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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4104 Introduced 1/16/2020, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 10 ILCS 5/29-9 | from Ch. 46, par. 29-9 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is not prohibited from photographing his or her own ballot at any time during the voting process or from viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed ballot. Provides that a person who gives, promises to give, or receives any money or other valuable consideration in connection with the dissemination or viewing of such a photograph is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
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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 changing Section |
| 5 | | 29-9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/29-9) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-9)
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| 7 | | Sec. 29-9. Unlawful observation of voting. Except as |
| 8 | | permitted by this Code, any person who knowingly marks his
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| 9 | | ballot or casts his vote on a voting machine or voting device |
| 10 | | so that it
can be observed by another person, and any person |
| 11 | | who knowingly observes
another person lawfully marking a ballot |
| 12 | | or lawfully casting his vote on a
voting machine or voting |
| 13 | | device, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. Nothing in this |
| 14 | | Section shall prohibit a person from photographing his or her |
| 15 | | own ballot at any time during the voting process or from |
| 16 | | viewing a photograph of a completed or partially completed |
| 17 | | ballot; however, a person who gives, promises to give, or |
| 18 | | receives any money or other valuable consideration in |
| 19 | | connection with the dissemination or viewing of such a |
| 20 | | photograph shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 78-887.)
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |