Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
Filed: 3/10/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4077
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4077 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 4-105, 5-105, and 6-105 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (10 ILCS 5/4-105)
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| 7 | Sec. 4-105. First time voting. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A person must vote for the first time in person and not | ||||||
| 9 | by a mailed absentee ballot if the person registered to vote by | ||||||
| 10 | mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election | ||||||
| 11 | authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election | ||||||
| 12 | authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient | ||||||
| 13 | proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the | ||||||
| 14 | person's driver's license number or State identification card | ||||||
| 15 | number or, if the person does not have either of those, | ||||||
| 16 | verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social | ||||||
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| 1 | security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | ||||||
| 2 | identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank | ||||||
| 3 | statement, paycheck, government check, or other government | ||||||
| 4 | document that shows the person's name and address. Persons who | ||||||
| 5 | apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof | ||||||
| 6 | of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the | ||||||
| 7 | election authority that the registration has not been fully | ||||||
| 8 | completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by | ||||||
| 9 | mail or in person until such proof is presented.
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| 10 | (b) The following forms of identification and proof of | ||||||
| 11 | residency shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this | ||||||
| 12 | Section and for persons voting for the first time after | ||||||
| 13 | registering at a Secretary of State driver's license facility: | ||||||
| 14 | (i) a university or college issued photo identification card, | ||||||
| 15 | with either a copy of the applicant's lease or any mail, | ||||||
| 16 | showing the delivery address, delivered to the applicant at | ||||||
| 17 | that address, or (ii) a government issued photo identification | ||||||
| 18 | card. The State Board shall post a list of these specific forms | ||||||
| 19 | of identification and proof of residency on its official | ||||||
| 20 | website, and printed copies shall be distributed at the time of | ||||||
| 21 | registration to each person who registers by mail or at a | ||||||
| 22 | Secretary of State driver's license facility. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.) | ||||||
| 24 | (10 ILCS 5/5-105)
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| 25 | Sec. 5-105. First time voting. | ||||||
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| 1 | (a) A person must vote for the first time in person and not | ||||||
| 2 | by a mailed absentee ballot if the person registered to vote by | ||||||
| 3 | mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election | ||||||
| 4 | authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election | ||||||
| 5 | authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient | ||||||
| 6 | proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the | ||||||
| 7 | person's driver's license number or State identification card | ||||||
| 8 | number or, if the person does not have either of those, | ||||||
| 9 | verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social | ||||||
| 10 | security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | ||||||
| 11 | identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank | ||||||
| 12 | statement, paycheck, government check, or other government | ||||||
| 13 | document that shows the person's name and address. Persons who | ||||||
| 14 | apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof | ||||||
| 15 | of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the | ||||||
| 16 | election authority that the registration has not been fully | ||||||
| 17 | completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by | ||||||
| 18 | mail or in person until such proof is presented.
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| 19 | (b) The following forms of identification and proof of | ||||||
| 20 | residency shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this | ||||||
| 21 | Section and for persons voting for the first time after | ||||||
| 22 | registering at a Secretary of State driver's license facility: | ||||||
| 23 | (i) a university or college issued photo identification card, | ||||||
| 24 | with either a copy of the applicant's lease or any mail, | ||||||
| 25 | showing the delivery address, delivered to the applicant at | ||||||
| 26 | that address, or (ii) a government issued photo identification | ||||||
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| 1 | card. The State Board shall post a list of these specific forms | ||||||
| 2 | of identification and proof of residency on its official | ||||||
| 3 | website, and printed copies shall be distributed at the time of | ||||||
| 4 | registration to each person who registers by mail or at a | ||||||
| 5 | Secretary of State driver's license facility. | ||||||
| 6 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.) | ||||||
| 7 | (10 ILCS 5/6-105)
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| 8 | Sec. 6-105. First time voting. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) A person must vote for the first time in person and not | ||||||
| 10 | by a mailed absentee ballot if the person registered to vote by | ||||||
| 11 | mail, unless the person first provides the appropriate election | ||||||
| 12 | authority with sufficient proof of identity and the election | ||||||
| 13 | authority verifies the person's proof of identity. Sufficient | ||||||
| 14 | proof of identity shall be demonstrated by submission of the | ||||||
| 15 | person's driver's license number or State identification card | ||||||
| 16 | number or, if the person does not have either of those, | ||||||
| 17 | verification by the last 4 digits of the person's social | ||||||
| 18 | security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | ||||||
| 19 | identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank | ||||||
| 20 | statement, paycheck, government check, or other government | ||||||
| 21 | document that shows the person's name and address. Persons who | ||||||
| 22 | apply to register to vote by mail but provide inadequate proof | ||||||
| 23 | of identity to the election authority shall be notified by the | ||||||
| 24 | election authority that the registration has not been fully | ||||||
| 25 | completed and that the person remains ineligible to vote by | ||||||
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| 1 | mail or in person until such proof is presented.
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| 2 | (b) The following forms of identification and proof of | ||||||
| 3 | residency shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this | ||||||
| 4 | Section and for persons voting for the first time after | ||||||
| 5 | registering at a Secretary of State driver's license facility: | ||||||
| 6 | (i) a university or college issued photo identification card, | ||||||
| 7 | with either a copy of the applicant's lease or any mail, | ||||||
| 8 | showing the delivery address, delivered to the applicant at | ||||||
| 9 | that address, or (ii) a government issued photo identification | ||||||
| 10 | card. The State Board shall post a list of these specific forms | ||||||
| 11 | of identification and proof of residency on its official | ||||||
| 12 | website, and printed copies shall be distributed at the time of | ||||||
| 13 | registration to each person who registers by mail or at a | ||||||
| 14 | Secretary of State driver's license facility. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)".
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