10 ILCS 5/7-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS|10 ILCS 5/ - Election Code.|Article 7 - The Making Of Nominations By Political Parties

 (from Ch. 46, par. 7-9)Sec. 7-9. County central committee; county and State conventions.(a) On the 29th day next succeeding the primary at which committeepersons   are elected, the county central committee of each political  party shall meet within the county and proceed to  organize by electing from its own number a chair and either from its  own number, or otherwise, such other officers as such committee may deem  necessary or expedient. Such meeting of the county central committee  shall be known as the county convention.The chair of each county committee shall within 10 days after the  organization, forward to the State Board of Elections, the names and  post office addresses of the officers, precinct committeepersons and  representative committeepersons elected by his political party.The county convention of each political party shall choose delegates  to the State convention of its party, if the party chooses to hold a State convention; but in any county having within  its limits any city having a population of 200,000, or over the  delegates from such city shall be chosen by wards, the ward committeepersons   from the respective wards choosing the number of delegates to which such  ward is entitled on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this  Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to the State  convention from such county. In all counties containing a population of  2,000,000 or more outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or  more, the delegates from each of the townships or parts of townships as  the case may be shall be chosen by townships or parts of townships as  the case may be, the township committeepersons from the respective townships  or parts of townships as the case may be choosing the number of  delegates to which such townships or parts of townships as the case may  be are entitled, on the basis prescribed in paragraph (e) of this  Section such delegates to be members of the delegation to the State  convention from such county.Each member of the State Central Committee of a political party which  elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8  shall be a delegate to the State Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, ex officio.Each member of the State Central Committee of a political party which  elects its members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 may  appoint 2 delegates to the State Convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, who must be residents of the  member's Congressional District.(b) State conventions may be held within 180 days after the  general primary in the year 2000 and every 4 years thereafter.  In the year 1998, and every 4 years thereafter,  the chair of a State central committee may issue a call for a State  convention within 180 days after the general primary.The State  convention of each political party, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, has power to make  nominations of candidates of its political party for the electors of  President and Vice President of the United States, and to adopt any party  platform, and, to the  extent determined by the State central committee as provided in Section  7-14, to choose and select delegates and alternate delegates at large to  national nominating conventions.  The State Central Committee may adopt  rules to provide for and govern the procedures of the State convention.(c) The chair and secretary of each State convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, shall,  within 2 days thereafter, transmit to the State Board of Elections of  this State a certificate setting forth the names and addresses of all  persons nominated by such State convention for electors of President and  Vice President of the United States, and of any persons selected by the State  convention for  delegates and alternate delegates at large to national nominating  conventions; and the names of such candidates so chosen by such State  convention for electors of President and Vice President of the United  States, shall be caused by  the State Board of Elections to be printed upon the official ballot at  the general election, in the manner required by law, and shall be  certified to the various county clerks of the proper counties in the  manner as provided in Section 7-60 of this Article 7 for the certifying  of the names of persons nominated by any party for State offices. If and  as long as this Act prescribes that the names of such electors be not  printed on the ballot, then the names of such electors shall be  certified in such manner as may be prescribed by the parts of this Act  applicable thereto.(d) Each convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, may perform all other functions inherent to such  political organization and not inconsistent with this Article.(e) At least 33 days before the date of a State convention, if the party chooses to hold a State convention, the chair of the State central committee of each political  party shall file in the principal office of the State Board of  Elections a call for the State convention. Such call shall state, among  other things, the time and place (designating the building or hall) for  holding the State convention. Such call shall be signed by the chair   and attested by the secretary of the committee. In such convention each  county shall be entitled to one delegate for each 500 ballots voted by  the primary electors of the party in such county at the primary to be  held next after the issuance of such call; and if in such county, less  than 500 ballots are so voted or if the number of ballots so voted is  not exactly a multiple of 500, there shall be one delegate for such  group which is less than 500, or for such group representing the number  of votes over the multiple of 500, which delegate shall have 1/500 of  one vote for each primary vote so represented by him. The call for such  convention shall set forth this paragraph (e) of Section 7-9 in full and  shall direct that the number of delegates to be chosen be calculated in  compliance herewith and that such number of delegates be chosen.(f) All precinct, township and ward committeepersons when elected as  provided in this Section shall serve as though elected at large  irrespective of any changes that may be made in precinct, township or  ward boundaries and the voting strength of each committeeperson shall  remain as provided in this Section for the entire time for which he is  elected.(g) The officers elected at any convention provided for in this  Section shall serve until their successors are elected as provided in  this Act.(h) A special meeting of any central committee may be called by the chair, or by not less than 25% of the members of such committee, by  giving 5 days notice to members of such committee in writing designating  the time and place at which such special meeting is to be held and the  business which it is proposed to present at such special meeting.(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever a vacancy  exists in the office of precinct committeeperson because no one was elected  to that office or because the precinct committeeperson ceases to reside in  the precinct or for any other reason, the chair of the county  central committee of the appropriate political party may fill the  vacancy in such office by appointment of a qualified resident of the  county and the appointed precinct committeeperson shall serve as though  elected; however, no such appointment may be made between the general  primary election and the 30th day after the general primary election.(j) If the number of Congressional Districts in the State of Illinois  is reduced as a result of reapportionment of Congressional Districts  following a federal decennial census, the State Central Committeemen and  Committeewomen of a political  party which elects its State Central  Committee by either Alternative A or by Alternative B under paragraph (a)  of Section 7-8 who were  previously elected shall continue to serve as if no reapportionment had  occurred until the expiration of their terms.  (Source: P.A. 99-522, eff. 6-30-16; 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)