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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-45 as follows: |
6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-45) |
7 | | Sec. 1A-45. Electronic Registration Information Center. |
8 | | (a) The State Board of Elections shall enter into an |
9 | | agreement with the Electronic Registration Information Center |
10 | | effective no later than January 1, 2016, for the purpose of |
11 | | maintaining a statewide voter registration database. The |
12 | | Electronic Registration Information Center shall provide the |
13 | | exclusive interstate voter registration program for the State |
14 | | of Illinois, except as provided in subsection (b-11). The State |
15 | | Board of Elections shall comply with the requirements of the |
16 | | Electronic Registration Information Center Membership |
17 | | Agreement. The State Board of Elections shall require a term in |
18 | | the Electronic Registration Information Center Membership |
19 | | Agreement that requires the State to share identification |
20 | | records contained in the Secretary of State's Driver Services |
21 | | Department and Vehicle Services Department, the Department of |
22 | | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family |
23 | | Services, the Department of Aging, and the Department of |
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1 | | Employment Security databases (excluding those fields |
2 | | unrelated to voter eligibility, such as income or health |
3 | | information). |
4 | | (b) The Secretary of State and the Board of Elections shall |
5 | | enter into an agreement to permit the Secretary of State to |
6 | | provide the State Board of Elections with any information |
7 | | required for compliance with the Electronic Registration |
8 | | Information Center Membership Agreement. The Secretary of |
9 | | State shall deliver this information as frequently as necessary |
10 | | for the State Board of Elections to comply with the Electronic |
11 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement. |
12 | | (b-5) The State Board of Elections and the Department of |
13 | | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family |
14 | | Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of |
15 | | Employment Security shall enter into an agreement to require |
16 | | each department to provide the State Board of Elections with |
17 | | any information necessary to transmit member data under the |
18 | | Electronic Registration Information Center Membership |
19 | | Agreement. The director or secretary, as applicable, of each |
20 | | agency shall deliver this information on an annual basis to the |
21 | | State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement between the |
22 | | entities. |
23 | | (b-10) The State Board of Elections shall not share |
24 | | identification records contained in databases maintained by |
25 | | the Secretary of State's Driver Services Department and Vehicle |
26 | | Services Department, the Department of Human Services, the |
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1 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of |
2 | | Aging, the Department of Employment Security, or any other |
3 | | State database containing identification records with any |
4 | | interstate voter registration program other than the |
5 | | Electronic Registration Information Center, except as provided |
6 | | in subsection (b-11). |
7 | | (b-11) The State Board of Elections may enter into an |
8 | | exclusive voter data sharing agreement with a state that: (1) |
9 | | borders Illinois, and (2) does not participate in the |
10 | | Electronic Registration Information Center. |
11 | | (c) Any communication required to be delivered to a |
12 | | registrant or potential registrant pursuant to the Electronic |
13 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement shall |
14 | | include at least the following message: |
15 | | "Our records show people at this address may not be |
16 | | registered to vote at this address, but you may be eligible |
17 | | to register to vote or re-register to vote at this address. |
18 | | If you are a U.S. Citizen, a resident of Illinois, and will |
19 | | be 18 years old or older before the next general election |
20 | | in November, you are qualified to vote. |
21 | | We invite you to check your registration online at |
22 | | (enter URL) or register to vote online at (enter URL), by |
23 | | requesting a mail-in voter registration form by (enter |
24 | | instructions for requesting a mail-in voter registration |
25 | | form), or visiting the (name of election authority) office |
26 | | at (address of election authority)." |
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1 | | The words "register to vote online at (enter URL)" shall be |
2 | | bolded and of a distinct nature from the other words in the |
3 | | message required by this subsection (c). |
4 | | (d) Any communication required to be delivered to a |
5 | | potential registrant that has been identified by the Electronic |
6 | | Registration Information Center as eligible to vote but who is |
7 | | not registered to vote in Illinois shall be prepared and |
8 | | disseminated at the direction of the State Board of Elections. |
9 | | All other communications with potential registrants or |
10 | | re-registrants pursuant to the Electronic Registration |
11 | | Information Center Membership Agreement shall be prepared and |
12 | | disseminated at the direction of the appropriate election |
13 | | authority. |
14 | | (e) The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections |
15 | | or his or her designee shall serve as the Member Representative |
16 | | to the Electronic Registration Information Center. |
17 | | (f) The State Board of Elections may adopt any rules |
18 | | necessary to enforce this Section or comply with the Electronic |
19 | | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement.
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20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .) |
21 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
22 | | Section 8.42 as follows: |
23 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.42 new) |
24 | | Sec. 8.42. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |