Rep. Julie Hamos
Filed: 4/26/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 611




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 611 on page 1, by 
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replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
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Sections 4-105, 5-105, 6-105, 12A-10, and 12A-35 as follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/4-105)

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    Sec. 4-105. First time voting. A person must vote for the 
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first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the 
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person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first 
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provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient 
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proof of identity and the election authority verifies the 
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person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall 
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be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license 
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number or State identification card number or, if the person 
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does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 
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digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a 
 


 






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current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current 
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utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or 
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other government document that shows the person's name and 
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address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but 
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provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority 
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shall be notified by the election authority that the 
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registration has not been fully completed and that the person 
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remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such 
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proof is presented.
If a person registered to vote by mail, the 
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person must vote for the first time in person and not by an 
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absentee ballot, except that the person may vote by absentee 
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ballot in person if the person first provides the appropriate 
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election authority with sufficient proof of identity by the 
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person's driver's license number or State identification card 
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number or, if the person does not have either of those, by the 
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last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of 
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a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of any of 
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the following current documents that show the person's name and 
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address: utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government 
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check, or other government document.

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(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/5-105)

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    Sec. 5-105. First time voting. A person must vote for the 
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first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the 
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person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first 
 


 






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provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient 
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proof of identity and the election authority verifies the 
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person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall 
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be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license 
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number or State identification card number or, if the person 
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does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 
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digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a 
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current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current 
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utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or 
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other government document that shows the person's name and 
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address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but 
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provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority 
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shall be notified by the election authority that the 
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registration has not been fully completed and that the person 
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remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such 
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proof is presented.
If a person registered to vote by mail, the 
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person must vote for the first time in person and not by an 
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absentee ballot, except that the person may vote by absentee 
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ballot in person if the person first provides the appropriate 
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election authority with sufficient proof of identity by the 
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person's driver's license number or State identification card 
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number or, if the person does not have either of those, by the 
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last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of 
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a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of any of 
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the following current documents that show the person's name and 
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address: utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government 
 


 






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check, or other government document.

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(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/6-105)

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    Sec. 6-105. First time voting. A person must vote for the 
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first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the 
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person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first 
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provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient 
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proof of identity and the election authority verifies the 
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person's proof of identity. Sufficient proof of identity shall 
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be demonstrated by submission of the person's driver's license 
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number or State identification card number or, if the person 
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does not have either of those, verification by the last 4 
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digits of the person's social security number, a copy of a 
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current and valid photo identification, or a copy of a current 
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utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check, or 
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other government document that shows the person's name and 
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address. Persons who apply to register to vote by mail but 
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provide inadequate proof of identity to the election authority 
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shall be notified by the election authority that the 
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registration has not been fully completed and that the person 
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remains ineligible to vote by mail or in person until such 
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proof is presented.
If a person registered to vote by mail, the 
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person must vote for the first time in person and not by an 
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absentee ballot, except that the person may vote by absentee 
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ballot in person if the person first provides the appropriate 
 


 






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election authority with sufficient proof of identity by the 
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person's driver's license number or State identification card 
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number or, if the person does not have either of those, by the 
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last 4 digits of the person's social security number, a copy of 
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a current and valid photo identification, or a copy of any of 
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the following current documents that show the person's name and 
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address: utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government 
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check, or other government document.

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(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)".