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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 and by adding Sections 17-7.5, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 18-4.5, 19-2.3, and 19A-30.5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (10 ILCS 5/4-50) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | for change of address during the period from the close of
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12 | registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | by the election authority. The election authority shall
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19 | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Article for registration and change of address. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary |
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1 | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | ||||||
2 | period voting, either in person in the office of the election | ||||||
3 | authority or at a location specifically designated for this | ||||||
4 | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | ||||||
5 | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | ||||||
6 | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | ||||||
7 | 19. | ||||||
8 | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | ||||||
9 | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | ||||||
10 | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | ||||||
11 | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | ||||||
12 | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | ||||||
13 | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | ||||||
14 | State and local political committees. The name of each person | ||||||
15 | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | ||||||
16 | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | ||||||
17 | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | ||||||
18 | and 18-5. | ||||||
19 | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | ||||||
20 | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | ||||||
21 | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | ||||||
22 | who register or change address during the grace period must be | ||||||
23 | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | ||||||
24 | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | ||||||
25 | counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots | ||||||
26 | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for |
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1 | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | ||||||
2 | the ballots were opened.
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3 | Any person aged 75 or older who wishes to obtain and cast a | ||||||
4 | grace period ballot may request, and shall be given, preference | ||||||
5 | at the polling place over other persons waiting to obtain and | ||||||
6 | cast grace period ballots. The purpose of this provision is to | ||||||
7 | eliminate or minimize the necessity for older voters to wait in | ||||||
8 | lines, either inside or outside polling places. Each election | ||||||
9 | authority shall prominently display, both inside and outside | ||||||
10 | each grace period polling place, at least one clearly legible | ||||||
11 | sign informing voters of the right of older persons to | ||||||
12 | preferential treatment. Each election authority shall | ||||||
13 | designate at least one election judge or official at each grace | ||||||
14 | period polling place of whom an older person may request | ||||||
15 | preferential treatment pursuant to this paragraph. Each | ||||||
16 | election authority shall take the steps necessary to identify | ||||||
17 | that election judge or official to persons within the polling | ||||||
18 | place and to persons waiting for entry into the polling place. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | ||||||
20 | (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | ||||||
21 | Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
22 | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | ||||||
23 | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | ||||||
24 | for change of address during the period from the close of
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25 | registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day |
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1 | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | ||||||
2 | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | ||||||
3 | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | ||||||
4 | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | ||||||
5 | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | ||||||
6 | by the election authority. The election authority shall
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7 | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | ||||||
8 | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | ||||||
9 | Article for registration and change of address. | ||||||
10 |
If a voter who registers or changes address during this | ||||||
11 | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | ||||||
12 | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | ||||||
13 | period voting, either in person in the office of the election | ||||||
14 | authority or at a location specifically designated for this | ||||||
15 | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | ||||||
16 | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | ||||||
17 | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | ||||||
18 | 19. | ||||||
19 | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | ||||||
20 | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | ||||||
21 | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | ||||||
22 | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | ||||||
23 | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | ||||||
24 | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | ||||||
25 | State and local political committees. The name of each person | ||||||
26 | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the |
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1 | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | ||||||
2 | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | ||||||
3 | and 18-5. | ||||||
4 | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | ||||||
5 | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | ||||||
6 | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | ||||||
7 | who register or change address during the grace period must be | ||||||
8 | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | ||||||
9 | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | ||||||
10 | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | ||||||
11 | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | ||||||
12 | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | ||||||
13 | the ballots were opened.
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14 | Any person aged 75 or older who wishes to obtain and cast a | ||||||
15 | grace period ballot may request, and shall be given, preference | ||||||
16 | at the polling place over other persons waiting to obtain and | ||||||
17 | cast grace period ballots. The purpose of this provision is to | ||||||
18 | eliminate or minimize the necessity for older voters to wait in | ||||||
19 | lines, either inside or outside polling places. Each election | ||||||
20 | authority shall prominently display, both inside and outside | ||||||
21 | each grace period polling place, at least one clearly legible | ||||||
22 | sign informing voters of the right of older persons to | ||||||
23 | preferential treatment. Each election authority shall | ||||||
24 | designate at least one election judge or official at each grace | ||||||
25 | period polling place of whom an older person may request | ||||||
26 | preferential treatment pursuant to this paragraph. Each |
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1 | election authority shall take the steps necessary to identify | ||||||
2 | that election judge or official to persons within the polling | ||||||
3 | place and to persons waiting for entry into the polling place. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | ||||||
5 | (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
7 | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | ||||||
8 | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | ||||||
9 | for change of address during the period from the close of
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10 | registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day | ||||||
11 | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | ||||||
12 | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | ||||||
13 | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | ||||||
14 | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | ||||||
15 | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | ||||||
16 | by the election authority. The election authority shall
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17 | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | ||||||
18 | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | ||||||
19 | Article for registration and change of address. | ||||||
20 | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | ||||||
21 | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | ||||||
22 | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | ||||||
23 | period voting, either in person in the office of the election | ||||||
24 | authority or at a location specifically designated for this | ||||||
25 | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the |
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1 | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | ||||||
2 | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | ||||||
3 | 19. | ||||||
4 | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | ||||||
5 | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | ||||||
6 | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | ||||||
7 | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | ||||||
8 | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | ||||||
9 | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | ||||||
10 | State and local political committees. The name of each person | ||||||
11 | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | ||||||
12 | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | ||||||
13 | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | ||||||
14 | and 18-5. | ||||||
15 | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | ||||||
16 | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | ||||||
17 | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | ||||||
18 | who register or change address during the grace period must be | ||||||
19 | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | ||||||
20 | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | ||||||
21 | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | ||||||
22 | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | ||||||
23 | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | ||||||
24 | the ballots were opened.
