101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2508

 

Introduced , by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/4-22  from Ch. 46, par. 4-22

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that if judges in charge of precinct registration files find that the signature on the certificate of registered voter and the signature on the registration card do not match for the applicant to vote, the applicant shall provide the judges with a valid State issued drivers license, State issued identification card, or passport (rather than requiring judges to ask an applicant the questions for identification that appear on the registration card if they are unsatisfied that the is the identical person who is registered under the same name; and if the applicant does not prove to the satisfaction of a majority of the judges that he is the identical person registered under the name in question, then the vote of the applicant shall be challenged by a judge and the same procedure followed as provided by law for challenged voters.). Provides that the judges shall find that the signature on the certificate and the signature on the registration card do not match in situations that include, but are not limited to, if one signature is in cursive writing and the other is in printed writing.


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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
54-22 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/4-22)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-22)
7    Sec. 4-22. Except as otherwise provided in this Section
8upon application to vote each registered elector shall sign his
9name or make his mark as the case may be, on a certificate
10substantially as follows:
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CERTIFICATE OF REGISTERED VOTER
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City of ....... Ward ....... Precinct .......
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Election ....... (Date) ....... (Month) ....... (Year)
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Registration Record .......
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Checked by .......
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Voter's number ....
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INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS
18    Sign this certificate and hand it to the election officer
19in charge. After the registration record has been checked, the
20officer will hand it back to you. Whereupon you shall present
21it to the officer in charge of the ballots.
22    I hereby certify that I am registered from the address
23below and am qualified to vote.

 

 

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Signature of voter .......
2
residence address .......
3    An individual shall not be required to provide his social
4security number when applying for a ballot. He shall not be
5denied a ballot, nor shall his ballot be challenged, solely
6because of his refusal to provide his social security number.
7Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from being requested
8to provide his social security number when the individual
9applies for a ballot. If, however, the certificate contains a
10space for the individual's social security number, the
11following notice shall appear on the certificate, immediately
12above such space, in bold-face capital letters, in type the
13size of which equals the largest type on the certificate:
14    "THE INDIVIDUAL APPLYING FOR A BALLOT WITH THIS DOCUMENT IS
15NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. HE
16OR SHE MAY NOT BE DENIED A BALLOT, NOR SHALL HIS OR HER BALLOT
17BE CHALLENGED, SOLELY BECAUSE OF HIS OR HER REFUSAL TO PROVIDE
18HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER."
19    The certificates of each State-wide political party at a
20general primary election shall be separately printed upon paper
21of uniform quality, texture and size, but the certificates of
22no 2 State-wide political parties shall be of the same color or
23tint. However, if the election authority provides computer
24generated applications with the precinct, ballot style and
25voter's name and address preprinted on the application, a
26single application may be used for State-wide political parties

 

 

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1if it contains spaces or check-off boxes to indicate the
2political party. Such application shall not entitle the voter
3to vote in the primary of more than one political party at the
4same election.
5    At the consolidated primary, such certificates may contain
6spaces or checkoff boxes permitting the voter to request a
7primary ballot of any other political party which is
8established only within a political subdivision and for which a
9primary is conducted on the same election day. Such application
10shall not entitle the voter to vote in both the primary of the
11State-wide political party and the primary of the local
12political party with respect to the offices of the same
13political subdivision. In no event may a voter vote in more
14than one State-wide primary on the same day.
15    The judges in charge of the precinct registration files
16shall compare the signature upon such certificate with the
17signature on the registration record card as a means of
18identifying the voter. If judges find that the signature on the
19certificate and the signature on the registration card do not
20match, the elector shall provide the judges with a valid State
21issued drivers license, State issued identification card, or
22passport. The judges shall find that the signature on the
23certificate and the signature on the registration card do no
24match in situations that include, but are not limited to, if
25one signature is in cursive writing and the other is in printed
26writing. Unless satisfied by such comparison that the applicant

 

 

