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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB5677 Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that all applications submitted on a website maintained by the State Board of Elections shall be deemed timely filed if they are submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on the 16th day (instead of on the final day for voter registration) prior to an election. Effective immediately.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
5 | | 1A-16.5 as follows: |
6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.5) |
7 | | Sec. 1A-16.5. Online voter registration. |
8 | | (a) The State Board of Elections shall establish and |
9 | | maintain a system for online voter registration that permits a |
10 | | person to apply to register to vote or to update his or her |
11 | | existing voter registration. In accordance with technical |
12 | | specifications provided by the State Board of Elections, each |
13 | | election authority shall maintain a voter registration system |
14 | | capable of receiving and processing voter registration |
15 | | application information, including electronic signatures, from |
16 | | the online voter registration system established by the State |
17 | | Board of Elections. |
18 | | (b) The online voter registration system shall employ |
19 | | security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter |
20 | | registration applications submitted electronically pursuant to |
21 | | this Section. |
22 | | (c) The Board may receive voter registration information |
23 | | provided by applicants using the State Board of Elections' |
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1 | | website, may cross reference that information with data or |
2 | | information contained in the Secretary of State's database in |
3 | | order to match the information submitted by applicants, and may |
4 | | receive from the Secretary of State the applicant's digitized |
5 | | signature upon a successful match of that applicant's |
6 | | information with that contained in the Secretary of State's |
7 | | database. |
8 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person |
9 | | who is qualified to register to vote and who has an authentic |
10 | | Illinois driver's license or State identification card issued |
11 | | by the Secretary of State may submit an application to register |
12 | | to vote electronically on a website maintained by the State |
13 | | Board of Elections. |
14 | | (e) An online voter registration application shall contain |
15 | | all of the information that is required for a paper application |
16 | | as provided in Section 1A-16 of this Code, except that the |
17 | | applicant shall be required to provide: |
18 | | (1) the applicant's full Illinois driver's license or |
19 | | State identification card number; |
20 | | (2) the last 4 digits of the applicant's social |
21 | | security number; and |
22 | | (3) the date the Illinois driver's license or State |
23 | | identification card was issued. |
24 | | (f) For an applicant's registration or change in |
25 | | registration to be accepted, the applicant shall mark the box |
26 | | associated with the following statement included as part of the |
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1 | | online voter registration application: |
2 | | "By clicking on the box below, I swear or affirm all of the |
3 | | following: |
4 | | (1) I am the person whose name and identifying information |
5 | | is provided on this form, and I desire to register to vote in |
6 | | the State of Illinois. |
7 | | (2) All the information I have provided on this form is |
8 | | true and correct as of the date I am submitting this form. |
9 | | (3) I authorize the Secretary of State to transmit to the |
10 | | State Board of Elections my signature that is on file with the |
11 | | Secretary of State and understand that such signature will be |
12 | | used by my local election authority on this online voter |
13 | | registration application for admission as an elector as if I |
14 | | had signed this form personally.". |
15 | | (g) Immediately upon receiving a completed online voter |
16 | | registration application, the online voter registration system |
17 | | shall send, by electronic mail, a confirmation notice that the |
18 | | application has been received. Within 48 hours of receiving |
19 | | such an application, the online voter registration system shall |
20 | | send by electronic mail, a notice informing the applicant of |
21 | | whether the following information has been matched with the |
22 | | Secretary of State database: |
23 | | (1) that the applicant has an authentic Illinois |
24 | | driver's license or State identification card issued by the |
25 | | Secretary of State and that the driver's license or State |
26 | | identification number provided by the applicant matches |
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1 | | the driver's license or State identification card number |
2 | | for that person on file with the Secretary of State; |
3 | | (2) that the date of issuance of the Illinois driver's |
4 | | license or State identification card listed on the |
5 | | application matches the date of issuance of that card for |
6 | | that person on file with the Secretary of State; |
7 | | (3) that the date of birth provided by the applicant |
8 | | matches the date of birth for that person on file with the |
9 | | Secretary of State; and |
10 | | (4) that the last 4 digits of the applicant's social |
11 | | security number matches the last 4 digits for that person |
12 | | on file with the Secretary of State. |
13 | | (h) If the information provided by the applicant matches |
14 | | the information on the Secretary of State's databases for any |
15 | | driver's license and State identification card holder and is |
16 | | matched as provided in subsection (g) above, the online voter |
17 | | registration system shall: |
18 | | (1) retrieve from the Secretary of State's database |
19 | | files an electronic copy of the applicant's signature from |
20 | | his or her Illinois driver's license or State |
21 | | identification card and such signature shall be deemed to |
