Full Text of HB0292 96th General Assembly
HB0292ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
Filed: 3/10/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 292
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 292 on page 1, by | 3 |
| replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 4-50, 5-50, 6-100, 7-41, 17-29, 19-2.2, and 19A-70 as | 6 |
| follows: | 7 |
| (10 ILCS 5/4-50) | 8 |
| Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 9 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 10 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 11 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day | 13 |
| before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | 14 |
| unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 15 |
| registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 16 |
| in the office of the election
authority or at a voter |
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| registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 2 |
| by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 4 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 5 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 6 |
| If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 7 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 8 |
| occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 9 |
| period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 10 |
| authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 11 |
| purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 12 |
| discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 13 |
| be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 14 |
| 19. | 15 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 16 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 17 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 18 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 19 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 20 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 21 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 22 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 23 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 24 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 25 |
| and 18-5. | 26 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be |
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| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 2 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 3 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 4 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 5 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 6 |
| counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots | 7 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 8 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 9 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| The provisions of Sections 7-41, 17-29, and 19-2.2 with | 11 |
| respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to | 12 |
| polling places under this Section. | 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | 14 |
| (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | 15 |
| Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 16 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 17 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 18 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day | 20 |
| before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | 21 |
| unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 22 |
| registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 23 |
| in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 24 |
| registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 25 |
| by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 2 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 3 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 4 |
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If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 5 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 6 |
| occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 7 |
| period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 8 |
| authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 9 |
| purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 10 |
| discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 11 |
| be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 12 |
| 19. | 13 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 14 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 15 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 16 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 17 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 18 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 19 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 20 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 21 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 22 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 23 |
| and 18-5. | 24 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 25 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 26 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons |
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| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 2 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 3 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 4 |
| counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 5 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 6 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 7 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| The provisions of Sections 7-41, 17-29, and 19-2.2 with | 9 |
| respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to | 10 |
| polling places under this Section. | 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | 12 |
| (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | 13 |
| Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 14 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 15 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 16 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day | 18 |
| before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | 19 |
| unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 20 |
| registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 21 |
| in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 22 |
| registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 23 |
| by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 25 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this |
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| Article for registration and change of address. | 2 |
| If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 3 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 4 |
| occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 5 |
| period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 6 |
| authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 7 |
| purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 8 |
| discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 9 |
| be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 10 |
| 19. | 11 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 12 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 13 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 14 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 15 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 16 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 17 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 18 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 19 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 20 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 21 |
| and 18-5. | 22 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 23 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 24 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 25 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 26 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central |
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| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 2 |
| counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 3 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 4 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 5 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| The provisions of Sections 7-41, 17-29, and 19-2.2 with | 7 |
| respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to | 8 |
| polling places under this Section. | 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)"; | 10 |
| and
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| on page 10, by inserting below line 4 the following: | 12 |
| "(10 ILCS 5/19A-70)
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| Sec. 19A-70. Advertising or campaigning in proximity of | 14 |
| polling place;
penalty. During the period prescribed in Section | 15 |
| 19A-15 for early voting by
personal appearance, no advertising | 16 |
| pertaining to any candidate or proposition
to be voted on may | 17 |
| be displayed in or within 100 feet of any polling place used
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| voters under this Article. No person may engage in | 19 |
| electioneering in or
within 100 feet of any polling place used | 20 |
| by voters under this Article. The provisions of Sections 7-41, | 21 |
| Section 17-29 , and 19-2.2 with respect to establishment of a | 22 |
| campaign free zone apply to polling places under this Article.
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| Any person who violates this Section may be punished for | 24 |
| contempt of court.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)".
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