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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1661 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison 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 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-110 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 10455 SPS 20530 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1661 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison 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 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-110 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1 10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2 10 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-1 10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required. Makes conforming changes. LRB104 10455 SPS 20530 b LRB104 10455 SPS 20530 b A BILL FOR
22 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1661 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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88 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required. Makes conforming changes.
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning elections.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
1818 5 Sections 13-1, 13-2, 14-1, and 14-3.1 as follows:
1919 6 (10 ILCS 5/13-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-1)
2020 7 Sec. 13-1. In counties not under township organization,
2121 8 the county board of commissioners shall at its meeting in July
2222 9 in each even-numbered year appoint in each election precinct 5
2323 10 capable and discreet persons meeting the qualifications of
2424 11 Section 13-4 to be judges of election. Where neither voting
2525 12 machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems
2626 13 are used, the county board may, for any precinct with respect
2727 14 to which the board considers such action necessary or
2828 15 desirable in view of the number of voters, and shall for
2929 16 general elections for any precinct containing more than 600
3030 17 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5 judges of
3131 18 election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the judges
3232 19 of election shall preside over the election during the hours
3333 20 the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the assistance
3434 21 of the holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2,
3535 22 shall count the vote after the closing of the polls. However,
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4141 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-110 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-210 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-110 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1 10 ILCS 5/13-1 from Ch. 46, par. 13-1 10 ILCS 5/13-2 from Ch. 46, par. 13-2 10 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-1 10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
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4444 10 ILCS 5/14-1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-1
4545 10 ILCS 5/14-3.1 from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1
4646 Amends the Election Code. Provides that an election authority may reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required. Makes conforming changes.
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7777 1 election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
7878 2 required by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency
7979 3 referendum, or in any odd-year regular election or in any
8080 4 special primary or special election called for the purpose of
8181 5 filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the
8282 6 United States Congress or to nominate candidates for such
8383 7 purpose or (2) if the county board passes an ordinance to
8484 8 reduce the number of judges of election to 3 for primary
8585 9 elections. An election authority may also reduce the number of
8686 10 judges of election in each precinct to 3 judges of election in
8787 11 lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this
8888 12 Section. The tally judges shall possess the same
8989 13 qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and
9090 14 with the same division between political parties as is
9191 15 provided for judges of election.
9292 16 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board of
9393 17 commissioners shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each,
9494 18 who shall possess the same qualifications and shall be
9595 19 appointed in the same manner and with the same division
9696 20 between political parties as is provided for other judges of
9797 21 election. The number of such panels of judges required shall
9898 22 be determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections
9999 23 which shall base the required numbers of special panels on the
100100 24 number of registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number
101101 25 of vote by mail ballots voted at recent elections, or any
102102 26 combination of such factors.
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113113 1 Such appointment shall be confirmed by the court as
114114 2 provided in Section 13-3 of this Article. No more than 3
115115 3 persons of the same political party shall be appointed judges
116116 4 of the same election precinct or election judge panel. The
117117 5 appointment shall be made in the following manner: The county
118118 6 board of commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
119119 7 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
120120 8 list, furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee
121121 9 of the first leading political party in such precinct; and the
122122 10 county board of commissioners shall also select and approve 2
123123 11 persons as judges of election in each election precinct from a
124124 12 certified list, furnished by the chair of the County Central
125125 13 Committee of the second leading political party. However, if
126126 14 only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no
127127 15 more than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges
128128 16 of election in the same election precinct; and which political
129129 17 party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
130130 18 party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
131131 19 in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
132132 20 sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
133133 21 Such certified list shall be filed with the county clerk not
134134 22 less than 10 days before the annual meeting of the county board
135135 23 of commissioners. Such list shall be arranged according to
136136 24 precincts. The chair of each county central committee shall,
137137 25 insofar as possible, list persons who reside within the
138138 26 precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he may,
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149149 1 in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who reside
150150 2 outside the precinct but within the county embracing the
151151 3 precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however, submit
152152 4 the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for each
153153 5 precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit
154154 6 the name of at least one resident of the precinct for each
155155 7 precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges. The county
156156 8 board of commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each
157157 9 county chair the names of all persons submitted on such
158158 10 certified list and the total number of persons listed thereon.
159159 11 If no such list is filed or such list is incomplete (that is,
160160 12 no names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
161161 13 certain election precincts), the county board of commissioners
162162 14 shall make or complete such list from the names contained in
163163 15 the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. The
164164 16 election judges shall hold their office for 2 years from their
165165 17 appointment, and until their successors are duly appointed in
166166 18 the manner provided in this Act. The county board of
167167 19 commissioners shall fill all vacancies in the office of judge
168168 20 of election at any time in the manner provided in this Act.
