Ward and township committeepersons promote voter turn out. They are unpaid political advocates. Responsibilities include voter registration, community forums, disbursing election related materials, poll watching, etc…
Skillicorn seeks to whittle them out of Election Code.
Bill Status of HB2631 101st General Assembly
| 2/14/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Allen Skillicorn |
Amends the Election Code. Removes ward committeepersons for each ward in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more and township committeepersons for each township or part of a township that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code.
