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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0314 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 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 5/21-5 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 to submit an 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 and provides that an elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the elector's pledge in the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act may not receive an allowance for food and lodging. Effective immediately. LRB103 26088 BMS 52443 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0314 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act 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 5/21-5 rep. New Act 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 5/21-5 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 to submit an 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 and provides that an elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the elector's pledge in the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act may not receive an allowance for food and lodging. Effective immediately. LRB103 26088 BMS 52443 b LRB103 26088 BMS 52443 b A BILL FOR
22 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0314 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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1010 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 to submit an 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 and provides that an elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the elector's pledge in the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act may not receive an allowance for food and lodging. Effective immediately.
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1616 1 AN ACT concerning elections.
1717 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1818 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1919 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
2020 5 Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
2121 6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
2222 7 "Cast" means accepted by the Secretary of State in
2323 8 accordance with subsection (b) of Section 30.
2424 9 "Elector" means an individual selected as a presidential
2525 10 elector under Article 21 of the Election Code and this Act.
2626 11 "President" means the President of the United States.
2727 12 "Unaffiliated presidential candidate" means a candidate
2828 13 for President who qualifies for the general election ballot in
2929 14 this State by means other than nomination by a political
3030 15 party.
3131 16 "Vice President" means the Vice President of the United
3232 17 States.
3333 18 Section 10. Designation of State's electors. For each
3434 19 elector position in this State, a political party contesting
3535 20 the position, or an unaffiliated presidential candidate, shall
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4242 New Act 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 5/21-5 rep. New Act 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 5/21-5 rep.
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4848 10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep.
4949 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 to submit an 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 and provides that an elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the elector's pledge in the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act may not receive an allowance for food and lodging. Effective immediately.
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8282 1 Code. One of the individuals must be designated "elector
8383 2 nominee" and the other "alternate elector nominee". Except as
8484 3 otherwise provided in Sections 20 through 35 of this Act, this
8585 4 State's electors are the winning elector nominees under the
8686 5 laws of this State.
8787 6 Section 15. Pledge. Each elector nominee and alternate
8888 7 elector nominee of a political party shall execute the
8989 8 following pledge: "If selected for the position of elector, I
9090 9 agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President and Vice
9191 10 President for the nominees for those offices of the party that
9292 11 nominated me.". Each elector nominee and alternate elector
9393 12 nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate shall
9494 13 execute the following pledge: "If selected for the position of
9595 14 elector as a nominee of an unaffiliated presidential
9696 15 candidate, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for that
9797 16 candidate and for that candidate's vice-presidential running
9898 17 mate.". The executed pledges must accompany the submission of
9999 18 the corresponding names to the Secretary of State.
100100 19 Section 20. Certification of electors. In submitting this
101101 20 State's certificate of ascertainment as required by 3 U.S.C.
102102 21 6, the Governor shall certify this State's electors and state
103103 22 in the certificate that:
104104 23 (1) the electors will serve as electors unless a
105105 24 vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of
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116116 1 the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case
117117 2 an alternate elector will fill the vacancy; and
118118 3 (2) if an alternate elector is appointed to fill a
119119 4 vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate
120120 5 of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of
121121 6 this State's electors.
122122 7 Section 25. Presiding officer; elector vacancy.
123123 8 (a) The Secretary of State shall preside at the meeting of
124124 9 electors described in Section 30.
125125 10 (b) The position of an elector not present to vote is
126126 11 vacant. The Secretary of State shall appoint an individual as
127127 12 an alternate elector to fill a vacancy as follows:
128128 13 (1) if the alternate elector is present to vote, by
129129 14 appointing the alternate elector for the vacant position;
130130 15 (2) if the alternate elector for the vacant position
131131 16 is not present to vote, by appointing an elector chosen by
132132 17 lot from among the alternate electors present to vote who
133133 18 were nominated by the same political party or unaffiliated
134134 19 presidential candidate;
135135 20 (3) if the number of alternate electors present to
136136 21 vote is insufficient to fill any vacant position pursuant
137137 22 to paragraphs (1) and (2), by appointing any immediately
138138 23 available individual who is qualified to serve as an
139139 24 elector and chosen through nomination by and plurality
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151151 1 vote by a single elector if only one remains;
152152 2 (4) if there is a tie between at least 2 nominees for
153153 3 alternate elector in a vote conducted under paragraph (3),
154154 4 by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among those
155155 5 nominees; or
156156 6 (5) if all elector positions are vacant and cannot be
157157 7 filled pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (4), by
158158 8 appointing a single presidential elector, with remaining
159159 9 vacant positions to be filled under paragraph (3) and, if
160160 10 necessary, paragraph (4).
