102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1901

Introduced , by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/2A-21 from Ch. 46, par. 2A-21
10 ILCS 5/7-10 from Ch. 46, par. 7-10
10 ILCS 5/7-34 from Ch. 46, par. 7-34
55 ILCS 5/3-9014 new

Amends the State's Attorney Division of the Counties Code. Provides that, beginning on December 1, 2024, the Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County will include 5 elected Deputy State's Attorneys and one elected, at large, State's Attorney. Provides that each Deputy State's Attorney will represent a district, consisting of 3 Cook County judicial subcircuit districts, and have all powers and duties of the State's Attorney within that district, except that the State's Attorney will retain powers relating to: (i) the defense of Cook County; (ii) internal operations; (iii) performing the duties of a vacant office of a Deputy State's Attorney; and (iv) arbitration of disputes between Deputy State's Attorneys and approval of shared operations between the two or more jurisdictions. Contains other provisions about the election of Deputy State's Attorneys and vacancies in the office of a Deputy State's Attorney. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2A-21, 7-10, and 7-34 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/2A-21) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-21)
7 Sec. 2A-21. State's Attorney and Deputy State's Attorney -
8Time of Election.
9 (a) State's Attorneys shall be elected at the general
10election in 1980 and at the general election every 4 years
11thereafter.
12 (b) Deputy State's Attorneys in Cook County shall be
13elected at the general election in 2024 and at the general
14election every 4 years thereafter.
15(Source: P.A. 80-936.)
16 (10 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-10)
17 Sec. 7-10. Form of petition for nomination. The name of no
18candidate for nomination, or State central committeeperson, or
19township committeeperson, or precinct committeeperson, or ward
20committeeperson or candidate for delegate or alternate
21delegate to national nominating conventions, shall be printed
22upon the primary ballot unless a petition for nomination has

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1been filed in his behalf as provided in this Article in
2substantially the following form:
3 We, the undersigned, members of and affiliated with the
4.... party and qualified primary electors of the .... party,
5in the .... of ...., in the county of .... and State of
6Illinois, do hereby petition that the following named person
7or persons shall be a candidate or candidates of the .... party
8for the nomination for (or in case of committeepersons for
9election to) the office or offices hereinafter specified, to
10be voted for at the primary election to be held on (insert
11date).
12 NameOfficeAddress
13John JonesGovernorBelvidere, Ill.
14Jane James Lieutenant Governor Peoria, Ill.
15Thomas SmithAttorney GeneralOakland, Ill.
16Name.................. Address.......................
17State of Illinois)
18 ) ss.
19County of........)
20 I, ...., do hereby certify that I reside at No. ....
21street, in the .... of ...., county of ...., and State of
22....., that I am 18 years of age or older, that I am a citizen
23of the United States, and that the signatures on this sheet
24were signed in my presence, and are genuine, and that to the

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1best of my knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at
2the time of signing the petitions qualified voters of the ....
3party, and that their respective residences are correctly
4stated, as above set forth.
5
.........................
6 Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date).
7
.........................
8 Each sheet of the petition other than the statement of
9candidacy and candidate's statement shall be of uniform size
10and shall contain above the space for signatures an
11appropriate heading giving the information as to name of
12candidate or candidates, in whose behalf such petition is
13signed; the office, the political party represented and place
14of residence; and the heading of each sheet shall be the same.
15 Such petition shall be signed by qualified primary
16electors residing in the political division for which the
17nomination is sought in their own proper persons only and
18opposite the signature of each signer, his residence address
19shall be written or printed. The residence address required to
20be written or printed opposite each qualified primary
21elector's name shall include the street address or rural route
22number of the signer, as the case may be, as well as the
23signer's county, and city, village or town, and state. However
24the county or city, village or town, and state of residence of
25the electors may be printed on the petition forms where all of

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1the electors signing the petition reside in the same county or
2city, village or town, and state. Standard abbreviations may
3be used in writing the residence address, including street
4number, if any. At the bottom of each sheet of such petition
5shall be added a circulator statement signed by a person 18
6years of age or older who is a citizen of the United States,
7stating the street address or rural route number, as the case
8may be, as well as the county, city, village or town, and
9state; and certifying that the signatures on that sheet of the
10petition were signed in his or her presence and certifying
11that the signatures are genuine; and either (1) indicating the
12dates on which that sheet was circulated, or (2) indicating
13the first and last dates on which the sheet was circulated, or
14(3) certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet were
15signed more than 90 days preceding the last day for the filing
16of the petition and certifying that to the best of his or her
17knowledge and belief the persons so signing were at the time of
18signing the petitions qualified voters of the political party
19for which a nomination is sought. Such statement shall be
20sworn to before some officer authorized to administer oaths in
21this State.
22 No petition sheet shall be circulated more than 90 days
23preceding the last day provided in Section 7-12 for the filing
24of such petition.
25 The person circulating the petition, or the candidate on
26whose behalf the petition is circulated, may strike any

