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Amending Section 15-1 of the City
Code Relating to Elections
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 15-1 of the Code of the City of
Evanston, 1957, as amended, be further amend-
ed to read as follows:
Sec. 15-1. Designation of Polling Places; appoint-
ment of Judges
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(a) The City Clerk shall maintain a list
of potential judges of election for muni-
cipal elections, all of whom shall be qual-
ified electors of the City of Evanston.
Such list shall contain the.names, street
addresses, wards and precincts of residence
of all judges who have served as judges in
the two (2) immediately preceding municipal
and general elections including primary elec-
tions therefor. Said list shall include en-
tries indicating those judges who, having
been appointed to serve in a previous muni-
cipal election, failed or refused to serve,
and shall further include the reasons for said
failure, if known.. The roll shall indicate
each judge who has completed a training.course
for judges conducted by the Clerk of Cook
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County or other competent agenty; it shall ilLdic:ate
• further the political party by which the judge was
nominated, if such judge served in any general or
primary election for a political party.. Said list
shall also include the names, addresses, wards and
precincts of residence of other qualified electors
known to the City Clerk to have expressed a desire
to serve in future elections.
(b) Not.less than.sixty (60) days prior to any
regular election at which a city official is to be
elected, or, in the case of a special municipal
election, as soon as the City Council shall have
enacted an ordinance providing for such election,
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the City Clerk shall select from the list of poten-
tial -judges five (5) judges to serve in each pre-
cinct giving preference to those judges who have
served in such precinct during previous elections.
At least three (3) judges in each precinct shall be
experienced, two (2) of which shall have passed
training examinations. Wherever possible, three (3)
judges appointed for a precinct shall reside.within
that precinct, and not more than three (3) judges
shall be of the same political party. The mayor
shall, at the request of the City Clerk, appoint. a
committee consisting of three (3) persons to assist
the City Clerk in filling vacancies.
(c) At least forty (40) days prior to the election,
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the City Clerk shall submit to the City -Council for
confirmation a list of designated polling places
for the elections to be held, using, insofar as pos-
sible, the same polling places used in general
elections. The City Clerk shall concurrently submit
a list of five (5) judges of election to be appointed
for each polling place. Upon confirmation by the
City Council, the City Clerk shall immediately notify
the persons so appointed.
(d) If, at the time of opening of any polling
place for the conduct of an election,.a person
appointed or constituted a judge of election shall
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act.in such capacity, the judge or judges present
.may appoint some other qualified elector to act in
'his stead in the manner provided for in such cases
by the Election Code of the State of Illinois;
provided, however, that the restrictions contained
therein as to political party affiliation shall
not apply.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after,its passage and
approval in the manner provided by law.
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Introduced Rrmmh- ,ti. , 1974
Adopted' cAF+�mhar 7i 1974
. Approved , 1974
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/s/ Edgar Vanneman, Jr.
Mayor
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/s/ Maurice Y. Brown
City Clerk
Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Siesel
Corporation Counsel
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