HB2629 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2629

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/3-6 new

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person who is 17 years old on the date of a primary may vote at the primary if that person is otherwise qualified and will be 18 years old on the date of the following election.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section 3-6 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/3-6 new)

Sec. 3-6. Voting age. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person 17 years old on the date of a primary election who is otherwise qualified to vote is qualified to vote at that primary, or vote an absentee, grace period, or early voting ballot with respect to that primary, if that person will be 18 years old on the date of the following election.

References in this Code and elsewhere to the requirement that a person must be 18 years old to vote shall be interpreted in accordance with this Section.