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1signature from the petition, provided that:
2 (1) the person striking the signature shall initial
3 the petition at the place where the signature is struck;
4 and
5 (2) the person striking the signature shall sign a
6 certification listing the page number and line number of
7 each signature struck from the petition. Such
8 certification shall be filed as a part of the petition.
9 Such sheets before being filed shall be neatly fastened
10together in book form, by placing the sheets in a pile and
11fastening them together at one edge in a secure and suitable
12manner, and the sheets shall then be numbered consecutively.
13The sheets shall not be fastened by pasting them together end
14to end, so as to form a continuous strip or roll. All petition
15sheets which are filed with the proper local election
16officials, election authorities or the State Board of
17Elections shall be the original sheets which have been signed
18by the voters and by the circulator thereof, and not
19photocopies or duplicates of such sheets. Each petition must
20include as a part thereof, a statement of candidacy for each of
21the candidates filing, or in whose behalf the petition is
22filed. This statement shall set out the address of such
23candidate, the office for which he is a candidate, shall state
24that the candidate is a qualified primary voter of the party to
25which the petition relates and is qualified for the office
26specified (in the case of a candidate for State's Attorney or

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1Deputy State's Attorney, it shall state that the candidate is
2at the time of filing such statement a licensed
3attorney-at-law of this State), shall state that he has filed
4(or will file before the close of the petition filing period) a
5statement of economic interests as required by the Illinois
6Governmental Ethics Act, shall request that the candidate's
7name be placed upon the official ballot, and shall be
8subscribed and sworn to by such candidate before some officer
9authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds in the State and
10shall be in substantially the following form:
11
Statement of Candidacy
12NameAddressOfficeDistrictParty
13John Jones102 Main St.GovernorStatewideRepublican
14Belvidere,
15Illinois
16State of Illinois)
17 ) ss.
18County of .......)
19 I, ...., being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ....
20Street in the city (or village) of ...., in the county of ....,
21State of Illinois; that I am a qualified voter therein and am a
22qualified primary voter of the .... party; that I am a
23candidate for nomination (for election in the case of
24committeeperson and delegates and alternate delegates) to the
25office of .... to be voted upon at the primary election to be

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1held on (insert date); that I am legally qualified (including
2being the holder of any license that may be an eligibility
3requirement for the office I seek the nomination for) to hold
4such office and that I have filed (or I will file before the
5close of the petition filing period) a statement of economic
6interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act
7and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
8primary ballot for nomination for (or election to in the case
9of committeepersons and delegates and alternate delegates)
10such office.
11
Signed ......................
12 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ....,
13who is to me personally known, on (insert date).
14
Signed ....................
15
(Official Character)
16(Seal, if officer has one.)
17 The petitions, when filed, shall not be withdrawn or added
18to, and no signatures shall be revoked except by revocation
19filed in writing with the State Board of Elections, election
20authority or local election official with whom the petition is
21required to be filed, and before the filing of such petition.
22Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required
23by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction
24thereof shall be punished accordingly.
25 A candidate for the offices listed in this Section must

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1obtain the number of signatures specified in this Section on
2his or her petition for nomination.
3 (a) Statewide office or delegate to a national nominating
4convention. If a candidate seeks to run for statewide office
5or as a delegate or alternate delegate to a national
6nominating convention elected from the State at-large, then
7the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
85,000 but not more than 10,000 signatures.
9 (b) Congressional office or congressional delegate to a
10national nominating convention. If a candidate seeks to run
11for United States Congress or as a congressional delegate or
12alternate congressional delegate to a national nominating
13convention elected from a congressional district, then the
14candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
15number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary
16electors of his or her party in his or her congressional
17district. In the first primary election following a
18redistricting of congressional districts, a candidate's
19petition for nomination must contain at least 600 signatures
20of qualified primary electors of the candidate's political
21party in his or her congressional district.
22 (c) County office. If a candidate seeks to run for any
23countywide office, including but not limited to county board
24chairperson or county board member, elected on an at-large
25basis, in a county other than Cook County, then the
26candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the

