Full Text of HB1862 99th General Assembly
HB1862ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jeanne M Ives Filed: 4/20/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1862
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1862 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 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 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
| 12 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day | 13 | | before the
primary or election, except that during the 2014 | 14 | | general election the period shall extend until the polls close | 15 | | on election day. During this grace period, an unregistered | 16 | | qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter |
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| 1 | | may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of | 2 | | the election
authority or at a voter registration location | 3 | | specifically designated for this
purpose by the election | 4 | | authority. During the 2014 general election, an unregistered | 5 | | qualified elector may register to vote, and a registered voter | 6 | | may submit a change of address form, in person at any permanent | 7 | | polling place for early voting established under Section 19A-10 | 8 | | through election day. The election authority shall
register | 9 | | that individual, or change a registered voter's address, in the | 10 | | same manner as otherwise provided by this Article for | 11 | | registration and change of address. | 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. The election authority shall offer in-person | 16 | | grace period voting at the authority's office and any permanent | 17 | | polling place where grace period registration is required by | 18 | | this Section; and may offer in-person grace period voting at | 19 | | additional locations specifically designated for the purpose | 20 | | of grace period voting by the election authority. The election | 21 | | authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the | 22 | | election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's | 23 | | office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially | 24 | | similar to voting under Article 19. | 25 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 26 | | or within one day after the ballot is received by the election |
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| 1 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 2 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 3 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 4 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 5 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 6 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 7 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 8 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 9 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 10 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 11 | | list of persons to whom absentee and early ballots have been | 12 | | issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 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.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 24 | | 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.) | 25 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 2 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 3 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 4 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
| 5 | | registration for an election until and including the day of the | 6 | | election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
| 7 | | elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit | 8 | | a change of address form, in person in the office of the | 9 | | election
authority , at a permanent polling place established | 10 | | under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning | 11 | | 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election | 12 | | day, or at a voter registration location specifically | 13 | | designated for this
purpose by the election authority. The | 14 | | election authority shall
register that individual, or change a | 15 | | registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise | 16 | | provided by this Article for registration and change of | 17 | | address. | 18 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 19 | | grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary | 20 | | occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by | 21 | | grace period voting. The election authority shall offer | 22 | | in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, any | 23 | | permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and | 24 | | at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the | 25 | | election, at a polling place on election day, where grace | 26 | | period registration is required by this Section; and may offer |
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| 1 | | in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations | 2 | | specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting | 3 | | by the election authority. The election authority may allow | 4 | | grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has | 5 | | no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period | 6 | | voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting | 7 | | under Article 19A. | 8 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 9 | | or within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 10 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 11 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 12 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 13 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 14 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 15 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 16 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 17 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 18 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 19 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 20 | | list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have | 21 | | been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 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 at a | 26 | | location other than their designated polling place on election |
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| 1 | | day must be transmitted to and counted at the election | 2 | | authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be | 3 | | transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places.
The | 4 | | grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to | 5 | | the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in | 6 | | the order in which the ballots were opened. | 7 | | In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do | 8 | | not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt | 9 | | out of registration in the polling place if the election | 10 | | authority establishes grace period registration and voting at | 11 | | other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the | 12 | | election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in | 13 | | each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents | 14 | | reside if the election authority's main office is not located | 15 | | in that municipality. The election authority may establish | 16 | | other grace period registration and voting sites on election | 17 | | day provided that the election authority has met the notice | 18 | | requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary | 19 | | early voting sites.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 21 | | 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.) | 22 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | 23 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 24 | | Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 25 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority |
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| 1 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 2 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
| 3 | | registration for a primary or election and until the 3rd day | 4 | | before the
primary or election, except that during the 2014 | 5 | | general election the period shall extend until the polls close | 6 | | on election day. During this grace period, an unregistered | 7 | | qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter | 8 | | may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of | 9 | | the election
authority or at a voter registration location | 10 | | specifically designated for this
purpose by the election | 11 | | authority. During the 2014 general election, an unregistered | 12 | | qualified elector may register to vote, and a registered voter | 13 | | may submit a change of address form, in person at any permanent | 14 | | polling place for early voting established pursuant to Section | 15 | | 19A-10 through election day. 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 after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 22 | | period voting. The election authority shall offer in-person | 23 | | grace period voting at his or her office and any permanent | 24 | | polling place where grace period registration is required by | 25 | | this Section; and may offer in-person grace period voting at | 26 | | additional locations specifically designated for the purpose |
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| 1 | | of grace period voting by the election authority. The election | 2 | | authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the | 3 | | election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's | 4 | | office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially | 5 | | similar to voting under Article 19. | 6 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 7 | | or within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 8 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 9 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 10 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 11 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 12 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 13 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 14 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 15 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 16 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 17 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 18 | | list of persons to whom absentee and early ballots have been | 19 | | issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5. | 20 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 21 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 22 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 23 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 24 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 25 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 26 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots |
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| 1 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 2 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 3 | | the ballots were opened.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 5 | | 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.) | 6 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 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 an election until and including the day of the | 12 | | election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
| 13 | | elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit | 14 | | a change of address form, in person in the office of the | 15 | | election
authority , at a permanent polling place established | 16 | | under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning | 17 | | 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election | 18 | | day, or at a voter registration location specifically | 19 | | designated for this
purpose by the election authority. The | 20 | | election authority shall
register that individual, or change a | 21 | | registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise | 22 | | provided by this Article for registration and change of | 23 | | address. | 24 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 25 | | grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary |
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| 1 | | occurring during the grace period, he or she must do so by | 2 | | grace period voting. The election authority shall offer | 3 | | in-person grace period voting at his or her office, any | 4 | | permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, and | 5 | | at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to the | 6 | | election, at a polling place on election day, where grace | 7 | | period registration is required by this Section; and may offer | 8 | | in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations | 9 | | specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting | 10 | | by the election authority. The election authority may allow | 11 | | grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has | 12 | | no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period | 13 | | voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting | 14 | | under Article 19A. | 15 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 16 | | or within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 17 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 18 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 19 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 20 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 21 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 22 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 23 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 24 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 25 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 26 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct |
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| 1 | | list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have | 2 | | been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5. | 3 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 4 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 5 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 6 | | who register or change address during the grace period at a | 7 | | location other than their designated polling place on election | 8 | | day must be transmitted to and counted at the election | 9 | | authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be | 10 | | transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The | 11 | | grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to | 12 | | the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in | 13 | | the order in which the ballots were opened.