169169 21 (Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
170170 22 (10 ILCS 5/13-2) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)
171171 23 Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the
172172 24 county board shall at its meeting in July in each
173173 25 even-numbered year except in counties containing a population
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184184 1 of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over and except when such judges
185185 2 are appointed by election commissioners, select in each
186186 3 election precinct in the county, 5 capable and discreet
187187 4 persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
188188 5 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where
189189 6 neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric
190190 7 voting systems are used, the county board may, for any
191191 8 precinct with respect to which the board considers such action
192192 9 necessary or desirable in view of the number of voters, and
193193 10 shall for general elections for any precinct containing more
194194 11 than 600 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5
195195 12 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts
196196 13 the judges of election shall preside over the election during
197197 14 the hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
198198 15 assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
199199 16 Section 13-6.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
200200 17 polls. The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications
201201 18 and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
202202 19 division between political parties as is provided for judges
203203 20 of election.
204204 21 However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election
205205 22 to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required
206206 23 by this Section (1) to serve in any emergency referendum, or in
207207 24 any odd-year regular election or in any special primary or
208208 25 special election called for the purpose of filling a vacancy
209209 26 in the office of representative in the United States Congress
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220220 1 or to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county
221221 2 board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of
222222 3 election to 3 for primary elections. An election authority may
223223 4 also reduce the number of judges of election in each precinct
224224 5 to 3 judges of election in lieu of the 5 judges of election
225225 6 otherwise required by this Section.
226226 7 In addition to such precinct judges, the county board
227227 8 shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
228228 9 possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
229229 10 same manner and with the same division between political
230230 11 parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
231231 12 number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
232232 13 by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall
233233 14 base the required number of special panels on the number of
234234 15 registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
235235 16 absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
236236 17 of such factors.
237237 18 No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be
238238 19 appointed judges in the same election district or undivided
239239 20 precinct. The election of the judges of election in the
240240 21 various election precincts shall be made in the following
241241 22 manner: The county board shall select and approve 3 of the
242242 23 election judges in each precinct from a certified list
243243 24 furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee of the
244244 25 first leading political party in such election precinct and
245245 26 shall also select and approve 2 judges of election in each
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256256 1 election precinct from a certified list furnished by the chair
257257 2 of the County Central Committee of the second leading
258258 3 political party in such election precinct. However, if only 3
259259 4 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no more
260260 5 than 2 persons of the same political party shall be judges of
261261 6 election in the same election precinct; and which political
262262 7 party is entitled to 2 judges of election and which political
263263 8 party is entitled to one judge of election shall be determined
264264 9 in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding
265265 10 sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.
266266 11 The respective County Central Committee chair shall notify the
267267 12 county board by June 1 of each odd-numbered year immediately
268268 13 preceding the annual meeting of the county board whether or
269269 14 not such certified list will be filed by such chair. Such list
270270 15 shall be arranged according to precincts. The chair of each
271271 16 county central committee shall, insofar as possible, list
272272 17 persons who reside within the precinct in which they are to
273273 18 serve as judges. However, he may, in his sole discretion,
274274 19 submit the names of persons who reside outside the precinct
275275 20 but within the county embracing the precinct in which they are
276276 21 to serve. He must, however, submit the names of at least 2
277277 22 residents of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
278278 23 is to have 3 judges and must submit the name of at least one
279279 24 resident of the precinct for each precinct in which his party
280280 25 is to have 2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be
281281 26 filed with the county clerk not less than 20 days before the
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292292 1 annual meeting of the county board. The county board shall
293293 2 acknowledge in writing to each county chair the names of all
294294 3 persons submitted on such certified list and the total number
295295 4 of persons listed thereon. If no such list is filed or the list
296296 5 is incomplete (that is, no names or an insufficient number of
297297 6 names are furnished for certain election precincts), the
298298 7 county board shall make or complete such list from the names
299299 8 contained in the supplemental list provided for in Section
300300 9 13-1.1. Provided, further, that in any case where a township
301301 10 has been or shall be redistricted, in whole or in part,
302302 11 subsequent to one general election for Governor, and prior to
303303 12 the next, the judges of election to be selected for all new or
304304 13 altered precincts shall be selected in that one of the methods
305305 14 above detailed, which shall be applicable according to the
306306 15 facts and circumstances of the particular case, but the
307307 16 majority of such judges for each such precinct shall be
308308 17 selected from the first leading political party, and the
309309 18 minority judges from the second leading political party.