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1number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors
2of his or her party who cast votes at the last preceding
3general election in his or her county. If a candidate seeks to
4run for county board member elected from a county board
5district, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
6contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
7qualified primary electors of his or her party in the county
8board district. In the first primary election following a
9redistricting of county board districts or the initial
10establishment of county board districts, a candidate's
11petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
12signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or
13her party in the entire county who cast votes at the last
14preceding general election divided by the total number of
15county board districts comprising the county board; provided
16that in no event shall the number of signatures be less than
1725.
18 (d) County office; Cook County only.
19 (1) If a candidate seeks to run for countywide office
20 in Cook County, then the candidate's petition for
21 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
22 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
23 who cast votes at the last preceding general election in
24 Cook County.
25 (2) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
26 Commissioner, then the candidate's petition for nomination

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1 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
2 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his or her party
3 in his or her county board district. In the first primary
4 election following a redistricting of Cook County Board of
5 Commissioners districts, a candidate's petition for
6 nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
7 equal to 0.5% of the qualified electors of his or her party
8 in the entire county who cast votes at the last preceding
9 general election divided by the total number of county
10 board districts comprising the county board; provided that
11 in no event shall the number of signatures be less than 25.
12 (3) If a candidate seeks to run for Cook County Board
13 of Review Commissioner, which is elected from a district
14 pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 5-5 of the Property
15 Tax Code, then the candidate's petition for nomination
16 must contain at least the number of signatures equal to
17 0.5% of the total number of registered voters in his or her
18 board of review district in the last general election at
19 which a commissioner was regularly scheduled to be elected
20 from that board of review district. In no event shall the
21 number of signatures required be greater than the
22 requisite number for a candidate who seeks countywide
23 office in Cook County under subsection (d)(1) of this
24 Section. In the first primary election following a
25 redistricting of Cook County Board of Review districts, a
26 candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least

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1 4,000 signatures or at least the number of signatures
2 required for a countywide candidate in Cook County,
3 whichever is less, of the qualified electors of his or her
4 party in the district.
5 (e) Municipal or township office. If a candidate seeks to
6run for municipal or township office, then the candidate's
7petition for nomination must contain at least the number of
8signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of
9his or her party in the municipality or township. If a
10candidate seeks to run for alderman of a municipality, then
11the candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least
12the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the qualified
13primary electors of his or her party of the ward. In the first
14primary election following redistricting of aldermanic wards
15or trustee districts of a municipality or the initial
16establishment of wards or districts, a candidate's petition
17for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
18at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the
19candidate of that political party who received the highest
20number of votes in the entire municipality at the last regular
21election at which an officer was regularly scheduled to be
22elected from the entire municipality, divided by the number of
23wards or districts. In no event shall the number of signatures
24be less than 25.
25 (f) State central committeeperson. If a candidate seeks to
26run for State central committeeperson, then the candidate's

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1petition for nomination must contain at least 100 signatures
2of the primary electors of his or her party of his or her
3congressional district.
4 (g) Sanitary district trustee. If a candidate seeks to run
5for trustee of a sanitary district in which trustees are not
6elected from wards, then the candidate's petition for
7nomination must contain at least the number of signatures
8equal to 0.5% of the primary electors of his or her party from
9the sanitary district. If a candidate seeks to run for trustee
10of a sanitary district in which trustees are elected from
11wards, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
12contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
13primary electors of his or her party in the ward of that
14sanitary district. In the first primary election following
15redistricting of sanitary districts elected from wards, a
16candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least the
17signatures of 150 qualified primary electors of his or her
18ward of that sanitary district.
19 (h) Judicial office. If a candidate seeks to run for
20judicial office in a district, then the candidate's petition
21for nomination must contain the number of signatures equal to
220.4% of the number of votes cast in that district for the
23candidate for his or her political party for the office of
24Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was
25elected, but in no event less than 500 signatures. If a
26candidate seeks to run for judicial office in a circuit or

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1subcircuit, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
2contain the number of signatures equal to 0.25% of the number
3of votes cast for the judicial candidate of his or her
4political party who received the highest number of votes at
5the last general election at which a judicial officer from the
6same circuit or subcircuit was regularly scheduled to be
7elected, but in no event less than 1,000 signatures in
8circuits and subcircuits located in the First Judicial
9District or 500 signatures in every other Judicial District.
10 (i) Precinct, ward, and township committeeperson. If a
11candidate seeks to run for precinct committeeperson, then the
12candidate's petition for nomination must contain at least 10
13signatures of the primary electors of his or her party for the
14precinct. If a candidate seeks to run for ward
15committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for nomination
16must contain no less than the number of signatures equal to 10%
17of the primary electors of his or her party of the ward, but no
18more than 16% of those same electors; provided that the
19maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the minimum
20number, whichever is greater. If a candidate seeks to run for
21township committeeperson, then the candidate's petition for
22nomination must contain no less than the number of signatures
23equal to 5% of the primary electors of his or her party of the
24township, but no more than 8% of those same electors; provided
25that the maximum number of signatures may be 50 more than the
26minimum number, whichever is greater.