| 14 | | In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do | 15 | | not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt | 16 | | out of registration in the polling place if the election | 17 | | authority establishes grace period registration and voting at | 18 | | other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the | 19 | | election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in | 20 | | each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents | 21 | | reside if the election authority's main office is not located | 22 | | in that municipality. The election authority may establish | 23 | | other grace period registration and voting sites on election | 24 | | day provided that the election authority has met the notice | 25 | | requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary | 26 | | early voting sites.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 2 | | 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.) | 3 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | 4 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 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 3rd day | 10 | | before the
primary or election, except that during the 2014 | 11 | | general election the period shall extend until the polls close | 12 | | on election day. During this grace period, an unregistered | 13 | | qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter | 14 | | may submit a change of address form, in person in the office of | 15 | | the election
authority or at a voter registration location | 16 | | specifically designated for this
purpose by the election | 17 | | authority. During the 2014 general election, an unregistered | 18 | | qualified elector may register to vote, and a registered voter | 19 | | may submit a change of address form, in person at any permanent | 20 | | polling place for early voting established pursuant to Section | 21 | | 19A-10 through election day. 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. | 25 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this |
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| 1 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 2 | | occurring after the grace period. The election authority shall | 3 | | offer in-person grace period voting at the authority's office | 4 | | and any permanent polling place where grace period registration | 5 | | is required by this Section; and may offer in-person grace | 6 | | period voting at additional locations specifically designated | 7 | | for the purpose of grace period voting by the election | 8 | | authority. The election authority may allow grace period voting | 9 | | by mail only if the election authority has no ballots prepared | 10 | | at the authority's office. Grace period voting shall be in a | 11 | | manner substantially similar to voting under Article 19. | 12 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 13 | | or within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 14 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 15 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 16 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 17 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 18 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 19 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 20 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 21 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 22 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 23 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 24 | | list of persons to whom absentee and early ballots have been | 25 | | issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5. | 26 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be |
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| 1 | | 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.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 11 | | 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.) | 12 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1171 ) | 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
| 17 | | registration for an election until and including the day of the | 18 | | election. During this grace period, an unregistered qualified
| 19 | | elector may
register to vote, and a registered voter may submit | 20 | | a change of address form, in person in the office of the | 21 | | election
authority , at a permanent polling place established | 22 | | under Section 19A-10, at any other early voting site beginning | 23 | | 15 days prior to the election, at a polling place on election | 24 | | day, or at a voter registration location specifically | 25 | | designated for this
purpose by the election authority. The |
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| 1 | | election authority shall
register that individual, or change a | 2 | | registered voter's address, in the same manner as otherwise | 3 | | provided by this Article for registration and change of | 4 | | address. | 5 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 6 | | grace period wishes to vote at the election or primary | 7 | | occurring during the grace period. The election authority shall | 8 | | offer in-person grace period voting at the authority's office, | 9 | | any permanent polling place established under Section 19A-10, | 10 | | and at any other early voting site beginning 15 days prior to | 11 | | the election, at a polling place on election day, where grace | 12 | | period registration is required by this Section; and may offer | 13 | | in-person grace period voting at additional hours and locations | 14 | | specifically designated for the purpose of grace period voting | 15 | | by the election authority. The election authority may allow | 16 | | grace period voting by mail only if the election authority has | 17 | | no ballots prepared at the authority's office. Grace period | 18 | | voting shall be in a manner substantially similar to voting | 19 | | under Article 19A. | 20 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 21 | | or within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 22 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 23 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 24 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 25 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 26 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may |
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| 1 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 2 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 3 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 4 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 5 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 6 | | list of persons to whom vote by mail and early ballots have | 7 | | been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 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 at a | 12 | | location other than their designated polling place on election | 13 | | day must be transmitted to and counted at the election | 14 | | authority's central ballot counting location and shall not be | 15 | | transmitted to and counted at precinct polling places. The | 16 | | grace period ballots determined to be valid shall be added to | 17 | | the vote totals for the precincts for which they were cast in | 18 | | the order in which the ballots were opened. | 19 | | In counties with a population of less than 100,000 that do | 20 | | not have electronic poll books, the election authority may opt | 21 | | out of registration in the polling place if the election | 22 | | authority establishes grace period registration and voting at | 23 | | other sites on election day at the following sites: (i) the | 24 | | election authority's main office and (ii) a polling place in | 25 | | each municipality where 20% or more of the county's residents | 26 | | reside if the election authority's main office is not located |
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| 1 | | in that municipality. The election authority may establish | 2 | | other grace period registration and voting sites on election | 3 | | day provided that the election authority has met the notice | 4 | | requirements of Section 19A-25 for permanent and temporary | 5 | | early voting sites.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13; | 7 | | 98-691, eff. 7-1-14; 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
| 8 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 9 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 10 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 11 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 12 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 13 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 14 | | Public Act.".
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