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| Public Act 095-0878 |
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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 14 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 for | ||||
............... (nature of illness or
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 or, if released, is expected to be homebound on the | ||||
day of the election and unable to travel to the polling place.
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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 for ............. (nature
of illness or physical | ||
injury), on ............ (date of admission); and
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 or, if released, to be able to travel to the polling | ||
place on election day.
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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 voter or any legal relative of the | ||
admitted voter may
present such voter's absentee ballot | ||
application, completed as prescribed
in paragraph 1, | ||
accompanied by the physician's certificate, completed as
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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 voter or | ||
that he is a legal relative of
the admitted voter and stating | ||
the nature of the
relationship. Such precinct voter or relative | ||
shall further attest that
he has been authorized by the | ||
admitted 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 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
provide the | ||
precinct voter or the relative the absentee ballot for delivery
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to the applicant in the hospital, home, or center.
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Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the admitted 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
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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 election authority's | ||
central ballot counting location
before 7 p.m. on election day.
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Upon receipt of the admitted voter's absentee ballot,
the | ||
ballot shall be counted in the manner prescribed in this | ||
Article.
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(Source: P.A. 94-18, eff. 6-14-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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