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| Public Act 094-0018 |
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
19-13 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/19-13) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-13)
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Sec. 19-13. Any qualified voter who has been admitted to a | ||||
hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center
due to an | ||||
illness or physical injury not more than 5 days before an | ||||
election
shall be entitled to personal delivery of an absentee | ||||
ballot in the hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center
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subject to the following conditions:
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(1) The voter completes the Application for Physically | ||||
Incapacitated
Elector as provided in Section 19-3, stating as | ||||
reasons therein that he is
a patient in ............... (name | ||||
of hospital/home/center), ............... located
at, | ||||
............... (address of hospital/home/center), | ||||
............... (county,
city/village), was admitted
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hospitalized for ............... (nature of illness or
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physical injury), on ............... (date of admission), and | ||||
does not
expect to be released from the hospital/home/center on | ||||
or before the day of election.
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(2) The voter's physician completes a Certificate of | ||||
Attending Physician
in a form substantially as follows:
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
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I state that I am a physician, duly licensed to practice in | ||||
the State of
.........; that .......... is a patient in | ||||
.......... (name of hospital/home/center),
located at | ||||
............. (address of hospital/home/center), | ||||
................. (county,
city/village); that such individual | ||||
was admitted
hospitalized for ............. (nature
of illness | ||||
or physical injury), on ............ (date of admission); and
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that I have examined such individual in the State in which I am | ||
licensed
to practice medicine and do not expect such individual | ||
to be released from
the hospital/home/center on or before the | ||
day of election.
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Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section | ||
29-10 of The Election
Code, the undersigned certifies that the | ||
statements set forth in this
certification are true and | ||
correct.
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(Signature) ...............
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(Date licensed) ............
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(3) Any person who is registered to vote in the same | ||
precinct as the admitted
hospitalized voter or any legal | ||
relative of the admitted
hospitalized voter may
present such | ||
voter's absentee ballot application, completed as prescribed
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in paragraph 1, accompanied by the physician's certificate, | ||
completed as
prescribed in paragraph 2, to the election | ||
authority.
Such precinct voter or relative shall execute and | ||
sign an affidavit furnished
by the election authority attesting | ||
that he is a registered voter in the
same precinct as the | ||
admitted
hospitalized voter or that he is a legal relative of
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the admitted
hospitalized voter and stating the nature of the
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relationship. Such precinct voter or relative shall further | ||
attest that
he has been authorized by the admitted
hospitalized | ||
voter to obtain his absentee ballot
from the election authority | ||
and deliver such ballot to him in the hospital, home, or | ||
center.
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Upon receipt of the admitted
hospitalized voter's | ||
application, physician's
certificate, and the affidavit of the | ||
precinct voter or the relative, the
election authority shall | ||
examine the registration records to determine if
the applicant | ||
is qualified to vote and, if found to be qualified, shall
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provide the precinct voter or the relative the absentee ballot | ||
for delivery
to the applicant in the hospital, home, or center.
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Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the admitted
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hospitalized voter shall mark the
ballot in secret and | ||
subscribe to the certifications on the absentee ballot
return | ||
envelope. After depositing the ballot in the return envelope | ||
and
securely sealing the envelope, such voter shall give the | ||
envelope to the
precinct voter or the relative who shall | ||
deliver it to the election authority
in sufficient time for the | ||
ballot to be delivered by the election authority
to the proper | ||
precinct polling place before 7 p.m. on election day.
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Upon receipt of the admitted
hospitalized voter's absentee | ||
ballot,
the ballot shall be counted in the manner prescribed in | ||
Section 19-9.
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(Source: P.A. 84-808.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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