Composition of the County Board of Election Commissioners:
- Two members elected by the county committee of the majority party
- One member elected by the county committee of the minority party
Responsibilities include:
- Redistricting the Justice of the Peace Districts every ten years using the new census data
- Altering the boundaries of existing election precincts
- Establishing new election precincts
- Establishing polling sites for Early Voting and Election Day
- Selecting and appointing election officials
- Providing public notice of the time and polling sites for holding elections
- Providing public notice of the candidates and offices to be elected
- Providing absentee ballots to the County Clerk’s Office to be mailed to the voters
- Early Voting Location and Election Day Polling Location Supplies
- Training Poll Workers
- Completing a canvass of the returns of any election
- Certifying the results of elections
- Providing a recount of the returns upon the petition of a candidate
