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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2632 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Election Code. Prohibits a person from knowingly maintaining more than one registration to vote. Provides that a violation involving multiple registrations within the State is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that a violation involving multiple registrations in this State and another state is a Class 4 felony. Provides an affirmative defense to the violation.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 29-21 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/29-21 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 29-21. Registering more than once. No person may |
| 8 | | knowingly maintain more than one registration to vote. A |
| 9 | | violation of this Section involving multiple registrations |
| 10 | | within the State is a Class A misdemeanor; a violation of this |
| 11 | | Section involving multiple registrations, where one or more |
| 12 | | registrations is within this State and one or more registration |
| 13 | | is within another state, is a Class 4 felony. It is an |
| 14 | | affirmative defense to a violation of this Section that the |
| 15 | | individual has voted only once in any election for which the |
| 16 | | individual has more than one registration to vote.
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