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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | amend Section 7 of Article III of the Illinois Constitution as | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ARTICLE III | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | SECTION 1. VOTING QUALIFICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Every United States citizen who has attained the age of 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | or any other voting age required by the United States for | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | voting in State elections and who has been a permanent | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | resident of this State for at least 30 days next preceding any | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | election shall have the right to vote at such election. The | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | General Assembly by law may establish registration | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | requirements and require permanent residence in an election | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | district not to exceed thirty days prior to an election. The | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | General Assembly by law may establish shorter residence |
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1 | requirements for voting for President and Vice-President of | ||||||
2 | the United States. | ||||||
3 | (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 8, | ||||||
4 | 1988.) | ||||||
5 | (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 9 new) | ||||||
6 | SECTION 9. PHOTO IDENTIFICATION | ||||||
7 | Each voter shall present photo identification to verify | ||||||
8 | the voter's identity when voting in person at a polling place | ||||||
9 | during early voting or on election day before being provided a | ||||||
10 | ballot. To be considered valid, the photo identification shall | ||||||
11 | be current or expired for no more than four years. Acceptable | ||||||
12 | forms of identification include: | ||||||
13 | (1) Illinois driver's license. | ||||||
14 | (2) Identification card issued by the State of | ||||||
15 | Illinois, any other State, or the United States | ||||||
16 | Government. | ||||||
17 | (3) Employee photo identification card issued by the | ||||||
18 | United States government, Illinois government, or any | ||||||
19 | Illinois county, municipality, board, authority, or other | ||||||
20 | government entity. | ||||||
21 | (4) United States passport. | ||||||
22 | (5) United States military identification card. | ||||||
23 | (6) Student photo identification card issued by a | ||||||
24 | public institution of higher education. | ||||||
25 | (7) Tribal photo identification card. |
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1 | (8) Illinois Firearm Owner's Identification Card. | ||||||
2 | (9) Other form of government-issued photo | ||||||
3 | identification that the General Assembly may approve. | ||||||
4 | (ILCON Art. III, Sec. 10 new) | ||||||
5 | SECTION 10. VOTER VERIFICATION | ||||||
6 | Each voter who votes by mail-in ballot shall enter one of | ||||||
7 | the following in the block provided next to the voter's | ||||||
8 | signature for election officials to use in verifying the | ||||||
9 | voter's identity: | ||||||
10 | (1) The last four digits of the voter's Illinois | ||||||
11 | driver's license number or Illinois identification card | ||||||
12 | number. | ||||||
13 | (2) If the voter does not possess an Illinois driver's | ||||||
14 | license or an Illinois identification card, the last four | ||||||
15 | digits of the voter's Social Security number. | ||||||
16 | (3) If the voter has neither an Illinois driver's | ||||||
17 | license, an Illinois identification card, or a Social | ||||||
18 | Security number, the number provided by the county clerk | ||||||
19 | or Board of Election Commissioners when the voter | ||||||
20 | registered to vote. | ||||||
21 | SCHEDULE | ||||||
22 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
23 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
24 | Constitutional Amendment Act. |