
378378 11 for his or her nomination at the primary election, is
379379 12 ineligible to be placed on the ballot as an independent
380380 13 candidate for election in that general or consolidated
381381 14 election.
382382 15 A candidate seeking election to an office for which
383383 16 candidates of political parties are nominated by caucus who is
384384 17 a participant in the caucus and who is defeated for his or her
385385 18 nomination at such caucus, is ineligible to be listed on the
386386 19 ballot at that general or consolidated election as an
387387 20 independent candidate.
388388 21 (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
389389 22 (10 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-1)
390390 23 Sec. 21-1. Choosing and election of electors of President
391391 24 and Vice-President of the United States shall be in the
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403403 1 (a) In each year in which a President and Vice-President
404404 2 of the United States are chosen, each political party or group
405405 3 in this State shall choose by its State Convention or State
406406 4 central committee electors and alternate electors of President
407407 5 and Vice-President of the United States and such State
408408 6 Convention or State central committee of such party or group
409409 7 shall also choose electors at large and alternate electors at
410410 8 large, if any are to be appointed for this State and such State
411411 9 Convention or State central committee of such party or group
412412 10 shall by its chair and secretary certify the total list of such
413413 11 electors and alternate electors together with electors at
414414 12 large and alternate electors at large so chosen to the State
415415 13 Board of Elections.
416416 14 In each year in which a President and Vice-President of
417417 15 the United States are chosen, an unaffiliated presidential
418418 16 candidate shall choose the candidate's choice of electors and
419419 17 alternate electors of President and Vice-President of the
420420 18 United States and the candidate shall also choose electors at
421421 19 large and alternate electors at large, if any are to be
422422 20 appointed for this State, and the candidate shall certify the
423423 21 total list of these electors and alternate electors, together
424424 22 with electors at large and alternate electors at large, so
425425 23 chosen to the State Board of Elections.
426426 24 The filing of such certificate with the Board, of such
427427 25 choosing of electors and alternate electors shall be deemed
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439439 1 alternate electors of this State, if such party or group or
440440 2 unaffiliated presidential candidate is successful at the polls
441441 3 as herein provided in choosing their candidates for President
442442 4 and Vice-President of the United States.
443443 5 (b) The names of the candidates of the several political
444444 6 parties or groups and unaffiliated presidential candidates for
445445 7 electors and alternate electors of President and
446446 8 Vice-President shall not be printed on the official ballot to
447447 9 be voted in the election to be held on the day in this Act
448448 10 above named. In lieu of the names of the candidates for such
449449 11 electors and alternate electors of President and
450450 12 Vice-President, immediately under the appellation of party
451451 13 name of a party or group in the column of its candidates on the
452452 14 official ballot or immediately under the unaffiliated
453453 15 presidential candidate's name, to be voted at said election
454454 16 first above named in subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and
455455 17 Section 2A-2, there shall be printed within a bracket the name
456456 18 of the candidate for President and the name of the candidate
457457 19 for Vice-President of such party or group or unaffiliated
458458 20 presidential candidate with a square to the left of such
459459 21 bracket. Each voter in this State from the several lists or
460460 22 sets of electors and alternate electors so chosen and selected
461461 23 by the said respective political parties or groups or
462462 24 unaffiliated presidential candidates, may choose and elect one
463463 25 of such lists or sets of electors and alternate electors by
464464 26 placing a cross in the square to the left of the bracket
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475475 1 aforesaid of one of such parties or groups or unaffiliated
476476 2 presidential candidates. Placing a cross within the square
477477 3 before the bracket enclosing the names of President and
478478 4 Vice-President shall not be deemed and taken as a direct vote
479479 5 for such candidates for President and Vice-President, or
480480 6 either of them, but shall only be deemed and taken to be a vote
481481 7 for the entire list or set of electors and alternate electors
482482 8 chosen by that political party or group or unaffiliated
483483 9 presidential candidate so certified to the State Board of
484484 10 Elections as herein provided. Voting by means of placing a
485485 11 cross in the appropriate place preceding the appellation or
486486 12 title of the particular political party or group or
487487 13 unaffiliated presidential candidate , shall not be deemed or
488488 14 taken as a direct vote for the candidates for President and
489489 15 Vice-President, or either of them, but instead to the
490490 16 Presidential vote, as a vote for the entire list or set of
491491 17 electors and alternate electors chosen by that political party
492492 18 or group or unaffiliated presidential candidate so certified
493493 19 to the State Board of Elections as herein provided.
494494 20 (c) Such certification by the respective political parties
495495 21 or groups in this State of electors and alternate electors of
496496 22 President and Vice-President shall be made to the State Board
497497 23 of Elections within 2 days after such State convention or
498498 24 meeting of the State central committee in which the electors
499499 25 and alternate electors were chosen. Certification of electors
500500 26 by an unaffiliated presidential candidate under subsection (a)
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511511 1 for President and Vice President shall be made to the State
512512 2 Board of Elections no later than the 31st day after the general
513513 3 primary election in the year of the presidential election.
514514 4 (d) Should more than one certificate of choice and
515515 5 selection of electors and alternate electors of the same
516516 6 political party or group be filed by contesting conventions or
517517 7 contesting groups, it shall be the duty of the State Board of
518518 8 Elections within 10 days after the adjournment of the last of
519519 9 such conventions to meet and determine which set of nominees
520520 10 for electors and alternate electors of such party or group was
521521 11 chosen and selected by the authorized convention of such party
522522 12 or group. The Board, after notice to the chair and secretaries
523523 13 or managers of the conventions or groups and after a hearing
524524 14 shall determine which set of electors and alternate electors
525525 15 was so chosen by the authorized convention and shall so
526526 16 announce and publish the fact, and such decision shall be
527527 17 final and the set of electors and alternate electors so
528528 18 determined upon by the electoral board to be so chosen shall be
529529 19 the list or set of electors and alternate electors to be deemed
530530 20 elected if that party shall be successful at the polls, as
531531 21 herein provided.
