Full Text of HB2457 096th General Assembly
HB2457 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB2457
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Dan Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/4-14.1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1 |
10 ILCS 5/5-9.1 |
from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1 |
10 ILCS 5/6-55 |
from Ch. 46, par. 6-55 |
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Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to use newspaper obituaries, if confirmed as accurate, to purge voter registration records.
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A BILL FOR
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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 4-14.1, 5-9.1, and 6-55 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/4-14.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-14.1)
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| Sec. 4-14.1.
It is the duty of the county clerk to examine, | 8 |
| monthly, the
records deposited in his office pursuant to the | 9 |
| Vital Records Act that
relate to deaths in the county, and to | 10 |
| cancel the registration of any
person so discovered to have who | 11 |
| has died during the preceding month.
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| In addition, the election authority may examine obituaries | 13 |
| in a newspaper having general circulation throughout a | 14 |
| municipality or county where the decedents named in the | 15 |
| obituaries lived immediately prior to death. The election | 16 |
| authority may cancel the registration of such a decedent after | 17 |
| the authenticity and accuracy of the obituary have been | 18 |
| confirmed to the election authority in writing by a funeral | 19 |
| director of the funeral home or other location where the | 20 |
| memorial service, wake, funeral, or similar service for the | 21 |
| decedent was held. | 22 |
| (Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/5-9.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9.1)
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| Sec. 5-9.1.
It is the duty of the county clerk to examine | 3 |
| monthly the
records deposited in his office pursuant to the | 4 |
| Vital Records Act that
relate to deaths in the county and , to | 5 |
| cancel the registration of
any person so discovered to have who | 6 |
| has died during the preceding month . | 7 |
| In addition, the election authority may examine obituaries | 8 |
| in a newspaper having general circulation throughout a | 9 |
| municipality or county where the decedents named in the | 10 |
| obituaries lived immediately prior to death. The election | 11 |
| authority may cancel the registration of such a decedent after | 12 |
| the authenticity and accuracy of the obituary have been | 13 |
| confirmed to the election authority in writing by a funeral | 14 |
| director of the funeral home or other location where the | 15 |
| memorial service, wake, funeral, or similar service for the | 16 |
| decedent was held. | 17 |
| It is the duty of the election authority , and to cause the | 18 |
| name
of each such deceased person whose registration is | 19 |
| canceled under this Section to be erased from the register of | 20 |
| the precinct
in which the deceased person was registered.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-895.)
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| (10 ILCS 5/6-55) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-55)
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| Sec. 6-55.
The board of election commissioners shall obtain | 24 |
| the reports
provided for by sections 6-61 and 6-62 of this | 25 |
| Article and shall cancel
the registration of criminals and of |
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| deceased persons whose names are
so reported to it.
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| In addition, the board of election commissioners may | 3 |
| examine obituaries in a newspaper having general circulation | 4 |
| throughout a municipality or county where the decedents named | 5 |
| in the obituaries lived immediately prior to death. The board | 6 |
| of election commissioners may cancel the registration of such a | 7 |
| decedent after the authenticity and accuracy of the obituary | 8 |
| have been confirmed to the board of election commissioners in | 9 |
| writing by a funeral director of the funeral home or other | 10 |
| location where the memorial service, wake, funeral, or similar | 11 |
| service for the decedent was held. | 12 |
| (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 2, p. 1.)
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