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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3031 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-110 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-210 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-310 ILCS 5/13-4 from Ch. 46, par. 13-410 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-110 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.110 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-410 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may, at its discretion, appoint a judge of election who is unaffiliated with a political party. Sets fourth requirements concerning the selection and appointment of judges unaffiliated with a political party in various types of election precincts. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 03106 SPS 13124 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3031 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-110 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-210 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-310 ILCS 5/13-4 from Ch. 46, par. 13-410 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-110 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.110 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-410 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1 10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2 10 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-3 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 10 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-4 10 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may, at its discretion, appoint a judge of election who is unaffiliated with a political party. Sets fourth requirements concerning the selection and appointment of judges unaffiliated with a political party in various types of election precincts. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 03106 SPS 13124 b LRB104 03106 SPS 13124 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3031 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-110 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-210 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-310 ILCS 5/13-4 from Ch. 46, par. 13-410 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-110 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.110 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-410 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1 10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2 10 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-3 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 10 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-4 10 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5
4	4	10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1
5	5	10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2
6	6	10 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-3
7	7	10 ILCS 5/13-4 from Ch. 46, par. 13-4
8	8	10 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
9	9	10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
10	10	10 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-4
11	11	10 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5
12	12	Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may, at its discretion, appoint a judge of election who is unaffiliated with a political party. Sets fourth requirements concerning the selection and appointment of judges unaffiliated with a political party in various types of election precincts. Makes conforming changes.
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18	18	1 AN ACT concerning elections.
19	19	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
20	20	3 represented in the General Assembly:
21	21	4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
22	22	5 Sections 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 14-1, 14-3.1, 14-4, 14-5, and
23	23	6 as follows:
24	24	7 (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
25	25	8 Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization,
26	26	9 the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July
27	27	10 in each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5
28	28	11 capable and discreet persons meeting the qualifications of
29	29	12 Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
30	30	13 machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
31	31	14 are used, the county board may, for any precinct with respect
32	32	15 to which the board considers such action necessary or
33	33	16 desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
34	34	17 general elections for any precinct containing more than 600
35	35	18 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of
36	36	19 election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the judges
37	37	20 of election shall preside over the election during the hours
38	38	21 the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the assistance
39	39	22 of the holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2,
40	40	23 shall count the vote after the closing of the polls. However,
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44	44	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3031 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
45	45	10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-110 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-210 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-310 ILCS 5/13-4 from Ch. 46, par. 13-410 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-110 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.110 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-410 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1 10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2 10 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-3 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 10 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-4 10 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5
46	46	10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1
47	47	10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2
48	48	10 ILCS 5/13-3 from Ch. 46, par. 13-3
49	49	10 ILCS 5/13-4 from Ch. 46, par. 13-4
50	50	10 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
51	51	10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
52	52	10 ILCS 5/14-4 from Ch. 46, par. 14-4
53	53	10 ILCS 5/14-5 from Ch. 46, par. 14-5
54	54	Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may, at its discretion, appoint a judge of election who is unaffiliated with a political party. Sets fourth requirements concerning the selection and appointment of judges unaffiliated with a political party in various types of election precincts. Makes conforming changes.
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66	66	10 ILCS 5/13-4 from Ch. 46, par. 13-4
67	67	10 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
68	68	10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
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89	89	1 the County Board of Commissioners may appoint 3 judges of
90	90	2 election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
91	91	3 required by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency
92	92	4 referendum, or in any odd-year regular election or in any
93	93	5 special primary or special election called for the purpose of
94	94	6 filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
95	95	7 United States Congress or to nominate candidates for such
96	96	8 purpose or (2) if the county board passes an ordinance to
97	97	9 reduce the number of judges of election to 3 for primary
98	98	10 elections. The tally judges shall possess the same
99	99	11 qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
100	100	12 with the same division between political parties as is
101	101	13 provided for judges of election.
102	102	14 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
103	103	15 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
104	104	16 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
105	105	17 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
106	106	18 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
107	107	19 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
108	108	20 be determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
109	109	21 which shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
110	110	22 number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
111	111	23 of vote by mail ballots voted at recent elections, or any
112	112	24 combination of such factors. The county board of commissioners
113	113	25 may, at its discretion, appoint a judge of election who is
114	114	26 unaffiliated with a political party.
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125	125	1 Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
126	126	2 provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
127	127	3 persons of the same political party or, if the county board of
128	128	4 commissioners appoints a judge unaffiliated with a political
129	129	5 party, 2 persons of the same political party and one person who
130	130	6 is unaffiliated with a political party, shall be appointed
131	131	7 judges of the same election precinct or election judge panel.
