Full Text of HB3079 98th General Assembly
HB3079 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB3079 Introduced , by Rep. Deborah Mell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that grace period voting may be conducted until the day of the primary or election.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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 day of 3rd | 12 | | day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 13 | | an 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 | 17 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
| 18 | | 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 or after the last day of the grace period, he or |
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| 1 | | she 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 . Grace | 4 | | period voting may be conducted , or by mail, at the discretion | 5 | | of the election authority ; however, ballots that are | 6 | | transmitted by mail must be postmarked no later than 3 days | 7 | | prior to the primary or election . Grace period voting shall be | 8 | | in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19. | 9 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 10 | | but not later than the day of the primary or election, the | 11 | | election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 12 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 13 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 14 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 15 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 16 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person | 17 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 18 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 19 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 20 | | and 18-5. | 21 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 22 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 23 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 24 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 25 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 26 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and |
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| 1 | | counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots | 2 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 3 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 4 | | the ballots were opened.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | 7 | | Sec. 5-50. 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 day of 3rd | 12 | | day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 13 | | an 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 | 17 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
| 18 | | 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 or after the last day of the grace period, he or | 24 | | she must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the | 25 | | office of the election authority or at a location specifically |
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| 1 | | designated for this purpose by the election authority . Grace | 2 | | period voting may be conducted , or by mail, at the discretion | 3 | | of the election authority ; however, ballots that are | 4 | | transmitted by mail must be postmarked no later than 3 days | 5 | | prior to the primary or election . Grace period voting shall be | 6 | | in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19. | 7 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 8 | | but not later than the day of the primary or election, the | 9 | | election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 10 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 11 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 12 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 13 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 14 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person | 15 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 16 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 17 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 18 | | and 18-5. | 19 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 20 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 21 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 22 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 23 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 24 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 25 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 26 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for |
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| 1 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 2 | | the ballots were opened.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.) | 4 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | 5 | | Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 6 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 7 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 8 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
| 9 | | registration for a primary or election and until the day of 3rd | 10 | | day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 11 | | an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 12 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 13 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 14 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 15 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
| 16 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 17 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 18 | | Article for registration and change of address. | 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 on or after the last day of the grace period, he or | 22 | | she must do so by grace period voting, either in person in the | 23 | | office of the election authority or at a location specifically | 24 | | designated for this purpose by the election authority . Grace | 25 | | period voting may be conducted , or by mail, at the discretion |
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| 1 | | of the election authority ; however, ballots that are | 2 | | transmitted by mail must be postmarked no later than 3 days | 3 | | prior to the primary or election . Grace period voting shall be | 4 | | in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19. | 5 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 6 | | but not later than the day of the primary or election, the | 7 | | election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 8 | | address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 9 | | the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 10 | | maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 11 | | format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 12 | | State and local political committees. The name of each person | 13 | | issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 14 | | appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 15 | | ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 16 | | and 18-5. | 17 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 18 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 19 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 20 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 21 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 22 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 23 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 24 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 25 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 26 | | the ballots were opened.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-441, eff. 1-1-10; 97-766, eff. 7-6-12.)
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