2005 Illinois 10 ILCS 5/ Election Code. Article 6a - County Board Of Election Commissioners
(10 ILCS 5/Art. 6A heading) ARTICLE 6A. COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑1)(from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑1) Sec. 6A‑1. Any county in which there is no city, village or incorporated town
with a board of election commissioners may establish a county board of
election commissioners either (1) by ordinance of the county board or
(2) by vote of the electors of the county in accordance with Section
6A‑2. The fact that some territory in a county is within the corporate
limits of a city, village or incorporated town with a board of election
commissioners does not prevent that county from establishing a county
board of election commissioners in accordance with this Article if no
portion of such city, village or incorporated town was within the county
at the time of the establishment of the board of election commissioners
for such city, village or incorporated town. If such a county
establishes a county board of election commissioners pursuant to this
Article, the county board of election commissioners shall, with respect
to the territory in the county within the corporate limits of the city,
village or incorporated town, supersede the board of election
commissioners of that city, village or incorporated town. (Source: P.A. 81‑1433.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑2)(from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑2) Sec. 6A‑2. Whenever registered voters in the county numbering at least 1,000 or 1/8
of the number voting at the last preceding general election in the county,
whichever is less, petition the circuit court to submit to the electors of
the county a proposition to establish a county board of election
commissioners, the circuit court shall cause such proposition to be
submitted to the electors of the county at the next succeeding general
election. The proposition shall be submitted in the same manner as provided
in Article 6 for the adoption of Articles 6, 14 and 18 by cities, villages
and incorporated towns, except that the question shall be stated: "Shall a
board of election commissioners be established for .... County?" (Source: P. A. 78‑465.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑3)(from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑3) Sec. 6A‑3. If the county board adopts an ordinance providing for the
establishment of a county board of election commissioners, or if a
majority of the votes cast on a proposition submitted in accordance with
Section 6A‑2 are in favor of a county board of election commissioners, a
county board of election commissioners shall be appointed in the same
manner as is provided in Article 6 for boards of election commissioners
in cities, villages and incorporated towns, except that the county board of
election commissioners shall be appointed by the chairman of the county board
rather than the circuit court. However, before any
appointments are made, the appointing authority shall ascertain whether
the county clerk desires to be a member of the county board of election
commissioners. If the county clerk so
desires, he shall be one of the
members of the county board of election commissioners, and the
appointing authority shall appoint only 2 other members. (Source: P.A. 91‑358, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑4)(from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑4) Sec. 6A‑4. Upon the opening of the office of the county board of election
commissioners, the county clerk shall turn over to such board all registry
books, registration record cards, poll books, tally sheets and ballot boxes
and all other books, forms, blanks and stationery of every description in
his hands in any way relating to elections or the holding of elections in
the county. Thereupon, all functions, powers and duties of the county clerk
or the county board relating to elections are transferred to the county
board of election commissioners. (Source: P. A. 78‑465.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑5)(from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑5) Sec. 6A‑5. The provisions of Articles 6, 14 and 18 of this Act relating to
boards of election commissioners in cities, villages and incorporated
towns shall, insofar as they can be made applicable, apply to and govern
county boards of election commissioners established pursuant to this
Article. A deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of a municipal clerk, of a
municipality the territory of which lies in more than one county, where one
such county is governed by a county board of election commissioners
established pursuant to this Article, may accept the registration of any
qualified resident of the municipality, regardless of which county the
resident, municipal clerk or the duly authorized deputy of the municipal
clerk lives in. However, the
county board, in fixing the compensation of the members of the county
board of election commissioners and of the executive director and assistant
executive director, is not subject to the limitations of Section 6‑70 and may
provide for either an annual salary or a per diem compensation. (Source: P.A. 85‑958.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑6)(from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑6) Sec. 6A‑6. Any references in this Act to the county clerk or the county board with
respect to the registration of voters, filing of petitions, certification
of candidates, preparation of ballots, establishment of election precincts,
designation of polling places, or any other matter pertaining to the
conduct of elections, shall, as applied to any county having a county board
of election commissioners, be construed as referring to the county board of
election commissioners. (Source: P. A. 78‑465.)
(10 ILCS 5/6A‑7)(from Ch. 46, par. 6A‑7) Sec. 6A‑7. Any county which has established a board of election
commissioners may subsequently vote to abandon such board in the same
manner as provided in Article 6 for cities, villages and incorporated
towns, except that the petition to the circuit court to submit to the
vote of the electors of the county the proposition to abandon the board
of election commissioners shall be signed by at least 10% of the
registered voters of the county. (Source: P.A. 87‑1247.)
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