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1 (j) State's attorney or regional superintendent of schools
2for multiple counties. If a candidate seeks to run for State's
3attorney or regional Superintendent of Schools who serves more
4than one county, then the candidate's petition for nomination
5must contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of
6the primary electors of his or her party in the territory
7comprising the counties.
8 (k) Any other office. If a candidate seeks any other
9office, then the candidate's petition for nomination must
10contain at least the number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
11registered voters of the political subdivision, district, or
12division for which the nomination is made or 25 signatures,
13whichever is greater.
14 For purposes of this Section the number of primary
15electors shall be determined by taking the total vote cast, in
16the applicable district, for the candidate for that political
17party who received the highest number of votes, statewide, at
18the last general election in the State at which electors for
19President of the United States were elected. For political
20subdivisions, the number of primary electors shall be
21determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
22that political party who received the highest number of votes
23in the political subdivision at the last regular election at
24which an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from
25that subdivision. For wards or districts of political
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1determined by taking the total vote cast for the candidate for
2that political party who received the highest number of votes
3in the ward or district at the last regular election at which
4an officer was regularly scheduled to be elected from that
5ward or district.
6 A "qualified primary elector" of a party may not sign
7petitions for or be a candidate in the primary of more than one
8party.
9 The changes made to this Section of this amendatory Act of
10the 93rd General Assembly are declarative of existing law,
11except for item (3) of subsection (d).
12 Petitions of candidates for nomination for offices herein
13specified, to be filed with the same officer, may contain the
14names of 2 or more candidates of the same political party for
15the same or different offices. In the case of the offices of
16Governor and Lieutenant Governor, a joint petition including
17one candidate for each of those offices must be filed.
18(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
19 (10 ILCS 5/7-34) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-34)
20 Sec. 7-34. Pollwatchers in a primary election shall be
21authorized in the following manner:
22 (1) Each established political party shall be entitled
23 to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. Such pollwatchers
24 must be affiliated with the political party for which they
25 are pollwatching and must be a registered voter in

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1 Illinois.
2 (2) Each candidate shall be entitled to appoint two
3 pollwatchers per precinct. For Federal, State, county,
4 township, and municipal primary elections, the
5 pollwatchers must be registered to vote in Illinois.
6 (3) Each organization of citizens within the county or
7 political subdivision, which has among its purposes or
8 interests the investigation or prosecution of election
9 frauds, and which shall have registered its name and
10 address and the names and addresses of its principal
11 officers with the proper election authority at least 40
12 days before the primary election, shall be entitled to
13 appoint one pollwatcher per precinct. For all primary
14 elections, the pollwatcher must be registered to vote in
15 Illinois.
16 (3.5) Each State nonpartisan civic organization within
17 the county or political subdivision shall be entitled to
18 appoint one pollwatcher per precinct, provided that no
19 more than 2 pollwatchers appointed by State nonpartisan
20 civic organizations shall be present in a precinct polling
21 place at the same time. Each organization shall have
22 registered the names and addresses of its principal
23 officers with the proper election authority at least 40
24 days before the primary election. The pollwatchers must be
25 registered to vote in Illinois. For the purpose of this
26 paragraph, a "State nonpartisan civic organization" means

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1 any corporation, unincorporated association, or
2 organization that:
3 (i) as part of its written articles of
4 incorporation, bylaws, or charter or by separate
5 written declaration, has among its stated purposes the
6 provision of voter information and education, the
7 protection of individual voters' rights, and the
8 promotion of free and equal elections;
9 (ii) is organized or primarily conducts its
10 activities within the State of Illinois; and
11 (iii) continuously maintains an office or business
12 location within the State of Illinois, together with a
13 current listed telephone number (a post office box
14 number without a current listed telephone number is
15 not sufficient).
16 (4) Each organized group of proponents or opponents of
17 a ballot proposition, which shall have registered the name
18 and address of its organization or committee and the name
19 and address of its chair with the proper election
20 authority at least 40 days before the primary election,
21 shall be entitled to appoint one pollwatcher per precinct.
22 The pollwatcher must be registered to vote in Illinois.
23 (5) In any primary election held to nominate
24 candidates for the offices of a municipality of less than
25 3,000,000 population that is situated in 2 or more
26 counties, a pollwatcher who is a resident of a county in