132	132	8 The appointment shall be made in the following manner in each
133	133	9 election precinct: (1) if the county board of commissioners
134	134	10 does not appoint a judge unaffiliated with a political party
135	135	11 in an election precinct, the The county board of commissioners
136	136	12 shall select and approve 3 persons as judges of election in the
137	137	13 each election precinct from a certified list, furnished by the
138	138	14 chair of the County Central Committee of the first leading
139	139	15 political party in such precinct; and the county board of
140	140	16 commissioners shall also select and approve 2 persons as
141	141	17 judges of election in the each election precinct from a
142	142	18 certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
143	143	19 Committee of the second leading political party; or (2) if the
144	144	20 county board of commissioners does appoint a judge
145	145	21 unaffiliated with a political party in an election precinct,
146	146	22 the county board of commissioners shall select and approve one
147	147	23 person who is unaffiliated with a political party as a judge of
148	148	24 election in the precinct who makes application in a manner
149	149	25 prescribed by the county board of commissioners, the county
150	150	26 board of commissioners shall select and approve 2 persons as
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161	161	1 judges of election in the election precinct from a certified
162	162	2 list, furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee
163	163	3 of the first leading political party in such precinct, and the
164	164	4 county board of commissioners shall select and approve 2
165	165	5 persons as judges of election in the election precinct from a
166	166	6 certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
167	167	7 Committee of the second leading political party. However, if
168	168	8 only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no
169	169	9 more than 2 persons of the same political party or, if the
170	170	10 county board of commissioners appoints a judge unaffiliated
171	171	11 with a political party, one person from each political party
172	172	12 and one person who is unaffiliated with a political party,
173	173	13 shall be judges of election in the same election precinct; and
174	174	14 the appointment of judges which political party is entitled to
175	175	15 2 judges of election and which political party is entitled to
176	176	16 one judge of election shall be determined in the same manner as
177	177	17 set forth in the next two preceding sentences with regard to 5
178	178	18 election judges in each precinct. Such certified list shall be
179	179	19 filed with the county clerk not less than 10 days before the
180	180	20 annual meeting of the county board of commissioners. Such list
181	181	21 shall be arranged according to precincts. The chair of each
182	182	22 county central committee shall, insofar as possible, list
183	183	23 persons who reside within the precinct in which they are to
184	184	24 serve as judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion,
185	185	25 submit the names of persons who reside outside the precinct
186	186	26 but within the county embracing the precinct in which they are
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197	197	1 to serve. He must, however, submit the names of at least 2
198	198	2 residents of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
199	199	3 is to have up to 3 judges and must submit the name of at least
200	200	4 one resident of the precinct for each precinct in which his
201	201	5 party is to have up to 2 judges. The county board of
202	202	6 commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each county
203	203	7 chair the names of all persons submitted on such certified
204	204	8 list and the total number of persons listed thereon. If no such
205	205	9 list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is, no names or
206	206	10 an insufficient number of names are furnished for certain
207	207	11 election precincts), the county board of commissioners shall
208	208	12 make or complete such list from the names contained in the
209	209	13 supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. The election
210	210	14 judges shall hold their office for 2 years from their
211	211	15 appointment, and until their successors are duly appointed in
212	212	16 the manner provided in this Act. The county board of
213	213	17 commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge
214	214	18 of election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
215	215	19 (Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
216	216	20 (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
217	217	21 Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the
218	218	22 county board shall at its meeting in July in each
219	219	23 even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
220	220	24 of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
221	221	25 are appointed by election commissioners, select in each
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232	232	1 election precinct in the county, 5 capable and discreet
233	233	2 persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
234	234	3 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where
235	235	4 neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric
236	236	5 voting systems are used, the county board may, for any
237	237	6 precinct with respect to which the board considers such action
238	238	7 necessary or desirable in view of the number of voters, and
239	239	8 shall for general elections for any precinct containing more
240	240	9 than 600 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5
241	241	10 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts
242	242	11 the judges of election shall preside over the election during
243	243	12 the hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
244	244	13 assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
245	245	14 Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
246	246	15 polls. The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications
247	247	16 and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
248	248	17 division between political parties as is provided for judges
249	249	18 of election.
250	250	19 However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election
251	251	20 to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required
252	252	21 by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in
253	253	22 any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
254	254	23 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
255	255	24 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
256	256	25 or to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county
257	257	26 board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of
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268	268	1 election to 3 for primary elections.
269	269	2 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board
270	270	3 shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
271	271	4 possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
272	272	5 same manner and with the same division between political
273	273	6 parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
274	274	7 number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
275	275	8 by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall
276	276	9 base the required number of special panels on the number of
277	277	10 registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
278	278	11 absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
279	279	12 of such factors. The county board may, at its discretion,
280	280	13 appoint a judge of election who is unaffiliated with a
281	281	14 political party.
282	282	15 No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be
283	283	16 appointed judges in the same election district or undivided
284	284	17 precinct. The election of the judges of election in each the
285	285	18 various election precinct precincts shall be made in the
286	286	19 following manner: (1) if the county board does not appoint a
287	287	20 judge unaffiliated with a political party in an election
288	288	21 precinct, the The county board shall select and approve 3 of
289	289	22 the election judges in the each precinct from a certified list
290	290	23 furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee of the
291	291	24 first leading political party in such election precinct and
292	292	25 shall also select and approve 2 judges of election in the each
293	293	26 election precinct from a certified list furnished by the chair
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304	304	1 of the County Central Committee of the second leading
305	305	2 political party in such election precinct; or (2) if the
306	306	3 county board does appoint a judge unaffiliated with a
307	307	4 political party in an election precinct, the county board
308	308	5 shall select and approve one person who is unaffiliated with a
309	309	6 political party as a judge of election in the precinct who
310	310	7 makes application in a manner prescribed by the county board,
311	311	8 the county board of commissioners shall select and approve 2
312	312	9 persons as judges of election in the election precinct from a
313	313	10 certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
314	314	11 Committee of the first leading political party in such
315	315	12 precinct and the county board shall also select and approve 2
316	316	13 persons as judges of election in the election precinct from a
317	317	14 certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
318	318	15 Committee of the second leading political party. However, if
319	319	16 only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no
320	320	17 more than 2 persons of the same political party or, if the
321	321	18 county board appoints a judge unaffiliated with a political
322	322	19 party, one person from each political party and one person who
323	323	20 is unaffiliated with a political party, shall be judges of
324	324	21 election in the same election precinct; and the appointment of
325	325	22 judges which political party is entitled to 2 judges of
326	326	23 election and which political party is entitled to one judge of
327	327	24 election shall be determined in the same manner as set forth in
328	328	25 the next two preceding sentences with regard to 5 election
329	329	26 judges in each precinct. The respective County Central
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340	340	1 Committee chair shall notify the county board by June 1 of each
341	341	2 odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual meeting of
342	342	3 the county board whether or not such certified list will be
343	343	4 filed by such chair. Such list shall be arranged according to
344	344	5 precincts. The chair of each county central committee shall,
345	345	6 insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the
346	346	7 precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he may,
347	347	8 in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who reside
348	348	9 outside the precinct but within the county embracing the
349	349	10 precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit
350	350	11 the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for each
351	351	12 precinct in which his party is to have up to 3 judges and must
352	352	13 submit the name of at least one resident of the precinct for
353	353	14 each precinct in which his party is to have up to 2 judges.
