Full Text of HB1540 97th General Assembly
HB1540ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Daniel V. Beiser Filed: 2/23/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1540
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1540 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "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 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 10 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
| 11 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 7th day | 12 | | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | 13 | | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 14 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 15 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 16 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose |
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| 1 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
| 2 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 3 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 4 | | Article for registration and change of address. To provide | 5 | | nursing home residents an equal opportunity to exercise their | 6 | | right to vote, each nursing home shall be designated a grace | 7 | | period registration site solely for purposes of registering and | 8 | | completing address changes for residents of that nursing home. | 9 | | A deputy registrar employed by each nursing home shall be | 10 | | designated to conduct all grace period registrations and | 11 | | address changes for that nursing home in the absence of an | 12 | | employee of the election authority. Upon completion of a grace | 13 | | period registration or address change, the deputy registrar | 14 | | shall deliver to the election authority within 24 hours all | 15 | | completed forms, and the election authority receiving the forms | 16 | | shall add the names of residents who have completed the forms | 17 | | to the list of residents entitled to vote during the regular | 18 | | nursing home voting period. | 19 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 20 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 21 | | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 22 | | period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 23 | | authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 24 | | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 25 | | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 26 | | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article |
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| 1 | | 19. Nursing home residents who register or change their address | 2 | | during the grace period shall be permitted to vote during the | 3 | | regular nursing home voting period and shall not be required to | 4 | | have submitted an absentee ballot request in advance. | 5 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 6 | | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 7 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 8 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 9 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 10 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 11 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person | 12 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 13 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 14 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 15 | | and 18-5. | 16 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 17 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 18 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 19 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 20 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 21 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 22 | | counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots | 23 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 24 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 25 | | the ballots were opened.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10.) |
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| 1 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | 2 | | Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 3 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 4 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 5 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
| 6 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 7th day | 7 | | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | 8 | | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 9 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 10 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 11 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 12 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
| 13 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 14 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 15 | | Article for registration and change of address. To permit | 16 | | nursing home residents equitable access to grace period | 17 | | registration, nursing homes shall be designated grace period | 18 | | registration sites for nursing home residents. A deputy | 19 | | registrar employed by each nursing home shall be designated to | 20 | | conduct all grace period registrations and address changes for | 21 | | that nursing home in the absence of an employee of the election | 22 | | authority. Upon completion of a grace period registration or | 23 | | address change, the deputy registrar shall deliver to the | 24 | | election authority within 24 hours all completed forms, and the | 25 | | election authority receiving the forms shall add the names of |
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| 1 | | residents who have completed the forms to the list of residents | 2 | | entitled to vote during the regular nursing home voting period. | 3 | |
If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 4 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 5 | | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 6 | | period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 7 | | authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 8 | | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 9 | | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 10 | | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 11 | | 19. Nursing home residents who register or change their address | 12 | | during the grace period may vote during the regular nursing | 13 | | home voting period. | 14 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 15 | | the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 16 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 17 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 18 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 19 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 20 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person | 21 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 22 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 23 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 24 | | and 18-5. | 25 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 26 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with |
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| 1 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 2 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 3 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 4 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 5 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 6 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 7 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 8 | | the ballots were opened.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10.) | 10 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | 11 | | Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 12 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 13 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 14 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
| 15 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 7th day | 16 | | before the
primary or election. During this grace period, an | 17 | | unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 18 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 19 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 20 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 21 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
| 22 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 23 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 24 | | Article for registration and change of address. To permit | 25 | | nursing home residents equitable access to grace period |
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| 1 | | registration, nursing homes shall be designated grace period | 2 | | registration sites for nursing home residents. A deputy | 3 | | registrar employed by each nursing home shall be designated to | 4 | | conduct all grace period registrations and address changes for | 5 | | that nursing home in the absence of an employee of the election | 6 | | authority. Upon completion of a grace period registration or | 7 | | address change, the deputy registrar shall deliver to the | 8 | | election authority within 24 hours all completed forms, and the | 9 | | election authority receiving the forms shall add the names of | 10 | | residents who have completed the forms to the list of residents | 11 | | entitled to vote during the regular nursing home voting period. | 12 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 13 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 14 | | occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 15 | | period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 16 | | authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 17 | | purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 18 | | discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 19 | | be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 20 | | 19. Nursing home residents who register or change their address | 21 | | during the grace period may vote during the regular nursing | 22 | | home voting period. | 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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| 1 | | 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.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.".
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