Full Text of SB0227 94th General Assembly
SB0227sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Edward D. Maloney
Filed: 2/23/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 227
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 227 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 |
| 4-105, 5-105, and 6-105 as follows: | 6 |
| (10 ILCS 5/4-105 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 4-105. Registration of persons under 18. | 8 |
| Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | 9 |
| 16-year-old or 17-year-old may register to vote, even though he | 10 |
| or she is ineligible to vote until he or she reaches the age of | 11 |
| 18. Election authorities must accept voter registration | 12 |
| applications from 16-year-old and 17-year-old citizens who are | 13 |
| otherwise qualified to vote but for their age, even though they | 14 |
| may truthfully declare on their registration application that | 15 |
| they are not yet 18 as of the date of the next election. | 16 |
| Election authorities may, but need not, include the | 17 |
| registration materials of a 16-year-old or 17-year-old | 18 |
| registrant in the precinct book in elections that occur before | 19 |
| he or she is eligible to vote, but if they do, the election | 20 |
| authorities must clearly indicate that the citizen is | 21 |
| ineligible to vote in the election. The Secretary of State and | 22 |
| State agencies must offer voter registration, when providing | 23 |
| voter registration as specified in this Code, to 16-year-old | 24 |
| and 17-year-old citizens who are otherwise qualified to vote. |
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| The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules to | 2 |
| implement this provision. | 3 |
| (10 ILCS 5/5-105 new) | 4 |
| Sec. 5-105. Registration of persons under 18. | 5 |
| Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | 6 |
| 16-year-old or 17-year-old may register to vote, even though he | 7 |
| or she is ineligible to vote until he or she reaches the age of | 8 |
| 18. Election authorities must accept voter registration | 9 |
| applications from 16-year-old and 17-year-old citizens who are | 10 |
| otherwise qualified to vote but for their age, even though they | 11 |
| may truthfully declare on their registration application that | 12 |
| they are not yet 18 as of the date of the next election. | 13 |
| Election authorities may, but need not, include the | 14 |
| registration materials of a 16-year-old or 17-year-old | 15 |
| registrant in the precinct book in elections that occur before | 16 |
| he or she is eligible to vote, but if they do, the election | 17 |
| authorities must clearly indicate that the citizen is | 18 |
| ineligible to vote in the election. The Secretary of State and | 19 |
| State agencies must offer voter registration, when providing | 20 |
| voter registration as specified in this Code, to 16-year-old | 21 |
| and 17-year-old citizens who are otherwise qualified to vote. | 22 |
| The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules to | 23 |
| implement this provision. | 24 |
| (10 ILCS 5/6-105 new) | 25 |
| Sec. 6-105. Registration of persons unde 18. | 26 |
| Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | 27 |
| 16-year-old or 17-year-old may register to vote, even though he | 28 |
| or she is ineligible to vote until he or she reaches the age of | 29 |
| 18. Election authorities must accept voter registration | 30 |
| applications from 16-year-old and 17-year-old citizens who are | 31 |
| otherwise qualified to vote but for their age, even though they | 32 |
| may truthfully declare on their registration application that |
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| they are not yet 18 as of the date of the next election. | 2 |
| Election authorities may, but need not, include the | 3 |
| registration materials of a 16-year-old or 17-year-old | 4 |
| registrant in the precinct book in elections that occur before | 5 |
| he or she is eligible to vote, but if they do, the election | 6 |
| authorities must clearly indicate that the citizen is | 7 |
| ineligible to vote in the election. The Secretary of State and | 8 |
| State agencies must offer voter registration, when providing | 9 |
| voter registration as specified in this Code, to 16-year-old | 10 |
| and 17-year-old citizens who are otherwise qualified to vote. | 11 |
| The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules to | 12 |
| implement this provision. ".
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