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25 | Any person aged 75 or older who wishes to obtain and cast a | ||||||
26 | grace period ballot may request, and shall be given, preference |
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1 | at the polling place over other persons waiting to obtain and | ||||||
2 | cast grace period ballots. The purpose of this provision is to | ||||||
3 | eliminate or minimize the necessity for older voters to wait in | ||||||
4 | lines, either inside or outside polling places. Each election | ||||||
5 | authority shall prominently display, both inside and outside | ||||||
6 | each grace period polling place, at least one clearly legible | ||||||
7 | sign informing voters of the right of older persons to | ||||||
8 | preferential treatment. Each election authority shall | ||||||
9 | designate at least one election judge or official at each grace | ||||||
10 | period polling place of whom an older person may request | ||||||
11 | preferential treatment pursuant to this paragraph. Each | ||||||
12 | election authority shall take the steps necessary to identify | ||||||
13 | that election judge or official to persons within the polling | ||||||
14 | place and to persons waiting for entry into the polling place. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | ||||||
16 | (10 ILCS 5/17-7.5 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 17-7.5. Senior voters. Any person aged 75 or older who | ||||||
18 | wishes to vote may request, and shall be given, preference at | ||||||
19 | the polling place over other persons waiting to obtain and cast | ||||||
20 | ballots. The purpose of this Section is to eliminate or | ||||||
21 | minimize the necessity for older voters to wait in lines, | ||||||
22 | either inside or outside polling places. | ||||||
23 | Each election authority shall prominently display, both | ||||||
24 | inside and outside each polling place, at least one clearly | ||||||
25 | legible sign informing voters of the right of older persons to |
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1 | preferential treatment. Each election authority shall | ||||||
2 | designate at least one election judge or official at each | ||||||
3 | polling place of whom an older person may request preferential | ||||||
4 | treatment pursuant to this Section. Each election authority | ||||||
5 | shall take the steps necessary to identify that election judge | ||||||
6 | or official to persons within the polling place and to persons | ||||||
7 | waiting for entry into the polling place. | ||||||
8 | (10 ILCS 5/18-4.5 new)
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9 | Sec. 18-4.5. Senior voters. Any person aged 75 or older who | ||||||
10 | wishes to vote may request, and shall be given, preference at | ||||||
11 | the polling place over other persons waiting to obtain and cast | ||||||
12 | ballots. The purpose of this Section is to eliminate or | ||||||
13 | minimize the necessity for older voters to wait in lines, | ||||||
14 | either inside or outside polling places. | ||||||
15 | Each election authority shall prominently display, both | ||||||
16 | inside and outside each polling place, at least one clearly | ||||||
17 | legible sign informing voters of the right of older persons to | ||||||
18 | preferential treatment. Each election authority shall | ||||||
19 | designate at least one election judge or official at each | ||||||
20 | polling place of whom an older person may request preferential | ||||||
21 | treatment pursuant to this Section. Each election authority | ||||||
22 | shall take the steps necessary to identify that election judge | ||||||
23 | or official to persons within the polling place and to persons | ||||||
24 | waiting for entry into the polling place. |
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1 | (10 ILCS 5/19-2.3 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 19-2.3. Senior voters. Any person aged 75 or older who | ||||||
3 | wishes to obtain or cast an absentee ballot in person may | ||||||
4 | request, and shall be given, preference at the in-person | ||||||
5 | absentee polling place over other persons waiting to obtain or | ||||||
6 | cast absentee ballots. The purpose of this Section is to | ||||||
7 | eliminate or minimize the necessity for older voters to wait in | ||||||
8 | lines, either inside or outside polling places. | ||||||
9 | Each election authority shall prominently display, both | ||||||
10 | inside and outside each in-person absentee polling place, at | ||||||
11 | least one clearly legible sign informing voters of the right of | ||||||
12 | older persons to preferential treatment. Each election | ||||||
13 | authority shall designate at least one election judge or | ||||||
14 | official at each such polling place of whom an older person may | ||||||
15 | request preferential treatment pursuant to this Section. Each | ||||||
16 | election authority shall take the steps necessary to identify | ||||||
17 | that election judge or official to persons within the polling | ||||||
18 | place and to persons waiting for entry into the polling place. | ||||||
19 | (10 ILCS 5/19A-30.5 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 19A-30.5. Senior voters. Any person aged 75 or older | ||||||
21 | who wishes to vote may request, and shall be given, preference | ||||||
22 | at the early voting polling place over other persons waiting to | ||||||
23 | obtain and cast ballots. The purpose of this Section is to | ||||||
24 | eliminate or minimize the necessity for older voters to wait in | ||||||
25 | lines, either inside or outside polling places. |
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1 | Each election authority shall prominently display, both | ||||||
2 | inside and outside each early voting polling place, at least | ||||||
3 | one clearly legible sign informing voters of the right of older | ||||||
4 | persons to preferential treatment. Each election authority | ||||||
5 | shall designate at least one election judge or official at each | ||||||
6 | early voting polling place of whom an older person may request | ||||||
7 | preferential treatment pursuant to this Section. Each election | ||||||
8 | authority shall take the steps necessary to identify that | ||||||
9 | election judge or official to persons within the polling place | ||||||
10 | and to persons waiting for entry into the polling place.
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