99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5932

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the statewide voter registration database against the driver's license information kept by the Secretary of State at least 12 times each calendar year and shall share the findings with the election authorities. 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
51A-16.8 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.8)
7    Sec. 1A-16.8. Automatic transfer of registration based
8upon information from the National Change of Address database
9and the Secretary of State's office. The State Board of
10Elections shall cross-reference the statewide voter
11registration database against the United States Postal
12Service's National Change of Address database twice each
13calendar year, April 15 and October 1 in odd-numbered years and
14April 15 and December 1 in even-numbered years, and shall share
15the findings with the election authorities. In addition, the
16State Board of Elections shall cross-reference the statewide
17voter registration database against the driver's license
18information kept by the Secretary of State at least 12 times
19each calendar year and shall share the findings with the
20election authorities. An election authority shall
21automatically register any voter who has moved into its
22jurisdiction from another jurisdiction in Illinois or has moved
23within its jurisdiction provided that:

 

 

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1        (1) the election authority whose jurisdiction includes
2    the new registration address provides the voter an
3    opportunity to reject the change in registration address
4    through a mailing, sent by non-forwardable mail, to the new
5    registration address, and
6        (2) when the election authority whose jurisdiction
7    includes the previous registration address is a different
8    election authority, then that election authority provides
9    the same opportunity through a mailing, sent by forwardable
10    mail, to the previous registration address.
11    This change in registration shall trigger the same
12inter-jurisdictional or intra-jurisdictional workflows as if
13the voter completed a new registration card, including the
14cancellation of the voter's previous registration. Should the
15registration of a voter be changed from one address to another
16within the State and should the voter appear at the polls and
17offer to vote from the prior registration address, attesting
18that the prior registration address is the true current
19address, the voter, if confirmed by the election authority as
20having been registered at the prior registration address and
21canceled only by the process authorized by this Section, shall
22be issued a regular ballot, and the change of registration
23address shall be canceled. If the election authority is unable
24to immediately confirm the registration, the voter shall be
25issued a provisional ballot and the provisional ballot shall be
26counted.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.