Section 11-7.5 - Duties of the elections commissionThe duties of the elections commission are to:
(1) Hold public hearings;(2) Investigate and hold hearings for receiving evidence of any violations and complaints;(3) Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91;(4) Employ, without regard to chapter 76, a full-time chief election officer, pursuant to section 11-1.6;(5) Conduct a performance evaluation of the chief election officer within two months after the date a general election is certified;(6) Hold a public hearing on the performance of the chief election officer and consider the information gathered at the hearing in deliberations on the chief election officer's reappointment; and(7) Advise the chief election officer on matters relating to elections.Amended by L 2015, c 173,§ 2, eff. 6/30/2015.