22 | | be the applicant's signature on his or her online voter |
23 | | registration application; |
24 | | (2) within 2 days of receiving the application, forward |
25 | | to the county clerk or board of election commissioners |
26 | | having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter |
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1 | | registration: (i) the application, along with the |
2 | | applicant's relevant data that can be directly loaded into |
3 | | the jurisdiction's voter registration system and (ii) a |
4 | | copy of the applicant's electronic signature and a |
5 | | certification from the State Board of Elections that the |
6 | | applicant's driver's license or State identification card |
7 | | number, driver's license or State identification card date |
8 | | of issuance, and date of birth and social security |
9 | | information have been successfully matched. |
10 | | (i) Upon receipt of the online voter registration |
11 | | application, the county clerk or board of election |
12 | | commissioners having jurisdiction over the applicant's voter |
13 | | registration shall promptly search its voter registration |
14 | | database to determine whether the applicant is already |
15 | | registered to vote at the address on the application and |
16 | | whether the new registration would create a duplicate |
17 | | registration. If the applicant is already registered to vote at |
18 | | the address on the application, the clerk or board, as the case |
19 | | may be, shall send the applicant by first class mail, and |
20 | | electronic mail if the applicant has provided an electronic |
21 | | mail address on the original voter registration form for that |
22 | | address, a disposition notice as otherwise required by law |
23 | | informing the applicant that he or she is already registered to |
24 | | vote at such address. If the applicant is not already |
25 | | registered to vote at the address on the application and the |
26 | | applicant is otherwise eligible to register to vote, the clerk |
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1 | | or board, as the case may be, shall: |
2 | | (1) enter the name and address of the applicant on the |
3 | | list of registered voters in the jurisdiction; and |
4 | | (2) send by mail, and electronic mail if the applicant |
5 | | has provided an electronic mail address on the voter |
6 | | registration form, a disposition notice to the applicant as |
7 | | otherwise provided by law setting forth the applicant's |
8 | | name and address as it appears on the application and |
9 | | stating that the person is registered to vote. |
10 | | (j) An electronic signature of the person submitting a |
11 | | duplicate registration application or a change of address form |
12 | | that is retrieved and imported from the Secretary of State's |
13 | | driver's license or State identification card database as |
14 | | provided herein may, in the discretion of the clerk or board, |
15 | | be substituted for and replace any existing signature for that |
16 | | individual in the voter registration database of the county |
17 | | clerk or board of election commissioners. |
18 | | (k) Any new registration or change of address submitted |
19 | | electronically as provided in this Section shall become |
20 | | effective as of the date it is received by the county clerk or |
21 | | board of election commissioners having jurisdiction over said |
22 | | registration. Disposition notices prescribed in this Section |
23 | | shall be sent within 5 business days of receipt of the online |
24 | | application or change of address by the county clerk or board |
25 | | of election commissioners. |
26 | | (l) All provisions of this Code governing voter |
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1 | | registration and applicable thereto and not inconsistent with |
2 | | this Section shall apply to online voter registration under |
3 | | this Section. All applications submitted on a website |
4 | | maintained by the State Board of Elections shall be deemed |
5 | | timely filed if they are submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on |
6 | | the 16th day final day for voter registration prior to an |
7 | | election. After the registration period for an upcoming |
8 | | election has ended and until the 2nd day following such |
9 | | election, the web page containing the online voter registration |
10 | | form on the State Board of Elections website shall inform users |
11 | | of the procedure for grace period voting. |
12 | | (m) The State Board of Elections shall maintain a list of |
13 | | the name, street address, e-mail address, and likely precinct, |
14 | | ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may be, of |
15 | | people who apply to vote online through the voter registration |
16 | | system and those names and that information shall be stored in |
17 | | an electronic format on its website, arranged by county and |
18 | | accessible to State and local political committees. |
19 | | (n) The Illinois State Board of Elections shall develop or |
20 | | cause to be developed an online voter registration system able |
21 | | to be accessed by at least the top two most used mobile |
22 | | electronic operating systems by January 1, 2016. |
23 | | (o) (Blank).
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24 | | (p) Each State department that maintains an Internet |
25 | | website must include a hypertext link to the homepage website |
26 | | maintained and operated pursuant to this Section 1A-16.5. For |
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1 | | the purposes of this Section, "State department" means the |
2 | | departments of State Government listed in Section 5-15 of the |
3 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (General Provisions and |
4 | | Departments of State Government). |
5 | | (Source: P.A. 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; |
6 | | 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)
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7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
8 | | becoming law.
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