102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1920

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Mark Batinick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/4-14.2 new
10 ILCS 5/5-9.2 new
10 ILCS 5/6-55.5 new

    Amends the Election Code. Requires a county clerk or board of election commissioners to cross-check each voter registration roll with the national Change of Address System information gathered by the United States Postal Service to determine if the changed address of each person who has filed a change of address has resulted in the removal of that person from the voting precinct or voting election district in which he or she was enrolled as a voter. Requires the county clerk or board of election commissioners to automatically remove, from each voter registration roll that contains a self-removed person's former address, that person from the voter roll of his or her former precinct or former election district.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Sections
54-14.2, 5-9.2, and 6-55.5 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/4-14.2 new)
7    Sec. 4-14.2. Change of address. The county clerk shall
8cross-check each voter registration roll with the national
9Change of Address System information gathered by the United
10States Postal Service to determine if the changed address of
11each person who has filed a change of address has resulted in
12the removal of that person from the voting precinct or voting
13election district in which he or she was enrolled as a voter.
14The county clerk shall automatically remove, from each voter
15registration roll that contains a self-removed person's former
16address, that person from the voter roll of his or her former
17precinct or former election district.
 
18    (10 ILCS 5/5-9.2 new)
19    Sec. 5-9.2. Change of address. The county clerk shall
20cross-check each voter registration roll with the national
21Change of Address System information gathered by the United
22States Postal Service to determine if the changed address of

 

 

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1each person who has filed a change of address has resulted in
2the removal of that person from the voting precinct or voting
3election district in which he or she was enrolled as a voter.
4The county clerk shall automatically remove, from each voter
5registration roll that contains a self-removed person's former
6address, that person from the voter roll of his or her former
7precinct or former election district.
 
8    (10 ILCS 5/6-55.5 new)
9    Sec. 6-55.5. Change of address. The board of election
10commissioners shall cross-check each voter registration roll
11with the national Change of Address System information
12gathered by the United States Postal Service to determine if
13the changed address of each person who has filed a change of
14address has resulted in the removal of that person from the
15voting precinct or voting election district in which he or she
16was enrolled as a voter. The board of election commissioners
17shall automatically remove, from each voter registration roll
18that contains a self-removed person's former address, that
19person from the voter roll of his or her former precinct or
20former election district.