HB0890 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0890

Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Mike Boland

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/1A-45 new

Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop and implement a pilot project in which one county permits voter registration up to and including the day of an election. Authorizes the State Board to select the county and the election and to spend funds to defray the local election authority's extraordinary costs. Requires the State Board to adopt implementing rules and to report to the General Assembly.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 1A-45 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/1A-45 new)

Sec. 1A-45. Election day registration pilot project. The State Board of Elections shall develop and assist in the implementation of a pilot project in which the residents of one county in Illinois are permitted to register to vote any number of days before and on the day of an election. The State Board shall establish criteria for its selection of a county and an election.

Provisions of this Code and rules adopted under this Code that would otherwise preclude voter registration as authorized by this Section are deemed inapplicable to participants in the pilot project.

The State Board may spend funds available to it for the administration of elections to defray extraordinary costs incurred by the participating election authority that are attributable to administration of the unlimited registration period.

As soon as possible after the conclusion of the pilot project, the State Board shall report its results of the pilot project and the Board's recommendations to the General Assembly.

The State Board shall adopt rules for the implementation of this Section.