Full Text of HB1315 94th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 17-14 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/17-14) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-14)
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| Sec. 17-14. Any voter who declares upon oath, properly | 8 |
| witnessed and with
his or her signature or mark affixed, that | 9 |
| he or she requires
assistance to vote by reason of blindness, | 10 |
| physical disability or inability
to read, write or speak the | 11 |
| English language shall, upon request, be
assisted in marking | 12 |
| his or her ballot, by 2 judges of
election of different | 13 |
| political parties, to be selected by all
judges of election of | 14 |
| each precinct at the opening of the polls or by a
person of the | 15 |
| voter's choice, other than the voter's employer or agent of
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| that employer or officer or agent of the voter's union. A
voter | 17 |
| who presents an Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card, | 18 |
| issued
to that person under the provisions of the Illinois | 19 |
| Identification Card
Act, indicating that such voter has a Class | 20 |
| 1A or Class 2 disability under
the provisions of Section 4A of | 21 |
| the Illinois Identification Card Act, or a
voter who declares | 22 |
| upon oath, properly witnessed, that by reason of any
physical
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| disability he is unable to mark his ballot shall, upon request, | 24 |
| be assisted
in marking his ballot by 2 of the election officers | 25 |
| of different parties as
provided above in this Section or by a | 26 |
| person of the voter's choice other
than the voter's employer or | 27 |
| agent of that employer or officer or agent of
the voter's | 28 |
| union. Such voter shall state specifically the
reason why he | 29 |
| cannot vote without assistance and, in the case of a
physically | 30 |
| disabled voter, what his physical disability is and
whether or | 31 |
| not the disability is permanent . Prior to entering the voting
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| booth,
the person providing the assistance, if other than 2 |
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| judges of election,
shall be presented with written | 2 |
| instructions on how assistance shall be
provided.
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| instruction shall be prescribed by the State Board of Elections | 4 |
| and shall
include the penalties for attempting to influence the | 5 |
| voter's choice of
candidates, party, or votes in relation to | 6 |
| any question on the ballot and for
not marking the ballot as | 7 |
| directed by the voter. Additionally, the person
providing the | 8 |
| assistance shall sign an oath, swearing not to influence the
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| voter's choice of candidates, party, or votes in relation to | 10 |
| any question on
the ballot and to cast the ballot as directed | 11 |
| by the voter. The oath shall be
prescribed by the State Board | 12 |
| of Elections and shall include the penalty for
violating this | 13 |
| Section. In the voting booth, such person
shall mark the
ballot | 14 |
| as directed by the voter, and shall thereafter give no | 15 |
| information
regarding the same. The judges of election shall | 16 |
| enter upon the poll lists
or official poll record after the | 17 |
| name of any elector who received such
assistance in marking his | 18 |
| ballot a memorandum of the fact and if the
disability is | 19 |
| permanent. Intoxication shall not be regarded as a physical
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| disability, and no intoxicated person shall be entitled to | 21 |
| assistance in
marking his ballot.
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| No person shall secure or attempt to secure assistance in | 23 |
| voting who is
not blind, physically disabled or illiterate as | 24 |
| herein provided, nor shall any
person knowingly assist a voter | 25 |
| in voting contrary to the
provisions of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-101, eff. 7-11-97.)
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