Bill Text: IL SB1503 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that electors of President and Vice President of the United States shall be chosen by congressional district. Provides that 2 electors at large shall cast their ballot for the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate that received the highest number of votes in the State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-07 - Referred to Assignments [SB1503 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1503-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 21-1 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 21-1)
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7 | Sec. 21-1.
Choosing and election of electors of President | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | and
Vice-President of the United States shall be in the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | following manner:
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10 | (a) In each year in which a President and Vice-President | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of the United
States are chosen, each political party or group | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | in this State shall choose
by its State Convention or State | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | central committee one elector electors of President and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Vice-President of the
United States from each congressional | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | district and such State Convention or State central committee | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | of such party or group shall also
choose 2 electors at large, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | if any are to be appointed for this State and
such State | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Convention or State central committee of such party or group | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | shall by its chair and
secretary certify the total list of such | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | electors together with electors at
large so chosen to the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | State Board of Elections.
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22 | The filing of such certificate with the Board, of such | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | choosing of
electors shall be deemed and taken to be the |
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1 | choosing and selection of the
electors for the individual | ||||||
2 | congressional districts of this State, if such party or group | ||||||
3 | is successful at the polls
in the individual congressional | ||||||
4 | district as herein provided in choosing their candidates for | ||||||
5 | President and
Vice-President of the United States.
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6 | (b) The names of the candidates of the several political | ||||||
7 | parties or
groups for electors of President and Vice-President | ||||||
8 | shall not be printed on
the official ballot to be voted in the | ||||||
9 | election to be held on the day in
this Act above named. In lieu | ||||||
10 | of the names of the candidates for such
electors of President | ||||||
11 | and Vice-President, immediately under the appellation
of party | ||||||
12 | name of a party or group in the column of its candidates on the
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13 | official ballot, to be voted at said election first above | ||||||
14 | named in
subsection (1) of Section 2A-1.2 and Section 2A-2, | ||||||
15 | there shall be printed
within a bracket the name of the | ||||||
16 | candidate for
President and the name of the candidate for | ||||||
17 | Vice-President of such party or
group with a square to the left | ||||||
18 | of such bracket. Each voter in this State
from the several | ||||||
19 | lists or sets of electors so chosen and selected by the
said | ||||||
20 | respective political parties or groups, may choose and elect | ||||||
21 | an elector one of
such lists or sets of electors by placing a | ||||||
22 | cross in the square to the left
of the bracket aforesaid of one | ||||||
23 | of such parties or groups. Placing a cross
within the square | ||||||
24 | before the bracket enclosing the names of President and
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25 | Vice-President shall not be deemed and taken as a direct vote | ||||||
26 | for such
candidates for President and Vice-President, or |
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1 | either of them, but shall
only be deemed and taken to be a vote | ||||||
2 | for the elector entire list or set of
electors chosen by that | ||||||
3 | political party or group for that congressional district so | ||||||
4 | certified to the State
Board of Elections as herein provided. | ||||||
5 | Voting by means of placing a cross
in the appropriate place | ||||||
6 | preceding the appellation or title of the
particular political | ||||||
7 | party or group, shall not be deemed or taken as a
direct vote | ||||||
8 | for the candidates for President and Vice-President, or either
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9 | of them, but instead to the Presidential vote, as a vote for | ||||||
10 | the elector entire
list or set of electors chosen by that | ||||||
11 | political party or group so
certified to the State Board of | ||||||
12 | Elections as herein provided.
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13 | (c) Such certification by the respective political parties | ||||||
14 | or groups in
this State of electors of President and | ||||||
15 | Vice-President shall be made to the
State Board of Elections | ||||||
16 | within 2 days after such State convention or meeting of the | ||||||
17 | State central committee in which the electors were chosen.
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18 | (d) Should more than one certificate of choice and | ||||||
19 | selection of electors
of the same political party or group be | ||||||
20 | filed by contesting conventions or
contesting groups, it shall | ||||||
21 | be the duty of the State Board of Elections
within 10 days | ||||||
22 | after the adjournment of the last of such conventions to
meet | ||||||
23 | and determine which set of nominees for electors of such party | ||||||
24 | or
group was chosen and selected by the authorized convention | ||||||
25 | of such party or
group. The Board, after notice to the chair | ||||||
26 | and secretaries or managers
of the conventions or groups and |
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1 | after a hearing shall determine which elector set
of electors | ||||||
2 | was so chosen for each congressional district by the | ||||||
3 | authorized convention and shall so
announce and publish the | ||||||
4 | fact, and such decision shall be final and the set
of electors | ||||||
5 | so determined upon by the electoral board to be so chosen shall
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6 | be the list or set of electors to be deemed elected if that | ||||||
7 | party shall be
successful at the polls in each congressional | ||||||
8 | district , as herein provided.
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9 | (e) Should a vacancy occur in the choice of an elector in a
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10 | congressional district, such vacancy may be filled by the | ||||||
11 | executive
committee of the party or group for such | ||||||
12 | congressional district, to be
certified by such committee to | ||||||
13 | the State Board of Elections. Should a
vacancy occur in the | ||||||
14 | office of elector at large, such vacancy shall be
filled by the | ||||||
15 | State committee of such political party or group, and
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16 | certified by it to the State Board of Elections.
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17 | (f) Each congressional district presidential elector shall | ||||||
18 | cast his or her ballot for the Presidential and Vice | ||||||
19 | Presidential candidate who received the highest number of | ||||||
20 | votes in his or her congressional district. Each elector at | ||||||
21 | large shall cast his or her ballot for the Presidential and | ||||||
22 | Vice Presidential candidate who received the highest number of | ||||||
23 | votes in the State. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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