102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3429
 
Introduced 1/18/2022, by Sen. John Connor
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
10 ILCS 5/1-4.5 new

     Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop a program or enter into a contract with a third-party developer to create a program that allows petition signatures to be collected on mobile and tablet electronic devices. Provides that the program shall be made available, free of charge, to all political committees that have filed statements of organization with the Board. Provides the requirements for the program.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by adding Section 
51-4.5 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1-4.5 new)
7    Sec. 1-4.5. Digital petition signatures. The Board shall 
8either develop a program or enter into a contract with a 
9third-party developer to create a program that allows petition 
10signatures to be collected on mobile and tablet electronic 
11devices.
12    The program shall be made available, free of charge, to 
13all political committees that have filed statements of 
14organization with the Board. 
15    The user facing portion of the program shall be 
16downloadable in the form of a mobile or tablet application. 
17The application must be downloadable from at least the 2 
18largest digital distribution platforms for mobile 
19applications. 
20    The program, at a minimum, must be able to: 
21        (1) determine whether a signer is already registered; 
22        (2) allow the signer to register or update his or her 
23    registration; 
 
 
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1        (3) determine whether a signer lives in the 
2    jurisdiction of the petition for which he or she is 
3    signing; 
4        (4) determine if the signer has already signed another 
5    petition for the same office if that office precludes 
6    signing multiple petitions; 
7        (5) collect the signature of the signer; 
8        (6) record the date and time of the signature; 
9        (7) record the circulators information;  and 
10        (8) email the signer a confirmation of his or her 
11    signature, the date and time, what petition he or she 
12    signed for, and a list of all the other petitions the 
13    signer has signed during that election cycle using the 
14    program.