101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4104

 

Introduced 1/16/2020, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/29-9  from Ch. 46, par. 29-9

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that a person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of such a photograph is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
529-9 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/29-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
7    Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting. Except as
8permitted by this Code, any person who knowingly marks his
9ballot or casts his vote on a voting machine or voting device
10so that it can be observed by another person, and any person
11who knowingly observes another person lawfully marking a ballot
12or lawfully casting his vote on a voting machine or voting
13device, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Nothing in this
14Section shall prohibit a person from photographing his or her
15own ballot at any time during the voting process or from
16viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed
17ballot; however, a person who gives, promises to give, or
18receives any money or other valuable consideration in
19connection with the dissemination or viewing of such a
20photograph shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
21(Source: P.A. 78-887.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.