354	354	15 Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the county
355	355	16 clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of the
356	356	17 county board. The county board shall acknowledge in writing to
357	357	18 each county chair the names of all persons submitted on such
358	358	19 certified list and the total number of persons listed thereon.
359	359	20 If no such list is filed or the list is incomplete (that is, no
360	360	21 names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
361	361	22 certain election precincts), the county board shall make or
362	362	23 complete such list from the names contained in the
363	363	24 supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,
364	364	25 further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be
365	365	26 redistricted, in whole or in part, subsequent to one general
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376	376	1 election for Governor, and prior to the next, the judges of
377	377	2 election to be selected for all new or altered precincts shall
378	378	3 be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which
379	379	4 shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances
380	380	5 of the particular case, but the majority of such judges for
381	381	6 each such precinct shall be selected from the first leading
382	382	7 political party, and the minority judges from the second
383	383	8 leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties
384	384	9 having a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the
385	385	10 selection of judges of election shall be made in the same
386	386	11 manner in all respects as in other counties, except that the
387	387	12 provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such
388	388	13 counties and except that the county board shall meet during
389	389	14 the month of January for the purpose of making such selection,
390	390	15 each township committeeperson shall assume the
391	391	16 responsibilities given to the chair of the county central
392	392	17 committee in this Section for the precincts within his or her
393	393	18 township, and the township committeeperson shall notify the
394	394	19 county board by the preceding October 1 whether or not the
395	395	20 certified list will be filed. Such judges of election shall
396	396	21 hold their office for 2 years from their appointment and until
397	397	22 their successors are duly appointed in the manner provided in
398	398	23 this Act. The county board shall fill all vacancies in the
399	399	24 office of judges of elections at any time in the manner herein
400	400	25 provided.
401	401	26 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
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412	412	1 the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
413	413	2 (Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
414	414	3 (10 ILCS 5/13-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-3)
415	415	4 Sec. 13-3. After the judges of election have been selected
416	416	5 and approved as hereinbefore provided, a report of such
417	417	6 selections shall be made by the county board and filed in the
418	418	7 circuit court, and application shall then be made by the
419	419	8 county board to the court for their confirmation and
420	420	9 appointment, whereupon the court shall enter an order that
421	421	10 cause be shown, if any exists, against the confirmation and
422	422	11 appointment of such persons so named on or before the opening
423	423	12 of the court on a day to be fixed by the court. The county
424	424	13 board shall immediately give notice of such order and the
425	425	14 names of all such judges so reported to such court for
426	426	15 confirmation and their residence and the precinct for which
427	427	16 they were selected by causing a notice to be published in one
428	428	17 or more newspapers in the county and if no newspaper be
429	429	18 published therein then by posting such notice in 5 of the most
430	430	19 public places in the county. The notice shall state that a list
431	431	20 of judges of election is available for public inspection in
432	432	21 the office of the election authority. If no cause to the
433	433	22 contrary is shown prior to the day fixed, and if, in each
434	434	23 precinct, at least one judge representing each of the two
435	435	24 major political parties has been certified by the county clerk
436	436	25 as having satisfactorily completed within the preceding 6
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447	447	1 months the training course and examination for judges of
448	448	2 election, as provided in Section 13-2.1 and 13-2.2 of this
449	449	3 Act, such appointment shall be confirmed by order entered by
450	450	4 that court.
451	451	5 If in any precinct the requisite 2 judges have not been so
452	452	6 certified by the county clerk as having satisfactorily
453	453	7 completed such course and examination, the county clerk shall
454	454	8 immediately notify all judges in that precinct, to whose
455	455	9 appointment there is no other objection, that all such judges
456	456	10 shall attend the next such course. The county clerk shall then
457	457	11 certify to the court that all such judges have been so notified
458	458	12 (and such certification need contain no detail other than a
459	459	13 mere recital). The appointment of such judges shall then be
460	460	14 confirmed by order entered by the court. If any judge so
461	461	15 notified and so confirmed fails to attend the next such
462	462	16 course, such failure shall subject such judge to possible
463	463	17 removal from office at the option of the election authority.
464	464	18 If objections to the appointment of any judge be filed
465	465	19 prior to the day fixed by the court for confirmation of judges,
466	466	20 the court shall hear such objections and the evidence
467	467	21 introduced in support thereof, and shall confirm or refuse to
468	468	22 confirm such nominations as the interests of the public may
469	469	23 require. No reasons may be given for the refusal to confirm. If
470	470	24 any vacancy exists at any time the county board shall, subject
471	471	25 to the provisions of Section 13-1.1, further report and
472	472	26 nominate persons to fill such vacancies so existing in the
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483	483	1 manner aforesaid, and a court in the same way shall consider
484	484	2 such nominations and shall confirm or refuse to confirm the
485	485	3 same in the manner aforesaid. Upon the confirmation of such
486	486	4 judges, at any time, a commission shall issue to each of such
487	487	5 judges, under the seal of such court, and appropriate forms
488	488	6 shall be prepared by the county clerk of each county for such
489	489	7 purpose and furnished to the county board, and after
490	490	8 confirmation and acceptance of such commission, such judges
491	491	9 shall thereupon become officers of such court. If a vacancy
492	492	10 occurs so late that nomination by the county board and
493	493	11 application to and confirmation by the court cannot be had
494	494	12 before the election, then the court shall, subject to the
495	495	13 provisions of Section 13-1.1, make an appointment and issue a
496	496	14 commission to such officer or officers, and when thus
497	497	15 appointed such officer shall be considered an officer of the
498	498	16 court and subject to the same rules as if nominated by the
499	499	17 county board and confirmed by the court, and any judge,
500	500	18 however appointed, and at whatever time, shall be considered
501	501	19 an officer of court and be subject to the same control and
502	502	20 punishment in case of misbehavior. Not more than 10 business
503	503	21 days after the day of election, the county clerk shall compile
504	504	22 a list containing the name, address, and party affiliation, if
505	505	23 any, of each judge of election who served on the day of
506	506	24 election, and shall preserve such list and make it available
507	507	25 for public inspection and copying for a period of not more than
508	508	26 one year from the date of receipt of such list. Copies of such
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519	519	1 list shall be available for purchase at a cost not to exceed
520	520	2 the cost of duplication. The board has the right, at any time,
521	521	3 in case of misbehavior or neglect of duty, to remove any judge
522	522	4 of election and cause such vacancy to be filled in accordance
523	523	5 with this Act. Except for judges appointed under subsection
524	524	6 (b) of Section 13-4, the board shall have the right, at any
525	525	7 time, to remove any judge of election for failing to vote the
526	526	8 primary ballot of the political party he represents, at a
527	527	9 primary election at which he served as such judge, and shall
528	528	10 cause such vacancy to be filled in accordance with this Act.
529	529	11 The board shall remove any judge of election who, twice during
530	530	12 the same term of office, fails to provide for the opening of
531	531	13 the polling place at the time prescribed in Section 17-1 or
532	532	14 Section 18-2, whichever is applicable, unless such delay can
533	533	15 be demonstrated by the judge of election to be beyond his or
534	534	16 her control. In the event that any judge of election is removed
535	535	17 for cause, the board shall specify such cause in writing and
536	536	18 make such writing a matter of public record, with a copy to be
537	537	19 sent to the appropriate county chair who made the initial
538	538	20 recommendation of the election judge. If any vacancies occur
539	539	21 or exist more than 15 days before election the judges
540	540	22 appointed to such places must be confirmed by such court. The
541	541	23 county board shall not voluntarily remove any judge within 15
542	542	24 days of such election except for flagrant misbehavior,
543	543	25 incapacity or dishonesty, and the reason therefor must
544	544	26 afterward be reported in writing to such court and made a
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555	555	1 matter of public record, with a copy to be sent to the
556	556	2 appropriate county chair who made the initial recommendation
557	557	3 of the election judge. Provided further that where a vacancy
558	558	4 in the office of judge of election exists 20 days or less prior
559	559	5 to any election in counties having a population of 3,000,000
560	560	6 or more inhabitants, or where such vacancy exists 10 days or
561	561	7 less prior to any election in counties having less than
562	562	8 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county clerk shall, subject to the
563	563	9 provisions of Section 13-1.1, appoint a person of the same
564	564	10 major political party to fill such vacancy and issue a
565	565	11 commission thereto. The name of the officer so appointed shall
566	566	12 be reported to the court as a matter of record and after
567	567	13 acceptance of such commission such person shall be liable in
568	568	14 the same manner as officers regularly appointed by the county
569	569	15 board and confirmed by the court. The county clerk shall have
570	570	16 the power on election day to remove without cause any judge of
571	571	17 election appointed by the other judges of election pursuant to
572	572	18 Section 13-7 and to appoint another judge of election to serve
573	573	19 for that election. Such substitute judge of election must be
574	574	20 selected, where possible, pursuant to the provisions of
575	575	21 Section 13-1.1 and must be qualified in accordance with
576	576	22 Section 13-4.
577	577	23 If any precinct has increased in voter registration beyond
578	578	24 the maximum of 800 provided in Section 11-2, the county clerk
579	579	25 may appoint one additional judge of election from each
580	580	26 political party for each 200 voters in excess of 800.
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591	591	1 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
592	592	2 (10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
593	593	3 Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
594	594	4 (a) All persons elected or chosen judge of election must:
595	595	5 (1) be citizens of the United States and entitled to vote at
596	596	6 the next election, except as provided in subsection (b) or
597	597	7 (c); (2) be of good repute and character and not subject to the
598	598	8 registration requirement of the Sex Offender Registration Act;
599	599	9 (3) be able to speak, read and write the English language; (4)
600	600	10 be skilled in the four fundamental rules of arithmetic; (5) be
601	601	11 of good understanding and capable; (6) not be candidates for
602	602	12 any office at the election and not be elected
603	603	13 committeepersons; and (7) reside in the precinct in which they
604	604	14 are selected to act, except that in each precinct, not more
605	605	15 than one judge of each party may be appointed from outside such
606	606	16 precinct and not more than one judge unaffiliated with a party
607	607	17 may be appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge
608	608	18 selected to serve in any precinct in which he is not entitled
609	609	19 to vote must reside within and be entitled to vote elsewhere
610	610	20 within the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
611	611	21 judge is appointed, except as provided in subsection (b) or
612	612	22 (c). Such judge must meet the other qualifications of this
613	613	23 Section.
