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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2716

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/11-1

from Ch. 46, par. 11-1

Amends the Election Code. Provides that, in counties under township
organization, an election authority may combine a township with another
township to constitute one election precinct if the townships are
contiguous and 2 or more specified conditions are satisfied. Provides that
the election authority shall consider voter convenience and election
integrity when determining whether to combine a township with another
township to constitute one election precinct.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning elections.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Election Code is amended by changing
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Section 11-1 as follows:

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(10 ILCS 5/11-1)

(from Ch. 46, par. 11-1)
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Sec. 11-1.
In counties not under township organization,
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the election precincts shall remain as now established until
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changed by the Board of County Commissioners, but said County
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Board may, from time to time, change the boundaries of
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election precincts and establish new ones.
In counties under
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township organization, an election authority may combine a
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township with another township to constitute one election
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precinct if the townships are contiguous and 2 or more of the
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following conditions are satisfied:
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(1) the election authority certifies to the State
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Board of Elections that the townships have been combined
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into one election precinct for the 2 preceding general
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elections;
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(2) there are no more than 1,800 registered voters in
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the townships combined;
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(3) there are no more than 500 registered voters in a
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precinct within either township; or

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(4) the majority of the board of township trustees for
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both townships vote to combine the townships into one
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election precinct and inform the election authority of
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that decision.
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The election authority shall consider voter convenience
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and election integrity when determining whether to combine a
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township with another township to constitute one election
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precinct.

In counties under township organization, each town
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shall constitute at least one election precinct.
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Insofar as is practicable, each precinct shall be
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situated within a single congressional, legislative and
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representative district and within a single municipal ward. In
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order to situate each precinct within a single district or
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ward, the County Board shall change the boundaries of election
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precincts after each decennial census as soon as is
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practicable following the completion of congressional and
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legislative redistricting.
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At any consolidated primary or consolidated election at
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which municipal officers are to be elected, and at any
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emergency referendum at which a public question relating to a
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municipality is to be voted on, notwithstanding any other
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provision of this Code, the election authority shall establish
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a polling place within such municipality upon the request of
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the municipal council or board of trustees at least 60 days
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before the election and provided that the municipality
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provides a suitable polling place. To accomplish this purpose,

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the election authority may establish an election precinct
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constituting a single municipality of under 500 population for
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all elections, notwithstanding the minimum precinct size
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otherwise specified herein.
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Notwithstanding the above, when there are not more than 50
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registered voters in a precinct who are entitled to vote in a
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local government or school district election, the election
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authority having jurisdiction over the precinct is authorized
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to reassign such voters to one or more polling places in
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adjacent precincts, within or without the election authority's
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jurisdiction, for that election. For the purposes of such
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local government or school district election only, the votes
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of the reassigned voters shall be tallied and canvassed as
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votes from the precinct of the polling place to which such
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voters have been reassigned. The election authority having
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jurisdiction over the precinct shall approve all
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administrative and polling place procedures. Such procedures
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shall take into account voter convenience, and ensure that the
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integrity of the election process is maintained and that the
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secrecy of the ballot is not violated.
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Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of heat
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in a place fixed or established by any election authority
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pursuant to this Section as a polling place for an election, no
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election authority shall change the location of a polling
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place so established for any precinct after notice of the
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place of holding the election for that precinct has been given

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as required under Article 12 unless the election authority
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notifies all registered voters in the precinct of the change
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in location by first class mail in sufficient time for such
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notice to be received by the registered voters in the precinct
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at least one day prior to the date of the election.
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The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts,
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including those where voting machines or electronic voting
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systems are used.
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If, as a result of the redistricting of legislative,
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representative, or congressional districts following a
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decennial census, there exists a census block with only one
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voter that is the only census block in a precinct that is in a
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legislative, representative, or congressional district, then
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the county board, at any meeting of the county board, may
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change the precinct boundaries so that the census block is
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within a precinct that has more than one voter in the
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legislative, representative, or congressional district.
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(Source: P.A. 88-525.)

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