310310 19 Provided, further, that in counties having a population of
311311 20 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of
312312 21 election shall be made in the same manner in all respects as in
313313 22 other counties, except that the provisions relating to tally
314314 23 judges are inapplicable to such counties and except that the
315315 24 county board shall meet during the month of January for the
316316 25 purpose of making such selection, each township
317317 26 committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities given to the
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328328 1 chair of the county central committee in this Section for the
329329 2 precincts within his or her township, and the township
330330 3 committeeperson shall notify the county board by the preceding
331331 4 October 1 whether or not the certified list will be filed. Such
332332 5 judges of election shall hold their office for 2 years from
333333 6 their appointment and until their successors are duly
334334 7 appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county board
335335 8 shall fill all vacancies in the office of judges of elections
336336 9 at any time in the manner herein provided.
337337 10 Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by
338338 11 the circuit court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.
339339 12 (Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
340340 13 (10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
341341 14 Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners
342342 15 established or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and
343343 16 in the manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose no
344344 17 less than 3 5 persons, men or women, as judges of election for
345345 18 each precinct in such city, village or incorporated town.
346346 19 Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical
347347 20 or electric voting systems are used, the board of election
348348 21 commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
349349 22 board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
350350 23 the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
351351 24 precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint
352352 25 in addition to the 5 judges of election chosen under this
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363363 1 subsection a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the
364364 2 judges of election shall preside over the election during the
365365 3 hours the polls are open, and the tally judges, with the
366366 4 assistance of the holdover judges designated pursuant to
367367 5 Section 14-5.2, shall count the vote after the closing of the
368368 6 polls. The tally judges shall possess the same qualifications
369369 7 and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the same
370370 8 division between political parties as is provided for judges
371371 9 of election. The foregoing provisions relating to the
372372 10 appointment of tally judges are inapplicable in counties with
373373 11 a population of 1,000,000 or more.
374374 12 (b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
375375 13 (1) be citizens of the United States;
376376 14 (2) be of good repute and character and not subject to
377377 15 the registration requirement of the Sex Offender
378378 16 Registration Act;
379379 17 (3) be able to speak, read and write the English
380380 18 language;
381381 19 (4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of
382382 20 arithmetic;
383383 21 (5) be of good understanding and capable;
384384 22 (6) not be candidates for any office at the election
385385 23 and not be elected committeepersons;
386386 24 (7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in
387387 25 which they are selected to serve, except that in each
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399399 1 appointed from outside such precinct. Any judge so
400400 2 appointed to serve in any precinct in which he is not
401401 3 entitled to vote must be entitled to vote elsewhere within
402402 4 the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
403403 5 judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise meet the
404404 6 qualifications of this Section, except as provided in
405405 7 subsection (c) or (c-5).
406406 8 (c) An election authority may establish a program to
407407 9 permit a person who is not entitled to vote to be appointed as
408408 10 an election judge if, as of the date of the election at which
409409 11 the person serves as a judge, he or she:
410410 12 (1) is a U.S. citizen;
411411 13 (2) is a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in
412412 14 a public or private secondary school;
413413 15 (3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to
414414 16 at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
415415 17 (4) has the written approval of the principal of the
416416 18 secondary school he or she attends at the time of
417417 19 appointment;
418418 20 (5) has the written approval of his or her parent or
419419 21 legal guardian;
420420 22 (6) has satisfactorily completed the training course
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422422 24 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
423423 25 (7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
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436436 2 subsection may serve per political party per precinct. Prior
437437 3 to appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
438438 4 certify in writing to the election authority the political
439439 5 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
440440 6 Students appointed as election judges under this
441441 7 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
442442 8 day they serve as judges.
443443 9 (c-5) An election authority may establish a program to
444444 10 permit a person who is not entitled to vote in that precinct or
445445 11 county to be appointed as an election judge if, as of the date
446446 12 of the election at which the person serves as a judge, he or
447447 13 she:
448448 14 (1) is a U.S. citizen;
449449 15 (2) is currently enrolled in a community college, as
450450 16 defined in the Public Community College Act, or a public
451451 17 or private Illinois university or college;
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453453 19 at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
454454 20 (4) has satisfactorily completed the training course
455455 21 for judges of election described in Sections 13-2.1,
456456 22 13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
457457 23 (5) meets all other qualifications for appointment and
458458 24 service as an election judge.
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471471 1 to appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must
472472 2 certify in writing to the election authority the political
473473 3 party the judge chooses to affiliate with.
474474 4 Students appointed as election judges under this
475475 5 subsection shall not be counted as absent from school on the
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477477 7 (d) The board of election commissioners may select 2
478478 8 additional judges of election, one from each of the major
479479 9 political parties, for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any
480480 10 precinct having more than 600 voters as authorized by Section
481481 11 11-3. These additional judges must meet the qualifications
482482 12 prescribed in this Section.
