Elections & Campaign Reform Committee

Filed: 3/10/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 292

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 292 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-50, 5-50, 6-100, 7-41, 17-29, 19-2.2, and 19A-70 as
6 follows:
 
7     (10 ILCS 5/4-50)
8     Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
9 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
10 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
11 for change of address during the period from the close of
12 registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day
13 before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
14 unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
15 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
16 in the office of the election authority or at a voter

 

 

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1 registration location specifically designated for this purpose
2 by the election authority. The election authority shall
3 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
4 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
5 Article for registration and change of address.
6     If a voter who registers or changes address during this
7 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
8 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
9 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
10 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
11 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
12 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
13 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
14 19.
15     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
16 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
17 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
18 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
19 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
20 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
21 State and local political committees. The name of each person
22 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
23 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
24 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
25 and 18-5.
26     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be

 

 

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1 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
2 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
3 who register or change address during the grace period must be
4 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
5 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
6 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
7 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
8 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
9 the ballots were opened.
10     The provisions of Sections 7-41, 17-29, and 19-2.2 with
11 respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to
12 polling places under this Section.
13 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
14     (10 ILCS 5/5-50)
15     Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other
16 provision of this Code to the contrary, each election authority
17 shall establish procedures for the registration of voters and
18 for change of address during the period from the close of
19 registration for a primary or election and until the 14th day
20 before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
21 unregistered qualified elector may register to vote, and a
22 registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person
23 in the office of the election authority or at a voter
24 registration location specifically designated for this purpose
25 by the election authority. The election authority shall

 

 

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1 register that individual, or change a registered voter's
2 address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this
3 Article for registration and change of address.
4      If a voter who registers or changes address during this
5 grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary
6 occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
7 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
8 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
9 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
10 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
11 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
12 19.
13     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
14 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
15 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
16 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
17 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
18 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
19 State and local political committees. The name of each person
20 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
21 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
22 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
23 and 18-5.
24     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
25 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
26 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons

 

 

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1 who register or change address during the grace period must be
2 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central
3 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
4 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
5 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
6 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
7 the ballots were opened.
8     The provisions of Sections 7-41, 17-29, and 19-2.2 with
9 respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to
10 polling places under this Section.
11 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
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 14th day
18 before the primary or election. During this grace period, an
19 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 after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace
5 period voting, either in person in the office of the election
6 authority or at a location specifically designated for this
7 purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the
8 discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall
9 be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article
10 19.
11     Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot,
12 the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street
13 address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as
14 the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall
15 maintain those names and that information in an electronic
16 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
17 State and local political committees. The name of each person
18 issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the
19 appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early
20 ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9
21 and 18-5.
22     A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be
23 permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with
24 respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons
25 who register or change address during the grace period must be
26 transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central

 

 

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1 ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and
2 counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots
3 determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for
4 the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which
5 the ballots were opened.
6     The provisions of Sections 7-41, 17-29, and 19-2.2 with
7 respect to establishment of a campaign free zone apply to
8 polling places under this Section.
9 (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)";
10 and
 
11 on page 10, by inserting below line 4 the following:
 
12     "(10 ILCS 5/19A-70)
13     Sec. 19A-70. Advertising or campaigning in proximity of
14 polling place; penalty. During the period prescribed in Section
15 19A-15 for early voting by personal appearance, no advertising
16 pertaining to any candidate or proposition to be voted on may
17 be displayed in or within 100 feet of any polling place used by
18 voters under this Article. No person may engage in
19 electioneering in or within 100 feet of any polling place used
20 by voters under this Article. The provisions of Sections 7-41,
21 Section 17-29, and 19-2.2 with respect to establishment of a
22 campaign free zone apply to polling places under this Article.
23     Any person who violates this Section may be punished for
24 contempt of court.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05.)".