SB 35 — ELEC CD-CENTRAL COMMITTEE

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Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

ILCS 5/7-8 from Ch.

46, par.

7-8 Amends the Election Code.

Requires that a State central committee of a political party under Alternative A must be composed of 2 members from each congressional district (one male and one female) elected by the primary voters (now, one member from each district elected by the primary voters or by ward, township, and precinct committeemen).

Applies to State central committees elected at or after the 2014 general primary.

Provides that, if all of a party's candidates for State central committeemen or State central committeewomen from a congressional district are of the same sex, then the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected a State central committeeman or State central committeewoman from the district, and a vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the second member of the State central committee from the district.

Provides that candidates for election or to fill a vacancy as State central committeeman or committeewoman under Alternative A, a person must have voted in 3 of the 4 most recent primaries of the political party operating under alternative A.

Makes the State central committeeman and committeewoman in a congressional district the members and co-chairpersons of that party's congressional committee.

Effective immediately.

LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b A BILL FOR SB0035 LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b AN ACT concerning elections.

In each congressional district at the general primary election held in 2014 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male candidates for State central committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State central committeeman and State central committeewoman from the SB0035 Engrossed - 2 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b district.

The candidate receiving the highest number of votes SB0035 Engrossed - 3 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b shall be declared elected State central committeeman from the district.

In the case of a congressional district which encompasses more than one county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct in the last preceding primary election of his political party for one candidate of his party for member of the State central committee for the congressional district in SB0035 Engrossed - 4 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b which he resides and the Chairman of the county central committee shall report the results of the election to the State Board of Elections.

In each congressional district at the general primary election SB0035 Engrossed - 5 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b held in 1986 and every 4 years thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's male candidates for State central committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest number of votes of the party's female candidates for State central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State central committeeman and State central committeewoman from the district.

SB0035 Engrossed - 6 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b Except as provided for in Alternative A with respect to the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee, under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State central committee of each political party shall be composed of members elected or appointed from the several congressional districts of the State, and of no other person or persons whomsoever.

Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees of the political party of the counties located within the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the political SB0035 Engrossed - 7 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants located within the congressional district.

The changes made to this subsection (a) by this amendatory SB0035 Engrossed - 8 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b Act of the 97th General Assembly apply to State central committees elected at or after the 2014 general primary.

At the primary in 1970 and at the general primary election every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector, except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may vote SB0035 Engrossed - 9 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b for one candidate of his party in his precinct for precinct committeeman.

(c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section 2-10 of the SB0035 Engrossed - 10 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code.

SB0035 Engrossed - 11 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b Cook County Board of Review Election District Committee (d-1) Each board of review election district committee of each political party in Cook County shall consist of the various township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of that party in the portions of the county composing the board of review election district.

Congressional Committee (e) The congressional committee of each party in each congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties composing the congressional district, except that in congressional districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county, the precinct committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if any, of the party representing the precincts SB0035 Engrossed - 12 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b within the limits of the congressional district, shall compose the congressional committee.

and in the organization and proceedings of congressional committees composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of the counties within such district, each chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors of SB0035 Engrossed - 13 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b his party at the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the congressional committee.

Judicial Subcircuit Committee SB0035 Engrossed - 14 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each political party in each judicial subcircuit in a judicial circuit divided into subcircuits shall be composed of (i) the ward and township committeemen of the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit in Cook County and (ii) the precinct committeemen of the precincts composing the judicial subcircuit in any county other than Cook County.

Municipal Central Committee (h) The municipal central committee of each political party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward SB0035 Engrossed - 15 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated town or village.

SB0035 Engrossed - 16 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b The several committees herein provided for shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.

When voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one vote for each ballot voted in SB0035 Engrossed - 17 - LRB097 02847 HLH 42869 b his county, ward or township, or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.