Public Act 094-0018
 
HB0203 Enrolled LRB094 03670 JAM 33675 b

    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
19-13 as follows:
 
    (10 ILCS 5/19-13)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-13)
    Sec. 19-13. Any qualified voter who has been admitted to a
hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center due to an
illness or physical injury not more than 5 days before an
election shall be entitled to personal delivery of an absentee
ballot in the hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation center
subject to the following conditions:
    (1) The voter completes the Application for Physically
Incapacitated Elector as provided in Section 19-3, stating as
reasons therein that he is a patient in ............... (name
of hospital/home/center), ............... located at,
............... (address of hospital/home/center),
............... (county, city/village), was admitted
hospitalized for ............... (nature of illness or
physical injury), on ............... (date of admission), and
does not expect to be released from the hospital/home/center on
or before the day of election.
    (2) The voter's physician completes a Certificate of
Attending Physician in a form substantially as follows:
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
    I state that I am a physician, duly licensed to practice in
the State of .........; that .......... is a patient in
.......... (name of hospital/home/center), located at
............. (address of hospital/home/center),
................. (county, city/village); that such individual
was admitted hospitalized for ............. (nature of illness
or physical injury), on ............ (date of admission); and
that I have examined such individual in the State in which I am
licensed to practice medicine and do not expect such individual
to be released from the hospital/home/center on or before the
day of election.
    Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section
29-10 of The Election Code, the undersigned certifies that the
statements set forth in this certification are true and
correct.
(Signature) ...............
(Date licensed) ............
    (3) Any person who is registered to vote in the same
precinct as the admitted hospitalized voter or any legal
relative of the admitted hospitalized voter may present such
voter's absentee ballot application, completed as prescribed
in paragraph 1, accompanied by the physician's certificate,
completed as prescribed in paragraph 2, to the election
authority. Such precinct voter or relative shall execute and
sign an affidavit furnished by the election authority attesting
that he is a registered voter in the same precinct as the
admitted hospitalized voter or that he is a legal relative of
the admitted hospitalized voter and stating the nature of the
relationship. Such precinct voter or relative shall further
attest that he has been authorized by the admitted hospitalized
voter to obtain his absentee ballot from the election authority
and deliver such ballot to him in the hospital, home, or
center.
    Upon receipt of the admitted hospitalized voter's
application, physician's certificate, and the affidavit of the
precinct voter or the relative, the election authority shall
examine the registration records to determine if the applicant
is qualified to vote and, if found to be qualified, shall
provide the precinct voter or the relative the absentee ballot
for delivery to the applicant in the hospital, home, or center.
    Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the admitted
hospitalized voter shall mark the ballot in secret and
subscribe to the certifications on the absentee ballot return
envelope. After depositing the ballot in the return envelope
and securely sealing the envelope, such voter shall give the
envelope to the precinct voter or the relative who shall
deliver it to the election authority in sufficient time for the
ballot to be delivered by the election authority to the proper
precinct polling place before 7 p.m. on election day.
    Upon receipt of the admitted hospitalized voter's absentee
ballot, the ballot shall be counted in the manner prescribed in
Section 19-9.
(Source: P.A. 84-808.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.