10 ILCS 5/13-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 13 - Judges of Election (Outside of Jurisdiction of Boards of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 13-2)Sec. 13-2. In counties under the township organization the county  board shall at its meeting in July in each even-numbered year  except in counties containing a population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or  over and except when such judges are appointed by election  commissioners, select in each election precinct in the county, 5 capable  and discreet persons to be judges of election who shall  possess the  qualifications required by this Act for such judges. Where neither  voting machines nor electronic, mechanical or electric voting systems  are used, the county board may, for any precinct with respect to which  the board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of the  number of voters, and shall for general elections for any precinct  containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint in addition to the 5  judges of election a team of 5 tally judges. In such precincts the  judges of election shall preside over the election during the hours the  polls are open, and the tally judges, with the assistance of the  holdover judges designated pursuant to Section 13-6.2, shall count the  vote after the closing of the polls. The tally judges shall possess the  same qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and with  the same division between political parties as is provided for judges of  election.However, the county board may appoint 3 judges of election to serve in  lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise required by this Section (1) to serve  in any emergency referendum, or in any odd-year regular election  or in any special primary or special election called for the purpose of  filling a vacancy in the office of representative in the United States Congress  or to nominate candidates for such purpose or (2) if the county board passes an ordinance to reduce the number of judges of election to 3 for primary elections.In addition to such precinct judges, the county board shall appoint  special panels of 3 judges each, who shall possess the same  qualifications and shall be appointed in the same manner and with the  same division between political parties as is provided for other judges  of election. The number of such panels of judges required shall be  determined by regulations of the State Board of Elections, which shall  base the required number of special panels on the number of registered  voters in the jurisdiction or the number of absentee ballots voted at  recent elections or any combination of such factors.No more than 3 persons of the same political party shall be appointed  judges in the same election district or undivided precinct. The election  of the judges of election in the various election precincts shall be  made in the following manner: The county board shall  select and approve 3 of the election judges in each precinct from a  certified list furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee  of the first leading political party in such election precinct and shall also  select and approve 2 judges of election in each election precinct from a  certified list furnished by the chair of the County Central Committee  of the second leading political party in such election precinct. However,  if only 3 judges of election serve in each election precinct, no more than 2  persons of the same political party shall be judges of election in the same  election precinct; and which political party is entitled to 2 judges of  election and which political party is entitled to one judge of election shall  be determined in the same manner as set forth in the next two preceding  sentences with regard to 5 election judges in each precinct.  The respective  County Central Committee chair shall notify the county board by June 1 of  each odd-numbered year immediately preceding the annual meeting of the county  board whether or not such certified list will be filed by such chair. Such  list shall be arranged according to precincts. The chair of each county  central committee shall, insofar as possible, list persons who reside within  the precinct in which they are to serve as judges. However, he may, in his sole  discretion, submit the names of persons who reside outside the precinct but  within the county embracing the precinct in which they are to serve. He must,  however, submit the names of at least 2 residents of the precinct for each  precinct in which his party is to have 3 judges and must submit the name of at  least one resident of the precinct for each precinct in which his party is to  have 2 judges. Such certified list, if filed, shall be filed with the county  clerk not less than 20 days before the annual meeting of the county board. The  county board shall acknowledge in writing to each county chair the names of  all persons submitted on such certified list and the total number of persons  listed thereon. If no such list is filed or the list is incomplete (that is, no  names or an insufficient number of names are furnished for certain election  precincts), the county board shall make or complete such list from the names  contained in the supplemental list provided for in Section 13-1.1. Provided,  further, that in any case where a township has been or shall be redistricted,  in whole or in part, subsequent to one general election for Governor, and prior  to the next, the judges of election to be selected for all new or altered  precincts shall be selected in that one of the methods above detailed, which  shall be applicable according to the facts and circumstances of the particular  case, but the majority of such judges for each such precinct shall be selected  from the first leading political party, and the minority judges from the second  leading political party. Provided, further, that in counties having a  population of 3,000,000 inhabitants or over the selection of judges of election  shall be made in the same manner in all respects as in other counties, except  that the provisions relating to tally judges are inapplicable to such counties  and except that the county board shall meet during the month of January for the  purpose of making such selection, each township committeeperson shall assume the responsibilities given to the chair of the county central committee in this Section for the precincts within his or her township, and the township committeeperson shall notify the county board by the preceding October 1 whether or  not the certified list will be filed. Such judges of election shall hold their  office for 2 years from their appointment and until their successors are duly  appointed in the manner provided in this Act. The county board shall fill all  vacancies in the office of judges of elections at any time in the manner herein  provided.Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by the circuit  court as provided in Section 13-3 of this Article.  (Source: P.A. 100-337, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)