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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 5/17/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6167
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6167 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 3-1.2 and 3-6 and by adding Sections 4-8.5, 5-8.5, and |
| 6 | | 6-35.5 as follows:
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| 7 | | (10 ILCS 5/3-6) |
| 8 | | Sec. 3-6. Voting age. Notwithstanding any other provision |
| 9 | | of law, a person who is 17 years old on the date of a caucus, |
| 10 | | general primary election, or consolidated primary election and |
| 11 | | who is otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that |
| 12 | | caucus, general primary, or consolidated primary, including |
| 13 | | voting a vote by mail, grace period, or early voting ballot |
| 14 | | with respect to that general primary or consolidated primary, |
| 15 | | if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the |
| 16 | | immediately following general election or consolidated |
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| 1 | | election for which those offices are nominated at that primary. |
| 2 | | References in this Code and elsewhere to the requirement |
| 3 | | that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be interpreted |
| 4 | | in accordance with this Section. |
| 5 | | For the purposes of this Act, an individual who is 17 years |
| 6 | | of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the |
| 7 | | general or consolidated election shall be deemed competent to |
| 8 | | execute and attest to any voter registration forms and to |
| 9 | | circulate a nominating petition or a petition proposing a |
| 10 | | public question.
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| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-51, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
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| 12 | | (10 ILCS 5/4-8.5 new) |
| 13 | | Sec. 4-8.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless otherwise |
| 14 | | provided by law, an individual that is 17 years old or older |
| 15 | | who is registered to vote in this State shall be eligible to |
| 16 | | serve as a deputy registrar.
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| 17 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-8.5 new) |
| 18 | | Sec. 5-8.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless otherwise |
| 19 | | provided by law, an individual that is 17 years old or older |
| 20 | | who is registered to vote in this State shall be eligible to |
| 21 | | serve as a deputy registrar.
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| 22 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-35.5 new) |
| 23 | | Sec. 6-35.5. Deputy registrar eligibility. Unless |