Full Text of SB2805 98th General Assembly
SB2805 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2805 Introduced 1/30/2014, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 10 ILCS 5/4-50 | | 10 ILCS 5/5-50 | | 10 ILCS 5/6-100 | |
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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. The election authority | 2 | | shall offer in-person grace period voting at the authority's | 3 | | office and may offer in-person grace period voting at | 4 | | additional locations specifically designated for the purpose | 5 | | of grace period voting by the election authority. The election | 6 | | authority may allow grace period voting by mail only if the | 7 | | election authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's | 8 | | office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially | 9 | | similar to voting under Article 19. | 10 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 11 | | but not later than the day of the primary or election, or | 12 | | within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 13 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 14 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 15 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 16 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 17 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 18 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 19 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 20 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 21 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 22 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 23 | | list of persons to whom absentee and early ballots have been | 24 | | issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5. | 25 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 26 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with |
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| 1 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 2 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 3 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 4 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 5 | | counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots | 6 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 7 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 8 | | the ballots were opened.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.) | 10 | | (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | 11 | | Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 12 | | provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 13 | | shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 14 | | for change of address during the period from the close of
| 15 | | registration for a primary or election and until the day of 3rd | 16 | | day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 17 | | an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 18 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 19 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 20 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 21 | | by the election authority. 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 on or after the last day of the grace period, he or | 3 | | she must do so by grace period voting. The election authority | 4 | | shall offer in-person grace period voting at his or her office | 5 | | and may offer in-person grace period voting at additional | 6 | | locations specifically designated for the purpose of grace | 7 | | period voting by the election authority. The election authority | 8 | | may allow grace period voting by mail only if the election | 9 | | authority has no ballots prepared at the authority's office. | 10 | | Grace period voting shall be in a manner substantially similar | 11 | | to voting under Article 19. | 12 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 13 | | but not later than the day of the primary or election, or | 14 | | within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 15 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 16 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 17 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 18 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 19 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 20 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 21 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 22 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 23 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 24 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 25 | | list of persons to whom absentee and early ballots have been | 26 | | issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5. |
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| 1 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 2 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 3 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 4 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 5 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 6 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 7 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 8 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 9 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 10 | | the ballots were opened.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.) | 12 | | (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | 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 a primary or election and until the day of 3rd | 18 | | day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 19 | | an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 20 | | registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 21 | | in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 22 | | registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 23 | | by the election authority. The election authority shall
| 24 | | register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 25 | | address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this |
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| 1 | | Article for registration and change of address. | 2 | | If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 3 | | grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 4 | | occurring on or after the last day of the grace period. The | 5 | | election authority shall offer in-person grace period voting at | 6 | | the authority's office and may offer in-person grace period | 7 | | voting at additional locations specifically designated for the | 8 | | purpose of grace period voting by the election authority. The | 9 | | election authority may allow grace period voting by mail only | 10 | | if the election authority has no ballots prepared at the | 11 | | authority's office. Grace period voting shall be in a manner | 12 | | substantially similar to voting under Article 19. | 13 | | Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 14 | | but not later than the day of the primary or election, or | 15 | | within one day after the ballot is received by the election | 16 | | authority if the election authority allows grace period voting | 17 | | by mail, the election authority shall transmit by electronic | 18 | | means pursuant to a process established by the State Board of | 19 | | Elections the voter's name, street address, e-mail address, and | 20 | | precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as the case may | 21 | | be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall maintain those | 22 | | names and that information in an electronic format on its | 23 | | website, arranged by county and accessible to State and local | 24 | | political committees. The name of each person issued a grace | 25 | | period ballot shall also be placed on the appropriate precinct | 26 | | list of persons to whom absentee and early ballots have been |
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| 1 | | issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 and 18-5. | 2 | | A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 3 | | permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 4 | | respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 5 | | who register or change address during the grace period must be | 6 | | transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 7 | | ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 8 | | counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 9 | | determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 10 | | the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 11 | | the ballots were opened.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-766, eff. 7-6-12; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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