161161 11 (c) To qualify as an alternate elector under subsection
162162 12 (b) of this Section, an individual who has not executed the
163163 13 pledge required under Section 15 shall execute the following
164164 14 pledge: "I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President
165165 15 and Vice President consistent with the pledge of the
166166 16 individual to whose elector position I have succeeded.".
167167 17 Section 30. Elector voting.
168168 18 (a) At the time designated for elector voting and after
169169 19 all vacant positions have been filled under Section 25, the
170170 20 Secretary of State shall provide each elector with a
171171 21 presidential and a vice-presidential ballot. The elector shall
172172 22 mark the elector's presidential and vice-presidential ballots
173173 23 with the elector's votes for the offices of President and Vice
174174 24 President, respectively, along with the elector's signature
175175 25 and the elector's legibly printed name.
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186186 1 (b) Except as otherwise provided by law of this State
187187 2 other than this Act, each elector shall present both completed
188188 3 ballots to the Secretary of State, who shall examine the
189189 4 ballots and accept as cast all ballots of electors whose votes
190190 5 are consistent with their pledges executed under Section 15 or
191191 6 subsection (c) of Section 25. Except as otherwise provided by
192192 7 law of this State other than this Act, the Secretary of State
193193 8 may not accept and may not count either an elector's
194194 9 presidential or vice-presidential ballot if the elector has
195195 10 not marked both ballots or has marked a ballot in violation of
196196 11 the elector's pledge.
197197 12 (c) An elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents
198198 13 an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation
199199 14 of the elector's pledge executed under Section 15 or
200200 15 subsection (c) of Section 25 vacates the office of elector,
201201 16 creating a vacant position to be filled under Section 25.
202202 17 (d) The Secretary of State shall distribute ballots to and
203203 18 collect ballots from an alternate elector and repeat the
204204 19 process under this Section of examining ballots, declaring and
205205 20 filling vacant positions as required, and recording
206206 21 appropriately completed ballots from the alternate electors,
207207 22 until all of this State's electoral votes have been cast and
208208 23 recorded.
209209 24 Section 35. Elector replacement; associated certificates.
210210 25 (a) After the vote of this State's electors is completed,
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221221 1 if the final list of electors differs from any list that the
222222 2 Governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment
223223 3 prepared and transmitted under 3 U.S.C. 6, the Secretary of
224224 4 State immediately shall prepare an amended certificate of
225225 5 ascertainment and transmit it to the Governor for the
226226 6 Governor's signature.
227227 7 (b) The Governor immediately shall deliver the signed
228228 8 amended certificate of ascertainment to the Secretary of State
229229 9 and a signed duplicate original of the amended certificate of
230230 10 ascertainment to all individuals entitled to receive this
231231 11 State's certificate of ascertainment, indicating that the
232232 12 amended certificate of ascertainment is to be substituted for
233233 13 the certificate of ascertainment previously submitted.
234234 14 (c) The Secretary of State shall prepare a certificate of
235235 15 vote. The electors on the final list shall sign the
236236 16 certificate of vote. The Secretary of State shall process and
237237 17 transmit the signed certificate of vote with the amended
238238 18 certificate of ascertainment under 3 U.S.C. Sections 9, 10,
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240240 20 Section 40. Uniformity of application and construction. In
241241 21 applying and construing this uniform Act, consideration must
242242 22 be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with
243243 23 respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
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255255 1 Sections 21-1, 21-2, 21-3 and 21-4 as follows:
256256 2 (10 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-1)
257257 3 Sec. 21-1. Choosing and election of electors of President
258258 4 and Vice-President of the United States shall be in the
259259 5 following manner:
260260 6 (a) In each year in which a President and Vice-President
261261 7 of the United States are chosen, each political party or group
262262 8 in this State shall choose by its State Convention or State
263263 9 central committee electors and alternate electors of President
264264 10 and Vice-President of the United States and such State
265265 11 Convention or State central committee of such party or group
266266 12 shall also choose electors at large and alternate electors at
267267 13 large, if any are to be appointed for this State and such State
268268 14 Convention or State central committee of such party or group
269269 15 shall by its chair and secretary certify the total list of such
270270 16 electors and alternate electors together with electors at
271271 17 large and alternate electors at large so chosen to the State
272272 18 Board of Elections.