614	614	24 (b) An election authority may establish a program to
615	615	25 permit a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as
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626	626	1 an election judge if, as of the date of the election at which
627	627	2 the person serves as a judge, he or she:
628	628	3 (1) is a U.S. citizen;
629	629	4 (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in
630	630	5 a public or private secondary school;
631	631	6 (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
632	632	7 at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
633	633	8 (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
634	634	9 secondary school he or she attends at the time of
635	635	10 appointment;
636	636	11 (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
637	637	12 legal guardian;
638	638	13 (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
639	639	14 for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1 and
640	640	15 13-2.2; and
641	641	16 (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
642	642	17 service as an election judge.
643	643	18 No more than one election judge qualifying under this
644	644	19 subsection may serve per political party per precinct and no
645	645	20 more than one election judge qualifying under this subsection
646	646	21 may be unaffiliated with a political party. Prior to
647	647	22 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
648	648	23 certify in writing to the election authority the political
649	649	24 party the judge chooses to affiliate with or that the judge
650	650	25 chooses not to affiliate with a political party.
651	651	26 Students appointed as election judges under this
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662	662	1 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
663	663	2 day they serve as judges.
664	664	3 (c) An election authority may establish a program to
665	665	4 permit a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or
666	666	5 county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date
667	667	6 of the election at which the person serves as a judge, he or
668	668	7 she:
669	669	8 (1) is a U.S. citizen;
670	670	9 (2) is currently enrolled in a community college, as
671	671	10 defined in the Public Community College Act, or a public
672	672	11 or private Illinois university or college;
673	673	12 (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
674	674	13 at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
675	675	14 (4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
676	676	15 for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1 and
677	677	16 13-2.2; and
678	678	17 (5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
679	679	18 service as an election judge.
680	680	19 No more than one election judge qualifying under this
681	681	20 subsection may serve per political party per precinct and no
682	682	21 more than one election judge qualifying under this subsection
683	683	22 may be unaffiliated with a political party. Prior to
684	684	23 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
685	685	24 certify in writing to the election authority the political
686	686	25 party the judge chooses to affiliate with or that the judge
687	687	26 chooses not to affiliate with a political party.
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698	698	1 Students appointed as election judges under this
699	699	2 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
700	700	3 day they serve as judges.
701	701	4 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
702	702	5 (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
703	703	6 Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
704	704	7 established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
705	705	8 in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5
706	706	9 persons, men or women, as judges of election for each precinct
707	707	10 in such city, village or incorporated town.
708	708	11 Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
709	709	12 or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
710	710	13 commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
711	711	14 board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
712	712	15 the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
713	713	16 precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint
714	714	17 in addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally
715	715	18 judges. In such precincts the judges of election shall preside
716	716	19 over the election during the hours the polls are open, and the
717	717	20 tally judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges
718	718	21 designated pursuant to Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote
719	719	22 after the closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess
720	720	23 the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the same
721	721	24 manner and with the same division between political parties as
722	722	25 is provided for judges of election. The foregoing provisions
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733	733	1 relating to the appointment of tally judges are inapplicable
734	734	2 in counties with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
735	735	3 (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
736	736	4 (1) be citizens of the United States;
737	737	5 (2) be of good repute and character and not subject to
738	738	6 the registration requirement of the Sex Offender
739	739	7 Registration Act;
740	740	8 (3) be able to speak, read and write the English
741	741	9 language;
742	742	10 (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
743	743	11 arithmetic;
744	744	12 (5) be of good understanding and capable;
745	745	13 (6) not be candidates for any office at the election
746	746	14 and not be elected committeepersons;
747	747	15 (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
748	748	16 which they are selected to serve, except that in each
749	749	17 precinct not more than one judge of each party may be
750	750	18 appointed from outside such precinct and not more than one
751	751	19 judge unaffiliated with a party may be appointed from
752	752	20 outside such precinct. Any judge so appointed to serve in
753	753	21 any precinct in which he is not entitled to vote must be
754	754	22 entitled to vote elsewhere within the county which
755	755	23 encompasses the precinct in which such judge is appointed
756	756	24 and such judge must otherwise meet the qualifications of
757	757	25 this Section, except as provided in subsection (c) or
758	758	26 (c-5).
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769	769	1 (c) An election authority may establish a program to
770	770	2 permit a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as
771	771	3 an election judge if, as of the date of the election at which
772	772	4 the person serves as a judge, he or she:
773	773	5 (1) is a U.S. citizen;
774	774	6 (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in
775	775	7 a public or private secondary school;
776	776	8 (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
777	777	9 at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
778	778	10 (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
779	779	11 secondary school he or she attends at the time of
780	780	12 appointment;
781	781	13 (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
782	782	14 legal guardian;
783	783	15 (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
784	784	16 for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
785	785	17 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
786	786	18 (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
787	787	19 service as an election judge.
788	788	20 No more than one election judge qualifying under this
789	789	21 subsection may serve per political party per precinct and no
790	790	22 more than one election judge qualifying under this subsection
791	791	23 may be unaffiliated with a political party. Prior to
792	792	24 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
793	793	25 certify in writing to the election authority the political
794	794	26 party the judge chooses to affiliate with or that the judge
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805	805	1 chooses not to affiliate with a political party.
806	806	2 Students appointed as election judges under this
807	807	3 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
808	808	4 day they serve as judges.