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1to vote is the identical person who is registered under the
2same name, the judges shall ask such applicant the questions
3for identification which appear on the registration card, and
4if the applicant does not prove to the satisfaction of a
5majority of the judges of the election precinct that he is the
6identical person registered under the name in question then the
7vote of such applicant shall be challenged by a judge of
8election, and the same procedure followed as provided by law
9for challenged voters.
10    In case the elector is unable to sign his name, a judge of
11election shall check the data on the registration card and
12shall check the address given, with the registered address, in
13order to determine whether he is entitled to vote.
14    One of the judges of election shall check the certificate
15of each applicant for a ballot after the registration record
16has been examined, and shall sign his initials on the
17certificate in the space provided therefor, and shall enter
18upon such certificate the number of the voter in the place
19provided therefor, and make an entry in the voting record space
20on the registration record, to indicate whether or not the
21applicant voted. Such judge shall then hand such certificate
22back to the applicant in case he is permitted to vote, and such
23applicant shall hand it to the judge of election in charge of
24the ballots. The certificates of the voters shall be filed in
25the order in which they are received and shall constitute an
26official poll record. The term "poll lists" and "poll books",

 

 

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1where used in this Article, shall be construed to apply to such
2official poll record.
3    After each general primary election the county clerk shall
4indicate by color code or other means next to the name of each
5registrant on the list of registered voters in each precinct
6the primary ballot of a political party that the registrant
7requested at that general primary election. The county clerk,
8within 60 days after the general primary election, shall
9provide a copy of this coded list to the chair of the county
10central committee of each established political party or to the
11chair's duly authorized representative.
12    Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory
13Act of 1983, the county clerk shall provide to the chair of the
14county central committee of each established political party or
15to the chair's duly authorized representative the list of
16registered voters in each precinct at the time of the general
17primary election of 1982 and shall indicate on such list by
18color code or other means next to the name of a registrant the
19primary ballot of a political party that the registrant
20requested at the general primary election of 1982.
21    The county clerk may charge a fee to reimburse the actual
22cost of duplicating each copy of a list provided under either
23of the 2 preceding paragraphs.
24    Where an elector makes application to vote by signing and
25presenting the certificate provided by this Section, and his
26registration record card is not found in the precinct registry

 

 

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1of voters, but his name appears as that of a registered voter
2in such precinct upon the printed precinct register as
3corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or upon the
4consolidated list, if any, and whose name has not been erased
5or withdrawn from such register, the printed precinct register
6as corrected or revised by the supplemental list, or
7consolidated list, if any, shall be prima facie evidence of the
8elector's right to vote upon compliance with the provisions
9hereinafter set forth in this Section. In such event one of the
10judges of election shall require an affidavit by such person
11and one voter residing in the precinct before the judges of
12election, substantially in the form prescribed in Section 17-10
13of this Act, and upon the presentation of such affidavits, a
14certificate shall be issued to such elector, and upon the
15presentation of such certificate and affidavits, he shall be
16entitled to vote.
17    Provided, however, that applications for ballots made by
18registered voters under the provisions of Article 19 of this
19Act shall be accepted by the Judges of Election in lieu of the
20"Certificate of Registered Voter" provided for in this Section.
21    When the county clerk delivers to the judges of election
22for use at the polls a supplemental or consolidated list of the
23printed precinct register, he shall give a copy of the
24supplemental or consolidated list to the chair of a county
25central committee of an established political party or to the
26chair's duly authorized representative.

 

 

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1    Whenever 2 or more elections occur simultaneously, the
2election authority charged with the duty of providing
3application certificates may prescribe the form thereof so that
4a voter is required to execute only one, indicating in which of
5the elections he desires to vote.
6    After the signature has been verified, the judges shall
7determine in which political subdivisions the voter resides by
8use of the information contained on the voter registration
9cards or the separate registration lists or other means
10approved by the State Board of Elections and prepared and
11supplied by the election authority. The voter's certificate
12shall be so marked by the judges as to show the respective
13ballots which the voter is given.
14(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)