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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2719

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

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/11-2

from Ch. 46, par. 11-2
10 ILCS 5/11-3

from Ch. 46, par. 11-3

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the County Board in each
county, except in counties having a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or
over, shall, at its regular meeting in June or an adjourned meeting in
July, divide its election precincts so that each precinct shall contain,
as near as may be practicable, 1,200 registered voters who cast a ballot in
person on the day of the most recent general election (rather than 1,200
registered voters). Provides that the Board of Election Commissioners
shall change the boundaries of election precincts after each decennial
census as soon as practicable following the completion of congressional
and legislative redistricting, and such precincts shall contain as nearly
as practicable 1,800 registered voters (rather than 1,200 registered
voters if the precinct is located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000
inhabitants; or 1,800 registered voters if the precinct is located in a
county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants). Makes conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning elections.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Election Code is amended by changing
5
Sections 11-2 and 11-3 as follows:

6

(10 ILCS 5/11-2)

(from Ch. 46, par. 11-2)
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Sec. 11-2.
Election precincts.
8

(a)
The County Board in each county, except in counties
9
having a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over, shall,
10
at its regular meeting in June or an adjourned meeting in July,
11
divide its election precincts so that each precinct shall
12
contain, as near as may be practicable, 1,200 registered
13
voters
who cast a ballot in person on the day of the most
14
recent general election
. Insofar as is practicable, each
15
precinct shall be situated within a single congressional,
16
legislative and representative district and in not more than
17
one County Board district and one municipal ward. In order to
18
situate each precinct within a single district or ward, the
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County Board shall change the boundaries of election precincts
20
after each decennial census as soon as is practicable
21
following the completion of congressional and legislative
22
redistricting, except that, in 2021, the county board shall
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change the boundaries at a regular or special meeting within

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60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2
102nd General Assembly. In determining whether a division of
3
precincts should be made, the county board may anticipate
4
increased voter registration in any precinct in which there is
5
in progress new construction of dwelling units which will be
6
occupied by voters more than 30 days before the next election.
7
Each district shall be composed of contiguous territory in as
8
compact form as can be for the convenience of the electors
9
voting therein. The several county boards in establishing
10
districts shall describe them by metes and bounds and number
11
them.
12

(b) The

And so often thereafter as it shall appear by the
13
number of votes cast at the general election held in November
14
of any year, that any election district or undivided election
15
precinct contains more than 1,200 registered voters, the

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County Board of the county in which
an election

the district or

17
precinct
or election precincts are located
may
be, shall
at
18
its regular meeting in June, or an adjourned meeting in July
19
next, after such November election, redivide
, consolidate,
or
20
readjust such
election district or
election precinct
or
21
election precincts
, so that no
district or
election precinct
22
shall contain more than the number of votes
above
specified
in
23
subsection (a)
.
24

If for any reason the County Board fails in any year to
25
redivide or readjust the election districts or election
26
precinct, then the districts or precincts as then existing

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shall continue until the next regular June meeting of the
2
County Board; at which regular June meeting or an adjourned
3
meeting in July the County Board shall redivide or readjust
4
the election districts or election precincts in manner as
5
herein required. When at any meeting of the County Board any
6
redivision, readjustment or change in name or number of
7
election districts or election precincts is made by the County
8
Board, the County Clerk shall immediately notify the State
9
Board of Elections of such redivision, readjustment or change.
10
The County Board in every case shall fix and establish the
11
places for holding elections in its respective county and all
12
elections shall be held at the places so fixed. The polling
13
places shall in all cases be upon the ground floor in the front
14
room, the entrance to which is in a highway or public street
15
which is at least 40 feet wide, and is as near the center of
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the voting population of the precinct as is practicable, and
17
for the convenience of the greatest number of electors to vote
18
thereat; provided, however, where the County Board is unable
19
to secure a suitable polling place within the boundaries of a
20
precinct, it may select a polling place at the most
21
conveniently located suitable place outside the precinct; but
22
in no case shall an election be held in any room used or
23
occupied as a saloon, dramshop, bowling alley or as a place of
24
resort for idlers and disreputable persons, billiard hall or
25
in any room connected therewith by doors or hallways. No
26
person shall be permitted to vote at any election except at the

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polling place for the precinct in which he resides, except as
2
otherwise provided in this Section or Article 19 of this Act.
3
In counties having a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or
4
over the County Board shall divide its election precincts and
5
shall fix and establish places for holding elections as
6
hereinbefore provided during the month of January instead of
7
at its regular meeting in June or at an adjourned meeting in
8
July.
9

However, in the event that additional divisions of
10
election precincts are indicated after a division made by the
11
County Board in the month of January, such additional
12
divisions may be made by the County Board in counties having a
13
population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over, at the regular
14
meeting in June or at adjourned meeting in July. The county
15
board of such county may divide or readjust precincts at any
16
meeting of the county board when the voter registration in a
17
precinct has increased beyond 1,800 registered voters and an
18
election is scheduled before the next regular January or June
19
meeting of the county board.
20

(c)
When in any city, village or incorporated town
21
territory has been annexed thereto or disconnected therefrom,
22
which annexation or disconnection becomes effective after
23
election precincts or election districts have been established
24
as
above
provided in this Section, the clerk of the
25
municipality shall inform the county clerk thereof as provided
26
in Section 4-21, 5-28.1, or 6-31.1, whichever is applicable.