532532 22 (e) Should a vacancy occur in the choice of an elector in a
533533 23 congressional district, such vacancy may be filled by the
534534 24 executive committee of the party or group for such
535535 25 congressional district, to be certified by such committee to
536536 26 the State Board of Elections. Should a vacancy occur in the
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547547 1 office of elector at large, such vacancy shall be filled under
548548 2 Section 25 of the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
549549 3 by the State committee of such political party or group, and
550550 4 certified by it to the State Board of Elections.
551551 5 (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
552552 6 (10 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-2)
553553 7 Sec. 21-2. The county clerks of the several counties
554554 8 shall, within 21 days next after holding the election named in
555555 9 subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2, make 2
556556 10 copies of the abstract of the votes cast for electors and
557557 11 alternate electors by each political party or group and
558558 12 unaffiliated presidential candidate, as indicated by the
559559 13 voter, as aforesaid, by a cross in the square to the left of
560560 14 the bracket aforesaid, or as indicated by a cross in the
561561 15 appropriate place preceding the appellation or title of the
562562 16 particular political party or group or unaffiliated
563563 17 presidential candidate, and transmit by mail one of the copies
564564 18 to the office of the State Board of Elections and retain the
565565 19 other in his office, to be sent for by the electoral board in
566566 20 case the other should be mislaid. Within 31 days after the
567567 21 holding of such election, and sooner if all the returns are
568568 22 received by the State Board of Elections, the State Board of
569569 23 Elections shall proceed to open and canvass said election
570570 24 returns and to declare which set of candidates for President
571571 25 and Vice-President received, as aforesaid, the highest number
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582582 1 of votes cast at such election as aforesaid; and the electors
583583 2 and alternate electors of that party or group or unaffiliated
584584 3 presidential candidate whose candidates for President and
585585 4 Vice-President received the highest number of votes so cast
586586 5 shall be taken and deemed to be elected as electors and
587587 6 alternate electors of President and Vice-President, but should
588588 7 2 or more sets of candidates for President and Vice-President
589589 8 be returned with an equal and the highest vote, the State Board
590590 9 of Elections shall cause a notice of the same to be published,
591591 10 which notice shall name some day and place, not less than 5
592592 11 days from the time of such publication of such notice, upon
593593 12 which the State Board of Elections will decide by lot which of
594594 13 the sets of candidates for President and Vice-President so
595595 14 equal and highest shall be declared to be highest. And upon the
596596 15 day and at the place so appointed in the notice, the board
597597 16 shall so decide by lot and declare which is deemed highest of
598598 17 the sets of candidates for President and Vice-President so
599599 18 equal and highest, thereby determining only that the electors
600600 19 and alternate electors chosen as aforesaid by such candidates'
601601 20 party or group or unaffiliated presidential candidate are
602602 21 thereby elected by general ticket to be such electors and
603603 22 alternate electors.
604604 23 (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
605605 24 (10 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-3)
606606 25 Sec. 21-3. Within five days after the votes shall have
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617617 1 been canvassed and the results declared or the result declared
618618 2 by lot as provided for in Section 21-2 above, the Governor
619619 3 shall cause the result of said election to be published, and
620620 4 shall proclaim the persons electors and alternate electors of
621621 5 President and Vice-President so chosen composing the list so
622622 6 elected, by transmitting by mail to the several persons so
623623 7 chosen and composing the list or set elected, electors of
624624 8 President and Vice-President certificates in triplicate, under
625625 9 the Seal of State of their appointment, and shall also
626626 10 transmit under the Seal of State to the Secretary of State of
627627 11 the United States the certificate of the election of said
628628 12 electors and alternate electors as required by the laws of
629629 13 Congress.
630630 14 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
631631 15 (10 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-4)
632632 16 Sec. 21-4. Presidential electors; meeting; allowance. The
633633 17 electors and alternate electors, elected under this Article,
634634 18 shall meet at the office of the Secretary of State in a room to
635635 19 be designated by the Secretary in the Capitol at Springfield
636636 20 in this State, at the time appointed by the laws of the United
637637 21 States at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
638638 22 and the electors give their votes for President and for
639639 23 Vice-President of the United States, in the manner provided by
640640 24 the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act in this
641641 25 Article, and perform such duties as are or may be required by
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652652 1 law. Each elector and alternate elector shall receive an
653653 2 allowance for food and lodging equal to the amount per day
654654 3 permitted to be deducted for such expenses under the Internal
655655 4 Revenue Code, plus a mileage allowance at the rate in effect
656656 5 under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2)
657657 6 for the number of highway miles necessarily and conveniently
658658 7 traveled, for going to the seat of government to give his or
659659 8 her vote and returning to his or her residence and otherwise
660660 9 performing the official duties of an elector and alternate
661661 10 elector, to be paid on the warrant of the State Comptroller,
662662 11 out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
663663 12 and any person appointed by the electors assembled to fill a
664664 13 vacancy shall also receive the allowances provided for
665665 14 electors appointed.
666666 15 (Source: P.A. 92-359, eff. 1-1-02.)
667667 16 (10 ILCS 5/21.6 new)
668668 17 Sec. 21.6. Unaffiliated presidential candidate. As used in
669669 18 this Division, "unaffiliated presidential candidate" has the
670670 19 meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5 of the Uniform
671671 20 Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
672672 21 (10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep.)
673673 22 Section 105. The Election Code is amended by repealing
674674 23 Section 21-5.
675675 24 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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