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1 which any part of the municipality is situated shall be
2 eligible to serve as a pollwatcher in any polling place
3 located within such municipality, provided that such
4 pollwatcher otherwise complies with the respective
5 requirements of subsections (1) through (4) of this
6 Section and is a registered voter whose residence is
7 within Illinois.
8 All pollwatchers shall be required to have proper
9credentials. Such credentials shall be printed in sufficient
10quantities, shall be issued by and under the facsimile
11signature(s) of the election authority and shall be available
12for distribution at least 2 weeks prior to the election. Such
13credentials shall be authorized by the real or facsimile
14signature of the State or local party official or the
15candidate or the presiding officer of the civic organization
16or the chair of the proponent or opponent group, as the case
17may be.
18 Pollwatcher credentials shall be in substantially the
19following form:
20
POLLWATCHER CREDENTIALS
21TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
22 In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code,
23the undersigned hereby appoints ........... (name of
24pollwatcher) at .......... (address) in the county of
25..........., .......... (township or municipality) of

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1........... (name), State of Illinois and who is duly
2registered to vote from this address, to act as a pollwatcher
3in the ........... precinct of the .......... ward (if
4applicable) of the ........... (township or municipality) of
5........... at the ........... election to be held on (insert
6date).
7........................ (Signature of Appointing Authority)
8........................ TITLE (party official, candidate,
9 civic organization president,
10 proponent or opponent group chair)
11 Under penalties provided by law pursuant to Section 29-10
12of the Election Code, the undersigned pollwatcher certifies
13that he or she resides at .............. (address) in the
14county of ........., ......... (township or municipality) of
15.......... (name), State of Illinois, and is duly registered
16to vote in Illinois.
17........................... ..........................
18(Precinct and/or Ward in (Signature of Pollwatcher)
19Which Pollwatcher Resides)
20 Pollwatchers must present their credentials to the Judges
21of Election upon entering the polling place. Pollwatcher
22credentials properly executed and signed shall be proof of the
23qualifications of the pollwatcher authorized thereby. Such
24credentials are retained by the Judges and returned to the
25Election Authority at the end of the day of election with the

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1other election materials. Once a pollwatcher has surrendered a
2valid credential, he may leave and reenter the polling place
3provided that such continuing action does not disrupt the
4conduct of the election. Pollwatchers may be substituted
5during the course of the day, but established political
6parties, candidates, qualified civic organizations and
7proponents and opponents of a ballot proposition can have only
8as many pollwatchers at any given time as are authorized in
9this Article. A substitute must present his signed credential
10to the judges of election upon entering the polling place.
11Election authorities must provide a sufficient number of
12credentials to allow for substitution of pollwatchers. After
13the polls have closed, pollwatchers shall be allowed to remain
14until the canvass of votes is completed; but may leave and
15reenter only in cases of necessity, provided that such action
16is not so continuous as to disrupt the canvass of votes.
17 Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality
18encompassing 2 or more counties shall be admitted to any and
19all polling places throughout such district or municipality
20without regard to the counties in which such candidates are
21registered to vote. Actions of such candidates shall be
22governed in each polling place by the same privileges and
23limitations that apply to pollwatchers as provided in this
24Section. Any such candidate who engages in an activity in a
25polling place which could reasonably be construed by a
26majority of the judges of election as campaign activity shall

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1be removed forthwith from such polling place.
2 Candidates seeking office in a district or municipality
3encompassing 2 or more counties who desire to be admitted to
4polling places on election day in such district or
5municipality shall be required to have proper credentials.
6Such credentials shall be printed in sufficient quantities,
7shall be issued by and under the facsimile signature of the
8election authority of the election jurisdiction where the
9polling place in which the candidate seeks admittance is
10located, and shall be available for distribution at least 2
11weeks prior to the election. Such credentials shall be signed
12by the candidate.
13 Candidate credentials shall be in substantially the
14following form:
15
CANDIDATE CREDENTIALS
16 TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTION:
17 In accordance with the provisions of the Election Code, I
18...... (name of candidate) hereby certify that I am a
19candidate for ....... (name of office) and seek admittance to
20....... precinct of the ....... ward (if applicable) of the
21....... (township or municipality) of ....... at the .......
22election to be held on (insert date).
23......................... .......................
24(Signature of Candidate) OFFICE FOR WHICH
25 CANDIDATE SEEKS