483483 13 (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
484484 14 (10 ILCS 5/14-3.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)
485485 15 Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall,
486486 16 during the month of July of each even-numbered year, select
487487 17 for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the
488488 18 board 5 persons to be judges of election who shall possess the
489489 19 qualifications required by this Act for such judges. The
490490 20 selection shall be made by a county board of election
491491 21 commissioners in the following manner: the county board of
492492 22 election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as
493493 23 judges of election in each election precinct from a certified
494494 24 list furnished by the chair of the county central committee of
495495 25 the first leading political party in that precinct; the county
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506506 1 board of election commissioners also shall select and approve
507507 2 2 persons as judges of election in each election precinct from
508508 3 a certified list furnished by the chair of the county central
509509 4 committee of the second leading political party in that
510510 5 precinct. The selection by a municipal board of election
511511 6 commissioners shall be made in the following manner: for each
512512 7 precinct, 3 judges shall be selected from one of the 2 leading
513513 8 political parties and the other 2 judges shall be selected
514514 9 from the other leading political party; the parties entitled
515515 10 to 3 and 2 judges, respectively, in the several precincts
516516 11 shall be determined as provided in Section 14-4. However, a
517517 12 Board of Election Commissioners may appoint 3 three judges of
518518 13 election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise
519519 14 required by this Section to serve in any emergency referendum,
520520 15 or in any odd-year regular election or in any special primary
521521 16 or special election called for the purpose of filling a
522522 17 vacancy in the office of representative in the United States
523523 18 Congress or to nominate candidates for such purpose. An
524524 19 election authority may also reduce the number of judges of
525525 20 election in each precinct to 3 judges of election in lieu of
526526 21 the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this Section.
527527 22 If only 3 judges of election serve in each election
528528 23 precinct, no more than 2 persons of the same political party
529529 24 shall be judges of election in the same election precinct, and
530530 25 which political party is entitled to 2 judges of election and
531531 26 which political party is entitled to one judge of election
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542542 1 shall be determined as set forth in this Section for a county
543543 2 board of election commissioners' selection of 5 election
544544 3 judges in each precinct or in Section 14-4 for a municipal
545545 4 board of election commissioners' selection of election judges
546546 5 in each precinct, whichever is appropriate. In addition to
547547 6 such precinct judges, the board of election commissioners
548548 7 shall appoint special panels of 3 judges each, who shall
549549 8 possess the same qualifications and shall be appointed in the
550550 9 same manner and with the same division between political
551551 10 parties as is provided for other judges of election. The
552552 11 number of such panels of judges required shall be determined
553553 12 by regulation of the State Board of Elections, which shall
554554 13 base the required number of special panels on the number of
555555 14 registered voters in the jurisdiction or the number of
556556 15 absentee ballots voted at recent elections or any combination
557557 16 of such factors. A municipal board of election commissioners
558558 17 shall make the selections of persons qualified under Section
559559 18 14-1 from certified lists furnished by the chair of the
560560 19 respective county central committees, or each ward
561561 20 committeeperson in a municipality of 500,000 or more
562562 21 inhabitants, of the 2 leading political parties. Lists
563563 22 furnished by chairmen of county central committees or ward
564564 23 committeepersons, as the case may be, under this Section shall
565565 24 be arranged according to precincts. The chair of each county
566566 25 central committee or ward committeepersons, as the case may
567567 26 be, shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside within
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578578 1 the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he
579579 2 may, in his sole discretion, submit the names of persons who
580580 3 reside outside the precinct but within the county embracing
581581 4 the precinct in which they are to serve. He must, however,
582582 5 submit the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for
583583 6 each precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must
584584 7 submit the name of at least one resident of the precinct for
585585 8 each precinct in which his party is to have 2 judges. The board
586586 9 of election commissioners shall no later than March 1 of each
587587 10 even-numbered year notify the chairmen of the respective
588588 11 county central committees or ward committeepersons, as the
589589 12 case may be, of their responsibility to furnish such lists,
590590 13 and each such chair shall furnish the board of election
591591 14 commissioners with the list for his party on or before May 1 of
592592 15 each even-numbered year. The board of election commissioners
593593 16 shall acknowledge in writing to each county chair or ward
594594 17 committeepersons, as the case may be, the names of all persons
595595 18 submitted on such certified list and the total number of
596596 19 persons listed thereon. If no such list is furnished or if no
597597 20 names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for
598598 21 certain precincts, the board of election commissioners shall
599599 22 make or complete such list from the names contained in the
600600 23 supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of
601601 24 election shall hold their office for 2 years from their
602602 25 appointment and until their successors are duly appointed in
603603 26 the manner herein provided. The board of election
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