809	809	5 (c-5) An election authority may establish a program to
810	810	6 permit a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or
811	811	7 county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date
812	812	8 of the election at which the person serves as a judge, he or
813	813	9 she:
814	814	10 (1) is a U.S. citizen;
815	815	11 (2) is currently enrolled in a community college, as
816	816	12 defined in the Public Community College Act, or a public
817	817	13 or private Illinois university or college;
818	818	14 (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
819	819	15 at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
820	820	16 (4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
821	821	17 for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
822	822	18 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
823	823	19 (5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
824	824	20 service as an election judge.
825	825	21 No more than one election judge qualifying under this
826	826	22 subsection may serve per political party per precinct and no
827	827	23 more than one election judge qualifying under this subsection
828	828	24 may be unaffiliated with a political party. Prior to
829	829	25 appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
830	830	26 certify in writing to the election authority the political
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841	841	1 party the judge chooses to affiliate with or that the judge
842	842	2 chooses not to affiliate with a political party.
843	843	3 Students appointed as election judges under this
844	844	4 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
845	845	5 day they serve as judges.
846	846	6 (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
847	847	7 additional judges of election, one from each of the major
848	848	8 political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
849	849	9 precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
850	850	10 11-3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
851	851	11 prescribed in this Section.
852	852	12 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
853	853	13 (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
854	854	14 Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall,
855	855	15 during the month of July of each even-numbered year, select
856	856	16 for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the
857	857	17 board 5 persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
858	858	18 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. The board
859	859	19 of election commissioners may, at its discretion, appoint a
860	860	20 judge of election who is unaffiliated with a political party.
861	861	21 The selection shall be made by a county board of election
862	862	22 commissioners in the following manner in each election
863	863	23 precinct: (1) if the county board of election commissioners
864	864	24 does not appoint a judge unaffiliated with a political party
865	865	25 in an election precinct, the county board of election
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876	876	1 commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as judges of
877	877	2 election in the each election precinct from a certified list
878	878	3 furnished by the chair of the county central committee of the
879	879	4 first leading political party in that precinct and ; the
880	880	5 county board of election commissioners also shall select and
881	881	6 approve 2 persons as judges of election in the each election
882	882	7 precinct from a certified list furnished by the chair of the
883	883	8 county central committee of the second leading political party
884	884	9 in that precinct; or (2) if the county board of election
885	885	10 commissioners does appoint a judge unaffiliated with a
886	886	11 political party in an election precinct, the county board of
887	887	12 election commissioners shall select and approve one person who
888	888	13 is unaffiliated with a political party as a judge of election
889	889	14 in the precinct who makes application in a manner prescribed
890	890	15 by the county board of election commissioners, the county
891	891	16 board of election commissioners shall select and approve 2
892	892	17 persons as judges of election in the election precinct from a
893	893	18 certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
894	894	19 Committee of the first leading political party in such
895	895	20 precinct, and the county board of election commissioners shall
896	896	21 select and approve 2 persons as judges of election in the
897	897	22 election precinct from a certified list, furnished by the
898	898	23 chair of the County Central Committee of the second leading
899	899	24 political party. The selection by a municipal board of
900	900	25 election commissioners shall be made in the following manner
901	901	26 in each election precinct: for each precinct, (1) if the board
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912	912	1 of election commissioners does not appoint a judge
913	913	2 unaffiliated with a political party in an election precinct, 3
914	914	3 judges shall be selected from one of the 2 leading political
915	915	4 parties and the other 2 judges shall be selected from the other
916	916	5 leading political party; or (2) if the board of election
917	917	6 commissioners does appoint a judge unaffiliated with a
918	918	7 political party in an election precinct, one judge shall be
919	919	8 selected who is unaffiliated with a political party, 2 judges
920	920	9 shall be selected from one of the 2 leading political parties,
921	921	10 and the other 2 judges shall be selected from the other leading
922	922	11 political party; if applicable, the parties entitled to 3 and
923	923	12 2 judges, respectively, in the several precincts shall be
924	924	13 determined as provided in Section 14-4. However, a Board of
925	925	14 Election Commissioners may appoint three judges of election to
926	926	15 serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by
927	927	16 this Section to serve in any emergency referendum, or in any
928	928	17 odd-year regular election or in any special primary or special
929	929	18 election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy in the
930	930	19 office of representative in the United States Congress or to
931	931	20 nominate candidates for such purpose.
932	932	21 If only 3 judges of election serve in each election
933	933	22 precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political party
934	934	23 shall be judges of election in the same election precinct, and
935	935	24 the appointment of judges which political party is entitled to
936	936	25 2 judges of election and which political party is entitled to
937	937	26 one judge of election shall be determined as set forth in this
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948	948	1 Section for a county board of election commissioners'
949	949	2 selection of 5 election judges in each precinct or in Section
950	950	3 14-4 for a municipal board of election commissioners'
951	951	4 selection of election judges in each precinct, whichever is
952	952	5 appropriate. In addition to such precinct judges, the board of
953	953	6 election commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3
954	954	7 judges each, who shall possess the same qualifications and
955	955	8 shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
956	956	9 division between political parties as is provided for other
957	957	10 judges of election. The number of such panels of judges
958	958	11 required shall be determined by regulation of the State Board
959	959	12 of Elections, which shall base the required number of special
960	960	13 panels on the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction
961	961	14 or the number of absentee ballots voted at recent elections or
962	962	15 any combination of such factors. A municipal board of election
963	963	16 commissioners shall make the selections of persons qualified
964	964	17 under Section 14-1 from certified lists furnished by the chair
965	965	18 of the respective county central committees, or each ward
966	966	19 committeeperson in a municipality of 500,000 or more
967	967	20 inhabitants, of the 2 leading political parties. Lists
968	968	21 furnished by chairmen of county central committees or ward
969	969	22 committeepersons, as the case may be, under this Section shall
970	970	23 be arranged according to precincts. The chair of each county
971	971	24 central committee or ward committeepersons, as the case may
972	972	25 be, shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside within
973	973	26 the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he
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984	984	1 may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who
985	985	2 reside outside the precinct but within the county embracing
986	986	3 the precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however,
987	987	4 submit the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for
988	988	5 each precinct in which his party is to have up to 3 judges and
989	989	6 must submit the name of at least one resident of the precinct
990	990	7 for each precinct in which his party is to have up to 2 judges.