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1 NOMINATION OR
2 ELECTION
3 Pollwatchers shall be permitted to observe all proceedings
4and view all reasonably requested records relating to the
5conduct of the election, provided the secrecy of the ballot is
6not impinged, and to station themselves in a position in the
7voting room as will enable them to observe the judges making
8the signature comparison between the voter application and the
9voter registration record card; provided, however, that such
10pollwatchers shall not be permitted to station themselves in
11such close proximity to the judges of election so as to
12interfere with the orderly conduct of the election and shall
13not, in any event, be permitted to handle election materials.
14Pollwatchers may challenge for cause the voting qualifications
15of a person offering to vote and may call to the attention of
16the judges of election any incorrect procedure or apparent
17violations of this Code.
18 If a majority of the judges of election determine that the
19polling place has become too overcrowded with pollwatchers so
20as to interfere with the orderly conduct of the election, the
21judges shall, by lot, limit such pollwatchers to a reasonable
22number, except that each candidate and each established or new
23political party shall be permitted to have at least one
24pollwatcher present.
25 Representatives of an election authority, with regard to

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1an election under its jurisdiction, the State Board of
2Elections, and law enforcement agencies, including but not
3limited to a United States Attorney, a State's attorney, a
4Deputy State's Attorney, the Attorney General, and a State,
5county, or local police department, in the performance of
6their official election duties, shall be permitted at all
7times to enter and remain in the polling place. Upon entering
8the polling place, such representatives shall display their
9official credentials or other identification to the judges of
10election.
11 Uniformed police officers assigned to polling place duty
12shall follow all lawful instructions of the judges of
13election.
14 The provisions of this Section shall also apply to
15supervised casting of vote by mail ballots as provided in
16Section 19-12.2 of this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
18 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
193-9014 as follows:
20 (55 ILCS 5/3-9014 new)
21 Sec. 3-9014. Cook County Office of State's Attorney.
22 (a) Beginning on December 1, 2024, the Office of the
23State's Attorney of Cook County will include 5 elected Deputy
24State's Attorneys and one elected, at large, State's Attorney.

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1Beginning with the general election held in 2024 and at each
2succeeding general election, the Deputy State's Attorneys
3shall be elected from 5 districts as follows:
4 (1) District 1: Cook County judicial subcircuit
5 districts 9, 12, and 13.
6 (2) District 2: Cook County judicial subcircuit
7 districts 4, 10, and 11.
8 (3) District 3: Cook County judicial subcircuit
9 districts 6, 7, and 8.
10 (4) District 4: Cook County judicial subcircuit
11 districts 3, 5, and 14.
12 (5) District 5: Cook County judicial subcircuit
13 districts 1, 2, and 15.
14 Each Deputy State's Attorney must be a resident of the
15district to which he or she is elected for at least one year
16prior to the commencement of the term of office. Nomination of
17candidates for each Deputy State's Attorney at the initial and
18each succeeding election shall be made by petition signed in
19the aggregate for each candidate by not less than 1,000
20qualified voters of the district.
21 (b) On and after December 1, 2024, each Deputy State's
22Attorney elected under this Section has the powers and duties
23enumerated for a State's Attorney under the law except those
24powers of the Cook County State's Attorney listed under
25subsection (c).
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1Attorney powers and duties are limited to: (i) those duties
2under item (4) of subsection (a) of section 3-9005; (ii) those
3duties under subsection (a) of Section 3-9006, including the
4internal operations of the office of each Deputy State's
5Attorney; (iii) performing the duties of a vacant office of a
6Deputy State's Attorney until the vacancy is filled; and (iv)
7to arbitrate any disputes between Deputy State's Attorneys
8concerning powers, jurisdiction, operations, and negotiate and
9approve any shared operations between two or more offices of
10Deputy State's Attorneys.
11 (d) Vacancies within the office of a Deputy State's
12Attorney shall be filled in the same manner provided to fill
13vacancies of the office of the State's Attorney under this
14Division.
15 (e) Cook County may not organize or operate the Cook
16County Office of the State's Attorney in a manner inconsistent
17with this Section. This Section is a limitation under
18subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
19Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
20powers and functions exercised by the State.