Full Text of SB1696 094th General Assembly
SB1696eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 4-16, 5-23, and 6-54 and by adding Sections 4-105, | 6 |
| 5-105, and 6-105 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/4-16) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-16)
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| Sec. 4-16. Any registered voter who changes his residence | 9 |
| from one address
to another within the same county wherein this | 10 |
| Article is in effect, may
have his registration transferred to | 11 |
| his new address by making and signing
an application for change | 12 |
| of residence address upon a form to be provided
by the county | 13 |
| clerk. Such application must be made to the office of the
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| county clerk and may be made either in person or by mail. In | 15 |
| case the
person is unable to sign his name, the county clerk | 16 |
| shall require him to
execute the application in the presence of | 17 |
| the county clerk or of his
properly authorized representative, | 18 |
| by his mark, and if satisfied of the
identity of the person, | 19 |
| the county clerk shall make the transfer.
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| Upon receipt of the application, the county clerk, or one | 21 |
| of his
employees deputized to take registrations shall cause | 22 |
| the signature of the
voter and the data appearing upon the | 23 |
| application to be compared with the
signature and data on the | 24 |
| registration record card, and if it appears that
the applicant | 25 |
| is the same person as the person previously registered under
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| that name the transfer shall be made.
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| No transfers of registration under the provisions of this | 28 |
| Section shall
be made during the 27 days preceding any election | 29 |
| at which such
voter would
be entitled to vote. When a removal | 30 |
| of a registered voter takes place from
one address to another | 31 |
| within the same precinct within a period during
which a | 32 |
| transfer of registration cannot be made
before any election or |
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| primary, he shall be entitled to vote upon
presenting the | 2 |
| judges of election his affidavit substantially in the form
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| prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act of a change of | 4 |
| residence address
within the precinct on a date therein | 5 |
| specified.
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| The county clerk may obtain information from utility | 7 |
| companies, city,
village, incorporated town and township | 8 |
| records, the post office, or from
other sources, regarding the | 9 |
| removal of registered voters, and may treat
such information, | 10 |
| and information procured from his death and marriage
records on | 11 |
| file in his office, as an application to erase from the | 12 |
| register
any name concerning which he may so have information | 13 |
| that the voter is no
longer qualified to vote under the name, | 14 |
| or from the address from which
registered, and give notice | 15 |
| thereof in the manner provided by Section 4--12
of this | 16 |
| Article, and notify voters who have changed their address that | 17 |
| a
transfer of registration may be made in the manner provided | 18 |
| in this
Section enclosing a form therefor.
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| If any person be registered by error in a precinct other | 20 |
| than that in
which he resides, the county clerk may transfer | 21 |
| his registration to the
proper precinct, and if the error is or | 22 |
| may be on the part of the
registration officials, and is | 23 |
| disclosed too late before an election or
primary to mail the | 24 |
| certificate required by Section 4--15, such certificate
may be | 25 |
| personally delivered to the voter and he may vote thereon as | 26 |
| therein
provided, but such certificates so issued shall be | 27 |
| specially listed with
the reason for the issuance thereof.
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| Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by | 29 |
| the county
board, the county clerk shall immediately transfer | 30 |
| to the proper precinct
the registration of any voter affected | 31 |
| by such revision or rearrangement of
the precinct; make the | 32 |
| proper notations on the registration cards of a
voter affected | 33 |
| by the revision or rearrangement and shall issue revised
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| certificates to each registrant of such change.
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| Any registered voter who changes his or her name by | 36 |
| marriage or
otherwise shall be required to register anew and |
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| authorize the cancellation
of the previous registration; but if | 2 |
| the voter still resides in the same
precinct and if the change | 3 |
| of name takes place within a period during
which a transfer of | 4 |
| registration cannot be made, preceding any election
or primary,
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| the elector may, if otherwise
qualified, vote upon making an | 6 |
| affidavit at the polling place attesting that the voter is the | 7 |
| same person who is registered to vote under his or her former | 8 |
| name. The affidavit shall be treated by the election authority | 9 |
| as authorization to cancel the registration under the former | 10 |
| name, and the election authority shall register the person | 11 |
| under his or her current name.
substantially in the form
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| prescribed in Section 17-10 of this Act.
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| The precinct election officials shall report to the county | 14 |
| clerk the
names and addresses of all persons who have changed | 15 |
| their addresses and
voted, which shall be treated as an | 16 |
| application to change address
accordingly, and the names and | 17 |
| addresses of all persons otherwise voting by
affidavit as in | 18 |
| this Section provided, which shall be treated as an
application | 19 |
| to erase under Section 4--12 hereof.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/4-105 new) | 22 |
| Sec. 4-105. First time voter. A person must vote for the | 23 |
| first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the | 24 |
| person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first | 25 |
| provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient | 26 |
| proof of identity by the person's driver's license number or | 27 |
| State identification card number or, if the person does not | 28 |
| have either of those, by the last 4 digits of the person's | 29 |
| social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | 30 |
| identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank | 31 |
| statement, paycheck, government check, or other government | 32 |
| document that shows the person's name and address.
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| (10 ILCS 5/5-23) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-23)
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| Sec. 5-23. Any registered voter who changes his residence |
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| from one address,
number or place to another within the same | 2 |
| county wherein this article 5
is in effect, may have his | 3 |
| registration transferred to his new address by
making and | 4 |
| signing an application for such change of residence upon a form
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| to be provided by the county clerk. Such application must be | 6 |
| made to the
office of the county clerk. In case the person is | 7 |
| unable to sign his name
the county clerk shall require such | 8 |
| person to execute the request in the
presence of the county | 9 |
| clerk or of his properly authorized representative,
by his | 10 |
| mark, and if satisfied of the identity of the person, the | 11 |
| county
clerk shall make the transfer.