991	991	8 The board of election commissioners shall no later than March
992	992	9 1 of each even-numbered year notify the chairmen of the
993	993	10 respective county central committees or ward committeepersons,
994	994	11 as the case may be, of their responsibility to furnish such
995	995	12 lists, and each such chair shall furnish the board of election
996	996	13 commissioners with the list for his party on or before May 1 of
997	997	14 each even-numbered year. The board of election commissioners
998	998	15 shall acknowledge in writing to each county chair or ward
999	999	16 committeepersons, as the case may be, the names of all persons
1000	1000	17 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
1001	1001	18 persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
1002	1002	19 names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
1003	1003	20 certain precincts, the board of election commissioners shall
1004	1004	21 make or complete such list from the names contained in the
1005	1005	22 supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of
1006	1006	23 election shall hold their office for 2 years from their
1007	1007	24 appointment and until their successors are duly appointed in
1008	1008	25 the manner herein provided. The board of election
1009	1009	26 commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of Section
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1020	1020	1 14-3.2, fill all vacancies in the office of judges of election
1021	1021	2 at any time in the manner herein provided.
1022	1022	3 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
1023	1023	4 the court as provided in Section 14-5.
1024	1024	5 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
1025	1025	6 (10 ILCS 5/14-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-4)
1026	1026	7 Sec. 14-4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the
1027	1027	8 The leading political party represented by a minority of all
1028	1028	9 the commissioners in the board shall be entitled to 2 of the
1029	1029	10 judges in each precinct with an even number, and 3 of the
1030	1030	11 judges in each precinct with an odd number, and the other
1031	1031	12 leading political party shall be entitled to 3 judges in the
1032	1032	13 even and 2 judges in the odd number precincts; and if only 3
1033	1033	14 judges of election serve in each precinct, the leading
1034	1034	15 political party represented by the minority of all the
1035	1035	16 commissioners in the board shall be entitled to one of the
1036	1036	17 judges of election in each precinct with an even number, and 2
1037	1037	18 of the judges of election in each precinct with an odd number,
1038	1038	19 and the other leading political party shall be entitled to 2
1039	1039	20 judges of election in the even and one judge of election in the
1040	1040	21 odd number precincts; and it shall be the duty of such
1041	1041	22 commissioners to observe this division in all respects in
1042	1042	23 making such appointments. ;
1043	1043	24 (b) If a judge unaffiliated with a political party is
1044	1044	25 appointed as a judge of election in a precinct, the leading
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1055	1055	1 political party represented by a minority of all the
1056	1056	2 commissioners and the other leading political party shall both
1057	1057	3 be entitled to 2 judges of election in that precinct and, if
1058	1058	4 only 3 judges of election serve in that precinct, the leading
1059	1059	5 political party represented by the minority of all the
1060	1060	6 commissioners in the board and the other leading political
1061	1061	7 party shall both be entitled to one judge of election in that
1062	1062	8 precinct. The number of precincts in which a judge
1063	1063	9 unaffiliated with a political party are appointed shall be the
1064	1064	10 same between even and odd number precincts.
1065	1065	11 (c) This except that this Section does not apply to
1066	1066	12 appointments by county boards of election commissioners under
1067	1067	13 Section 14-3.1.
1068	1068	14 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
1069	1069	15 (10 ILCS 5/14-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-5)
1070	1070	16 Sec. 14-5. After the judges are selected and have agreed
1071	1071	17 to serve as provided in Sections 14-1 to 14-4, inclusive, then
1072	1072	18 a report of such selections shall be made and filed in the
1073	1073	19 court, and application shall then be made by the board to the
1074	1074	20 circuit court for their confirmation and appointment,
1075	1075	21 whereupon the court shall enter an order that cause be shown,
1076	1076	22 if any exists, against the confirmation and appointment of
1077	1077	23 such persons so named, on or before the opening of the court on
1078	1078	24 a day to be fixed by the court. And the board of commissioners
1079	1079	25 shall immediately give notice of such order and the names of
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1090	1090	1 all such judges so reported to such court for confirmation,
1091	1091	2 and their residence and the precinct for which they were
1092	1092	3 selected, by causing a notice to be published in one or more
1093	1093	4 newspapers in such city, village or incorporated town, and if
1094	1094	5 no newspaper be published in such city, village or
1095	1095	6 incorporated town, then by posting such notice in 3 of the most
1096	1096	7 public places in such city, village or town. The notice shall
1097	1097	8 state that a list of judges of election is available for public
1098	1098	9 inspection in the office of the election authority. If no
1099	1099	10 cause to the contrary is shown prior to the day fixed, and if,
1100	1100	11 in each precinct, at least one judge representing each of the
1101	1101	12 two major political parties has been certified by the board of
1102	1102	13 commissioners as having satisfactorily completed within the
1103	1103	14 preceding 6 months the training course and examination for
1104	1104	15 judges of election, as provided in Section 14-4.1 of this Act
1105	1105	16 such appointments shall be confirmed by order entered by that
1106	1106	17 court.