273273 19 The filing of such certificate with the Board, of such
274274 20 choosing of electors and alternate electors shall be deemed
275275 21 and taken to be the choosing and selection of the electors and
276276 22 alternate electors of this State, if such party or group is
277277 23 successful at the polls as herein provided in choosing their
278278 24 candidates for President and Vice-President of the United
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290290 1 (b) The names of the candidates of the several political
291291 2 parties or groups for electors and alternate electors of
292292 3 President and Vice-President shall not be printed on the
293293 4 official ballot to be voted in the election to be held on the
294294 5 day in this Act above named. In lieu of the names of the
295295 6 candidates for such electors and alternate electors of
296296 7 President and Vice-President, immediately under the
297297 8 appellation of party name of a party or group in the column of
298298 9 its candidates on the official ballot, to be voted at said
299299 10 election first above named in subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2
300300 11 and Section 2A-2, there shall be printed within a bracket the
301301 12 name of the candidate for President and the name of the
302302 13 candidate for Vice-President of such party or group with a
303303 14 square to the left of such bracket. Each voter in this State
304304 15 from the several lists or sets of electors and alternate
305305 16 electors so chosen and selected by the said respective
306306 17 political parties or groups, may choose and elect one of such
307307 18 lists or sets of electors and alternate electors by placing a
308308 19 cross in the square to the left of the bracket aforesaid of one
309309 20 of such parties or groups. Placing a cross within the square
310310 21 before the bracket enclosing the names of President and
311311 22 Vice-President shall not be deemed and taken as a direct vote
312312 23 for such candidates for President and Vice-President, or
313313 24 either of them, but shall only be deemed and taken to be a vote
314314 25 for the entire list or set of electors and alternate electors
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326326 1 State Board of Elections as herein provided. Voting by means
327327 2 of placing a cross in the appropriate place preceding the
328328 3 appellation or title of the particular political party or
329329 4 group, shall not be deemed or taken as a direct vote for the
330330 5 candidates for President and Vice-President, or either of
331331 6 them, but instead to the Presidential vote, as a vote for the
332332 7 entire list or set of electors and alternate electors chosen
333333 8 by that political party or group so certified to the State
334334 9 Board of Elections as herein provided.
335335 10 (c) Such certification by the respective political parties
336336 11 or groups in this State of electors and alternate electors of
337337 12 President and Vice-President shall be made to the State Board
338338 13 of Elections within 2 days after such State convention or
339339 14 meeting of the State central committee in which the electors
340340 15 and alternate electors were chosen.
341341 16 (d) Should more than one certificate of choice and
342342 17 selection of electors and alternate electors of the same
343343 18 political party or group be filed by contesting conventions or
344344 19 contesting groups, it shall be the duty of the State Board of
345345 20 Elections within 10 days after the adjournment of the last of
346346 21 such conventions to meet and determine which set of nominees
347347 22 for electors and alternate electors of such party or group was
348348 23 chosen and selected by the authorized convention of such party
349349 24 or group. The Board, after notice to the chair and secretaries
350350 25 or managers of the conventions or groups and after a hearing
351351 26 shall determine which set of electors and alternate electors
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362362 1 was so chosen by the authorized convention and shall so
363363 2 announce and publish the fact, and such decision shall be
364364 3 final and the set of electors and alternate electors so
365365 4 determined upon by the electoral board to be so chosen shall be
366366 5 the list or set of electors and alternate electors to be deemed
367367 6 elected if that party shall be successful at the polls, as
368368 7 herein provided.
369369 8 (e) Should a vacancy occur in the choice of an elector in a
370370 9 congressional district, such vacancy may be filled by the
371371 10 executive committee of the party or group for such
372372 11 congressional district, to be certified by such committee to
373373 12 the State Board of Elections. Should a vacancy occur in the
374374 13 office of elector at large, such vacancy shall be filled in
375375 14 accordance with Section 25 of the Uniform Faithful
376376 15 Presidential Electors Act. by the State committee of such
377377 16 political party or group, and certified by it to the State
378378 17 Board of Elections.
