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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 changing Section |
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| 20-1 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/20-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-1)
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| Sec. 20-1.
The following words and phrases contained in |
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| this Article
shall be construed as follows:
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| 1. "Territorial limits of the United States" means each of |
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| the several
States of the United States and includes the |
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| District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam and |
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| the Virgin Islands; but does not
include American Samoa, the |
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| Canal Zone, the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands or any |
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| other territory or possession of the United States.
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| 2. "Member of the United States Service" means (a) members |
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| of the Armed
Forces while on active duty and their spouses and |
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| dependents of voting
age when residing with or accompanying |
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| them, (b) members of the Merchant
Marine of the United States |
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| and their spouses and dependents when residing
with or |
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| accompanying them and (c) United States government employees |
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| serving
outside the territorial limits of the United States. |
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| For the purposes of this definition, nothing in this Code shall |
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| be construed to require that the voting age dependent of a |
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| member of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine must have ever |
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| resided in Illinois.
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| 3. "Citizens of the United States temporarily residing |
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| outside the
territorial limits of the United States" means |
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| civilian citizens of the
United States and their spouses and |
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| dependents of voting age when residing
with or accompanying |
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| them, who maintain a precinct residence in a county in
this |
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| State and whose intent to return may be ascertained.
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| 4. "Non-Resident Civilian Citizens" means civilian |
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| citizens of the United
States (a) who reside outside the |
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| territorial limits of the United States,
(b) who had maintained |
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| a precinct residence in a county in this State
immediately |
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| prior to their departure from the United States, (c) who do not
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| maintain a residence and are not registered to vote in any |
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| other State, and
(d) whose intent to return to this State may |
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| be uncertain.
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| 5. "Official postcard" means the postcard application for |
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| registration
to vote or for an absentee ballot in the form |
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| provided in Section 204(c)
of the Federal Voting Rights Act of |
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| 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1973cc-14(c)).
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| 6. "Federal office" means the offices of President and |
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| Vice-President
of the United States, United States Senator, |
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| Representative in Congress,
delegates and alternate delegates |
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| to the national nominating conventions
and candidates for the |
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| Presidential Preference Primary.
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| 7. "Federal election" means any general, primary or special |