Full Text of HB0267 96th General Assembly
HB0267ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Elections & Campaign Reform Committee
Filed: 3/10/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 267
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 267 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 4-50, 5-50, and 6-100 as follows: | 6 |
| (10 ILCS 5/4-50) | 7 |
| Sec. 4-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 8 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 9 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 10 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th | 12 |
| day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 13 |
| an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 14 |
| registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 15 |
| in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 16 |
| registration location specifically designated for this
purpose |
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| by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 3 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 4 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 5 |
| If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 6 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 7 |
| occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 8 |
| period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 9 |
| authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 10 |
| purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 11 |
| discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 12 |
| be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 13 |
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| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 15 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 16 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 17 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 18 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 19 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 20 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 21 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 22 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 23 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 24 |
| and 18-5. | 25 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 26 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with |
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| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 2 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 3 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 4 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 5 |
| counted at precinct polling places.
The grace period ballots | 6 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 7 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 8 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | 10 |
| (10 ILCS 5/5-50) | 11 |
| Sec. 5-50. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 12 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 13 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 14 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th | 16 |
| day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 17 |
| an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 18 |
| registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 19 |
| in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 20 |
| registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 21 |
| by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 23 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 24 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 25 |
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If a voter who registers or changes address during this |
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| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 2 |
| occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 3 |
| period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 4 |
| authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 5 |
| purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the | 6 |
| discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 7 |
| be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 8 |
| 19. | 9 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 10 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 11 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 12 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 13 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 14 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 15 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 16 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 17 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 18 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 19 |
| and 18-5. | 20 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 21 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 22 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 23 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 24 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 25 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 26 |
| counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots |
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| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 2 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 3 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.) | 5 |
| (10 ILCS 5/6-100) | 6 |
| Sec. 6-100. Grace period. Notwithstanding any other | 7 |
| provision of this
Code to the contrary, each election authority | 8 |
| shall
establish procedures for the registration of voters and | 9 |
| for change of address during the period from the close of
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| registration for a primary or election and until the 7th 14th | 11 |
| day before the
primary or election. During this grace period, | 12 |
| an unregistered qualified
elector may
register to vote, and a | 13 |
| registered voter may submit a change of address form, in person | 14 |
| in the office of the election
authority or at a voter | 15 |
| registration location specifically designated for this
purpose | 16 |
| by the election authority. The election authority shall
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| register that individual, or change a registered voter's | 18 |
| address, in the same manner as otherwise provided by this | 19 |
| Article for registration and change of address. | 20 |
| If a voter who registers or changes address during this | 21 |
| grace period wishes to vote at the first election or primary | 22 |
| occurring after the grace period, he or she must do so by grace | 23 |
| period voting, either in person in the office of the election | 24 |
| authority or at a location specifically designated for this | 25 |
| purpose by the election authority, or by mail, at the |
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| discretion of the election authority. Grace period voting shall | 2 |
| be in a manner substantially similar to voting under Article | 3 |
| 19. | 4 |
| Within one day after a voter casts a grace period ballot, | 5 |
| the election authority shall transmit the voter's name, street | 6 |
| address, and precinct, ward, township, and district numbers, as | 7 |
| the case may be, to the State Board of Elections, which shall | 8 |
| maintain those names and that information in an electronic | 9 |
| format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to | 10 |
| State and local political committees. The name of each person | 11 |
| issued a grace period ballot shall also be placed on the | 12 |
| appropriate precinct list of persons to whom absentee and early | 13 |
| ballots have been issued, for use as provided in Sections 17-9 | 14 |
| and 18-5. | 15 |
| A person who casts a grace period ballot shall not be | 16 |
| permitted to revoke that ballot and vote another ballot with | 17 |
| respect to that primary or election. Ballots cast by persons | 18 |
| who register or change address during the grace period must be | 19 |
| transmitted to and counted at the election authority's central | 20 |
| ballot counting location and shall not be transmitted to and | 21 |
| counted at precinct polling places. The grace period ballots | 22 |
| determined to be valid shall be added to the vote totals for | 23 |
| the precincts for which they were cast in the order in which | 24 |
| the ballots were opened.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1082, eff. 7-1-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)".
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