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In the event that a regular meeting of the County Board is to
2
be held after such notification and before any election, the
3
County Board shall, at its next regular meeting establish new
4
election precinct lines in affected territory. In the event
5
that no regular meeting of the County Board is to be held
6
before such election the county clerk shall, within 5 days
7
after being so informed, call a special meeting of the county
8
board on a day fixed by him not more than 20 days thereafter
9
for the purpose of establishing election precincts or election
10
districts in the affected territory for the ensuing elections.
11

At any consolidated primary or consolidated election at
12
which municipal officers are to be elected, and at any
13
emergency referendum at which a public question relating to a
14
municipality is to be voted on, notwithstanding any other
15
provision of this Code, the election authority shall establish
16
a polling place within such municipality, upon the request of
17
the municipal council or board of trustees at least 60 days
18
before the election and provided that the municipality
19
provides a suitable polling place. To accomplish this purpose,
20
the election authority may establish an election precinct
21
constituting a single municipality of under 500 population for
22
all elections, notwithstanding the minimum precinct size
23
otherwise specified herein.
24

(d)
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section

25
the above
, when there are no more than 50 registered voters in
26
a precinct who are entitled to vote in a local government or

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school district election, the election authority having
2
jurisdiction over the precinct is authorized to reassign such
3
voters to one or more polling places in adjacent precincts,
4
within or without the election authority's jurisdiction, for
5
that election. For the purposes of such local government or
6
school district election only, the votes of the reassigned
7
voters shall be tallied and canvassed as votes from the
8
precinct of the polling place to which such voters have been
9
reassigned. The election authority having jurisdiction over
10
the precinct shall approve all administrative and polling
11
place procedures. Such procedures shall take into account
12
voter convenience, and ensure that the integrity of the
13
election process is maintained and that the secrecy of the
14
ballot is not violated.
15

(e)
Except in the event of a fire, flood or total loss of
16
heat in a place fixed or established by any county board or
17
election authority pursuant to this Section as a polling place
18
for an election, no election authority shall change the
19
location of a polling place so established for any precinct
20
after notice of the place of holding the election for that
21
precinct has been given as required under Article 12 unless
22
the election authority notifies all registered voters in the
23
precinct of the change in location by first class mail in
24
sufficient time for such notice to be received by the
25
registered voters in the precinct at least one day prior to the
26
date of the election.

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(f)
The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts,
2
including those where voting machines or electronic voting
3
systems are used.
4
(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)

5

(10 ILCS 5/11-3)

(from Ch. 46, par. 11-3)
6

Sec. 11-3.
Election precincts.
7

(a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners
8
established by Article 6 of this Act, within 2 months after its
9
first organization, to divide the city, village or
10
incorporated town which may adopt or is operating under
11
Article 6, into election precincts, each of which shall be
12
situated within a single congressional, legislative and
13
representative district insofar as is practicable and in not
14
more than one County Board district and one municipal ward; in
15
order to situate each precinct within a single district or
16
ward, the Board of Election Commissioners shall change the
17
boundaries of election precincts after each decennial census
18
as soon as is practicable following the completion of
19
congressional and legislative redistricting and such precincts
20
shall contain as nearly as practicable
1,800 registered
21
voters

: (i) 1,200 registered voters if the precinct is located
22
in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants; or (ii)
23
1,800 registered voters if the precinct is located in a county
24
with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants
.
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(b) Within 90 days after each presidential election, such

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board in a city with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, village
2
or incorporated town shall revise and rearrange such precincts
3
on the basis of the votes cast at such election, making such
4
precincts to contain, as near as practicable,
1,200 registered
5
voters or
1,800 registered voters
, as applicable
. However, any
6
apartment building in which more than
1,200 or
1,800
7
registered voters
, as applicable,
reside may be made a single
8
precinct even though the vote in such precinct exceeds
1,200
9
or
1,800 registered voters
, as applicable
.
10

(c) Within 90 days after each presidential election, a
11
board in a city with more than 500,000 inhabitants shall
12
revise and rearrange such precincts on the basis of the votes
13
cast at such election, making such precincts to contain, as
14
near as practicable
: (i) 1,200 registered voters if the
15
precinct is located in a county with fewer than 3,000,000
16
inhabitants; or (ii)
1,800 registered voters
if the precinct
17
is located in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants
.
18
However, any apartment building in which more than
1,200
19
registered voters or
1,800 registered voters
, as applicable,

20
reside may be made a single precinct even though the vote in
21
such precinct exceeds
1,200 or
1,800 registered voters
, as
22
applicable
.
23

(d) Immediately after the annexation of territory to the
24
city, village or incorporated town becomes effective the Board
25
of Election Commissioners shall revise and rearrange election
26
precincts therein to include such annexed territory.

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(e) Provided, however, that at any election where but one
2
candidate is nominated and is to be voted upon at any election
3
held in any political subdivision of a city, village or
4
incorporated town, the Board of Election Commissioners shall
5
have the power in such political subdivision to determine the
6
number of voting precincts to be established in such political
7
subdivision at such election, without reference to the number
8
of qualified voters therein. The precincts in each ward,
9
village or incorporated town shall be numbered from one
10
upwards, consecutively, with no omission.
11

(f) The provisions of this Section apply to all precincts,
12
including those where voting machines or electronic voting
13
systems are used.
14
(Source: P.A. 102-668, eff. 11-15-21.)

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