Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
Filed: 3/25/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2022




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2022 on page 4, in 
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line 12, by replacing "with" with "wish"; and
 
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on page 7, by striking through all of  line 7; and
 
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on page 7, by striking through all of  line 10; and
 
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on page 8, by striking through all of  line 11; and
 
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on page 8, by striking through all of  line 14; and
 
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on page 10 by striking through all of  line 22; and
 
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on page 12, by replacing line 25 with the following:
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"(Check One)"; and
 
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by replacing line 20 on page 15 through line 1 on page 17 with 
 


 






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the following:
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    "If the ballot is to go to an elector who is physically 
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incapacitated
and needs assistance marking the ballot, the 
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envelope shall bear upon the back thereof a certification in

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substantially the following form:


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    I state that I am a resident of the .... precinct of the 
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(1)
*township of .... (2) *City of .... or (3) *.... ward in 
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the city of
.... residing at .... in such city or town in the 
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county of .... and
State of Illinois, that I have lived at such 
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address for .... months
last past; that I am lawfully entitled 
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to vote in such precinct at the
.... election to be held on 
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....; that I am shall be physically incapable
of personally 
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marking the ballot for being present at the polls of such 
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precinct on the date of holding
such election.


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*fill in either (1), (2) or (3).


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    I further state that I personally marked the enclosed 
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ballot in secret.
If I received assistance in casting my 
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ballot, I further attest that, due
to physical incapacity, I 
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marked the enclosed
ballot in secret with the assistance of


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.................................


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(Individual rendering assistance)


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.................................


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(Residence Address)


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    Under penalties of perjury  as provided by law pursuant to 
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Section 29-10
of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies 
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that the statements set forth
in this certification are true 
 


 






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and correct.


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.......................


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    In the case of a voter with a who is voting absentee by 
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reason of physical
incapacity, marking a ballot in secret 
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includes marking a ballot with the
assistance of another 
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individual, other than a candidate
whose name appears on the 
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ballot (unless the voter is the spouse or a
parent, child, 
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brother, or sister of the candidate),
the voter's employer, an

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agent of that employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's 
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union, when
the voter's physical incapacity necessitates such 
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assistance."; and

 
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on page 18, by striking through all of  line 19".