379379 18 (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
380380 19 (10 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-2)
381381 20 Sec. 21-2. The county clerks of the several counties
382382 21 shall, within 21 days next after holding the election named in
383383 22 subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2, make 2
384384 23 copies of the abstract of the votes cast for electors and
385385 24 alternate electors by each political party or group, as
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397397 1 to the left of the bracket aforesaid, or as indicated by a
398398 2 cross in the appropriate place preceding the appellation or
399399 3 title of the particular political party or group, and transmit
400400 4 by mail one of the copies to the office of the State Board of
401401 5 Elections and retain the other in his office, to be sent for by
402402 6 the electoral board in case the other should be mislaid.
403403 7 Within 31 days after the holding of such election, and sooner
404404 8 if all the returns are received by the State Board of
405405 9 Elections, the State Board of Elections shall proceed to open
406406 10 and canvass said election returns and to declare which set of
407407 11 candidates for President and Vice-President received, as
408408 12 aforesaid, the highest number of votes cast at such election
409409 13 as aforesaid; and the electors and alternate electors of that
410410 14 party whose candidates for President and Vice-President
411411 15 received the highest number of votes so cast shall be taken and
412412 16 deemed to be elected as electors and alternate electors of
413413 17 President and Vice-President, but should 2 or more sets of
414414 18 candidates for President and Vice-President be returned with
415415 19 an equal and the highest vote, the State Board of Elections
416416 20 shall cause a notice of the same to be published, which notice
417417 21 shall name some day and place, not less than 5 days from the
418418 22 time of such publication of such notice, upon which the State
419419 23 Board of Elections will decide by lot which of the sets of
420420 24 candidates for President and Vice-President so equal and
421421 25 highest shall be declared to be highest. And upon the day and
422422 26 at the place so appointed in the notice, the board shall so
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433433 1 decide by lot and declare which is deemed highest of the sets
434434 2 of candidates for President and Vice-President so equal and
435435 3 highest, thereby determining only that the electors and
436436 4 alternate electors chosen as aforesaid by such candidates'
437437 5 party or group are thereby elected by general ticket to be such
438438 6 electors and alternate electors.
439439 7 (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
440440 8 (10 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-3)
441441 9 Sec. 21-3. Within five days after the votes shall have
442442 10 been canvassed and the results declared or the result declared
443443 11 by lot as provided for in Section 21-2 above, the Governor
444444 12 shall cause the result of said election to be published, and
445445 13 shall proclaim the persons electors and alternate electors of
446446 14 President and Vice-President so chosen composing the list so
447447 15 elected, by transmitting by mail to the several persons so
448448 16 chosen and composing the list or set elected, electors of
449449 17 President and Vice-President certificates in triplicate, under
450450 18 the Seal of State of their appointment, and shall also
451451 19 transmit under the Seal of State to the Secretary of State of
452452 20 the United States the certificate of the election of said
453453 21 electors and alternate electors as required by the laws of
454454 22 Congress.
455455 23 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
456456 24 (10 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-4)
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467467 1 Sec. 21-4. Presidential electors; meeting; allowance. The
468468 2 electors and alternate electors, elected under this Article,
469469 3 shall meet at the office of the Secretary of State in a room to
470470 4 be designated by the Secretary in the Capitol at Springfield
471471 5 in this State, at the time appointed by the laws of the United
472472 6 States at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
473473 7 and give their votes for President and for Vice-President of
474474 8 the United States, in the manner provided by the Uniform
475475 9 Faithful Presidential Electors Act in this Article, and
476476 10 perform such duties as are or may be required by law. Each
477477 11 elector and alternate elector shall receive an allowance for
478478 12 food and lodging equal to the amount per day permitted to be
479479 13 deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code,
480480 14 plus a mileage allowance at the rate in effect under
481481 15 regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2) for
482482 16 the number of highway miles necessarily and conveniently
483483 17 traveled, for going to the seat of government to give his or
484484 18 her vote and returning to his or her residence and otherwise
485485 19 performing the official duties of an elector and alternate
486486 20 elector, to be paid on the warrant of the State Comptroller,
487487 21 out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
488488 22 and any person appointed by the electors assembled to fill a
489489 23 vacancy shall also receive the allowances provided for
490490 24 electors appointed. However, an elector who refuses to present
491491 25 a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot
492492 26 marked in violation of the elector's pledge in the Uniform
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503503 1 Faithful Presidential Electors Act may not receive an
504504 2 allowance for food and lodging.
505505 3 (Source: P.A. 92-359, eff. 1-1-02.)
506506 4 (10 ILCS 5/21-5 rep.)
507507 5 Section 105. The Election Code is amended by repealing
508508 6 Section 21-5.
509509 7 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
510510 8 becoming law.
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