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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 adding Section |
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| 19-20 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/19-20 new) |
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| Sec. 19-20. Signatures; reporting rejected ballots.
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| (a) In addition to any other requirements of this Code, an |
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| absentee ballot envelope shall clearly state that the absentee |
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| voter must sign his or her absentee ballot envelope in a manner |
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| similar to that voter's registration record signature. The |
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| envelope shall also clearly state that failure to do so may |
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| result in the rejection of the ballot. |
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| (b) In addition to any other requirements of this Code, an |
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| absentee voter must supply his or her birth date and the last 4 |
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| digits of his or her Social Security number on his or her |
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| absentee ballot envelope. |
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| (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the |
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| contrary, the election authority shall record the number of |
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| absentee ballots rejected due to a signature discrepancy and |
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| report that number to the State Board of Elections.
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