Full Text of HB4869 100th General Assembly
HB4869 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4869 Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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10 ILCS 5/20-3 | from Ch. 46, par. 20-3 |
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Amends the Election Code. Allows specified persons on an application for a ballot to provide an email address or fax number to which registration materials or a ballot should be sent. Effective immediately.
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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 Section | 5 | | 20-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/20-3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-3)
| 7 | | Sec. 20-3.
The election authority shall furnish the | 8 | | following
applications for registration by mail or vote by mail | 9 | | ballot which shall be
considered a method of application in | 10 | | lieu of the official postcard.
| 11 | | 1. Members of the United States Service, citizens of the | 12 | | United
States temporarily residing outside the territorial | 13 | | limits of the United
States, and certified program participants | 14 | | under the Address Confidentiality
for Victims of Domestic | 15 | | Violence Act may make application within the periods
prescribed | 16 | | in Sections
20-2 or 20-2.1, as the case may be. Such | 17 | | application shall be
substantially in the following form:
| 18 | | "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
| 19 | | To be voted at the ............ election in the precinct in | 20 | | which is
located my residence at ..............., in the | 21 | | city/village/township of
............(insert home address) | 22 | | County of ........... and State of
Illinois.
| 23 | | I state that I am a citizen of the United States; that on |
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| 1 | | (insert
date of election) I shall have resided in the State of | 2 | | Illinois and in
the election precinct for 30 days; that on the | 3 | | above date I shall be the
age of 18 years or above; that I am | 4 | | lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct at that election; | 5 | | that I am (check category 1, 2, or 3
below):
| 6 | | 1. ( ) a member of the United States Service,
| 7 | | 2. ( ) a citizen of the United States temporarily residing | 8 | | outside
the territorial limits of the United States and that I | 9 | | expect to be
absent from the said county of my residence on the | 10 | | date of holding such
election, and that I will have no | 11 | | opportunity to vote in person on that
day.
| 12 | | 3. ( ) a certified program participant under the Address
| 13 | | Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Act.
| 14 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 15 | | to be
voted by me at such election if I am absent from the said | 16 | | county of my
residence, and I agree that I shall return said | 17 | | ballot or ballots to the
election authority postmarked no later | 18 | | than election day, for counting no later than during the period | 19 | | for counting provisional ballots, the last day of which is the | 20 | | 14th day following election day or shall destroy said ballot or | 21 | | ballots.
| 22 | | (Check below only if category 2 or 3 and not previously | 23 | | registered)
| 24 | | ( ) I hereby make application to become registered as a | 25 | | voter and
agree to return the forms and affidavits for | 26 | | registration to the
election authority not later than 30 days |
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| 1 | | before the election.
| 2 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 3 | | of the
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 4 | | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| 5 | | .........................
| 6 | | Post office address , or service address , email address, or | 7 | | fax number to which registration
materials or ballot should be | 8 | | mailed
| 9 | | .........................
| 10 | | .........................
| 11 | | .........................
| 12 | | ........................"
| 13 | | If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
| 14 | | application shall designate the name of the political party | 15 | | with which
the applicant is affiliated.
| 16 | | Such applications may be obtained from the election | 17 | | authority having
jurisdiction over the person's precinct of | 18 | | residence.
| 19 | | 2. A spouse or dependent of a member of the United States | 20 | | Service,
said spouse or dependent being a registered voter in | 21 | | the county, may
make application on behalf of said person in | 22 | | the office of the election
authority within the periods | 23 | | prescribed in Section 20-2 which shall be
substantially in the | 24 | | following form:
| 25 | | "APPLICATION FOR BALLOT to be voted at the........... election | 26 | | in
the precinct in which is located the residence of the person |
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| 1 | | for whom
this application is made at.............(insert | 2 | | residence address) in
the city/village/township of......... | 3 | | County of.......... and State
of Illinois.
| 4 | | I certify that the following named person................ | 5 | | (insert
name of person) is a member of the United States | 6 | | Service.
| 7 | | I state that said person is a citizen of the United States; | 8 | | that on
(insert date of election) said person shall have | 9 | | resided in the State of
Illinois and in the election precinct | 10 | | for which this application is made
for 30 days; that on the | 11 | | above date said person shall be the age of 18
years or above; | 12 | | that said person is lawfully entitled to vote in such
precinct | 13 | | at that election; that said person is a member of the United
| 14 | | States Service, and that in the course of his duties said | 15 | | person expects
to be absent from his county of residence on the | 16 | | date of holding such
election, and that said person will have | 17 | | no opportunity to vote in
person on that day.
| 18 | | I hereby make application for an official ballot or ballots | 19 | | to be
voted by said person at such election and said person | 20 | | agrees that he
shall return said ballot or ballots to the | 21 | | election authority postmarked no later than election day, for | 22 | | counting no later than during the period for counting | 23 | | provisional ballots, the last day of which is the 14th day | 24 | | following election day, or shall destroy
said ballot or | 25 | | ballots.
| 26 | | I hereby certify that I am the (mother, father, sister, |
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| 1 | | brother,
husband or wife) of the said elector, and that I am a | 2 | | registered voter
in the election precinct for which this | 3 | | application is made. (Strike all
but one that is applicable.)
| 4 | | Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | 5 | | of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | 6 | | statements set forth
in this application are true and correct.
| 7 | | Name of applicant ......................
| 8 | | Residence address ........................
| 9 | | City/village/township........................
| 10 | | Service address , email address, or fax number to which | 11 | | ballot should be mailed:
| 12 | | .........................
| 13 | | .........................
| 14 | | .........................
| 15 | | ........................"
| 16 | | If application is made for a primary election ballot, such
| 17 | | application shall designate the name of the political party | 18 | | with which
the person for whom application is made is | 19 | | affiliated.
| 20 | | Such applications may be obtained from the election | 21 | | authority having
jurisdiction over the voting precinct in which | 22 | | the person for whom
application is made is entitled to vote.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15; 99-522, eff. 6-30-16 .)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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