HB4276ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Carol A. Sente

Filed: 3/4/2014

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4276

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4276 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section 3-6 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/3-6)

Sec. 3-6. Voting age. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is 17 years old on the date of a nonpartisan primary, consolidated primary, or general primary election and who is otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that primary, including voting an absentee, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that primary, if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the immediately following consolidated election (including any supplementary election) or general election, as the case may be.

References in this Code and elsewhere to the requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be interpreted in accordance with this Section.

For the purposes of this Act, an individual who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.

(Source: P.A. 98-51, eff. 1-1-14.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".