10 ILCS 5/14-3.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 14 - Judges (In Municipalities Under Boards Of Election Commissioners)

 (from Ch. 46, par. 14-3.1)Sec. 14-3.1. The board of election commissioners shall, during the  month of July of each even-numbered year,  select  for each election precinct within the jurisdiction of the board 5  persons to be judges of election who shall possess the qualifications  required by this Act for such judges. The selection shall be made by a  county board of election commissioners in the following manner:  the county  board of election commissioners shall select and approve 3 persons as judges of  election in each election precinct from a certified list  furnished by the chair of the county central committee of the first leading  political party in that precinct; the county board of election commissioners  also shall select and approve 2 persons as 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 that precinct.  The  selection by a municipal board of election commissioners shall be made in the  following manner: for each precinct, 3 judges shall be selected from one of  the 2 leading political parties and the other 2 judges shall be selected from  the other leading political party;  the parties entitled to 3 and 2  judges, respectively, in the several precincts shall be determined as provided  in Section 14-4.  However, a Board of Election Commissioners may  appoint  three judges of election to serve in lieu of the 5 judges of election otherwise  required by this Section 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.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 as set forth in this Section for a county board of  election commissioners' selection of 5 election judges in each precinct or in  Section 14-4 for a municipal board of election commissioners' selection of  election judges in each precinct, whichever is appropriate. In addition to  such precinct judges, the board of election commissioners 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  regulation 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.  A municipal board of election  commissioners shall make the  selections of persons qualified under Section 14-1 from certified lists  furnished by the chair of the respective county central committees, or each ward committeeperson in a municipality of 500,000 or more inhabitants, of the 2  leading political parties.  Lists furnished by chairmen of county central  committees or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, under this Section shall be arranged  according to precincts. The chair of each county central committee or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, 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.  The board of election commissioners shall no later than March 1 of each  even-numbered year notify the chairmen  of the respective county central committees or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, of their responsibility to  furnish such lists, and each such chair shall furnish the board of  election commissioners with the list for his party on or before May 1 of each  even-numbered year. The  board of election commissioners shall acknowledge in writing to each  county chair or ward committeepersons, as the case may be, the names of all persons submitted on such certified  list and the total number of persons listed thereon. If no such list is  furnished or if no names or an insufficient number of names are  furnished for certain precincts, the board of election commissioners  shall make or complete such list from the names contained in the  supplemental list provided for in Section 14-3.2. Judges of election  shall hold their office for 2 years from their appointment and until  their successors are duly appointed in the manner herein provided. The  board of election commissioners shall, subject to the provisions of  Section 14-3.2, fill all vacancies in the office of judges of election  at any time in the manner herein provided.Such selections under this Section shall be confirmed by the court as  provided in Section 14-5.  (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)