Full Text of HB2474 094th General Assembly
HB2474 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB2474
Introduced 02/17/05, by Rep. Dave Winters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/19-4 |
from Ch. 46, par. 19-4 |
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Amends the Election Code. Requires that an election authority's lists of persons who have received and returned absentee ballots must include the address where the ballot is sent. Effective immediately.
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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 Section | 5 |
| 19-4 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/19-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
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| Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots - Time. ) | 8 |
| Immediately upon
the receipt of such application either by | 9 |
| mail, not more than 40 days
nor less than 5 days prior to such | 10 |
| election, or by personal delivery not
more than 40 days nor | 11 |
| less than one day prior to such election, at the
office of such | 12 |
| election authority, it shall be the duty of such election
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| authority to examine the records to ascertain whether or not | 14 |
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applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as
requested, and | 15 |
| if found so to be, to post within one business day thereafter
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| (i) the name, (ii) the street address of registration, (iii) | 17 |
| the street address, city, and State where the ballot is to be | 18 |
| sent ,
and (iv) the ward and precinct number or township and | 19 |
| district number, as the case may be,
of such applicant given on | 20 |
| a list, the pages of which are to be numbered
consecutively to | 21 |
| be kept by such election authority for such purpose in a
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| conspicuous, open and public place accessible to the public at | 23 |
| the entrance of
the office of such election authority, and in | 24 |
| such a manner that such list may
be viewed without necessity of | 25 |
| requesting permission therefor, and within 2
business days | 26 |
| thereafter to mail,
postage prepaid, or deliver in person in | 27 |
| such office an official ballot
or ballots if more than one are | 28 |
| to be voted at said election. Mail delivery
of Temporarily | 29 |
| Absent Student ballot applications pursuant to Section
19-12.3 | 30 |
| shall be by nonforwardable mail. However,
for the consolidated | 31 |
| election, absentee ballots for certain precincts may
be | 32 |
| delivered to applicants not less than 25 days before the |
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| election if
so much time is required to have prepared and | 2 |
| printed the ballots containing
the names of persons nominated | 3 |
| for offices at the consolidated primary.
The election authority | 4 |
| shall enclose with each absentee ballot or
application written | 5 |
| instructions on how voting assistance shall be provided
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| pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document, written and approved | 7 |
| by the State
Board of Elections,
enumerating
the circumstances | 8 |
| under which a person is authorized to vote by absentee
ballot | 9 |
| pursuant to this Article; such document shall also include a
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| statement informing the applicant that if he or she falsifies | 11 |
| or is
solicited by another to falsify his or her
eligibility to | 12 |
| cast an absentee ballot, such applicant or other is subject
to
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| penalties pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the | 14 |
| Election Code.
Each election authority shall maintain a list of | 15 |
| (i) the name, (ii) the street address of registration, (iii) | 16 |
| the street address, city, and State where ballot was to be | 17 |
| sent ,
and (iv) the ward and
precinct, or township and district | 18 |
| number, as the case may be, of all
applicants who have returned | 19 |
| absentee ballots to such authority, and the name of such absent | 20 |
| voter shall be added to such list
within one business day from | 21 |
| receipt of such ballot.
If the absentee ballot envelope | 22 |
| indicates that the voter was assisted in
casting the ballot, | 23 |
| the name of the person so assisting shall be included on
the | 24 |
| list. The list, the pages of which are to be numbered | 25 |
| consecutively,
shall be kept by each election authority in a | 26 |
| conspicuous, open, and public
place accessible to the public at | 27 |
| the entrance of the office of the election
authority and in a | 28 |
| manner that the list may be viewed without necessity of
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| requesting permission for viewing.
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| Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 31 |
| election
of the
voters to whom it has issued absentee ballots. | 32 |
| The list shall be
maintained for each precinct within the | 33 |
| jurisdiction of the election
authority. Prior to the opening of | 34 |
| the polls on election day, the
election authority shall deliver | 35 |
| to the judges of election in each
precinct the list of | 36 |
| registered voters in that precinct to whom absentee
ballots |
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| have been issued by mail.
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| Each election authority shall maintain a list for each | 3 |
| election of
voters to whom it has issued temporarily absent | 4 |
| student ballots. The list
shall be maintained for each election | 5 |
| jurisdiction within which such voters
temporarily abide. | 6 |
| Immediately after the close of the period during which
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| application may be made by mail for absentee ballots, each | 8 |
| election
authority shall mail to each other election authority | 9 |
| within the State a
certified list of all such voters | 10 |
| temporarily abiding within the
jurisdiction of the other | 11 |
| election authority.
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| In the event that the return address of an
application for | 13 |
| ballot by a physically incapacitated elector
is that of a | 14 |
| facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care
Act, | 15 |
| within the jurisdiction of the election authority, and the | 16 |
| applicant
is a registered voter in the precinct in which such | 17 |
| facility is located,
the ballots shall be prepared and | 18 |
| transmitted to a responsible judge of
election no later than 9 | 19 |
| a.m. on the Saturday, Sunday or Monday immediately
preceding | 20 |
| the election as designated by the election authority under
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| Section 19-12.2. Such judge shall deliver in person on the | 22 |
| designated day
the ballot to the applicant on the premises of | 23 |
| the facility from which
application was made. The election | 24 |
| authority shall by mail notify the
applicant in such facility | 25 |
| that the ballot will be delivered by a judge of
election on the | 26 |
| designated day.
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| All applications for absentee ballots shall be available at | 28 |
| the office
of the election authority for public inspection upon | 29 |
| request from the
time of receipt thereof by the election | 30 |
| authority until 30 days after the
election, except during the | 31 |
| time such applications are kept in the
office of the election | 32 |
| authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and except during
the time | 33 |
| such applications are in the possession of the judges of | 34 |
| election.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96; 90-101, eff. 7-11-97.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 |
| becoming law.
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