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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. The State Board of Elections shall comply with the | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | requirements of the Electronic Registration Information Center | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Membership Agreement. The State Board of Elections shall | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | require a term in the Electronic Registration Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Center Membership Agreement that requires the State to share | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | identification records contained in the Secretary of State's | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Driver Services Department and Vehicle Services Department, | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | and Family Services, the Department of Aging, and the | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Department of Employment Security databases (excluding those |
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1 | fields unrelated to voter eligibility, such as income or health | ||||||
2 | information). | ||||||
3 | (b) The Secretary of State and the Board of Elections shall | ||||||
4 | enter into an agreement to permit the Secretary of State to | ||||||
5 | provide the State Board of Elections with any information | ||||||
6 | required for compliance with the Electronic Registration | ||||||
7 | Information Center Membership Agreement. The Secretary of | ||||||
8 | State shall deliver this information as frequently as necessary | ||||||
9 | for the State Board of Elections to comply with the Electronic | ||||||
10 | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement. | ||||||
11 | (b-5) The State Board of Elections and the Department of | ||||||
12 | Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
13 | Services, the Department on Aging, and the Department of | ||||||
14 | Employment Security shall enter into an agreement to require | ||||||
15 | each department to provide the State Board of Elections with | ||||||
16 | any information necessary to transmit member data under the | ||||||
17 | Electronic Registration Information Center Membership | ||||||
18 | Agreement. The director or secretary, as applicable, of each | ||||||
19 | agency shall deliver this information on an annual basis to the | ||||||
20 | State Board of Elections pursuant to the agreement between the | ||||||
21 | entities. | ||||||
22 | (b-10) The State Board of Elections shall not share | ||||||
23 | identification records contained in databases maintained by | ||||||
24 | the Secretary of State's Driver Services Department and Vehicle | ||||||
25 | Services Department, the Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
26 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department on |
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1 | Aging, the Department of Employment Security, or any other | ||||||
2 | State database containing identification records with any | ||||||
3 | interstate voter registration program other than the | ||||||
4 | Electronic Registration Information Center. | ||||||
5 | (c) Any communication required to be delivered to a | ||||||
6 | registrant or potential registrant pursuant to the Electronic | ||||||
7 | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement shall | ||||||
8 | include at least the following message: | ||||||
9 | "Our records show people at this address may not be | ||||||
10 | registered to vote at this address, but you may be eligible | ||||||
11 | to register to vote or re-register to vote at this address. | ||||||
12 | If you are a U.S. Citizen, a resident of Illinois, and will | ||||||
13 | be 18 years old or older before the next general election | ||||||
14 | in November, you are qualified to vote. | ||||||
15 | We invite you to check your registration online at | ||||||
16 | (enter URL) or register to vote online at (enter URL), by | ||||||
17 | requesting a mail-in voter registration form by (enter | ||||||
18 | instructions for requesting a mail-in voter registration | ||||||
19 | form), or visiting the (name of election authority) office | ||||||
20 | at (address of election authority)." | ||||||
21 | The words "register to vote online at (enter URL)" shall be | ||||||
22 | bolded and of a distinct nature from the other words in the | ||||||
23 | message required by this subsection (c). | ||||||
24 | (d) Any communication required to be delivered to a | ||||||
25 | potential registrant that has been identified by the Electronic | ||||||
26 | Registration Information Center as eligible to vote but who is |
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1 | not registered to vote in Illinois shall be prepared and | ||||||
2 | disseminated at the direction of the State Board of Elections. | ||||||
3 | All other communications with potential registrants or | ||||||
4 | re-registrants pursuant to the Electronic Registration | ||||||
5 | Information Center Membership Agreement shall be prepared and | ||||||
6 | disseminated at the direction of the appropriate election | ||||||
7 | authority. | ||||||
8 | (e) The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections | ||||||
9 | or his or her designee shall serve as the Member Representative | ||||||
10 | to the Electronic Registration Information Center. | ||||||
11 | (f) The State Board of Elections may adopt any rules | ||||||
12 | necessary to enforce this Section or comply with the Electronic | ||||||
13 | Registration Information Center Membership Agreement.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .) | ||||||
15 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
16 | Section 8.43 as follows: | ||||||
17 | (30 ILCS 805/8.43 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 8.43. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
19 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
20 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
21 | the 101st General Assembly.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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