Full Text of HB0267 96th General Assembly
HB0267 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB0267
Introduced 1/23/2009, by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/4-50 |
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10 ILCS 5/5-50 |
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10 ILCS 5/6-100 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that grace period registration runs through the day of the election or primary (now, runs until the 14th day before the election or primary).
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A BILL FOR
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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 | 5 |
| Sections 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows: | 6 |
| (10 ILCS 5/4-50) | 7 |
| Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 8 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 9 |
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establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 10 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and through the day of | 12 |
| until the 14th day before the
primary or election. During this | 13 |
| grace period, an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to | 14 |
| vote, and a registered voter may submit a change of address | 15 |
| form, in person in the office of the election
authority or at a | 16 |
| voter registration location specifically designated for this
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| purpose by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 19 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 20 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 21 |
| If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 22 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 23 |
| occurring on the last day of after the grace period, he or she |
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| must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the | 2 |
| office of the election authority or at a location specifically | 3 |
| designated for this purpose by the election authority, or by | 4 |
| mail, at the discretion of the election authority. Grace period | 5 |
| voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting | 6 |
| under Article 19. | 7 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 8 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 9 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 10 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 11 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 12 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 13 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 14 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 15 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 16 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 17 |
| and 18-5. | 18 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 19 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 20 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 21 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 22 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 23 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 24 |
| counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots | 25 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 26 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which |
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| the ballots were opened.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | 3 |
| (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | 4 |
| Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 5 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 6 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 7 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and through the day of | 9 |
| until the 14th day before the
primary or election. During this | 10 |
| grace period, an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to | 11 |
| vote, and a registered voter may submit a change of address | 12 |
| form, in person in the office of the election
authority or at a | 13 |
| voter registration location specifically designated for this
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| purpose by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 16 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 17 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 18 |
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If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 19 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 20 |
| occurring on the last day of after the grace period, he or she | 21 |
| must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the | 22 |
| office of the election authority or at a location specifically | 23 |
| designated for this purpose by the election authority, or by | 24 |
| mail, at the discretion of the election authority. Grace period | 25 |
| voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting |
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| under Article 19. | 2 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 3 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 4 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 5 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 6 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 7 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 8 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 9 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 10 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 11 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 12 |
| and 18-5. | 13 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 14 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 15 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 16 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 17 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 18 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 19 |
| counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 20 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 21 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 22 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | 24 |
| (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | 25 |
| Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other |
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| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 2 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 3 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and through the day of | 5 |
| until the 14th day before the
primary or election. During this | 6 |
| grace period, an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to | 7 |
| vote, and a registered voter may submit a change of address | 8 |
| form, in person in the office of the election
authority or at a | 9 |
| voter registration location specifically designated for this
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| purpose by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 12 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 13 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 14 |
| If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 15 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 16 |
| occurring on the last day of after the grace period, he or she | 17 |
| must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the | 18 |
| office of the election authority or at a location specifically | 19 |
| designated for this purpose by the election authority, or by | 20 |
| mail, at the discretion of the election authority. Grace period | 21 |
| voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting | 22 |
| under Article 19. | 23 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 24 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 25 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 26 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall |
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| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 2 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 3 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 4 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 5 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 6 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 7 |
| and 18-5. | 8 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 9 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 10 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 11 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 12 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 13 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 14 |
| counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 15 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 16 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 17 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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