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| Upon receipt of such application, the county clerk, or one | 13 |
| of his employees
deputized to take registrations shall cause | 14 |
| the signature of the voter and
the data appearing upon the | 15 |
| application to be compared with the signature
and data on the | 16 |
| registration record, and if it appears that the applicant
is | 17 |
| the same person as the party previously registered under that | 18 |
| name the
transfer shall be made.
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| Transfer of registration under the provisions of this | 20 |
| section may not be
made within the period when the county | 21 |
| clerk's office is closed to registration
prior to an election | 22 |
| at which such voter would be entitled to vote.
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| Any registered voter who changes his or her name by | 24 |
| marriage or
otherwise, shall be required to register anew and | 25 |
| authorize the
cancellation of the previous registration; | 26 |
| provided, however, that if
the change of name takes place | 27 |
| within a period during which such new
registration cannot be | 28 |
| made, next preceding any election or primary, the
elector may, | 29 |
| if otherwise qualified, vote upon making the following
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| affidavit before the judges of election:
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| I do solemnly swear that I am the same person now | 32 |
| registered in the
.... precinct of the .... ward of the city of | 33 |
| .... or .... District Town
of .... under the name of .... and | 34 |
| that I still reside in said precinct
or district.
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| (Signed) ....
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| If the voter whose name has changed still resides in the |
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| same precinct, the voter may vote after making the affidavit at | 2 |
| the polling place regardless of when the change of name | 3 |
| occurred. In that event, the affidavit shall not state that the | 4 |
| voter is required to register; the affidavit shall be treated | 5 |
| by the election authority as authorization to cancel the | 6 |
| registration under the former name, and the election authority | 7 |
| shall register the voter under his or her current name.
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| When a removal of a registered voter takes place from one | 9 |
| address to
another within the same precinct within a period | 10 |
| during which such
transfer of registration cannot be made, | 11 |
| before any election or primary,
he shall be entitled to vote | 12 |
| upon presenting to the judges of election
an affidavit of a | 13 |
| change and having said affidavit supported by the
affidavit of | 14 |
| a qualified voter of the same precinct.
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| Suitable forms for this purpose shall be provided by the | 16 |
| county clerk. The form
in all cases shall be similar to the | 17 |
| form furnished by the county clerk
for county and state | 18 |
| elections.
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| The precinct election officials shall report to the county | 20 |
| clerk the names
and addresses of all such persons who have | 21 |
| changed their addresses and voted.
The city, village, town and | 22 |
| incorporated town clerks shall within five days
after every | 23 |
| election report to the county clerk the names and addresses
of | 24 |
| the persons reported to them as having voted by affidavit as in | 25 |
| this
section provided.
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| The county clerk may obtain information from utility | 27 |
| companies, city,
village, town and incorporated town records, | 28 |
| the post office or from
other sources regarding the removal of | 29 |
| registered voters and notify such
voters that a transfer of | 30 |
| registration may be made in the manner
provided by this | 31 |
| section.
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| If any person be registered by error in a precinct other | 33 |
| than that in
which he resides the county clerk shall be | 34 |
| empowered to transfer his
registration to the proper precinct.
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| Where a revision or rearrangement of precincts is made by | 36 |
| the board
of county commissioners, the county clerk shall |
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| immediately transfer to
the proper precinct the registration of | 2 |
| any voter affected by such
revision or rearrangement of the | 3 |
| precincts; make the proper notations on
the registration cards | 4 |
| of a voter affected by the revision of
registration and shall | 5 |
| notify the registrant of such change.
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| (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/5-105 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 5-105. First time voter. A person must vote for the | 9 |
| first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the | 10 |
| person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first | 11 |
| provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient | 12 |
| proof of identity by the person's driver's license number or | 13 |
| State identification card number or, if the person does not | 14 |
| have either of those, by the last 4 digits of the person's | 15 |
| social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | 16 |
| identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank | 17 |
| statement, paycheck, government check, or other government | 18 |
| document that shows the person's name and address.
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| (10 ILCS 5/6-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-54)
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| Sec. 6-54. Any registered voter who changes his or her name | 21 |
| by marriage or
otherwise, shall be required to register anew | 22 |
| and authorize the
cancellation of the previous registration; | 23 |
| provided, however, that if the
change of name takes place | 24 |
| within a period during which such new
registration cannot be | 25 |
| made, next preceding any election or primary, the
elector may, | 26 |
| if otherwise qualified, vote upon making the following
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| affidavit before the judges of election:
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| "I do solemnly swear that I am the same person now | 29 |
| registered in the
.... precinct of the .... ward, under the | 30 |
| name of .... and that I still
reside in said precinct.
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| (Signed)...."
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| If the voter whose name has changed still resides in the | 33 |
| same precinct, the voter may vote after making the affidavit at | 34 |
| the polling place regardless of when the change of name |
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| occurred. In that event, the affidavit shall not state that the | 2 |
| voter is required to register; the affidavit shall be treated | 3 |
| by the election authority as authorization to cancel the | 4 |
| registration under the former name, and the election authority | 5 |
| shall register the voter under his or her current name.
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| (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/6-105 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 6-105. First time voter. A person must vote for the | 9 |
| first time in person and not by a mailed absentee ballot if the | 10 |
| person registered to vote by mail, unless the person first | 11 |
| provides the appropriate election authority with sufficient | 12 |
| proof of identity by the person's driver's license number or | 13 |
| State identification card number or, if the person does not | 14 |
| have either of those, by the last 4 digits of the person's | 15 |
| social security number, a copy of a current and valid photo | 16 |
| identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank | 17 |
| statement, paycheck, government check, or other government | 18 |
| document that shows the person's name and address.
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