1107	1107	18 If in any precinct the requisite 2 judges have not been so
1108	1108	19 certified by the board of commissioners as having
1109	1109	20 satisfactorily completed such course and examination, the
1110	1110	21 board of commissioners shall immediately notify all judges in
1111	1111	22 that precinct, to whose appointment there is no other
1112	1112	23 objection, that all such judges shall attend the next such
1113	1113	24 course. The board of commissioners shall then certify to the
1114	1114	25 court that all such judges have been so notified (and such
1115	1115	26 certification need contain no detail other than a mere
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1126	1126	1 recital). The appointment of such judges shall then be
1127	1127	2 confirmed by order entered by the court. If any judge so
1128	1128	3 notified and so confirmed fails to attend the next such
1129	1129	4 course, such failure shall subject such judge to possible
1130	1130	5 removal from office at the option of the election authority.
1131	1131	6 If objections to the appointment of any such judge is
1132	1132	7 filed prior to the day fixed by the court for confirmation of
1133	1133	8 judges, the court shall hear such objections and the evidence
1134	1134	9 introduced in support thereof, and shall confirm or refuse to
1135	1135	10 confirm such nominations, as the interests of the public may
1136	1136	11 require. No reasons may be given for the refusal to confirm. If
1137	1137	12 any vacancies exist by reason of the action of such board or
1138	1138	13 otherwise, at any time, the board of commissioners shall,
1139	1139	14 subject to the provisions of Section 14-3.2, further report
1140	1140	15 and nominate persons to fill such vacancies so existing in the
1141	1141	16 manner aforesaid, and a court in the same way shall consider
1142	1142	17 such nominations and shall confirm or refuse to confirm the
1143	1143	18 same in the manner aforesaid. Upon the confirmation of such
1144	1144	19 judges, at any time, a commission shall issue to each of such
1145	1145	20 judges, under the seal of such court, and appropriate forms
1146	1146	21 shall be prepared by the board of commissioners for such
1147	1147	22 purpose. After such confirmation and acceptance of such
1148	1148	23 commission, such judges shall thereupon become officers of
1149	1149	24 such court. If a vacancy occurs so late that application to and
1150	1150	25 confirmation by the court cannot be had before the election,
1151	1151	26 then the board of commissioners shall, subject to the
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1162	1162	1 provisions of Section 14-3.2, make an appointment and issue a
1163	1163	2 commission to such officer or officers, and when thus
1164	1164	3 appointed such officer shall be considered an officer of the
1165	1165	4 court and subject to the same rules and punishment, in case of
1166	1166	5 misbehavior, as if confirmed by the court, and any judge,
1167	1167	6 however appointed, and at whatever time, shall be considered
1168	1168	7 an officer of court, and be subject to the same control and
1169	1169	8 punishment in case of misbehavior. Not more than 10 business
1170	1170	9 days after the day of election, the board of election
1171	1171	10 commissioners shall compile a list containing the name,
1172	1172	11 address, and party affiliation, if any, of each judge of
1173	1173	12 election who served on the day of election, and shall preserve
1174	1174	13 such list and make it available for public inspection and
1175	1175	14 copying for a period of not more than one year from the date of
1176	1176	15 receipt of such list. Copies of such list shall be available
1177	1177	16 for purchase at a cost not to exceed the cost of duplication.
1178	1178	17 The board of commissioners has the right at any time, in case
1179	1179	18 of misbehavior or neglect of duty, to remove any judge of
1180	1180	19 election, and shall cause such vacancy to be filled in
1181	1181	20 accordance with this Act. Except for judges appointed under
1182	1182	21 subsection (c) of Section 14-1, the board has the right, at any
1183	1183	22 time, to remove any judge of election for failing to vote the
1184	1184	23 primary ballot of the political party he represents at a
1185	1185	24 primary election at which he served as such judge, and shall
1186	1186	25 cause such vacancy to be filled in accordance with this Act.
1187	1187	26 The board shall remove any judge of election who, twice during
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1198	1198	1 the same term of office, fails to provide for the opening of
1199	1199	2 the polling place at the time prescribed in Section 17-1 or
1200	1200	3 Section 18-2, whichever is applicable, unless such delay can
1201	1201	4 be demonstrated by the judge of election to be beyond his or
1202	1202	5 her control. In the event that any judge of election is removed
1203	1203	6 for cause, the board shall specify such cause in writing and
1204	1204	7 make such writing a matter of public record, with a copy to be
1205	1205	8 sent to the appropriate county chair who made the initial
1206	1206	9 recommendation of the election judges. The judges of election
1207	1207	10 must be appointed and confirmed at least 35 days prior to the
1208	1208	11 next election.
1209	1209	12 If any vacancy shall occur or exist, more than 5 days
1210	1210	13 before election the judges appointed to such places must be
1211	1211	14 confirmed by such court. Such commissioners shall not
1212	1212	15 voluntarily remove any judge within 5 days of such election,
1213	1213	16 except for flagrant misbehavior, incapacity or dishonesty, and
1214	1214	17 the reasons therefor must afterwards be reported in writing to
1215	1215	18 such court and made a matter of public record, with a copy to
1216	1216	19 be sent to the appropriate county chair who made the initial
1217	1217	20 recommendation of the election judge. If such removal be
1218	1218	21 wilful and without cause, the commissioners shall be punished
1219	1219	22 for contempt of court and subject to removal. The board of
1220	1220	23 election commissioners shall have the power on election day to
1221	1221	24 remove without cause any judge of election appointed by the
1222	1222	25 other judges of election pursuant to Section 14-6 and to
1223	1223	26 appoint another judge of election to serve for that election.
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