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| Public Act 096-0512 |
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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 | ||||
Sections 20-2.3, 20-5, and 20-6 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/20-2.3) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-2.3)
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Sec. 20-2.3. Members of the Armed Forces and their spouses | ||||
and dependents. Any member of the United
States Armed Forces | ||||
while on active duty, and his or her spouse and dependents, | ||||
otherwise qualified to vote, who
expects in the course of his | ||||
or her duties to be absent from the county in
which he or she | ||||
resides on the day of holding any election, in addition to any
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other method of making application for an absentee ballot under | ||||
this
Article, may make application for an absentee ballot to | ||||
the election
authority having jurisdiction over his or her | ||||
precinct of residence by a
facsimile machine or electronic | ||||
transmission not less than 10 days before
the election.
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Ballots under this Section shall be mailed by the election | ||||
authority in
the manner prescribed by Section 20-5 of this | ||||
Article and not otherwise.
Ballots voted under this Section | ||||
must be returned to the election authority
before the closing | ||||
of the polls on the day of election and must be counted at the | ||||
election authority's central ballot counting location.
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(Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
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(10 ILCS 5/20-5) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-5)
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Sec. 20-5.
The election authority shall fold the ballot or | ||
ballots in
the manner specified by the statute for folding | ||
ballots prior to their
deposit in the ballot box and shall | ||
enclose such ballot in an envelope
unsealed to be furnished by | ||
it, which envelope shall bear upon the face
thereof the name, | ||
official title and post office address of the election
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authority, and upon the other side of such envelope there shall | ||
be
printed a certification in substantially the following form:
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"CERTIFICATION
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I state that I am a resident/former resident of the ....... | ||
precinct of
the city/village/township of ............, | ||
(Designation to be made by
Election Authority) or of the .... | ||
ward in the city of ...........
(Designation to be made by | ||
Election Authority) residing at ................
in said | ||
city/village/township in the county of ........... and State of
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Illinois; that I am a
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1. ( ) member of the United States Service
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2. ( ) citizen of the United States temporarily residing | ||
outside the
territorial limits of the United States
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3. ( ) nonresident civilian citizen
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and desire to cast the enclosed ballot pursuant to Article 20 | ||
of The Election
Code; that I am lawfully entitled to vote in | ||
such precinct at the ...........
election to be held on | ||
............
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I further state that I marked the enclosed ballot in | ||
secret.
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Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Article 29 | ||
of The
Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the | ||
statements set forth
in this certification are true and | ||
correct.
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...............(Name)
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.....................
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(Service Address)"
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.....................
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.....................
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.....................
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If the ballot enclosed is to be voted at a primary | ||
election, the
certification shall designate the name of the | ||
political party with which
the voter is affiliated.
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In addition to the above, the election authority shall | ||
provide
printed slips giving full instructions regarding the | ||
manner of completing
the forms and affidavits for absentee | ||
registration or the manner of marking
and returning the ballot | ||
in order that the same may be counted, and
shall furnish one of | ||
the printed slips to each of the applicants at the
same time | ||
the registration materials or ballot is delivered to him.
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In addition to the above, if a ballot to be provided to an | ||
elector
pursuant to this Section contains a public question | ||
described in subsection
(b) of Section 28-6 and the territory | ||
concerning which the question is
to be submitted is not | ||
described on the ballot due to the space limitations
of such | ||
ballot, the election authority shall provide a printed copy of
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a notice of the public question, which shall include a | ||
description of the
territory in the manner required by Section | ||
16-7. The
notice shall be furnished to the elector at the same | ||
time the ballot
is delivered to the elector.
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The envelope in which such registration or such ballot is | ||
mailed to the
voter as well as the envelope in which the | ||
registration materials or the
ballot is returned by the voter | ||
shall have
printed across the face thereof two parallel | ||
horizontal red bars, each
one-quarter inch wide, extending from | ||
one side of the envelope to the
other side, with an intervening | ||
space of one-quarter inch, the top bar
to be one and | ||
one-quarter inches from the top of the envelope, and with
the | ||
words "Official Election Balloting Material-VIA AIR MAIL" | ||
between the
bars. In the upper right corner of such envelope in | ||
a box, there shall be
printed the words: "U.S. Postage Paid 42 | ||
USC 1973". All printing
on the face of such envelopes shall be | ||
in red, including an appropriate
inscription or blank in the | ||
upper left corner of return address of sender.
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The envelope in which the ballot is returned to the | ||
election authority may be delivered (i) by mail, postage paid, | ||
(ii) in person, by the spouse, parent, child, brother, or | ||
sister of the voter, or (iii) by a company engaged in the | ||
business of making deliveries of property and licensed as a | ||
motor carrier of property by the Illinois Commerce Commission | ||
under the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law. | ||
(Source: P.A. 84-1467.)
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(10 ILCS 5/20-6) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-6)
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Sec. 20-6.
Such absent voter shall make and subscribe to | ||
the certifications
provided for in the application and on the | ||
return envelope for the
ballot, and such ballot or ballots | ||
shall then be folded by such voter in
the manner required to be | ||
folded before depositing the same in the
ballot box, and be | ||
deposited in such envelope and the envelope securely
sealed. | ||
The envelope in which the ballot is returned to the election | ||
authority may be delivered (i) by mail, postage paid, (ii) in | ||
person, by the spouse, parent, child, brother, or sister of the | ||
voter, or (iii) by a company engaged in the business of making | ||
deliveries of property and licensed as a motor carrier of | ||
property by the Illinois Commerce Commission under the Illinois | ||
Commercial Transportation Law. Such envelope shall be mailed by | ||
such voter, to the officer
issuing the ballot or, if more | ||
convenient, it may be delivered in
person.
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(Source: P.A. 81-155.)
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